The Eyes Are on Fire [COMPLETE]

[impassive_eyes]

WHO: Sasuke, Tsunade, Sakura (?), Kakashi (??)
WHEN: 53, after Tsunade's journal post
WHERE: Her office
WHAT: PG-13 for Sasuke

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[no_sevens]

Tsunade sat at her desk pensively, her hands folded in front of her mouth. It was almost comforting, being back here and staring at the clock as the minutes ticked by, but whatever nostalgia Tsunade would have otherwise allowed herself was shoved aside in favor of contemplation for her upcoming...appointment

[impassive_eyes]

The door flew open, but didn't slam. The reason for this was that Sasuke was gripping the handle so tightly that there might have been indentations where his fingers went, and it prevented him from letting go and having the door crash against the wall behind it.

They were heavy doors, too.

Tsunade was waiting for him. Of course she was. She knew exactly what he wanted to say to her, what this was about. It was about her just walking into his life and ripping it down. He had spent weeks, months now, building it back up until he could function, until he could think without shaking.

And now she thinks she can just come back here?

Sasuke sat down, and said nothing.

[no_sevens]

She appreciated the fact that the walls of her office wouldn't be needing a paint job due to the scuff marks from a door slamming into them. She gave Uchiha a few points for that. It was a new coat, after all.

She watched quietly as Sasuke walked to the front of her desk and sat, not oblivious to the way his fists were clenched. Being an Auror and Healer for over three decades had made Tsunade well-versed in body language, and it wouldn't have taken much effort for her to see that Sasuke was waiting for her to make the first move.

Tsunade wasn't exactly feeling indulgent this evening, and thus only leaned back slightly in her chair.

[impassive_eyes]

She was in control of the situation. That was the thing about Tsunade, the thing that pissed Sasuke off. She was always in control of the goddamn situation. She just sat there, so full of self-righteousness, as if it were perfectly okay that his family had had to die for this peace. That he had watched them die.

[ The thing is, really, that if his family is dead, and Itachi killed them, but Itachi had done it on orders from the Ministry, in order to save more lives; the thing is, Sasuke's still angry, but now he's too confused, lost, because there's really nowhere for it to go.

The thing is, it isn't Tsunade's fault, and it isn't Itachi's fault, and it isn't anyone's fault at all.

The thing is, it just happened. ]

She wanted him to break first? Tough shit. Sasuke was prepared to sit here all day.