Sasuke's home.
Sasuke had just finished his morning training, a thin sheen of sweat still beading on his forehead. He was about to wipe down his shuriken when a familiar voice tore through the silent courtyard and slammed into the door like a cannonball:
Bang bang—
"Sasuke! Open up! I know you're in there!"
That voice belonged to Naruto!
A vein twitched at Sasuke's temple as he expressionlessly pulled open the heavy wooden door.
The expected goofy face of Uzumaki Naruto did not appear.
Instead, there was a swaying, enormous "mountain of books"!
Layer upon layer, it towered like a mountain, completely blocking the light outside the doorway. Sasuke even had to lean back slightly to see the top of the thing.
"Ta-da—"
A bright smiling face squeezed out with difficulty through a gap in the side of the "mountain of books." "Here! They're all for you! Surprised? Didn't see that coming?"
Sasuke looked up at the trembling "giant book mountain" in the doorway. Even with his composure, he was momentarily left speechless.
"What is this?"
"See these treasures? They were all prepared for you!" Naruto squeezed sideways through the door. "Make way! Make way!"
The heavy books scraped against the doorframe, making a teeth-grinding creak.
A spacious courtyard, a lush little pond, a long covered corridor.
After so many years in the ninja world, Naruto had never seen a house like this.
It was a little like the ideal home from his previous life.
"Whoa!"
Naruto was a little envious. "Not bad for the young master of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke! Your house is pretty huge."
Hearing the words "your house is huge," Sasuke's passive skill was triggered.
He tore his gaze away from the books, his clear black-and-white eyes looking at Naruto expectantly. "Do you want to move