Sometimes, surprises turn out to be a good thing.
One cool evening, Naruto decided to interrupt Sasuke's daily evening ritual of reading by taking him out on a "surprise".
The raven haired boy was being led (read: dragged) through town by the blonde at the wrist, who was pushing through the throng of people in front of the different vendors excitedly.
"Hey dobe, where are we going?"
"You'll see!~"
The Uchiha groaned inwardly. The last time Naruto took him on a "surprise" date, they ended up getting chased out the restaurant by a pack of undercover ANBU that were somehow under orders of Danzo and Orochimaru. (Unfortunately, the pedophile is still out to get him, even from his grave.)
He literally cringed at the thought of that situation. Needless to say, he wasn't particularly looking forward to their next... adventure.
Naruto eventually stopped and faced a dark, maroon-colored building with a cheap white sign parked in front. People seemed to be avoiding it instinctively, leaving a rather large area of room in front of the building that seemed to be no man's land. Sasuke suddenly glanced down at his wrist, realizing Naruto was still holding it, and pulled it free from his grasp irritably. "I told you not to hold my hand in public, dobe," He muttered.
"I found this cool fortune telling place in the paper," Naruto exclaimed, ignoring him. "So I visited this place earlier and the old fortune teller said I could come whenever! Isn't that awesome?! I mean seriously, you'd think this place would be booked..."
"Gee, I wonder why," Sasuke muttered dryly.
"She only has one eye, too. Maybe you could give her one of your eyes," Naruto added with a sly grin, nudging the Uchiha.
"Hn."
The rest of his reply followed in the form of a murderous glare at the blonde, who completely ignored his look as well and began walking inside.
"This better be worth having my reading time disturbed."
With a small sigh, Sasuke proceeded with the only option he could take at this point: follow Naruto.
"Welcome."
In the small room, an old woman was seated in a large chair facing them. She motioned for them to sit in the two chairs across from her and looked back and forth at each with a curious eye.
"So, who wants to go first?"
Sasuke turned to Naruto. "Why don't you go, birthday boy?"
Naruto gave him a confused look. "Sasuke, my birthday's not until next month."
He suppressed a smart remark and simply let out a long sigh. "It's just a phrase, dobe."
The woman's eye was fixated on Naruto and she seemed to be lost in thought as she rubbed her hands on a small crystal ball in her hands. It suddenly hit Sasuke that he had not seen her blink once. It was starting to creep him the fuck out, even though he was used to seeing Kakashi with usually only one eye.
"You will achieve something great before the end of your lifetime, a high status or goal of some sort."
The blonde was nearly beaming his head off. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes again so as not to offend Naruto, who seemed to genuinely take her words to heart.
She turned to Sasuke and delivered his fortune much faster than he expected. "And for you, my friend, it seems as if your stars have become aligned with that of a particular woman with a rather... unusual characteristic."
Naruto peered suspiciously at the woman. "...a...woman?"
She glanced back confusingly at Naruto. "Yes, a woman." Sasuke snickered, but the blonde just shot him a dirty look.
"WAAAAAHHHH?!...But-but he's my boyfriend! He's gay! He doesn't like women! He hates Sakura! He-"
The blonde nearly lunged at the poor old woman in his excitement, who seemed to be slinking back further into the chair. Sasuke held him back with two arms.
"Dobe... what the hell? Relax, it's just a freaking fortune. Oh, goddammit."
"I want to go home," Naruto muttered.
Usually, Naruto was pretty good about not interrupting Sasuke while he read (and sometimes, he even picked up one of his Shakespeare books and attempted to read), but he seemed agitated this evening.
The blonde was pouting at his ramen bowl from across the table. "Sorry I ruined your night, Sasuke."
"It's okay," he automatically replied.
Naruto suddenly got up and walked out of the room. He seemed to be gone for awhile, but Sasuke was too absorbed in his book to bother checking the time. As long as he had peace and quiet, he didn't care.
"Look what I found!"
Had he had kept his Sharingan activated, he wouldn't have jumped out of his seat as much as he did. Naruto had come up behind him quietly and placed a book over his own, forcing Sasuke to look at whatever the boy wanted to show him.
Strangely enough, it was a photo album that he recognized from long ago, and the book was opened up to... oh god.
"What the hell is this, dobe?" He asked, glaring at the blonde who was leaning a little too close to his face from the side, and... he noticed how good the blonde smelled. Dammit. "Where did you get this?"
"Itachi-kun," he replied cheerfully. "This is the first time I've opened it, though." He pointed a finger at one photo on the page and chuckled. "Look, I found a photo of you-"
"Butt naked, I know," Sasuke muttered, failing at his attempt to keep his voice void of anger. "Big whoop, it's not as if you haven't seen me naked befo-"
"Oh damn. Look at you. Hottest Uchiha on the block right there." He unwillingly followed Naruto's finger as it pointed to a picture of him in a fashionable outfit, consisting of overalls and a beret. "I must say, my boyfriend's taste in fashion is quite unparalleled."
"One... do you even know what unparalleled means? And two... I hate you."
Naruto relinquished the book from the Uchiha and pouted, crossing his arms. "Yes, I do," he retorted, "And please, I'm not the one who begs for-"
"Can I just finish my goddamn book?" Sasuke interrupted exasperatedly before the blonde could finish his sentence. "You've managed to successfully interrupt the only time for reading I have and humiliate me. I wouldn't be surprised if Sakura has seen this already..." He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, knowing very well that his brother had most likely shown Sakura this photo album that seems to contain never-before-seen photos of the young Uchiha when he was a baby.
"I'll make it up to you?" Naruto said hopefully, tilting his head with a sly smile on his face. Sasuke knew that look. And he knew Naruto knew it worked on him. Damn you.
"It better be good."
"Don't worry, I have one more surprise left..." the blonde replied teasingly.
Naruto rested his head against Sasuke's chest. He kind of liked it when the dobe curled up to him, but he would never admit it. It was always just assumed. He caught of whiff of Naruto's particular scent and took a deep breath, noticing how good he smelled. Again.
"Are you... sniffing my hair?"
"What? No... go back to sleep. Dobe."
Naruto re-snuggled his head against Sasuke's chest, conveniently allowing Sasuke to be as discreet as he wanted about smelling Naruto's hair. Not like he wanted to, or anything.
not really sure where this was going...? i guess this particular one seems to revolve around the theme of ~*surprises*~...
Also... No. 6 has clearly already had some influence on this drabble (and will most likely play a role as an influence on future stories). I can't help but think of Naruto being similar to Sion and Sasuke as Nezumi c:
Reviews/requests/ideas are much appreciated as always.
