New Years' Eve was coming around.

Sasuke was coming at six, though it was obvious he was going to come early.

Sakura looked through her kitchen, making sure there were plenty of snacks.

Looking at the time, she saw it was four.

'Hmmm… would he come right now? I dunno…' she thought as she walked to her living room.

"Oi, Sakura! Happy New Year!!" a voice from behind exclaimed.

Sakura jumped.

"OI!!!! Sasuke, you surprised me!" She exclaimed, turning around to face him.

He grinned.

"So, I didn't know if you wanted me to bring anything. Did you want something?" Sasuke said as he followed her into the living room.

"Nah, it's ok," she said sitting down on the couch.

"Well… now that I think about it… I've never been in your house before…" he thought aloud.

"So?"

Sasuke just smiled and said, "Ah, nothing, nothing…"

Sakura dirty glared him, saying, "Sasuke, if you destroy, scratch that, TOUCH anything in this house, consider yourself dead…"

"Threat taken into consideration…" he stated, sitting next to her on the couch.

Sakura sighed.

"I don't know what to do… soo…" She mumbled.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"I don't care. We could just sit here…"

"Oi, no, let's go on a walk. It's going to get dark soon anyway…"

"Ok," he answered standing up.

Outside, Sakura and Sasuke walked along the brightly-decorated street.

"Wow, it's so pretty!" Sakura exclaimed, pointing to a colorful restaurant.

"Yeah…" was Sasuke's response.

They were passing by the noodle house when they heard, "Oi! Another bowl, old man!!"

Together, the two teammates sighed, "Naruto…."

Walking into the house, they saw Naruto and Hinata sitting together and eating noodles.

"Oi, baka. What're you doing here?" Sasuke said to Naruto as he and Sakura sat down next to them.

"WHEN DID YOU GET HERE!!??" he exclaimed.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, adding, "… now…."

Hinata waved a small gesture to Sakura, who returned it happily.

"Really now Naruto… What are you doing here on New Year's? And with Hinata, too…?" Sakura asked slyly.

Hinata immediately turned blood-red.

Naruto folded his arms across his chest and exclaimed, "NOTHING!"

"Well, Hinata. Do you care to answer the question?" Sasuke added.

Hinata instantly began twirling her fingers, mumbling, "Oh… N-N-N-N-N-Naruto asked m-m-m-m-me to come a-a-a-a-and eat ramen with h-h-h-h-him and I-I…" (A/N: I know… I know… it's exaggerated…)

"Ok, ok, we get the point. So you're on a date. You could've just said that, you know…" Sasuke responded as he received his bowl of ramen.

"ANYWAY!!! What're you and Sakura doing together tonight Sasuke??" Naruto asked, an evil look in his eyes.

"Ha ha ha. Whatever idiot…" was all Sasuke said, not wanting to put the wrong idea in his stupid head.

"RREEAALLYY??" he said with a sarcastic voice.

"Hm."

Hinata and Sakura were talking on the side; small talk that wasn't really paid attention to.

Naruto quietly whispered in Sasuke's ear, "Ohhh, I get it. So she must have given you a very special Christmas present, eh Sasuke-"

Before Naruto completely finished his sentence, Sasuke dumped his teammate's bowl of ramen over his head and pushed his stool over.

"YOU PERVERT!!!" he exclaimed as he turned his head away from him and continued eating.

There was a small blush apparent on his cheeks.

This action automatically attracted the two girls' attention.

"Arguing already?" Sakura asked, while Hinata went around the stools to see if Naruto was ok.

"Psh, if you must know, Naruto was talking about you…" Sasuke responded in a small voice.

He came closer to her and whispered something in her ear.

She went red and got off her stool.

"Naruto! You pervert!" she exclaimed as she kicked him in the stomach.

Sasuke smirked and looked away to anger the baka.

"Whatever already! It was a joke!"

_-~*Twenty Minutes Until Midnight*~-_

The two couples walked through the crowded streets.

"Let's go get a good spot for the fireworks!" Sakura exclaimed, pulling Sasuke after her.

Naruto and Hinata followed close behind.

Hinata turned to Naruto.

"L-Let's go to a hill. W-We'll be able to see pretty good from there…" Hinata said to him.

"Yeah, let's leave Sasuke and Sakura be, eh?" he added.

"Oi! Sakura!" the blond yelled after his friends, "Me and Hinata are going somewhere else, k?"

Sasuke just waved him away and was pulled out of sight.

"Eh, bastard," Naruto said as he linked hands with the shy girl next to him and headed in the opposite direction.

Once Sasuke and Sakura reached her house, they stopped for a moment.

"Huh? Where'd Hinata and Naruto go?" Sakura asked, looking around.

"Oh, they said they were going somewhere else, or something," Sasuke responded simply.

"Oh."

They were silent for a few moments.

"You wanna… go watch from the upstairs window? I'm sure we can get a good view from there…?" Sakura asked shyly.

Sasuke smiled.

"Sure."

The two ran up the stairs and into Sakura's room.

"Just a few more seconds…" Sasuke mumbled, sitting down next to Sakura on her bed.

The window was opened and they had a clear view of the sky.

"Yup…" was all she said, leaning against the window frame.

The crowd became quiet, and after a few moments, started counting down altogether.

Sakura whispered along with them.

"Three…"

Sasuke turned to the happy girl next to him, and watched a smile appear on her lips.

"Two…"

Sakura closed her eyes and made her New Years' Wish.

"One…"

'I want Sasuke… to kiss me…' she thought to herself.

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!!" the crowd exclaimed together.

Sakura opened her eyes and turned to Sasuke…

Just in time for him to kiss her…

He hadn't kissed anyone before, so he wasn't really sure what to do.

But when he pulled away, he realized it didn't matter…

The blush on Sakura's face said it all.

"Uh… uh… uh…" Sasuke tried to say, turning away from her and blushing madly.

Sakura was speechless too.

"Sorry. I guess I should go…" Sasuke said, standing up and heading for the door.

"No, wait!" Sakura yelled after him, not exactly thinking first.

He looked back at her, the blush becoming deeper.

"Um, uhh…" she started, her blush also darkening.

"Let's… have something to eat, ok? And then… uh… we can invite Hinata and Naruto too… ok? Yeah, let's do that…" Sakura rambled on, standing up and walking past him out the door.

"Ok…" Sasuke mumbled after her, following downstairs.

Sakura picked up and phone and dialed Naruto's number.

"Hey!! You've reached Naruto, the number one awesome ninja in the world!!" his answering machine exclaimed, "Me no here right now, probably out eating ramen. DONATE MONEY TO THE CAUSE!! I'M RUNNING OUT!! Anyway, here comes the beep!!"

"Naruto… you really need to change that message… Anyway, when you get home, you should head over here. It's Sakura, in case you're too stupid to notice. Call back," she said, hanging up the phone when she was done.

"Not home?" Sasuke asked after a few moments.

Sakura turned around towards him.

"Nope, but that's ok," she responded.

She smiled.

Sasuke felt his blush pop up again.

"What do you want to do? Watch a movie?" Sakura asked, walking towards the living room again.

Sasuke just shrugged and followed.

She turned on the television and curled up on the couch.

Sasuke sat down next to her and watched.

After a few minutes, Sakura's stomach grumbled.

"Oops, I'm hungry," she said, standing up, "Want me to grab you something to eat?"

Sasuke shrugged.

"Whatever…" he said coolly… though his stomach grumbling ruined his act.

Sakura grinned.

"Come on, let's eat something."

She pulled him out of the room by his hand and they entered the kitchen.

He sat down at the table and watched Sakura go through the cabinets for something relatively healthy to eat.

Slowly, he put his head down on the tabletop and closed his eyes.

After what seemed like a few moments, Sakura was heard saying, "Oi, Sasuke? Sasuke… come on, wake up…"

He opened his eyes and found Sakura standing next to him.

"Oh, sorry… Must've dozed off…"

Sakura handed him a bowl of soup.

"Here, you can eat this," she said, sitting down next to him, "It'll warm you up a bit…"

Sasuke nodded and carefully tried it.

"Mm, it's good."

Once they finished, the two headed back to the living room and continued the movie they were watching.

_-~*An Hour Later*~-_

Sakura yawned and sat up straight.

"Sasuke? You wanna go home now?" she mumbled quietly, rubbing her eyes.

When he didn't respond, she looked over at him to see he was fast asleep.

He seemed really tired, the dark circles under his eyes saying it all, though he appeared peaceful enough.

Sakura blinked a few times, and stood up slowly.

She walked over to him, and carefully pulled him up.

"Huh…?" Sasuke mumbled as Sakura helped him lay down, "W… What time is it…?"

Sakura just stated, "Don't worry about it. Just go to sleep…"

She grabbed a blanket from the other side of the room and covered him with it.

"I… I should… probably… be going home… now…" he muttered as Sakura pushed the bangs out of his face.

"Yeah, yeah, Sasuke… Now, close your eyes…"

He did, and soon fell back into his calm sleep.

Sakura left the room and headed up the stairs.

After changing into her pajamas, she climbed into her bed and quickly fell asleep.

_-~*Morning*~-_

Sakura slowly opened her eyes and yawned.

She sleepily stood up and stretched.

"Oi!!" she exclaimed.

Walking to the living room, she found Sasuke still fast asleep.

He looked completely worn out.

'Poor guy... he looks peaceful enough though…' she thought, walking into the kitchen to start breakfast.

"Hm… I think I'll make some waffles… Yum…" she thought aloud to herself, taking out all the necessary supplies for doing so.

Just as she was finishing up the waffles, she heard a chair move behind her.

Turning, she found a tired Uchiha sitting at the kitchen table.

His face was hidden by his folded arms, but Sakura was sure his eyes would be closed and he was half-asleep again.

"Hey there. Good morning. You want some waffles?" she asked quietly, setting some plates on the table.

She brought over the one with the waffles and set it in the center of the table.

"Hm… that sounds… good…" Sasuke mumbled, trying to lift up his head.

"Still tired, eh? I know what you mean. Did you sleep well though?" She said as she sat down next to him at the table.

He just shrugged and waited for Sakura to start eating.

When she grabbed a plate and served herself a waffle, he too began eating.

"Well, after breakfast, you can go on back to sleep. That's probably what I'm going to end up doing…" Sakura continued, trying to create conversation.

The only thing harder than getting Sasuke to have a decent conversation with you is getting a sleepy Sasuke to do so…

He barely finished a waffle when he stood and stated, "Thanks for the breakfast Sakura, but I can't stand it anymore. I have to get some sleep…"

Sasuke turned around and headed for the living room once more.

"Don't worry about it. When you wake up, you can have some more…"

When he finally disappeared, Sakura let an upset frown show on her face.

'It's ok…' she thought to herself, 'I mean, he looks pretty worn out. I probably would've done the same thing… if I was so tired…'

Sighing, she put away the remaining waffles and followed the ninja to the other room.

She found him half asleep on the couch again, the blanket only covering part of him.

"Come on, Sasuke. Up, up, up…" Sakura started, pulling him up to his feet.

"No…" he complained under his breath.

He sleepily opened his eyes at her and frowned.

She led him up the stairs and into her room.

She help him lie down (more like dropped him) on her bed, and she tucked him in.

"There, that's better, right?" she stated, standing up straight,

But he didn't respond; he was fast asleep by now.

'He'll be fine in a few hours…' Sakura thought again.

She left the rest of the morning to working around the house and cleaning everything up.