A/N: I ate s'mores the other day. They were good.

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"Is he okay?"

"He should be fine. He has a slight fever though… And he didn't really sleep that well last night. Kept getting nightmares…"

"I see… Should I come back later to pick him up then?"

"Yes, that's fine. I'll call you again when he wakes up…"

Naruto heard voices. Two voices. One was female, and the other was male. He, through his dreaming state, recognized the female voice as Sakura's. The other one was deeper, more monotone than most voices. His mind deciphered it as Sasuke's voice.

His eyes cracked open. Why was he feeling so dizzy right now? The first thing he saw that morning was a retreating back. Sasuke's back. Something inside of him clenched. Something made him feel awful. It was as if that boy would walk away from him and never return again. Strangely, to Naruto, it felt like he has felt this before. This feeling of being abandoned… by Sasuke…

"Sasuke!" he cried, stumbling off the couch. He ran over to the boy rather precariously and hung off his back, suddenly sobbing. He couldn't understand why he was crying. He hated him. Hated this boy. He was so mean! But why was he crying? Why was he hugging him? Why was he begging him not to leave him?

The Uchiha nearly fell back when something pulled him back. Sakura turned back and looked at them. She was leading Sasuke to the door when Naruto suddenly assaulted the boy.

"Don't leave… Don't leave, Sasuke… Please don't leave…" Naruto muttered into the boy's shoulder, wetting the fabric. He could barely stand up.

"Naruto…" Sakura said quietly, her eyebrows furrowed in worry. He shouldn't really be up right now.

Sasuke kneeled down so that Naruto wouldn't fall. He turned so that Naruto was now clutching onto the front of his shirt. Tears kept falling from the blonde's eyes. Sasuke's face became oddly gentle. "I'm not going anywhere, Naruto…" He held the boy carefully as his crying subsided and he began taking small gasps of air.

"Sasuke… Don't… go…" he murmured, exhausted all of a sudden. He fell asleep in Sasuke's arms, still muttering the boy's name.

The dark haired boy looked up at Sakura. "I'll take him home for now…"

"Ah… Please take care of him. Kyuubi should take care of his fever soon, but still…" she trailed off. Sasuke understood.

He nodded and shifted so that Naruto was on his back now. Carefully, he made Naruto's arms go around his neck and supported him with his hands on his thighs. "I know," he replied and bade her goodbye.

Sakura stood on the steps as she watched the two of them leave. She sighed. "How hard will it hit you when you finally remember, Naruto?"

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"Uh?" Naruto woke up after a while. His face was still slightly wet from his tears. He felt himself being carried again. Sasuke's scent comforted him somewhat. Even though he had only spent one day over at Sasuke's he could already remember that smell.

"Awake?" Sasuke asked in a low voice.

Around them, Naruto could hear the quiet conversations of people on the streets. That was comforting as well. The familiar chattering of the people of Konoha. "Ah…" Naruto confirmed Sasuke's question. "I feel dizzy, Sasuke…" he murmured into the boy's neck.

"You have a fever, that's why. Don't worry about it. You'll be fine tomorrow," he assured the blonde.

"I know… I've always recovered from everything in a day…"

"Do you know why?" Sasuke asked him as they walked down the street.

"Huh? What… Not… really," he replied weakly. Naruto could feel Sasuke nodding slightly.

"I see…"

"Hey, Sasuke?"

Dark eyes peeked at him from the corner of his vision. "Hm?"

"Let's go buy some… marshmallows!" Naruto's energy level peaked a bit when he suggested that.

"… Marshmallows?" Sasuke repeated to him, just to make sure that was what he said.

"Yeah… marshmallows… And graham crackers… And chocolate… Let's make something good to eat today…" his voice grew fainter and he swallowed a cough.

Naruto heard Sasuke mutter something about, "It's just because you're sick that I'm letting you buy whatever you want…"

"Hehe…" Naruto smiled and fell asleep again.

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"Dobe," Sasuke called out softly, shaking the slumbering boy's shoulder slightly.

Blue irises peeked out from heavy eyelids when Naruto awoke again. "Teme…" he said vaguely, "Don't call me that…" Naruto could have sworn he heard Sasuke chuckling.

"Here, drink some water first." He handed him a cool glass of water.

Naruto weakly held it and took a sip. He shivered as the cold liquid went down his esophagus and settled in his stomach. The blonde handed back the nearly full cup to Sasuke again. He nuzzled the back of the couch with his cheek before coughing.

The Uchiha wasn't pleased with how little he was drinking, but there was no way to force him to drink anyway… Except for one. "Dobe, I bought the stuff. Want to make s'mores now?"

Naruto became energetic all of a sudden. "Yeah!" he yelled before slumping down again. "Dizzy… Throat… hurts…"

"I know," Sasuke brushed back his hair gently. His dark eyes lingered a little too long on Naruto's face.

Why is he being so nice to me? If he's really like this, then maybe I'll actually like him better… Maybe Sakura-chan wasn't lying to me…

"I'll make them for you, okay? Then you can have some," Sasuke told him.

Naruto nodded and closed his eyes again. He couldn't remember if he fell asleep or not, but his sense of time was skewed anyway. Some time passed before he was awakened again, this time to the sweet smell of marshmallows and chocolate.

He opened his eyes when he felt the side of the couch sink down and the smell grow stronger. Sasuke was sitting next to him, holding a plate of s'mores. Naruto summoned up a grin.

"Since you have a sore throat, you really shouldn't eat too many, okay?" Sasuke warned him, holding the plate out of the boy's reach.

"Ah…" Naruto said, acknowledging the warning but not really thinking about keeping that in mind. He took one s'more when the plate was offered to him. The cracker crumbled when he took his first bite. Sasuke didn't really seem to care if crumbs got on the floor and couch.

A faint smile was on the dark haired boy's lips as he watched Naruto look more alive as he ate the sweets. Eventually, Naruto would get thirsty from eating so many marshmallows.

"Sasuke?" Naruto stopped eating his s'more when he noticed that Sasuke himself was not eating anything. "Why aren't you eating?"

There was a short silence. "I… don't enjoy eating sweets."

Naruto's face fell. "How could you not like sweets?"

Sasuke looked at him, puzzled. "I… just don't."

"Well, you're weird!" he declared, stuffing the rest of the s'more into his mouth.

"Your face is all sticky with marshmallow," Sasuke unhelpfully pointed out.

"Oh…" Naruto lifted a hand to wipe off the sticky remains.

"Eh," Sasuke called out. "Don't. That will only make it worst."

"Fine, then you clean it up for me," the blonde frowned at him and let his hand fall.

The Uchiha sighed and pulled out a tissue from the box on the table in front of the couch. "Don't move," Sasuke commanded.

Naruto nodded briefly.

Sasuke leaned over to the boy. "Okay, this won't really work…" he said after finding out that twisting his body in such a strange angle was actually painful. Sasuke stood up from the couch and stood in front of Naruto then leaned down again, tissue in hand.

The tissue hovered over Naruto's cheeks when Sasuke suddenly stopped. His eyebrows furrowed and his eyes grew angry.

"Uh… Sasuke?" Naruto asked, suddenly scared at the expression that overtook Sasuke's face. "What's wrong?"

His face softened again, but something peculiar gleamed in his eyes. "Nothing. I just realized that the tissue won't be very effective either." Without another word, Sauske pressed onto Naruto's smaller body and began licking his cheeks.

Naruto squirmed and squeaked. "What are you doing?" he exclaimed, trying to push him off, but to no avail.

"Cleaning you," Sasuke replied, nibbling a bit at a piece of marshmallow.

"Oh." Naruto's body relaxed after he realized what Sasuke was doing. He actually felt better now that he knew that Sasuke wasn't going to eat him alive or something. How childish. The only reason he was panicking was because he didn't know what Sasuke was doing to him. Weird.

Sasuke's breath became faster and his hands clutched at Naruto's shoulder. He was practically sitting on his lap now. Naruto just stared at the face that was so close to his now. Sasuke's dark eyes were almost completely closed, giving him the look that he was high or something. His mouth was open as Sasuke continued to lick him.

Huh. I never knew that licking someone could be used to clean up… I should try that sometime. Then again, Sakura-chan keeps telling me I shouldn't lick my fingers. Why is Sasuk-teme doing this then? Strange.

Naruto's eyes widened when he felt something go into his own mouth. His breath hitched and he began to struggle again. He turned his head away so that Sasuke was breathing harshly down his neck. "Sasuke-teme! How are you cleaning me that way?" he complained.

"Not cleaning you anymore…" Sasuke said, somewhat breathlessly. "Kissing you…"

"Kissing—"

Naruto never got to finish his question because Sasuke suddenly took his chin and made his head face him again and began to kiss him again. Something was strange about how Sasuke was acting.

The blonde continued to stare into Sasuke's unfocused eyes. He just sat there, pressed against the couch while being kissed. All of a sudden, a new light got into Sasuke's eyes. They cleared.

The Uchiha snapped back and stood up again, his face red. "Excuse me," he said abruptly and darted away.

Naruto stared after him.

Y'know, through all the sweetness of the marshmallows, I swear I've tasted this taste before… So familiar…

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Sasuke wrenched open the bathroom door and went in, slamming the door closed again. He slid down to the floor, his breathing still rather quick. He shook his head violently and stood up. Walking over to the sink and looking into the mirror, he stared at his reflection.

He breathed out deeply and turned on some cold water. He washed his face with it and turned it off again. Water droplets dripped off his heated face as he clutched the edge of the sink, shaking slightly.

After he calmed down a considerable bit, he began to get his thoughts in order. His eyes closed.

I can't do that to Naruto… I'm just kissing an innocent child. He didn't even realize what I was doing… This is wrong… So wrong… I can't… Here, in the middle of his thoughts, he laughed. I can't just go molesting him if he doesn't know what's happening…

Sasuke grabbed a towel from the towel holder and wiped his face dry. He straightened out his clothes again before opening the door and stepping out. When he returned to the living room, Naruto was watching him intently.

He cleared his throat, rather embarrassed. "Naruto," he called out, walking closer to the boy, "it's getting late. You should wash up and get ready for bed. Brush your teeth clean tonight or you'll get cavities."

Naruto grinned at him. "But Sasuke just cleaned me, right?"

Sasuke's eyebrow twitched and he turned away quickly before Naruto noticed his rising blush. "T-That doesn't count. Go now, okay?" he stammered, picking up the unfinished plate of s'mores off the table and waving the boy off.

He smiled when he realized that the glass of water was empty.

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"Oh… Naruto, I forgot to tell you something," Sasuke said as he pulled back the covers and went under them.

"Hm?" Naruto bounced on the bed, causing Sasuke to become agitated, before scrambling under the sheets as well.

"Sakura and Sai invited us out for a 'Team Seven Reunion Party' or something. You'll get to be with everyone tomorrow," he said, staring at the ceiling.

"That's nice," Naruto's voice was already become less hoarse. Kyuubi was doing a good job. "I'm happy then…"

"Hn…" Sasuke replied. The bed stopped moving after Naruto halted his turning around. He was noticeably closer to Sasuke this time.

If Sasuke is so nice from now on, then he won't be such a pain… He's a good friend… Naruto thought to himself.

Sasuke had nearly fallen asleep when he felt the bed move. Naruto was moving.

"What's wrong, Naru—"

This time, it was Sasuke's turn to get cut off. Naruto was straddling him now. His mouth was pressed onto his, and his tongue was definitely in his mouth. When Naruto pulled away, Sasuke's eyes were wider than ever.

"What was that for?"

Naruto licked his lips and sat on Sasuke's stomach a while longer before replying. "I knew it! That taste was you! I remember waking up a while ago and having a weird taste in my mouth… Then you kissed me this afternoon… I knew I tasted that somewhere before! That means you've kissed me before?" the blonde pointed at him accusingly with one hand and wiped his mouth with the other.

Sasuke turned his head away from Naruto's gaze. "So what?" he muttered.

"Nothing." Naruto's answer surprised the Uchiha.

"Nothing?"

"Yeah, well, if it's okay to kiss, then it's fine, right?"

Dark lines appeared next to Sasuke's head. But…It isn't right to kiss another boy…

"Besides," Naruto continued, getting off Sasuke. "I sorta like it. 'Night, Sasuke!"

The last part made Sasuke even more shocked.