No. [ He answers thoughtfully, almost at length, thinking of what Boruto had done and his relationship with his team. It had to have a certain irony, that Sarada idolized the Hokage, and Boruto seemed to have gained a liking to Sasuke and his way of doing things.
He isn't sure how he feels about that quite yet— but unlike Sasuke, he has a family, and friends, and no curse of hatred and pain to follow him around. ] He wants to protect the Hokage.
... Really? [ In spite of herself, she laughs. ] I'd wonder if they were switched at birth if I hadn't been there.
[ Also if she'd been anywhere near Konoha or its hospital when she gave birth, but she wasn't. Choosing Karin as a traveling companion while she was pregnant hadn't been an accident by any means. ]
They'll make a good team if he smartens up, I think. [ Naruto had attitude and discipline problems when he was young, too, and look where he ended up. ]
[ Despite himself, Sasuke feels the smile touch his mouth. The idea was laughable, of course, but given the way their children had developed it was still funny enough. A quiet falls between them after her words, the sort of companionable one that comes with great comfort with another person. The smile slips from Sasuke's face. ]
[ The shift in her expression just then is subtle, but clear to both of them. It was a truth neither of them had to speak aloud to know; that he brings it up, out and in the open, somehow makes it fresh, like the airing of a wound.
Her eyes drop from Sasuke's, and she nods. ]
I'm glad you got to see her.
[ She means that without bitterness. He's been separated from Sarada far longer than she has, and she knows how valuable that time must have been. For both of them. ]
[ It's a double edged sword. Sasuke didn't need to say it out loud, but somehow... it felt like it should have been said. She doesn't look at him, and Sasuke doesn't try to make her. Instead, he cradles the nape of her neck and leans down to press his lips against the crown of her head. ]
[ Her heart swells with a complicated web of emotion — love, longing, things she's not sure how to define — when he kisses the top of her head. It doesn't seem like much, but in this moment, the two of them hidden away from the rest of the guests, it's a profound gesture.
Sakura pulls back after a moment, but only so she can take advantage of the fact that he's already bent down to kiss him properly. ]
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He isn't sure how he feels about that quite yet— but unlike Sasuke, he has a family, and friends, and no curse of hatred and pain to follow him around. ] He wants to protect the Hokage.
[ The look he gives her is meaningful. ]
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[ Also if she'd been anywhere near Konoha or its hospital when she gave birth, but she wasn't. Choosing Karin as a traveling companion while she was pregnant hadn't been an accident by any means. ]
They'll make a good team if he smartens up, I think. [ Naruto had attitude and discipline problems when he was young, too, and look where he ended up. ]
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I know you miss her.
[ He says, voice low, at length. ]
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Her eyes drop from Sasuke's, and she nods. ]
I'm glad you got to see her.
[ She means that without bitterness. He's been separated from Sarada far longer than she has, and she knows how valuable that time must have been. For both of them. ]
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Sakura pulls back after a moment, but only so she can take advantage of the fact that he's already bent down to kiss him properly. ]
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YOU GO GURL. ]
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