The air was freezing and the wind tearing. Naruto and Sasuke were on their way home from a mission in a far away country. They had been on their way home for several days now when the snowstorm surprised them. The weather had been acting strange for over a month now and both Naruto and Sasuke was to say the least quite tired of it.
"I'm freezing, Sasuke" Naruto whined. The snow had turned into freezing water at their feet which was now cooling down their entire bodies.
"Stop whining Naruto, it won't get us anywhere" Sasuke sneered back. Sasuke was sick and tired of the cold weather and Narutos nagging as well. He wished he was back at his own house, next to his warming fireplace. Loosing himself in that thought he failed to hear Naruto yelling at him.
"SASUKE! IDIOT TEME! LISTEN to me teme! I can see a cave from here. I think the storm will take a turn for the worse so we should be taking cover when we can. For example in that CAVE I mentioned earlier. HEY! Are you listening?"
Now Sasuke was listening. One especially cold wind blew across his ears and gave him a brain freeze. He was more then willing to take cover in that cave.
"Well let's move then moron" he said and started to make his way to the cave. Naruto giddily followed.
The cave was a little smaller then expected, but big enough to fit them and a few other things. The storm picked up pace and the snow fell faster. Both Naruto and Sasuke were happy that they were safe and sound in the cave now.
"We should take off our wet clothes and cover up with whatever we can find in our backpacks. If we don't, we won't gain any heat." Sasuke began to take of his shoes and the wet pants. Naruto was at a loss of what to do. Something in the situation felt so intimate, like he was caught in a romantic novel. Naruto felt the heat rise on his cheeks and he looked away. Believe it or not, but Naruto was really a prude.
"What are you doing? You have to get out of those wet clothes. We will camp here for the night so you better hurry up and change."
Sasuke had already taken off all his wet clothes and was now only in his boxers and a t-shirt. Hurriedly he crept into his sleeping bag. Naruto was still unchanged. Sasuke was just about to point that out when..
"Turn around"
"What?"
"Turn around"
"You have got to be kidding me, right?"
"Just turn around. It can't really be that hard?"
"No"
"What do you mean no?"
"No, like in no, I won't turn around"
"What?! You pervert!"
"I'm no pervert idiot, and if I was I hardly doubt that I would get off at seeing cold wet feet being relieved from socks. Get a hold of yourself Naruto. Hurry up and change." Sasuke turned away from Naruto and tried to make himself as comfortable as possible.
"Well I'm all done now, thank you"
"hn"
"Don't you 'hn' me! You answer me….. Wait! Are you angry because that you didn't get to see my sexy, sexy feet?"
"Idiot! I was just trying to sleep, but if you haven't noticed, there's hardly any peace here because SOMEONE is talking all the time."
"Gosh, you could just have said that you was about to sleep. You know I wouldn't have bothered you. Well good night then"
"Good night"
Turned away from each other, they fought to stay quiet and relax, but both the fight and the cold left them fidgeting. Deciding they would do something about it they spoke at the same time.
"I'm sorry" "Dobe I .."
"Heh! I guess we both want peace before we sleep."
"Yeah, I guess so. Good night Naruto"
"Good night Sasuke"
They lay in a comfortable silence for a while enjoying the unusual peace between them. Then the storm took that turn for the worse that Naruto had been expecting. Snow whirled into the cave and left them freezing even more.
"Dobe, lets use the snow to make a wind shelter in the cave opening."
They hurriedly made the snow shelter and dived into their bags.
"Fuck! Fuck fuck fuck! I'm freezing my butt off, only it's the feet and the hands that are the worst."
"You think I don't freeze as much as you then?" Sasuke sneered back.
"I don't care about your ass right now since I'm having my hands full of my own! …..That didn't come out right…. Just don't even think about it."
"I think we have to exchange body heat."
Naruto looked at Sasuke with non understanding eyes.
"I think we have to exchange body heat." Sasuke repeated. "Get over here"
"Why do I have to come over to you? You should be the one coming over to me."
"Stop acting like a baby. I'm just trying to make us survive the night. Don't you see? When the sun go down it will be even colder."
Sasuke made his way to Naruto. He unzipped both the sleeping bags and zipped them together.
"What are you DOING!"
"I'm zipping the bags together so we can share body heat."
"But this way we'll be sleeping together"
"I would rather be sleeping with you then loose my limbs. I trust you to feel the same. Now get into the bag. You are letting in cold air."
Naruto got into the bag and looked at Sasuke.
"What now?"
"Now we hug."
"We do WHAT!"
"CUT IT OUT! I don't want this ether, but we have to. Now hug me!"
Naruto hugged Sasuke a little awkwardly. Sasuke did the same. Both were as rigid as trees.
"See, it's not that bad."
"Your feet are freezing."
"Well so are yours. Now STOP complaining. Let us sleep."
"Sure. Good night"
"Night"
As the boys lay together, trying to ignore the other the evening turned into night and the boys froze even more. No more did they care about the awkwardness of the situation. The heat from the other body turned into a sweet addiction, as it should when you are freezing. Soon the boys were not so shy anymore and curled together shielding each other from the cold. Soon they were entwined with each other and moved their hands over the others' body trying to warm up the cold skin on the back. They fell asleep like that, holding each other close.