Author Note:

Thanks to the people who reviewed and added this story to your alerts. I hope you guys weren't too annoyed at the fact I made you review for this. :/ Well, these two have to have their problems. I got... two more reviews. Five... yay... *runs away to cry in the emo corner*

Warnings for language I guess.. ohhh the 'f' word... but then, Sasuke does have a harsher mouth than Naruto. Also you'll find that when his pride is threatened like the Leo he is- he'll throw a tantrum. Longest chapter, woot!

Gonna make a break and take a fake
I'd like a stinkin' achin' shake
I like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavours

I had to check my wallet to see if I still had enough money left. Luckily, I have a lot of after-school jobs so I had enough cash on me. I'd just have to take a few night shifts to make time for Sasuke and not eat for a few days. It was cool; a week like this wouldn't come again. Maybe I would find a scratch card on the side of the road and become a billionaire. It did happen to people, and I had a good chance because I was a pretty blond, and also I am insanely lucky.

Sasuke smacked me upside the head. 'Keep it together, you nearly walked in front of a bus,' he snarled, letting go of my hood which he'd grabbed to yank me back onto the sidewalk. Eh. I would have survived. I turned on him with my best adoring voice. 'Aw Sasuke, you do care!' I cried, flinging my arms around my (almost) boyfriend. He put his arms up and shoved me away stonily. Oh right- no touching in public. No touching at all, ever. I sighed dejectedly.

'I just don't want to see you splattered all over my shoes. They're new.' Sasuke turned his head away slightly. 'And though I'd like to kill you, and end this little arrangement of ours, I'd rather plan out your demise so that it's as painful and humiliating as you calling me a girl...'

My laugher was bitter. 'And you making me confess to you in public wasn't humiliating?' I scoffed, shoving my hands into my jean pockets and glaring at him.

Sasuke looked at me balefully. 'That was a test. It was completely justified.' He took his phone out of his pocket and checked the time.

I bristled. Damn, Sasuke. Look at me. 'In what way was potentially grinding me into the dirt –publicly- justified?' I asked him. No really Sasuke, I'm just dying to hear your side of this.

'What are you trying to say, Uzumaki?' Sasuke breathed dangerously.

Our faces had gotten closer. Sasuke's chin was tilted fully upwards and he was on his toes to look me in the eye. That must be really annoying to him with his pride the size of North America. I briefly felt myself zoning out again and my eyes glued to his lips.

Sasuke was looking at me expectantly.

I jerked my face away and grabbed Sasuke's wrist. I charged across the road with him in tow, before the green man stopped flashing. He remained tight lipped as I lead him closer to the park in the centre of town. It was huge, and that was where they had set up the circus. When he saw the colourful tents and splattering of posters, Sasuke rolled his eyes.

'How...charming,' he tried, not quite managing to smile. He folded his arms and looked snootily at the painted archway that said 'Fun Land!' in yellow and black lettering. Sure the paint was peeling and 'fun land' was the shittiest name ever, but he could have looked more excited.

'You don't like it?' I said, letting his hand flop back to his side. 'Everyone that goes to an amusement park for a first date?' Sasuke smirked, 'None of the couples end up surviving.'

I glared at him. Bastard. 'Well you- you promised that no matter what crazy shit I pull you're not going to dump me. I have nothing to lose,' I stated casually. 'So come on. You might actually have fun.'

He looked at me with an alarmed expression, but quickly composed himself. 'Alright dobe, lead the way.' He actually offered me his hand this time and I grinned like an idiot as I took it, his slender fingers were cold and so I gave them a sympathetic squeeze. It wasn't his poor fingers' fault that Sasuke was cold-blooded.

He looked at me questioningly.

'Let's get ice-cream!'

I told you I had a plan for winning my days back- and it was quite a clever one too. After I'd convinced Sasuke to get some delicious frozen goodness –'Oh come on, Sasuke. It's ice-cream. Afraid you're going to get fat from less than one scoop?'- I cheerfully dragged him over to the carnival games. He was growing more and more uncomfortable, so I said he could just watch me play. This would amuse him. I'm a good actor and I like to make people laugh.

Here was step one of my amazing plan; I bought a couple of tries at that cup game- the one where you're supposed to throw the little foam balls and knock over the cups. I am kick-ass at carnival games, but for my plan to work I had to be pretty crap. I threw the balls randomly, and pretended to be really annoyed. I groaned theatrically as the man smiled indulgently and took more and more of my money. Sasuke was watching me with as close to a smile as you could get. Perfect. Time to execute step two.

'Sasuke, if I can beat this game the next time I play, you have to give me my two days back, plus the extra one I wanted!' I pouted. 'I know I can win...' I muttered scratching my head with my bottom lip still stuck out in a pout.

I had him exactly where I wanted him. 'Sure,' he challenged.

I gave the man another fiver. He wasn't complaining! Probably hoping I'd keep playing and loosing. Well too bad. I picked up the first foam ball and with deadly accuracy smacked it into the first pile of cups. The tower trembled and then collapsed. The man stared at me in confusion. Sure they were probably glued together or something, but nothing stood up to my incredible luck! I widened my eyes innocently and looked at Sasuke. 'Wow that was lucky.'

'Tch, there are still two more towers, dobe.' he said through clenched teeth. His dark eyes narrowed suspiciously.

'Meh. Not for long,' I sang. I looked right into his eyes as I tossed the last two balls together, over my shoulder. They were aimed at the middle, where the cups I had just collapsed were. They bounced off of each other and preformed a nice little combo on the remaining two cup stacks. The look on Sasuke's face was priceless. I snickered. Never underestimate the master at making the impossible possible. 'Pretty neat, huh?' I glowed, ready for the praise I had coming to me.

Instead, Sasuke's face made a series of small twitches, like he was a malfunctioning robot.I cringed slightly at the livid expression that his face settled on. It was like some bizarre Sasuke fruit machine. I'd popped my coin in, his face shuffled for a few seconds, and then he dished out my 'prize'.

'You... you USURATONKATCHI!' he exploded, realising he'd been tricked. I had never seen him look so ready to strangle something. It was... shit scary.

'C-Calm down Sasuke-'

'You just! You- NO!' He threw his hands up in the air and charged towards the crappy arch.

Aw shit. I ran back to the counter to take my prize from the man, who was looking at me with new respect...I should have been King of the Carnies... but he also made a clicking noise with his tongue, and passed me a small business card. What the heck? 'Funerals r us'? I gave him an odd look.

I ran after Sasuke haphazardly. 'Sasuke, wait!'

'What?' he turned around, still livid. He pulled his fist back and I cowered.

I held up the prize as a peace offering, hiding my face. He took the offered stuffed animal with a bemused expression, his fruit-face thingy malfunctioning. His face blanked so quickly, I wondered if he'd died. Maybe just got so mad he forced himself out of his own body.

The prize the man had given me was a cat. It was black with small dark eyes and a pink nose. It had a Sasuke smirk stitched onto its face and was furry and soft. He clutched it tightly, just staring.

'That's the real reason I wanted to win,' I said timidly. 'I saw it in the corner there and thought it was too good to be true. I mean, what were the chances they'd have a little black cat as a prize... usually it's something dumb like a plastic toy that breaks the second you touch it, or some monkey thing that loses all its fur, or even worse! A creepy doll that you know wants to kill you when it gets dark...' I shivered.

Sasuke still hadn't said a word. I was seriously considering the out-of-body thing.

'Thank you...' Sasuke croaked, finally. He buried his nose in the cat's fur and stood hugging it for a few seconds.

'No problem,' I said, bewildered that Sasuke actually had feelings.

Sasuke was awfully quiet as we weaved through the other groups of people and sampled various instant-heart-attack foods. I thought that today was going quite well. Sasuke still hadn't let go of the small cat, which I took as an encouraging sign. And then, I spotted...

It.

It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

'Oh my god Sasuke! We have to ride that thing!' I yelled, pointing at the GIGANTIC Ferris wheel. It was freaking huge-massive! The seats at the very top looked like specks, and I could see them swaying in the wind. It was spindly and painted bright, vibrant orange. I had never seen anything more glorious in my entire life!

'Fuck no,' Sasuke hissed. 'I am not going anywhere near that Wheel of Death!' He squeezed the kitten so hard I thought its head would pop off and hit his jaw. No cat deserved that!

I balked. 'What in the hell, Sasuke! It's not a wheel of death, it's gorgeous! And we'll be able to see the whole world from up there. It'll be like... like-' I searched for the right words to describe something so pure magic!

'Like seeing your life flash before your eyes?'

'No,' I gave him 'a look'- That's about as close to annoyed as I was going to get. 'It'll be like flying!' I said dreamily.

He looked at the wheel sullenly.

'Naruto... I'm bored.'

'No teme, I think you're just scared.' I could see the signs. Sasuke was pale and he kept sneaking worried glances at the tippy-top of the wheel, imagining being in there, no doubt. It was totally okay and I wasn't going to push him. I was nice, unlike some people. 'Forget it dude, I can see you're not cool with this. Let's just go do something else. It'll be dark soon.' I floated over and rested my arm lightly around his shoulders, but he squirmed away.

'Dammit, Naruto! I'm not scared!' he spat. Kitty-cat's eyes bulged at me pleadingly.

Oh god. He wasn't serious. 'Look Sasuke, it's alright,' I explained patiently. 'This doesn't make you any less of a man-' apparently, my serious tone was mistaken for goading.

'Shut up and ride the damn wheel with me, or we're over.'

I really think he means it.

It was late, I was already stretched pretty thin but I held back the torrent of 'PISSED OFF NAOW' that I was threatening to feel. Sasuke's nose was wrinkled in an ugly scowl. He stomped up to the lightly swinging box and sat down, hard. It rocked wildly and I thought I saw him wince. Kitty was wedged between his legs. As much as I envied kitty right now, I was also starting to think this was a good idea. The teme needed a lesson on his limits. I sat down opposite him with a smug smile.

'Last chance Sasuke. I can yell and scream for them to let us off, like a madman, because I like you and I don't care whether they label me as a loony or not...'

'S-Shut the fuck up.'

Well, fine. 'I can deal,' I muttered under my breath.

There was a low grating sound as the crank was started. I couldn't help but feel excited as the box gently swung upwards. It was really, really gentle, but Sasuke started shivering violently. I looked away uncomfortably. This wasn't any fun at all, especially with my stomach twisting tighter into a knot in sympathy for the poor wretch. When we were at the very top of the wheel it stopped. The city was spread out like a silver web. Some of the streetlights had kicked into action, and I could see light-paths of cars streaking across the highway.

'Sasuke,' I turned to him with love in my eyes, all set for the romantic scenario, 'You're beautiful...'

Sasuke wasn't listening to me. He was too busy getting sick over the side of the box. Noisily.

'Ah, now you see that's why I said we could ask to get off,' I groaned teasingly. 'Here, sit on the floor and curl up until you forget where we are. It'll help.' I expected him to make some comment on how disgusting sitting on the floor would be or how many germs were currently crawling around down there, but Sasuke just did as I said meekly. He kneeled on the floor in front of me, and I locked my legs around him for support. 'Shh,' I said soothingly, rubbing between his shoulder blades.

'What happens in the box, says in the box...' he rasped, wrapping his arms around my left leg and hugging it for dear life when the box rocked as I shifted into a more comfortable position. I chuckled under my breath and ruffled his hair. He growled at me.

'Hey Sasuke, what happens in the box, stays in the box,' I countered. 'And as long as we're here...' I sighed wistfully.

'Hn.'

I peered out of the side of the carriage curiously. 'Oi, teme. You puked on some old lady.'

Sasuke looked up with a wry smile. 'Ten points for me.'

'Why Sasuke,' I said, in my best overly-shocked voice, 'I knew you were a sick bastard, but random acts of cruelty make you smile?' I shook my head pityingly.

He huffed and pressed his forehead against my knee. 'My head is spinning...' he mumbled pathetically. So was mine, but for a different reason.

The box jerked and Sasuke's breath hitched. At last, we were going back down. He scooted away from me as though I'd turned red hot and began tugging his hair and clothes to look normal again. He almost jumped up and ran the moment we could see the ground. I caught hold of his jacket before he could escape though. 'Thanks for coming. We should do this again sometime.'

'I think... If we ever did this again it would kill me,' he said, deadly serious.

'I can arrange it so that you die happy,' I said huskily, slipping my arms around his waist and pulling him closer. Sasuke stared up at me with half-lidded eyes and tilted his head up. I leaned closer and shivered when his breath ghosted over my neck.

'No touching... dobe,' he said, and chomped down on my delicate ear.

'Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!' I wailed. 'You bit me! You bit me! I knew you were a vampire. Oh ghod, oh god I'm bleeding! You drew blood!' My left arm released him and clamped over my ear as I whimpered. He picked at my fingers and removed my arm disdainfully.

'Don't call me,' he said sweetly, and patted my cheek. I watched him as he walked off, giving no signs of his earlier vertigo.

'Daaaaamn,' I whined, fidgeting.

Gotta see the show 'cause then you'll know
The vertigo is gonna grow
'Cause it's so dangerous
You'll have to sign a waiver

I give these two another second of happiness tops, then things'll go downhill. Again.

Being my own beta is hard. :/ I have no idea how this comes across to other people. This time I mean it! If I don't reach ten reviews, we're over. *gives you a Sasuke glare*