Complete 180

Naruto and its characters do not belong to me.

So I personally think you guys are the best people on this whole freakin planet! .

I swear, all of these amazing reviews are going to inflate my ego. Modesty will be out the window.

Keep reviewing people! I'm perfectly fine with having an inflated ego! Lol. XD

I'm probably jinxing myself by saying this but I'm really surprised writer's block hasn't crept up on me… But if it hasn't yet I doubt it will.

Now that Sasuke's back from New York things are going to get very interesting… .

SasuNaru time!

"Naruto… If you don't stop pacing I will throw this spoon at your head!"

Iruka's outburst broke through my inner turmoil.

"Huh? What did you say?"

He groaned and threw a spoon at me. It hit me right on the forehead.

"Hey! What the hell was that for?"

It didn't hurt. It was just that I had had a spoon thrown at me.

"I said if you don't stop pacing I'm gonna throw a spoon at you. You stopped but you weren't paying attention so I did it anyways."

I glared at him.

"Iruka… You know what I'm worrying about. Sasuke should be home in an hour and I really want to be there when he gets home but I don't know if he wants me there. Or maybe I should wait and call but what if he doesn't pick up? I still don't understand why he hung up so suddenly…"

Another spoon hit me in the head.

"Dammit Iruka! We eat with those!"

He rolled his eyes and motioned throwing another one.

"Just go over there Naruto. Even if you don't he'll probably come here as he can. So if you can, wait. But if not just go."

I chewed at my lip nervously.

"Do you really think it'll be okay…?"

He nodded and smiled at me.

"It'll be fine. Do you want me to drive you?"

I shook my head and headed for the stairs.

"No. It's not that cold so I'll walk."

I'm going to see Sasuke soon! Just play it cool. Act like you normally do. He can't know how you feel about him.

10 minutes to 2, I walked out the door.

"Sasuke if you don't stop fidgeting I'll turn around and we'll take a flight somewhere else."

I gaped at Itachi.

"You wouldn't dare!"

He chuckled.

"Oh yes I would, now calm down. We'll be home soon."

I looked out the window and realized Naruto's street was up ahead.

"Hey! Drop me off at Naruto's. Please?"

He didn't say anything but he passed Naruto's street without so much as a glance.

"Hey! What'd you do that for?"

He looked over at for a second.

"One, you need to unpack before you go anywhere. Two, its Christmas Eve so he should be with his family just like you should be. Three, I'm not sure I want you around him…"

I glared at him even though he wasn't looking at me anymore.

"What the hell's that supposed to mean?"

He glanced at me again and sighed.

"It's just how can you be sure—"

"I am. Keeping me away from him won't change how I feel about him cause being away for 3 months didn't change anything."

Hopefully… He could be mad for how I hung up so suddenly during that last phone call…

I should've called him back…

Itachi sighed and shook his head.

A few minutes later he pulled onto our street.

"Ah hell…"

I looked up to see what he was talking about. I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face.

Naruto was standing on the front porch!

Itachi pulled into the driveway with a determined expression on his face and I rounded on him.

"You send him away and I will never speak to you again!"

He looked between me and Naruto a few times before giving in.

"Fine, but if I walk in on you two making out…"

Apparently he couldn't finish his sentence and just shook his head.

I tried not to linger on that mental image for too long.

"Trust me. It's not like that between us."

Before he could say anything else I hopped out of the car.

"Hey Naruto!"

He smiled. Then he frowned. Then his face puckered up and he ran towards me and wrapped me into a hug.

I told myself to play it cool. I had been set on it.

So why the hell was I crying like a little girl and hugging him? That's how I hide my feelings apparently.

Sasuke patted me on the back before pushing me away and wiping away my tears.

"I thought you didn't miss me?"

I glowered at his smug expression and hugged him again.

"Shut up…"

Sasuke chuckled and hugged me back which took me by surprise.

It doesn't mean anything… Don't get your hopes up…

Itachi cleared his throat from behind us.

"Sasuke? Bags. In house. Now. As long as you're here Naruto you might as well help."

An hour later we were in Sasuke's room eating pizza.

"Itachi doesn't like me very much does he?"

It bothered me how he looked at me. Especially when I was around Sasuke.

Sasuke shrugged and threw a piece of crust into the pizza box.

"Itachi doesn't like anybody. Don't let it get to you."

It already had though but if Sasuke didn't think it was something to worry about I wouldn't.

I noticed Sasuke looking at me and fidgeted.

"What?"

He cocked his head a bit.

"I don't know… I think I expected you to change in some way or something but you're exactly the same."

I felt self conscious with him staring at me like that so I changed the subject.

"No, but you changed…"

No it was Naruto that was studying me.

"What do you mean?"

Naruto leaned over and took a piece of my hair between his fingers.

"Your hairs a lot longer…"

I blushed at how close Naruto was. When he saw me blush me blushed as well.

I was tempted to lean in and kiss him but he pulled away before I could.

He hung his head so that his hair was covering his eyes.

"Sorry…"

The awkwardness in the room could've been cut with a knife.

Before either of us could come up with something to say, Naruto's phone began to ring.

"Hey Iruka…"

"Yea, we ordered a pizza."

"Yea… You were right… No… I'll ask him… I'll be home soon… Bye."

I tossed his phone up and down a few times before turning to Sasuke.

"Umm… Iruka wants to know if you'll be coming over tomorrow."

I tried to relieve the tension by acting like nothing had happened.

"Of course. How else am I supposed to give you your present?"

I balked when Sasuke said that.

"You got me a present?"

He laughed at my expression.

"Of course I did."

Note to self: Go shopping on your way home… As if I'll be able to find anything though…

"Oh well I have to go. We have this stupid tradition. We make cookies and stuff…"

Sasuke smiled sadly. I didn't understand why.

"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow Naruto."

I hesitated before walking out of his room.

"I'm really happy you're back Sasuke…"

I somehow managed to keep my voice even and natural.

"I'm glad I'm back too Naruto."

I smiled the whole way home.

Sasuke= Oblivious Idiot

Naruto=Oblivious Idiot

They are both big idiots! It's all my doing though… Lol .

Alright so I know this is going to sound very stereotypical but why do men never notice haircuts?

I cut off 3 inches and get some layers and he doesn't say anything. So I start dropping subtle hints that he's completely oblivious to. Then I resort to inviting a girlfriend over so that she can say "Hey Paige? Did you do something to your hair?" Then he'll be like "Oh yea… I thought I noticed something different…" Then I roll my eyes and say "Uh huh… You didn't notice shit!"

It's the same pattern every single time… Oh well. That's what makes it fun I guess.

Reviews please. :O)