A/N: Bum bum BUMMMMM. Yes mah peoples! Another fic! XDD Man, jet lag is finally affecting my brain. I’ve been out of it all day. X.x Anyways… I wrote this fic on the bus to JFK airport Friday the 15th of April. XD Sasuke and Naruto and all recognizable characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto. I’m making no moneys off of this. Enjoy.

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Naruto sometimes wondered why Sasuke was never cold.

It was winter in Konoha. A few white flakes drifted down from the clouds at odd intervals, warning the village of an impending snowfall. Most of the people were safe and warm in their cozy, bright houses, already having finished any time of pre-snow storm preparations. For the ninjas of Konoha, however, even the threat of snow did not stop them from their duty.

Naruto was glad Team 7 had decided to train out in the cold. Sakura had complained and even Sasuke looked like he didn’t want to be out there, but Naruto had been glad, He would have been training anyway, even if Kakashi hadn’t told them to. There was no reason to sit in his apartment with its temperamental heating system when he could be running around and having fun kicking Sasuke’s ass on such a nice day.

Naruto smiled and watched him breath cloud in the cold air. He laughed. It was a good day to be alive. Nothing could bring him down, not even the glare that Sasuke was sending his way.

“What? You don’t like winter?” Naruto laughed out. Sasuke grunted. ‘Probably cursing that we live near eachother,’ Naruto thought grinning. Naruto flashed a smile in Sasuke’s direction, just to piss him off. Sasuke ignored him, eyes forward and far off, with his hands in his pockets.

Naruto wondered why he didn’t wear a coat or some long pants or something heavier than the shorts and t-shirt he was wearing. Sasuke’s bare arms and legs glare an angry white, yelling a ‘Damn it, I’m cold!’ in Naruto’s mind, even as the red tinge on Sasuke’s face denied it.

“Aren’t you cold, Sasuke?”

“Shut up, dobe.”

Curious, Naruto grabbed Sasuke’s arm, only to pull back sharply. Grabbing Sasuke’s arm was like snatching at an icicle without gloves.

“Sasuke, you’re freezing!”

“I told you to shut up, dobe.”

Naruto frowned. He shrugged out of his jacket and threw it at his friend.

“I’m not putting this on,” Sasuke stated, glaring.

“Yes, you are. You’re freezing. You’re gonna get sick if you don’t put something on, and then you’ll be more useless than even me!” Naruto said with a laugh. Sasuke frowned as he grudgingly put on the orange monstrosity.

“What about you?”

“Me?” Naruto shrugged. “I live closer than you do and I’ve got other jackets at home. Don’t worry about it.”

The two boys fell silent. As they walked, Naruto spared another glance at his teammate. Sasuke’s eyes weren’t on the road or anything they were walking by. His eyes were far away.

‘Maybe,’ Naruto thought, ‘It’s not that he’s never cold. Maybe it’s that he’s always cold.’

“I know! Sasuke, let’s go get some ramen! Then we’ll both be warm and it won’t matter who’s got my jacket!”

Fin

A/N: Oh Naru… His ADD strikes again. XD Anyways… what’d you think? Good? Bad? Please review. -holds out the collection tin-