Sasuke was at home this
Christmas, as usual, but unlike the past eight Christmases, he
had company. He had asked Naruto to come over after
training because Naruto had given him a gift, just like the last
eight years, so he thought he should do something in return for
his friend.
While they walked to his house, they started
talking about some of their favorite bands. Naruto
had been surprised when the Uchiha had asked what kind of music
he listened to, but answered anyway, "A little
rap, but mostly rock," "Yeah I prefer rock myself. So
what bands do you listen to most often?" Sasuke replied,
realizing they had something in common. "Uhm… lets
see. Linkin Park, Avenged Seven Fold, Three days
Grace, Eeminem, you know, whatever's popular now. I'm
not really picky." Naruto had answered
honestly. Sasuke added a few more to the list while
they approached his house.
When they had entered
the house they were both laughing at a joke the Uchiha had made
about their sensei once singing and dancing to Justin
Timberlake's song 'Bringing Sexy Back'. Then
everything went quiet as they sat down to hangout. They
decided to watch a movie and Naruto had tried to pick something
he thought wouldn't be scary, since he got scared really
easy. Sasuke noticed and pretended to
pick up 'Eight Crazy Nights' and put it in the DVD player
while Naruto left to go to the bathroom. While
Naruto was gone he put in 'The Grudge'.
When
Naruto got back it was going through previews, so they got a
snack. When they got back, the movie was starting and
Naruto thought it was another preview. After they got
on the couch Sasuke asked 'Have you ever seen this before?"
'Yeah, every Christmas," 'Good, then you won't be mad
that I switched the movie." Sasuke replied with an evil grin.
"WHAT?! What did you put in you bastard?" Naruto
was hysterical as he realized that he wasn't watching a
preview, but the movie.
After realizing this, he froze on this
couch, while Sasuke started to laugh. "Baka, did you
really think I was going to watch a comedy, when I know how you
react to horror movies. You're a comedy in yourself
with how you react. By this time, Naruto was shaking;
he had seen the movie before and knew what was coming. But
he was still just as scared, if not, more.
Sasuke started to
feel bad once Naruto began to cry, so he turned of the
movie. Naruto was still frozen looking at the T.V. as
though something would come out and attack him, if he so much as
breathed. Sasuke really started to feel bad after 10
minutes had passed and Naruto, still, hadn't moved. He
realized he had probably gone a little too far and should
apologize. It was Christmas after all.
"Hey,
Naruto... You okay?" Sasuke asked out of concern for
his friend. "…" "Listen, sorry about that.
I'll admit that was a little too far, but I didn't think you
would get this worked up after only 20 minutes of the movie." He
walked over to Naruto, who was glaring at him, 'good, he's
starting to have some reactions', Sasuke thought. "Naruto, I
really am sorry about that. I didn't think it would get you
that worked up." Sasuke said, relived to see Naruto getting
some color back. "You know, you really are a bastard sometimes
Sasuke," Naruto said after a long pause.
After that, Sasuke
left to start dinner. Naruto shortly joined in, even though
Sasuke had told him not to.
After dinner they decided to plan
the sleeping arrangements. It was almost 11:00 when
they decided they would both sleep out on the two couches. Sasuke
didn't mind, since he usually slept on the couch, but part of
him did, do to the fact his male teammate was going to be
sleeping in his house, in the same room as him. "Sasuke you're
sleeping out here too right? I mean, this is the first time I've
been to your house, and you're the reason for me being so
scared," was Naruto's reasoning. After 15 minutes
of arguing, Sasuke said he would. In reality, he hated sleeping
in his room; it only brought back bad memories.
When they
finally got blankets and pillows for the couches, Sasuke was
surprised by the smell of his pillow. It smelt like
his older brother, Itachi. He had told Naruto to get a
couple pillows off the his bed while he got the blankets, but had
forgot to tell Naruto which room was his.
Sasuke immediately
got tense from the smell, "Are you okay?" Naruto
asked, seeing Sasuke tense up. "I'm fine," Sasuke said in a
sharp tone, and turned around. Naruto quickly did the
same and was about to fall asleep when…"Sasuke what's
wrong?" Naruto asked in shock, as he saw Sasuke glaring at him,
standing in a defensive position, and holding a kunai.
"What
do you want?" Sasuke asked, snarling at him. "What?!"
Naruto asked, scared that Sasuke had gone crazy. Just
then he noticed that Sasuke wasn't looking at him, but behind
him and the couch at something.
"So Sasuke , you have
company. That was unexpected." Said the unknown
thing that turned out to be a man. He had a deep
emotionless voice that Sasuke vaguely recognized. Naruto,
however, did not and immediately turn around to face the unknown
man, only to find that he was, "Santa?"
