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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor do I own it's characters. I make no money with this.
Author's Note: Next one up.^^ Just so you know, this one didn't simply come to me out of nowhere... *headdesk* I hadn't slept in DAYS when I wrote it... I was SUFFERING. Really! And don't even try to tell me that it was my own fault, 'cause it wasn't. ... (...okay, it might have been...)
Night
"Seriously, Sasuke, this is it," Naruto forced out, sliding down the tree until he was sitting on the ground, knees drawn to his chest, arms hanging loosely by his sides. "I'm dying."
"Don't be stupid, moron," Sasuke replied tonelessly, rubbing his eyes.
"I'm serious, bastard!" Naruto threw back in a breathless laugh. "I'm practically dead already."
"Don't exaggerate. You've been through things way worse than this."
"No. No, I haven't." He took a deep breath, smiling up at Sasuke tiredly. "I can't even bring myself to be depressed anymore..."
"Don't... Just get back up, okay?" Sasuke said in exasperation, hating Naruto for forcing him to stop. Stopping only made him realize how much he felt like Naruto claimed to feel. "Another day, maybe two and we'll be home and then, we'll take a fucking week off..."
"Fuck that. I'm not getting out of bed for at least a month..." the blond breathed, the shadow of a grin ghosting over his features.
"Yeah..." Shaking his head a few times, Sasuke tried to focus again. "But we need to get going again."
"Ah." And with that, Naruto got back to his feet, a certain look of longing on his tanned face. "I never truly realized how much I love sleep..."
And Sasuke agreed. One never knew to appreciate something as natural as sleep right until one had to survive without it.