I meant to get this chapter out sooner but I was pretty busy today…

As always I own nothing, enjoy and please review

Chapter 29: Surprise

Once again Naruto felt like he was being avoided and he hated being avoided. He had feeling that he knew why he was being avoided and it made him wish that he had never asked about the therapy. He didn't know why he did; it just came out of his mouth and looking back on it he knew it was a stupid thing to ask about. He knew the saying that curiosity killed the cat, but that didn't mean that he always listened to it. "You're avoiding me," Naruto said as he looked at the raven.

"No I'm not," Sasuke said. He hadn't even realized that he was doing it. He just hated that the blonde found out he went to therapy. He thought it was going to make things weird between them.

"Yeah you have been," Naruto sighed. He hated that Sasuke denied when he was doing something, how he always had to be difficult.

"Well I didn't realize that I was doing it," Sasuke shrugged. It was the truth after all.

He was starting to wonder if Sasuke was mad at him and he knew that there could only be one reason for him to be. Naruto sighed, "Look, I'm sorry that I interrupted your therapy session or that I even asked about it, but will you please stop avoiding me?"

"Sure, whatever," Sasuke said. He was slightly annoyed with the blonde still, mostly because he just didn't know when to mind his own business, however, he wasn't really mad. He found it hard to stay mad at Naruto; he knew the blonde had the best intentions, even if it didn't always come off that way plus, it wasn't as if he found out anything. He figured that the blonde would be satisfied with his answer and leave him alone, but he had no such luck.

"Great, then you'll come with us this weekend," Naruto grinned. He had planned to make Sasuke tag along anyway, but he was he was hoping that he could use the conversation to make things less tense and awkward between them.

"Go where and with who?" asked Sasuke. He never trusted the blonde when he wasn't specific about things. He knew that there would be some sort of surprise waiting and it may not be pleasant.

"That's a surprise," Naruto said happily. He knew if he told Sasuke where they were going, he'd never come. "But pretty much everyone is going, except Temari because she has to work. And you can't lie to me and say that you have to work, because I know that you don't," Naruto smiled.

Sasuke silently cursed the fact that he and Naruto worked together. "Fine, but this better not be anything I'll hate," Sasuke said, already regretting his decision to agree.

"Don't worry you'll love it, just pack warm," Naruto said with a smile as he walked out of the room.

"Pack warm? Where the hell are we going Naruto?" Sasuke yelled after the blonde, angry that he already left before he could answer. The raven had a feeling that he was going to hate the surprise, not even realizing that yet again the blonde had somehow made him forget how annoyed he was with him in the first place.

NS

Sasuke was not pleased, it was the end of fall and they were out in the middle of the woods. It was cold but luckily not cold enough to be snowing, which kind of surprised Sasuke for the time of year. He couldn't believe that he had been dragged out to the woods to be cold and miserable for an entire weekend. "Why are we out in the middle of the woods?" Sasuke asked, hoping they made a wrong turn, but he knew he wasn't that lucky.

"Cheer up Sasuke," Naruto grinned as he patted the dark haired teen on the back. "This is going to be fun."

"Your definition of fun is obviously not my definition of fun," Sasuke said. He didn't look pleased at all.

"Come on, haven't you ever been camping?" Naruto asked. He knew the answer was probably no, Sasuke didn't seem like the camping type.

"Do you really think that I like to sleep on the ground?" Sasuke said, answering Naruto's question.

"No, I suppose not," laughed Naruto. He didn't know what else to expect from Sasuke. "Just look at it this way, it'll be a whole new experience." Sasuke didn't respond, he just complained to himself as he walked away from the blonde. Naruto laughed as he watched the raven walk away.

"Okay, to be fair, I say that we split the tents up by roommates," Sakura said. Considering her roommate was her friend, it didn't bother her that they'd share a tent.

"No," Sasuke said, glaring at the blonde.

"Love you too Sasuke," Naruto laughed jokingly. "Don't worry about him, he'll share a tent with me, he's just a little moody right now," he said, making Sasuke glare at the back of his head, wishing he could make it burst into flames.

"I hate you," Sasuke said as the blonde walked over to him with a tent in hand.

"Yeah, yeah, just come help me set this up," Naruto said as he rolled his eyes.

"Hey Suigetsu, since both our roommates didn't come, want to share a tent?" Kiba asked the light haired teen. He figured they were good enough friends that it would work well.

"Sure," Suigetsu smiled, hoping it wouldn't be torture sharing a small tent with the straight guy that he had a crush on.

"You're not seriously going to make me share a tent with him," Neji said, referring to Lee.

"We can switch," Sasuke said. "I'll share a tent with Neji and Lee can share with Naruto," he said hopeful to get away from the blonde.

"No we can't," Naruto said quickly. He looked at Sasuke and he said, "You are not making me share a tent with Lee."

Neji sighed, accepting his fate. He looked at Gaara, part of him wishing he could share a tent with him, but he had seen that he already found Sai to share a tent with. He had wished that Gaara had spoken out, saying he would share a tent with him, but he could tell that he had ruined any chances of that happening. "Fine, I'll just share one with Lee," he sighed.

By the time they got settled in, the tents were sorted out with two people in each tent. Most of them shared a tent with their roommate, so it ended up that Naruto and Sasuke shared a tent, as did Neji and Lee, Choji and Shikamaru, Ino and Sakura, Tenten and Hinata, Suigetsu and Kiba, and Sai and Gaara.

NS

That night, after they had collected firewood, the group all sat around the fire. Kiba was telling a ghost story that they had all grown up hearing. It was an urban legend really, and it was always fun to tell. "Everyone knows that's not true," Sakura said at the end of the story.

"Yeah, well thanks for ruining the story," Kiba said as he rolled his eyes. Sometimes he was really annoyed by the pink haired girl. While she could be cool, she could also be annoying.

"What? That's kid stuff," Sakura shrugged.

"Fine then lets break out the booze," Kiba said looking at Neji. He had been supplying them with booze since the start of college and that night was no exception. "What would you like to do Sakura, since you don't want to do kid stuff," Kiba said as Neji grabbed the alcohol.

"Lets play never have I ever," she suggested. "Someone says something they've never done and if you have, you take a drink of alcohol. It should be a shot, but we have no shot glasses," she sighed.

"Yeah, we all know how to play never have I ever," Naruto said as he helped Neji pour everyone a drink. In part they were really stupid sitting in the woods drinking, however, none of them cared.

"I'll start," Kiba said, smiling, knowing that he could get both Naruto and Sasuke to drink on one question. "Never have I ever kissed a guy," he said.

Naruto rolled his eyes and took a drink, as did Suigetsu, Sasuke, Gaara and all the girls. Gaara looked a Neji, knowing that the fact that he wasn't drinking was a lie and he just didn't want to admit it.

"Wait, Suigetsu, you're gay?" Kiba asked, genuinely surprised. Suigetsu didn't seem gay and so it took him by surprise.

"What just because he's kissed a guy he has to be gay?" Neji asked. He could think of other reasons, like a dare, that guy would kiss another guy.

"It's fine," he said as he looked at Neji. "I'm bi actually," Suigetsu shrugged as he turned his attention back to Kiba.

"Oh," Kiba said. He then realized why Suigetsu seemed straight; it was because he was half straight in a way.

"He says he's bi, but I've never seen him date a girl," Sasuke chuckled.

"Shut up," Suigetsu said, knowing it was true. He did favor men over women, that didn't mean Sasuke had to point it out. "How strong did you make his drink, he should not be that happy right now," Suigetsu said, looking at Naruto.

"You know it wouldn't affect him that quickly," Naruto rolled his eyes. "What'd you say to me that one time? Oh right, he's just messing with you," the blonde said with a laugh.

"Okay, my turn," Ino said cheerfully. "Never have I ever been a guy," she said, trying to get all the guys to drink.

"That's not fair," Kiba muttered as all the guys took a drink.

"Oh, I've got one," Suigetsu said. "Never have I ever painted my nails," looking at Sasuke with a smile as he remembered his stage in life when he had black fingernails. He knew he was probably just imitating his brother in a way, as he had gone through the same stage during high school.

"I hate you," Sasuke said as he took a drink, as did most of the girls.

"It's not my fault you're such a girl," Suigetsu laughed.

"Never have I ever missed a day of class," Sasuke said, causing everyone else in the circle to drink. "About time I don't have to drink," he mumbled.

This went on for a while, until Sasuke realized he was reaching his limit in alcohol. "I'm going to go to sleep now before I do something stupid," Sasuke said as he got up.

Naruto on the other hand was already a little past his limit when Sasuke left, so a little while later he said, "I'm going to go try to sleep this off."

"You sure you just don't want to get to Sasuke?" Kiba teased.

"You're never going to let me live it down are you?" Naruto said as he walked, trying not to stumble, into the tent. When he got in there, Sasuke was already asleep and Naruto couldn't help but think that the raven-haired teen was truly beautiful. The blonde changed into pajamas as quickly and quietly as he could, trying not to wake Sasuke. Luckily for him it seemed that Sasuke was already in deep sleep, so he turned off the lantern by their heads that the raven had left on, and went to sleep.

NS

Kiba stayed up and kept drinking with a few others. He knew that he'd had too much to drink and that he should probably go to bed, but he didn't. Instead, he went and talked to Hinata. "Hey Hinata," he said, obviously drunk.

"Hi Kiba," she said. He was one person she usually wasn't nervous around. She saw him as her best guy friend.

"You know, I've had something that I've wanted to tell you for a really long time," he said. His words were kind of slurred and he made sure emphasize the word really by dragging it out. The brunette had a drunken smile on his face as he talked; it made Hinata think that she shouldn't take anything he said seriously.

"Really, what did you want to tell me?" she asked. She was one of the few that stayed relatively sober. It was easy for her because there wasn't much that she had done and when she felt that she had drank too much, which was not a lot, she stopped playing and drinking all together.

"I'm in love with you," he said. He was a bit of a talker when he was drunk and obviously very honest. His drunk self thought it was a good thing because he knew he'd never be able to tell her sober.

"Kiba, you're drunk," she said blushing. Hinata had never looked at Kiba as someone she'd think about dating. He was just a friend to her so she really hoped it was just the alcohol talking.

"I know I'm drunk, but it's true," he said, trying to make her believe him. He knew that the fact that he was drunk and slurring a little bit probably didn't help.

"I'm going to go, you're drunk right now," she said as she got up. "I don't want you confessing things that aren't true."

Even while drunk he could tell that she meant she hoped it wasn't true. "But it is the truth," he tried one last time. She didn't give a response; instead, she just walked away, leaving him feeling rejected.

Kiba went to his tent, deciding it would be a good time to sleep. He went in to find Suigetsu already in there. The brunette just laid down, not even bothering to change.

"Are you okay?" Suigetsu asked as he looked at his friend. He could tell that Kiba was drunk just by the fact that he smelled a lot like alcohol.

"No, I just got rejected," he said. He sounded completely defeated.

Suigetsu wanted to comfort him with a hug, but he knew that would be too weird. "I'm sorry, do you want to talk about?" he asked, trying to find some way to make his friend, and crush, feel better.

"No, I just want to sleep," Kiba said as he turned on his side.

Suigetsu frowned at the response. He knew that there was nothing he could really do. He sighed at the fact that Kiba was still dressed in his day clothes, but thought it best not to point it out and instead just let him sleep.

TBC…?