Uchiha and Uzumaki:

Naruto

The bright morning sun shined in the room, stinging my eyes and fully awakening me. I yawned and looked over next to me. Sasuke was still sleeping, curled under the blankets with Bifu snuggled tightly under his arm. I grinned and looked at the stuffed dog lying next to my pillow.

'Hee hee, a new friend and a new puppy!' I thought happily, picking up Mayonaka and giving him a tight squeeze. I had never had any nice toys, so it was nice to have something that wasn't so…worn for a change.

I scratched my behind and poked Sasuke in the back. "Hey, hey! Get up! I'm bored!"

Sasuke moaned and turned over, his eyes flitting open. "Wha?"

I leaned over him and bent my face so close to his that I could see my own reflection in his dark eyes. "C'mon, let's eat!"

Sasuke groaned and rolled back over. "I'm sleepy," he mumbled.

I frowned and cracked my knuckles. He wasn't just gonna be some lame, lazy bum. I finally had a friend, and we were gonna have fun, darn it all.

I raised my fist and bonked him squarely on the head. Sasuke let out a small yelp and he sat up.

"I don't care if you're tired!" I said, jumping off the mattress and onto the cold, wooden floor. "I'm hungry and bored! Let's eat!"

Sasuke sighed and stepped onto the floor, shivering. "Your house is freezing!"

I rolled my eyes and walked across the room. "You'll get used to it, wussy-pussy."

I led Sasuke into the kitchen and opened up the pantry. I looked up and down the many rows of Styrofoam cups of instant ramen, humming to myself.

"So…beef or Oriental?"

Sasuke looked confused as he sat down at the table. "Ummm..what?"

I sighed, exasperated. Jeeze, was this guy stupid or something? I turned to him.

"Ra-men," I said slowly, pointing to the pantry. "What kind of ramen do you want?"

Sasuke still wore a confused look on his face. "Don't you have any…normal breakfast food?"

I gawked at him. What? Ramen isn't what people considered "normal breakfast food"? Teh, yeah right. This guy was still pretty confused about the world.

I sighed deeply and took out a Styrofoam cup of beef flavored ramen. "Whatever."

I glanced across the room as I set down the ramen and took out a large pot. Sasuke was twiddling with his fingers and his eyes were glistening. I cleared my throat and set the pot on the stove top.

"It's…it's okay," I said quietly. "It's okay to cry…"

Sasuke wiped his eyes and sniffled. "I just…really miss them."

I desperately wanted to tell him "Well, at least you knew your family" but decided that was probably not the best thing to say.

I plastered on a smile and ripped off the paper top of the ramen. "We'll be alone…together."

After a quick breakfast (consisting of very normal breakfast food, thank-you-very-much) we headed out to the bustling streets of the village, Sasuke' hand clamped tightly around mine. I couldn't help but smile and gave his hand a small squeeze as we passed by the flower shop. Only friends held hands…right?

I pointed at the flower shop. "That's…err…where you buy flowers."

"Hmmm…"

I looked around and pointed to the playground to the left, where kids who were maybe two or three years younger than us were playing on the swings.

"That's where you have fun."

"Hmmm…"

I looked at Sasuke. He still didn't look all that happy. I sighed and gave his hand another squeeze. Gosh, what in the world could make this kid not so…sad?

And I heard what I thought would make him happy…

"EEEEKKK! SASUKE-KUN! OVER HERE, OVER HERE!"

My heart leapt and I saw her running towards us: Haruno Sakura-chan, the cutest girl ever and my future wife. And even though she denies it, I know that she totally digs me.

She stopped right in front of us, her silky pink hair flying all over her face and her cheeks flushed light red. I felt my own face redden.

"Good-good morning, Sakura-chan!" I let go of Sasuke's hand and spread my arms out. "Come on, hug me!"

My stomach sank as Sakura-chan frowned and turned away from me. "Ew, go away Naruto. You're gross."

My heart sunk to my ankles like a wet pair of pants. I'm…gross?

Sakura turned to Sasuke, smiling. "How are you, Sasuke-kun?"

Sasuke looked at the ground, his hands in his pockets. "I'm…okay."

I stared at the two. Oh what I would give to have Sakura give me that look she was giving Sasuke, to talk to me in that sweet, excited tone she used with him…

And in the back of my mind, a little voice spoke up:

What's so good about him anyways?

I shook my head. I couldn't say that about Sasuke! He was my friend!

Sakura-chan giggled and flipped her hair. "Well, I hafta go. Bye-bye Sasuke-kun!"

And she left without even giving me a second glance.

Sasuke and I were silent for a moment before I spoke. "Bet you liked that, huh?" I asked quietly.

Sasuke shook his head. "Stupid fangirls don't make me happy."