Their arms were bleeding out next to one another. It had been an epic fight. Sasuke had forgotten how exhilarating it was to go head to head with Naruto. Part of him knew it would be, but he had forgotten exactly how euphoric the feeling would be. Yeah, their arms were bleeding out\u2014they should probably get that seen to\u2014but Sasuke had never felt more alive. And with that thought he couldn\u2019t help the small chuckle that escaped him.<\/p>\n
Naruto rolled his head to the side to face him. \u201cWhat\u2019s so funny?\u201d he asked, a small smile to his lips. Sasuke stifled another laugh as he took in the state of Naruto. Bruises and swelling all over his face; he was sure his face was no better.<\/p>\n
\u201cI bet you didn\u2019t envision this in your future,\u201d Sasuke said. The fallout of chasing after me<\/em>, went unsaid.<\/p>\n But it didn\u2019t matter that it went unsaid. Naruto could read him like a book\u2014he always had. And their thoughts had never been more aligned than they were then.<\/p>\n Naruto\u2019s gaze locked onto Sasuke\u2019s and with no trace of humour, he said, \u201cI regret nothing.\u201d Articulating each word so sincerely, so seriously, that Sasuke couldn\u2019t help but tear his eyes away and swallow down the emotions threatening to erupt from within. He turned his head to face completely away from Naruto as a traitorous tear ran down his cheek.<\/p>\n Sasuke wasn\u2019t a regret. And while he knew Naruto wouldn\u2019t lie about this\u2014the guy\u2019s firm resolve and actions over the years were evidence enough of that\u2014it still was hard to take in. Because when all was said and done, Sasuke had told himself that Naruto would mourn all the time he wasted on him.<\/p>\n But, as he turned back to face Naruto, saw their puddles of blood strangely forming a heart, he could feel it in his bones that what Naruto said was truthful. He glanced across at Naruto, who was watching him so openly, and couldn\u2019t help but send a little smile his way.<\/p>\n The grin he got in response was worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Their arms were bleeding out next to one another. It had been an epic fight. Sasuke had forgotten how exhilarating it was to go head to head with Naruto. Part of him knew it would be, but he had forgotten exactly how euphoric the feeling would be. Yeah, their arms were bleeding out\u2014they should probably\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":40,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"drb-entry.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"fandom":[],"rating":[],"ship":[],"class_list":["post-349","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpautop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions\/351"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"fandom","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fandom?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"ship","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloverso.me\/fic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ship?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}