Another Christmas one-shot, this one Sasolyn, for Koneko. Can you tell I'm trying new styles and NOT completely failing...? XD I'm so proud of myself! XDDD

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto-sensei. Again, Evelyn belongs to Koneko.


"But Sasori-sama!" she pouted, "I've been sooo good! Just this once…?"

"You aren't a child, Evelyn. You need to leave such foolish things behind you. After all, you're part of Akatsuki now, even if only my subordinate, and need to learn to act more mature."

She simply stared at him.

"…What?"

"…I think that's the most I've ever heard you say…"

He simply looked blankly back at her.

"…I won't dignify that comment with an intelligent response."

A moment's pause; then,

"…Why don't you go pester someone else about this… Preferably someone who cares…?"

"I can't!" She pouted again for good measure. "Haru's off bugging Itachi-sama, so I can't very well go find her, and Deidara-sama seems to hate me for some reason…"

He winced inwardly; he knew exactly why the other male hated her. She continued speaking before he got the chance to get a word in edgewise, however. It seemed she wanted to run her mouth a mile a minute, today…

"But really, Sasori-sama, why won't you get me anything? I mean, it's such a fun holiday, and don't Suna and the Land of Wind celebrate it just like the rest of the Elemental Lands and Hidden Villages do…?"

"The place I once called home is very militaristic, you know that… We never had time for such trivial nonsense… Didn't your friend's reaction tell you that…?"

"Yeah, well, she reacts like that to just about everything… I swear, there's something wrong with that girl… All she wants to do is train, train, train! She never wants to have any fun… Unless she's staring at Konan-sama, of course…" She smirked, but shook her head. "Gah, you sidetracked me – again!"

"…Now if only I could keep you sidetracked…" He muttered. She ignored that comment.

"You don't even really have to celebrate it with me! Just get me something, and I'll get you something, and we'll never speak of it again! …Until next year, at least…" She was all but begging now, though she retained her bright demeanor; she was willing to compromise, if need be.

He sighed, finally relenting after having endured this for over an hour. "…Fine. What is it that you want…? Just get me something related to my art…" That was simple enough… Not like she could mess it up… And then he found out just what kind of can or worms he had opened.

"I want... Gah... Um... I want... New kunai! ...No, Haru got me those for my birthday... Girl need's to elarn 'fun' is synonymous with neither 'training' nor' skirt-chasing'... Though we all know she only chases, Konan-sama's skirt... Noooo sidetracked again! Um... Um... Uh..." He stood corrected, it see,ed. Now her mouth was going a mile a minute, and she didn't even seem to know what she wanted to say, for Kami-sama;s sake...

He spent the next hour listening to her rant and rave about what she wanted for Christmas, wishing that someone would just come and kill him… and yet, still loving her all the same.