Title: Mendokuse
Summary: Sasuke and Naruto's relationship has always been so troublesome. SasuNaru drabbles.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.


~Realisation~

It was raining heavily in Konoha but that didn't stop Sakura and Ino partaking in their favourite activity. Stalking Uchiha Sasuke. The two girls, sworn rivals for Sasuke's affections, sat in companionable silence beneath the shelter of an umbrella watching the dark-haired boy train, uncaring of the bad weather.

"Hey, teme!"

Sakura and Ino watched as the loud-mouthed blond boy approached their beloved Sasuke with a bright orange umbrella.

Ino bristled at the insult, wanting nothing more than to beat Naruto senseless for daring to call her beloved Sasuke by such a name.

"What do you want, dobe?" Sasuke scowled at the interruption. He needed to train harder in order to beat Itachi and get his revenge.

Naruto wordlessly moved the umbrella so it was above Sasuke's head instead of his own. The rain soaked through his clothes and darkened his blond locks in an instant but he didn't care. The Kyuubi made it near impossible for him to get ill.

Sasuke looked at Naruto with a questioning gaze. Naruto looked at his feet and mumbled, "I wouldn't want my rival getting sick now, would I?"

"C'mere, dobe." Sasuke took the umbrella with one hand and pulled Naruto underneath with the other.

With their chests pressed together, clothes drenched from the deluge of rain, they stood under the safety of a bright orange umbrella. Like a beacon of light in the darkness.

Ino and Sakura turned to face each other with wide eyes as realisation dawned on them.

"Maybe we should go and watch Neji and Lee train for a while," Sakura suggested.

She felt as though they were intruding on a private moment between Sasuke and Naruto. Apparently Ino felt the same as she quickly nodded her head in agreement.

It was raining heavily in Konoha and it was in the rain that two girls, who used to be rivals for Uchiha Sasuke's affections, realised that it was about time they moved on.

Owari