A/N:Yooosh, we meet again in this chapter of this story! Well, no need to read my babbling. Please ENJOY!!
Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine and the situation Naruto faces in this story is taken from 'Bara no Tame ni' authorized by Yoshimura Akemi.
Warning:foul language, oOC-ness, shounen ai (NaruHaku, SasuHaku, SasuNaru)—Haku attacks!! Be ware—!
For The Blue Sky
Chapter 10: A Winter's Wool
Haku was in bad mood. Lately…if you saw it carefully, Haku was really in serious bad mood. And when you asked why he was pissed off he would say, "The reason? If I tell you then I will get even angrier!!" he exploded like a volcano.
Naruto was in serious problem dealing with Haku. Every time he tried to speak to the beautiful boy, the youngest Uchiha would yell at him or ignore him completely. Sometime he even tried to make Naruto's life more miserable than right now by spilling shackles of lies to him about Sasuke. Of course Naruto would know he lied because he asked Itachi afterwards if the rumors were true or not.
"I wonder what's wrong with him…," Naruto couldn't help but scratch his head in confusion after he finished being yelled by his younger brother.
"Oi, Naruto," suddenly Sasuke's voice was heard behind Naruto who was still cleaning the snow in front of his house.
"Whoooa!!" Naruto shouted in surprise as he looked behind him. "Sasuke!! I told you not to surprise me!" the blond boy yelled at the older Uchiha in red face, annoyed, but embarrassed as well.
"You're the wrong one for standing in front of the front door," Sasuke said expressionless like always, and somehow it pissed Naruto off even if the younger boy liked Sasuke so much.
"I am cleaning the path for you to walk on, Sasuke, so you can't complain about it," Naruto said in challenging look.
"What, weren't you only spacing out just now?" Sasuke smirked annoyingly.
Naruto went completely red at that. "Teme!! You want to pick a fight!!?" and he exploded, really annoyed, while drawing his broom to Sasuke.
"Hahaha, you're really easy to pick on, you know," Sasuke laughed at him while holding the end of the broom. "Hey, relax, I just want to strengthen the bond between brothers, you know, since I did the same thing to Haku back then," Sasuke chuckled slowly.
Naruto was a bit surprised when Sasuke mentioned about Haku's first coming. He knew that Haku's coming was close to when his fiancée was almost being hospitalized. Naruto went silent after that, and Sasuke noticed the change on Naruto's air. "Hey," suddenly the older Uchiha ruffled his hair.
"Eh?" Naruto was brought back to reality from his thought. "Wh-what?" he asked. Damned, he didn't just stutter, did he?
"Are you okay? Just now…you looked like concerning about something," Sasuke asked slowly.
"Ah, no…I am just thinking why Haku always gets angry these days," Naruto answered, completely lying. Well, actually he was a bit concerned to Haku, but his thought now was filled with Sasuke only, so…he just forgot about the other Uchiha.
"Huh? Does he?" Sasuke asked, completely having no clue.
Personally I think you will be nicer if you pay attention to your surrounding, Sasuke—that was Naruto thought while sweat dropping. But since you're smart and gorgeous enough, I think your lack of attention will be the only flaw you have…. Having a flawless brother is scarier after all—he continued thinking while sighing funnily.
"I wonder what you're thinking since you can change your expression from that to that," Sasuke said, sweat dropping as well. Naruto laughed awkwardly after that.
"Well, let's leave that behind," Naruto said while scratching his cheek. "Anyway, Sasuke, what do you want for dinner tonight?" Naruto changed the subject suddenly.
"Hmm, dinner, eh…," Sasuke put his forefinger on his chin, thinking. "Well, since it is cold, I want to eat something hot…," Sasuke said slowly.
"Then, let's have sukiyaki tonight!" Naruto gave his suggestion.
"Oh, nice idea, Naruto!" Sasuke shouted in spirit. "Okay, let's have that tonight! I'll be waiting for it!" he continued while grinning coolly. Naruto had to look a way or he would blush severely seeing his handsome face.
Damn it! He's too goddamn hot!!—Naruto thought while shutting his eyes and clenching his fists while trying to hold back his blushing.
"Oh no, it's the time," suddenly Sasuke said after seeing his watch. "I have appointment with my lecturer today. I'll be back before dinner," Sasuke said as he walked away on the path that Naruto had cleaned up from the snow.
"Well, be careful on your way!" Naruto waved with two hands behind him and Sasuke just smiled while waving back without looking at him. "Hmm, as expected from Sasuke. He's indeed clever and hard working guy!" Naruto said while smiling brightly.
"You really have no sense on learning, don't you?" suddenly Haku's voice was heard now behind him.
"GYAAAAH!!" Naruto screamed again in shock as he turned his face to the boy behind him. "Ha-Haku! Damn it, I told you to stop scaring people off!! Do you want me to get an heart attack or what!?" he continued yelling at the long haired younger Uchiha in annoyed look, face red because he was so surprised and was pissed off as well.
"You're the one who have no guard behind you," Haku smirked. "That's why I told you, you have no sense on learning things," again, he insulted Naruto in annoying look.
Veins popped up on Naruto's head immediately. "You—, do you want me to bury you under the snow?" Naruto asked in dangerous tone, really pissed off.
"As if you could do that," Haku narrowed his eyes while throwing that annoying smirk to him. Gaaaah, Naruto really wanted to rip that face to get rid of his smirk, but he tried to hold on to the last string of his temper.
"What do you want actually, Haku? Haven't we become friendly in Hinata's wedding party?" Naruto asked eventually. "What happened to you? You seemed really in foul bad mood, and you keep being angry for no reason," he continued. "Don't expect me to know what you're thinking. I am not you, so if you don't say anything I will not know what I do wrong to you," he finished in a huff.
Haku went silent after that. The situation became really awkward because no one wanted to talk. Naruto sighed weakly while scratching the back of his neck. "Damn it. Fine, I understand. I am sorry if I did something wrong. There, I have apologized. Can we be friendly again?" Naruto asked while looking straightly at Haku's eyes now.
"That's not it," Haku replied suddenly. "You didn't do anything wrong," he continued, and then looked away from Naruto's face.
Then I have wasted my apology for nothing!?—Naruto thought in annoyance.
"Have you…given up about Sasuke?" Haku asked suddenly, making Naruto look at him as if he were an alien from Pluto.
"Are you kidding? Why should I give up on him?" Naruto asked back in ridiculous face.
"Wha—!? Haven't I told you that Sasuke has fiancée!? Have you forgotten about that!??" Haku yelled at Naruto in the end, completely annoyed.
"Yeah, he had," Naruto replied while closing his eyes. Haku was a bit surprised when he heard the word being said in past tense. "Sasuke really is a nice guy. He loved, no, he probably still loves Luna-san so much and when he remembers about her, he doesn't want to love someone else. He wants to love Luna-san for eternity," Naruto said while holding his broom tightly in soft smile.
Haku was amazed when he saw the sincere gaze Naruto showed to him. Then he looked at another way as Naruto looked at him again. "Hey, if I had been Luna-san, I would have said the same thing before dying. Even if I love him so much, he's still alive, so he must move on and be happy in his life. That's why, Haku, I will not give up on loving Sasuke! I am fine with this one-sided love. I can be happy with continuing to love him!" now the blond boy smiled brightly at Haku.
B-br-too goddamn bright!!—Haku thought while crying inwardly. Naruto really had a pure heart. He was really kind, and Haku knew about that. It's a waste of time trying to make him jealous or hate someone. Now Haku felt like sighing in defeat, but he just couldn't admit that. He hated losing!!
"Ugh…I will not let a guy like you love Sasuke!!" Haku yelled again in really annoyed look.
"What!? What do you mean 'a guy like me!?' I am a good guy, you know!!" Naruto yelled back at Haku while hissing now, like an angry little kitten.
"What kind of good guy will address his self as good guy, you-twerp!?"
"You, insolent-brat! You yourself have one-sided love to Sasuke in such way too, what right do you have to bother my love life?!"
"Who wants to be compared to you!? Don't compare me to a blond-idiot like you!"
"That's it!! You've broken the last string on my temper!!" Naruto smacked his broom down to the ground and cracked his knuckles in really angry look. "Be prepared for your funeral, pretty boy!" Naruto said in Yakuza way.
"Bring it on, you-blond-idiot-twerp!!"
—On the veranda of second floor, Uchiha residence—
"Haah, that Naruto and Haku…they're at it again," Itachi said while sweat dropping from the back of his head. He drank his black chocolate in funny expression as he looked at Naruto and Haku who were yelling at each other and played tag?? He was not sure because Naruto looked like about killing the younger Uchiha right now.
"Well, lately Haku-sama is really in bad mood. He gets angry so easily," Chiyo-baa who was serving the snack for Itachi said in small funny-weird smile as well.
"Hum…I bet it's because he's jealous," Itachi said suddenly.
"Eh?" Chiyo looked at Itachi in questioning look.
"Maybe he has been caught by Naruto's persona," Itachi said. "No wonder he has that brother complex, and for two people as well, moreover, his brothers…. He must be really confused right now…," Itachi chuckled at that.
"That's right," Chiyo also smiled; sweat dropping as well while thinking why Itachi could chuckle in that situation. Normally, people would be worried if their brother caught that kind of disease wouldn't they?
"Ah well, they're interesting anyway. I'll take my time to observe them closely," Itachi took a sip of his chocolate while smirking creepily, making Chiyo-baa think that he was the creepiest person she had ever met while sweat dropping again.
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—Sometime later, Uchiha residence, before dinner—
I—TA—CHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!"
Haku's scream was heard throughout the halls of Uchiha residence in maximal volume. There's a sound of 'NGIIIIING' afterwards in everyone's ears after hearing the scream.
"What the—?" Itachi covered his ears in anticipation as he heard that from living room. Then he heard foot—not, run steps nearing living room as Haku suddenly barged in living room in raged look and glared daggers at Itachi. "What the hell, Haku? I thought there's an earthquake just now," Itachi scolded the younger boy as he let go off his hands from his ears.
"Kisama—, what the hell did you tell Chiyo-baa, huh!?" Haku yelled at Itachi in complete anger.
"What?" Itachi asked in confusion.
"She suddenly gave me advice to be a priest to atone to my sin because I have brother complex for my two brothers!! What the hell is that!!? Since when have I had a brother complex for that blond-idiot!!?" Haku really was angry because he felt that Itachi had taken liberty to say whatever he wanted about him.
"Ah, that…," Itachi remembered. That Chiyo-baa and her chatting-mouth—Itachi thought face faulting. "Well, if you really want to know, Haku, it's on yesterday at 3 p.m., on the day before yesterday at breakfast time, and at 6 p.m., and on today at 5 p.m. And if you want me to continue, Haku, it's on Tuesday, on Thursday, and on Friday, last week and…."
"SHUT UUUUUUUP!!!" Haku screamed again in complete red face. Itachi didn't know if he was angry or embarrassed, or even both, but his face really was red like a tomato. How priceless….
"You're the one who asked, self-centered kid," Itachi smirked at Haku knowingly, and it pissed Haku even more.
"Damn it, ITACHI!!"
"You have ever slept with Naru-chan once, haven't you?" suddenly Itachi asked and Haku snapped at that. "That's right, when he saved you from Hebi, he was hurt badly and you treated him. You slept with him that night, right? How could you sleep beside a person you hate?" Itachi looked at Haku's eyes with his creepy knowing eyes as if he had known everything in Haku's head.
Sweat broke out from all over Haku's face. He was really nervous when Itachi looked at him with those eyes. He didn't even think about what Itachi said, but it seemed he had nailed the part inside Haku's heart that the owner himself didn't know it existed.
"So, yeah, and somehow…you've become in bad mood since then," Itachi smirked again in teasing look, making Haku snap.
"Don't be kidding!! That's because that idiot doesn't want to give up on loving Sasuke!!" the younger Uchiha screamed at his brother, and Itachi saw that as an excuse in cornered situation.
"Well, maybe that is one of your reasons," Itachi closed his eyes and tightened his jacket.
"Wha—!?" Haku just couldn't say anything because he was so angry with Itachi's raw guess.
"And the other reason for your unexplained anger is…because Naruto will not look at you," Itachi opened his eyes as he stood and smirked again at Haku.
Haku was utterly shocked at Itachi's words, but seconds later, the veins began to pop up on his entire head, face paling severely as he gritted his teeth. "Now my blood has rushed out of my veins on my head! You…saying bunches of lies like that as you like it…who will be sad for not being loved by that blond-idiot-twerp!!??" Now Haku was exploding his lava from the bottom of pit he called his heart. He just didn't know why Itachi would think some craps like he fell for Naruto or he was sad because Naruto would not look at him etc, etc.
"Who says anything about who loves whom?" Now Itachi had difficulty to restrain his self from exploding in laughter at Haku's simple mind.
"AAAAAARGH!! Itachi you piss me off!!" Haku was frustrated on arguing with Itachi. He didn't know why but he wanted to yell and screamed whenever Itachi spoke and teased him like that. He didn't know why but he just couldn't stand Itachi's scheming.
"Well, calm down Haku. Indeed our Naru-chan doesn't have any interest in you. He who sleeps with Sasuke is completely different from him who sleeps with you. It is because he can't see you in that way. You're too cute, Haku. I bet Naru-chan likes cooler guy," Itachi said while sighing long.
"The way you talk pisses me off most!" Haku shouted again at Itachi mercilessly.
"Well, if you think that I am lying, you can prove it by hugging him again when he's asleep. You will notice sooner or later about your own feeling towards him anyway," Itachi said as he walked to the door.
"Are you stupid!!? My arms will rot if I hug him!! LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE TALKING, DAMN IT!!" and Haku ended up yelling at him again because Itachi didn't even listen to Haku's opinion about his own feeling and just walked off the living room because he didn't want to hear Haku's screaming more. "SHIIIIIT!! Stop messing my heaaaaaad!!!" Haku shouted again really frustrated now.
Somehow Itachi felt that he had to check his brothers' sanity now, one by one.
Haku panted heavily as he sat down on the sofa. "Damn that Itachi…, saying things as he likes it!" Haku huffed while trying to calm himself down for awhile. If I want to hug someone, of course I will pick Sasuke for it! Well, actually I want to be hugged instead of hugging him—Haku thought silently while imagining things that would be inappropriate to put in words, so he just imagined it. Reader could imagine what he was imagining as they liked it.
"It's decided then, I will do it to Sasuke to night!" Suddenly Haku clenched his fists in determined eyes.
"What do you want to do tonight?" suddenly Naruto's voice was heard behind the long haired boy.
"GYAAAAAH!!" he shrieked loudly while holding his chest. "What the hell!? Naruto!! Where do you com from!!?" he asked in pale sweaty face, shocked.
"Of course from the door," the blond boy said indifferently, "Anyway, you—, what do you plan to do to Sasuke, huh!?" Naruto had cracked his knuckles again in scary pissed angry look as the veins had popped again on his head.
"That's not your goddamn business, damn it!!" Haku shouted again as he walked away.
"Wait!! Looked at every aspect, it IS my business!!" Naruto protested hard. "Haku, you realize that he's your brother!! One-sided love will bear fruits only if nothing happens between you and the person you love!! It will be serious problem if you lay your hand on him!! Everything will be destroyed!!" Now the blond boy held Haku's arm in serious look.
"Shut up and leave me alone, damn it!! Stop following me around!!" Haku shouted back as he tried to run away from Naruto.
"No way!! That's because you continued on targeting Sasuke, damn it!!" Naruto held him really tightly and didn't let him escape from his clutch.
"Damn you—, look!! If you continue on bothering other people's love lives, you will surely be kicked by horse and be eaten by bear in Hokkaido, you know!!?" Haku shouted again and in that instant, the door of living room was opened in SLAM!!-ming sound.
"SHUT UUUUUUUUP!!! You-two are so NOISY!! Get out from house if you want to fight, DAMN IT!!" Sasuke roared at them in really pissed look. Haku and Naruto were quite shocked when Sasuke entered the scene. The room became silent in second, and then Sasuke huffed before slamming the door shut again, leaving Naruto and Haku alone in the living room.
"Ah," Narutp realized suddenly and broke the silence after that. "Sasuke said that the appointment was a failure and he had to stay up late to finish his tasks," Naruto said in carefree look after that.
"Damn you! Say that earlier!!" Haku shouted again in red-pissed face, but he was embarrassed as well.
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—The next day, morning, breakfast time at Uchiha Residence—
Sasuke was like a living corpse when he walked to the table and sat down on his chair to get some food. Naruto sweat dropped when he saw Sasuke's awful look, as well as Haku and Itachi, even Chiyo.
"H-how is the progress of your tasks, Sasuke?" Naruto asked slowly while smiling, trying to cheer him.
"It's the worst…, I only had chance to finish a tasks from four…," Sasuke slammed his head on the table weakly. Naruto laughed slightly at that.
"Ah, I forgot," Itachi said suddenly, gaining attention from Sasuke, Haku and Naruto. "Last night Dad called. He said because his work had finished for this month, he would invite his friends and colleagues to have a party here," Itachi recalled.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!?" before anyone could react, Sasuke had screamed in a shocked face. "WHEN!?" he continued asking.
"Tonight," Itachi answered indifferently.
"TONIGHT!!??" Sasuke looked like really shocked as if his life had just been drained away from his body. "Shiiiiit!! Even if I still have three important tasks to finish—!! That shitty old man—, I won't forgive him if I fail this course, damn it!!" Sasuke looked really angry and pissed off at that.
At that time Haku suddenly got an idea of the situation. He smirked creepily when Naruto noticed that. "Hey, Sasuke, what about staying at villa in Hokage Mountain tonight?" he suggested suddenly while tapping Sasuke's shoulder. "It's quiet there. If we stay there for four to five days, Dad's party will not bother you, and you can finish your tasks in peace," the little demon with long hair smiled cheerily at Sasuke while plotting something nasty in his head.
And Naruto could see that clearly, that hidden intention in Haku's sweet words. "You—, about last night conversation…!"
"What?" Haku smirked in victory at Naruto. Naruto was really pissed off at that, and Itachi could see that as well.
"Well, Naru-chan, why don't you go with them?" Itachi offered.
"EH!?" Naruto and Haku reacted at Itachi's offer in unison, but in different reason.
"You've never gone to our villa in Hokage Mountain, right? It's really pretty in winter, you know?" Itachi smiled at Naruto happily.
"Is that alright!?" Naruto looked like definitely loving the idea.
"No way!! I object!! Itachi, don't say some craps like that, you-bastard!!" Haku objected immediately in angry look.
"I want to go! I definitely want to go!" Naruto pushed Haku away and shouted while smiling widely as a response.
"Damn it! You must help Chiyo-baa, you know!!" Haku interrupted again while pushing Naruto away.
"No problem, Masters. I don't need help to maintain this house. Everything has been prepared," Chiyo said while smiling and showing peace on her hand cheerily.
"EH!?" Haku was shocked at that. Damn it! She doesn't help at all!!—he thought in pissed look.
"Well, I personally think it will be better if we have Naruto go with us," Sasuke said suddenly giving his thought. He looked at Haku and said again as a follow up, "We will completely have problem in cooking and cleaning the villa. Naruto can help us lots if he goes with us."
"But—!!" Haku really wanted to protested, still….
"Okay, let's go!" Sasuke stood up suddenly and went to his room to take his things.
"Wai—, SASUKE!!?" Haku called him really loudly, but Sasuke didn't even hear him anymore.
I wiiiin!!—Naruto thought satisfied with the outcome, but seeing Haku slumping weakly in his chair, depressed, Naruto sweat dropped as well. "Hey, you don't have to be depressed like that. Come on, cheer up! I will cook your favorite food in villa," he said, cheering Haku while slamming his back hard.
"OWW!! That hurts, damn it!!" Haku punched Naruto, but the blond cheery guy caught his fists while grinning widely. Itachi looked at them while chuckling and Chiyo-baa smiled softly seeing their energetic selves.
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—Hokage Mountain; Uchiha's Villa—
"Whoooaaaah!! How beautiful—!!" Naruto said, admiring the beautiful land on the mountain which was completely white covered by snow. "It's not like we're in Japan—!!" he continued in sparkling eyes seeing the beautiful nature before his eyes.
"Gyaa-gyaa- you are so noisy. Don't act like a damn girl!" Haku said in sarcasm at Naruto's childish nature.
"Shut up! It's my liberty to act!" Naruto replied while thrusting his tongue out at him.
"Stop bickering and help me, you-two!!" Sasuke shouted from the baggage as he took out the things they brought from Uchiha residence. Haku and Naruto looked at each other and continued their bickering while helping the sweat dropping Sasuke who could only listen to them insulting each other.
Sometimes later after put the things they brought from Konoha to the villa in Hokage Mountain. Sasuke put his bag and began to take out his papers. "Now, Naruto, you clean the house. Haku, you burn the woods for the fire," Sasuke said as he brought his paper to his room.
"What about you, Sasuke?" Naruto asked while picking the broom from the kitchen.
"Why do you ask? Of course I must finish my tasks!" and Sasuke slammed the door of his room shut in a loud bang.
Egoistical bastard—Naruto thought, sweat dropping as he saw Haku came with lots of fire woods. Naruto sighed slowly while looking at Haku's cold serious face. "Haku," he called slowly. Haku turned his face at him while lifting one of his eyes. "Mind helping me?" the blond boy lifted his broom at Haku in cheery look.
"Like hell I would!" Haku replied while huffing and then ignored him completely.
That insolent brat—!—Naruto thought as the veins popped up again on his head. Then he also ignored Haku and began to sweep the wooden floor while looking at his surrounding. Currently he was in living room as he noticed that this villa was also really beautiful.
The villa was made purely from wood, and it's not just normal wood. It's from Mahoney and even if Naruto was not an expert at furniture, he knew that the woods were high class. Indeed, Uchiha really was rich. It couldn't be compared to luxurious apartment in Tokyo. Even if Orochimaru also had mansion in Tokyo, Naruto had not gone there yet. Might be someday…, but he doubt when he would go.
There were two bathrooms and four bedrooms in villa; a fire was in living room with a set of home theater beside it and sofas in front of it. The dining table was in the kitchen beside living room, and every room including bathrooms could be reached from living room. The villa itself was not as big as Uchiha residence in Konoha, but it's big enough for five people living there.
"Rich-bastards…," Naruto sighed again while sighing and sweat dropping, but then he thought he was a part of that family also, so he should stop insulting them or he would end up insulting his self.
Finishing cleaning, Naruto cooked dinner for them, and they ate together after that. Sasuke quickly ate and finished. Then he quickly got back to his room to continue his tasks. Haku followed after that and decided that he was cold and need a bath. He quickly went to bathroom. Naruto cleaned up the dining table and wash the plates in the sink before he went to another bathroom to take a shower.
Finishing showering, Naruto got back to living room to see the house again. He went in front of the fire and looked at the photographs on the wall in front of the fire and on the table. "Whoaaah, it is Ita-nii playing ski," Naruto said while touching the photograph of Itachi holding the ski board and doing acrobatic movement on air. "Cool! As I thought, Ita-nii is really the coolest among them! Well, even if his laziness becomes flaw in him," he continued while sweat dropping.
Then Naruto heard the door of bathroom being opened. Naruto put down the photograph and looked behind. "Where's Sasuke?" Haku asked without looking at Naruto.
"He's still struggling with his tasks," Naruto grinned widely, replying him. "How is the bath?" Naruto asked.
"Try it yourself," Haku said while drying his hair backing Naruto. Then Naruto was silent for awhile before he suddenly realized it. Haku who was drying his hair with towels and was only wearing a robe with a part of his shoulder able be seen was definitely sexy from behind.
Damn—, what the hell am I thinking?—Naruto quickly looked away in blushing face. He almost thought something inappropriate to his own brother, how shameless. Thus for avoid thinking stupid, Naruto began the conversation. "Ne, Haku…since when have you let your hair grown long?" he asked suddenly still not looking at Haku. Haku didn't really responded to his question for awhile and Naruto continued. "Well, if it's that long probably you have grown in since a year or two years ago…."
"I've grown my hair long since Sasuke's fiancée died!! Do you still want to protest!?" Haku glared at Naruto in a really pissed look. Naruto was quite surprised at Haku's expression.
Ah…, so that's why—Naruto closed his eyes and smiled. "I see," he said in understanding look. "Sasuke's fiancée, Luna-chan was her name, right? She also had a long black hair," he said in soft expression. Haku snapped at that and looked at Naruto in weird expression. "Ita-nii had ever told me, when Haku was standing backing everyone else, your shape from behind resembled her so much that in a second he thought it was her. Probably-, no, Sasuke must have thought the same," Naruto sat down beside Haku in carefree look.
"What do you want to say, actually?" Haku asked in really foul expression. "Do you think I grow my hair long, so I can resemble his lover and so he will notice me?"
Naruto was silent at that question. "Well, probably there's a bit feeling like that," Naruto said while collapsing on the floor looking at the ceiling.
"Are you an idiot!? I will never think that way!!" Haku protested angrily while glaring daggers at Naruto's face.
"But, I believe you want to make Sasuke remember," Naruto said again in soft smile while closing his eyes again. "Whenever he snaps seeing your back, remembering his lover, you believe that Sasuke will never love anyone else," Naruto said again as he opened his eyes and stared straightly to Haku's eyes.
Haku was in a shock when he saw those gentle gazes Naruto had. He couldn't say anything as Naruto only looked at his eyes. Haku eventually broke the eye-contact and looked away in an awkward look. "Don't say anything stupid," he said continuing drying his hair.
Naruto woke up again and sat; now pressing his back at Haku's. "However I think about it, I always feel weird why you want to make your appearance close to a girl," Naruto said again.
"Hey, I never want that!! You said it as if I wanted to be asexual or something!!" Haku snapped at that.
"I never said that," Naruto replied while sweat dropping. "If Sasuke is a woman hater, the outcome will backfire at you if you look like a girl. However, when I think about the other reasons and mix it together then, 'ah, I see…, so that's why…,' I feel that way and suddenly understood everything. If Sasuke had new girlfriend, I would never be happy with this one-sided love," Naruto said while grinning, but his face looked sympathy as well.
Haku didn't say anything and continued drying his hair.
"Ne, Haku, even if we can't be Sasuke's lover in this world, we can reincarnate to be Luna in next life. Then Sasuke will love both of us and we can love Sasuke together. Don't you think so?" then suddenly Naruto felt sleepy and seconds later, he fell asleep while leaning on Haku's back.
"Hey, it's heavy, Naruto!" Haku said loudly, but Naruto didn't even flinch at his voice. "Naruto?" Haku looked at is back and found him sleeping soundly. "What the—!? How can you sleep in the middle of conversation!!?" Haku shouted then, but it didn't wake Naruto at all, instead, Sasuke came out from his room.
"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked while sweat dropping when he looked at them.
"Sasuke!!" Haku looked like feeling saved as Sasuke came to see them. "This blond-idiot fell asleep leaning on me! Despite his small body, he's actually really heavy!!" Haku said while trying to move Naruto's head from his shoulders.
"He must be tired after cleaning this villa alone," Sasuke said while smiling softly at the sleeping Naruto. "I will take him to his room. You also go to sleep, Haku," Sasuke said as bent down his body, kneeling one. He supported Naruto's neck and his legs, and then he lifted Naruto on his arms. "Well, indeed, he's heavy," Sasuke said sweat dropping again.
"What about you, Sasuke?" Haku asked again.
"I will try to do the tasks some more before going to sleep," Sasuke replied as he took Naruto to his room. Haku could only look at Sasuke's back when he walked off. Haku stood up and went to his own room to sleep as well.
—Midnight; Haku's room—
"You…want him to remember, right?"
Naruto's voice rang on Haku's head. Haku sighed long at that. Damn that yellow squirrel. Even if he's a total idiot, he's really sharp at a thing like that—Haku thought silently while drinking hot coffee. Still—Haku stood up as he put down his cup and then he went out to living room, crawling on the wall like a salamander and went to Sasuke's room. I will never give up on staying the night with Sasuke!—Haku thought while walking silently in Sasuke's room. Oh, lucky! Sasuke's asleep! And on top of that—Haku glanced at the table. There's a glass of alcohol there. Sasuke has just drunk the alcohol. He will not wake up for sometimes!!—Haku smiled widely at that.
Haku walked to Sasuke's sleeping form closer and closer and then he stood up beside his bed, looking at Sasuke;s beautiful sleeping face.This is Sasuke's face…which I can never touch when he's awake….—Haku thought while reaching his hand to Sasuke's cheek. "Sasuke…," Haku whispered lowly as he also bent his head down to Sasuke's face, and then he kissed Sasuke's lips while closing his eyes.
"Uhh, hot—!" suddenly Naruto's voice was heard somewhere in the room. Haku opened his eyes immediately even if he was still kissing Sasuke's lips, and under his neck Naruto's head came out from under blanket, opening his eyes and stared directly at the kissing scene.
"KH—!!" Haku immediately released his kiss and Naruto woke and sat up immediately. "What are you doing here!!?" Naruto and Haku snapped and yelled at the same time pointing their forefinger at each other in a complete shocked look.
"Uu—h," Sasuke groaned slightly and tossed his arm aside, backing Naruto and Haku. Naruto and Haku covered their mouth immediately and went silent for a minute before making sure that Sasuke was still asleep.
Then…Haku exploded. "You—, what the hell are you doing here!? You bother my plan and now you're the one who take advantage and sleep with him!!" Haku screamed in whisper.
"Don't say something like I am the one who think dirty!! This is my room, damn it!! Sasuke's room is beside mine!!" Naruto also shouted in low whisper as well and then they remembered that Sasuke had a bad habit to sleep with Naruto when he was drunk.
"Damn it—," Haku covered his face as he sighed weakly. "Fine, now you go to sleep in Sasuke's room," Haku said as he pointed at him in ordering look.
Naruto looked at Haku curiously. "What about you?" he asked eventually.
"I'll sleep on my own room," he said while looking away in nervous look. Naruto definitely could see a lie there.
"Let's get out together," Naruto said while smirking.
"What do you mean together?" Haku said in protest.
"You think I don't know what your intention is, huh? I will not let you get out of your room tonight! Come! I'll sleep in your room!" Naruto pulled Haku's arm out of room.
"HEY!!" Haku shouted loudly as Naruto covered his mouth.
"Shh! Idiot, you could wake Sasuke up!" Naruto shushing Haku in panicked look, and he checked Sasuke once again before he sighed in relief that Sasuke was asleep like a log. "Thank God he's a heavy-sleeper," Naruto said in relief. "Now, you come with me!" Naruto pulled the protesting Haku out of his room and dragged him back to Haku's room.
"You stay on the bed. I'll sleep on sofa," Naruto said as he set the sofa in front of the room's door.
"What's with that!? I can't go to toilet when I want to pee at night if you sleep there!" Haku protested hard at that.
"Don't be kidding, Haku. You're not a 70 year old man. You can just hold on not to pee until morning," Naruto said as he sat up on sofa and covered his body with blanket.
"You—!!" Haku was almost exploding when he realized that there's another tactic. "H-hey, it's cold there, right? Why don't you sleep on bed and I will sleep there?" Haku offered while smiling in forced look.
"The heater is on, right? Let it be on and I'll be fine. Now, sleep!" Naruto said as he closed his eyes again before he fell asleep three seconds after that.
"That's fast!! Damn it, what are you, Nobita!?" Haku yelled again at the sleeping Naruto, but the blond boy had fallen asleep completely now. Damn it, this blond idiot—! How far does he want to bother my love life!?—Haku thought in a really pissed look.
However then, suddenly Naruto fell from his sitting-sleep and Haku reacted at it. "Whoah!!" he caught Naruto's body on his arms as he also fell because of Naruto's weight. Damn him! Can he sit properly!? Ouch—, my head…!!—Haku thought while growling in pain on his head because he hit the floor as Naruto fell on top of him.
"Try to hug him once again; you'll notice your own feeling for him,"
Suddenly Haku remembered Itachi's words when he had his arms around Naruto's shoulders and waist. WTF!!? Why the hell am I remembering Itachi's words at a time like this!?—Haku blushed slightly at that. Who can notice his own feeling is the owner of the feeling. Itachi indeed said some craps like those—Haku thought again in annoyed look.
However then, when he looked at Naruto's sleeping form, curling like a small kitten he couldn't help feeling weird. "Well, there's no loss in trying," Haku said while looking away as he tried to hug Naruto's body. It's warm—Haku thought comfortably. Well, it's just it. He's warmer than other people…, wait, I have never hugged other people, so I can't compare him to anyone else—he thought again.
"Maybe I should hug him longer…," Haku said that while trying to hug Naruto again more tightly and longer, and Naruto reacted at that.
"Ngh…," Naruto sighed lowly feeling Haku's warmth. "It's warm…," he said in his sleep in small smile while hugging Haku's back.
Eh—, wait!! Wait a sec!!—Haku was in panicky when Naruto hugged him back tightly like a pillow. S-stop messing around, damn it!! Get off of my body!!—Haku screamed inside his head as he felt Naruto's sigh on his neck. His heart beat faster as he could feel the weight and warmth of Naruto's body. Waaaah!! Help—Haku thought while shutting his eyes, but Naruto didn't do anything but sleep on top of him. Seconds later Haku's body felt relaxed and he opened his eyes. His face was red of embarrassment.
Damn it…, why is he so warm like this? My heart…; stop beating so fast!!—Haku thought again really embarrassed. Why the hell am I feeling like this towards this blond-idiot-twerp…? It's impossible if I like him…, right? I've already had Sasuke. I like Sasuke most!—Haku convinced his self more as he felt hot.
Ng? Wait, why is he so warm?—Haku tried to release Naruto's hug and checked his temperature and compared it to his own. Oi, oi!! He's not warm; he's hot! He has a fever!!—Haku noticed that Naruto's temperature was too high. Shit! That's why I told you to sleep on bed!! Now you have a fever, this-idiot!!
Haku quickly pulled Naruto to sit up again and supported him to lay on the sofa while covering him with blanket. Then suddenly, BLEP, the electricity was down. Heater and lamps were turned off in second.
NO WAY!! The heater…, the lamps…, electricity are down!? But Naruto has a fever!!
In panicky, Haku quickly jumped the sofa and opened the door. Then he ran to Sasuke's room, not, Naruto's room to wake Sasuke up. "Sasuke!!" Haku shook Sasuke up hard. "Wake up! The electricity is down!!"
"Ngh…I want meat and tomatoes for breakfast…," Sasuke said in his sleep.
"What are you saying, Sasuke!? I said wake up, you-sleeping log!!" Haku shook Sasuke harder.
"So noisy, Haku…! You're not a mangaka who is chased around by deadline, are you? So what if the electricity is down in the middle of the night?" Sasuke said while frowning.
"Naruto has a fever!" Haku shouted.
"Ah, a fever?" Sasuke woke up in a grunt after that. He checked the electricity and then called down hill to the generator office. "Hmm…it seems the electricity was cut off by the snow-storm tonight," Sasuke said as he went to Haku's room to check on Naruto's condition. "Haku, you burn the firewood. I will collect the blankets and I'll take Naruto to living room," Sasuke said slowly as he put his hand on Naruto's forehead. "Ng, wait. Haku, Naruto has no fever," Sasuke said in frown.
"Eh, but his body is hot!" Haku protested. Suddenly Sasuke's hand was on his forehead.
"It's your temperature that's too low," Sasuke said.
"Eh!? It's me!?" Haku was surprised with that.
"Whatever. Anyway, because this house will be really cold without heater, we will continue the plan," Sasuke said as he scratched his head and yawned. "Haku, you sleep with Naruto in front of the fire," he said as he walked off.
"Hey!! Why is it me!?" Haku protested hard at that.
"What are you saying? Heating each other is the basic treatment when there's a disaster on Snowy Mountain," Sasuke said indifferently. Haku paled severely when he heard those irrational lines.
"Sasuke…, you—, are you dead drunk right now?" Haku asked in really pale face now.
"But this kid…, he doesn't even flinch. He sleeps like a log!" Sasuke played with Naruto's cheeks for awhile before he lifted him again.
"That's why I said he has a fever!" Haku said again still in pale face.
"Whatever, let's go," Sasuke then went to the living room as Haku burned the firewood. Then Sasuke took all the blankets and set them up in front of the fire in living room. Sasuke put Naruto on the blanket and covered him with another blanket. Haku hopped up under blanket beside Naruto.
"It's a lucky that there are a lot of blankets in this villa," Sasuke said as he stretched his arms up his head.
"Hey, you took all the blankets. Where are you going to sleep?" Haku asked eventually realizing that they had all the blankets.
"Ng? Of course I will sleep here with you," he said without doubt.
EH!!—Haku blushed hard when he heard that. S-sleep here…with Sasuke!!?—Now his face was as red as tomato.
"Why are you blushing Haku? Come on, hug Naruto better. Your head is here," Sasuke said as he ordered Haku to hug Naruto and then he hopped up under blanket also beside him.
Uwaaa-uwaa! Sasuke's body heat—!!—Haku was really nervous when Sasuke's warmth crept on his back. He became feverish too.
"Eh, we should undo our clothes firs before heating each other," Sasuke said suddenly as he sat again.
"NO-NO-NO!! It's better this way, Sasuke!!" Haku shouted while blushing severely. He really doubted that he would not have nosebleed if he had Sasuke sleep without clothes beside him.
However, they still undid their clothes afterwards, but Naruto was in the middle. Sasuke was on Naruto's right and Haku was on his left. He slept peacefully in the warmth of his two brothers.
"Ne, Haku," Sasuke called his brother while the younger Uchiha had a hard time to hold on his sight, so he would not get nosebleed on Sasuke's hot body. "In your point of view, what thing does resemble Naruto?" he asked suddenly.
"Huh?" Haku asked in a questioning look.
"Look, in the middle of winter in a freezing night, when we're lonely, only with holding it in our hand, we'll feel happy and comfortable. A small little bundle, what is it?" Sasuke gave Haku a quiz, but Haku couldn't even think but that.
"Meat dumpling?" the younger Uchiha guessed. Sasuke was taken a back at his answer.
Jeez, Haku and his stomach—Sasuke thought while sweat dropping. "Well, your imagination indeed resembles more to him," Sasuke said while sighing in small smile despite that he actually wanted to say a ball of wool.
In the lonely night of winter season, I really want to hold that yellow ball of warmth….
And with the night they spent together in same blankets, hugging and heating each others' bodies…their brothers-relationship became more and more dangerous….
End Chapter 10
Tbc…
A/N:Waaai, another chapter is done! Yay! It's indeed really lively if we're in holiday! I am happy and have much time to write fan fictions!! So?? What about your opinion on this chapter? Good enough? Humorous enough? And I love make Haku's feeling towards Naru-chan! He's really cute!! And Sasuke didn't help at all! BWAHAAHAHA! Well, what about you? Please tell me what you're thinking in your reviews, ok? Right, I think it's enough for now. We'll see each other again in next chapter! Thanks for reading and love you all!!
With Love,
Lunaryu
