Sasuke's face fell when she listed out reasons that pushed the date back further and further, the excitement at the prospect of escaping the village immediately fading into just the vague anticipation of seeing how a fledgling shinobi village would look. Academy graduation for the first time -- it was still something he was interested in seeing, but not until April ...

"Yeah," he said, trying to sound like he was thinking about their schedules (wide open except for missions, with no jounin promotion on the horizon for him at least). "I can talk to Hinata and see if she can get Hiashi to approve."