Naruto breathed out heavily, eyes closed and face to the sky as the worm sun beat down on his face, warming the already tan skin. The grass was kinda wet from the stream nearby, but it felt good against his skin, and Naruto tucked his hands behind his head and blinked up through the rustling foliage at the nearly cloudless blue sky. He had to squint since his face was lying right in a patch of sun, but it was definitely worth it. Days like today were so pretty.
Sakura would probably come looking for him soon, thrashing about angrily and cursing him to high heavens for not showing up for the training that they had been supposed to report to earlier this morning. The sound would give him enough time to find a suitable hiding place though, so he wasn't too worried.
Naruto scratched his cheek, his fingernails catching on the ridged lines on his skin lightly and shifted. His back was getting wet from the grass. Eh. He didn't feel like moving. It was way to comfortable to be all stretched out and lazy-like. Naruto gave a snort. Now he knew why Shikamaru was always finding new hiding places to sleep when he wasn't on missions. It felt so damn good!
Naruto's ear twitched as a branch cracked somewhere off to his right. It was only a bird, but at this point, Naruto wasn't sure if he would have gotten up if there was an attack. The grass smelled nice, and the trees had the mid-summer smell that was always fresh and made Naruto want to sit in them all day.
His stomach was doing the awkward tighten right before it grumbled and Naruto smacked it, as if trying to tell it to shut the hell up he was sleeping. He'd eaten, what, two hours ago? It was probably the one time Naruto wasn't ready to go find a cup of ramen-
His stomach growled anyways and Naruto made a whining sound. He was soooo not getting up. He'd been on his feet the entire last mission because of the time limit they had set, and he was tired. His muscles had the tight aching feel of when he'd been on his feet too much and wanted a break, and he was damn going to take it! He puffed a breath of air out indignantly at a strand of bang that was lying crosswise over his eye. He should probably get Hinata or one of the girls to clip it for him… His hair was getting a little bit long at the back.
A black bug- maybe an ant- began to crawl up his arm, making little paths of itchiness. Naruto's finger twitched a little making the rest of his hand feel funny. Naruto would have squished it, but it felt like Lee's lead weights were attached to his wrists. That, and if it was one of Shino's, the other boy would probably do terrible, gross, icky bug-like things to him. Naruto didn't want to chance it, and let the bug have it's way, crawling up and down his arm in deranged patterns.
Just breathing was nice. No running around, no training, no dodging Sakura's punches or retorting to Sasuke's insults. Just sitting, which was something he never really got to do lately. Even when he was trying to stay still to go into Frog Sage mode, it wasn't as peaceful as just sitting here was. The sun was golden, the breeze was gentle, and the trees were swooshing prettily in the light and making the grass around him dappled-
"Che." Naruto grinned to himself. "Imma poet." Even his jaw felt tired, like the day when he had an eating contest with Chouji that lasted for six hours before Naruto finally puked and Chouji gave him a grin full of grilled steak that had made Naruto puke again. His jaw had hurt for days afterward, and he'd never loved applesauce so much. No chewing required.
There was the faintest rustle and Naruto blinked a bit, looking up at the tree above him. It was an oak, and as he watched a leaf floated down in a twirly pattern before settling on his chest. With labored effort, Naruto managed to pick up his arm, the one with the ant and grabbed the leaf, holding it up to the sun and looking at the veins that traveled through it. The movement made the ant freeze on his bicep for an instant, before continuing on its way, trying to get under the fabric of Naruto's T-shirt.
Naruto twitched his foot to keep it from going numb, unable to move anything else. The sound of his own breathing was loud in his ears, a sucked in 'whoosh,' and let out sigh the followed it sounding louder than the birds chirping somewhere away in the forest. Naruto frowned as the heavy breath made his rib hurt a little. Maybe he had cracked it… he should probably get it looked at by Tsunade-
A foot slammed into the rib and Naruto convulsed, letting out a strangled yelp and curling around his side. Well, if it hadn't been broken before, it was definitely broken now. Naruto glared up at Sasuke, his vision teary from the sudden pain.
"Fuck, why couldn't they have sent Sakura-chan instead?" Naruto wheezed. Sasuke's arms were folded over his chest as he glared down at Naruto and leaned on one foot.
"You missed practice today." He stated flatly and Naruto flipped him the finger, the pain in his ribs subsiding a bit.
"No, really? I thought you were brighter than that." Naruto let the sarcasm lace his voice and he rolled back on to his back, his peace completely ruined. He already missed it.
"Get up, Sakura wants you."
Naruto sighed. Sasuke couldn't just leave him alone, could he? Naruto flipped him the finger once again and let his eyes slid shut.
The foot jammed itself into his ribs once again.
"GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!" Naruto yelled rolling quickly away from Sasuke, hand to his severely hurting rib, hoping his glare would burn holes in Sasuke's pretty face.
Sasuke gave him a blank, unemotional look. "She wants you in ten minutes." And then he left, jumping back up into the foliage and making his way towards the village. Naruto grumbled loudly, picking himself up and reaching for his discarded jacket and tossing it over his shoulder before setting off into the woods. He couldn't stop the small winces that came when some of his movements twisted his rib.
The ant was still crawling up his arm, and Naruto stared at it for a second before flicking it off, watching it fly off into some bush. Screw Shino, his side hurt more than the freaking ant would.
Aaaaaaaand... the Naruto chapter is up. X3.
He's being Laaaaaaaaaaaazy. though his thoughts are apparently still hyperactive, since I seem incapable of writing laziness... .
So. I'm now ahead on chapters because I got a day off today (medical reasons... weird air bubble in my throat... T^T) so it's a definite that there will be a chapter a night. Cause I'm cool.
Oh, plus, I cheated. Sorry XD. I decided to be greedy (heh. Ironic.) and put Naruto and Sasuke as the characters (as most of you have probably found out) so people wouldn't bypass this... I know I'd click it if it said Naruto and Sasuke as the main characters... It's justified by the fact that they ARE in here though XD.
Eh. Oh well. Thank you for reading! Please review!