Disclaimer : Sadly I don't own Naruto or sasuke …

Author : Hmmm … im not sure what to write in this chapter. Writing about situations involving Sakura always seem to stump me. Well I guess I'll just write whatever comes to mind.

Chapter 10

As soon as she stepped into the apartment , she smelled the strong smell of ramen. It looked exactly as she pictured it to be, down to the empty ramen cups on the table and clothes on the floor. She turned to scold Naruto on leaving clothes and ramen cups everywhere. But she blushed when she saw Naruto undressing. She thought to herself 'Who would have thought he looked that good …'

Naruto had a nice physique. His muscles were tight and toned. His skin was perfectly tan and smooth. Sakura was surprised that his skin was so flawless, she thought he would have bruises and scars from all the harsh training he had been doing lately. He had begun to take his pants off when Sakura decided to speak up, "Naruto ! What are you doing ?!"

"Im getting ready for bed, I don't usually sleep in my training clothes." Then he looked at her and flashed a smile at her. "Sakura, your blushing !" He wanted to laugh, she was blushing from seeing him getting ready to sleep. 'She looks cute with rosy cheeks,' he thought to himself. "You can sleep on the bed, do you need pajamas?"

"That depends. Do you have any clean ones?" Sakura said jokingly. "Where are you gonna sleep naruto?"

"I'll just sleep on the floor." He was very proud of himself, doing the gentlemanly thing and letting sakura have the bed. 'Sasuke would never be as considerate of her,' Naruto smiled to himself thinking how much better he was then Sasuke.

"You can share the bed with me, if you want." Sakura had made the offer without even thinking. She started to realize how comfortable she was around Naruto. She realized how she was starting to care about him, she didn't want Naruto to be uncomfortable on the floor.

"Are you sure Sakura ?" He hadn't expected her to ask him to share the bed. "Just this morning you were ignoring me completely and now you're asking me to share a bed. Funny isn't it ?"

"Now that I think about it, yea it is." Since he had said it in a teasing way, she hadn't felt so bad about ignoring him. After Sakura changed into Naruto's pajamas she crawled into the bed. She found the bed quite comfortable and she thought she would drift off to sleep easily. She was already beginning to fall asleep when she felt Naruto's weight shift the bed. She turned to and found herself face to face with him.

He seemed to be sleeping serenely. Sakura thought he looked so peaceful when he was sleeping. She felt the nights chilly air and shivered slightly. She got closer to Naruto in search of more body heat, she didn't think he would mind.

Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer, "You were looking for body heat right?" A few months ago, he would have been dreaming of this. 'How ironic. He thought to himself, I get the girl ive liked most of my life in bed with me but Im thinking of him.'

Sakura cuddled up to Naruto and looked up at his face. He had sighed and this made Sakura wonder what he was thinking of. She couldn't tell what he was feeling. She wanted to know what was going on in his mind, this "not knowing what he was feeling" reminded of her Sasuke. She wanted to know more about Naruto. "Do you ever get lonely by yourself ?"

Naruto wasn't sure how to answer. 'Of course im lonely !' he felt like he wanted to scream it, finally tell someone but he wasn't sure if she was the right person to say it to. "Sometimes…" He chose not to say more than that, he wasn't ready to say more yet.

Sakura sensed that he was holding back but she didn't want to push him further. She wanted to know so much. She realized that she's known Naruto most of her life but she knew almost nothing about him. All she knew was what she had learned from the villagers. The things they said about him didn't seem at all true compared to what she had learned about him today. "Naruto, your not at all the way I judged you to be. I think we could be really close friends …" she said it while she was half asleep.

Naruto knew she really meant what she said. He felt so happy. She cared and thought they could be close friends. It was the first time anyone had ever said that to him. And Sakura was finally starting to see that he wasn't the evil demon that everyone thought he was. 'Things are starting to look up for me,' he thought to himself. Thoughts of Sasuke began to swim in his mind, as they always did lately. He drifted to sleep with Sakura in his arms and thoughts of Sasuke on his mind.

Morning came too quickly for Naruto. Light shone through his window hitting his eyes. He blinked them open but immediately grabbed the blanket and pulled it over his head. "Wake up, Good morning !" Sakura greeted him pleasantly. Sakura was standing by the bed in his pajamas that were too big for her. "We should get going soon." she said. Naruto groaned in protest but he decided she was right and got up to get ready for the day.

After Naruto was dressed, he remembered that he would spend the rest of today with Sakura again. "What do you want to do today ?" He thought it was only fair to do what she wanted to do since yesterday they spent most of the day at the ramen bar, 'Yesterday was such a good day.'

"I want to do some training today ! We can be sparring partners." Sakura was really looking forward to spending another day with Naruto. 'I never thought being with him would be such a fun experience,' she thought to herself as she smiled at Naruto.

A few minutes later, Sasuke spotted Naruto and Sakura walking towards the training grounds. They seemed to be laughing and joking around with each other. Sasuke thought this was strange since usually the two of them didn't get along. He didn't really feel like training with them but he stayed behind and watched for a little while. Sasuke had no idea why he was watching them, he told himself he was so bored he would do anything right now, even watch the dobe and that annoying Sakura.

They seemed to be having so much fun. Sasuke wanted to be with them. No not them, he wanted to be with Naruto. Although he refused to admit it. He watched Sakura jump onto Naruto's back and get a piggyback ride to the training grounds. 'Why does that bother me ? sasuke asked himself. He didn't realize it but some part of him was jealous, it showed and took the place of his usually cold and distant expression.