Later that evening after Hinata left, Naruto managed to get Sasuke to eat and right after, he dozed off into a heavy slumber. Naruto sat in the same chair at Sasuke's bedside the whole time, watching him soundly dream.

The raven boy turned his head to the side causing the cloth over his eyes to fall. Naruto reached to move it back in place but he stopped at the sight of Sasuke sleeping so peacefully. Throughout the time he's been here, he's never once seen Sasuke look so at ease. He almost didn't want to block the sight, but his conscious reminded him that he had to for Sasuke's benefits. He gently placed the cloth back onto Sasuke's head.

Naruto released a big sigh. He didn't know what to do at this moment… It was too early for him to sleep, and even if he wanted too, he wouldn't be able too with Sasuke in this condition. He couldn't leave the house. That was definitely out of the question. He wondered what Hinata was doing right now for her birthday.. If she was even doing anything. He also wondered how Neji was doing. The thought of Neji being away for so long always saddened him.

He thought about his current situation with Sakura and what he would say to her if ever seeing her, he thought about stopping at Ichiraku's, and he even thought about Christmas.

Oh yeah… What was he going to get Sasuke for Christmas? It wasn't a question on rather he would or wouldn't get him anything anymore. He had too. This was the first Christmas he was spending with someone at home. There was no way he could waist the opportunity on celebrating like everyone else would be doing.

Naruto would always kid himself saying that Christmas was stupid, that a real ninja had no time for wasteful days such as that. But it was merely because he was alone that he couldn't experience what Christmas could really feel like… when you had someone to celebrate with. Deep down… he felt excited to have someone with him. Of course… he never thought that it would be Sasuke that he'd spend his first real Christmas with. He had always imagined it'd be some woman that he decided to marry, but that was mostly fantasy.

Now what would Sasuke like…

He had no idea what Sasuke might have wanted. The only thing he could think of what Sasuke wanted at this moment was his sight back and he was doing his best to help him. If he could magically do something to give Sasuke's sight back.. Then he would do it, by all costs. At this moment, he was doing all he could.

Naruto stood up from the chair quietly and began pacing the room. He scratched the back of his head.

Walking back and forth wasn't helping. He stopped and stared at Sasuke as if doing this was going to give him some sort of inspiration.

Sasuke moved his head to the other side causing the cloth to fall off once again.

"Are you kidding me." he whispered to himself.

But then the imaginary light bulb on the top of his head went off. He knew what he was going to do. He wasn't so sure if Sasuke would like it, but at this point.. It was the only thing he could do. He walked over and checked the contents of his dresser. He then went to the closet.

Yes… everything he needed was right at home and now was a perfect time to start forming his present.

But before he could do that, there was another knock on the front door.

Naruto made his way out of the bedroom and into the hallway.

"Two visitors in one day? Wow." he said to himself. He opened the front door to see the Hokage standing there, with Shizune behind her.

"Hi?" Naruto said in a questionable tone.

"We're here to see Sasuke." The Hokage spoke, making her way into Naruto's apartment with Shizune following. Naruto closed the front door.

"Already? We were just there..." His voice trailed off...

"It's the first time we've preformed this surgery so we're keeping a close eye on it." Shizune spoke up.

"Well, he's sleeping right now.. He caught a cold."

"How did he catch a cold?" she questioned with one eyebrow shooting right up.

Naruto didn't want to reveal what actually happened with Sakura and Sasuke. It would embarrassing Sakura and possibly get her into trouble considering she's Tsunade's disciple.

"Uh… We were taking a walk and it began to snow," Naruto rubbed the back of his head, "We were kinda outside for a while getting some fresh air." he forced out a chuckle.

Shizune and the Hokage stood firm and didn't crack a smile. Tsunade's eyebrow lowered a bit. "He's down this way, right?" she started walking to the hall. Naruto nodded.

As they all crowed into the bedroom, The first thing Tsunade noticed was the cloth on Sasuke's head. She reached down to remove it revealing Sasuke's face instead of the bandages she put on his eyes. Her eyebrows furred and she whipped her head to look straight at Naruto.

"When did you take them off?"

"Yesterday." Naruto said flatly.

"I told you not to take them off for two days." she firmly stated. "Those bandages were suppose to block out any light that could irritate his eyes and affect the recovery. By taking those off too early, you probably decreased the success rate!"

Sasuke twitched at the loud sound of Tsunade's voice and turned over. Naruto looked down at the floor, not being able to meet her piercing stare.

He felt responsible for it. He was responsible. Sakura took off the bandages, but it was Naruto who was careless of Sasuke's safety. It was his fault the risk increased.

Tsunade sighed deeply. Shizune looked from Tsunade to Naruto with nervous tint in her eyes.

"There's nothing I can do about this now. We'll just have to wait for the week to be over and see what happens then."

Tsunade left the room with Shizune following steps behind her after a quick, "Be a little more careful, okay?" leaving Naruto standing there feeling the guilt take over him.


Sasuke woke up around noon the next day. The cloth was off of his head and he was thankful for that matter. He felt something wet on his mouth and realized that he had been drooling in his sleep.

He instantly felt dirty.

He sat up, feeling something heavy on top of him. He reached out to touch it and had a hand full of hair.

"Naruto…" he said.

Naruto didn't get much sleep since the incident with Sakura and with Sasuke being sick, he felt the need to be at his side till he was better.

Sasuke figured Naruto's brain shut down after being up for so long, so he let him sleep there on his lap.

But Sasuke couldn't ignore the dried up drool on his chin. The feel of it was gross and he wanted it off now. He had to get to the bathroom.

Not wanting to wake Naruto, he tried to feel around for anything he could whip his chin with, but of course the time where he probably could have put that annoying cloth to work, it was no where to be found. His frustration grew. It wasn't helping that Naruto's head was shifting in position on Sasuke's lap.

Sasuke instantly stopped moving and gulped.

"Shit." Sasuke whispered to himself.

His eyebrow twitched as he felt a tingle go up his back.

"Naruto." his voice was a bit shaky. He tapped his shoulder. "Get up."

Naruto shifted again causing Sasuke to twitch once more but this time Naruto wrapped an arm around Sasuke's waist.

"W-what are you doing?!" Sasuke's cheeks turned a shade of red. Naruto moved his head again. Sasuke covered his mouth and tightly shut his eyes before shouting "Get off of me, loser!" causing Naruto to jolt.

"What's wrong?!" Naruto shouted half asleep. Sasuke immediately got out of bed before Naruto could notice anything and felt his way to the bathroom

Naruto sat there starring down the hall, his face full of confusion but was too tired to think anything more of it and he fell forward right back into bed.

Sasuke slammed the bathroom door shut and leaned against it. He now had a new unfathomable problem. He breathed in and out slowly and tried to think of discomforting thoughts and ugly women.

He couldn't register what just happened. Naruto was laying there so soundlessly, his hair felt so very mild and smooth that he almost didn't want to take his hand away. Him moving around on Sasuke's lap… right on top of his…

He slapped his head. "What are you doing Sasuke?" He said to himself quietly. Trying to put the thoughts of the event just now, he washed his face.

He touched the mirror, trying to look into it but his eyes revealed nothing. He cursed himself for even thinking that he may have been able to see his reflection above anything else. He felt a hand through his hair. He could tell his bangs were getting longer, and the back was growing in length as well. It no longer stood up as vibrantly as it use to. The frustration of this morning was making Sasuke irritable. The fact that Naruto unconsciously affected Sasuke in that kind of way… and the belief that maybe his sight would come back if only for a moment to look at his own face… the disappointment was something he thought he must have been use too by now.

He left the bathroom, feeling much better at the fact that his face was now cleansed, and walked back into the bedroom. He crawled over to the farther side of the bed since Naruto took up half the side he usually rested.

"Why don't you just get in the bed, Naruto?" Sasuke spoke loudly.

Naruto was half on the bed and half in the chair. He refused to get comfortable so he could be easily woken up at the sound of anyone intruding…

But the fact that Sasuke's voice couldn't wake up proved that his sleeping arrangement was not working.

The kick to Naruto's head woke him up for sure causing him to groan and give Sasuke a smirk of satisfaction.

"Hey…" he yawned, "What you do that for?" He rubbed his eyes trying to clear his sight and register what was going on.

"Make yourself comfortable and get some rest Naruto."

Sasuke's eyes searched blindly for Naruto trying to rest his gaze on him. Naruto stared at him, blinking more than usual before speaking.

"But if I sleep, something could happen to you."

"I'll be fine. If something's wrong…I could always kick you again." Sasuke made a small faint smile, his eyes still not exactly on Naruto yet. "Besides… you can't do what I want you to do if you're half asleep."

Naruto stared at him, his eyes were widen but soon relaxed at the look on Sasuke's face.

He could telling he was looking for him. This small gesture made Naruto feel somewhat happy.

Naruto got under the covers and rested his head on the pillow next to Sasuke.

Sasuke blushed and his eyes widened a bit.

"Why are you so close?!"

Naruto turned over to face Sasuke. "It'll be easier for you to wake me up if I'm closer to you, right?" he noticed the redness across Sasuke's face and giggled.

"I'm guessing you've never shared a bed with someone…" he grinned. His eyes were starting to become heavy again.

Sasuke turned his head away from him to hide his embarrassing blush.

"Of course I have. Just not with…"

He paused. He could hear Naruto's deep breathing. He faced Naruto once again and called his name, but it appears that he was already fast asleep.

"...someone like you."

He made himself comfortable once again next to Naruto. He rested on his right side to face him, though he couldn't see his face. He relaxed a bit more and let out a deep sigh.

You really are something, loser.


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