When I last left you Naruto was cuddled up to Kurenai at her house.--
Naruto woke up slowly, opening his eyes one at a time. He felt completely refreshed, he felt happy again. He slowly came to the realization he wasn't in his bed or in his apartment. He was on a red couch, under a pink blanket, leaning against something soft…pillows?
"Where am I?" He asked to nobody in particular.
"Why you're sleeping next to me on my couch" Naruto's eyes grew wide and he sweat dropped. He turned around. He was looking directly into the intense red eyes of Kurenai. He noticed that she had one arm under the pillow they were sharing and her other arm was draped protectively over his stomach.
"It's early in the morning, go back to sleep" she yawned and turned him over. She pulled him closer to her nuzzling her nose into his blonde hair. Naruto nuzzled his nose into her neck and fell asleep again.
'He really is cute. I'm glad I could help him' she closed her crimson eyes and smiled to herself and kissed him on the forehead. She drifted off to sleep, holding Naruto like a small teddy bear.
Kurenai was first to wake again. She looked down and saw one of the cutest sights she had ever seen, the number one hyperactive knuckle headed ninja was asleep, cuddling up to her for warmth. His fox whiskers rested against her pale neck skin. He opened his eyes and smiled, a genuine smile, one that warmed her heart.
She smiled and said, "Good morning, you look better sleepy head"
"Well it felt good to get that off my chest and I enjoyed sleeping in a new place!" he smiled brightly. He took off the blanket and stood up. He realized his entire upper body was exposed. He blushed from belly to nose.
Kurenai stifled a laugh and said, "You fell asleep on the couch last night fully clothed, so I took off your shirt" Naruto turned a deeper shade of red.
"Your clothes are on the kitchen table, you can go change, the bathrooms on the left" She giggled. Naruto ran for the table, picked up the clothes and leapt into the bathroom. He emerged seconds later, fully dressed, but still blushing.
"I can see you're embarrassed so you can eat breakfast and leave afterwards"
"Oh, no thanks, I better get going…" GURGLE…Gurgle…gurgle…
"You're not hungry at all are you? Just stay for breakfast, I need to talk to you" Kurenai got up and walked into a bedroom on the right and came back out seconds later.
"What do you want for breakfast?"
"Ramen"
"No. Try something else"
"Something other than ramen? Instant ramen?"
"No, I'll just make some eggs then. You can just sit on the couch it won't take long"
"K" Naruto sat down.
Naruto prodded the offending thing with his fork.
"It's an omelet, not an enemy ninja. Just eat it" She sat next to him. Naruto hesitantly took a bite and shrugged, it was okay it had meat and cheese, but it was no ramen.
"What did you want to talk about?"
"What do you plan to do about Sakura? I hear she's pretty stubborn and she is on your team, you're probably going to have to deal with her on a day to day basis…"
"I have been thinking about that, I want her to be happy and if I can't do that maybe she should be with someone else, I mean if I were with her she would hate it, just like she hates me" Naruto hid his face. Kurenai put her arm around him and rested her head on his.
"It's okay you'll find someone else you love just as much, if not more and that person will love you back just as much" she smiled down at him. All the while Naruto was wolfing down his omelet, then hers while she wasn't looking. When she looked down she saw her plate was empty and he had egg all over his face she smiled and wiped it off.
"You can go whenever, egg snatcher"
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura all stood before the Hokage.
"I have sent Kakashi on a highly important mission and it will take a month, but you still need training and mission experience. So I have assigned all of you to a separate squad, Sakura you will go with Guy's team, Sasuke you will go with Asuma's team, and Naruto you will go with Kurenai's team" Sakura's face fell at the thought of Rock Lee, Sasuke let out a sigh at the thought of being near Ino, but the most surprising effect was Naruto's face. It was a bright red. Both Sasuke and Sakura figured it was because of Hinata and the Hokage just smiled at his favorite orange ninja.
A/N What will happen next? How will the mission go? Will the two fall in love? How many chapters will there be? What will happen if you light a Tic-Tac on fire?