Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN Naruto/Shippuden or any of the characters, or the settings or Icha Icha novels/movies included, Masashi Kishimoto does.

Dedication: To all my awesome readers :D sorry for the long wait! Although I've managed to get more SasuNaru up on my DA account :D

Story inspiration/motivation: My reviewers! CrazyPurpleSage & Dragon77

SasuNaruSakuSai One sided SasuSai & One sided NaruSaku. SasuNaru and NaruSaiSasu *¬; xD Slight Anti-Sakura

So what happens when Sasuke wakes up? Will Naruto be forgiven? Will our poor artist ever get any sleep? And what's this about a promise to Sakura?

An Essay Long Explanation

The Uchiha blinked in the morning sunshine, which flooded in through the opening left by the un-drawn curtains. As he tried to stretch he felt something cling onto him, he must have moved in his sleep as he had no recollection of lying in such a position with his arms wrapped around something…or someone.

Sasuke felt something nestled under his chin as he shifted his head. He frowned trying to remember what, how, when and why but as soon as he thought of the figure clutching him it all came back in a blur.

Last night's scene. Inviting Sai over. Attempting to seduce said artist… ending in sleeping in the same bed…waking up to find Sai wrapped around him…

'What have I done? … I thought Sai … I swear he didn't want…why? Damnit! What have I done!?…Sai was right before we even started all this!…How can I expect the dobe to come back to me now…what if the dobe wasn't really with Sakura…Oh damn!'

"Naruto, you dobe I'm so sorry!" Squeezing his eyes tight, he thought that he had mentally yelled out. Unaware of his actions, Sasuke had pulled the figure so tightly into him.

"Meehppmhhh!"

Sasuke released his hold as he came to his senses. "…Damn sorry Sai…I thought you were…never mind"

"…Hmn who did you think I was?" Sai's gentle yet slightly weary voice asked.

"…" The raven blinked, that voice was too far away and too clear to be coming from the person beneath him.

"Oh, and you may want to let Naruto-kun breathe some time soon" He smiled as Sasuke looked down at the squashed bundle next to him. Blonde spiky hair tickled his cheek as he inspected his little limpet. Sasuke could have cried tears of joy, but he was an Uchiha and Uchiha's don't cry tears of joy.

Despite being half suffocated by the Uchiha, Naruto didn't want to move away. He was happy here, more happy than he had been in months. His satisfied snores told Sasuke and Sai that he'd fallen asleep again…trust the dobe to sleep through anything.

"Hn, I'd get up but I'm no position to move" Sasuke smirked ruffling the blonde hair, that he had longed to ruffle for so long. Although he still remembered every inch of Naruto's face, he wanted to re-discover it. Those adorable whiskers, every blemish, every 'Sasuke-Was-Here' mark. The raven truly was at the height of happiness.

Shortly a few sharp bangs on the front door brought him back to reality. Luckily Sai went to the door, rubbing tired eyes he pulled it open. "Oh? Sakura-san?"

"Sai have you seen him!? Naruto!? I woke up and then he was gone! I don't know something bad could have happened to him!" She wailed, still in her nightwear.

"Sakura-san, its ok…he's fine"

She sniffed drying an invisible tear. "Where abouts is he? I'm worried about him, what if he-!" Sai silenced her gently by placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Sakura-san please, he's fine…He's at my place…I said he could stay there and that I'd collect his things from here" Sakura frowned a little. That was quite an interesting story considering she and Naruto had had that agreement the night before he was supposed to stay at her apartment.

Overhearing the conversation by the front door, Sasuke mentally thanked Sai. He unsuccessfully tried to separate himself from his dobe, who had since made an even firmer hold by wrapping his legs around the Uchiha as well.

"Sakura-san, please I'm not sure coming in would be a good idea. Sasuke's still sleeping and he's been through a lot lately"

"Yeah and so have we! I know Naruto's here, why else would he leave me in the middle of the night!?" Sakura had forced her way into the hallway, even though Sai was doing everything (other than physical combat so as not to damage her) to keep her out.

"Please Sakura-san I don't want to have to hurt you!" She laughed and continued her battle to proceed further into the house. Only to stop in her tracks as Sasuke (finally freed) stood in the doorway.

"Sakura what are you doing here?"

"I'm looking for Naruto. Sasuke-kun, unlike some I actually care about his well being." Sakura snapped, meeting the rudeness in his tone.

"Hn" Sasuke was surprisingly keeping his cool. Maybe it had something to do with the fact Naruto, awake although still dozy had reluctantly let go of him only moments before.

Turning his back on Sakura he went to return to the bedroom but she caught the back of his shirt. As he turned back to address her and swiftly tell her to get the hell out of his house, she slapped him across the face.

The force and unexpected shock sent him to the floor. Second time in twenty-four hours. The mark that Sai had given him last night was only just visible on his other cheek, although it had had all night to recover.

"What the hell was that for!?" The Uchiha yelled staggering to his feet. His face stinging under the palm of his hand.

"Don't you dare turn your back on me ever again!"

"Eh Sasuke? There was a loud smacking sound and wha!" Naruto caught Sakura's hand before she had time to deliver him the same treatment as she had Sasuke.

"Sakura was just leaving." The Uchiha growled at her all the while glaring in fury. How dare she attempt to slap Naruto, especially after proclaiming to care about his well being.

"Did something happen out here?" The blonde let go of Sakura's arm which was supporting a clenched fist, it dropped to her side. "And where did you go last night!"

"There I was thinking you'd fallen down the stairs or something worse had happened to you! And you were here the whole time! Uzumaki Naruto! You promised me that you wouldn't come back here" Her tone had changed, she hugged onto his left arm, naturally it made the Uchiha send a death glare at her.

Sasuke shifted his glare towards the blonde who was struggling to wiggle free. "What? You promised her to stay away from here!? Away from me!?"

"No Sasuke! I- well yes-but I-Sasuke I-well Sakura-chan and I were- But Sasuke I lo-!" Naruto stuttered, trying to keep his emotions right.

"You! You what!? You had an affair with Sakura!?"

"No-I was just-!"

"Just what!?" It was hard to believe that only moments ago the two of them had been in absolute bliss.

"Sasuke-I-I love you damnit! That's why! That's why I chased after you! That's why I couldn't stay at Sakura's! That's why I'm here now!" Naruto cried out.

"…Just the pair of you get out of my house" Sasuke hid his face as he went back into the bedroom.

Naruto stood, tears forming while watching Sasuke's back as the Uchiha walked away from him. Sakura, with a smug triumphant expression grabbed Naruto's hand and yanked him towards the door.

They were practically on the doorstep when the blonde came to his senses and managed to snatch his arm out of her grasp. "Naruto, he doesn't care about us anymore…did you see how he wouldn't look at us when he told us to get out!? He turned his back on us again!"

"…No Sakura…" He answered deliberately missing the honorific off the end of her name. "I'm not going anywhere"

"Don't be ridicules! Come one please, I'll fix you a bowl of hot miso ramen when we get home"

"I said NO…sorry Sakura-chan…" He looked at her with eyes a mixture of anger and pain. "But-!" He slammed the door in her face and leant against it…everything was falling apart.

Sai looked knackered, he'd been running around all night to try and save Sasuke and Naruto's relationship and it appeared to be in tatters again. "Sai?" Naruto noticed the artist walk into the hallway holding a hot beverage in one hand.

"Thanks I haven't had anything since yesterday" He took the cup and drank from it deeply before handing it back to the artist. "…Here goes" Naruto left Sai standing with a now empty cup and headed straight for the bedroom where Sasuke was currently lying on his front.

"…Naruto-kun…I was about to drink that…" Sai sighed and went back towards the kitchen, earlier he'd gone to talk sense to Sasuke; it had gone well until the Uchiha had taken the hot drink that the artist had made then.

"Sasuke?" The blonde pushed the door open further and promptly received a pillow in his face. He stumbled back toward the door, and leant against it to regain balance, closing it as he did so. "I thought I told the pair of you to leave."

"It's just me! Sasuke look I wanted to explain-"

"Hn, go on then. Explain" Sasuke was now sat up fully on the bed, another pillow at the ready for when he launched his next attack.

"Can you put that pillow down first?" Naruto eyed the 'weapon' as Sasuke reluctantly set it down, all the while still glaring towards the blonde. "I ... there's nothing going on between me and Sakura-cha…and you know it!"

"So then why was she all over you!?" The raven yelled angrily although it wasn't as harsh as Naruto had expected.

"I dunno but that's not the point Teme! Don't you realise that I…!"

"That you-?"

There was no reply, but the raven read it all in the intense look of adoration and realisation in Naruto's brilliant blue gaze. "Answer me dobe"

"…" The blonde looked away from the Uchiha's gaze.

"Hn" The raven crossed his arms and closed his eyes.

Taken by surprise Sasuke fell back onto the bed, Naruto's lips pressed on top of his. The raven's shocked expression relaxed as he smirked. "Took you long enough dobe".

Naruto had to break away to release a cheeky grin, "Heh, I figured it out in the end teme. But you could have made it easier so that I didn't make myself sound like a complete idiot! When you were explaining the plan to me before we confronted Sakura, I didn't think you'd go about the 'fight' the way you did. For a minute back there I forgot we were pretending to fight and I got carried aw-" Sasuke cut him off pulling him in closer to finish (or begin;) what had been started...

From behind the door, Sai had been listening, with a fresh cup of tea in his possession. He shook his head, 'Hmn...Sasuke, it's just like you to confuse Naruto-kun into thinking that he needed an essay long explanation as to why he loves you...'

'When really all he had to do was just prove it…'

'...Wait now I'm confused? Was this whole 'plan' thing just to get rid of Sakura-san? And one minute it sounded like they were arguing the now it sounds like-! Oh!'

"Nah! Sasuke!"

'Well let's not go into that…'

Taking the opportune moment, Sai quietly slipped out of the front door into the midmorning sunshine.

Shielding his tired eyes he walked forwards, completely forgetting about the Uchiha's cup still supporting steaming hot tea in his right hand.

A\N: Don't worry Sai, I got a bit confused writing the end too... XD Hehe Sasuke couldn't stay mad at Naruto forever :D

I'm starting to like the idea of SasuSai, and I prefer it to SaiNaru, although what happens to Naruto in a SasuSai situation!? XD SasuNaruSai happens!! XD

Hope you enjoyed it!

Happy Fanfic Reading!