Koneko: Ne, Sai-kun, do you really like Kai-kun?

Sai: Why, of course...if not, I won't be teasing him all this time, would I?

Koneko: Hm...will you go out on a date with him then? Will ya? Will ya?

Sai: If he's willing...

Koneko: Yay! (runs towards Kai) Kai-kun, will you go out with Sai if he asks?

Kai: Uh... (notices Sai walking towards them with a smile and faints)

Koneko: Uh...Kai-kun?

Gaara: (watching from the side with huge sweatdrops) ...just start the story now...

Chapter Two

"Dobe? Oi, dobe?"

It was dinner time. After finally calming down, Sasuke had gone to the kitchen to prepare some meals for him and Naruto, since it was already half past seven in the evening. He had already told the blond to wait for him in the living room while he cooked and stuff. And now, when he had finally done making their dinner, he went to call for the...cat, but he was nowhere to be seen. He started searching for the half boy-half feline all around the house.

"Dobe?" he called. "Oi, Naruto! Oi, where the hell are you, dobe?"

When he couldn't find the blond anywhere in the house, he started to panic. He went outside and called the boy's name again and again, but there was no respond. And Naruto was still nowhere to be seen. He called the blond's name louder, and began searching him all around the Uchiha compound. Getting really worried, he ran down to the main road and called out the boy's name as he searched for him all around the village.

"Naruto! Naruto!" he called. "Naruto, where the hell are you?!"

"...Sasuke-kun, what are you doing here at this time?" a female shopkeeper at the shop where he always buys stuff at saw him.

"Have you seen Naruto around here?"

The old lady widened her eyes a bit, then she shook her head. "I haven't.... Is there a problem?"

"...it's nothing."

And before the woman could say anymore, Sasuke was already gone, continuing his search for Naruto. Nevertheless, after he had circled the whole village twice, he still had not found the blond anywhere. He got really panic and ran straight to the Hokage tower, wanting the blonde lady to make an announcement if anyone had seen the boy. When he got to the tower, he dashed to the Hokage's office and barged into the room without knocking.

"Brat!" the blonde sitting inside the room snapped when she saw him barging into the room. "Knock before you enter, darn it!"

"Hokage-sama! Naruto's gone!"

"You-he what?" she widened her eyes.

"He's gone!" he repeated. "I told him to stay in the living room when I was making our dinner just now, but then when I came back to the living room, he was gone! Nowhere to be found! I've searched for him all around the house and the village, but I couldn't find him anywhere!"

"...look, brat, sit down first and relax..."

"I can't relax at a moment like this! Naruto might be somewhere out there, and he might be in danger or something! How can you be so calm about this?! I thought he's one of your most precious persons!" he glared at the Hokage.

She glared back at him. "He is one of my important persons in life, but I know him! He won't be messing around somewhere, even though he's a half cat now..."

"...I'm worried about him..."

"I know...I'm worried about him too," she sighed and motioned him to sit down. "Just sit down and take a deep breath first..."

He frowned and glared at her slightly, but followed her words and sat on the chair before the lady nevertheless. As soon as he was seated on the chair, he let out a sigh and started fidgeting, much to the female's annoyance. When he had finally calmed down completely about five minutes later, Tsunade finally decided to make the announcement. Soon, the ninjas of Konoha were on a search for the lost little blond.

"...don't worry, Sasuke-kun, I'm sure he's around here somewhere," Sakura, who had rushed to the Hokage tower as soon as she heard the announcement, spoke to Sasuke in intend to soothe his feelings a little.

"...I sure hope so..."

A few hours later...

"...oi, brat."

"...what?"

"You should go home now, it's already half past midnight," the busted woman said. "I know you're worried about him, but it's better if you worry about yourself first..."

"No, Tsunade-sama...I have to wait until he's found..." the raven spoke, obviously trying suppress his yawn.

Tsunade frowned and placed a hand on the guy's head. "Look, if we find him, we'll inform you. Now you go home and get some sleep, or else you wouldn't even make it for tomorrow."

"No..."

"...go home, Sasuke."

Sasuke tried his best to glare his deadliest glare at the lady Hokage, but he was too tired to do it - and even more, he knew the female was right. He pinched the bridge of his nose, pushing his sleepiness back to his brain (1). He then, with half-lidded eyes, dragged himself out of the room and went straight back home, feeling depressed, tired, sleepy and worried. As he walked through the dark empty roads, he thought solemnly about the blond.

'Damn it...where has he gone off to? That dobe...' he sniffled a little as he opened the house door slowly - and all of a sudden;

"Meow!"

"What the-?!"

"Meow!" the 'thing' that had jumped onto him just now purred delightfully. "Meow-rrr..."

"...N-Naruto?!" his eyes widened at the sight before him.

"Meow...!"

Sasuke gaped for a little while - before he pulled the blond into a tight embrace. "Where the hell have you been, usuratonkachi?! I was so fucking worried about you, damn it! Don't tell me you've been home all this while! You-you...you usuratonkachi!"

((To be continued))

.....sorry for the super late update, and the super short chapter. I'm just not in a very good mood right now - actually, I'm right down here in the dumps right now... (sniffles) Really...I had been excited for the whole week 'cause I got a new boyfriend, and I was even more excited that he was super cute and is a Japanese - but then, I think I said something wrong to him, and now he's mad at me...and I just wanna cry and kill myself... I really don't know what to do anymore. I've never ever fallen so deeply in love, and yet, when I do...it just have to go wrong... (cries and goes to her emo corner)

Oh...and a little more thing, please forgive me for both my late and short update.... Well...see ya guys later, then...

(1) Um...I don't know if this is possible with you guys, but if I pinch the bridge of my nose, I can stop myself from getting very sleepy for a little while...