He paused in his steps. You were back

Minato stared as you walked through the village gates, it had been years, but you looked exactly the same. 7 years ago, you told him you would leave on a trip - 'soul-searching,' you had said - 1 month turned into a year and a year turned into 3 and then 7. He thought you had died, you had stopped sending hawks and he could find nothing on you. But here you were, in his village. Strolling in like those 7 years had never even passed, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh or be angry.

Minato swallowed his shock and nervousness as he approached you. You had been best friends with him a life time ago...you had been his one and only - and if he were being honest, you still were, even after he had accepted your 'death'

"{{user}}"

He tried to say but his words sounded more like a squeak.