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Yesh, I know, sorry for keeping you waiting, minna! I just got a DS and I've been playing it like crazy XD AND I had to finish up WSBV and a SasuNaru oneshot "Nagare Boshi".

Dunno why, but there's a lot of rambling in this chap... not bad rambling, though.

Oh! And I want all of you to send me a oneshot plot! E-mail me and give me a pairing, plot, whether or not you want the oneshot to have sex or not, etc... and then I'll type it and post it in my new 100 oneshots fic. ... or you could just give me all that stuff in your reviews :Smiley face:

Chapter 10- A New Apartment, A New Crush.

Dozens of boxes were stacked on top of each other in the living room of a gorgeous townhouse, "fragile" written on each one in messy, lime green sharpie. One box fell from the very top of a stack and, from where he was standing in the kitchen, Naruto winced, the sound of shattering glass ringing through his ears. He turned slowly, away from the cable man, and grimaced at the glass shards lying on the carpet.

The chubby cable man raised a brow, "Ya gonna sign this or what? I ain't got all day, Blondie."

Snapping around and giving the man a glare that could definitely rival Sasuke's, he snatched the tablet from grubby hands and signed, his signature as neat as a woman's. He shoved it against the cable man's chest and went into the living room to clean up the mess. He bent down and placed the box up right, sighing.

"I guess I'll get to installin' your cable, sir," the pudgy worker said rudely, going into the main bedroom first, grabbing a cable box off of the new kitchen table. He passed Silo in the hall and the small kid stuck his tongue out at him, having heard his rude comments all the way from his room.

"Chichiue," he chirped as he walked into the living room, "what're you doing?" he asked, curiously, tipping his head to the side to see what his father was picking up.

"Could you get me the trashcan?" Naruto asked, still picking up small shards of glass, "The box of dishes fell and most of them broke."

"Oh, hold on," the crow looked around the large kitchen and he grabbed the trashcan that was about as large as he was. Struggling to move it to his dad, he almost tripped, his forehead slamming against the tough bin. He whined, but managed to get it into the living room.

Naruto dumped the shards into the bag and he stood up, grabbing the box of destroyed dished and sitting them on the couch, "Those'll just have to go. Hmm, maybe we should go out and buy a new set tonight?"

"Broke something already?" Sasuke asked as he came down the stairs, a pair of Kiba's working clothes on his perfect frame. He'd told the brunette that he didn't have any clothes to work in, so Kiba gave him the same clothes he used for working the fields. A plain white shirt and baggy, ripped jeans. Sasuke made the dirty style hot, though (amazingly enough).

Naruto heaved the box into his arms and beckoned for Silo to open the front door for him. Doing as he was told, the little Uzumaki child pushed open the glass door and scurried out to hold it from behind, giving his father more room to exit, "I didn't do it, they fell on their own, Teme."

"Sure," the raven stretched his sore muscles and cracked the bones in his neck, making a very gross sound that made Silo pout.

"Stop that, it's gross. Cody does it all the time and I hate it," the boy huffed, going to the cage that held his adorable rabbit, Kohi. He unlatched the metal door and pulled the snow shite bunny from her fortress of metal bars, newspaper, and chewed up carrots, "Konnichiwa, Kohi, do you want to see your new home?" he then ran past Sasuke and up the stairs, his conversation with the animal dulling down as he got further up the steps.

Snorting, Sasuke began unpacking another box, silverware and cups in it. Carrying it to the kitchen, he started to put them away. He didn't turn when Naruto came in, the blond going to get another box from the many stacks. He did turn, though, when his friend let out a rather girlish cry. He chuckled and smirked.

"What is it?"

Naruto looked at him with gooey, pleading eyes. Damn, those eyes were the death of sasuke, and everyone knew it.

"A cockroach... in my box of undergarments," Naruto pointed at the open box, silently wishing for Sasuke to be his handsome knight in shining armor who would skewer the insect with his toothpick of doom.

"Yes, and what do you want me to do about it?" Sasuke raised two finely plucked brows. His and Naruto's relationship had become a strange one. At times, they bickered like old women, then they would just glare at each other and not talk, or they would be like uber best friends and walk with their arms around each others shoulders, smiling and chatting like teenage girls. Sometimes, they would even gossip... and for some reason, seeing Sasuke as a fifteen year old girl, gossiping to her friends on a three way line on her brand new cellphone didn't really seem so odd.

Right now, they were going into one of their other types of relationships. The one where Naruto acted like a helpless damsel in distress, Sasuke being his wonderful boyfriend who could just do EVERYTHING right. And everything also included squashing harmless bugs.

"I want you to kill it!" Naruto looked at his friend, ocean blue eyes watering. Yes, just like a woman, he pulled the "but you love me, don't you?" face. It fit him perfectly, even though Naruto looked nothing like a female and definitely had the body of a male. It wasn't just the lump in the front of his pants that proved it, there was also the muscles, curveless figure, and masculine face. Suddenly, images of Naruto in a pink dress entered Sasuke's mind and he tried not to gag.

"You want me to kill it? But it's doing nothing wrong, just roaming around, sniffing your underwear," oh, it was days like these that made people think Sasuke actually had a sense of humor. He didn't really, it was just the fumes of carpet cleaners eating away at his brain. The part of the brain that made him who he was. An actor with an imaginary stick up his ass. Or maybe it was the clarinet Itachi attacked him with when they were little...?

"Ewww," Naruto scrunched his nose up in disgust, "come on, Sasuke, just kill it! I don't want to touch it, it's gross!"

Holding back the urge to roll his eyes, Sasuke went into the living room and pulled the underwear and boxers out of the box, the tiny cockroach falling to the bottom of the cardboard square. He then proceeded to lift the box up, open the front door, then toss the little bugger out. Turning back to Naruto, he handed him the box.

"Thank you!" Naruto said merrily, going back to unpacking.

"Hn," as quick as it came, there relationship shifted from that of a strange couple to that of their usual one.

xXxXx

Sakura huffed and pulled the light pink snow cap further down, trying to protect her poor ears from freezing and breaking off the sides of her head. She trudged through freshly fallen snow and looked at the many townhouses that alligned the streets. Zipping her thick pink coat up as far as it could go, she started to run, wanting nothing more than to find Naruto's new place and mooch a cup of coffee off of him.

S-s-s-s-stupid me! she growled inwardly at herself, I-I-I should've drove! N-Now I might freze t-to death! looking through the flurry of snowflakes that fell from the gray and white sky, her emerald eyes shimmered with happiness as she found a townhouse with a number matching the one written on the tiny scrap of paper held tightly between her gloved fingers. Running forward, she reached the door and rang the doorbell twice, her own special way of letting the blond know it was her.

"It's Sakura-chan! Oi, the door's open!" she heard a familiar voice bellow from inside the home. There was a loud yelp, then a crash, followed by a "shit, my manhood!". Blinking, she opened the door after a few moments and peered in, gasping as she saw Sasuke on top of Naruto, his legs pressed against either side of her blond friend's hips, lips dangerously close to Naruto's.

She ran forward, about to yell at Naruto for slipping drugs into Sasuke's drink, but then she noticed the frying pan in Sasuke's hands... the metal right between Naruto's legs. She blushed a bit and turned away.

Sasuke sat back and pulled the pan away, wincing at the high-pitched squeel that errupted from Naruto's throat, "You ran into me, Dobe, so in the future, don't you dare blame your lack of babies on me."

The blond glared up at him through messy bangs and he closed his legs, whining as his poor male organ throbbed (and not in a good way). Shoving Sasuke off, he rolled over, giving Sakura the best smile he could muster while in so much agony. He felt like a girl who had just been punched in the breasts... except the ache was a little further south, "H-hi, Sakura-chan," he whimpered.

Giving him a sympathetic look, Sakura helped him up, holding back a giggle as her friend limped to the couch.

"Don't laugh! It's not funny!" he hissed, flopping down on the sofa with a pained yelp.

Sasuke stood, placing the frying pan back in the box filled with other cooking items, and glanced over at Sakura, wondering why she had come over. He'd rejected her the day before... was she back to ask again? Surely the girl wasn't that stupid.

"Umm, Sasuke-kun...?" Sakura blushed and gazed up at her crush from under cherry blossom pink bangs. Fiddling with an undone thread at the bottom of her jacket, she smiled as cutely as humanly possible.

That smile just about made Sasuke barf.

"Yesterday, I guess you were in a bad mood or something..." she started, completely taking Sasuke's rejection yesterday as if it had something to do what god damn mood he was in. Couldn't she just take no for an answer?

But as Sasuke looked deep into those passionate emerald eyes... he knew he was in for a world full of psychotic bubblegum-haired women and constant confessions of love that would, of course, lead to tears and cries of "but I love you, Sasuke-kun! Why can't you see that? We're perfect for each other!". God help him, he'd rather fuck his brother.

"...so, well, can you reconsider your decision?" her voice was quite, as if afraid of another rejection. But the raven knew that deep down, she was cackling maniacally, holding a whip that read "Sasuke's my bitch", her head thrown back as her howling laughter echoed throughout the empty caverns known as her heart.

He scowled at his own thoughts. What the fuck was wrong with him? He hardly even knew the girl, so why accuse her of being an evil, obsessive fangirl? And he was sure she had a heart... somewhere inside that breastless chest.

"I'm sorry, but I don't like you that way. I hardly even know you," he told the girl, watching as her hopeful smile disappeared. He could see Naruto in the corner of the room, glaring at him like he was Satan's son coming to steal his soul away.

"But you can get to know me!" Sakura reached forward and grabbed his hands with hers, "please?"

The actor's inner self twitched, "Even if I did try to know you, I wouldn't be here in America that much longer. Meaning, our relationship wouldn't work out."

"But we can make it work!" she insisted.

Naruto sat up, despite the groan of disagreement his manhood made. He had glared at Sasuke at first, mad that he was rejecting her again. But why should he be mad at his friend for not feeling the same? Better to reject Sakura than to lead her on. "Sakura-chan, just leave Sasuke-teme alone. He doesn't like you tha--"

"But he has to! I know my love for him is--"

"True? Yeah, you're nineteen and he's your first crush. I doubt it's true love."

"But it's love at first si--"

"Sakura-chan, that whole love at first sight is a load of bull," Naruto crossed his arms, "so just leave Sasuke alone, ok? I'm sure he's tired from helping me unpack all morning, and you're probably just stressing him out."

Sakura frowned, but let Sasuke's hands fall from hers. Going to leave, she pulled something out of her purse and sat it on the table, "I supposed I am stressing you, Sasuke-kun..." she whispered dejectedly. But then she tugged on a smile and said, "so I'll come back later and ask you out again!" then she left, some snow coming inside, melting as it hit the warm, carpeted floor.

Naruto groaned, already knowing that his friend wasn't going to give up so easily, "You know what? Sometimes I wonder why she's even my friend."

"I wonder why she's your friend, too," Sasuke lifted up the item on the table and inspected it. It was a small glass figurine of a dragon, "Hn, a dragon?"

"Ooooh, that used to be Sakura-chan's grandmother's. When I was little, I used to always go over to her house and her grandma would be there, that dragon tucked inside of her purse. She said her husband gave it to her before they got married, that it was some kind of charm that protected her. Romantic, huh?" he wiggled his eyebrows, causing Sasuke to chuckle, "but then she gave it to Sakura-chan right before she died... and I'm guessing Sakura-chan's giving it to me now. Damn, she always knew I wanted it," he got up, the pain between his legs finally subsiding.

"Isn't it important to her? Why would she give it to you?" Sasuke asked, holding the figure up to the light, rays refracting and creating a rainbow of colors on the table.

Naruto shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe I should ask her next time I see her," then their conversation ended and they both sighed, getting back to work.

xXxXx

"I love you, Sai!" Naruto jumped onto his best friend and gave him a bone-crushing hug, a wide grin stretching from ear to ear, "remind me to make out with you as soon I arrive at work tomorrow!" he gave Sai a nip on the ear before taking off like a rocket through the mall, looking around like a rich woman searching for shoes.

Sai had dragged both Naruto and Sasuke to the mall, ignoring his blond friend's whines of "but I don't have any money, Sai!" and "you better get me a smoothie!". After they'd arrived and entered through the entrance of JC Penny's, Sai had handed Naruto a card that was good for any store in the mall. $600 dollars good for any store. And Naruto had practically pounced on his friend, thanking him for the early Christmas gift.

Touching the shell of his ear, Sai smiled a bit. As his heart hammered in his chest, he inwardly screamed at it to stop, telling himself that Naruto didn't like him that way, he just didn't mind doing things with Sai because they were close. He didn't mind making out with Sai because they did it when they were younger, when they were both curious, and the blond knew that kissing his best friend was just as common as hugging your younger sister.

Sasuke raised a brow at the scene that just took place in front of him. It's not every day you see a convincingly straight man promise a make-out session with his very gay best friend. That just never happened.

"I thought he was straight," he said before thinking.

"He is..." Sai trailed off, "it's just, he's used to doing those kinds of things with me. We did them all the time when we were younger, both a bit curious about our sexual preferences. I suppose as we grew older, even though I realized I was gay, and after Naruto-san realized he was still straight, kissing and hugging just became a natural thing in our lives. It's like a childen loving rock music, then growing up to still like it, despite what the youth those days listen to. You just can't give up what you're so used to."

Sasuke nodded, understanding, "But I want to know something."

Turning all the way so he could face the Uchiha, Sai gave him a curious expression, "Yes?"

"What are your true feelings for him?"

That sentence slapped Sai in the face and he subconsciously flinched, "What do you mean?"

Sasuke snorted, giving the other raven a knowing look, "You know what I mean. It's a very simple question, Hirota."

Sai couldn't really lie to the Uchiha. He knew the actor could tell if he was lying or not... "I love him," he muttered quietly, "but don't tell Naruto-san. If he finds out, our friendship could be ruined. My bond with him is all I have..."

He'd never really seen unrequited love in real life. Sure, Sasuke had seen it on television, he had played as a man deeply in love with someone who didn't feel the same, but those were movies, those weren't real life...

But standing in front of him was someone who had real feelings. Not false ones made into a movie script, but real ones that could hurt him as much as they could make him happy. And unlike in the movies, if his feelings were rejected, there would be no sappy moment with the man telling the girl that they could still be friends... No, if Sai told Naruto he loved him and was rejected, their relationship would never be the same, no matter what.

"Look what I bought for Silo!" Naruto called from behind them, breaking the tense atmosphere, "I hope you don't mind that I used some of the cash to buy Silo more Christmas presents...?" he laughed nervously.

Sai shook his head and smiled sweetly, "I don't mind at all. It's your money to--."

And Naruto was already gone.

Sai blinked and laughed, despite the bitter mood Sasuke had put him in with the sudden question about his feelings. He turned and told Sasuke to follow him. Together, they walked around, Sai talking about his feelings and when they started, things like that.

And instead of being bored, like he usually was when someone told him their pitiful life story, Sasuke listened intently, curious as to how in the hell Sai could have feelings for the idiot they called a friend. Sure, he was a tad bit attractive, but his whole personality could use a bit of a makeover.

"He has a wonderful personality," Sai told him after he realized he had said that part allowed. Shit, Sasuke needed to quit talking to himself, "how can you say that?"

"He's too loud most of the time," Sasuke stated, "he's too bright, too happy, too... too everything," he stuffed his hands in his coat pockets and sighed, "but for some reason, I still stay with him."

Sai smiled, "Did you ever stop to think that maybe... that maybe you're just too quiet?"

They both stopped walking and Sasuke stared at him, "What?"

"Maybe you're too quiet, maybe you're too dim, and maybe you're too sad," Sai said, "maybe... you're just not used to someone coming into your life and flipping it upside down," he chuckled, "you're not used to something so bright in your dark life, that's why Naruto-san's personality is a bit too much for you. And about you staying with him... I think that maybe you're falling in love with him, as well?"

Sasuke twitched, "I highly doubt it. I'd rather go out with Sakura."

Sai laughed nervously, "A-ah, I see."

"But I suppose you're right... about his personality being too much for me. I guess I'm not really used to people like him just randomly popping into my life."

"But is it really a bad thing?" Sai asked.

Sasuked looked at him, but didn't answer, Naruto coming out of nowhere, showing them more toys he'd bought for Silo.

No...

I don't regret him suddenly shoving himself into my life...

Not at all.

xXxXx

"God, I think I'm gonna hurl!" Naruto handed the bags full of Christmas gifts over to Sasuke, and ran to the bathroom, the sound of dissolved food hitting the water. Sasuke scrunched his nose up in disgust and looked over at the sofa to see Hinata sitting there with Silo asleep, next to her, his head on her lap.

Hinata was looking worriedly at the bathroom door, more heaving and vomiting beaing heard, "I-Is Naruto-kun a-alright?" she asked with a polite and quiet voice, not wanting to wake the slumbering child.

"He ate too many hotdogs," Sasuke smirked, amused. Before they had left, Naruto convinced them to let him have something to eat... but then the blond had seen the hotdogs being served at Orange Julius and his eyes had glimmered.

Sai had looked slightly worried and tried to convince Naruto to get something else to eat, but the single parent refused, immediately ordering nine, thick hotdogs to go.

As you can imagine, nine fatty hotdogs being wolfed down in a car while rap music was on... that would, of course, lead to major stomach problems.

Naruto came out of the bathroom, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, "S-sorry," he mumbled and gave a small smile to Hinata, "Thanks for watching Silo, Hinata, it means a lot."

Standing carefully, making sure not to wake Silo, Hinata smiled back shyly, "I-It was no p-problem at all, Naruto-kun. W-well, I should be going n-now. I'll s-see you at work tomorrow," she then bowed to both Naruto and Sasuke before leaving.

"I should be heading back to Kiba's," Sasuke said as he eyed his wrist watch. It was five minutes until nine and he almost felt bad for leaving his brunette friend and manager there at home with Itachi. Almost.

Lifting Silo up gently, Naruto got ready to carry him upstairs to his new room, "Ok. Oh, and Sasuke, thanks for giving us this new place," he smiled, "and thanks for putting up with me."

"Putting up with you?"

"Sai told me that I was sort of annoying you lately..." Naruto gave him a lopsided grin.

Holding back a twitch, Sasuke said, "Is that so?"

"Yeah, so I'm sorry if I piss you off at times. But really, thanks for not abandoning me," the blond turned off the living room light, then flipped on the porch light, the artificial glow reaching inside the house, illuminating Sasuke's facial features. He could see the raven's small smile perfectly.

"You don't need to apologize. After all, your annoying personality is just something I'll have to deal with."

He could see Naruto grin, even in the darkness of the room.

I let you squeeze yourself into my life, so I'll just have to deal with it.

For some reason, I really really liked this chapter. And sorry for not putting the camping with Jack part in here. It'll be up next chapter. Please review!

Next chapter- Camping with Jack, Itachi's departure, news that depresses the entire Naruto gang, a party that actually has NO beer, and Sai's confession.