"SASUKE! SASUKE! SAAASUKEEE!"

Naruto's frantic voice woke his sleeping partner from his pool-side nap. With a groan, Sasuke opened his dark eyes and gazed steadily at the blond male.

"What? Did you get stung by a bee again?"

"WORSE!" Naruto shouted, turning around quickly. The terrified male pointed towards his rear as he yelled out, "THERE'S A SPLINTER IN MY ASS!"

It took a moment for Naruto's words to register in Sasuke's mind, but as soon as they did, a smirk tugged his lips upward. "Really, Naruto? You actually-"

"HELP ME!" Naruto interrupted, stomping his feet in impatience. He quickly regretted the action, however, as a surge of pain shot throughout his lower half. "IT FUCKING HURTS!"

"I'm coming." Sasuke chuckled under his breath as he forced himself to get up. While walking over to Naruto, Sasuke moved very slowly; he loved seeing Naruto squirm. Once he finally arrived behind his partner, Sasuke smirked to himself.

"Bend over." The raven-haired male instructed. Naturally, Naruto had to protest.

"JUST GET IT OUT!"

"You've never said that to me before." Sasuke pointed out smugly. Naruto turned his blushing face around to give a half-hearted glare at his lover.

"Sasuke, just help me." Naruto grumbled.

"Then bend your ass over."

With a begrudging sigh, Naruto did as Sasuke had instructed. Sasuke's rough hands slid Naruto's shorts up, his eyes scanning the soft, tempting flesh for the splinter. Once he had located the painful piece of wood, Sasuke placed a hand beside of it on Naruto's left cheek.

"I'm going to try and get this now. Don't cry when it hurts, all right?" Sasuke joked. With a heavy sigh, Naruto nodded and told him to do it.

The splinter wasn't very large, something that Sasuke knew would make it harder to get a grasp on. Unfortunately, Sasuke had to be careful; after all, one wrong move and Naruto would have the splinter stuck in there. Despite what most thought, Sasuke was actually quite caring towards his lover. He just didn't show it very well.

As Sasuke prepared to remove the splinter, he took a deep breath. His thumb and index fingers slowly moved closer to the little wooden shard, carefully avoiding the rest of Naruto's ass. With the utmost precision, Sasuke grasped onto the splinter and began to remove it. After a moment of gentle pulling, Sasuke had removed the frustrating wood.

"There." Sasuke dropped the splinter on the ground beside of them as he helped Naruto fix his shorts.

"Whew." Naruto sighed in relief, placing a hand on his ass. "I'm glad you got that out. It hurt like hell."

"I'm sure."

Naruto turned around and wrapped his arms around Sasuke, keeping him in a caring embrace. "Thanks." He nuzzled his face against Sasuke's neck, his lips tugging into a grin. "I owe ya one."

"Really?" Sasuke smirked. "Then how about I give you a better pain in your ass?"

"Or we could go get some ramen. I'm starving!" Naruto patted his stomach. Sasuke rolled his eyes, knowing an argument would be pointless. Beside, he had a bit of hunger himself.

"Fine. Let's go."