A/N: This chapter is VERY non romantic. Could I say a…comedy relief? Yes, well this chapter is comedy relief for three chapters of DRAMA. I don't quite know if Sasuke is OOC, I tried my best to keep him in character but funny all the same. Any responses will be appreciated! I promise I'll read them a billion times! Thank you for all the reviews you guys, I love feedback.
P.S: I dedicate this chapter to my Cousin since it's his birthday. The fact is he doesn't quite know of my writing skills but he would appreciate it all the same. ; Plus, my birthday is coming up in 3 days, yay!
Chapter 4:
Sasuke arched his eyebrow, pulling the sleeping bag closer to his chest as he followed his friend from behind. "Tell me again why I agreed to this?" He asked sarcastically, slightly bewildered at how simple it was for Naruto to convince him to spend a night over his house so easily. His dark eyes gazed at the atmosphere above, taking notice of the abundant stars that radiated the night sky. He was slightly irritated after a few minutes, believing that Naruto was snubbing him.
"Relax; common…what the heck are you going to do at your place that's so interesting?" Naruto nudged him, grinning enthusiastically.
"…Anything but hang out with a dobe like you."
"Oh, but you're stuck with me," He beamed, hoping to lighten the apathetic mood of Sasuke's, "maybe even forever," he added.
Now in all honesty, Sasuke didn't mind spending a night over at Naruto's, it would only be the two of them, and even if it was rare for them to have a 'slumber party' it was always interesting having the blonde idiot around. Even if he didn't care to admit, Naruto was his closest friend. Which was why his whole 'Hey, Sasuke, how about you come over?' little idea concerned him. While Naruto was the spontaneous type of person, it was way past midnight. He appeared only a few minutes ago to persuade him to come along. Either Naruto was extremely isolated in his boredom, or there was something going on here.
Then again, he was always known for his practical jokes. Really, who in the world visits someone to drag them to their house? Something was wrong here…
"What are you doing, staring out in space and everything?" He broke Sasuke's modest trance, as the two headed in front of the small dwelling. "We're here you know."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes, suspicion riddling his instincts. Shortening his breath, he took a few seconds to pay attention to the chirps of crickets and owls that surrounded him. Clearly, if anything, this here had to be a trap.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Mentally Naruto gulped, knowing that if he showed an ounce of vulnerability he was done for. Sasuke could smell fear, almost like a dog. All he had to do was play his goofy self for a few more hours and if he played his cards right then he finally end up with a good night of undisturbed sleep. He kicked the door open, exposing a void of darkness from behind. "Go first,"
"Yeah right, I'm not an idiot. You go."
"What? Sasuke are you afraid of the dark?" He tried his best to revise years of adolescence in a matter of seconds, attempting to figure if Sasuke ever had a problem with the dark in any of their prior missions.
Sasuke's eyes widened, as if in defense, he wrung his nose in his shady stare, "No." He said simply, waiting for an explosive to set inside the house. Of course Naruto would stoop so low as to pull a prank, because this was Naruto he was judging at the moment! Perhaps, in that sick demented mind of his he would essentially find it humorous to physically harm the hell out of Sasuke, or so he thought. He was not an idiot, and he could see right through the 'friendship' excuse he tried to muster.
"Che, fine." A bit annoyed by his lack of explanation, Naruto pushed the door all the way through before entering, his fingers rasping at the near wall to turn the lights on. "Idiot Sasuke." He muttered under his breath, he turned back to witness his friend who was nonetheless positioned outside. "…Sasuke what the hell are you doing! Are you being dumb on purpose? Is this some plan or something…"
"You tell me."
"Hm, you seem to think I'm up to something don't you? Hah, you got it all wrong." He seemed unconvinced by his reassurance, "Fine Sasuke, you freaking paranoid maniac, what do you want me to do to prove it to you?"
"…Nevermind." He walked through the door, careful to flinch before he past through the entrance.
"Sometimes I wonder…" Naruto sighed, rolling his eyes.
"Alright, so I thought you planted a couple of exploding notes, I was wrong, shoot me."
"Now don't give me permission." He chuckled to himself, "Okay then Sasuke, I guess you could sleep here." He formed an imaginary line with his foot, gliding it a few inches from the door. His navy haired companion could only blink, taking a few seconds to soak in the odd rule.
"Uh, what?"
"Don't worry abou-"
"You're kidding…"
"Eh, not-"
"You dragged me across Konoha to tell me to sleep on the floor in front of your front door? You actually believed that I would pay attention to you? Yeah…" Sasuke sucked his teeth, walking past Naruto and into the hallway where he poked around, "Where's your room before you piss me off?"
"…Sasuke I sort of have to tell you something." Naruto jabbed his index fingers together, feeling the embarrassment settle upon his face.
"What?" His friend called from the room. Naruto only sighed, knowing that if he admitted that he was a sleep walker and that he didn't want to end up scaring a female acquaintance.
"Nothing."
"Meh," Sasuke tried to brush away the voice near his ear. He had just about enough of Naruto's voice for his nourishment, what clearly called for him was the sweet silence of sleep. As a result of refusing to sleep on anyone's floor he wound up taking up half of his friend's bed. Sleeping next to the loud ninja wasn't as bad as he initially thought it was. For a person who lived alone, Naruto had a huge bed that offered enormous space. Only that perceiving his useless chatter was something that he was not accustomed to, especially since he lived alone. After a while of answering his friend's ineffective life questions he had no choice but to ignore the rest of the babble for the night remaining.
Whispers were hindered as Sasuke finally relaxed his nerves, believing that he was accepting sleep. In a phase of sleep, Sasuke did not realize the track of time lost. However, as the loom of bliss loosened up his tensed torso, his run of peace confirmed over as soon as he felt a heavy lump roll over him and stumble onto the carpet floor. "Naruto!" He cried out, growling to emphasize just how angry he was. But there came no reply, only the movements of a limp figure in front of him that stumbled to reach the closed door. "Hello?" He called out, shifting his body to sit over the bed in order to take a better glimpse at Naruto. The pajama dressed young man fiddled with the door knob seconds before slipping the lock and walking through. 'What in the world?' Sasuke scratched his head, inhaling deeply to stir his conscious. "Naruto, you better be having some serious problem, or you will when I'm done with you." He declared, yawning as he followed the uncoordinated blonde.
Yet, as slow and cluttered as he did appear, as soon as Sasuke reached the end of the hallway what he witnessed was Naruto yards ahead walking in a staggering pattern through the entrance. "Naruto!" He rose his tone a few octaves, hesitating from his scolding to witness his friend's reaction. The young man garbled in his dialect, mumbling know nothings under his breath. It only furthered Sasuke's confusion. "Idiot! What are you day dreaming!" He called out, running to meet with the latter's slow pace. His palm pressed pressure against Naruto's arm, hanging on. "Snap out of it."
His feet ambled down the road, unaware of the cold base that they settled upon. Sasuke dashed forth ward, yanking on Naruto's sleeve but to no reply. The sudden release of clothing caused him to stumble back to keep from losing balance. "Damn it, it's too dark to be wandering about" An irritated grumbled escaped his lips. Quickly as he took a glimpse he saw the outline of a figure that persisted in his wandering. The lack of luminosity had Sasuke squinting to find a trace of path to follow Naruto, because his yells held no infliction, he decided to follow the feller as an alternative. It never crossed his mind that the thing Naruto wanted to mention prior would lead to a situation like this.
Cool winds ripped through Sasuke's loose t-shirt, tickling his abdomen that allowed for nerves to flourish. Still, following Naruto in the lateness of night was not something that he frankly enjoyed. Somewhere he was reminded out of Kakashi-sensei's useless one liner quotes of wisdoms that attempting to wake a person in paralysis of sleep never ended well, especially one who was a Shinobi. Later than he expected, a few houses were beginning to come from ahead, with Naruto more than ready to barge his way through.
Sasuke panicked. He didn't quite know what to do, whether his fireball technique would prevent Naruto from waking up a few unsuspecting neighbors.
"Sasuke, help me with this" Naruto motioned for the window, turning to glare at Sasuke straight in the eye. The sudden verbalization shocked Sasuke, causing him to flinch with alarm. He gawked at Naruto, mouth agape as he observed the facial expression of his. It appeared as his friend was staring at him but right through him all the same. As if he was a wall in Naruto's way. He was convinced that the boy was indeed wedged in a state of mind known as sleep walking.
At the same time, Sasuke was curious. Curiosity claimed him as he made his way closer to his friend. 'What's the worst that could happen?' He rationalized, 'I just want to know what all the fuss is about.'
"I have to get this window open, I don't want to wake her up, and I think this is her room."
"Who's room?"
"Hers, I want to tell her. I didn't think she heard me the first few times," A goofy smile spread across his lips as he lowered his head, embarrassed to meet Sasuke's , "I love her, Sasuke, I don't know why I just do."
Other times, Sasuke would have believed that Naruto was simply intoxicated, but not this time. There was something in his speech, it shook at him. It was unadulterated truth that just flowed out of his mouth, and it worried him the fact that Naruto's been sleep walking to TenTen's house, he presumed, more than once as he admitted. "Bedroom? Are you sure you want to do this? Really Naruto, there's something called setting and timing, clearly you have no perception of both-" Before Sasuke was finished with his lecture the echo of clutters brought him back to reality, "What the-?" Seeing Naruto's legs jut out of the window, out of reflex he held onto the limbs in his effort to pull it towards him. But it wasn't enough, he found himself becoming hauled into the opening alongside Naruto.
Thus, where all the fun began
"Shit-Naruto! What the fuck is wrong with you!" He felt the cold tiles under his already chilly body. The echoes bounced through the walls, affirming him that it was a small room.
"Wa?" Naruto moaned, pulling his body into a sitting position. "What the hell? It's cold!" He cried out, turning to see Sasuke glaring angrily at him.
"Shut up, Dobe." He whispered harshly
"Sasuke what the hell are we doing here?"
"…Don't even go there-"
"Is this some trick plan of yours?"
"…" He
tried his hardest not to physically reach his arms to choke the other
teenager. "No." He replied darkly.
"…Woah, is this a
bathroom?"
"Ding, ding, ding, he's answered correctly!"
"…Did you put me here?" Naruto stood up, stretching as he flinched from his soar back. "No really, where are we?"
"You think I know?" Sasuke whispered back, sitting atop of the closed toilet seat. "I just followed your dumb ass here!"
"You mean I…shit!" He cried aloud, forgetting that he was to remain quiet. Banging his palm onto his forehead, he sighed heavily. "Damn it Sasuke, I've been doing this for days, I don't know why. I don't even know who it is to."
"Yeah well, I didn't know you had an infatuation for TenTen."
"TenTen? So we're in TenTen's house?"
"I DON'T KNOW!" Before Naruto could retort both pairs of eyes suddenly became fixated onto the light that shed through the bottom of the door. Hearing footsteps, they both returned to gape at one another in a confused fashion.
"What do we do?"
