SasuSaku Month 2017 Day 27: The Trek Home
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It took him a while to notice, how her feet moved sluggishly and her back tense as she walked. Naruto and Kakashi were several steps ahead followed by Sakura, the huge axe in her back made it hard to see but her side was stained with blood.
In a couple of long strides he was besides her. “I can get that looked at for you.” He offered, there was a shocked expression that only lasted for a moment before it was replaced with a defensive stance.
“I’m fine, besides we’ll be home soon.” She dismissed him, he should have left it at that. Arguing with her wasn’t on top of his favorite things to do, but he should have seen it. “And if I’d ask someone for help it would be Kakashi.”
“Right, but you don’t want anyone else to know you were hurt and I’m not going to shut up about it until you get that patched up. Either you get Kakashi to heal you or we take a little detour, get you patched up and be back behind them before anyone knows we were gone.” She glared at him, she could be stubborn but he could be even more so.
“Fine.” Her agreement came through gritted teeth and he could tell she was debating on whether to punch him or not.
She took a seat on a fallen tree trunk and dropped her axe to the ground. He reached in his pouch for the medical supplies and knelt beside her. Carefully he raised the side of her shirt revealing a nasty cut on her side from a sword.
He wiped away the excess of blood and pretended not to notice as she flinched. Taking the ointment Kakashi had given him he spread it generously against the injury and reached for the cloth to wrap around her abdomen.
“There.” He spoke, his hand lingering against the skin of her stomach, his eyes unable to look away from her scarred skin. “When we get back home, you should ask Kakashi to take a look.” Noticing his fixation she yanked her shirt down to cover herself.
She stood, her back to him as she picked up her weapon and strapped it to her back. “I’ve had worse.”
