A/N: Just a short SasuNaru ficlet. Naruto belongs to Kishimoto Masashi.
It was dark. It was cold.
Kakashi, Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto were currently sleeping in the same room in a small building specifically designed for shinobi during their missions and had no other place to stay. Their futons were set haphazardly in the large empty room. Sakura was in a corner by herself, Kakashi in the very center of the room, Naruto and Sasuke took the other side of the room.
The windows shuddered against the howling wind outside. Moonlight streamed into the room, illuminating it in an eerie blue glow, and the waving trees outside cast strange shadows in the room.
To put it simply, Naruto was wide awake. He had tried very hard to clear his mind. He had tried covering his ears. He had tried sleeping with his head under his pillow (almost smothering himself).
Through the cracks in the building, he felt the chilly wind creep underneath his blanket and pajamas. Shivering, he looked around the room. All his team members were apparently not having any problems sleeping, and Kakashi was snoring. Naruto sighed. If he did not get any sleep tonight he would be in for a long, brutal day tomorrow. He knew that sleep was necessary, he knew if he did not get any sleep tonight, he would die tomorrow. And he could not die from lack of sleep, because he was going to be Hokage.
Gingerly, he sat up and crept quietly across to the other side of the room, to Sasuke. He felt this was the best choice. Sakura? She would kill him. Kakashi? Naruto did not think his perverted teacher should even be an option. That left Sasuke. And Naruto felt he could take anything Sasuke threw at him, because Sasuke was his rival (and friend, but he purposely ignored this fact).
Gathering his courage, Naruto lay a hand on Sasuke's shoulder, and gently shook him.
"Sasuke...Sasuke! Wake up," he whispered. He stopped shaking when he saw Sasuke's eyes open, and narrow.
"Naruto, go back to sleep," Sasuke whispered back angrily from being roused from his slumber. And he was a light sleeper, he did not appreciate being woken up at all. He turned over, back facing Naruto.
"I can't sleep!"
"That's too bad usuratonkachi," Sasuke shot back. He turned his head a little so he could look at Naruto. The blonde's hair was mussed and he looked desperate. "Go away!" Sasuke hissed and turned around again.
Naruto sighed. He sat there beside Sasuke's futon for a few minutes deliberating what he should do. He saw that Sasuke's breath had evened out again. He had fallen asleep already!
Very, very carefully, Naruto lifted the corner of Sasuke's blanket up, and slid underneath. Laying his head on the corner of Sasuke's pillow he closed his eyes, subconsciously snuggling into the comfort of Sasuke's blanket and smell.
Pulling the blanket a little closer over to his side, his elbow accidentally jabbed Sasuke's spine. Oops.
"What the fuck?. Get back in your own bed Naruto!" Sasuke said when he discovered the source of discomfort. However, instead of getting up and going back to his side of the room, Naruto just rolled over and wrapped his arms around Sasuke's torso.
"You're comfy Sasuke," Naruto whispered with his eyes still closed.
Sasuke sighed exasperatedly, "You're impossible."
Sighing again, he decided he couldn't afford to argue with Naruto all night, and lay back down.
"'Night," Naruto said contentedly with a small smile on his face.
And then all was quiet.
The End.