Recipe of the heart

Meet Uchiha Sasuke, ice king and cooking prodigy (of course, he'll rather die than let anyone other than his family know).

Consider Uzumaki Naruto. He's the blonde cutie whom Sasuke secretly adores. But Naruto doesn't like him that way. He doesn't even seem to realise the Sasuke is responsible for the food that drives him wild. He thinks that Itachi, Sasuke's brother, is the master chef. And since Itachi's interested in Naruto, he's more than willing to play along.

Poor Sasuke, too much of a good guy to speak up. Will the whole thing be a recipe of disaster?

Disclaimer:

Yumi: KESHA NO OWN NARUTO. SHE OWNS "NAYRUTO"!

Kisa: (sweatsunami) I bet she was sniffing mushrooms again... Oh well, on with the fic!

Yumi: MUSHROOMS NICE! n0n

Sasuke rolled a ball of uncooked dough in his mouth and savoured the buttery sweetness before he perfectly spaced cookie-dough balls into the oven. He closed his eyes, in perfect bliss. As he started assembling the next sheet of cookie dough, he heard a knock on his front door .

"SASUKE! What's cooking!" It was Naruto! Sasuke's heart sped up and he sprang to the door, slapping flour dust out of his pants. He opened the door to see Naruto grinning in his face.

"Whatever's cooking is definately not for you," Sasuke muttered, looking Naruto up and down. He was wearing his usual orange jumpsuit with his hair all messed up like usual. Yet, to Sasuke, he was like a irresistably cute puppy. It took a lot of self-control for Sasuke not to hug him to death.

"AWW... MEANIE!" pouted the puppy. It pushed Sasuke aside and dashed to kitchen before he could have reacted. "COOKIES! WOO HOO!"

Sasuke mentally kicked himself for not finishing the cookies before Naruto came over. It wasn't because he was embarrassed about him cooking. He preferred to keep it a secret. It would have spoilt his image as a cool dude if everyone started picturing him in a pink frilly apron. He grumbled to himself as he dashed after Naruto.

But how else was he to survive without cooking? Itachi, Sasuke's brother, was a hazard to have in a kitchen. It made Sasuke sad to see ingredients treated that way.

"Brother...," Sasuke sighed inwardly. Itachi had left him two months ago for a mission. At times, Sasuke was lonely of course but as soon as Naruto moved into the neighbourhood, he couldn't help but admit that he enjoyed the company. He sneaked a glance at the blonde only to see him stuffing his face with cookies.

"Heh... Naruto, you look like a chipmunk!" smirked Sasuke. Naruto puffed up his cheeks and was just about to come back with a witty reply when the front door opened.

Sasuke's eyes bulged out. Itachi! It can't be possible! Sasuke turned around, only to come face to face with his brother.

"GOD! Can't you knock and wait for me to answer, like a normal person would!" Sasuke scowled. He was glad that his brother had come home but he had just interrupted his 'quality time' with Naruto.

'God' was the right word. As in, God must have created this divine hottie with his bare hands. He was gorgeous. Breathtaking. Stunning. Naruto had to hold his breath to prevent himself from squealing like a crazy fangirl. Blushing as red as a tomato, he asked with his eyes locked on Itachi's face, "Umm... Sasuke? Aren't you going to introduce us?"

"Right. Of course. Naruto, this is my brother, Itachi. Itachi, meet Naruto." Sasuke said hurriedly, as if he was being graded for speed.

"Pleased to meet you," Itachi extended his right hand to Naruto, who did little to mask his delight as he shook it firmly.

"UWAH! Sasuke! You never told me that you had an older brother!' Naruto exclaimed excitedly. Sasuke sullenly noted that he was still holding hands with Itachi. "So?" came Sasuke's short reply. His face was as dark as a thundercloud.

Itachi raised an eyebrow. 'So... little brother has a love interest, eh?' Inner Itachi gave an evil smirk. 'Let's see how he faces against me." Inner Itachi, still smiling, bowed elegantly and kissed the back of Naruto's hand.

Naruto blushed like mad and one could see smoke coming out of Sasuke's ears. "That's enough!" Sasuke growled angrily and snatched Naruto's hand away.

Startled Naruto soon became furious Naruto. "S-sasuke! Damn you! What was that for!" Sasuke smirked. "Why? Were you enjoying the attention?" Naruto's face flamed again as he denied the fact profusely.

Itachi looked on with amusement as his little brother successfully diverted Naruto's attention to him. 'Very well then, little brother... Let the games begin... NO, not the Olympic ones!'

Yumi: THISH FIC IS TOOOOOOO SHORT! RIGHT PEEPLE?

Kisa: Fine! I'll try harder next time! ... That is, if I get more reviews of course! (grins)

Yumi: REVIEW FOR KESHA! (but her fics will forever be SHORT...)