Although Sakura was now awake she still wasn't capable of fending for herself. This was because her body was so weak from fighting the cold, keeping herself breathing and slowly pushing blood throughout the body. Normaly that would be no problem but the cold made blood travel almost impossisble resulting in immobility.

"Don't move Sakura you can hardly use your muscles," he said. "I'm going to go get some firewood from the forest nearby before it gets dark."

Naruto left and closed the door behind him. Sakura was mildly shocked at how this 13 year old boy she had always that was incompitant managed to revive her and take care of her. To her, Naruto had always been a good friend to her, he was there for the good times, and he was there for the bad times as a shoulder to cry on. She felt warm all of a sudden, and it wasn't because of the fire.

Naruto came back with an arm full of wood and put it in the bin. He turned to find Sakura undoing her bandage around her arm

"It needs to be changed, I'll get it," she said.

Naruto grabbed her hand and gently took the bandage. He looked directly into her gleaming green orbs with his blue ocean eyes.

"I don't want you lifting a finger until you get better," he said softly and went to go get the new bandages.

Sakura was speechless, her heart pounding, eyes wide open from the way he looked at her. Like he was looking into her soul.

Naruto had re-bandaged her wound. He then made some tea and handed it to Sakura, something was on his mind.

"Hey Sakura...can I ask you something?" he asked in a low voice.

Her eyes narrowed, (he wasn't going to ask that, was he?) she thought.

"Y-Ya..." she replied.

"What is it about Sasuke that you find so attractive?

Sakura relaxed. "Well I guess It's because...he looks really cool and...the way he acts I guess," she answered.

"The way he acts? but Sasuke acts like a jerk. He doesn't care about anyone who isn't as good as him," he said. Naruto let out a joking sigh,"I guess I'll never understand you girls."

Sakura giggled

"Anyway, What do you want for dinner?"he asked, changing the subject.

"What do you have?"she asked.

"Not much, there's...peaches, strawberries, corn, beans..." he went on.

"I guess i'll take...some corn with...some beans," she ordered.

Naruto quickly put their meals together and ate by the fire with Sakura. He handed her the meal and she quickly devoured it, not realizing how hungry she was.

"Sorry," she muttered.

"That's ok," he replied. "To me that says that i'm a good chef!"

She laughed. They stayed up for a couple of hours talking and playing cards that Naruto had found in a drawer. They then decided it was time for bed.

"Sakura-chan you can sleep on the bed" Naruto said.

"But where will you sleep?" she asked.

"I'll be fine on the couch, besides you need the rest more than I do."

"Oh, well ok...thank you," and she went into the bedroom.

Sakura layed wide awake in her bed. She couldn't figure out why she couldn't get to sleep. It wasn't because she had slept earlier because she was tired. Perhaps it was because she couldn't stop thinking about what Naruto had said about Sasuke earlier. Was it true that Sasuke was a smug jerk who didn't care about anyone beneath him? Was she so shallow that she didn't care if he treated her like crap, aslong as he was cool looking?

She turned over to her side. How come she hadn't seen it before? Maybe Naruto had been right about him. It was then she had to ask herself an important question. Would Sasuke be the one who would be there for her when she needed someone to talk to, to comfort her in times of sorrow, or listen to her when she was outraged?

She had a crush on him since the academy days, and now thinking about it, she didn't know why, and..-

Her train of thought was broken by her door opening. Naruto poked his head into the room.

"Oh, Sakura-chan, you're still awake," he whispered. "I was just checking on you to make sure you're ok."

"Uh...ya I'm fine," she whispered back.

Naruto smiled. "Good," and he closed the door behind him.

Sakura grew a smile, and fell asleep instantly.

The next morning Sakura woke up to the smell of cinnammon. She got out of bed and found it a bit easier to walk but still had to limp a little. She had had a good, much needed rest, she remembered that Naruto had come in to check on her last night. Sakura thought it was so nice of him to take such good care of her. Her heart felt warm. She had noticed that she felt good everytime she thought of him lately. Her thoughts wandered.

Sakura opened the door and walked into the kitchen. She saw Naruto at the stove heating up some water. She felt warm again

"Oh, Sakura-chan you're just in time for Breakfest," Naruto beamed. He poured water into two mugs.

His upbeat spirit made Sakura happy. "Great what are we haveing," she asked.

Naruto brought over two bowls and the mugs. "I made cinnammon-spice tea and cinnammon apple sauce," he declaired. Sakura took a bite of the apple sauce.

"Oh my gosh this is delicious Naruto-kun!" she exclaimed. She continued to eat.

"Thank you, and i've got some good news, if we leave tommorow we can get back to the village just in time for Christmas eve," he said. "You can still do all the things you wanted to

Sakura's face lit up, she had longed for the comfort of her mother and her own home. She finished her breakfest and Naruto picked up their dishes and cleaned them. Sakura walked across the creaky cabin floor. She still couldn't believe how nice Naruto was bieng to her after she had treated him so badly around Sasuke, somehow trying to impress him.

Then Sakura realized that it was Christmas Eve tommorow, and she had nothing to give her parents! What could she possibly give them when she was trapped in a cabin. She could maybe take something from the cabin, but there wasn't anything they would want. Her eyes then focused on the wood bin and she got an idea.

"Hey Naruto is there any syrup in the cuboards?" she asked.

"Uh...I think I saw some behind the flour," he reached in and pulled out a bottle of syrup. "Why."

"I'm making a present for my parents," and she took the bottle and got some scrap wood from the bin. Perhaps she would get a present for Naruto when they got back.

While Sakura worked on her present, weaving and glueing wood together with syrup, Naruto made her bed and cleaned the kitchen, he had never done this much house work before. It was getting close to sunset and Sakura had finally finished her present. It was a dark board composed of small twigs with the the word Harunos spelled with yellow sticks on top.

"Wow Sakura-chan that looks great!" said Naruto.

"Well it's better than nothing," she replied

"I'm going to get some more wood incase we run out before tommorow," he said.

Sakura nodded. Sasuke had never been this nice to her, in fact he had nevever been nice to her at all. Perhaps there was more to feeling for someone than just good looks, she thought.

Naruto burst through the door with a small armfull of wood, he was covered with ice and snow.

"Naruto-kun what happened?" she asked.

"Sakura-chan...(puff)..there's a huge blizzard happening!"

"M-My god how long do you think it will last?"

"Well, I hate to say it but...it's going to last about two days,"

Sakura's eyes narrowed. "B-B-But that means we'll miss Christmas," her eyes began to water. "I won't get to spend Christmas with my family, and make cookies, and decorate the tree!" she felt a tear roll gracefully down her face.

A gental hand gripped her shoulder.

"I'm sorry Sakura," Naruto said softly.

"N-N-Naruto," she studdered

"But I promise you, I will make sure you get the Christmas you deserve," he proclaimed