"Nnn..." Sasuke rolled over in his sleep. It was nearing three in the morning and Kakashi hadn't gotten even a wink of sleep. The white little puppy lay there, sighing, wrapped in Sasuke's arms. The Uchiha had a tight grip around Kakashi's furry body, probably imagining the Hatake was a miniature pillow, and tugging lightly on the tip of his pointed right ear. Kakashi groaned, but smiled nonetheless.

'He's so different when he's asleep... I never noticed it, but he's quite sullen and not so cocky in his sleep. In fact, he even seems innocent...!' Kakashi thought, looking up at the calmed face he knew so well. He was overjoyed the Uchiha had come back. He didn't even know how he got back, but he knew he loved it. A lot.

Brrrring! Brrrrrring!

"Eh...?" Sasuke's right arm instinctively hit the alarm clock on his dresser to stop it from waking his state of thought and lazily let go of Kakashi and threw his real pillow over his head with a groan. The crystal-furred puppy smiled and jumped to his feet, shimmying.

He pranced over to Sasuke and started licking at his face.

"Nnn...! Stupid dog... Get out 'a here..." Sasuke growled, not remembering he had brought Kakashi home last night. It was surely going to take some getting used-to. The Hatake growled and tugged the pillow off Sasuke's head.

'Gawd, I wish I could talk!...er... yell...' Kakashi thought aggravatedly as he barked at Sasuke.

Sasuke's strong right arm came down and swiped Kakashi off the bed as if he was one of Shino's bugs.

"Oof!" Kakashi's weakened state brought him to the ground and landed him on his back, rolling backwards until he crashed into the wall on the far side of the room. The dog's eyes spiraled as he tried to shake it off.

"Eh?" Sasuke snapped awake slowly and sat up, rubbing his eyes. He was in a loose tank-top and low boxers. His normally well-kempt hair was a complete disaster. "...What in the world...?" He stared at the dog.

"It's me!" Kakashi growled, being able to talk once more. Sasuke stared at the dog for a moment, not comprehending. Kakashi figured he wasn't a morning person. Suddenly, the Uchiha's eyes shot open.

"OH MI GOD!" He screamed and fell of the bed in a panic, entangling himself in his sheets. Kakashi smirked at the raven-haired boy and shimmied, stretching out in a dog-like fashion. Sasuke didn't move or breath, he just stared wide-eyed. He had forgotten all about yesterday. "K-Ka... Kakashi-s-sen...sei?" He asked slowly.

"Yeah... What? You forget about my little 'situation' already?" The German Shepherd trotted over to Sasuke and started yanking the sheets from the Uchiha's body, so he could move again. Sasuke watched Kakashi with his eyes, his jaw ajar.

"...I... I just... I mean..." He stuttered, not sure what to say.

"Don't you have to meet with Tsunade in a half-hour?" Kakashi asked as he took the last of the sheets from Sasuke's body. The Uchiha yelped with surprise and leapt to his feet.

"Oh my gosh, you're right!" With that, he jumped to his closet and went inside, closing the door behind him, leaving the little puppy to himself.

"Heh..." Kakashi smirked to himself and jumped onto Sasuke's bed, sniffing everything he could. "Mmm..." He licked his lips as his leathery nose met Sasuke's strong scent on the pillow he had used last night. He fell into the pillow, weakened by the scent of his love. He panted lightly with the adrenalin it gave him and did a swimming motion, burying his snout deep within the pillow.

"What are you doing?"

Kakashi stopped, his back arched, and flipped his body to where he was laying on his belly and staring right into the ebony of Sasuke's eyes.

"Umm..." He smiled nervously. "I guess it's something dog's do when they smell something they like..." He thought out and verbalized. Sasuke raised an eyebrow suspiciously.

"You smelled something you liked in my pillow?" He asked slowly. Kakashi blushed and smiled.

"I smelled your scent..." He whispered. Sasuke immediately avoided eye contact and blushed bright red.

"What do you mean, 'my scent'...?" He asked slowly. Kakashi opened his snout to speak, but only a bark and a whimper came out. He blinked, then realized that this must be one of those moments where he couldn't talk. Sasuke, apparently realized it too, and smirked.

"What's the matter, Kakashi-sensei?" He mocked. "Cat got your tongue?" He laughed lightly and went over to the bed, reaching out to pick up the small German Shepherd. Kakashi crouched back intimidatingly and tried to run from Sasuke's hands, but the Uchiha was too quick and grabbed Kakashi under the belly and lifted his squirming body from the bed, burying the puppy into his chest, cradling the body of crystal fur in his arms. "I have opposable thumbs, remember?" He smiled and took Kakashi downstairs into the living room.

Kakashi's eyes widened as he saw something he didn't like: A collar and a leash.

He squirmed, trying to break free, but Sasuke held tight.

"Calm down! You're a dog, aren't you? That means you need to be taken for a walk... I have twenty minutes of nothing to do, so I might as well take you for one now," The Uchiha clarified as he picked up the collar and strapped it around Kakashi's furry neck. The German Shepherd choked slightly as Sasuke adjusted the collar to the right proximity.

The collar was a light blue and had diamonds around it, making it sparkle in the light. Kakashi stopped squirming for a moment and cocked his head downward to look at the collar.

"You like it? I figured it'd go well with the color of your fur," Sasuke looked down fondly at the puppy in his arms and smiled.

Kakashi looked up with a pant and licked Sasuke on the lips. The Uchiha blushed and looked away aggravatedly.

"You don't have to kiss me, dammit!" He growled angrily, his eyes closed. Kakashi smiled smugly at his accomplish and wagged his tail. Sasuke sighed and grabbed the leash, hooking it onto Kakashi's collar, and setting the puppy down lightly.

After opening the door, Kakashi's eyes widened at the beautiful sight that lay in front of him.

It looked like heaven. The entire village was frosted in pure white snow. Kakashi was seeing it with an entire new sight. He had never noticed how pretty it was before. It had always just been annoying white stuff before. But, now... it was magnificent!

The puppy smiled, his tongue hanging out frontward, and yipped with pleasure. With that, he took off at a fast dash and wrenched the leash from Sasuke's hands. Kakashi took off at the speed of light, skidding across ice every which way.

"KAKASHI! WAIT!" Sasuke yelled, running after him. "YAMERO! That's thin ice! You'll fall through!" He yelled. Kakashi didn't hear, nor did he listen, and dashed onto the ice. It all looked like snow to him.

Kakashi's legs slipped out from under him: his front right criss-crossing with his front left and his two back legs spreading in opposite directions. His light body slid in circles, dizzying the puppy, until he reached the direct center of the thinned ice.

Sasuke came to a halt at the bank of the ice and panted slightly, puffs of white air forming outside his mouth.

"DON'T MOVE! STAY THERE!" He shouted desperately. Kakashi couldn't hear from the muffling of the snow around him and tried to get to his feet. Of course, all that did was land him with a throbbing bruise on the underside of his chin.

Without warning, Kakashi felt a loud crack and the ice shift beneath him. He blinked and looked down.

The ice was split directly in half.

Kakashi's eyes widened as he yelped and jumped up. The ice immediately split and Kakashi was too late.

Sasuke gasped as he watched the puppy be consumed by the glacial water.

"Dammit..." He cussed and carefully edged out onto the ice, watching every step he took.

'Agh!' Kakashi couldn't breath. All he could see was a world he had never known. He swam to the top with the last strength he had, only to find that his passageway for oxygen was blocked by a thin coating of ice. 'Dammit...' He thought as his vision started to close in on him.

Sasuke's breathing got harder and harder as he realized Kakashi hadn't come to the surface yet. He was almost to the center, but found he couldn't go any further when the ice started to crack beneath him. He took his foot off the spot where the crack had developed and slowly took one step backwards.

"Dammit, Kakashi! Why didn't you just listen to me..." He swallowed hard and noticed something quite familiar that could save the puppy's life.

Kakashi's vision was gone. He had felt about ready to give up as he felt the bubbles from the air he had kept in mouth, escape him and flutter slowly to the top, trying to find an escape route. His body went limp. With one final intake of water, Kakashi gave up.

Suddenly, the Hatake felt a light tug on his neck and his eyes snapped open.

He realized that there was someone pulling on his leash. He felt his limp body being tugged towards the surface. A blurry vision of a human body came into view.

'Sas...uke...' With that last thought, Kakashi let his state of being fall to unconsciousness.

A/N: Uh... I was kinda watching Balto when I wrote this...in case you couldn't tell.