24. Shoelace (Sasunaru)
"Ok, Sasuke, I understand that you think I collect too much stuff. I'll go through all of it with you, but I'm not throwing any of it away; it'll just be a big waste of time," Naruto stated, sitting down heavily next to his partner on the floor.
Sasuke glared at him. "You are throwing it away. It's just stupid to keep all of this junk!"
"Hey! That's my junk you're insulting!"
With another glare thrown quickly at the blonde, Sasuke grabbed a box from the floor of Naruto's closet. "It is junk, and I'll prove it to you! I bet that every single thing in this box is something that you don't ever use," he said, lifting the lid.
To Naruto's surprise, the box was filled with shoelaces, both old and new, used and unused. There was not a shred of memory about this box that he could think of. He could not bring himself to look up and see Sasuke's smirk of triumph; he knew just as well as anyone that these were junk. But he was not going to give in to Sasuke this time. "I like shoelaces," he said lamely, trying to think up a better excuse.
"Oh, please. You don't even where shoes that need lacing!"
Naruto opened and closed his mouth a few times, doing quite the good impersonation of a fish, before answering, "Well, I collect them. They're cheap--and fun! And they can be quite stylish! Check it out!" He grabbed a lace out of the box and wrapped it around his wrist as a bracelet.
Sasuke sneered at him and dropped the box to the floor. "Naruto, you would never wear a bracelet in public."
"Yeah, well," Naruto let out a broken sigh, his chin falling to his chest. "Fine, we can throw these out."
"Good," Sasuke set the box aside and reached for the next, smirking. It was going to be a long afternoon.
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shoelaces... shoelaces... ninja wear sandals, so I have no idea why Naruto has a box of shoelaces in his closet... used ones, at that. O.o oh well, I hope you liked it!