The Joy of Life

Sequel to The Pain of Life

Warm.

I was warm and comfortable, and a big, soft weight was sprawled across me. Urrrgh. I shifted slightly. Becoming aware of a pair of arms around my waist a knee between my knees, hands fisting into my PJ's. I peel my eyes open to meet a shock of blond. Fluffy and tickling my nose with its soft tips. Naruto. I became aware my own arms were wrapped around his shoulders and back, and his head was pressing into the soft skin of my shoulder.

Hugging.

I was hugging... Naruto.

I blush, my whole skin flushing a deep red and heating up, as I tried to untangle the mess of our limbs. Naruto groans and clutches tighter to me. I glance at the curtains, light streaming through the gaps. It's morning. Naruto presses himself unconsciously against my side, his leg locked around my own.

"Na...Na...Narutt..o" I give him a shake. "Oi, Naruto! Wake up!" I'm horribly aware of every part of my skin that brushes with his. A burning senation. He murmurs in his sleep and decides to kick me in the shin. Ow. "Naruto!" I consider kicking him back, but settle for poking him in the ribs. I'm even more aware of the shade of red my face his. "Wake up dobe!"

"Eh? Huh? Wha?" He rolls over sleepily at another jab in the ribs and his finds his face inches from mine. "Eh!" He jumps and our noses bash together. Fear flashes in his eyes for just a second before he recognises the owner of the dark hair. "Sas... Sasu..."The brilliant red colour he turns makes me splutter with laughter. "T...Te...Teme!" He yells, trying valiantly to unwrap his limbs from mine, and scooting backwards, staring at me in embarrassed horror, until he topples of the side of the bed, red-faced as I roll around laughing and wipe tears from my eyes. "Whhh...Wha?" he splutters from over the side of the bed, before his head pops up like a perky blond bunny rabbit to stare at me wide eyed and.. adorable. His cheeks and the bridge of his nose sport a hilarious red glow that clashed with the shock of spiky blond atop his head.

"D...dobe!" I stammer out between laughs and gasps for air "You... you... sleep hugger!" I didn't think it'd be possible for him to turn any redder, but I was now looking at a blond boiled lobster boy. He leaps up; his cheeks stained that deep red, and flees the room.

It's then I realise I'd been only moments away from kissing him.

Idiot.

What the hell was I thinking?

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Sasuke's face.

Sasuke's face had been inches from his own. Naruto stared at himself in the mirror. His cheeks flushing once more with a deep red stain. Sasuke's face had been so close to his own, and he'd want to... to...

Kiss him.

The red splash of colour spread across his face like water spilling.

"Naruto?" Itachi knocks on the door. "Are you alright in there" Naruto noticed how the red on his cheeks intensifies and he stammers out that yes, he's fine, and no, Itachi most definitely did not need to come in.

He'd locked himself in the bathroom for a reason...

Sasuke...

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A.N: Yey! It's a sequel (though I guess this could work as a standalone)! Finally! ... and this was a really short chapter... XD

Gonna be SasuNaru, not a Yaoi I'm afraid... as I'm terrible at writing it... XD

This one might not be updated as frequently as The Pain of Life was... got lots of CW to do and I'm working on my other Naruto story, Bitter Sweet, at the moment!

Oh! If you haven't read the previous one (as, if you haven't noticed by now... this is a sequel)... have a recap: in The Pain of Life, Naruto gets abused, the Uchiha's are nice people and it's all alright now... or is it?

Ok... so that was a terrible summary... just go and read The Pain of Life if you haven't already... XD

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