It happened! I saw in dubbed version! Gaara's voice!IT SUCKED ASSSSSSS. LMFAO

I want the Naruto GC game. Maybe in dubbed form though I hate their voices. But I'll go for the jap. version. Can't wait!

Exam week starts next week. I get like two weeks off school practically. Yay! But then I have to start to study and cram. Though people say they're pretty easy. Eh I'm getting pretty excited.

Hmmm….well sorry for the late update. I was thinking hard on what Sasuke might get Sakura. It took sooooo long. Until I went shopping with my friends and saw something. Yay, inspiration came to me! Lol

I didn't die on any of my stories. Thank god. And I wouldn't. My Naruto love has resurfaced. Oh yes. My new fic Undercover Geek, if you haven't read it, please read and review! Thank you!

Oh yes, thank you for all your reviews! I got 30 in one chapter! It's the most I've gotten! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! MUAH!

You've all just received a kiss from me. Don't you feel all fuzzy inside now? Lol

Uh…does anyone ever read these author's notes anyways? I'm just curious…lol

Disclaimer: When evil cheese rules the world, then maybe just maybe I'll get to own Naruto. Damn cheese, come to life!


It was almost Christmas; everyone was getting excited especially since today was the last day of school. Oh the bliss of having a break. They deserved one too dammit!

Shikamaru stretched out and yawned and lazily opened one eye. Hinata, Tenten, Sakura, Ino and Naruto were playing poker on the lunch table. And as usual Neji and Sasuke was having a glaring contest to see who could out glare the other though I'm not sure why the thought it was entertaining.

"Heh heh, read 'em and weep ladies." Naruto smirked at them as he dished out yet another royal flush.

"What the-" Tenten exclaimed.

"That's impossible!" Ino said in disbelief.

"There's something up his sleeve I bet ya!" Sakura said to them.

"I think we should check him." suggested Hinata.

"My Hinata aren't we open today?" grinned Ino.

Hinata flushed.

"N-no! I'm sure all of you wanted to do that!"

"She's right. Come on."

The girls went up the loud mouth blonde and smacked their fists to their open palms. With the exception of Hinata who wouldn't dream of hurting her crush.

"Tenten you're strong right?" Sakura asked her.

"I guess so why?"

"I want you and Ino to take him by the legs and shake him up and down."

Ino and Tenten grinned evilly.

"With pleasure." they both said in unison.

"Uh guys. Come on, I'm innocent!"

"Innocent my ass!"

"Sasuke…Neji…" Naruto whimpered.

The two boys looked up from their little contest and turned their heads to Naruto.

"Oi, stop it." Sasuke said to them.

"Eh? What? No way!" Tenten shouted at them.

"Thank you Sasuke! You saved my life!" Naruto said happily. Oh but not for long!

"I don't think you girls are strong enough to hold him. Let us do it."

So much for a good friend.

Naruto's eyes widened in fear.

"Ahhh you betrayed me! My best friend betrayed me!"

"Yeah well, you always seem to kick our asses in poker. So now it's our chance to find out if you play fairly and not cheat." shrugged Sasuke.

"Noooooo!" moaned Naruto as he was held upside down by Neji and Sasuke who were both grinning out of enjoyment. What good friends they are.

Up and down he went as they shook him by the ankles. His face was growing redder by the second. Until…

Their eyes narrowed at him as the left him back upright.

"Ohhh, so dizzy."

"So you were cheating!"

"Gahh! You idiot! I lost to a cheater!"

"He's been keeping extra cards with him!"

"All my money down the drain!"

"Naruto!"

"Heh, heh." Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

"You are so gonna get it."

"I advise you to run Naruto." Shikamaru finally spoke up.

"Good idea." With that he sped off like no tomorrow followed by a mob of angry teens with pitchforks and torches.


Later that night when Naruto returned home he had bumps, bruises, plus a few scratches. He sighed. At least Hinata was there to help him.

She didn't have the heart to hurt him so instead, she tended to his wounds after.

Giving out another loud sigh he walked over to his computer on his desk and put it out of stand by. (I never thought I'd do this. But I am.) He signed onto msn and checked who was online. As usual all his friends were on.

"Invite, invite, invite…" he muttered to himself as he one by one clicked their names and invited them all into one big conversation.

(I'll just be using their names or something that will be obvious that's them. By the way, I'm not going to use chat speak except for "lol, lmao and that's it.)

New flavour: Beef Stew Ramen -grin- says: hey guys

Sakura ;;draw me a heart ;;smile for me says: hi

SasukE says: hn

"He always has to say "hn" doesn't he." Naruto said to himself shaking his head side to side.

Tenten' bullseye says: hey

Neji says: hey

Hina white lily says: hello

Shikamaru aka Shi-kun -cough-notcuteino-cough- says: yo

Ino says: hey and it IS cute shi-kun

New flavour: Beef Stew Ramen grin says: you aren't mad at me anymore?

Sakura ;;draw me a heart ;;smile for me says: nah, that was just spur of the moment

Neji says: though it was quite entertaining

Tenten' bullseye says: lol

Hina white lily says: you're okay though right naruto?

New flavour: Beef Stew Ramen grin says: don't worry about me hinata! I'm fine!

SasukE says: he'll survive; we always beat him for his stupidity

Sakura ;;draw me a heart ;;smile for me says: I think that's how he got like that in the first place…

Shikamaru aka Shi-kun -cough-notcuteino-cough- says: what ever you say ino, anyways, why are we talking about naruto?

Ino says: damn straight lazy ass. you guys got plans for the break?

All of them, one after the other or sometimes at the same time replied no.

Tenten' bullseye says: maybe we should go to a lodge this year. you know, skiing and snowboarding. it'll be fun I bet.

New flavour: Beef Stew Ramen grin says: that's a great idea! I was thinking about that too.

Hina white lily says: but where will we get reservations on such short notice?

Neji says: everything's booked by now.

Shikamaru aka Shi-kun -cough-notcuteino-cough- says: we won't be able to get a reservation. people booked months in advance.

Sakura ;;draw me a heart ;;smile for me says: aww I was starting to picture us at a lodge too! T3T

SasukE says: heh you all forget. I have a lodge up north. we went up there one winter. remember?

Tenten' bullseye says: oh yeah! but that was ages ago! you expect us to remember?

Naruto laughed a bit. He remembered what had happened that day. Huge snowball fights which ended up with Neji rolling down one of the hills and then turning into one giant snowball…aka the human bowling ball. He got a strike! Heehee

Ino says: poor neji. I can't believe you knocked down ten people.

Neji says: shut it

Hina white lily says: lmao

Neji says: hinata I'm in the room next to you…your laughter is really loud

Hina white lily says: haha but that really was funny.

Shikamaru aka Shi-kun -cough-notcuteino-cough- says: at least he wasn't hurt.

New flavour: Beef Stew Ramen grin says: ah sakura wasn't in this.

Hina white lily says: ah sorry sakura for leaving you out!

Sakura ;;draw me a heart ;;smile for me says: it's okay! actually I love hearing stories about all of you before I came :P

SasukE says: heh so we're all coming to my lodge?

New flavour: Beef Stew Ramen grin says: yep, but we have to decide on a date.

Tenten' bullseye says: not on Christmas. we need to spend time with our families. so on the 27th then?

Sakura ;;draw me a heart ;;smile for me says: sounds fine to me

New flavour: Beef Stew Ramen grin says: sure

Hina white lily says: neji and I are fine with it

Shikamaru aka Shi-kun -cough-notcuteino-cough- says: whatever

Ino says: thumbs up for me

SasukE says: then it's settled. the 27th. we're going to have to take two cars. who's going to drive besides me? oh and not tenten

Tenten' bullseye says: HEY!

SasukE says: we're concerned for our safety on getting there and back. -grin-

Neji says: I will.

SasukE says: okay, neji and myself will drive and we'll pick you guys up at 12 on the 27th.

They all agreed and chatted for a bit longer until it had gotten late and logged off. All were excited about the upcoming day at the lodge. Oh the fun they were going to have!


I'm sure you're all excited to read what's going to happen at the ski lodge. So let's do a little time skip and go ahead to the 27th of December.

A muffled sound of an alarm clock rang out. A low moan came out from under the pillows and then a blonde haired hair ball popped up from under the covers.

"Ahhh shut it." it yawned and smacked the poor alarm into oblivion.

Two hours later…

"Man that was one heck of a night's sleep!" the well awakened Naruto smiled as he got up from under the covers.

"Jeez, I'm forgetting to turn off that stupid alarm. It's not like I have anywhere…important…to go…."

Crap

In a flash Naruto jumped out of bed and changed into a pair of baggy cargoes, white long sleeved t-shirt that said "Quick Silver", a collared black and orange sweater, socks and his black skater shoes. The process took oh about ten seconds. Why? He had those clothes on underneath his pajamas. Odd…

"Okay…clothes…toothbrush…ramen…" he muttered as he stuffed his things into a duffel bag. When he was done he looked around his room checking to make sure he had everything, but he had this nagging feeling in his heart that he was forgetting something. Finally he spotted the object.

"Whew, good thing I remembered. Wouldn't want to forget you would I?" he grinned and patted the little box gently. Naruto looked over to the clock. It read 11:55 a.m.

"GAH! I STILL HAVEN'T EATEN YET! SCRAP THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN BRUSHED MY TEETH!"

He rushed intohis bathroom and brushed his teeth probably taking out a few while doing since he was doing it with such force because he was in such a rush. After that he didn't have time left for food.

"Dammit!" A light bulb suddenly appeared.

A grin crept onto his face.

"Neji never said I couldn't eat in his car."

He ran over to the kitchen and quickly prepared some ramen and put it in a thermos. After grabbing a bottle of water to wash down the ramen he headed out the door finding that Neji and Sasuke's car was already parked outside his house.

"Loser hurry up and get in!" shouted Sasuke impatiently pointing over to Neji's car. In the seat next to him was Sakura who was laughing. Naruto walked over to the back of Neji's car and opened up the trunk and threw in his duffel bag. As he reached the side door to open it, Neji was eyeing the thermos in his hand.

"Naruto…"

"Yes Neji?" Naruto said cheerfully.

"What's in there." he questioned pointing to the metal cylinder in Naruto's hand knowing very well what was inside it.

"Oh this?" Naruto asked holding it up. "It's my thermos!"

"I know that much, but what's in it." Neji hissed.

"Ramen."

"Get it out."

"Why!"

"No eating in my car."

Tenten, who was sitting next to Neji, slowly lowered the half eaten apple from her mouth and tried to hide it inside her open jacket.

"What! You never said that before! Besides, Tenten's eating an apple."

Tenten shot Naruto a look and then sheepishly looked up at her boyfriend.

"What? You never said anything like that to me before." she said grinning a bit.

"Yah well you're different. The idiot over here's going to spill it."

Tenten happily took her apple out from its hiding spot and munched on it once again.

"That's not fair!"

"Neji…why not just let Naruto eat it this once. I mean he probably hasn't had breakfast yet." Hinata said trying to persuade her cousin.

"No."

"Neji come on. He must be starving."

"I am I am!"

"No."

"Neji," came Tenten's voice.

"He's going to ruin the inside!"

"Just this once?"

"…"

"Besides, we should get going."

"Fine." he grumbled. Who could resist those chocolate brown eyes?

"Yay!"

Hinata smiled. She hoped Naruto wouldn't screw this up.

"Hyuuga! Are you ready?" asked an impatient Sasuke who was shouting in his car to the rolled down window.

Neji nodded, turned on the engine and backed out of the driveway.


Three hours later…

All of them stretched and yawned when they got out of the car, except for the drivers of course. Sakura was amazed at what she saw. The hills were beautiful, the views were breath taking, fresh northern air (is there such thing? lol) in her nose and the lodge.

When they walked in, it looked so cozy. The walls were a dark shade of green with wooden floors. Pictures were hung on the walls and carpet was spread around. Couches lined in the living rooms where a wide screen T.V. sat. A coffee table was put in between.

Then there was the kitchen. It was a cooks dream. The stainless steel refrigerator, the counters, pots and pans. Everything a chef could dream of was there!

Every part of the house was beautiful and cozy. Though there was only one teensy problem.

"What do you mean there's only four rooms!" shouted the girls.

"Well originally there were only four rooms. The time Ino, Tenting and Hinata came, all three took one room which left us four guys to share one room or two go on the couch." explained Shikamaru.

The girls grumbled.

"Now what!"

"Well…the guys can share one room again or sleep on the couch?" suggested Hinata.

"Come on, we're mature enough to share aren't we?" Naruto said.

"Well I'm fine with sharing a room." said Tenten calmly.

"Yeah well that's because you WANT to sleep next to Neji." snorted Sakura.

Tenten turned bright red.

"I-I don't know w-what you're talking about!" she spluttered.

Neji looked at her and turned red as well. He certainly didn't mind sharing a room either. Especially if the roommate was Tenten.

They all looked at Tenten then at Neji. A grin crept up into their faces.

"Okay, I propose, shove Neji and Tenten into a room together period. Case closed no arguments THERE!" Naruto said all in once breath.

"Good call. But now there's only three bedrooms left."

"Oh stop being baby's and pick roommates" Neji grunted.

"But they have cooties!"

"What the…"

"Cooties?"

"What grade are you in? No less how old are you now? Sixteen! You think about COOTIES still?"

"I got my cootie shot!" Hinata shouted.

They all looked at her.

"Okay…."

"Just pick a damn roommate already."

"No!"

"Neji pick for them because this isn't going anywhere." Tenten muttered to him. He nodded.

"Okay, since you all can't pick. I'll do it." Neji told them.

"Fine."

"Sure."

"Whatever."

"Better make this good!"

Neji and Tenten smirked. Oh this was going to be much fun.

"Okay, first off. You can't trade with anyone no matter what. Got that?" Tenten said.

They nodded.

"Second, no complaining."

"Third, you can't blame us for your chosen roommates!"

"Just pick already!"

Neji took in a deep breath and…

"ShikamaruInoSasukeSakuraHinataNaruto."

"What?"

"We didn't catch that."

"Slower dimwit!"

"I said, Shikamaru and Ino, Sasuke and Sakura, and Hinata and Naruto." Though he hated pairing his cousin off with the idiot. There was no choice.

"And Naruto, don't do ANYTHING to my cousin."

"Yeah whatever."

"What did you say?"

"I mean, yes Mr. Don't-Rape-My-Cousin. I'm not like that and you know it!"

Neji's lips thinned and he looked at Naruto one last time, grabbed Tenten's hand and marched up the stairs to their new room.

"My, this is odd." Sakura said.

"Yep." agreed Ino.

"So should we go up now?"

"It is pretty late."

They all trudged up the stairs and one by one they went into their respective rooms.

"Good night guys, see you tomorrow." yawned Sakura.

They nodded and closed the door.

Alone in one room with Sasuke… thought Sakura as she closed the door. She walked into the room and saw only ONE bed. Now there's TWO people and ONE bed. Oh my they've run into a rut.

"What are you standing there for, aren't you going to sleep?" his cold voice asked her.

"There's only um…one bed."

"..."

"I'd feel uncomfortable with both ofus sleeping in ONE bed."

"…"

"And maybe one of us should sleep on the floor?" she ended sheepishly.

"What's your point…"

Sakura fell anime style.

This guy is so dense.

"Never mind!"

"Whatever."

Sakura walked towards the bathroom located in the room to change into her pajamas. When Sasuke heard the door's lock click he quickly and quietly went over to his bag and took out arectangular box, checking to make sure it was okay. (Can you guess what it's for? XD)

He sighed in relief.

"It didn't break." he muttered.

"What didn't break?"

Sasuke whipped his head around and saw Sakura standing there clad in her blue pajama bottoms with teddy bear imprints and a white tank top. He flushed red seeing her dressed like that and immediately but carefully shoved the little box back where it came from.

"Er um nothing?"

"What was that behind your back?"

"It was nothing."

"Aw but I thought I saw something!"

"It's nothing now forget about it." he snapped.

Sakura was a little taken back.

"Don't have to snap at me." she told him.

Sasuke glared at her and marched his way into the bathroom. A few minutes later the sound of water was heard.

Sakura made her way to the bed. It was a king sized bed, made for two, just for two. It irked her that she would have to share a bed with him. Not that she didn't want to. But it would still be weird.

"Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Maybe he'll just go on the floor on is own."

Nooo don't go on the floor! Uh…I mean…go on the floor? Gah stupid thoughts!

Images of her and Sasuke sleeping together started to flood her mind when she got into the bed and snuggled into the covers.

"GAH GET THEM OUT!"

Sasuke who was in the shower but out since he finished heard her and thought something bad had happened to her so he took a towel and wrapped it around his waist (takes deep breath because this stupid run-on sentence is so friggin long) and ran out of the bathroom as if he was on fire.

"What happened? Are you okay?"

Sakura's eyes grew wide and she turned a deep shade of red that it clashed with her hair. Meekly she nodded slowly.

Ohmigawd! Hot body!

"Jeez don't scare me like that." She heard him mutter when he headed back towards the bathroom.

Again she snuggled into the covers. This time images of Sasuke's bare chest were in her mind. Tsk tsk Sakura why are you thinking like that!

She groaned and slammed her head into the pillows and let out a deep sigh and slowly drifted off to sleep. When Sasuke was done in the bathroom she was fast asleep. This was the second no fourth time (chapters 4, 5 and 9) he's seen her sleeping. Oh how beautiful she was! He tip toed (Can you picture him doing that? Haha) over to her and watched her sleeping form until he got tired. Quietly he slipped in next to her and stroked her cheek until he fell asleep.


"AH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!" shouted Naruto at the top of his longs.

"IDIOT! SHUT-UP! YOU'RE GOING TO CAUSE AN AVALANCHE!" shrieked Ino.

"Both of you shut-up. You're going to both cause an avalanche." said a bored Shikamaru.

They were at the top of the moderate level skier's hill. All of them were equipped with their proper gear and dressed warmly. Naruto, Hinata, and Ino were the skiers. Sakura,Sasuke, Neji, Tenten and Shikamaru were well the snowboarders.

"Okay so our plan right now is to try and stick together as a group. If we can't then we'll meet back at the lodge at 4." explained Sakura.

"Okay, but what if we can't make it at 4?" asked Naruto.

"How can you not, we're all going to be here."

"I don't know. Just what if?"

"Then make it happen!" she shouted.

"There goes another avalanche…" they all said in unison.

Sakura sweat dropped.

"Yeah okay let's just get going. We haven't got all day!" exclaimed Ino excitedly.

Slowly they made their way to edge of the hill and each of them went down.

"HAHA I'M KING OF THE MOUNTAIN!" screamed Naruto to the top of his lungs. And down he went on his skis.

"Naruto! Watch where you're going!"

"You're going to fast!"

"Dobe! You're going to hit people!"

"Troublesome."

"Haha! Look at me! I'm the greatest!"

"NARUTO W-WATCH OUT FOR THAT…tree…" Hinata called out to him.

"Too late."

SPLAT

Naruto smacked against the tree and his arms and legs were now sticking out in front. (Like those cartoons when they go splat against trees) A few minutes later he peeled off the tree and landed on the snow with a thump.

"Naruto are you okay?" asked Tenten worriedly.

"Tch how bothersome."

"Dobe, it's your fault not watching where you were going."

"Ahhhhhh…." groaned Naruto as he rubbed his aching head.

"Naruto are you alright?" Hinata asked him sitting down next to him.

"I think so…"

Hinata put an arm around him to help him get up. Naruto gratefully accepted her help and slid his arm around her waist to fully support himself better.

A vein began popping out of Neji's forehead when he saw him cousin and the idiot that close.

"Naruto…" he began.

"Yeah what."

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF HER!" he bellowed out and with his fist he banged it on top of his head. And down went Naruto like a sack of potatoes.

"Jeez Neji, did you have to be that harsh?" his girlfriend asked him while shaking her head.

"He was touching her."

"Neji you don't have to be so protective with me when I'm with Naruto."

Steam was ejecting out of his ears and heat was radiating around his body. All that was left around his snowboard was a tiny little lake.

"I think Naruto should get some rest." suggested Shikamaru.

"Hinata can you take him back to the lodge?" asked Sakura innocently adding a wink.

Hinata flushed a bit and nodded her head slowly.

More snow melting….

"Okay so we'll see you guys later!"

"And hurry! Neji's going to flood this place soon!" added Tenten which earned herself a glare.


(OHMIGEEE! NARUHINA FLUFF! XD)

It took them both quite a while to get back to the lodge. Naruto was limping and Hinata had to slow down so he wouldn't get hurt more. When they finally arrived they were shocked beyond belief.

"We have no key." Hinata said recovering from her shock of not having a key.

Naruto stared at her in disbelief.

"Ohhh crap…"

"We're locked out of the house! WE'RE GOING TO DIE!" sobbed Hinata. (So very OOC! XD)

"Hinata? Don't worry! We won't die…I think…"

Great words of encouragement Naruto.

"Naruto, I'm getting scared. What if they never come back and then we'll be stuck here FOREVER!"

Naruto sweat dropped. Man, this girl was totally freaking out over something as silly as this.

"Hinata, don't worry. They'll come back and we won't die." he reassured her. Slowly he limped towards the small girl.

"I'm cold Naruto." she said quietly.

"Eh?"

"I said I'm kind of cold. My jacket's kind of thin because I'd get hot while skiing."

Naruto stared at her and without a second thought, took of his own jacket and draped it across her shoulders.

"N-Naruto?" she gasped.

"Well, I wouldn't want you catching hypothermia would I? Plus Neji would kill me." he chuckled.

"Aren't you going to be cold though?"

"Nope. Not unless you don't hug me." he grinned.

Hinata squealed. Well not squeal but squeaked. So Hinata squeaked.

"Hmmm? You want little ol me to die?" Naruto teased.

Hinata shook her head furiously.

"Good!" With that Naruto took his chance and hugged the poor girl on the very spot.

"Ahhhh!" Poor Hinata, her face was so red you'd think it'd explode.

"N-Naruto, I-I-"

"Hmm?" he snickered and nuzzled his head against her.

Hinata found herself not being able to speak. She was shocked. Naruto hugging her? Sure he had before, but this one felt different. Hinata felt a shift of weight and found herself being pulled down to the ground. There, Naruto manuvered himself so she was sitting in front of him between his legs.

I think…I should give it to her now…

"Hinata?"

"Y-yes?"

I can't believe she hadn't noticed it yet.

Slowly he reached inside the pocket of her jacket and pulled out a small white box. He had put it in her jacket last night so he wouldn't forget where he put it or lose it later on. Though there was a risk it might've been broken, he knew that she always had a sense of staying out of danger so he trusted her.

Taking out the box he gently placed it in her open hands. She was shocked. A box? A small white box?

IS HE PROPOSING?

Wild thoughts ran though her head until it made her dizzy.

"Open it." he urged.

Hinata nodded and shakily opened the box. Slowly a bracelet started to appear. She gasped.

"N-Naruto…"

"Do you like it?" his voice serious.

The bracelet was of white gold with crystals forming lilies around it. Hinata carefully pulled it out of the box and examined it. Indeed it was beautiful. It looked expensive as well.

Hinata was silent. It worried Naruto.

Maybe she doesn't like it… His heart fell a thousand feet.

"It's beautiful…" he finally heard her whisper.

"You really shouldn't have." she quietly said to him as she fingered the crystals.

"I wanted to. It was the prettiest one there and I knew I had to get it for you."

Hinata blushed a little upon hearing his comment.

"Give me your wrist."

Hinata lifted up her arm and Naruto took to bracelet out of her hands. Slowly he put it around her wrist and clasped it together.

"Thank you." she whispered. Naruto smiled at her.

"I'm glad you like it."

After a few moments Hinata settled herself back in his arms and both were contently silent.


"How do you think he is?" Ino asked them worried about the loud mouth.

"I mean he did hit the tree pretty hard."

"He'll be fine Ino, he didn't break anything so he's probably left with bruises and a minor sprain." assured Shikamaru.

"You'd better be right." she huffed.

Already it was getting late and they were trudging their aching legs towards the lodge. Everything went perfectly fine…until Sakura tumbled and sprained her wrist. But other than that it was fine.

It was unusually silent between them today. Maybe it was because of Naruto not being there. He always seemed to brighten everything up. But most likely it was because of the room sharing incident.

Most of the silence was between Sasuke and Sakura. Both of them wouldn't tell them anything on what happened the night before. It was a secret both needed to keep because if it got out Sakura's life would be in danger and Sasuke would be humiliated for eternity.

So what really happened? I'm going to tell you so shhh keep it a secret.

Well Sakura had ASSUMED Saskue would take INITIATIVE and sleep on the floor by himself. But Sasuke had none of that whatsoever and had climbed into the ONE bed. In the middle of the night it was unfortunate that Sakura woke up. Well if she woke up then or in the morning I don't think it would've made a big difference.

She found it strange she couldn't move. She was constricted. It was oddly warmer that usual, especially around her neck. She tried to turn over but to no avail. Finally she resorted in the elbow blow. With one hard jab she heard a grunt behind her. She felt that the constriction had loosened and she finally wriggled free…until something shot out and grabbed her again. Sakura gave off a tiny scream and turned around only to find her face was on someone's chest.

Her eyes widened when she looked up. She panicked. Sasuke was practically squishing her and it was like they were a couple or something sleeping in the SAME bed and being hugged TIGHTLY.

Immediately she started to thrash around like a dying fish. This resulted in various punches in Sasuke. With one last hard kick he flew across the room and onto the floor. Okay so he didn't fly across the room, he just rolled of the bed with a big loud THUD. And so goes the story on how Sakura and Sasuke slept together and how his ass got kicked by a girl.

After that…ohh big fight. Which ended up with words hurting each other and a few bruises and this was all because of a little silly thing.

"Hey is that Naruto there outside?" wondered Tenten outloud.

"Weren't they suppose to be inside?" added Sakura finally speaking up.

"Uh oh…" Shikamaru said.

"What is it?" asked Ino.

Shikamaru pointed his finger towards the door.

Hinata in Naruto's arms both of them resting their eyes. What a beautiful sight…except for Neji.

Neji stormed over and glowered at them.

"Neji…how about you not beating him up to a bloody pulp?" Tenten asked trying to calm down her boyfriend.

"Naruto!" he barked out loud.

Hinata opened her eyes and saw her cousin standing right before her eyes. She squeaked and immediately shot up elbowing Naruto in the process.

"Owwww…" Naruto groaned.

"Na-ru-to…" Neji growled out.

Naruto looked at him. Fear in his eyes….afraid…very afraid….

Run for your life Naruto!

"Here we go again…" sighed Shikamaru.

And off went Naruto speeding away though we don't know why since he hurt himself, followed by a steaming pissed off Neji with the uber humungalicious (Remember that in the last chapter? xD) butcher knife.

"BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE KEY!"

"LIAR!"


th And so after that little incident which resulted in more injuries on Naruto, they had a quiet dinner of salad and pasta with ice cream for dessert.

Which ends up here in the gift exchange. Well I'm just going to speed up the process of them exchanging gifts with each other to when the couples er boys give the girls gifts because we're all dying to know.

"Come on Neji! Just give it to her already!" Sakura whined. Impatient she was, dying to know what Neji got Tenten. Neji coloured slightly and pulled out a neatly wrapped box and handed it to the girl.

Slowly Tenten unwrapped the present with excitement. A head…arms…a stomach…legs…

"Ahh! It's so cuteeee!" she exclaimed and hugged the stuffed teddy. She jumped when sound erupted from it.

"Hug me Tenten hug me! Kiss me! I love youuuuu!" it said to her.

"Odd…" Tenten said. She pressed it again and put her ear closer to the bear.

Neji's face was turning redder…

"Hug me Tenten hug me! Kiss me! I love youuuuu!"

Muffled sounds could be heard from the background of the recording.

"Hey Neji! What are you doing here!" a voice asked which sounded strangely like Naruto's.

"What's that your holding?" a lazy voice came.

"Shut-up." hissed Neji.

"Heh, Hyuuga you're hiding something from us."

"Hey is that thing recording us?"

"Ha, I wonder what it says!"

"DIE!"

Crash

Bang

Stab...wait a minute..stab?

The recording stopped.

"SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE DOING IN THERE!" Naruto shouted out loud.

Neji's face was so red now it looked like a tomato.

Tenten smiled at him and gave him a peck on the lips.

"It's adorable Neji. I love it." she whispered to him in his ear.

Neji's blushing faded and he wrapped his arms around the girl who was holding the bear tenderly near her chest.

"You're turn." Neji said coolly to the lazy ass.

"Tch, how troublesome."

Shikamaru pulled out a box similar to Naruto's and handed it to Ino who accepted it. Opening up the box, a necklace was in view. It was made of silver and a heart with an arrow through dangled on the end. Ino's eyes glittered with joy. She latched herself on Shikamaru and thanked him.

"Ohhh Thank! It's so beautiful! I love it!" she exclaimed as she rubbed her cheek on his arm.

"Ino! Hey! Get off me!" he told her desperately trying to get the blonde off him.

"Ehhh! You're no fun!"

"Troublesome." he mumbled giving up. He'd never win anyways.

"Oi Sasuke, it's-" Naruto started.

"Sasuke?"

He had stepped out of the room.

"Sasuke?" the others called again.

Silence

"He's probably in his room." commented Neji.

"But why?"

"I'll go and check up on him." Sakura said slowly.

"Okay Sakura."

"Bring the bastard back down!"

"Be quick!"

Sakura smiled at them and headed up the stairs to where the two shared a room.


Sasuke froze. The door opened. Sakura stepped in. He straightened his back but didn't turn around to face her.

"Why'd you leave?" she asked him quietly.

"Hn."

"That's not an answer."

"…"

"Are you mad?"

"..No.."

"Then…"

"I'm sorry."

Sakura was a little taken back. He said sorry?

"What?"

"Don't make me repeat it."

Yeesh, one minute he's soft and nice the next he's got that stick up his ass again.

"Um…do you want to go back downstairs? They're all waiting…"

"Sakura…"

"Yeah?"

"I have…something to give you…"

He turned around to face her and motioned her to come towards him. Confused she walked over to him wondering what he had in store for her. Her eyes wandered to where his arms were…behind his back.

What is he hiding?

When she was right in front of him he took out the item he was hiding. It was a medium sized rectangular box wrapped in silver paper with multiple bows tied around giving it an elegant look. Sakura looked at him.

"It's for you."

Hesitantly she took the box. It looked too beautiful to open.

With careful hands she hesitantly unwrapped it bit by bit; slowly revealing what was wrapped up. Sasuke was nervous while she was doing that. Afraid she wouldn't like the gift.

A small gasp was heard. He looked down at her. A glass case was uncovered. Inside was a single crystal rose coloured in a light shade of pink for the petals. The stem was clear with no hint of colour. In the box words were engraved in it. (Which I will not say what was, because even I don't know. xD I couldn't think of anything.) Oh how delicate it looked. How beautiful.

"Do you…do you like it?" Sasuke nervously asked.

Sakura looked at him and back down again. Gently she placed it down next to him. She broke into a small smile and hugged him on the spot.

"Thank you. It's gorgeous. It's beautiful. Thank you." she said to him.

He brought his arms around her engulfing her body in his warmth.

"Sasuke?" her voice was muffled.

"Hm?"

"It's okay. I-I actually didn't really mind…" she said timidly.

He smirked.

"And I'm sorry for hurting you…" she ended.

"…"

"Sasuke?"

She looked at the said boy. His expression was unreadable.

"As long as you don't do it again." he said to her.

She grinned back up at him and nodded.

"So we both forgive each other?"

"Aa."

She settled in his arms once again content. Happy that they had both forgotten about the incident the night before. Happy…for just being right here in the moment…


Oh my gawd. Sorry for really late update. I went on afreakin writers block trying to finish this chapter. Plus exams and I think I failed the math one. But it'll be okay cause I can take it again next semester. But let's hope I at least pass with a 50! As you may have noticed I've dropped the -chan and -kun's off everyone's name. I found it really annoying when typing it and I kept forgetting where it would go. Confuzzlement. Blah I'll be taking off japanese sayings in this fic becuase I'm turning to find them annoying as well. Well...except for teme and dobe. So those will be just the minor changes.

This didn't turn out the way I wanted it to and in my opinion sucked A LOT. If I have time when I'm done this, I'll re-write it. Starting after this chapter, I'll probably update like my butt's on overdrive again. Like update every one or two weeks. I thought of something really good to add to this. So yay!

Please pray for me that I passed math this year! Cause I'm freaking panicking. T.T

Rachel