A/N:
Hi to all!

I am Soooo sorry! I really did mean to have the chapter posted a bit earlier (considering a few people reviewed, Thank you!), but I got major writers block, then I 'actually' decided to focus and put some effort into some of my homework… And the next thing I knew, it was Saturday(Yesterday)… and I had like a sentence written…

So, yesterday I sat down and somehow came up with this… The length of the chapter isn't too bad, so I hope that's a little something.

I don't own Naruto… What a shame…

I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 13

Naruto sits on his bed drying his hair with a towel, waiting for Sasuke to hurry up and finish in the shower and such.

Wait… Why am I waiting for him…? I need to go, I could just leave him a note… Never mind… Naruto stops his thoughts as Sasuke wonders back into the room, "Um… Sasuke, I have to go meet Iruka for dinner at Ichiraku's Ramen. Do you mind?" Wait, again… why do I care if he minds or not…?

"…" Sasuke's eyes travel to look at the ground as he stays silent. What do I do while he's gone? Am I allowed to stay here while he's not…? Do I want to stay here…? Maybe I could report to Kakashi and Iruka early… No wait, that wouldn't work, Iruka's going to be with Naruto and we got told to report to both of them… When we do report, what do we tell them…? They're going to know that something has changed between me and Naruto… Even I can tell that, but I don't know if it's good or not…

"Err… Sasuke…?" Naruto is standing in front of Sasuke's blank and thinking figure, "Are you okay…?"

Sasuke looks up at the sound of Naruto's voice and flinches at how close Naruto was to him, without him even noticing a single movement. "… I'm fine," Taking a step back.

"Are you sure? You seem to be really distracted…"

Sasuke just nods his head slightly in retaliation.

"… Do you …err… want to come with me…? I mean to have dinner with Iruka Sensei?" Naruto asks happily with a huge smile on his face.

"Why would I want to eat those disgusting and greatly unhealthy noodles you fuss over for whatever strange reason?"

Naruto's smile turns into a pout at his favourite food being made fun of, "I was just asking, no need to be like that Teme."

"… But, I will go anyway…" Sasuke looks down for a few seconds before leaving the room, not a glance back at Naruto.

Naruto just watches in wonder and amazement. He feels the knot growing in his gut again. I used to think it was hate… but I'm not so sure anymore… Naruto then grabs his headband as he walks from the room putting it on. He just confuses me more and more… Just like my feelings…

When they arrive at Ichiraku's, Iruka's surprised at Sasuke being there with Naruto, especially after what he heard from Kakashi. I would have thought they would have tried to stay away from each other as much as possible. "Well, hello you two, I wasn't expecting the both you to be here," Iruka cheerily said.

"Well I couldn't just leave Sasuke behind when he's meant to be staying at my place and I'm meant to be the host," Naruto placed a hand on the back of his head as he spoke.

"I suppose not." That's usually a sign of nervousness from Naruto. "Should we eat now?"

"Of course!" Naruto sat down in a hurry.

Sasuke just nodded and sat in a seat next to Naruto, staying overly silent.

Iruka watched their behaviour carefully as he sat down on the other side of Naruto. As soon as the food is mentioned Naruto's mind seems to focus on only that, and Sasuke… well, he seems rather distracted by something in his mind. I can only guess what… poor things. This isn't the first time this has happened either, though they probably don't think that anyone but who was in the classroom that day would know… About their accidental first kiss… Just as I was about to walk into the room I saw it happen through a crack in the wall... "Don't forget that the two of you have to report to Kakashi and I tomorrow…" No answer comes, mostly because Naruto is eating and Sasuke still hasn't really spoken. Iruka plays dumb, as he was planning to anyway, "You have done the questions and the training, haven't you?"

Naruto answers too quick, "Yeah, of course we have!... A-and we're not going to tell you a thing until tomorrow… When Kakashi Sensei is here too!" He tries to make a bit of a cover up.

Iruka chuckles at Naruto's hastiness, "Alright then. Want another bowl, my shout?"

Sasuke said a polite 'no' and Naruto agreed with joy. Very little was said after that, and then they went home for the night.

If Naruto and Sasuke thought it had been awkward the night before after answering the questions, then it was more than simply problematic tonight.

As they eventually lie down to go to sleep Naruto raises his voice, "Umm… Sasuke?"

"… What?"

"… Err… What are we going to tell Kakashi Sensei and Iruka Sensei tomorrow…? I mean, telling them about the question should be fine, we wrote the answers down and all we have to do is hand them back… But… umm… What do we tell them about… the training…?"

"… Simple… We just say that we trained and beat the crap out of each other like we usually do. I got some practise with my Sharingan and you… are… umm… learning to use your shadow clones better…"

"Okay…" Is he complimenting me on my work with my clones, or did he just say that as part of the excuse…? "… Night Sasuke…"

"… Night…"

Sasuke's reply slightly shocked Naruto, and that's what he fell asleep thinking about; Some of the very recent things that seem off about Sasuke, and his feelings.

He, Sasuke, on the other hand fell asleep thinking about how he had woken up his first morning here; Naruto yelling his name because his own arm had betrayed him while he slept. Luckily, though, Naruto is always oblivious to most things that happen… No matter how obvious.

Don't ask me how I came up with any of this, because I have no idea… I don't really even know how I got so much done so quick… But hey, at least I got it in on its usual dead line… That's something! =-)

With the way I'm writing at the moment I might have the next chapter done really quickly, so if I once again get a few reviews I'll try to post early!

So, PLEASE review!
(Think about others as well as yourself wanting to read this!)

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