Growing Pains
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Komorebi: A Japanese word for the way sunlight filters through the leaves of a tree canopy
His responsibilities to the world fulfilled, Naruto Uzumaki takes Sasuke Uchiha and disappears from the public eye, letting the world readjust by itself in the aftermath of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Follow along with a series of windows into the lives of two boys as they relearn what they mean to the world and what they mean to each other.
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- Part 1 of Growing Pains
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Kintsugi: The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
He sighs, and it feels like there's a thousand years of exhaustion in it.
“I miss you,” he mumbles. Sasuke’s lips quirk into a little half-smile.
“I'm right here.”
“Yeah, but I miss you. I hate being gone all the time. I hate you being gone all the time.”
“It's what has to be done.”
Naruto makes a very odd, but incredibly specific noise in the back of his throat.
“I just hope it won't always be like this,” he says.
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It's been twelve years since the war. Naruto and Sasuke come to terms with domestic bliss and all of its associated absurdity. [Sequel to Komorebi]
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- Part 2 of Growing Pains