Author's Note: Remember, people who do not read stories on BOY'S LOVE, beware! Story 3 up: Naruto and Sasuke and a strand of miso ramen between them. How in the world did this happen? Read on and find out. More NarutoxSasuke hints (or is it the other way around?)

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. Only this fanficcie is mine.

Story 3 RAMEN

It was turning out to be a bad day for Uchiha Sasuke.

First of all, he woke up late. That usual trusty alarm clock of his didn't ring as it was supposed to (the batteries may need some changing). In addition, he saw that his food supply is all gone and so he did not have any breakfast before going on his training.

His misfortune continued on the training grounds that morning; Kakashi-sensei arrived earlier than he did and the jounin was already late by an hour. It's a good thing though that they were not on a mission today; he might have ended up dead because even his concentration was off.

"The training is over for now. I want all of you to get a good night's rest because we will have a tough mission tomorrow."

Sasuke sighed, glad that the training was over. He thought that Kakashi-sensei had sensed his distraction. He was already hungry and needed to get lunch immediately. He reached inside his secret pocket for his wallet but found it empty. Drat, he thought sarcastically, I left my money at home.

"Ah, I will go ahead of you guys. The whole family will be eating out today. I'll see you all tomorrow," and with a wave of her hand, Sakura was gone from the training grounds.

Damn! She ran so fast that I wasn't able to borrow money from her, Sasuke thought.

"I need to get going too. I have to be someplace else right now. Emergency," said Kakashi, his mind was already in the bookshop at the next town where a new volume of Itcha Itcha Violence is coming out.

Sasuke saw his day becoming bleaker. The only two people he knew he could rely to borrow money from were already gone, leaving him alone with Naruto. It's a well-known fact that the dobe doesn't have much money to share around.

"Hey Sasuke, why are you still here? Don't tell me that you are going to continue with your training?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke knew that Naruto was eyeing him suspiciously as he was momentarily rooted to where he was standing but he couldn't do anything about it. It was hard to open up to the other boy since he tried to remain aloof to everyone.

"Umm," Sasuke cleared his throat, "I was wondering if I could borrow some money from you? If only you have some extra money to spare, of course. I need to go and eat lunch immediately."

"Oh, you mean you don't have money with you today?"

That is so like the dobe, Sasuke thought, very slow on the uptake.

"I left it at home," Sasuke replied.

"I haven't brought that much money with me right now. Tell you what; why don't you just come along with me and we will just share a big bowl of ramen. What do you say?" said Naruto.

Sasuke is not keen on the idea of sharing his meal with Naruto, as it may give rise to some gossip in the village; but just as he was about to walk away his stomach growled so loud. Naruto laughed when he heard it and Sasuke blushed at the shame of it all; he felt that it was the crowning touch to his day of misery.

He ended up tugging along with Naruto to his favorite hangout, the Ichiraku.

At the ramen shop, Naruto ordered a big bowl of miso ramen, which was today's special. He already put a mouthful of ramen in his mouth when he noticed that Sasuke was not digging into the food.

"What's the matter, Sasuke? Want me to feed you?" Naruto teased.

"Okay, I will eat already. Stop it with that monkey-face," came Sasuke's irate reply, while tasting the ramen noodle.

There was much silence as both boys consume the big bowl of ramen. They have nearly finished off the food when Sasuke first noticed that they are now chomping off a single strand of ramen noodle between them. Even Naruto was quite surprised to see this but after a while he decided to continue munching off the noodle strand. Sasuke, not wanting to lose to the dobe before him, also started to chomp on his noodle end.

On and on they proceeded to eat down the noodle, stopping when there were only a few inches of noodle left between them. The challenge of the noodle chomping still in their heads, they continued to munch until they got closer... and closer... and closer.

Hmm, Sasuke thought, this day might turn out to be so lucky after all.

Afterthoughts: Hello to all Naruto otakus (err, fans in a friendly way) out there. I hope that you liked the new story I posted. Nothing to see much, just the usual naughty hints, but I really hope that you enjoyed reading it nonetheless.

Again, thanks to all who have read and especially those who gave their reviews for the last story, namely: SweetMoons, Iceheart19, udonluvr14 and Riyo-sama. Don't be shy to write your comments and views, and violent reactions? See you next story (it's my birthday ficcie offer)!