Naruto Uzumaki was many things Goofy,brave,kind but right now he was very . . . very . . bored "Ugh . . ." the Jinchuriki whined as he leaned back into his couch. Normally he'd be going to Ichiraku's or hanging out with Kakashi or Sakura but Ichiraku's was closed for the New Year, Kakashi was on a vacation with Guy sensei and Sakura was with her family. Naruto then closed his eyes going to the all too familiar place in his mind where the 9 tails slept like he had done so many times before
"Hey Kurama" the blonde replied cheerfully as his fox friend stirred awake
"Why are you waking me up?" he growled while the blonde just rolled his eyes
"I'm boreddddd" he whined making the fox give an irritated grunt.
"Make shadow clones to keep yourself company I'm going back to sleep" and the blonde returned to the real world which held nothing but an empty room
'Maybe I should visit pervy sage's grave today' the blonde thought remembering his dead sensei
'at least he'll keep me company for tonight' he thought smiling sourly at his misfortune despite being a hero of the village,despite having all these amazing friends he was still alone in these crucial moments. He got up from the couch to get his jacket before hearing an abrupt sound.
'knock' 'knock' the blonde stopped abruptly and craned his head towards the door no one would come at this hour they'd either be at home with family/friends or sleeping like a normal person
'what if it's a ghost' he thought gulping he'd been hearing stories about a ghost roaming around on New Year's Eve
'come on Naruto get a hold of yourself' he thought slapping his cheeks to get himself fully awake as he slowly inched towards the door his hand slithering around the cold metal before swinging the door a crackle of lightning cast a malevolant shadow on the figure infront of him making him jump back half expecting an actual ghost to pop up but when he opened his eyes he saw a familiar bastard
"Happy New Year Dobe" a deep voice echoed into his ear and the face a calm, collected and sometimes cocky Uchiha was present his all familiar onyx colored eye hidden by the black locks of his slightly spiky hair with a black cloak covering basically everything else.
"t-teme what are you doing here?" Naruto asked blinking his eyes rapidly to make sure his best friend that he spent years chasing after to save him from the darkness who left again few years ago was actually at his doorstep.
"I'm selling flowers" he replied sarcastically and Naruto's face immediately settled into its annoyed look
'definitely acts like the bastard' he thought sourly before reluctantly letting the Uchiha enter his apartment
"You still haven't moved from this dump?" Sasuke asked his face scrutinizing the walls ridden with stains and a faint order coming from somewhere in the house
"It's not a dump it's a gift the third gave to me" the blonde replied defensively crossing his arms
'Still as nice as always' the raven thought smirking as the blonde went to make some ramen from the pair
"Where's Sakura and Kakashi?" he questioned not that he minded Naruto alone was enough for him and always been his main focus anyway not that his younger self would ever admit that/
"They're with family and friends celebrating New Year's" the blonde replied over his shoulder while the ramen heated Sasuke had already made himself feel like home which Naruto liked he wanted his bestfriend to feel like he had a place here in the world he just wished the world was a bit closer sometimes.
"Hn" Sasuke responded abrasively as he sat at the table when the blonde brought two cups of the ramen to the table and sat down
Naruto snapped the chopsticks and began slurping the ramen happily man he loved ramen he thought before his eyes drifted toward the Raven who was staring at him
"Oh right I forget you only have one hand" he chuckled as the Raven snapped out of his daze and looked away
'what's his problem?' the blonde thought confused as the raven cleared his throat
"I'm not the hungry anyway" he mumbled
"e-eh seriously? no way your not hungry after that long of a journey" Naruto asked in disbelief he must've been traveling days just to get to the leaf. Sasuek uchiha might be an expert at lying but Naruto was a whole dang lie detector.
"I told you I'm not hungry" Sasuke lied again and little beeps went off in Naruto's head indicating the presence of his lie.
"Come on just one bite" Naruto whined pushing himself across the table struggling to get the noodle into the Raven's mouth who resisted with ease leaning back, then to the left, then to the right, then up, then-
"I told you usuratonkachi-"
"Haha I got you!" naruto exclaimed pinning the Sasuke to the ground his legs pulling weight on Sasuke's lower torso and the blonde's right elbow square on his chest to prevent him from using his remaining hand to manuever out of this predicament
After the smugness from the victory wore off Naruto noticed that a tension had filled the room as he realized what a misleading position they were in Sasuke Uchiha was laying on the ground arms pinned by the Uzumaki who was in a literal sense between his legs
Naruto gulped but before he could do anything Sasuke took the oppurtunity to release himself and pin Naruto down instead his legs entrapping the Uzumaki's and his left arm blocking the space between the blonde's neck and head not exactly choking him but not exactly leaving room for him to have a lot of mobility either. He then slowly inched closer to the blonde's face which was becoming increasingly redder by the minute.
'Is he gonna kiss me?!" Naruto thought frantically
but the Uchiha's lips moved few inches upward touching his forehead instead
"Checkmate" he whispered into the blonde's ear and he went beet root red
"You Big Flirt!" Naruto shouted hitting his secret long distance boyfriend square in the chest knowing full well it wouldn't hurt the Uchiha who seemed to haven't laughed like this in ages
