Study? [ the word has and will always be a personal affront, more so that it infringes on naruto's perception on what a typical summer vacation should be like; immature as he is, he likes to think he's making the most of his youth— they won't be young forever. he makes a note to tell yamato to prepare the biggest, juiciest watermelons and a couple of bats for later. ]

Kinda. Sometimes we end up in other places. [ his mind wanders to last year's excursion involving disney and country fairs, how sakura's voice had haunted him alongside sasuke's whenever he'd decided to have things like deep fried ice cream and oreos. naruto had missed her a lot more than usual, that summer. ] Sasuke doesn't get to spend much time with his family otherwise.

[ he doesn't add in how it's the same for him, lightly kicking at concrete then stretching his arms out wide. ]

S'been a while for the crew to be in one place too. [ they couldn't not bring sakura this time, is the follow-up that lingers in the air instead of being said. and since he doesn't want to give sakura the opportunity to process his earlier comment about their families for any longer than necessary, ]

…wait. When you asked for five minutes to grab something, it wasn't a textbook, right? [ eyeing her pack warily!! ]