Chapter Four:

When Naruto awoke, he found himself on his couch alone. Naruto yawned, and stretched out his arms. Koryu, who was still snoozing on Naruto's lap, yipped in protest. Naruto laughed, "Koryu you lazy fox. C'mon, it's probably noon already." he finished.

Koryu yawned and leaped off the couch, Naruto got up after. He padded into the kitchen to eat some breakfast. Naruto took out some cold cuts and cream for Koryu, and cereal for himself.

Naruto slowly ate his cereal when Iruka and Kakashi walked in. Iruka bent down to kiss Naruto's head, "Good morning." He chirped. Iruka set to work making pancakes for akashi and himself, while Kakashi made coffee.

"Well someone woke up on the right side of the bed this morning." Naruto laughed. Iruka smiled at the comment. "Probably the side Kakashi was on too." Naruto added as an afterthought. Iruka just blushed and continued making the pancakes. Kakashi laughed, and when Iruka turned his back to them, Kakashi winked at Naruto.

All three continued eating breakfast, when there was a knock on the door. Naruto got up to answer it, Sasuke was standing there. Naruto smiled and let him in, "Hi Sasuke, I thought you got lost in the couch." He laughed.

Sasuke just shrugged and sat down, "Yeah, well with your chubby body crushing me, I'm surprised I didn't." He said.

Naruto huffed and pouted, "I am not chubby!" He crossed his arms over his chest, and glared at Sasuke.

"Oh come on Naru, when's the last time you looked in the mirror?" Iruka chuckled, poking Naruto's chubby cheek.

"You're all so mean." He whined. Kakashi and Iruka chuckled, "Stop picking on me!" Naruto huffed, stomping his foot on the ground. "Meanies!"

"We're just kidding Naruto." Kakashi laughed, and ruffled Naruto's already messy hair.

Naruto pouted, and tried to swat away Kakashi's hand. "I'm going to get changed." He declared, stomping upstairs.

A few minutes later, Naruto came back downstairs wearing blue jeans and an orange t-shirt. He had slung his duffle bag over his shoulder, and grabbed Sasuke by the wrist. "Let's go Sasuke! I'll see you later Iruka! Bye Kakashi!" He shouted running out of the house with a reluctant Sasuke behind him.

Sasuke and Naruto walked down the dirt road towards town. Overhead, dark clouds gathered, blocking some of the sun's light.

"Looks like it's going to rain." Sasuke muttered, tilting his head back to look at the sky.

Naruto followed Sasuke's gaze, "It sure does." He commented. He then smiled at Sasuke, "Let's hurry then!" He shouted. He grabbed Sasuke's hand, and started running.

"H-hey!" Sasuke yelled, trying to keep up with Naruto.

Naruto and Sasuke kept running until Naruto made a sudden stop. Sasuke gazed at the building, it was a dance studio. Sasuke looked back at Naruto, who was currently looking at the ground.

"I hope you don't start making fun of me." Naruto whispered.

"Why would I?" Sasuke asked, causing Naruto to look at him. "If you want to dance than dance. I ride horses, and some look at that as a girlish sport." Sasuke said.

Naruto smiled brightly at Sasuke, "Thank you." He said, and Sasuke just shrugged.

The bell above the door jingled as Sasuke and Naruto entered the studio. Hinata, who was standing behind the desk, looked up from the book she was reading and waved at them.

"Hey Hinata!" Naruto shouted, waving back at her. "I'm going to show Sasuke some of my moves." He said.

"Okay." She said quietly. "Have fun."

Naruto walked into the dressing room to change, as Sasuke entered the dancing room to watch Naruto when he started. Naruto came out a few minutes later, and turned on the boom box.

To say that Sasuke was amazed by Naruto's dancing skills would be a lie, he was in complete awe. They way Naruto moved, and the way Naruto put emotion into his dancing was exhilarating. The way he twist and turned, was an art all on its own. Sasuke had never seen dancing as breathtaking as Naruto's.

Naruto finished off with a dazzling move, stunning Sasuke even more. Doing something very un-Sasuke like, Sasuke began to clap. It wasn't a fast beating clap, because Sasuke was still in awe. Naruto smiled brightly, laughed, and bow.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Naruto laughed out, bowing a couple more times. "Well, was I really that good?" He asked walking up to Sasuke.

Sasuke looked at Naruto as he came over, "You were better than 'good'." Sasuke said. Naruto blushed lightly, and smiled shyly.

"Thank you Sasuke." He said quietly.

The two sat in a nervous silence, both not really knowing what to say to the other. Naruto decided it was time to leave, and Sasuke agreed. Naruto got changed, and they both left the studio, waving goodbye to Hinata in the process.

As they walked outside, thunder rolled and lightening flashed across the sky. Naruto and Sasuke stood under the overhang of the studio, watching the rain fall rapidly to the ground. The chilling wind made Naruto and Sasuke shiver, though you couldn't see Sasuke shiver.

However, with Naruto being Naruto and all, he decided to make the best of this situation. "C'mon Sasuke!" Naruto laughed, pulling Sasuke into the falling storm.

"Hey! You idiot, what are you doing!" Sasuke shouted, watching Naruto dance in the rain.

"Oh, stop being so uptight Sasuke!" Naruto smiled at him. "Loosen up! Come dance with me!" Naruto yelled.

"Naruto!" Sasuke shouted, trying to catch up with the crazy blond as he ran around. "You're going to get sick!"

"Dilly dally, shilly shally." Naruto pouted, stopping as Sasuke caught up. "You're no fun Sasuke." He whined.

A bright flash of lightening, and a loud clash of thunder. Naruto jumped, surprised, right into Sasuke's wet chest. Naruto blushed, his cheeks burning, and that feeling rose up again.

Sasuke put an arm around Naruto's quivering shoulders, "C'mon Naruto let's get you home." Sasuke said.

Naruto nodded, and the two started walking through the rain to their houses. They splashed through mud, and gotten even more wet as they walked down the wet dirt road. Sasuke's house came into view, Sasuke suggested they should stop there and get warmed up.

Water droplets fell to the wooden floor, creating a gigantic puddle. Itachi walked into the room holding some business papers, he looked at the floor and then at Sasuke and Naruto. "You're cleaning that up." He informed them, and walked away. Sasuke rolled his eyes, and glared at Itachi's retreating back.

"Let's get out of these clothes. You can borrow some of mine." Sasuke said, dragging Naruto upstairs to his room.

They entered Sasuke's dark room, which was occasionally lit up by lightening. Sasuke closed his door behind him, and walked over to his dresser. He pulled out some clothing for himself and Naruto.

He tossed some clothes over to Naruto, "There is a bathroom over there." He said, pointing to another door in his room.

Naruto looked down at the clothes. There was a pair of baggy black pants, a dark blue T-shirt, a pair of ankle socks, and boxers. Naruto looked at the boxers with an inquiring look, "Ewww! Sasuke I'm not wearing your used boxers!" Naruto said.

"Then go commando for all I care." Sasuke said, taking off his shirt. He walked into the bathroom for a second to grab a towel, and came back out.

Naruto could feel that unknown emotion starting to boil again, and quickly walked into the bathroom. He came out a few minutes later, drying his hair with a towel. Sasuke was also fully dressed in dark clothes.

Naruto threw his towel into the hamper, and sat down on Sasuke's bed. Sasuke was lying down, his eyes closed, listening to his CD player. Sasuke opened one eye to look at Naruto, "You don't have to be so tense in here, you know." He said, closing his eye.

Naruto laughed, and laid down beside Sasuke. "You don't have to be closed up al the time." Naruto sighed, snuggling into the warm bed.

Sasuke just grunted in response, putting away his CD player, and laying back down. His bedroom door opened, and Shirori walked in with some hot tea. When she left Sasuke and Naruto sat in complete silence.

"Want to watch a movie?" Sasuke asked, setting his teacup on the tray. Naruto did the same as he nodded his head.

Sasuke and Naruto went downstairs into the lounge, Sasuke went to put in a movie as Naruto sat on the couch. Sasuke put in a DVD, and sat down on the couch next to Naruto. He pulled the blanket down from the back of the couch, and wrapped it around Naruto, who was shivering.

Naruto, surprised, looked at Sasuke and smiled. "Thank you Sasuke." He said. Sasuke just shrugged, and watched the movie. Naruto noticed that Sasuke would slightly shiver every now and then. Naruto opened up the blanket and draped some of it over Sasuke. Sasuke just looked over at Naruto and then back at the TV screen.

During the movie, Naruto fell into a light slumber. He was now leaning on Sasuke's side, breathing lightly. Sasuke just laid his head on Naruto's, feeling a little sleepy himself. However, they were both awakened as Shiori came into the room, shaking them awake.

"Naruto, Iruka's here for you." She said softly. Naruto just nodded, and sleepily got up.

"Bye Sasuke." He whispered tiredly, and than yawned. Sasuke just grunted a sleepy reply and fell back onto the couch.

Naruto shuffled out into the hall where Iruka was currently standing. He went up to Iruka, and leaned on him, still a bit tired. Iruka smiled down at Naruto, bent down, allowing Naruto to climb onto his back. Shiori smiled at the two, and opened the door for them.

Iruka walked back down to their house, Naruto snoozing lightly on his back. On their back porch was Kakashi and Koryu, sitting on the steps. Iruka walked up to them, letting Kakashi take Naruto off his back and carry him inside.

They placed Naruto on his bed, Iruka tucked him in. Iruka smiled softly at the snoozing boy, and kissed his forehead. Then he and Kakashi walked back downstairs, talking quietly. Koryu jumped onto the bed, and snuggled next to Naruto's head.

When the sun rose the next morning, Naruto woke groggily. He didn't want to get out of bed, but the sunlight kept him awake. With a groan, Naruto slowly got up and went into the bathroom.

He came out a few minutes later, a fluffy white towel tied around his waist. He yawned as he searched through his dresser for clothes. He pulled out some articles of clothing; blue jean shorts, boxers, a red shirt, and white ankle socks.

Naruto, followed by a yipping Koryu, scuffled downstairs and into his kitchen. Iruka was standing at the stove stirring a pot of oatmeal, Kakashi sat at the table reading the newspaper. Naruto greeted them both good morning as he sat down at the table, acroos from Kakashi.

Naruto looked up at Kakashi, as Iruka placed a bowl of steaming oatmeal in front of him (Naruto). "Why are you constantly here?" He asked, digging into his oatmeal.

Kakashi just smiled, "I can't stand to be away from my Ruru!" He exclaimed, tugging Iruka, who was placing a bowl down on the table, and hugged Iruka. Iruka was startled, and split some oatmeal on the floor; which was licked at greedily by Koryu.

Naruto raised an eyebrow, 'Ruru?'. He went back to eating his breakfast, slowly. When he finished, he cleaned out his bowl and stated that he was going to visit Sasuke.

"Well, I'm going to go see Sasuke, Iruka. See you both later!" He said, waving as he walked out the door.

Naruto stuck his hands in his pockets, and walked over the bridge to Sasuke's house. He started whistling halfway there, taking in the familiar surroundings. He walked up the stairs to the porch, and knocked on the door.

The door was opened by Shiori, "Good morning Naruto." She greeted, letting Naruto into the hall. "I guess you're here to see Sasuke, he is in his room." She said, patting Naruto on the head.

"Thank you." Naruto said, bowing slightly. He ran upstairs, and down the hall towards Sasuke's room. Naruto knocked quietly on the door, and when he got no answer, he tip-toed in.

Naruto walked over to the bed, noticing a lump on it. Naruto gazed at a slumbering Sasuke, who looked so peaceful and calm when sleeping. Naruto unconsciously brushed back one of Sasuke's black bangs from his face, tucking it behind Sasuke's ear.

"Sasuke," Naruto whispered, "it's time to get up." He said. Sasuke groaned, and rolled onto his back. Naruto noticed that Sasuke didn't look so good. He was paler than he usually was, and his cheeks were slightly red.

Naruto frowned and placed his hand on Sasuke's forehead. It was burning! "Oh no Sasuke!" Naruto gushed. He ran into the connected bathroom, and brought out a cold wet washcloth. He placed the washcloth on Sasuke's sweat sleek forehead.

Naruto walked out of the room, he rushed downstairs, and crashed right into Itachi's chest. Naruto looked up at Itachi's serious face. "Itachi Sir…um…I believe Sasuke is sick." Naruto managed to get the statement out.

"Is he now? Go tell Shiori, she'll know what to do. She's in the kitchen." With that Itachi went upstairs, and disappeared into the dark hallway.

Naruto jogged into the kitchen, Shiori was at the stove making stew. She looked over her shoulder at the panting Naruto, "Is something the matter?" She asked.

Naruto nodded his head frantically, "Yes, I think Sasuke is sick."

Shiori let go of the spoon she was using to stir, "Oh my! This is the first time in a while that he has been sick." She quickly walked towards a kitchen cabinet, that was full of medicine. She took out a bottle of purple liquid medicine, and a silver spoon.

"Naruto would you do me a favor, and give Sasuke two spoonfuls of this?" She asked. Naruto nodded his head and took the objects from Shiori. "Thank you Dear. Be sure to get me if seems to get any worse." Naruto nodded again, and ran upstairs.

Naruto was about to enter Sasuke's room, when Itachi walked out. Naruto eyes followed Itachi's form as he walked down the hall. Itachi stopped or a moment, "I put a bowl of cold water in there, be sure to rewet the washcloth after a while." With saying that Itachi walked downstairs.

Naruto walked back into Sasuke's room, to find Sasuke sitting up with his back supported by pillows. Naruto felt Sasuke's eyes on him as he walked towards the bed with his head down, eyes finding the floor interesting.

"Why are you upset?" Naruto heard Sasuke ask.

Naruto sat on the bed with his back towards Sasuke, "I got you sick. I made you go out into the rain." Naruto whispered.

"You can't control if people get sick or not." Sasuke said. "You were also out in the rain and you're not sick. Things like this just can't be help." He continued.

Naruto smiled sheepishly, "Okay, but I'm still sorry." Sasuke just shrugged in response. "Now," Naruto clapped his hands together, "it's time to take your medicine!" He exclaimed, holding out the medicine bottle and spoon.

Naruto poured some medicine into the spoon, and handed it to Sasuke. Sasuke, not being one to complain, took the medicine like it was nothing. "Eww. Sasuke you must not have taste buds if you don't think that medicine taste gross!" Naruto stuck his tongue out in disgust, he hated medicine.

Sasuke just shrugged, and poured himself another spoonful. "There are probably far worse tasting things." Sasuke said, gulping the medicine down. Sasuke then looked at the bottle, "Uh. This stuff will make me drowsy." He said, laying back against the pillows.

Naruto laid next to him, "That's okay. You need your rest." He said, ringing the excess water out of the washcloth that was drifting in the cool water. He dabbed Sasuke's sweaty face, as Sasuke was beginning to fall asleep.

At one point during the evening, Shiori came up with some supper for Naruto and Sasuke. Naruto woke Sasuke up, and they ate in silence. After finishing his meal, Sasuke started to drift back into sleep. Naruto felt tired too, and also began to fall asleep. He fell back onto the pillow, unconsciously snuggled up to Sasuke for warmth, and fell into a peaceful sleep.

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Wheeeee! I'm done with this chapter! Yay! I get to work on the fifth! I would like to thank my reviewers for doing what you do best…reviewing! Though, I didn't get many new reviews… Anyway, I love you all! Therefore, you are all invited to the slumber party Itachi and I are holding.

We are going to do manicure and pedicures on each other. We're also going to do hair and makeup, even though I'm not a big makeup fan. I have DDR, so we'll play that, and we'll do Karaoke! ( I'm trying to get Itachi to sing the Sweet Transvestite song from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Hehehe)

Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review. I still want to know if there are any boys reading this. Bye Bye. Until next chapter! Love you!