Requested by: morriganfaye
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Tsunade, Jiraiya
Notes: OH MY GOSH, I'M BACK YOU GUUUYS. Sorry I've been away so long. I was just having a really hard time writing things for a while there. With that said, I'm going to try my best to start cranking these out - at least one a day from now on!! Bri~~ Here's your JirTsu. It's supposed to be younger thems. 8D I hope you like it~
Honestly, Tsunade had never thought she would see Jiraiya looking so glum, but there he was, seating with his back to a tree, staring off into space as if space itself had wronged him deeply. For a moment, Tsunade considered just walking right by him, pretending like she hadn’t even noticed. But she couldn’t really bring herself to do that. It was… disheartening to see Jiraiya the way he was.
Instead, Tsunade sat down next to him quietly and watched as he slowly shifted his gaze to her. "What?" he asked after a moment. "You don’t have to talk to me. I know you don’t like to."
For some reason, the words stung and Tsunade puffed up a little in indignation. "I never said that! You’re just detestable most of the time." She trailed off slowly and frowned. "Why are you being so gloomy anyway? You look ridiculous."
The words were harsh, but she knew that her concern was seeping into her voice. Jiraiya only responded with a shrug, though. "Sometimes everything’s pointless," he commented idly. "I just don’t like when I realize it."
That wasn’t right. Everything wasn’t pointless and Tsunade knew it. And she knew that Jiraiya knew it too. She just didn’t know how to force him to admit it. "You don’t believe that," she finally replied softly. "Otherwise you would have given up. On everything."
Another shrug. The apathetic nature of Jiraiya’s current responses were starting to get on Tsunade’s nerves. "Fine," she continued. "Be that way. But if it was all pointless would I even be sitting here talking to you?"
For a moment longer, Jiraiya was silent. Then, he glanced at her thoughtfully. "Why are you talking to me anyway?"
Tsunade felt her face heating up quickly. "I was worried about you, idiot! You’ve never looked this upset! Ever!" She could see a slow grin spreading across his face at her words.
"You’re worried about me?" he asked, a hint of his usual self-confidence seeping back into his tone.
"Not anymore!" Tsunade punched his shoulder, hard, causing the boy to yell out and rub at the now sore spot. "Stop being such a lump. I’m sure you’ve got plenty of work to be doing." With that, Tsunade stood up, ready to walk away. She hesitated, though, and turned back after a moment. Leaning down, she planted a quick kiss on Jiraiya’s cheek. "Feel better," she mumbled before turning to storm away in a huff.
Jiraiya stared after her, rubbing his cheek and grinning.