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1 - In a Cave/Hideout.
"You have been living here?" Kawaki asked, looking around the base. It was covered in snake scales and was genuinely a dark place. Kawaki eyed the endless tunnels. It looked unhomely, a place hinata wouldn't let Boruto stay in. Kawaki tried not to think about it much.
"No. This is where kashin lives currently. His... Blood is the same as Jiraiya sensei.. a man that would be welcomed in a place like this" Boruto had an absent type of look. Kawaki stared at the blond who seemed almost frozen in time. Their temporary alliance against Shinju was fragile but it's not like Kawaki would break it yet. But the past feeling lingered in the air and Kawaki couldn't help but just enquire.
"Then where do you live?"
"As of currently? Here. It changes. Sometimes I stay in with Kashin... Sometimes I sleep under the stars and sometimes it's caves that welcome me" Boruto shrugged before gaining some sense and continuing the reason they entered the place. "Why are you asking?"
"... Curious" Kawaki glanced at the shelves that held many things. Kawaki was sure he saw eyeballs and tongues in containers but something else caught his eyes first. Liquor. Before he could stop himself he asked. "Do you drink Boruto?"
Boruto stayed silent, just shoveling through the containers trying to find what they were looking for. Kawaki stayed still before asking again "Do you drink boruto"
"Why? Do you want to get drunk with me" Boruto asked sarcastically instead of replying.
Kawaki frowned. The thought of getting drunk burned something in his heart. His father used to get drunk. Used to get drunk and hit him. But in this Omnipotent shakeup, only he remembers himself to be the sad child who worked endlessly to get liquor for his father. But again, the thought of getting drunk also make him extremely curious. Amado once said that alcohol made people embrace their true self. What did Boruto do when he got drunk? What would he do if he got drunk? Can they get drunk in the first place?.
"How curious are you exactly?" Boruto's question brought him back to his senses. "You are glaring those bottles like you are expecting them to turn into Otsusuki"
"Liquor brings out their true self. Just thinking about how you would act drunk... Would momoshiki come out or-" Boruto's sudden laughter cut him off and Kawaki glanced at Boruto who looked like Kawaki just told him a great joke. "Why are you..."
"Oh man. That was a Great joke.. when I get drunk, it's the only time I can't feel that guy. Its like my senses make me feel more human"
Kawaki stared back at Boruto. The confirmation of Boruto having been drunk before doesn't leave with any burning feelings as much as it just leaves him curious. A sudden urge to see the blond get drunk, just to get the confirmation that Boruto has control over himself comes over him. But he shakes him off. Trying to divert his mind.
"Where are you going to sleep tonight?"
"Here"
~
2 - Not sleeping at all.
Somehow their plan worked and Mamushi was destroyed. Unfortunately, it came with things excalating and Deamon was now a rouge. Having someone as powerful as Deamon not on their side was risky but at the very least their next battle would be against Ryuu. Which is what brought the team in sand.
Kawaki, Boruto, Sarada and Inojin would be in Sand village while Shikadai, Mitsuki, Chocho and Himawari would stay in konoha. Sumire and eida both acted as their extra team both staying in a middle hideout. Just in case either of the teamS needed extra help.
"We will be staying in a hotel given to us by the sand shinobi." Kawaki spoke as they glanced at Sarada and Inojin talked to Sumire. Both of them were currently flying and hiding in plain sight. Kawaki glanced at him in question. "Where are you sleeping?"
"No where. I am simply not going to" Boruto answered. "Ryuu unlike mamushi is sneaky and arguably a bigger threat who mentally knows Sand well. He will attack when he knows nobody is watching. We can't let him get to the Kage."
"So you will simply not sleep?" Kawaki raised an eyebrow. The moon shining above them didn't touch them but for some reason kawaki didn't need the moonlight to imagine Boruto shinning in light. Boruto wasn't the sun to Kawaki, he felt more like an alluring blue star. Kawaki again shook his train of thoughts as Boruto spoke up.
"It's not the first time I didn't sleep for the night. I will be fine.... Don't need to worry"
"I am not worrying about you. I just don't want you to be sloppy" Kawaki denied. Boruto finally turned to look at him and Kawaki finally saw the moonlight reflect back through his single blue eye.
"I am never going to be sloppy" Boruto gave a light smile, his voice suddenly falling a little "unless you want me to?" Kawaki's eyes widened before he could question it, Boruto flew down to talk to Sarada and Sumire.
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3 - Under the stars.
Deamon was a problem. A growing problem. That was obvious since he became a Shinju now. But surprisingly, the little brat didn't target eida at all. In fact he didn't target anybody. He simply wanted to target 'someone as strong as him' and in his mind that someone was Boruto.
According to Kashin koji's intell, The next people to be target would be both Sarada and Boruto. Almost everyone was bodyguarding sarada with only Sumire and Himawari acting as Boruto's protection but the blond denied the protection and simply acted as Sarada's.
It was until later on that Kawaki found Boruto outside the line of konoha getting drunk that he realised that Boruto didn't really gave a care about himself. "You can be attacked any second why are you here?"
Boruto snorted before giving Kawaki a grin. It reminded Kawaki of their younger days. He pointed at something that looked like a blanket. Realisation hit him. "You are sleeping here tonight? Are you Insane?"
Boruto pouted and Kawaki fully understand that Boruto was drunk, fully drunk and fully Boruto. A deep satisfaction filled his body as he saw how raw of an idiot and un-momoshiki like he was behaving.
"Not insane. Just a bit tired. Fighting Ryuu left me a bit exhausted. Thankfully I have faith in Sarada to fight Hidari. So I can... Rest" Boruto shrugged before taking a sip of the liquor. Kawaki's frowned before sitting next to him and saying "you are being targeted to"
"And? Isn't that a good thing for you?" Kawaki momentarily froze at the sentence. Boruto simply continued "what was that you said. I will not stop until all the threats to lord 7th are gone" Boruto mimicked Kawaki before chuckling. "You literally want me dead. Why enquire so much?"
"I... " Kawaki didn't have any answer to that. Truth be told. Kawaki was starting to not want Boruto dead anymore, mostly because he saw the control Boruto had over himself throughout these missions. He had began to hope. "We still need your strength. I will kill you after the Shinju's and code are dealt with" Kawaki concluded.
Boruto surprisingly smiled. "So currently we are blank slates?" Kawaki raised an eyebrow. "Ya know.... We are teammates now. We are Nothing. These words make more sense in my mind... To bad my mind is now jittery" Kawaki couldn't help but cough with a smile of his own.
"Drinking makes you stupid huh? Should have known"
Boruto glared. "Are you saying my true self is stupid?!" Kawaki couldn't Help it anymore, he let out a deep breath before saying. "No I am calling you sloppy"
"I am not sloppy!" Boruto pouted before leaning towards Kawaki. Kawaki could smell the alcohol but weirdly he didn't back away. A deep sense of want filled him as he leaned closer himself. "Unless you want me to...?"
"What does that even mean?" Kawaki asked raising an eyebrow. He himself wasn't drunk but he felt drunk. Was their karma resonance so connected that if one for drunk, the other felt it too? That's couldn't be it.
"Whatever you want it to be" Boruto winked and Kawaki felt himself exhale harshly.
"I want it to be what you want it to be" Boruto glanced back at the statement before suddenly Kawaki felt Boruto whole weight on his lap. Kawaki groaned in a low voice, surprised yet not surprised.
"I want it to be..." Boruto suddenly breathed too close to his ears. Kawaki's hand wrapped around his waist. Kawaki felt drunk now "You not questioning me, my abilities" Kawaki stilled as Boruto body went limp. Boruto suddenly fully fell on him. Kawaki quickly checked his pulse, Boruto was alive just sleep.
"I guess you really are just sleeping here tonight..."
~
+1 - With Me.
Kawaki was tired, the omnipotence was off, Naruto and Hinata were back, The Shinju's were dead, Sasuke Uchiha and all the people the clawgrimes took were back and Code was dead.
Most importantly, Boruto was again an Uzumaki, he was still Alive and currently Karma/momoshiki free. Kawaki on the other hand, was in hand cuffs.
It was something he saw coming, he himself said he wanted to die by the hands of Lord 7th and taken out once everything turned out for the better but this was something he wasn't expecting. Boruto was fighting heads and nails with the whole shinobi system for him. Arguing with all the Kages.
"With the reports given by Uzumaki Boruto, The Uzumaki family, Team 10 and Amado. We conclude Kawaki to be Guilty of his crimes but pardoned to House arrest in the Uzumaki Household" Kawaki felt Boruto sigh with relief besides him. A relief he should be feeling. Boruto felt for him. Kawaki didn't know what to feel or say anymore. Should be thank him? Kiss him? Pull him into a hug and collapse on the floor with him? Apologise?
He wanted to do those things but instead his mouth opened and he could only ask. "I guess you will be sleeping with me tonight?"
Naruto behind the boys started to cough violently as Hinata squeaked in embarrassment. Himawari shamelessly started to laugh at the question.
Boruto turned fully red but subtly nodded.