Tis the Season

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And so it was Naruto was delighted when missions were canceled thanks to Christmas, the only ones accepted were ones where a ninja chose to go. Needless to say there weren't a lot of those. Sasuke probably would have done some but Naruto refused to let him saying he would destroy his house if he did. So Naruto freed Sasuke from the missions but decided he needed to drag him to every store he could find for decorations. So it was on his first day of Christmas vacation he was woken up at 6 in the morning.

"Wakey wakey Sasuke!"

Sasuke swatted at whatever it was that was buzzing in his ear, however all that got was his hand captured. Sasuke was about to kill whatever it was until something warm and slimy ran over his palm! Jumping from his face down position on his bed Sasuke cursed and stared shocked at Naruto who smirked and released his hand. Sasuke stared at the drooled on appendage.

"...Dobe?"

"Yeah?"

"Did...did you just...lick my hand?"

Naruto smirked in his face, "Yup! Now get up! First thing on the list for today is a Tree!"

Naruto bounced off his bed and Sasuke glared after him, who the hell did he think he was!

Naruto piled on his jacket over a borrowed black turtleneck and pulled on his winter shoes then pulling down the rolled pant legs of his favorite orange pants. Sasuke apparently woke up, a killing aura announcing his presence before he entered the living room. He glared at Naruto all the way to the kitchen to drink some of the tea Naruto had prepared. Naruto laughed silently, he'd only been living with Sasuke for about 4 days but the other boy was increasingly...human. It never occurred to Naruto Sasuke liked to sleep in, or that the boy was actually pretty emotional. Granted Naruto was probably getting annoying, but he couldn't help it. He never spent Christmas with anyone before, it was fun to be able to for a change, even if the someone was Sasuke. Naruto tapped his foot impatiently as Sasuke came back in and started pulling on his coat.

"Naruto, if you ever lick me again. I'll kill you."

The blonde scoffed though he was tempted to believe it. Sasuke pulled on a black hoodie with a blue stripe and a blue scarf with tiny fans on the ends, he pulled on his shoes fixing the bottom of his blue pants. Finally after they were both bundled up they headed out. It wasn't snowing hard but the ground was thick with the white covering. There were more people out than one would assume for such a cold morning, the homes they passed on their way to town were puffing smoke from fireplaces, making the scent of firewood thick as the scent of pies in the air. Their breath puffed out in clouds as they buried their hands in the pockets and walked on.

"After the tree we need things to decorate it with, I know where we can get that, the shop next to the Ramen stand has some great stuff! Then we'll need stockings and maybe some lights! It'll be great! Maybe we should get some mistletoe and invite Sakura-chan over!"

Sasuke tuned Naruto out, nodding once in a while to pretend he was listening, his ears were getting cold and his usually pale face was sporting a pink hue. He didn't even care where they went anymore as long as they were in a building! Unfortunately for him, their first stop was an outdoor fenced area where there were dozens of firs and spruce trees waiting to be taken home. Naruto seemed to get more excited by the step so when they reached the man Naruto was almost jumping up and down.

"Wel-welcome..sirs."

Sasuke glared at the hateful look the man gave Naruto, it was uncalled for. Naruto however ignored it smiling warmly at the man.

"We want the best tree you have!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes, the man seemed torn between being mean to Naruto and kind to the Uchiha heir, Sasuke helped him make up his mind.