Uchiha and Uzumaki:

Sasuke

As Naruto and I continued to walk around the village, the fangirl situation didn't get any better. More annoying, gitty girls ran up to me, blabbing about stuff I could personally care less about, and ignoring Naruto like a dog who just rolled in poop. By the time evening rolled around and it was bedtime, Naruto was pretty down in the dumps. I was just glad that we got to go back home where there were no stupid girls around.

"A lot of girls sure do like you…" Naruto muttered, kicking a small rock across the sidewalk.

"Ummm…" I wasn't sure how to respond to that, so I said the only thing that seemed fitting. "A lot of girls like you too."

Naruto beamed at me, grinning. "R-Really!"

I nodded, feeling slightly bad that I was lying to my friend. The truth was, I could only think of one girl who liked him, but lying just a bit never hurt anyone…right?

Naruto chuckled to himself and had more life to him when he kicked the rock around. I sighed and looked up at the darkening sky. Stars were starting to pop out in the deep blue, twinkling down on us as we headed back to Naruto's house. Suddenly, a thought came to me.

"Naruto?"

"Hmm?"

"Did you ever see that movie about the talking lion whose dad died and he ran away from home because he thought he caused his dad's death?"

Naruto smiled. "Yeah, I like that movie a lot."

I looked back up at the stars. "Do you remember the part where he's talking to that pig and that rat-thing about the stars?"

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Naruto looking at me curiously. "Yeah, he said that his daddy was watching him from the heavens," he said.

I continued to look up. "Do you think…that my parents are watching over me?"

Naruto smiled warmly. "Of course they are! They gotta make sure you're changing your underwear everyday!"

We both laughed as we walked up the porch steps of his house. Naruto yawned widely as he opened up the door and flipped on the light switch.

"I think I'm ready for some sleep!"

I followed him back to his bedroom and sat down on the mattress as he slammed open his closet and began flipping through some of the clothes on the hangers.

"Ah, here we go!"

He threw something fluffy and rather smelly at me. I unfolded the article of clothing carefully. It was a pair of blue, sun-and-moon print footies that looked and smelled like it had been quite a while since they've had a washing. I looked over at Naruto, who was already changing into doggie-print footies and tossing his daytime clothes carelessly on the floor. I shrugged and followed suit, and within a few minutes, we were both ready for bed. Naruto pointed at me and smiled.

"Heh heh, they look better on me, but that's okay."

He climbed onto the bed and pulled the blankets over him. He pointed to the floor and I saw a small pile of books.

"You can pick a bedtime story if you want and I'll read it to you. Tomorrow, I get to pick one and you get to read it to me."

Naruto sank into the pillows and snuggled with Mayonaka while I bent down on the floor and looked through the small collection of story books. I lifted two books ("I like ABC's" and "Ruffies' Day in Town") and recognized the third one in the pile that had a cover featuring a pink cat on a tricycle: "Little Kitty Mine Mine". It was only a few months ago that my mom would tuck me in snuggly and read this book to me while I slowly fell asleep to her warm, comforting voice…

I quickly handed the book over to Naruto and climbed in next to him, pulling the blankets up to my chin. He looked down at my selection and nodded.

"This is one of my favorite books."

I smiled and grabbed Bifu. "My mom used to read it to me all the time. It helps me go to sleep."

Naruto wrapped his arm around me, opened the book, and began reading: "A long time ago in a faraway land of candy, cookies, and every other sweet thing you could think of…"

I recited the story along with Naruto in my head; I knew it like the back of my hand. I glanced out the window at the stars. There were my parents, no doubt watching over me and loving me…

I sighed deeply and cuddled closer to Naruto, my eyes closing and a wave of sleepiness coming over me…

Right before I fell asleep, Naruto stopped reading and leaned over me.

"Good night, Sasuke."

And he gave me a small kiss on my forehead.

A/N: The title of the book they're reading, "Little Kitty Mine Mine", is also the name of an In the Groove 2 song.