Our Slushie Swished Disclaimer: Eating is really quite nice, like onigri which is some rice, but down to the thing, we own not a ring, so time to eat a cake slice.

The Coffee and Cocoa Swirled Authoress Note: Bonjour everyone, we're so very sorry for our late update but we have both been supremely busy…still we really hope you enjoy the chapter!!! Much love to all our faithful reviewers.

With Grace,

Peppermint and Sugar

Chapter 6 Sasuke Is Sick?

Sasuke traveled down a long hallway, the blue carpet soft under his feet. He came upon a door with the engraving of a raven on it, and rolled his eyes at the connection as he pulled a key out of the attached envelope on the paper. He unlocked the door, opening it to reveal a large room with a navy blue canopy bed, and bright turquoise stone decorating much of the walls and furniture. There was a large window at the north end of the room, which Sasuke approached.

Looking outside, he was taken by a moonlit scene. A glittering lake lay below, swans gliding across it, making their way toward their nest. Trees dotted the outline of the water, sakura blossoms sending their petals down to float upon the water's surface adding to the beauty of the scene. A full moon was reflected on the water, adding a sense of mystery. "Since when did it get so late?" Sasuke wondered aloud to himself.

Before he could continue his train of thought the sound of someone running snapped him from his thoughts. Turning around he watched as Naruto burst into his room, large smile in place. The blonde went to take a few steps but soon found himself falling as he somehow managed trip over the carpet. Without thinking Sauke rushed forward and managed to catch the blonde under the arms, but with the added weight and loose grip on the carpet, he found himself falling backwards and landing on his back, with Naruto flush against his chest.

Landing hard on the carpet pushed much of the air Sasuke had been breathing out of him, and the raven had to breathe harshly to catch his breath. "D-Dobe... you're heavy." Sasuke wheezed, trying to muster the strength and willpower to get up. Letting his head rest on the carpet, he waited for the blonde to get off of him, while trying to use the darkness and his bangs to conceal the enormous blush he knew had accumulated on his cheeks from the close contact with the other boy.

Naruto lifted his head from Sauske's chest; he blinked confused for a few seconds before quickly sitting up unknowingly making the position worse for Sasuke as he was now sitting practically in the ravens lap. He gave a sheepish smile. "Sorry, Sasuke…still you didn't have to catch me."

Sasuke didn't answer, he was sure he was going to get a nosebleed sometime soon, and he knew that no matter what he did now, his blush was entirely noticeable. Sasuke tried to reach up to push the blonde off, but only succeeded in half-raising his arms before they fell back to the ground. "Gerooff..." Sasuke said incoherently, suddenly very tired.

Naruto blinked at Sasuke's mumbled words and weak attempt at pushing him off. Leaning down he stopped inches from Sasuke's face, but was annoyed to find it half hidden by his bangs. Pouting Naruto lent down and brushed Sasuke's bangs away from his face. Sasuke's eyes widened and his blush deepened. "Ne Sasuke are you sick? You're really red?"

Sasuke, not really thinking clearly and therefore reverting to his childlike ways, slapped his hands over his face, mumbling, "I'm fine."... Apparently he had slapped a little too hard. "Ouch." Sasuke removed his hands from his face, his eyes watering from the self induced slap.

Naruto's eyes widened and he put his hand on Sasuke's forehead making the raven's blush deepen. "Sauske, you're attacking yourself, you must be delusional that means you really are sick!" Sasuke blinked and opened his mouth but before he could get a word out he was being picked up and placed on the bed, Naruto hovering over him, worry clear on his face.

"Naruto Baka I'm fine!" Sasuke cried, trying to break free of Naruto's grasp. But the blonde, concerned that Sasuke would begin attacking himself again, held fast. Sasuke, deciding normal tactics weren't going to get the blonde off of him, was pulling out the big guns. Using a technique that had never failed him as a child, Sasuke almost undetectably stuck his bottom lip out, widened his eyes, JUST a fraction, and tilted his head just a degree to the side. "Naruto, please let me up?" Sasuke felt extremely degraded by doing this, but he was too deep into the risk of some, 'cough' thing, becoming a little- no, BIG problem...

When Naruto saw Sasuke pout his eyes widened and his jaw dropped. Managing to compose himself he stuttered out. "S-S-Sasuke….You're…you're…pouting!" Before Sasuke could answer, or stop his pout Naruto had jumped onto the bed and was leaning over him, looking at his face that was slowly turning red again. "Ne Sasuke….you must have a fever."

His eyes widened as he looked down at Sasuke's chest. "Your hot….you need to get colder." Grabbing the Raven he pulled him up carefully and with one movement pulled off his shirt, throwing it to the side of the room.

That was enough. Sasuke rolled away from Naruto, trying to stand. He was using the side table for a support, making his way over to the window; he leaned heavily on the glass, looking out at the lake. "Really Naruto, I'm fine." Sasuke couldn't take anymore close contact from the boy without doing something stupid. "I think you should leave."

Naruto expression turned annoyed. "Sasuke-Teme, stop moving around, it'll make you worse." Getting off the bed he hurried over to Sasuke and had just managed to touch his shoulder when the raven flinched away. Frowning Naruto put his hands on his hips and was about to argue when he saw the defiant glare Sasuke was giving. Sighing, he decided to stop fighting with Sasuke, he was 'sick' after all. "Fine, I'll go find Kazuhiko-San then. Just take it easy Sasuke." He turned and started heading for the door.

'Kazuhiko?!' Was Sasuke's only thought as he reached out for the blonde's shoulder. "W-wait." Sasuke blushed slightly at his own idiocy, pulling his hand back from Naruto. "You... you don't have to leave, I'm not sick though, okay? I promise. Why did you come here in the first place, Dobe?"

Naruto gave a small glare. "Do you know how much pain I'll be in if I don't get you back done to Kakashi-Sensei and Sakura-Chan soon?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow in question causing Naruto to throw his hands up in the air. "Why do I even bother? Stupid Teme and his…his stupidness. I can't believe I have to kiss this guy." Turning back to Sasuke he said "Do you understand we may be traumatized for life!" Sasuke gave him a confused and wide eyed look making Naruto blush lightly. "I'm not making any sense am I?"

Sasuke looked at the distressed boy with a confused look. "No, you're not and why would you be in pain? I'm not stupid, and I'm probably better at dealing with traumatizing situations than you are, so I'll be fine." What Sasuke was really wondering was if Naruto really found him that repulsive, and what the best torture methods were to use on Kakashi-sensei if he did in fact hurt Naruto.

Noticing Sasuke's distant look Naruto moved closer until their faces were inches away, similar to that day back in the academy, only this time there was no one to bump him forward. Standing as close as he was to Sasuke's he could see the others emotions as they flicked through his eyes. He vaguely wondered if he could get what ever Sasuke had by being this close to him

Sasuke inhaled sharply, staring into Naruto's hypnotic eyes. His heart fluttered at their closeness, he could feel the other boy's breath on his face, savoring the scent. He smelled like peppermint, and suddenly Sasuke had an irresistible desire to find out if he tasted the same way.

Summoning all of his courage, Sasuke inched closer to the boy. They were barely a centimeter apart when suddenly the blonde was yanked away from him, breaking Sasuke out of his trance and causing the raven to blush and look swiftly away. He vaguely wondered how stupid he could get, and profusely thanked whatever higher power had chosen to spare him humiliation just then.

Whipping around Naruto's eyes widened as he looked into Nyoko's face. "What are you." He began but was cut off when Nyoko glared. "You stupid baka, you do realize that your perverted sensei is looking for you, something about you stealing his orange book." Naruto's eyebrows knitted together. "What? But I didn't…" He trailed off as Nyoko pushed said book into his hands. "Now you have. So if I were you I'd get running, I hear he has a tracking device in that."

Naruto looked down at the book with horror before turning back to Nyoko. "I'll get you back for this. Mark my words!" She just grinned as Naruto ran out of the room, probably to go hide the book. When she could no longer hear his footsteps she turned to Sasuke and crossed her arms. "Soooooo, you like Naruto? How about you give me three good reasons why I shouldn't tell him that you were trying to kiss him just then."

Our Lemonade Dunked Author's Note: Well what do you think? We're evil we know but at least the plot is developing into a hair pulling 'OMG not that' kinda story right? Still we'll try and update soon….oh and our story 'It Starts With An Ipod' will have a sequel out soon. SasuNaru will be mentioned but it will be focusing on another pairing…who the pairing is…well that will be up to you to find out. Well anyway thanks for reading, we would love a review. It would help us update quicker. Thanks again.

With Grace,

Peppermint and Sugat