A/N: I am so sorry guys; I'm the world's most horrible slacker! I've also been drawing a few AkuRoku pictures for my niece's birthday present, which is no excuse, but I'm desperately trying to make it one. I was also having a bit of trouble trying to write this cursed chapter so bear with me. I hope you enjoy it and please review!


The New Girl Ch. 6

It's Cold.

Naruto vigorously dried his sunshine blond hair with a black, Uchiha crest embroidered cotton towel.

'Kuso, I left my clothes in the living room!' He poked his head out into the hallway and looked up and down it. Deciding it was safe; he wrapped the towel, loosely around his waist and hurried toward the couch where his bag was.

Cursing at the cool air in the room, he wrenched open his bag to grab his night clothes, and cursing again when he realized he didn't bring a change of clothes for the morning.

Grumbling as he was walking back to the bathroom, he didn't notice Sasuke as he walked out of his room and bumping into him, dropped his towel. They both blushed as their bodies briefly brushed against each other and Naruto being fully exposed, quickly covered himself with his fist full of clothes.

"Sumimasen," Sasuke apologized and kept walking down the hall.

Naruto ducked back into the bathroom and very swiftly pulled on his orange sleeve-less shirt and boxers. He opened the door and walking back down the hall he spotted Sasuke in the living room.

"Um ...I kind of uh ...forgot clothes for tomorrow, you think I could borrow some, just until I get home later?"

"Yeah, I'll get some after my shower."

'Doh! He just thought of Sasuke in the shower. Quit it, quit it, quit it, bad mind, don't think like that!' Naruto mentally slapped himself.

Sasuke had already grabbed his night clothes and was about to enter the bathroom when...

"Oh, hey thanks!" Naruto called down the hall after snapping out of his daydream.

Sasuke just laughed, "Not a problem dobe."

'Hm, I wonder what the dobe was thinking about.' Sasuke thought, shutting the large bathroom door and going over to turn on the shower. He quickly slipped out of his night clothes and slid under the hot stream of water.

"Ah, that feels so good." He quietly whispered, closing his eyes and relaxing a bit. Hot showers always feel great after being soaked by rain or what have you.

--

Naruto slammed his fists down on the glass coffee table inadvertently scaring himself.

'Damn it, why couldn't he just come out and tell Sasuke how he felt?! Oh yeah like it's an easy task going up to the teme and telling him that you want to jump his bones. I'm sure tons of people do it every day, but wait now that I think about it; girls actually do come up to him and tell him that, even some guys! But this is different; I'm not like all those other crazed fan girls/boys am I? I train with him almost every day; I stay the night at his house and could easily go spy on him in the shower… Jesus what the hell am I doing just sitting here, I should go spy on him in the shower!'

He jumped up off the couch and hurried down the hall only to stop at the bathroom door. He stared at it for a long time before sighing and walking back to slump onto the couch.

Three times he did this, making it only to just outside the bathroom door to back on the couch. He was about to sulk back to the couch when he heard a frustrated Sasuke yell,

"If you're going to fucking peek on me you better hurry up and do it!"

Blushing fiercely, Naruto returned to the couch, extremely freaked out, and a little disappointed that he hadn't just wrenched open the door and threw the shower curtain open.

'God how he really wanted to, he was just really disturbed and embarrassed that Sasuke knew the whole time what he was trying and failing to do.'

Like Naruto, Sasuke was very disappointed that the dobe didn't sneak a peek at him. All the training they had been doing was paying off and he thought that maybe if the blond saw his slick, wet body he'd jump him right then and there. He more than wanted it, he needed it and not from just anybody, it had to be Naruto. Those feelings he had for Mizuki were nothing in comparison to what he was feeling for Naruto and he didn't know why. He kept racking his brains thinking up excuses for why he was in love with Naruto he ju- wait, wait, he did not just think that. How could he love someone, a guy none-the-less that he fought with constantly? Someone so annoying that he tried so hard to ignore all these years. None of this made any damn sense; he thought he was losing his mind with confusion.

Tap Tap Tap

Naruto gently knocked on the door to the bathroom.

"Oi, did you drown in there or something?"

Sasuke jerked back to freezing water pouring over his body.

"Aaah!" He yelled at the feeling and twisted the knob, turning the ice water off. Damn he was thinking so deeply that he didn't realize that the water had turned cold.

After hearing the shout Naruto charged into the bathroom, "What happened, what's wrong?!" He asked dramatically, but froze when he saw the Uchiha stepping out of the shower.

"I-uh, I'm, er I didn't mean, it's just…" Trailing off and looking to the floor, Naruto made to leave the bathroom, but hearing Sasuke speak stopped walking.

"It's alright dobe, the water just turned cold and I wasn't really paying attention."

"Serves you right bastard, you flushed the toilet while I was in the shower!" Naruto snapped at Sasuke, angry that there wasn't anything really wrong and embarrassing himself again.

"Stupid teme," He mumbled as he left the room, shutting the door as he went.

Sasuke had to laugh; the moron is so cute when he humiliates himself, he did feel bad though for worrying him.

The brunette was drying his hair when Naruto knocked on his bedroom door and not waiting for an answer opened it and let himself in.

"That was awesome and I got it all on tape too."

"What?" Sasuke asked.

"Spying on the girls, it was fun…"

"Oh, oh yeah it was great."

"Yeah you sound real thrilled…" This was beginning to be awkward. "Well I'm going to sleep then."

"Yeah sure, me too." Sasuke murmured.

"'Kay, night teme."

"Hn. Night dobe" Sasuke smiled after the blond closed the door softly as he left to his bed on the pull out couch.

--

Lightning crashed outside and the blond nearly jumped out of his skin. He hated storms like these, but he couldn't ask Sasuke if he could sleep with him. No matter how bad he really wanted to do just that.

Sasuke had only just said good night to Naruto and had barley crawled into his enormous bed when he heard the dobe whimpering in the living room. He wanted so badly to just hold the blond in his arms until the storm past, but he knew it was out of the question. Just when he decided he was going to be depressed about the whole ordeal he heard his door squeak open.

"Sasuke, it's kind of cold in the living room, you know c-cause the storm so I, I was w-wondering if I could sleep in here?"

'Thank you Lord, for my prayers have been answered!' Sasuke thought as he scooted over in the large bed.

"Yeah sure, it's not a problem that room always gets cold during a storm."

'Muahaha now I can just blame it on the weather! No one will ever decipher the true meaning of this act! Okay maybe I am going a wee bit crazy…' The brunette thought as his best friend climbed into bed next to him.

Naruto grumbled and flopped around in the bed, "Sasuke you're taking all the blankets."

"Hn." Was the only answer the blond received from the other boy as he tugged at the blankets.

Sasuke pulled the blankets closer to him, Naruto scooted closer. Again Sasuke pulled the blankets closer to himself and again the dobe followed the blanket.

By the time they finished with the annoying shuffle, which Sasuke was greatly amused by, Naruto was flush against the brunette's side.

"It's warmer this way." Sasuke mumbled and turned so that Naruto's cheek was resting next to his chest. He could feel the heat from the other boys blush and smirked. Mission accomplished.