Sorry I took so long! I forgot to update last time! Um...to make up for it, I will bribe you all with semi-fluff!

Enjoy! XD

Chapter 12

The whimpering started at around two in the morning. At first I just moaned and tried to block out the pitiful noise, but I soon realized what was gong on, again. I was at Naruto's grandpas' house, in the same room…sleeping.

"Naruto?" I tried, "Naruto? Are you ok?" He tossed and turned for a moment then started to whimper again. Something must be wrong… I swung my legs out of bed, padded across the hard wood floor, and lowered my ear to his face to better hear his mumbling.

"No…please…don't kill…him," Oh. It's just a nightmare. I wonder what it's about. Should I wake him up? "Agh...s-stop it…"

…My minds made up. I'll wake him. This seems like a pretty scary dream to me, and he might appreciate it in the long run…keyword; might.

"Naruto? Naruto, wake up," I say as I push against his side. His eyes flutter open and he yawns real wide.

"Sas'ke? Wha' hap'ened?" He whispers softly as he sits up. Then, all of a sudden, a look of surprise and relief washes over his features, "Sasuke! Oh, my God! I thought you were gone!"

He was dreaming about me...Dying?! Naruto jumps (or bounces, rather) out of his bed and grasps behind my neck, sweeping me into an ambush hug. I do like how he's holding on to me…desperately. Like I'm leaving him.

"What are you talking about, dobe? I'm right here," I reply, hugging him back, and feeling his body pressed against mine like I might disappear from the face of the earth, and his face buried into my neck.

All of a sudden, the pressure's gone and I'm looking at a blushing, blue-eyed blonde boy (try saying that ten times fast) standing in front of me and biting his bottom lip. I already miss the warmth that his body gave…it's probably a good thing he stopped though…I was about to go hard, right up against him like that.

"Um…thanks. F-for waking me uh, up," He stutters cutely, staring at the floor and scratching the back of his neck.

"No problem…uh, you're alright then?" I ask, unsure.

"Y-yeah."

"Good…then I'll just, uh," I gesture at my bed and he nods. I pad back over to my bed, and feel what I didn't notice before. I was so caught up in Naruto, that I didn't notice I was blushing, too…Uchiha's don't blush.

I slid back into bed, and pulled the sheets and comforter up, "Sasuke? C-can I sleep with you?"

My eyes widen considerably, "Uh…s-sure," I murmur just loud enough for him to hear.

"Thanks, teme."

"No problem," I say as he saunters over beside my bed. He smiles one of his genuine smiles and slips in to bed, beside me.

"G'dnight, Sas'ke," He says as he wraps his arms around my waist in a firm hug-like embrace.

"G-goodnight, Naruto," I stammer.

The last thing I remember doing before falling asleep, was wrapping my own arms around his smaller body and holding him close for the night to come.

Oo Did it work? Did I bribe you all with my semi-fluffy chapter of doom? Uh, excluding the 'doom' part.

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Keko-kun