Note from the Author: Whoa. Yeah, I'm actually back with a SasuNaru one-shot. I surprise myself. I'm working like crazy on my revisions for An Illusion of Consciousness, so those of you who read it, keep your pants … or skirts on. And since I've been feeling ultra-lazy lately, I'm just going to reply to reviews personally from now on. Thank you to Trulywicked, Ravensbff, Naash, LeeLover09, and CaveDwellers for the lovely reviews.

Explanation behind this one-shot: I had my wisdom teeth pulled last week.

Chipmunk

Sasuke's mood could be determined by the behavior of his brow. His left eyebrow shot to his hairline and tilted down when he was confused, an expression only Naruto usually saw, because he was the only one who could really befuddle the Uchiha with his complete lack of common sense.

There was also the right eyebrow twitch, which appeared in instances of extreme annoyance, when Kakashi mocked him or when he witnessed Naruto flirting with Sakura, so this expression could be witnessed almost daily.

His anxiety looked uncannily like his irritation, but his brown creased into a thousand little lines, and his dark eyes took on a strange shimmer. It was another look Naruto was privileged to witness the most because it reared itself usually when the hyperactive boy was in danger.

Right now, though, none of these expressions dominated the stoic face. Instead, both eyebrows had lifted in amusement, the corner of his mouth tilted up in a smirk, as he leaned against the doorway of Naruto's bedroom, an icepack sagging in his hand. "You look like a chipmunk, you know."

The intimidation that Naruto had intended to extend through his glare was lost to the fact that his swollen cheeks did give him the appearance of the furry rodent. The muffled slur of his numbed tongue as he spoke didn't help his cause. "Yer not s'pp'sd ta make f'n of peopl' in pain, ya know."

Sasuke's expression gave only slightly as he made his way into the room and descended lightly onto the edge of his bed. "I still can't believe you fell for Tsunade and Iruka tricking you into getting your teeth pulled. Oh, wait," he paused for effect, smirk returning. "Yes, I can."

Naruto glowered, rolling away from him, and crossed his arms, pouting. "Shuddup, Sas'ke." He mumbled, uncomfortably aware of his sore gums.

The Uchiha frowned, pulling him back onto his back. "Don't put pressure on it, stupid. You'll make it worse." Gently, he pressed the icepack to the distended whiskers on his oversized cheek. "Why do you only have one icepack? You get hurt often enough to need at least three."

Naruto wasn't really listening. His eyes closed, and he leaned comfortably into the cold, sighing contently. "Nothin' 'ver hurts dis long fer me."

"You'll feel better tomorrow." Sasuke offered awkwardly, brushing blonde strands from his face affectionately. "Sakura's bringing another icepack for you when she comes later." His tone shifted to something near gentle, the icepack from one cheek to the other. "Does this help any?"

"Yeah," the blue of his eyes reappeared from beneath his eyelids, found Sasuke's. "You're not gonna leave, right?" When he shook his head, the Uzumaki boy tried pathetically to smile, and Sasuke would have laughed if it wasn't so cute and, you know, if Sasuke ever laughed. "Good," he paused, readjusted his jaw like it made it feel better. "Think Sak'ra-chan's gonn' freak out'f yer layin' wif me when she gits here?"

"Who cares?" Sasuke was already throwing himself gingerly over Naruto's legs and down beside him, planting a kiss on the golden head. "How about getting some sleep? Trying to talk is only going to make it feel worse."

Naruto's sigh was happy when he snuggled against the other boy. "R'mind me to kick yer ass when I feel better."

"Why?"

"Fer makin' fun of ma face!" His indignation was comical.

Okay. He had to say. "Are the chipmunk's feelings hurt?"

Of course, he shouldn't really have been surprised that Naruto wasn't in so much pain that he couldn't kick him off the bed.