Sasuke followed Naruto through the park. He noticed that Naruto seemed to
be thinking pretty hard. He seemed to be staring at the slowly darkening
sky. Sasuke couldn't help but think that this was not a good thing for
Naruto to be doing, considering that he previously tripped over a tree
stump and attacked it. Not looking at the ground practically tripled his
chances of falling.
They hadn't spoken in a while, and the silence was unnerving to Sasuke. He wanted to say something that would start up a simple conversation, something that would decrease this one sided tension. But instead he said, "You should watch where you're going. I'm not going to warn you if you're about to walk into a tree." He really wanted to start up a friendly conversation but unfortunately that was what came out of his mouth. He thought that this is surely going to lead to a fight.
But he was surprised when the blond replied with, "Hmm...yeah, that's probably a good idea. I guess I wasn't paying attention, but can you blame me? I can't help but think about whom this bag could belong to...what if it's someone I know?"
Sasuke stiffened when he first heard the question, debating with himself if he should answer or not. He figured it was rhetorical, and just shrugged as if he was carelessly listening. But in truth, he was extremely interested in what the other boy had to say. He was just happy the silence was broken and he didn't have to do the talking.
Naruto carried on with his one-sided conversation, "You probably have no interest in what I'm saying."
'You have no idea how wrong you are...' Sasuke thought to himself.
"You are a good listener, though. Not very good at holding up a conversation, but a good listener." Naruto finished, looking at Sasuke for some kind of response.
Sasuke looked at Naruto and saw that he was waiting for his reaction. 'He actually cares about what I think. Why? Oh man, why is he looking at me like that? He looks so cute and concerned. Calm down, and just act like you normally do, Sasuke.'
"Hn, yeah. I guess I am." He finally replied, trying not to blush because of the way Naruto was looking at him.
They both reached the top of a hill, overlooking the picnic area, where a few people were still hanging around. The sun was now completely set and both boys stopped and stared at the colorful lights and paper lanterns below.
"That looks real cool, ne?" Naruto asked while not taking his eyes from the sight beneath.
"Yeah, it really does." Sasuke agreed, just loud enough for Naruto to hear him.
Naruto looked over at Sasuke-he had never realized that he could talk so openly with him. For some reason, he felt like he could trust Sasuke with what he had told him. 'Maybe it's because I know he won't tell anyone, and not just because he doesn't talk to anyone else. Why do I trust him?' his thoughts were interrupted by Sasuke yawning.
The yawn seemed to be contagious, and Naruto soon also yawned. "It's getting pretty late, almost everyone is going home now. I think I'll get going too. I'll see you tomorrow." With that said, he ran down the hill half way, turned, waved goodbye to Sasuke and continued his run home.
Sasuke smirked at how the boy always seemed to be happy all the time. 'He didn't seem to care that I was the reason that he couldn't read the tag in the bag...the bag! I forgot to try and steal it from him! What if he starts looking through it again!? Damn! Oh well, I can't worry about it now that he's gone... I'll go to sleep and worry about it in the morning.' Then Sasuke made his way down the hill and to his house. 'Besides, he has probably forgotten about it, or will fall asleep before he gets to look through it again.'
~~~~~Naruto's House ~~~~~
"Oh man, I cannot sleep, I just keep thinking about who could own this thing!" Naruto shuffled through the objects that were previously in the bag, but now on his mattress.
"I wonder who it could be?" Naruto started to think about people who it might belong to. He thought about how they would react to him returning the bag and telling them that they are soul mates. Scenes and people flashed before his mind.
"What if it is Ino's? ...I really hope not." In his mind, he could see himself giving Ino the bag and telling her everything. Then he could see her beating him over the head with her fist telling him to 'get lost.'
"What about Hinata?" He thought about the shy girl and the items in the bag. He just could see her having them. But then again, you never know what people are like when you are not around them, so it was a possibility.
'Hmm...think of people who it might belong to... I don't know very many people, do I? Think of people I know...hmm...I know Iruka and Kakashi, but the stuff in the bag was most likely from someone our age. What if it's someone like Kiba or Shikamaru or-or Sasuke? Haha, yeah he would find it pretty funny that I thought of him-wait, why -did- I think of him?' He pondered on that, but decided to ignore.
His eyes widened at the thought that it could be Sakura's. He stared at the items and guessed that it was a possibility that it could all be her stuff. He thought about how great it would be if it were her bag. Then he fell asleep, too tired to think about who it might belong to anymore.
~*~*~*~Next Morning~*~*~*~*~
BANG BANG BANG
"Wha?" Someone banging quite loudly on the door jolted Sasuke awake. Sasuke fell off the side of his bed in alarm, and struggled to get out of the sheets and to the door. Sasuke shuffled to the door trying not to bump into too many things on the way. His one eye was still partly shut and he rubbed it hoping to open it a little, so he could see.
He got to the door and opened it. The second it opened, someone pushed past him into his house. It was a large orange blur, and he knew quite well what-or rather, who it was. "What the-Naruto, what the hell are you doing here?" he asked, stunned, if not annoyed.
"I'm helping you get up and ready for the search!" He shouted from the kitchen where he was pulling a pot from the cabinet.
"What search?" questioned Sasuke, who was still having trouble comprehending what was going on.
Naruto continued what he was doing and said, "The search for the owner of the bag! You said you would help me find the owner, since this is partly -your- fault. Where are your chopsticks?"
"Top draw, left hand side." Sasuke replied lazily. "Hey! What are you doing with chopsticks!?" he shouted.
"Making Ramen for breakfast." he stated simply
"Ramen for breakfast?"
"Yeah, why not?" Naruto said, looking puzzled. "I always have it for breakfast."
Yeah, sure, fine, whatever." Sasuke replied
Naruto was running all about Sasuke's kitchen looking for the items needed for breakfast. Sasuke was still recovering from the surprise of Naruto, the one he loved, just running into his house and making him breakfast, and is expecting Sasuke to help him find the owner of -his- bag. 'This day should be...interesting.' He thought.
Sasuke sat down at the kitchen table where Naruto placed a bowl of ramen in front of him. He picked up the chopsticks and began to eat. "Hey, this is pretty good."
"Thanks. When almost the only thing you cook is Ramen, you get pretty good at making it." Sasuke laughed.
Usually when he was around Naruto, he was uncomfortable, but for some reason today it wasn't like that. He usually tried to avoid eye contact or speaking to Naruto, but today it just seemed natural to talk to him. Maybe because Naruto came to him, willing to talk and hang out.
"So, do you actually have a plan for this expedition? Or are you planning on the person just going up to you and asking for the bag back?" Sasuke casually asked him. He was hoping he didn't have a really good plan, because of course he didn't want Naruto to find out it was him, while he was suppose to be helping him find his soul mate. "Um.well..no. I really didn't think about that." He said a bit shyly, half expecting a sarcastic comment from the dark haired boy across from him. But it never came.
"Hmm, then we will just have to think of one along the way." 'This is good, at least I have time to think about what I'm going to do.'
"I was thinking that we could go to people we know and see if belongs to anyone we know." Naruto said while shoving a large amount of noodles into his mouth.
'Uh oh...that's probably not a good thing for me. Then again, I don't usually have my bag around when I go out on a usual basis, so maybe, hopefully, no one knows it's mine.' Sasuke looked up from his bowl and saw Naruto waiting for an answer.
"What makes you think you know this person?" Sasuke asked
"I don't know, I just don't have any better ideas. What about you?"
Sasuke just shook his head in answer to his question, and finished his Ramen. He looked across the table and saw that Naruto was long finished with his breakfast. "Okay, let's get going then."
"Um, well, I don't think we can go just yet..." Naruto said with a smirk on his face.
Sasuke got nervous and unsure about what he was talking about. "Why not?"
"While those boxers are very cute and all, I don't think you will get very far before you are arrested for indecent exposure or are glomped by raving fan-girls." Both of his eyebrows were raised and Sasuke could tell he was trying extremely hard not to laugh.
Sasuke looked down and saw that he was still in only his boxers he woke up in. 'When he woke me up I must have been so distracted, I forgot to get dressed. Oh, god, this is embarrassing.' He could not stop his face from blushing. He put his normal cold act back on and replied "Oh, yeah, I guess I'll just have to get dressed then." Then he walked fast into his room hoping to escape the embarrassment of the situation.
"You do that," Naruto shouted after him.
As soon as Sasuke closed the door he could hear Naruto rolling on the floor and laughing. He could not blame him, he would laugh if he were in his position.
Sasuke suppressed a giggle while putting on his usual outfit. 'At least he thought my boxers were cute.'
(A/N: Thank you everyone in the past that has review my fic. Don't forget to review. Honestly tell me what you think!
Ryo-chan- Thanks for being my beta reader!
MitsuiJr- Its ok that you didn't understand the joke, I have a weird sense of humor. Anyway, Sasuke didn't want to wash the bag because Naruto was touching it, and in movies (and many times in real life) when people brush past someone famous and they say 'Oh My God, I touched so-and-so, I am never going to wash this hand again. Ok I have probably just confused you even more.
They hadn't spoken in a while, and the silence was unnerving to Sasuke. He wanted to say something that would start up a simple conversation, something that would decrease this one sided tension. But instead he said, "You should watch where you're going. I'm not going to warn you if you're about to walk into a tree." He really wanted to start up a friendly conversation but unfortunately that was what came out of his mouth. He thought that this is surely going to lead to a fight.
But he was surprised when the blond replied with, "Hmm...yeah, that's probably a good idea. I guess I wasn't paying attention, but can you blame me? I can't help but think about whom this bag could belong to...what if it's someone I know?"
Sasuke stiffened when he first heard the question, debating with himself if he should answer or not. He figured it was rhetorical, and just shrugged as if he was carelessly listening. But in truth, he was extremely interested in what the other boy had to say. He was just happy the silence was broken and he didn't have to do the talking.
Naruto carried on with his one-sided conversation, "You probably have no interest in what I'm saying."
'You have no idea how wrong you are...' Sasuke thought to himself.
"You are a good listener, though. Not very good at holding up a conversation, but a good listener." Naruto finished, looking at Sasuke for some kind of response.
Sasuke looked at Naruto and saw that he was waiting for his reaction. 'He actually cares about what I think. Why? Oh man, why is he looking at me like that? He looks so cute and concerned. Calm down, and just act like you normally do, Sasuke.'
"Hn, yeah. I guess I am." He finally replied, trying not to blush because of the way Naruto was looking at him.
They both reached the top of a hill, overlooking the picnic area, where a few people were still hanging around. The sun was now completely set and both boys stopped and stared at the colorful lights and paper lanterns below.
"That looks real cool, ne?" Naruto asked while not taking his eyes from the sight beneath.
"Yeah, it really does." Sasuke agreed, just loud enough for Naruto to hear him.
Naruto looked over at Sasuke-he had never realized that he could talk so openly with him. For some reason, he felt like he could trust Sasuke with what he had told him. 'Maybe it's because I know he won't tell anyone, and not just because he doesn't talk to anyone else. Why do I trust him?' his thoughts were interrupted by Sasuke yawning.
The yawn seemed to be contagious, and Naruto soon also yawned. "It's getting pretty late, almost everyone is going home now. I think I'll get going too. I'll see you tomorrow." With that said, he ran down the hill half way, turned, waved goodbye to Sasuke and continued his run home.
Sasuke smirked at how the boy always seemed to be happy all the time. 'He didn't seem to care that I was the reason that he couldn't read the tag in the bag...the bag! I forgot to try and steal it from him! What if he starts looking through it again!? Damn! Oh well, I can't worry about it now that he's gone... I'll go to sleep and worry about it in the morning.' Then Sasuke made his way down the hill and to his house. 'Besides, he has probably forgotten about it, or will fall asleep before he gets to look through it again.'
~~~~~Naruto's House ~~~~~
"Oh man, I cannot sleep, I just keep thinking about who could own this thing!" Naruto shuffled through the objects that were previously in the bag, but now on his mattress.
"I wonder who it could be?" Naruto started to think about people who it might belong to. He thought about how they would react to him returning the bag and telling them that they are soul mates. Scenes and people flashed before his mind.
"What if it is Ino's? ...I really hope not." In his mind, he could see himself giving Ino the bag and telling her everything. Then he could see her beating him over the head with her fist telling him to 'get lost.'
"What about Hinata?" He thought about the shy girl and the items in the bag. He just could see her having them. But then again, you never know what people are like when you are not around them, so it was a possibility.
'Hmm...think of people who it might belong to... I don't know very many people, do I? Think of people I know...hmm...I know Iruka and Kakashi, but the stuff in the bag was most likely from someone our age. What if it's someone like Kiba or Shikamaru or-or Sasuke? Haha, yeah he would find it pretty funny that I thought of him-wait, why -did- I think of him?' He pondered on that, but decided to ignore.
His eyes widened at the thought that it could be Sakura's. He stared at the items and guessed that it was a possibility that it could all be her stuff. He thought about how great it would be if it were her bag. Then he fell asleep, too tired to think about who it might belong to anymore.
~*~*~*~Next Morning~*~*~*~*~
BANG BANG BANG
"Wha?" Someone banging quite loudly on the door jolted Sasuke awake. Sasuke fell off the side of his bed in alarm, and struggled to get out of the sheets and to the door. Sasuke shuffled to the door trying not to bump into too many things on the way. His one eye was still partly shut and he rubbed it hoping to open it a little, so he could see.
He got to the door and opened it. The second it opened, someone pushed past him into his house. It was a large orange blur, and he knew quite well what-or rather, who it was. "What the-Naruto, what the hell are you doing here?" he asked, stunned, if not annoyed.
"I'm helping you get up and ready for the search!" He shouted from the kitchen where he was pulling a pot from the cabinet.
"What search?" questioned Sasuke, who was still having trouble comprehending what was going on.
Naruto continued what he was doing and said, "The search for the owner of the bag! You said you would help me find the owner, since this is partly -your- fault. Where are your chopsticks?"
"Top draw, left hand side." Sasuke replied lazily. "Hey! What are you doing with chopsticks!?" he shouted.
"Making Ramen for breakfast." he stated simply
"Ramen for breakfast?"
"Yeah, why not?" Naruto said, looking puzzled. "I always have it for breakfast."
Yeah, sure, fine, whatever." Sasuke replied
Naruto was running all about Sasuke's kitchen looking for the items needed for breakfast. Sasuke was still recovering from the surprise of Naruto, the one he loved, just running into his house and making him breakfast, and is expecting Sasuke to help him find the owner of -his- bag. 'This day should be...interesting.' He thought.
Sasuke sat down at the kitchen table where Naruto placed a bowl of ramen in front of him. He picked up the chopsticks and began to eat. "Hey, this is pretty good."
"Thanks. When almost the only thing you cook is Ramen, you get pretty good at making it." Sasuke laughed.
Usually when he was around Naruto, he was uncomfortable, but for some reason today it wasn't like that. He usually tried to avoid eye contact or speaking to Naruto, but today it just seemed natural to talk to him. Maybe because Naruto came to him, willing to talk and hang out.
"So, do you actually have a plan for this expedition? Or are you planning on the person just going up to you and asking for the bag back?" Sasuke casually asked him. He was hoping he didn't have a really good plan, because of course he didn't want Naruto to find out it was him, while he was suppose to be helping him find his soul mate. "Um.well..no. I really didn't think about that." He said a bit shyly, half expecting a sarcastic comment from the dark haired boy across from him. But it never came.
"Hmm, then we will just have to think of one along the way." 'This is good, at least I have time to think about what I'm going to do.'
"I was thinking that we could go to people we know and see if belongs to anyone we know." Naruto said while shoving a large amount of noodles into his mouth.
'Uh oh...that's probably not a good thing for me. Then again, I don't usually have my bag around when I go out on a usual basis, so maybe, hopefully, no one knows it's mine.' Sasuke looked up from his bowl and saw Naruto waiting for an answer.
"What makes you think you know this person?" Sasuke asked
"I don't know, I just don't have any better ideas. What about you?"
Sasuke just shook his head in answer to his question, and finished his Ramen. He looked across the table and saw that Naruto was long finished with his breakfast. "Okay, let's get going then."
"Um, well, I don't think we can go just yet..." Naruto said with a smirk on his face.
Sasuke got nervous and unsure about what he was talking about. "Why not?"
"While those boxers are very cute and all, I don't think you will get very far before you are arrested for indecent exposure or are glomped by raving fan-girls." Both of his eyebrows were raised and Sasuke could tell he was trying extremely hard not to laugh.
Sasuke looked down and saw that he was still in only his boxers he woke up in. 'When he woke me up I must have been so distracted, I forgot to get dressed. Oh, god, this is embarrassing.' He could not stop his face from blushing. He put his normal cold act back on and replied "Oh, yeah, I guess I'll just have to get dressed then." Then he walked fast into his room hoping to escape the embarrassment of the situation.
"You do that," Naruto shouted after him.
As soon as Sasuke closed the door he could hear Naruto rolling on the floor and laughing. He could not blame him, he would laugh if he were in his position.
Sasuke suppressed a giggle while putting on his usual outfit. 'At least he thought my boxers were cute.'
(A/N: Thank you everyone in the past that has review my fic. Don't forget to review. Honestly tell me what you think!
Ryo-chan- Thanks for being my beta reader!
MitsuiJr- Its ok that you didn't understand the joke, I have a weird sense of humor. Anyway, Sasuke didn't want to wash the bag because Naruto was touching it, and in movies (and many times in real life) when people brush past someone famous and they say 'Oh My God, I touched so-and-so, I am never going to wash this hand again. Ok I have probably just confused you even more.