God, I hate school so fucking much.

But hey, I got around to updating, promised the updates would be slow xD

I wanted to use this chapter later on, or the idea, but I ran out of any other good ideas and this just came up…

Uzumaki Naruto felt pure, barely controlled, hatred for the person sitting opposite of him, Uchiha Sasuke. He shouldn't really hate Sasuke, since it was his damn parent's fault for allowing the teme to stay at their home, when they barely knew him, but Naruto suspected Sasuke had charmed his way in.

Naruto took a large bite out of his rice ball, and gave another glare to Sasuke, who was munching away at his Corn Flakes, trying to ignore Naruto's gaze of death. He hadn't any clue why Naruto was in such a bad mood, especially since it was just the two of them and they hadn't had anything to do. Sasuke hadn't said even two words to Naruto, and Naruto was already pissed off about something, but Sasuke had a surprise in store for the blonde.

"Naruto, do you want to go to a carnival?" Sasuke dared to ask, since Naruto was pounding a rice ball into nothing on his plate.

Naruto stopped his pounding, and lifted his eyes to look at Sasuke.

"Nani?"

"Do you want to go to a carnival today?" Sasuke repeated, watching as Naruto's eyes lit up with just the thought.

"Are you… serious," Naruto asked hesitantly, "you're really going to take me… to a carnival?"

Sasuke started to grin and nodded his head. "Yes, I'm being serious. There's a carnival today, in the next town over. I take that look on your face as a yes, so got get showered and dressed, then we'll leave." Naruto couldn't help the grin spread from ear to ear as he left the table and rushed upstairs.

In a minute he was in the shower, washing and imagining what it was truly like at a carnival. He had passed by one once, and had asked his parents if they could go, but Iruka had calmly explained to him that the carnival cost more money then they had to spend. And there was that one time with Sasuke when they had passed by the carnival grounds. And the merry-go-round, Naruto really wanted to take a ride on that, and ride whatever else was at the carnival.

Stopping the water, Naruto got out and got dressed in record time. Checking himself in the mirror, he made sure everything was in order. Underwear, check. Pants, shirt, and whatever little money he had, check. He smiled at himself, for once feeling a little happy. He was going to a carnival. A carnival, with Uchiha Sasuke. Then he frowned. This wasn't a date or anything, and he still felt barely controlled anger towards Sasuke, but you take what you can get, and Sasuke was offering to take him to the carnival, and Naruto was willing to take it.

"Naruto! Are you ready to go yet?" Sasuke yelled from down the stairs. Naruto gave himself one check over, and then he was racing down the steps, almost crashed into Sasuke, pulled on his shoes and was tapping his foot impatiently. "Cooommeee on! We're gonna miss everything because of you."

Sasuke slowly put on each shoe, and then smirked at Naruto. "How do you know we're going to miss everything, if you've never been to a carnival before?"

Naruto rolled his eyes, then grabbed Sasuke's arm and pulled him out the door. "I want to see everything. You have to show me everything."

"Everything?"

"Yes everything!"

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On the train ride to the carnival grounds, it was tightly packed. Both of them were forced to stand up, and hold onto the center pole. Naruto was pushed up against Sasuke, in a very uncomfortable manner. And Sasuke took the chance to sneak gentle touches, but when Naruto glared at him, he blamed it on the tight space.

When they did arrive at the carnival grounds, Sasuke felt happiness, a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time, when he saw Naruto's face brighten up. "Sasuke… look at all the… stuff."

"I see it Naruto, what do you want to do first?"

"You want me to choose?" Sasuke nodded his head. "Well… what about the merry-go-ground. I wanna go on that."

"Alright, the merry-go-round it is." Naruto smiled brightly, wrapping his arm around Sasuke's, which made Sasuke smile even more, and then they started on their way.

At that moment in time, Sasuke came to realize how much Naruto had missed as a child. Sasuke had been given life easily, but Naruto had had to work for it, missing out on things he had taken for granted. Naruto wasn't an idiot; he knew he hadn't been given the most luxurious life, but it was life. Iruka and Kakashi had tried their best, but now Sasuke saw an opportunity. He could show Naruto all the things he had missed out on in his childhood.

And then he realized it wasn't just being friendly that made Sasuke want to do these things; he had grown a certain affection for Naruto, beyond just wanting to be friends.

Naruto was adorable, Naruto was funny, and Naruto was Naruto.

Affection. Affection for Naruto.

He had grown to l-

"Sasuke! Hey Sasuke!" A bouncing Naruto snapped Sasuke away from his thoughts.

"We're at the merry-go-round. Can I go on? Can I?"

"Err… sure Naruto. I'll stay here, merry-go-rounds aren't my thing."

"But, Sasuke…"

"Naruto-"

"I'm scared to go on by myself."

"Nar- what?" Sasuke looked at the blushing Naruto, who was twiddling with the bottom of his shirt. "Your what?"

"I'm kinda… afraid to go by myself. I-I've never been on one and…"

"So you want me to go on with you?"

"Umm… yea…"

Merry-go-rounds were not Uchiha Sasuke's thing.

So he still didn't understand why he found himself standing on the merry-go-round, like an adult, next to Naruto who was on a very pretty black horse.

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When they were finished with the merry-go-round, finally, they went around to every booth Naruto wanted to, and Sasuke even won Naruto a stuffed purple elephant, Naruto found himself standing in line next to Sasuke, for a ride Sasuke refused to tell him about.

"Sasuke… what is this ride?"

"You'll see…"

"But…"

"We're here…"

Naruto looked up at a sign hanging above a heart shaped entrance. "The Tunnel of Love. What's that?"

"I said you'll see." Sasuke replied, pulling Naruto into the entrance with him.

Naruto found himself sitting in a pink boat, floating down a stream, with lights glittering around them and some crappy romantic music playing.

"I don't like this ride."

"Just sit back and relax, Naruto," Sasuke wrapped an arm around Naruto's shoulders and pulled him to his side, "it'll be over soon."

Naruto wasn't enjoying the ride, or the arm around his shoulders, but he gave in. Sasuke had gone everywhere he wanted, everywhere, so he could at least sit still and let Sasuke enjoy the ride.

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And before he knew it, Naruto had fallen asleep, and Sasuke was forced to carry him home. He could scarcely remember Sasuke carrying him, Sasuke having an arm wrapped tightly around his waist on the ride home, and then he was laying on his bed, Sasuke leaning over him and tucking him in.

"Sasuke…?"

"Hmmm?" Sasuke smoothed back Naruto's hair.

"Thank you." When Sasuke leaned down to fix the pillow, Naruto leaned up and kissed his lips, lightly.

Sasuke pulled back, looked at Naruto, then smiled.

"Your welcome."

"Night."

"Night."

And then Sasuke left Naruto to sleep.