This spawned from my own doubts. Hurrhurr. That's why it's so short.

Anyway, I haven't read Naruto in a while, so sorry for any OOC-ness.

No ownage here.

Karin was not the jealous type. Not at all. That's what she told herself, at least, but it was apparently otherwise. Whenever Suigetsu happened to sit or stand too close to Sasuke or talk to him for a lengthy time, she immediately stormed over and engaged one of the two in some form of activity. Neither Sasuke nor Suigetsu knew exactly why that was -- Sasuke assumed it was just that abnormal amount of affection most girls had for him, and Suigetsu thought Karin was just a bit unsure about Sasuke's sexuality. To both of their surprise, it turned out to be the latter.

When they'd stopped for the day, Karin shoved Suigetsu away from Sasuke and took the shark-kid's place. "Sasuke," she said, all sweet-sounding or whatever she was trying to achieve. "Do you... like Suigetsu?"

"Nnh." replied the not-so-observant Uchiha, then, when he'd realized what she actually meant -- subtlety wasn't exactly Sasuke's strongest point -- he scooted away from her a bit. "Why do you ask?"

"Well, you're always talking with him, and you two are always so close!" Karin huffed and followed Sasuke's scoot. "You never talk to me like that, Sasuke..."

"That's because there's never really anything to talk to you about."

"That's what they all say!"

"Okay."

By that time, Suigetsu had completed whatever little task he'd set out to do when he'd been oh-so rudely pushed, and he came ambling back just in time for Karin to prattle on incoherently then get up and storm off. Suigetsu received a glare for his part, whatever part that was.

"What was that about?" he asked. Sasuke shrugged.

"She thinks I'm gay."

"She's not alone there." Sasuke's glare was much more bone-chilling than Karin's had been. "I'm kidding. But seriously. Are you?"

x

That night, when the sun was just starting to set, Suigetsu dissapeared again. Karin followed him to a pool of water, which he dived into after his clothes had been thrown helter-skelter about the grassy shore. As he dissolved, or whatever he did, Karin crept quietly to the water's edge and collected aforementioned clothes, then ran back to their camp.

The way she figured it, no person in his right mind would come walking back through open space as naked as day.

...although she hadn't figured that Suigetsu might not be in his right mind.

So, after nearly two hours, when Sasuke was just beginning to settle down for the night, Suigetsu returned. He only got so far before Karin moved faster than even ninja-ly possible, throwing his clothes at his head and yelling at him to make himself decent. Karin continued on for the next five minutes while Suigetsu toweled his hair dry with his shirt.

"...and it's so disgusting!" she finally finished. Suigetsu nodded in agreement.

"It is, Karin, it is. But if you seriously think Sasuke's gay for me, then it's probably not a good idea to make me walk around butt-naked."

"I didn't make you!" she screamed at him, finally giving up with a groan and storming off to find a new place to sleep. She paused long enough to look at Sasuke, who's face and ears were beet-red. Then she stomped off again.

"You did take my clothes!" Suigetsu called after her, getting a shriek in response. Then he sat down next to Sasuke, taking his sweet time getting dressed again.

"By the way," he said, pulling Sasuke's sleeve away from his face. "Your nose is bleeding."