*Crash!* Naruto jumped at the sound of thunder outside his small apartment window. Naruto was afraid of thunderstorms, accually, he was deadly afraid. Naruto started to panic. He hated being alone during a storm. He headed strait to the phone. Not many storms occured, but when they did, Naruto would always phone his best friend Sasuke, the only person who knew of his fear. He dialed the number and waited, fearfully, to hear Sasuke's voice.

"Hey, Dobe, is that you?" Sasuke sounded wide awake, which was wierd considering it was almost 1am.

"Sas-s-Sasuke! He-help...me...!" Naruto whimpered.

"Hey, calm down. Shh, shh. It's OK, I already have my shoes on and I'm heading out. Just wait there." Naruto put down the phone before another word was said.

By the time Sasuke got to Naruto's apartment, Naruto was sitting on the couch, huddled into a ball. He was slightly shaking. Sasuke walked slowly towards Naruto and sat closely next to him. He then wrapped his arms around the frightened boy and started to rock him back and fourth. A few minutes rolled by and Sasuke noticed that Naruto had started to cry. He sniffled a few times and looked up at Sasuke.

"How...How did you, how did...you....know that I...needed you?" His blue eyes where full of fear, but comfort at the same time.

"Silly Dobe, right when I heard thunder....I knew you where going to.....you know, need me. You always do. I guess I'm just used to it, thats all." Another crash of thunder sounded and Naruto jumped. Sasuke tightened his grip on Naruto and brought him closer.

"Don't worry, It'll be fine." Sasuke calmly said to Naruto, who was crying harder than before. Naruto sat in Sasuke's arms until the storm stopped. At least the power didn't go out, like last time... Sasuke thought to himself while he craddled Naruto in his lap.

"Look, Naruto, the storm is gone. Everything is fine. You should go get some sleep." He said once the storm stopped. Sasuke lifted Naruto and carried him into his bedroom. He placed Naruto on his bed and covered him with a blanket. Sasuke was about to leave when he heard Naruto.

"Sasuke! No...don't, don't leave me!" He cried, tears streaming down his face. Sasuke looked back to see the boy sitting up, once again, crying. Sasuke walked back over to Naruto and sat next to him. He lifted Naruto's chin so he could see right into his eyes.

"Silly, Dobe...I wont leave if you don't want me to..." Sasuke lightly kissed Naruto's fourhead and layed down, pulling Naruto with him.

"I'm right here." Sasuke embraced Naruto as he layed there, next to him. Naruto hugged him back, as if his life depended on it.

Sasuke couldn't sleep, so he just layed there, in Naruto bed, looking at the smaller boy peacefully sleep. He's so cute, just sleeping there. Cuter than last time, even. Just then Naruto woke up and looked at Sasuke.

"Sas-Sasuke? What time is it? Why are you not sleeping?" Naruto looked alittle worried.

"Shh, it's about four. I couldn't sleep. Are you OK now?" Naruto blushed lightly. He tried looking away to hide it from Sasuke.

"Yeah, I think so." Naruto pulled Sasuke closer and put his lips next to Sasuke's ear. "Thank you, Sasuke." He whispered. He moved back infront of Sasuke and noticed that he, too was blushing. Naruto leaned forwards and placed a small kiss on Sasuke's cheek, then layed his head on Sasuke's chest and fell back to sleep.

"Good night, Dobe."

"Don't...call me...that......"