Recap: When I got home, I threw my bag on the couch and went to the kitchen to make some lunch. Then I saw a note on the table. I read it and sighed. Shadow wrote that she would be home on Sunday. Oh well, I'll clean around the house to get some depressing thoughts out of my mind. :Recap end

Naruto`s POV

Saturday morning

I woke up to the sun shining down on my face. I yawned, got out of bed, and stretched my muscles. Then I opened the balcony door and went outside. It was warm, the wind wasn't strong, and the sky was a beautiful blue. I smiled. I always liked these kind of mornings, but it`s a shame I can`t share it with someone. I frowned and sighed as I walked back inside the house. I should take a bath… I`ll do it after I do all my housework while onee-chan is gone! And with that I put on my worn out t-shirt, grey sweatpants and some old sneakers. I went to the kitchen and made breakfast. When I was done I washed up; I took a broom and started to clean. I didn't touch onee-chans room because I don`t want to mess up her stuff, and I don`t like an angry Shadow.

One hour later

When I was done, my forehead was coated in sweat. The house was really big and hard to clean; well, at least I`m done now. Now I need to see what condition the garden is in and after that I can go take a bath.

While I was in the garden, I saw that all the morning flowers were awake, soaking up the sunlight. There were some dead leaves from the trees, but winter is coming after all. I took a rake and started to gather the dead leaves in one place.

When that was done, I smiled at my work, put the rake back where I took it from, and went inside to grab a towel or two. We have a bathroom but in autumn, spring, and summer I like to go to the hot-springs or the lake that is a five minute walk away from our house. I decided to go to the hot-spring.
At the hot-spring I undressed and put my clothes on the ground with the towels I brought. When I slipped into the water, I sighed happily, my sore muscles relaxing. I leaned against a big rock and sat there for a while my mind was somewhere else. It`s a shame that onee-chan has to work so much but she`s hyper as ever. I smiled at that thought. Everything was quiet until I heard a voice I didn't want to hear.

"Dobe? What are you doing here?"

I snapped my eyes open. What was he doing here?! "If you can`t tell, I`m relaxing. Maybe you should get a pair of glasses." I said calmly, not looking at him but in truth I was panicking. My ears twitched when he growled, then I could hear rustling of clothes. I ignored it and closed my eyes. But when I heard splashing I opened my right eye and saw that Sasuke was swimming to the other side of the spring. Then I got curious about how he found the hot-spring.

"Hey teme, how did you find this spring?" I asked with my eyes closed. I knew that he was looking at me.

"I found it while I was taking a walk in the forest." So that`s how he found it, guess I`ll have to tell onee-chan about this. I was pulled out of my thoughts when the teme started to talk again. "Why do you ask?"

"Oh, I was just curious that`s all." I tried to answer as calmly as I could even though I was starting to panic a bit.

"Okay, then how did you find this hot-spring?" the teme asked.

"Shadow showed me." I replied calmly, not even looking at him

"And how does she know?" I could hear and feel his hatred towards her, but I don't know why…

"That`s none of your business, teme." I heard him growl, and then everything was silent. After 5 minutes, I got out and put my clean clothes on without saying a single word to Sasuke. I could feel his eyes on my back. What was his deal anyway? What did I do to make him annoy the crap out of me?!

…..Time skip…..

Next morning

I woke up to a beautiful melody on the piano. I know who can play like that! I got up, got dressed quickly, and ran down stairs. The melody stopped when I loudly shut my bedrooms door. When I was down, I jumped on the unsuspecting figure that was standing in front of the stairs. "Onee-chan, you're back!" I yelled, excited, and she just laughed.

"Yes, my little kit, I`m home." I could hear laughter and care in her voice. We laughed and onee-chan told me how work went and in return I told her how my days went by.

"Oh, onee-chan! That Sasuke-teme knows about the hot-spring too…" I told her. When I couldn't read her emotions, I stopped there. We stayed quiet for two minutes or so, then Shadow smiled, but it was fake.

"He can use it, but be sure that he doesn't find this house, okay kit?" she asked with that fake smile. All I could do was nod. I can`t dwell on what`s going through her head, tomorrow's school and I want to spend the day with her!