Don't own Naruto

SATURDAY MORNING

I wake up.

Tsunade she's an orphaned puppy that just needs a little love and a good bath.

She'll go back to normal after right?

Normal

1 the usual, average, or typical state or condition

• a person who is physically ormentally healthy.

I couldn't give back anything to her not Dan, Nawaki or Jiraiya

I saw her, how she felt about when she found out Jiraiya was dead.

Gone forever.

All of them.

Hearing the faint sobs from her office as I lie against the wall near her door

Grasping onto the necklace she gave to me for my birthday.

I still hear them.

All I have to offer is

Me.

She'll be normal…

Right?

I slowly walk towards the washroom.

I wash my….

Face

Hair

Body

And brush my teeth.

I get dressed and head towards Lady Tsunade's office.

I stop off at a local teashop to get well... tea.

I also stop off at Ino's flower shop and get some red carnations and white gardenias

"Good Morning Ino," I said giving a faint smile. "These for Tsunade?" Ino asked "Ya," "That's sweet of you as always, does she ever notice the flowers?" Ino continues to question "No but that's ok," I say back.

Awkward Silence.

"Ok, well I better get going" I start to walk off

"See you," I say

"Bye."

I get to her office before she does turn on all the lights, replace the flowers, water the other ones around the building, and throw out the soldiers from yesterday. I straighten the papers on her desk and wait for her to come.

When she comes in and nods in my existence.

She didn't talk to me unless she had an errand.

At lunch she ask me to make her some ramen.

I did.

We ate in silence.

Same thing happened in the afternoon

She didn't talk.

I made her some dinner around 5 pm.

I slowly walked back

I heard the sound again.

The faint sobs.

Like every other time…

I placed the dish on the table outside her door

And curled up in a ball against the wall holding the necklace.

I could see her this time

Tears streaming down her face,

Her hands barely holding two picture frames,

Her voice was straining to not cry loudly.

The first picture was of Jiraiya and Naruto,

I've seen it before on her desk before.

Eventually she stopped and called for me

I opened the door

Stepped inside

I left the dish outside

I closed the door

And walked beside her

I bent over and grabbed her into a hug

"I'm still here"

I whisper into her ear

I could tell she was surprised I felt her tense up but slowly relax.

She wrapped her arms around me.

"I still love you"

I say

She starts to cry on my shoulder.

"I know"

She whispers back

All I have to offer is

Me.

She'll be normal…

I look at the two pictures on her desk

The second picture was of

Me.

"I love you too."

By AkioMichio

Chapter 2

She'll Be Normal.