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"SHNGAAAAAUUUUUHHHHH..."

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"SHNGAAAAAUUUUUHHHHH-"

I sleepily opened my eyes to see Naruto's wide-open mouth staring me in my face. It was still quite dark in the small room, with only the first morning light peeping through the window. Or it might have been the moon. I had no idea, but rolled over on my futon to face the other way, feeling my shoulderblades scrape across the wooden floor. I stared at the small, thoroughly used dresser underneath the window on my side, listening to the loud snores of my new roommate. I heard Naruto shuffle, and suddenly felt a finger graze my back. Stiffening at the touch, I knew tonight I was definitely not sleeping. Tomorrow, as soon as he was awake, I was moving Naruto and his things into the guest bedroom. The abandoned house had only two, so when visitors came to stay they would sleep according to gender.

My mind was thinking too hard. With sleep being impossible, I stood and grabbed my stuffed panda bear off the chair in the corner before stumbling into the kitchen, yawning all the way through the hallway. Flipping the light switch on and walking to the tiny two-person table by the large window stretching across the wall, I plopped into a chair and set the panda down. I had yet to think of a name for him. He'd been in my life a while, but nothing I thought of seemed to suit him.

While I stared out into the night (and discovering that it was indeed moonlight and not sunlight), I heard Naruto groaning and turned to see him shuffling to the second seat. His hair exploded into all different directions, and his eyes were just barely open to guide him to the dark wooden chair. He rubbed his eyes in a cute manner, and I smiled unknowingly.

"Naruto," I whispered, "if you're tired you should be in bed."

He shook his head and yawned. "I saw you weren't there," he mumbled. After a few seconds his eyes rested on the panda on the table between us. He turned it to face him, asking, "What is this?"

I blushed, feeling silly. "It's a stuffed panda I received from a family member a while ago. I can't decide on a name for him. So far I've just called him 'panda'." I played with the edge of the table nervously. That sounds so stupid. I still have stuffed animals... But they brought me comfort, and if he was going to live with me now, Naruto would find out anyway.

Naruto rested his chin on the table's edge, staring into the panda's giant green eyes. A few minutes of later, he broke the silence. "He looks like an 'Odayaka' to me," he whispered, his eyes drooping with sleep.

Odayaka. I paused to think about the new name. Of course. It fit perfectly.

Naruto's eyes were closing. He would catch a cold if he fell asleep out here. "Naruto, let's get you back to bed," I said, taking Odayaka in one hand and pulling Naruto up with the other. He only followed as I dragged him back to the dark room and lay him down on his futon. But suddenly I found myself and Odayaka stuck in his hug. He was asleep, unconscious of his actions, and yet he was still this strong! There was no escape from this sleepy cuddling, no matter how hard I tried to get out.

But Naruto interrupted my struggles. He cuddled me closer like a giant bear, and whispered, "Please don't go back to the kitchen... I couldn't sleep when you left..."

And so I stopped resisting and turned to see the most adorable smile on his face in the moonlight. His face resting on my shoulder, the spiky red hair pointing every which way... So I smiled, brought Odayaka closer to me, and snuggled into Naruto.

I was wrong. Sleeping that night was easy.