A/N Yesh, it's a bit short. Bear with me. R&R!

58 mis-si-si-ppi, 59 mis-si-si-ppi, 60 mis-si-si-ppi. Naruto uncrossed his arms and placed them behind his head. That made twenty minutes. Twenty minutes so far. Twenty minutes that were spent in silence. That was twenty minutes in the ride of four-hundred and twenty minutes in all. Are we even on the main highway, yet? Naruto looked past Sasuke and out the window. Barely. He turned back to staring forward and crossing his arms. I'm hungry, when's the pit stop?

"Hey, Sasuke, when's our first stop?." Naruto waited for a reply. Fine, be that way. Naruto was about to reach over and poke Sasuke when he realized that he was still listening to music. Oh. Well…what now? Naruto leaned his head against the back of his seat and closed his eyes. Sleep.

Naruto regained consciousness as he felt the bus slowing down. Warm, so warm.. He was so comfortable that he didn't wish to open his eyes, but he figured that he should when he heard and felt the flash of a camera go off. He opened one eye, and then the other, but all he saw was darkness. Am I dreaming? I really thought I opened my eyes..Naruto then closed his eyes and opened them again, receiving the safe effect as before. Then it hit him. The same way that a bus does when you're standing in the middle of the street. Uh-oh. Casting his senses around, he realized that the warm feeling on his head must have been Sasuke's head on top of his.Naruto lifted his head up carefully and realized that the darkness that he was staring into was Sasuke's shoulder. Shit, shit, shit. Naruto quickly looked around for whoever took the picture, but found no one. In the seat in front of him, Kiba was asleep, and he couldn't exactly tell what Shino was doing, via the sunglasses. After examining the scene in front of him, he realized that he hadn't seen if Sasuke had been awake or not. He slowly peeked back to Sasuke, but couldn't see whether Sasuke was dreaming or in reality; his damn hair is covering his eyes!. Naruto continued to look at Sasuke and then laughed a little inside. His head was leaning far to the right, where Naruto's head had been seconds before. Naruto sighed a breath of relief. He's asleep.

Seconds later, the packed bus pulled into a small convenience station to allow the band to both empty and fill up. Kakashi was explaining what was going to take place as Sasuke woke up. Play it stealthy, Naruto. Sasuke sat up a bit and looked at Naruto, and then at Kakashi up at the front of the bus. You're a ninja, Uzamaki, you're a ninja.

"That's about it. You guys have around fifteen minutes to take a leak, buy some junkies, and get back on this bus. See you then." With that, Kakashi walked off of the bus, shortly followed by Chouji, Lee, Gaara, and the others. Naruto stood up and followed the line, with Sasuke behind him. Whilst everyone else in the group was talking, Naruto and Sasuke kept in silence as they walked into the gas station. Naruto looked back at Sasuke. He doesn't look particularly pissed off. Still, he had to wonder. When did I fall asleep on Sasuke, and did he sleep on me willingly, or accidentally?

Naruto pushed through the doors of the small building and stepped onto the 'little mats that soak up snow and water from when people drag it in on their shoes.' Not really sure what he wanted to eat, he just shuffled around the store for a couple minutes, wandering around. Naruto saw a clock on the wall, and measured the time. I was asleep on Sasuke's shoulder for TWO HOURS! Naruto tried to hold back a scream, and continued walking.

After five minutes of wondering aimlessly around the store, Naruto decided to settle upon a drink and pre-made sandwich. It was simple, but it worked. Naruto walked down an aisle, heading towards the cash register. I don't think I'm very hungry anymore, anyway. Eager to just get back onto the bus, he turned the corner abruptly, running smack into the back of what looked like Sasuke, knocking down both of them.

"Sorry", he managed to mutter, before scrambling to find his stuff and suppress the irritating warm feeling that had picked such a great moment to show up upon his cheeks, Naruto thought, at the same time. He looked around for his drink, but didn't find it.

"Hey, are you looking for this?", Sasuke asked as he interrupted Naruto's panicking. Naruto took his eyes off of the ground, peering up at Sasuke, who had stood up already. –And was holding his bottle of water, that Naruto suddenly felt very much like drinking. Naruto picked himself up from the ground, and stood up straight. Remember, you're a ninja…right?

Naruto was about to open his mouth and say something when Sasuke just gave him an odd look and handed him his water. Smooth, freak him out, why don't you? Sasuke then walked out of the store, having bought his necessities already. Naruto stood in line behind Shikamaru, who looked almost as keen to get back onto the bus as Naruto felt. In front of Shikamaru, Neji was finishing up with paying for whatever he bought. Next…

Naruto remained silent while Shikamaru was up front. He nervously tapped his fingers against the water bottle, more out of habit, than anything. What's going on with me? The lady at the front counter rang Shikamaru's second item. This is Sasuke. The guy I practice with all the time, the guy that always seems to be a step ahead, somehow. Why am I suddenly getting all nervous around him? Shikamaru, having paid and all that other stuff, took himself back to the bus.

"Did you find everything you needed?", the minimum wage paid woman asked Naruto, being the second person to interrupt his thoughts that day.

"Oh, yeah. Sure."

"Oh, that's great!". She scanned his sandwich. Slowly. "Wow, I love these sandwiches, they're great, huh? I had one this morning and-oh, and you got water, too? Man, you're pretty healthy! Did you see the young man with the red marks on his cheeks? He just got a bunch of jerky-that's not healthy, you know?-but you seem to be eating right, like my boys, my boys always eat well. Good for you, I'm glad th-."

Naruto, annoyed enough to actually say something, interrupted "Yeah, thanks. Our bus is leaving now, bye!".-And with that said, he grabbed his receipt, bag, and got himself out of the small gas station as fast as his feet would carry him. Since he was the last person out, his bus probably was going to leave soon, so he kept up the pace in which he had been walking in before. Naruto walked over to the side of the building, glad to see that the bus was still there. In fact, most of the bus's occupants were busy using the remainders of last winter's snow for entertainment purposes. Entertainment purposes being snowballs and white washes. Naruto looked at the scene as he was reaching it, and winced. Ouch. Courtesy of Kiba,Lee's going to be picking dirty snow out of his pants for a while. He surveyed the area, relieved to find Sasuke leaning against a wall with Shikamaru, Neji, and Shino. If I get the window seat, I don't have to worry about falling asleep on Sasuke. Problem solved! Naruto reached the bus, managing to avoid the heaps of snow and invites being thrown at him by Kankuro, Kiba, Lee, and Chouji. Smiling, Naruto stepped onto the bus, passing Gaara, whom was sitting in his seat, staring at the situation that Naruto had just avoided. He gave Gaara a slight nod, and proceeded to the back of the bus.

Sitting down, Naruto opened his sandwich and began to eat. He looked out of the window on the other side of the bus, watching the snowball fight start to die down. He was mainly watching Kiba, but out of the corner of his vision, he could still see Sasuke, leaning against the wall holding his plastic bag of whatever he bought. Naruto crumbled up the sandwich wrapper, having taken the last bite. I don't know what happened back in the store, or on the bus, but I'm fine now. No more Sasuke, because for now it's all about me. Naruto set his bag on the ground, and reached into his pocket for his small but working mp3 player. He clicked onto his favorite playlist, where the majority of the songs were filled with famous trumpet solos. He allowed himself to slouch back into the bus seat, and turned his head towards the window on his side of the bus, listening intently.

Minutes passed, filled with the entering of the rest of the group, burps that interrupted Naruto's airwaves, and the slight move of the seat as Sasuke sat beside him. Naruto continued looking out of the window as the bus started up, and then watched as the scenery passed. He then crossed his arms. It'll be a cold day in hell when I let something like this stop me from getting what I want.

A/N Wittle Naweeto is in denial, isn't he? nods I'm sorry that this chappie is so short and pathetic, I've been busy, but I wanted to atleast get something out for the world to read. (that, and I bit of writers block.. . ) With that, I'll be back with the next one…annd…er…bye!

--And pleeeasse Read and Rate! I appreciate it bunches! Give me your thoughts. If you thought Naruto was a whining little bitch, tell me.