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Roommates

The First Christmas

Their first Christmas together as roommates had been really nice. They had all been satisfied with their presents, they had gotten a little bit tipsy and Akamaru had still been a puppy that Naruto and Kiba had been forced to take out on small walks the entire evening.

They had all celebrated it together, having decided that early. Shikamaru, Kiba and Gaara had been with their families the day before and had come back with presents for them all. Naruto had followed Sasuke to the Uchiha District and celebrated - in a very calm (boring) way - with Sasuke's entire clan.

Naruto and Sasuke were currently walking toward the big mansion from having taken the cab to the gates. Naruto liked most of Sasuke's family, though he wasn't so sure if Sasuke did.

"We can still make a run for it," Sasuke said after Naruto had rung the doorbell. "We'll just say we couldn't get a cab. Please, baby?"

"They would have sent you a freaking' jet, Sasuke, stop it." Naruto rolled his eyes, and put on a smile when the door was opened by one of Sasuke's little cousins.

"Aunt Mikoto!" The boy yelled over his shoulder. "It's Sasuke and Barbie!"

Sasuke huffed. The boy looked up again, narrowing his eyes and glared at his elder cousin. Sasuke glared back until his mother appeared behind his little cousin with a smile on her face.

"Hello, darling. Hello, Naru-chan."

Naruto scrunched his nose at the nickname, but said nothing. Sasuke smirked. Mikoto stepped aside and let them in.

"It sure is snowing. It's very beautiful." She said, smiling and waiting for them to hang off their jackets. She continued and walked toward the dining room, the males following her. "It's too bad my garden-"

"It's Barbie!" Three girls and two boys, all younger than twelve, ran up to them, not caring that they had interrupted their aunt. They ignored Sasuke as they tried all to hug Naruto. Sasuke scowled, wanting both Naruto to himself and at least a little of the attention.

Naruto, however, looked ready to kill the man who had come up with his nickname. It was even worse than 'Naru-chan', and when used by little kids, Naruto felt very stupid.

He didn't even look like a Barbie doll! It was because he had blonde hair, blue eyes and tanned skin, Kisame - the inventor of the lovely nickname - had said.

"Barbie, Barbie, check this out! I got these from Uncle Fu!" A little girl held up a pair of earrings. Naruto was pretty sure Fugaku had only made someone buy presents for the clan.

"How lovely!" Naruto crouched, so he came in eye level with the girl. "They really are beautiful. Suits you, ne?"

The girl blushed, and ran away to her uncle Fu to tell him what Sasuke's boyfriend had told her about her new present. Sasuke rolled his eyes. Naruto pinched his arm when he stood up, making his lover grimace.

"Ah, I thought someone yelled 'Barbie'."

They turned around to face Itachi and Kisame. Kisame was grinning madly, looking ready to eat one of the kids instead of the food that was placed on the long table.

"It's your fault, you know. I hate that name," Naruto said to the much taller man. Kisame's grin only widened. Itachi kept glancing at Sasuke curiously.

Naruto started talk with Kisame happily, once in a while getting interrupted by a Uchiha child that wanted to show him something or say something.

Itachi continued to watch his little brother, who was staring at Naruto, looking as if he wasn't thinking at all. Sasuke had his hand in the small of Naruto's back, his fingers something tickling Naruto and making the blonde let out a cute little mewl in the middle of the words and glare at Sasuke.

Sasuke smirked when Naruto made those sounds, which Itachi found a bit ... disturbing.

Fugaku walked up to them, snapping Itachi out of his musings.

"Sasuke. Naruto." The man said, looking down on them. He was almost a head shorter than Kisame, and yet he pulled off looking like the boss in the giant's presence. "How nice that you could make it."

"Of course, sir," Naruto smiled.

Fugaku gave a vague smile, before glancing at his youngest son. He frowned when Sasuke did nothing to meet his gaze. "Are you feeling alright, Sasuke?"

They all looked at Sasuke, who nodded and gave a glare Itachi's way just for good measure. Itachi smirked back, knowing that Sasuke was perfectly fine, maybe a bit tired from last night's activities with Naruto.

UAUAUA

Gaara was trying not to smile as Lee made a stupid dance in the living room. Instead of going to the Sabaku Compound, he had invited his two older siblings and Lee to the apartment.

Temari, his older sister, was already laughing at her youngest brother's boyfriend's dance. Kankuro, his older brother, was amused by the dance too. Though he wasn't laughing openly. The present he had gotten from Temari, purple body paint, had made him a little cranky.

UAUAUA

Kiba was yelling at his older sister, Hana, for giving him a package of condoms and having said something about Hyuuga girls.

Tsume, his mother, was shaking her head at their childish antics. She didn't say that she had also bought him a package of condoms that was just waiting for him in the next present.

UAUAUA

Shikamaru snorted as he won the second game of shogi against his father. His father, Shikaku, grimaced and muttered something about 'troublesome sons' and set the game once more.

He was determined to win at least once against his son before Shikamaru had to go home.

To Be Continued

Next Chapter: Epilogue

Lemon: Naruto's present to Sasuke.