disclaimer: if I owned Naruto, it would've ended a long ass time ago. ㄱ.ㄱ;

topic: muffins
pairing: naruxsaku
requested by: no one
dedicated to: a close friend of mine who has a thing for muffins. ;P

Sakura sighed in frustration as she glared darkly at the little evil brown.... muffins.

Why, oh, why can't I cook at all?! She thought as she placed both of her hands on each side of her head and messed up her hair in mere frustration. She sighed as she pouted at the burnt and scrawny muffins lying beneath her in silence. She almost wished those muffins would come out alive and scold her for not making them good, plump, and not burnt muffins. Just thinking about it was so ridiculous, it almost made her laugh. She was seriously losing it.

Flashback

"Is there anything you want?" She had asked as she emerged from the living room to bid her husband goodbye. She always asked that to her husband whenever he was leaving for work. It was a question asking if he wanted anything for lunch so that she could bring it over for him and he always said yes not just to eat his wife's homemade cooking (since her cooking wasn't exactly all that... well, let's just say that cooking wasn't one of her highest points.) but also because he loved "his Sakura-chan's" company in general.

"Ummm.." Naruto thought for a moment as he scrunched up his face and scratched his chin for a moment before a wide grin spread across his face. "Yeah! Muffins."

Sakura raised an eyebrow as she smiled at him. "Muffins?"

He had never asked for muffins before.

He shrugged. "I'm in a muffin-y mood."

She laughed at this as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Alright, I'll get you some muffins for lunch."

"No, no," he said quickly. "I don't want just any kind of muffins.. I want you to bake them."

"Pfff," she said as she rolled her eyes. "You know I never made muffins before, idiot."

"I know.. but just try! I love all the things you cook," he said with a wide grin.

"Suuuure.." she said, knowing that he was just saying that being the hopeless romantic he was.

"I'm serious!" he defended with a pout.

"Yeah, yeah.. okay I'll try to bake some muffins for you, now hurry onto work! I have to get ready for work too and so do you. There's a lot of paperwork waiting just for you," she said grinning as she watched her husband groan in distaste before he smiled again and pecked his wife on the lips before leaving to work.

End of flashback.

Sakura sighed as she turned to the clock which showed just a few minutes before noon.

Great, she thought as she scowled bitterly at her muffins. I don't even have time to bake new ones... ugh.

She could just throw them away and buy ones, confirming that she was the one who baked them. But she didn't want to decieve her husband like that.

Finally, after a few more minutes of contemplating, she finally wrapped up the burnt, scrawny muffins neatly and stepped outside as she headed for the bakery.

She decided that she would bring in her own burnt scrawny muffins and some nicely baked ones from the bakery.

After she finally bought some muffins, she strolled to Naruto's office. Once finally reaching his office, she walked right in, knowing that he wouldn't mind.

Naruto lifted his head from the paperwork in front of him as his face broke out into a grin as he jumped out of his seat and rushed to her, hugging her tightly.

It was a normal ritual and routine, so Sakura wasn't all that surprised even though he always acted as if he didn't see her for a few decades instead of just a few hours.

"So did you bake them?" He asked, his cerulean eyes sparkling as he eyed the packages of muffins she carried.

"Err... yeah, but about that.." she said hesitantly as she bit her lower lip sheepishly. "I kind of.. uh... burnt them." She coughed as she sighed and reluctantly showed him the burnt scrawny muffins, waiting for his face to fall into disappointment.

Instead, quite on the contrary, his eyes sparkled even more as he grabbed the package of the burnt muffins and quickly unwrapped them.

"Yes!!" He exclaimed as he bit into a small one. "Mmm.. this is so good, Sakura-chan."

Sakura's eyes widened as she raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?" she demanded, completely baffled that he was actually enjoying her burnt scrawny good-for-nothing muffins. "They're burnt and scrawny and tasteless!!" With that, she raised the other package - the better one, the one she bought from the bakery - and shoved it in front of his face. "Eat these. I bought these from the bakery, so these taste better."

Naruto shook his head as he wiped some crumbs off his lips and smiled at the pink-haired medic.

"Nawww, I like Sakura-chan's muffins," he said.

"But... but why!?" She demanded. She was almost mad at him.

He shrugged.

"Because Sakura-chan made them. Because these muffins taste just like Sakura-chan," he said.

Pause.

"Naruto, that sounds really wrong," she groaned as a light blush filled her cheeks.

"Aw, you know I didn't mean it that way!" He quickly defended as a light pink hue filled his cheeks too. "I - I was just saying that if the food's not burnt or imperfect, then I don't like it.. because you cook that way. I like the imperfect way you cook because I love everything about you."

Sakura digested in what he said as she finally realized what an idiot he was.

"Come here," she finally said.

He raised an eyebrow at her.

"Why?" he asked cautiously.

"Just come here, idiot," she said impatiently.

He obeyed, still looking as confused as ever before she leaned forward and kissed him lightly.

"Idiot," she mumbled as a playful smile tugged at her lips. "You know how to say just the right things at just the right times."

His trademark grin spread across his face.

"Because everything's true... now can I please just enjoy your homemade muffins without you nagging at me to eating the bakery's ones?"

A/N: Alright, here's the thing, guys. I'm going to make more drabbles and oneshots using these pairings, and these pairings only: naruxsaku, naruxhina, sasuxnaru, sasuxsaku, sasuxhina. (Sorry yuri fans, no sakuxhina 'cause I... well, honestly, I'm not much of a yuri fan and I don't think I could write one even if I wanted to.) I'll be using different topics for different drabbles. For example, for this one, the topic was: muffins and the pairing was: naruxsaku. Also, you can request a drabble/oneshot using one of any of the pairings I just mentioned. (Sorry, I won't accept any other pairing 'cause I'm picky like that.) And you have to give me a topic along with the pairing you requested. Sorry, but no repeating topics allowed! x( So you can't request a sasuxsaku oneshot using the topic muffins because muffins is already done! D: Oh and one more thing, please don't make your topic/keyword(s)/prompt inappropriate. _; This fanfic is rated T, so let's keep it that way which means you can't make your keyword "sex" or something, okay?! XDD Whew, now finally, you can post your request in a review or send a message to me. :)