A/N: Hi, that's all I could think of to say, so hi.

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Enjoy.

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Everything was normal. Sasuke didn't notice that his folder was touched, nor did Naruto tell him he looked inside. Sasuke was wary of his master touching his folder, but Naruto just smiled. The next couple of days flew by as Naruto continued teaching Sasuke. But the only thing that was on Naruto's mind was Sasuke. He looked forward to coming home and seeing Sasuke run up to him, proudly showing off what he did. It always made his mood better. Sometimes Sasuke would smile or he would get all flustered. It all depended.

Naruto subconsciously started getting closer to the kit. He would make contact with him whenever possible without making it seem excessive. Sasuke, although being oblivious, he enjoyed the attention he got. He started to smile more and for the first time, he enjoyed being with his master. But that didn't mean he let his guard down. He still had that little doubt that Naruto was just playing with him. Making him trust his master, only to be put down. But he wanted to make the most of it.

Time flew by and before they knew it, it was already the weekend. Sasuke was happy that Naruto didn't have to leave early. He lightly pounced on him to wake him up.

"Ngh..Sasuke what are you doing up so early." Naruto turned his back to Sasuke, wanting to sleep more.

Sasuke pouted. He wanted to learn more and was hoping his master could teach him for longer since it was the weekend. He draped his arms over the blonde and placed his chin on his master's side. He sulked until he heard his master speak.

"Sasuke, you're heavy..if you want food go downstairs. Sakura will make you something."

Sasuke shook his head, unseen to the blonde. Sasuke started climbing on top of him. He laid right on top of him, stomach down. He tried moving around to bother the blonde awake, but Naruto chose to ignore him. Sasuke then took it up a notch.

He started mewling.

He let little mewls escape his mouth. He knew that his master would at least react to this. This did catch Naruto's attention.

"Argh..! You little..!" Naruto grabbed Sasuke and brought the startled kit down next to him.

"Just shut up for a little bit. I'm really tired from teaching you so at least let me sleep."

Naruto hugged Sasuke to his chest. Sasuke felt guilty for trying to wake his master up. He also felt dejected that he told him to shut up, but that was until Naruto opened his mouth again.

"God, why do you have to be so cute though." He mumbled.

Naruto continued to hug Sasuke until he fell back to sleep.

Sasuke was facing his master's chest, and he felt heat creep up on his face. Now he was embarrassed. He was glad his master was already asleep so he couldn't see his pink face. Sasuke couldn't sleep anymore, so he just laid there. He listened to the breathe of his master, and he enjoyed the steady heartbeat he could hear.

All of that was destroyed when Naruto started to snore. Sasuke couldn't handle it since it was directed right to his ear. His ear kept flicking around and twitching. He gave an small 'hmph' and slipped out of his master's hold and stood up on the ground. He stared at his master a little annoyed. He quickly and lightly smacked his master's side with both of his hands repeatedly.

"Huh..?" Naruto slightly woke up, not knowing what was happening.

Sasuke scampered out of the room and down the stairs. He accidentally ran into Ino on the way.

"Ow!"

Sasuke stood there dumbfounded. Ino looked up and saw Sasuke.

"Oh hey cutie."

Sasuke sent apologetic looks to her.

"Oh I'm fine! You just startled me. What're you looking for? Are you hungry?"

Sasuke wasn't really looking for anything nor was he really hungry, but he nodded anyways. Ino handed him over to Sakura, who said that she would cut him some fruit. Sasuke waited patiently on the little cushion on the ground in front of his table. After finding out that Sasuke just refused to sit on the chairs to eat, they set up a small table next to the kitchen table. That way Sasuke would be in the same room, but he would just be on the floor.

Sakura gave the plate of fruits to Sasuke. He started to messily grab at the peeled fruit before Sakura lightly scolded him to not use his hands and that she would give him a fork. He started munching on the fruits when he heard his master drag his feet down the stairs.

"Morning." Naruto yawned.

"Oh good morning Naruto, do you want some fruit? I already gave Sasuke some."

"Hm?" He looked down to see Sasuke not looking at him and eating the fruit. "Sure I'll have some."

Naruto sat down and Sakura gave him fruit as well. He said his thanks and started eating.

"I had some weird dream," he started, "that some cat started jumping on me. It wouldn't leave me alone since it started to mewl. It was cute though." Naruto was still tired, so he just said whatever was on his mind.

"Are you sure that wasn't Sasuke?" Sakura laughed.

"Eh?" Naruto looked at Sasuke, who was apparently staring at him.

When their eyes met, Sasuke turned away, blatantly ignoring him.

"Damn it..!" Naruto remembered that it really was Sasuke, and he missed that perfect opportunity to properly hear his little mewls since he was half asleep.

Naruto went up to Sasuke and sat down on the floor next to him.

"I was mean, wasn't I."

Sasuke continued to ignore him.

"If I recall correctly, I even told you to shut up."

Sakura tsked.

"But your mewls were just too cute Sasuke. You even tried waking me up and tried getting my attention." Naruto was grinning. "You're so fuckin cute Sasuke."

Is he even in his right mind. Sakura was listening to Naruto talk.

Sasuke continued to eat the fruit.

"Aw don't be like that Sasuke." Naruto nudged him. He was a little too happy for his own good.

Sasuke kept eating, but he realized that was his last piece of fruit. He just stared at his empty plate.

"Oh? You ran out of fruit, what're gunna do now?"

Naruto stared at the kit, waiting for any type of response.

Sasuke got up, and Naruto watched. Sasuke went to the kitchen table and picked up the fruit that Sakura gave Naruto. He took it with him and sat back down on his cushion next to Naruto. He began to eat his master's food with a slight pout.

"You're just too much." Naruto laughed.

Sasuke didn't know what to do or how to act. He simply sat there munching on the fruit, thinking. Luckily the doorbell rang and Naruto got up to answer it.

Sasuke followed his master out of curiosity. When he saw who it was, he froze.

Maybe he wasn't so lucky.

He totally forgot about his master's friend and that dog coming over. He quickly spun around to scamper off, but he was grabbed by the arms of his master.

"Don't you dare go running off." Naruto grinned. "You promised me, so you have to keep that promise."

Sasuke's ears fell as he watched Naruto and Kiba exchange greetings, and Naruto welcoming them in. Naruto was still gripping Sasuke with his arms. It started feeling painful to Sasuke. He started to squirm, trying to get comfortable.

Naruto told KIba to have Akamaru stand couple feet away, in front of Sasuke. When they were in place, Naruto spoke.

"Sasuke, do you trust me?"

Sasuke looked up at his master, still in his grasp.

"Do you trust me when I say Akamaru won't do anything to you?"

Could he trust him? Here he was, meeting one of his fears, expecting to become friends with it? Sasuke bit his lip, but he nodded.

He trusted him.

Naruto loosened the grip on Sasuke, much to his relief.

"Akamaru, behave." Kiba said.

Akamaru's tail was wagging, waiting to go to Sasuke.

"Come here Akamaru." Naruto beckoned.

Akamaru trotted over happily, but Sasuke stiffened and tried backing away. Akamaru got distracted and started to smell underneath Sasuke's sweater, causing Sasuke to yelp and pull his clothing down.

"Akamaru!" Kiba yelled, making Akamaru whine.

Naruto decided to sit down with Sasuke on his lap. He called over Akamaru and started petting his head. Akamaru leaned in the touched, liking the rubbing he was getting.

Sasuke was still fidgeting on his master's lap. Naruto grabbed Sasuke's hand and brought it to Akamaru's head. Sasuke resisted at first, but was met with a sharp tsk. He felt chills all over his body when he touched Akamaru's head.

"Just like you, he likes it when he's petted."

Sasuke watched Akamaru as Naruto continued to hold his hand, petting him. Sasuke calmed down when he saw Akamaru enjoying the petting. Naruto let go of Sasuke's hand, but Sasuke continued to pet Akamaru.

Naruto smiled and messed Sasuke's hair.

"See, he's not so bad."

Naruto got up, leaving Sasuke on the floor with Akamaru. Naruto and Kiba started talking about their own things.

When Akamaru moved, Sasuke flinched, but quickly calmed down when he rest his head on Sasuke's leg. Sasuke felt a rush of happiness go through him. No dog ever liked him before. Sasuke continued to pet him until he heard his master move. Both Sasuke and Akamaru perked up and followed their masters to the kitchen. Sakura cooked for them since Naruto didn't get to eat. Kiba came empty stomached saying how 'Naruto should treat him'.

Sasuke got bored since he wasn't hungry. He saw Akamaru begging for food that wasn't even out yet. He started to go upstairs, but Naruto called him.

"Sasuke where are you going? Stay here."

Sasuke sulked. He just wanted to get his paper and pencil so he could practice writing. Sasuke plopped down on his cushion and notice Akamaru came back to him. Sasuke tried to pet him like last time, but instead Akamaru wanted to play. He started bouncing back and forth in a playful manner, but Sasuke didn't know he was playing. Sasuke jumped backwards, still a little scared of him. This caused Akamaru to think Sasuke was playing with him and ran to Sasuke.

Sasuke scrambled up and started running away.

"They're at it again." Kiba told Naruto.

"Shit." Naruto mumbled, and he got up to get them.

Naruto heard both of them running around and soon he heard things crashing.

"Sasuke! Akamaru! You better stop this!" Naruto yelled. Kiba on the other hand was laughing.

Naruto saw Sasuke come flying around the corner.

"Sasuke!"

Sasuke didn't hear a word his master said. He ran straight to him and jumped right to the blonde, almost knocking him back.

"My god Sasuke!" Luckily Naruto was able to keep his balance while half holding the kit.

Akamaru stopped in front of them panting. He started to jump, wanting to play more. This made Sasuke cling to his master even tighter. He scrambled around the blonde.

"Sasuke, he's just playing with you." Naruto sighed.

Playing? Sasuke looked at Akamaru and saw the joy through his eyes and the wagging tail.

Naruto pried Sasuke off of him and sat back down. Sasuke sat next to the blonde on the floor and rested his head on Naruto's lap. He was all of a sudden tired. Just running exhausted him. He wondered how that dog had so much energy since he went straight back to begging since they were served food.

Sasuke smelled food, and he became interested. His peeked over the table to see what it was. It looked brown and juicy.

"You want some? I didn't think you'd be hungry since you ate all that fruit." Naruto smirked.

Sasuke ignored what he said and nodded.

Naruto cut a piece of the steak he was eating and fed it to Sasuke, who liked it very much. He placed his hand on Naruto's thigh, asking for more. Naruto gave him more until Sasuke was full once again.

Kiba on the other hand was stuffing his face. He then cut a big chunk and gave it to Akamaru, who happily wolfed it down.

"Sasuke's really like a cat." Kiba pointed out.

"Yeah." Was all Naruto said.

"You seem to like him."

"Mhm." Naruto was petting Sasuke's head.

"I mean really like him." Kiba never saw Naruto actually interested in anyone.

Naruto smiled at Kiba.

"W-what. Why are you being so weird."

Naruto covered Sasuke's eyes and placed a finger on his own lips, signalling a secret.

"What!" Kiba blurted out.

Sasuke's ears perked and he moved away from his master's hand to see what was going on, but everything was normal. He was oblivious to Naruto's silent confession.

"Don't worry about it Sasuke." He smiled and messed Sasuke's hair.

"Well, I'll leave you two alone." Kiba smirked.

"You're not going to stay longer?"

"Nah, I only came cause you told me to. I also got free food, so I'm content."

"Cheap bastard."

Kiba laughed. He started to leave with Akamaru, but before they left he turned to Sasuke who came to the front door with Naruto.

"You take care of Naruto here okay?" He grinned while roughly messing Sasuke's hair.

Sasuke recoiled backwards, not liking the touch. It seemed he only liked the touch of his master's hand, why was that? And what did Kiba mean to take care of Naruto?

Sasuke looked up to his master for an answer.

"He's just rambling, don't mind him."

"Hey! Is that how you talk to your best friend?!"

"Yup." And Naruto slammed the door in Kiba's face.

"Che, bastard. Let's go Akamaru."

Akamaru barked and followed Kiba back home.

Inside, Sasuke was following his master back to the kitchen. The plates were already cleared by Sakura. Since that was done, Naruto went back upstairs. Sasuke was again following him. When they entered the bedroom Sasuke quickly went ahead and sat in front of the kotatsu. He took a sheet of paper and pencil. He tried signalling that he wanted to learn more. He gave a small excited smile to the blonde to walked towards him

Naruto definitely got the message, and decided to tease him. He didn't look at Sasuke and went straight to bed. He went under the covers and turned his back to Sasuke.

Sasuke's smile disappeared. He got up and shook his master.

"What is it Sasuke."

Sasuke pointed to the table. He went there, picked up his paper and pencil and showed it to his master.

"I'm tired Sasuke." A lie, he wasn't tired. "You woke me up early, so I want to sleep more."

Sasuke's ears fell. He was disappointed as he dragged his feet back to the table.

"I'll teach you though if you do one simple thing though." Naruto spoke.

Sasuke perked up and went over to his master, who was turned, facing Sasuke.

"First get on your knees."

Sasuke did as he was told.

"Then place your hands and chin right here." He patted the edge of the mattress.

Naruto smiled when Sasuke did as he was told.

"Then mewl just once for me." He grinned.

Sasuke immediately flushed, realizing the position he was in. He hesitated.

"Hm? Are you going to do it?"

Sasuke nibbled on his lip.

"Well if you're not going to do it, I'm going back to sleep." Naruto started to turn back around.

Sasuke panicked and let out a quick mewl.

Naruto fully turned back to face Sasuke.

"That didn't count since I wasn't facing you." He grinned.

Sasuke's blush deepened more, but this time he didn't hesitate to let out another mewl.

"Sassukkee! You're just too cute." Naruto hugged Sasuke. "I'll teach you now."

Sasuke let a smile escape his lips as he went back to the kotatsu. Naruto got up as well and sat next to Sasuke. He noticed the blush on Sasuke's face started to disappear.

True to Naruto's words, he taught Sasuke. He decided to teach him how to spell the days of the week and the months. He was surprised when Sasuke didn't even know the names of the months. He taught them the order and spelling of them all. He then showed Sasuke today's date.

"Today's July twenty second, so you write it like this." He wrote down the name of the month and the number.

"You don't need to spell out the date number, only the month."

Sasuke copied the date over and over. But Naruto noticed something oddly familiar about it. As he continued to write it, Naruto realized it. He quickly opened the drawer where he put Sasuke's papers. He was right.

"Sasuke! I have to go. I'll be back really quick, I promise. Just practice writing all those down okay?"

Sasuke didn't even know what was going on, but he nodded. And before he knew it, his master had left. He sulked a little, but decided to practice.

Naruto was downstairs.

"Sakura! I'm going out, so make sure Sasuke stays out of trouble." He yelled.

Sakura quickly came to the front where Naruto was all ready to leave.

"Sasuke's in my room, so he shouldn't even be trouble. But I'll be back."

"Oh okay." Was all Sakura was able to say before Naruto left.

About an hour passed and Naruto finally returned. Sasuke came running down the stairs with his papers to show his master.

"Wow, you did all of this?"

Sasuke proudly nodded.

"Good job Sasuke." Naruto placed what he was holding and messed Sasuke's hair.

Sasuke was glowing with pride and happiness. His attention was quickly averted to see what Naruto was holding.

"Ah, this one's for me. You can't see that." He was referring to something that was colourfully wrapped.

Sasuke pouted, but he quickly looked to what else there was.

"This is just cup ramen." He showed the big box he was holding.

He put the box of ramen in the kitchen and went back upstairs, much to Sasuke's delight. He placed the remaining thing in his closet.

They both returned to the table and Naruto continued teaching Sasuke. They went at it for several hours straight until Naruto couldn't take it anymore.

"I'm glad you're so eager to learn, but it sure tires the hell out of me." Naruto was currently laying on the floor while Sasuke continued to practice.

"Come on, let's eat something. It's already dinner time."

Sasuke didn't budge from the table.

"Do you remember? I promised we would eat fish if you did better with Akamaru, so that's what we're eating."

That's all it took for Sasuke to get up and down the stairs.

Sakura prepared their food for them. Sasuke sat on his cushion and waited at his table. Naruto decided to sit with Sasuke since he wanted to see the kit.

Sasuke was very happy when the fish was served to him. He smiled to Sakura who smiled back.

"You remember how to use chopsticks right?"

Sasuke nodded and received the chopsticks. He slightly struggled at first, but he was able to get the hang of it quicker. Both Naruto and Sasuke began to eat. Naruto made sure to watch Sasuke's expressions.

"Hey Sasuke."

Sasuke looked up at his master, mid chewing.

"Tomorrow's a very special day, so be prepared for it."

Sasuke gave a confused look, but all Naruto did was smile.

"You'll see when it comes." He messed Sasuke's hair.

Sasuke was curious now.

What could it be?