S O U L M A T E S (SasuNaruSasu Magazine) Christmas Special 2018 | Page 4

I want to wake up
next to you
Christmas special by zeny
When you are known for doing crazy
stuff one or two times per week, no one
finds it strange for you to take an inter-
continental flight to meet up with your
best friend-that-it’s-also-your-rival-and-
something-else, in the middle of Decem-
ber, when airports are at its worst and
your potted plants most be already
dying back at your house because it’s
been two days since you last watered
them.
This is why it should not be that star-
tling that when Sasuke opened the door
of his flat in London that night he found
himself face to face with none other than
the most irritating idiot in the whole gala-
xy.
“Surprise!” announced said blond idiot,
his reddened cheeks stretched in a broad
smile.
“What are you doing here?”
“What do you mean what I’m doing he-
re? It’s Christmas, Sasuke! You thought I
was going to forget about our tradi-
tion?”
“…No, I guess not,” he mumbled down-
cast for a moment, and then he looked up
again. Naruto had brought a little suitca-
se that now was resting next to the en-
trance; Sasuke still had his hand on the
doorframe, preventing Naruto from step-
ping inside. The black coat he was wea-
ring drew a striking contrast against the
golden shade of his hair and the blue of
his gaze. He was Japanese, and yet he
could have easily fit in that city.
“Who is it?” An albino appeared over
Sasuke’s shoulder. “Ah, is the famous Na-
ruto! Or should I say infamous?”
The blond arched his eyebrows, amused.
“Famous?”
“Yeah, once in a while he mentions you,
and for him that’s kind of an event, with
how antisocial he is-”
“That’s enough, Suigetsu.” Sasuke was
not be embarrassed, not even a little; it
was the damned weather’s fault for colo-