I know it's a little early maybe for a Christmas fic, but I thought I'd post it now anyway. I've been working on it for a while, and it's finally (almost) Christmas!
Just as a heads up, Naruto and his friends are in their late teens, Sasuke has returned to Konoha and everyone is happy. It's meant to be a cute/humorous fic, and I've tweaked some things around to make it fit with plot. I might add some other couples in here as well, though I'm not sure yet. I've planned this to be about 12 chapters long. I'll see how it goes. Well, enjoy!

Disclaimer (for all the chapters): I DO NOT OWN NARUTO! If I did, I assure you it would be rated R.

Shikamaru looked over at his friends' faces, a tired expression on his own.

They were trying to decide what to do during the winter break that was coming up. They wouldn't be having any missions for two weeks straight and so they figured it would be nice to have some things planned.

The lazy ninja did his best to not get into the conversation. Whatever they planned was good enough for him.

"Okay, hey! What about a huge sleepover party? Just the whole bunch of us?" Kiba yelled out over the increasing noise. When no one heard him, Akamaru started barking to get their attention.

Shikamaru just sighed and put his head on his hand, elbow propped up against the table they were sitting at.

Kiba repeated his proposal and everyone went quiet.

"That sounds great!" Sakura said a big smile across her face.

"Yeah, but where would it be?" Neiji pointed out. "Not even the Hyuuga house is big enough to fit all of us and everyone else in the household isn't that right Hinata?"

"Y-yes, that's right," Hinata said, looking down and blushing suddenly being caught at the centre of the discussion.

"Well, can't we just put our money together and get some place for one week?" Kiba asked.

"Kiba, not everyone has enough spending money for us to be able to rent some place out." Ino said with exasperation. "Plus, I want to save some money on presents." She smirked and looked over at Sasuke. "I know exactly what you all want."

"Not so fast, Ino-pig! I'll be getting the best presents, just you wait!" Sakura cried out, standing up with her fist clenched.

Girls are so troublesome, Shikamaru thought to himself as Sakura and Ino continued to argue.

"Hey! Hey! What about Sasuke-teme's place? There's enough room over there!" Naruto cut in, silencing the two girls. "Well, if that's okay with you…" He added, looking at Sasuke.

Everyone's heads turned to face Sasuke, waiting for an answer.

"Hn. Whatever," he said expressionlessly.

"Yeah! Awesome! This is gonna a blast!" Naruto shouted, jumping up in the air.

Shikamaru closed his eyes and continued to listen to the ongoing discussion as they were going over the final details. They decided the time and the place and the food and what ever else would be needed for a party. By this time, all Shikamaru wanted was to fall asleep. Oh man….how much longer?

"Okay, so how many people do we have? I mean, who can actually come?" Sakura asked. She had been given a notepad to write the details on and was now looking expectantly at everyone.

"I can."

"Yeah, same here."

"You can count me in!"

"I'm not missing this! You'll see me for sure!"

"Wait, hold on! Slow down…So that's Shino, Neiji, Ino-pig, and Kiba…okay, who else?" Sakura asked, frantically writing down the names of the people. "Alright, so I think that's everyone; Shino, Neiji, Ino-pig, Kiba, Ten-Ten, Hinata, Lee, Choji, Naruto, Sasuke and myself."

"But that's only eleven people, who's missing?" Naruto asked, looking over Sakura's shoulder at the list in front of her.

"That's me, I'm coming…" Shikamaru said with a yawn. He had almost dozed off when he realized his name hadn't been called.

"Cool, so that's everyone. Anything we're forgetting?' Sakura asked, looking over her notepad at the things they had decided on.

"Let's invite Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro." Naruto said with a grin on his face.

Hearing this, Shikamaru's ears perked up, and his heart started beating faster.

"Yeah, that sound's good, I don't mind." Kiba said. Everyone else nodded in consent, and then looked at Sasuke who clearly seemed bored out of his mind.

"Sure," he replied in monotone.

"Awesome! I can't wait, this is gonna be great!" Naruto shouted, and everyone else joined in, talking about the days to come.

Shikamaru sighed again and stood up. He walked outside the room they had been using from the Ninja Academy and made his way down the hall and out the doors into the bitter cold. Inside, his mind was racing. The news of the sand ninja coming for the sleepover had made him wide awake in anticipation. He was actually started to look forward to this now.

* * *

It was the day of the sleepover and to Sasuke's annoyance and amusement; Naruto was the first one there. He was grinning at him, standing under the doorframe, the snow falling gently behind him.

"Dobe, you're three hours early, go home," Sasuke said, closing the door.

"No! Teme, wait!" the blonde yelled, stopping the door from closing. He had dropped the bag he was holding and it made a jingling sound. "I thought I'd help you set up and decorate."

"What?" Sasuke asked confused, stalling his efforts.

"Well, its Christmas, we need lights! I went to everyone's house and asked for decorations and lights. Look," he said, pointing behind him at the hour boxes lying in the falling snow. "I borrowed enough to make your house the brightest in all of Konoha!" He started chuckling to himself.

He then fell silent as he didn't get any reply from the raven. His blue eyes stared. One minute…Two minutes…Three minutes….Four minutes…

"Sasuke…" he said simply.

"What?" the raven asked, glad that the silence had finally stopped.

"Are you gonna let me in or not?"

Sasuke blinked, and then smirked. "What if I say no?"

Naruto's face frowned in frustration, "Teme!"

"Is that all you have to say?" the raven asked, as he opened the door wider to let the blonde in. He helped bring the boxes inside and set them aside.

Once inside, the blonde put his hands on his hips and looked around, taking in the setting. "Hmm…alright! C'mon, let's get started!" He had a big grin plastered across his face and he started opening the boxes. Within five minutes, Sasuke's room was piled with the various decorations.

Grumbling to himself at the mess in front of him, Sasuke grudgingly started putting up the decorations as the blonde directed.

"Um, Sasuke, where's your tree?" the blonde asked after about a half hour, looking around.

The raven stared at the blonde blankly before answering. "I don't have one, dobe."

Ignoring the insult, Naruto's eyes opened wide. "Whaaat?! No tree?! You're such a teme! Wait here, I'll be right back!" He walked htowards the front door hastily putting on his coat. He waved and went through the door and out into the steadily falling snow.

Sasuke stared at the door in confusion at the sudden outburst from the blonde. He then shrugged and started putting up the lights.

He was really looking forward to this, despite his outward appearance and reactions to everything. He blushed at the thought of spending whole nights with a certain blonde. This was the first time he felt so excited about a social gathering – or a party, rather. The raven looked up at his clock, wondering when Naruto would return after what ever it was he was doing.

Fifteen minutes later, there was a loud banging on the front door. Sasuke got up and opened it to find a panting blonde and behind him, a fairly large evergreen tree.

"Naruto, wha-?" Sasuke began, but the blonde stepped inside, still breathing hard and dragging the tree along with him.

Sasuke made sure to brush off the snow before any of it made a mess inside his once-clean living room.

"Okay! So, it got the tree from…uh…well, never mind where…let's just say it required a lot of running, ha ha." He grinned.

Sasuke made a mental note to make sure to lock every entrance in case of…certain enemies…for the night.

"I'll put the tree up, and then we can go outside and light everything up!"

"Hn."

Two hours later, the whole estate was lit up and emitted a festive spirit. The blonde and the raven sat down, tired, and looked around the house in content. They had lit up every part of the place they could get their hands on.

And then, when they were done, Sasuke had made sure the blonde helped clean up the mess he had made. He had grabbed his hand and pulled him along with him to clean up. That gentle and warm touch had made both their hearts flutter.

They had stared at each other for several long moments before their faces turned red and they looked away.

Sitting there now alone, side-by-side, created an uncomfortable silence between the two. Unknown to each other, their hearts beat strongly, yearning for the intimate company of the other.

Both of them were relieve when the doorbell rand. Sasuke got up to open it and he found Kiba and Shino standing there with their belongings. He welcomed them inside, and they walked in, clearly impressed by the excessive amount of decorations.

"Wow, Sasuke," Kiba said, surprised. "I didn't know you were so much into decorating."

"I'm not."

"Huh? Then what's with all--"

"Its all my doing!' Naruto exclaimed. "Sasuke-teme helped, though."

"Well, it certainly is something! I wasn't sure if I was at the right place or not until Shino reminded me about all the ornaments you took."

"Heh heh, yepp!" Naruto grinned, scratching the back of his head. "I had to make sure this was as festive as possible. I mean, it's the holidays!"

"Yeah, you got that right! Oh," Kiba walked over to the door and opened it when the bell rang.

"Hey everyone!" came a familiar voice. "We're here!"

Sakura, Ino, Tenten and Hinata stepped inside, bringing in some snow with them.

"Oh, wow, this place looks wonderful! Good job with the decoration, Sasuke!" Ino smiled sweetly and batter her eyes, looking at the raven.

"News flash Ino; Naruto did the decorating." Kiba smirked, watching the smile drop from Ino's face, as she looked away in embarrassment.

"So that's why you stole my decorations, huh?" Sakura flashed a menacing grin before hitting the dobe on the head.

"Hey, watch it! I said I'll give them back!" Naruto shouted as he ran away from the pink-haired kunoichi. Everyone laughed at the blonde's antics, and the newly arrived people put down their bags in the corner of the room, waiting for the rest of their group to arrive.

After a few minutes, the doorbell indicated the arrival of Shikamaru and Choji, who was munching away at a bag of BBQ chips. Following them came Neiji and Lee, who was ecstatic at seeing the fully decorated house, and then came the three from the sand.

Shikamaru looked up at the arrival of the redhead and felt his face tint red as the sand's eyes paused on him as he took in the surroundings.

"Good job Naruto!," Temari commented as she put her bag down and took off her coat.

"Thanks Temari. How was your trip?" Naruto asked in response.

"Not too bad; just cold." Kankuro answered leaving behind a silence.

"Hey, teme, let's show everyone their rooms!" Naruto exclaimed jumping up in excitement. The blonde had already been given a tour when they had been decorating.

"Sure." Sasuke led the way up the stairs after everyone had picked up their bags. They went down a large corridor that connected to another section of the large estate.

"Okay, so I thought the biggest room can go to the girls; there's room enough for six, so you'll probably have a little extra space." Sasuke indicated to the last door facing opposite them. The girls went in and dropped their bags inside as Sasuke continued.

"This room here," he pointed to the door on his left. "is one of the bigger ones so Naruto and I thought Shikamaru, Gaara and Kankuro can stay there." He looked at the lazy ninja questioningly.

"Fine with me," Shikamaru answered, his heart beating frantically.

"S then the next room," he indicated one door down the left, "and the one across from it," he pointed accordingly. "Has space for three people each, so Neiji, Lee, Choji, Shino and Kiba, you guys can decide what room you want."

"Hold on, what about Naruto?" Neiji asked, realizing that the blonde's name had not been called.

"I'm bunking with Sasuke-teme." Naruto said, grinning wildly.

"No, dobe, you're on the floor." Sasuke said with a smirk, watching the dobe's face frown in frustration.

"Teme! We'll see about that!"

As the two continued arguing – well it was mostly Naruto who was ranting – the rest of the ninjas made their way to their rooms and set up their things for their week-and-a-half stay.

Shikamaru stepped inside, following Gaara and Kankuro and took in the layout of the room. There were three singular beds, with the heads of each against one of the three walls, forming a triangle. Gaara and Kankuro took the ones facing each other, leaving the one opposite the door for Shikamaru. He didn't mind much, as the window gave him a great view of the outside. Now he was certain he would enjoy his stay.

In the room adjacent to the lazy ninja, Choji, Neiji and Lee were organizing their bags. It was no surprise that the chubbiest of the three had brought along a bog solely full of snacks and treats. Lee was sure the bag would be empty by the end of the fourth day and so, to prevent hat, he tried to convince his room partner to take it easy on the snacks. Of course, in order to do so, he had to resort to his lecture about youth which he had memorized. Neiji watched in silent amusement as he set up his belongings. He hoped Lee wouldn't do the same to him.

Choji paid him no attention and briskly walked out of the room, knowing instantly that this was going to be a very, very long week. He walked across the corridor and entered the room opposite where Kiba and Shino were fighting over the beds.

"C'mon Shino! That's the only way I'll be able to eavesdrop on them." He pointed to the left side of the wall where the bed was. Choji sweatdropped; on the other side of the wall was the girls' room.

"I'd rather you not. I need that side to stay as much away from the sunlight as possible." Shino nodded his head towards the window. "The light agitates the beetles. And from the position of this room, obviously your side will be under the most sunlight."

"My side? My side?! Why you--" Akamaru started barking frantically now and Choji stepped outside the room again to stay away from the impending danger.

Meanwhile, in the largest of the five rooms, the girls were happily sorting out their belongings. All of them had agreed on what beds each of them would take. There were four single and one bunks bed. Tenten and Hinata took the bunk bed and the other three girls adjusted accordingly. Presently, Ino and Sakura were arguing about the presents they had bought for a certain raven-haired ninja.

"Just you wait Ino-pig! Once Sasuke sees what I got him, he'll automatically declare his undying love for me!" Sakura exclaimed, and then donned a glazed expression as she played out the scenario in her mind.

She was brought back to reality when Ino snapped her fingers in front of her face. "He wouldn't do that, Sakura, because he'll have me in his arms as soon as he opens my present!"

"In your dreams! Obviously my present will be the one to steal his heart away!"

"Ha! In a million years! Mine will--"

"Would you two stop it already?!" The two girls turned to look at Tenten who had her arms crossed and a flush expression on her face. "You two are always--"

"ARRRGGG!" Tenten was cut off as a scream rang through the house.

The girls glanced at each other curiously and walked out to see who had screamed. What they saw made them drop to the floor out of laughter. The other boys who had poked their heads out were in a similar state.

Naruto was standing clad only in his boxer shorts and sock, with his pants down at the ankles, wrapped in rope and shivering.

"W-what the hell was t-that?" the blonde asked someone standing inside his doorframe.

Sasuke stepped out with smirk. "It's your fault for being a nosy dobe."

Naruto gave him a confused look.

"It's not nice to look inside other peoples' closets!" Sasuke said bluntly, though still bearing a smirk on his lips.

"W-well it's not nice to set stupid booby traps for everything either! Teme! I bet you have some deep, dark secret that you're hiding in your closet!" Naruto attempted to point towards the Uchiha but was only able to lift his finger with the rope around him. Then, frustrated, he hopped back inside the room, pushing past the raven, grumbling to himself.

Everyone else who had watched the scene was still chuckling softly to themselves as they went back inside their own rooms.

Sasuke sighed and turned around to head back in. His cheeks were burning and he was thankful no body was around to see the pink tint his face had acquired.

Naruto was busy trying to untie the rope around him and at the same time trying to get his pants back onto cover his green and orange frog covered boxers.

Seeing the blonde like that sent a wave of arousal throughout the raven and he was sure his face was scarlet by now. He rushed into the private bathroom attached to the room and shut the door behind him.

He stayed there until his heartbeat settled down and his reflection wasn't red anymore. Then he washed his face with cold water and stepped out again.

His stoic expression briefly turned into a suppressed smile as he tried to stop himself from laughing at the sight before him. Naruto was still in the same position, only more tied up and knotted than before.

Composing himself once again, a smirk played at his lips as he walked up to the blonde.

"Need some help?" he asked, clearly trying to belittle the dobe.

"Of course not! I can do it myself, y'know," Naruto grumbled and continued his feeble attempts.

Sasuke waited, hands in his pockets, until the blonde looked up after a while with a defeated expression.

"O-okay, so I guess I could use some help."

Smirk still firmly on his kips, Sasuke started towards the blonde and worked at untying the knots. He made sure to get a feel of as much of the blonde as possible while doing so.

"So, what do you have in that closet?" Naruto asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"Nothing that would interest you."

"Yeah, right, and that's why it's so heavily guarded," Naruto rolled his eyes. "You're just making me more curious, y'know?"

Suddenly, Sasuke's face donned a sinister expression as he looked straight into the blonde's azure eyes. The blonde gulped and felt a shiver run down his spine.

Then Sasuke spoke, his voice sending fear into the dobe. "That closet holds the tools I need for my…hobby. I can't achieve me…goals...if my victims are screaming in terror and fear. That closet is out-of-bounds to everyone but me, got it?! It's also really dirty in there with the dried up blo—paint."

At hearing this, Naruto could feel the blood draining from his face. He sat there for the remainder of the time in silence, not daring to anger Sasuke any more. He didn't want to be a victim of Sasuke's…hobby…and end up a dead corpse in his closet.

"There, you're free now," Sasuke said casually as he stood up. This made the blonde jump and he was sure he'd nearly had a heart attack.

"You should put your pants back on, dress up, and go downstairs. Everyone else is probably already there." Sasuke said as he made his way towards the bathroom again.

"W-what about you? A-aren't you coming?" the blonde asked as he pulled on his pants.

The raven looked back at the dobe, with a sly smile. "I need to…finish something else first." He saw the panicked expression on his friend's face as the blonde quickly put on his shirt and darted out the room.

Sasuke closed the bathroom door behind him and started laughing. That was priceless! The look on the blonde's face replayed in the raven's mind as he tried to hold in his laughter. The dobe's expressions were so cute! Cute?! CUTE?! Did he really say – think – that Naruto, of all people, was cute?!

Well, actually, he did. But he couldn't admit that. He cursed to himself; Uchiha's don't use the word cute, they only take what's hot and sexy, damn it! He sighed, his barely controlled laughter finally dying down.

It had been necessary to do that. He couldn't risk the blonde sneaking a peek inside his closet. He blushed, thinking of the contents he had in there. Inside were his memories of Naruto; all the moments they had shared together.

He couldn't bare to think what would happen if Naruto realized the feelings that he held for him. Surely, he would get rejected and that would mean the end of their friendship.

Sasuke walked over to the mirror and regarded his reflection with an alien feeling. He turned around, not wanting to look at the one in the mirror any longer. He sighed as he opened the stepped out to head back down.

* * *

Entering the living room, he was greeted with a bit shout of –

And that's that! So, what did you think? If you happen to spot any mistakes in spelling and/or grammer, please let me know and I'll fix it as soon as I can.
I have until chapter 4 written out so I just have to type and edit. I'm sure I'll be posting them soon enough, but I'm not sure how fast the rest of them will go.

Oh yeah! If you don't already know, I'm also currently working on Broken Shards, another SasuNaru. So be sure to check that out, too!