It was early in the day and Naruto was walking through the village with his hands behind his head. He'd just woken up after staying up all night finishing up paperwork because he had more to do than usual. Which he wouldn't have had to if Sasuke had done his.
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The day before he'd gone over to Sasuke's around noon because the elders were bothering him about some paperwork that hadn't been handed in. And of course Naruto was going to pester him for being behind schedule. Since he had done his on time, for once. He showed up at his friends doorstep with a cocky smirk on his face completely ready to rip Sasuke Uchiha a new one when the door opened and he saw... shit.
In front of him was definitely Sasuke, but with dead eyes, an unusually clammy/green complexion, a pail under his arm, and a blanket around his shoulders. He was sick. Naruto was invited in with a silent flick of the wrist and he looked at the large pile of papers Sasuke had returned to. Sasuke groaned in either exhaustion or contempt as he rolled up his sleeve and continued his work, causing Naruto to feel a little bad for the guy.
"Why are you here, dobe." Sasuke asked in a dry voice, causing him to cough.
The blonde scratched his head, suddenly feeling less inclined to rub his friends face in something he didn't have much control over. "Uh... well... the elders were wondering when you were going to be filing everything..."
Sasuke glared up at Naruto. "Before it's due."
"... You do know that it's due tomorrow morning..." He returned almost sheepishly, not wanting to upset a sick man.
Clearly unaware of this, Sasuke cursed under his breath. "I thought I had another day..." He paused to cough and hack into his sleeve. "I'll get it done. They have nothing to worry about."
'They might start worrying if the responsible Hokage dies.' Naruto thought to himself grimly.
Following that realisation he came to another one. There was no way he could let Sasuke kill himself doing paperwork. They still had to see which of them was stronger. But there was no way a stubborn asshole like Sasuke would just let someone do something for him. He'd have to sneak all of that paperwork out of his friends apartment without him noticing... but how?
"Hey, mind if I make some tea while you work?" Naruto asked as he headed for the kitchen.
The response he received was a silent hand gesture to go on ahead. He nodded and turned on the kettle while putting some tea leaves in a teapot. From a pouch on his sleeve he pulled out a small container of odour and tasteless dissolvable sleep pellets.
'Sorry Sasuke.' He thought once the water had boiled and he poured the tea.
With that settled he returned to his sick friend with two mugs of tea in hand. Sasuke didn't even look up but held up an open palm. Naruto shook his head and handed over the drugged tea. If he hadn't been so exhausted Naruto assumed he would've been a bit more suspicious, having been trained by Orochimaru. But for the time being Sasuke just sipped his tea so Naruto sat down across from him and waited for the drug to take effect.
Fifteen minutes later it seemed like his plan had worked. Sasuke was fighting to keep his eyes open and eventually almost collapsed onto the paper he'd been reading. Naruto quickly got around the table before he did any real damage. Like knock the ink well over. He caught his unconscious friend by snaking his arm around his shoulders. With his plan successful Naruto wrapped one of Sasuke's arms around his neck and led him towards the bed. He covered him with a blanket and worked on getting the papers back to his own apartment.
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That paperwork was done later that night and filed before the elders could even get a word in. Which pleased both Naruto and Kurama greatly. After that he decided to actually accept the consequences of his drinking all those nights ago so he headed for the Academy. Besides, he was bored. He could train the students for a while.
When he got there he saw Iruka trying to unlock the main door. "Yo, sensei!" Naruto called out.
Confused as to who could be yelling for him, he turned around and beamed a great big smile. "It's an honor to have the Lord Hokage call me sensei!"
Naruto closed the distance between them with his usual goofy grin and they both headed inside.
"So what are doing here, Naruto? Life isn't busy enough for you?" Iruka joked.
The caused the young Hokage to laugh a bit. "No, I'm technically here on punishment."
He turned back to face his former student, clearly perplexed. "Oh? For what?"
"For..." Naruto paused. He didn't want to say it out loud. It was embarrassing enough the first few times. "Well... I... I-I sort of streaked through the village after getting completely hammered?"
Iruka raked a tired hand down his face. "Naruto..."
Said knucklehead scratched the back of his head, a little ashamed. "Hey, it was a one time thing!"
"It better've been!" He laughed. "You're responsible for the village now! What if the Akatsuki attacked while you were drunk?"
"Then Sasuke could handle it!" Naruto exclaimed with a smile. "No need for me to stop the party anytime soon when there's two Hokage's!"
Iruka rolled his eyes with a laugh and lightly smacked Naruto upside the head with a folder. There was clearly no getting through to him. "So what's your punishment, Naruto?"
Seeming to have forgotten himself, Naruto held his chin in his hand and contemplated. "Hunh... I don't remember... I know I have to help teach your students genjutsu..."
"Aren't you no good at genjutsu?" Iruka asked as they arrived at the door to his classroom.
Naruto groaned. "Yeah. That's what makes it punishment."
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[Keisuke wanted something he could play off of, so here's this. Get posting. Sasuke can also reply to the upper half if he wants. Sick overworked bastard.]
