D: I don't own Naruto.

Chapter 2 Messy

They're so messy. Those two were so… messy. There was no other way to describe their relationship some times. There was the occasional, "cute," or the very obvious, "loud," but the one thing to describe them in one word would be messy. Nothing was ever clean cut with them, it was always messy.

It was late, it was VERY late at night, why was the phone ringing at midnight? Why? Tomorrow was one of her very few days off. Her left hand slammed against the receiver and lifted it towards her tired head.

"Hello?" stating it as more of a demand than a question.

"S-Sakura-chaaaaaaaan?" a drowsy voice groaned over the phone.

"Naruto. Are you okay?"

"No… noooo," Naruto moaned on the other side of the phone. Sakura's grip strengthened around the receiver.

"Naruto, where are you? What's…" Sakura was cut off by the sound of someone heaving over the phone. Sakura rolled her eyes, he could have saved her the worry and just told her he was sick. Jerk.

"I'll be over in just a moment, just chill in the bathroom, I still have one of your keys," Sakura said over the phone, the only response she heard was something being hurled into some water. … ew.

Sakura quickly hung up the phone and pulled a jacket on, of course it would be raining today. She grabbed a couple of supplies from her fridge and threw it in her back pack. It came no surprise that Naruto had finally gotten sick, he always trained too hard.

She sprinted down the cobblestone roads, puddles splashing up grayed water and drops of water were dancing off of the pink haired girls blurred form. Soon enough she made it to her friends apartment and she opened the door. 'Oh… of course he wouldn't have locked the door, why bother to make sure your possessions don't get stolen.' Sakura thought, slightly agitated.

"Naruto? I'm here! Naruto?" Sakura announced as she slid her shoes off at the door. Her head floated to the right and left, looking over her friends messy apartment building.

And then she heard something that was all too common for her, someone was heaving into a toilet. She rounded the corner of the hallway and found the blond sprawled over his porcelain haven. Sakura rolled her eyes and wished she had brought a camera along with her.

"Ah Sakura-chan you're here!"

"Of course I am dummy," Sakura said as she kneeled down beside the boy. She regretted having to smell whatever the boy had eaten that night, it was overly disgusting.

"WHAT DID YOU EAT?!"

"Home-made ramen," he moaned as he tilted his head against the cold toilet seat. It felt so good against his warm skin. His eyes began to droop, sleepily. Gurgle. Naruto's eyes shot open and he heaved into the water. Sakura rubbed his back in support.

"You must have eaten a lot," Sakura murmured as her blonde heaved one more. Sakura reached over his head and flushed the toilet.

"Thanks," Naruto said as tried to catch his breath.

"Here," Sakura said as she handed him some toilet paper, "for the grossness on you mouth." Naruto wiped the remaining puke off his face.

"Thanks Sakura-chan, sorry, I just didn't know if you could do anything special and just make it go away."

"I can't do magic," Sakura said as she scrambled through her backpack.

"I disagree," Naruto said as he laid his head down on the toilet seat again.

"Well not this kind of magic at least," Sakura told him as she pulled out a cold water bottle, "here put this on your neck, it will make the fever feel a little better."

"Ah," Naruto sighed as he felt a little bit of relief from his fever. "Wait," he said, his voice coming off as lazy, "why are you here then if you can't do anything?"

Sakura blinked, confused, "I thought it would help you feel a little bit better if someone was here with you." Sakura hadn't even given it a second thought, he was a friend, and he was sick, she was going to be there.

"You're always so thoughtful," he wheezed, his eyes were now completely shut. And he looked awkwardly comfortable sleeping on the toilet seat. "I just wanna fall asleep," Naruto muttered. Sakura decided to sit down behind him and lean her head against the wall,

"I wouldn't mind sleep," Sakura yawned.

"Go home Sakura," yawn, "chan, you need to sleep, I can handle myself."

"I'm not walking home now, idiot," Sakura stated as her eyes opened to glare. "Plus, you're going to…" puke. "Throw. Up. Again."

Naruto's fingers clutched the side of the seat, tears welling up in his eyes from the force of his heaves. "I… Hate… throwing up."

Sakura smiled as she slapped the boy on the back, "You shouldn't get sick then."

Naruto rolled his eyes, but before he could retort, the salty sensation under his tongue was back and the nausea over swept him again. This time she just put her hand on his shoulder.

"You're such a good friend," Naruto said as he hung his head in between his arms.

"Just trying to live up to your side of the friendship," Sakura told him with a grin. Naruto rolled his eyes towards the water below. 'Friendship?'

Soon enough Naruto was dry heaving and despite how he felt, Sakura knew this was good. She was kneeling behind him again, rubbing his back in encouragement. "All right," Sakura yawned again, damn sleep deprivation, "you should almost be finished."

"Really?" Naruto asked wearily.

"Really. Hold on I'll be right back." Sakura said as she stood up and stumbled out of the small restroom.

Naruto heard many "ah's" and "oops" accompanying thudding noises of Sakura hitting objects in the darkness. She soon sprawled back into the bathroom holding some pillows from his sofa.

"You survived the dark?" Naruto said, his head was still laying on the toilet seat, eyes half closed.

"Shut up," Sakura said as she shoved the pillow onto his lap.

"You can go to sleep on the couch at least," Naruto began.

"I'm not leaving you in here, you're going to pass out in the toilet and you're going to drowned."

"Ah Sakura-chaaaaan give me more credit," he murmured lazily.

Sakura gave a big yawn once again, and curled her body into the fetal position. "Keep heaving and I'll be happy when it's all out of you."

Naruto yawned contagiously and laid down beside Sakura's knees, "I'm too tired to puke anymore."

"Ok… if you have to though…" Sakura's tried to continue, she was just too tired from working a double at the hospital. "Just, puke anywhere but my hair."

"I think I can do that." Naruto said as he snuggled his body on the cold tile floor. "why are you in here? You can catch the couch you know."

"I'm already here," Sakura mumbled, not bothering to open her eyes, "And," yawn. "I'm about to pass out anyway."

"oh," Naruto drawled. "Thanks Sakura-chan, it makes me feel, a little, homier."

"Baka, it's what friends do."

"Really? This seems more like what husband and wife do." Hit. "OW! Sakuraaa-chaaaaan I'm sick!"

"Your," yawn, "faaaaaaault. Good night baka."

"Good night, Sakura-chan."

Naruto snuggled up beside the girl, both were sprawled across the small bathroom floor, arms and legs tangling through out the night with no thought put into it, and reaction needed. By the morning Naruto had his hand thrown over Sakura's stomach and Sakura's leg was lounging over Naruto's knees, her head finding the crook of his shoulder. They looked like a mess. But no matter how obscure, awkward, or "messy" they were; they always fit together, no talking needed.

D: Not nearly as good as my first one but I really just wanted to type something for this story. I was feeling it. I love how they interact with one another, they're both each other's care givers I feel. I have another one written but I'm deciding whether it's good enough to post, or if it's just… I don't know. If anyone wants to just read over it and tell me you would be a new found hero.

Any way like always I want to hear what you think. Like it? Love it? Hate it… blah. Please... I wish I could read minds, but the sad fact of the matter is, I can't. MUCH LOVE!