Disclaimer: Sasuke Uchiha & Naruto Uzumaki © Masashi Kishimoto.

Warnings: Shounen-ai, slight language.

Authored by: P / J

Sasuke looked up from the sheet of lined paper, sighing and turning his head to gaze out the window wistfully. It was night now, and he had been working on the assessment since morning. Not like it needed anything to add, it was already 20 pages long and would probably just be a burden for the teachers to mark. He smirked as he imagined Kakashi's exasperated face at having to go through around 6000 words and counting.

The young Uchiha's smile faltered as his mind chose then to think of Naruto Uzumaki, the class clown and total dunderhead of the school. He was also in Team 7 along with Sakura.

But he wouldn't bother about her for now.

Sasuke sighed again and let his thoughts caress the blond's tan skin and hover over those features so annoying and bright that it hurt to look at them for too long. He mentally reached out for the smiling figure before the pictures faded and were gone.

Suddenly, a sharp rapping started at his window and a moonlit face appeared, startling the raven-haired boy as he jerked back and fell to the floor with his chair following along seconds after.

He groaned slightly before getting up painfully and stepping forward to open the window.

"Ugh. Why are you here, dobe?"

"To work with you, duh!" the sunny-haired boy replied, jumping into the room.

"Whatever," Sasuke mumbled, rubbing an aching spot on his neck. "And you're not coming here to work with me. You're only coming here to get my help."

Naruto pouted before sticking out his tongue. It was cute, but still annoying. The blond strutted over to Sasuke's desk, shuffling through the pages untidily.

"Woah, 20 pages?" he exclaimed, his eyes scanning over the words.

"I never knew you could count," The brunette commented, amused.

"How many words are there?" he continued, ignoring his rival's insult.

"6000 or so."

"Seriously? Man, you've got to teach me how to do this!"

"Tch. Don't cheat off me, usuratonkachi."

There was a silence, and a shuffling of papers behind him.

"Hey, what are these?"

Sasuke turned to look and he swore his heart stopped for a moment. 'Shit, my letters! I forgot to throw them out!'

"Don't touch them!" he hissed, lunging for the crumpled pieces of paper the blond was aiming to pick up.

"Hey, calm down!" Naruto exclaimed, snatching one of the scrunched up love letters and side-stepping before the ebony-haired boy could reach him. Sasuke froze, panting slightly in a state of mild panic.

Naruto ignored him, smoothing out the page. Sasuke watched as the blond's eyes widened and narrowed as they scanned over the paper.

"Don't. No. Please. Put it down." the young Uchiha mumbled repetitively, as if a machine.

"Shut up, Sasuke," Naruto replied, suddenly capturing his lips in a soft kiss. It only lasted a moment, and Naruto was grinning slightly as he pulled away. "I'm reading. You know how hard it is to get me to read something."

Sasuke shut up.

-Fin-

After a long, drawn-out battle in which no blood was spilt, J eventually managed to persuade P to put up the adorable ficlet she concocted in spare time. Hope you enjoyed her first addition to . ;)