A/N: The majority of these always have something about sex in them... I think after this one, I might try for a couple that are just... cute and sweet.

This is the follow-up of 'Birthday Shopping', unfortunately much more ooc though... Also quite SasuSaku-centric. Guess it's a bit of my favorite pairing shining through.

PS. While avoiding orientation events is apparently difficult, I should be able to update now that I'm online in my dorm. I need to stop updating this so quickly though... Eventually I'll run out of parts to post.

Harmony
The Perfect Gift
By Bunny-Chan

"Why does everything have to turn into sex?"

She could barely hear Sasuke's voice through the door, so she nudged it open a little.

"Well, I would be fine with a candlelight dinner for my birthday... but we're talking about Naruto." She fluffed out her hair, still trying to get it perfect. "There are two things we know he'll love- ramen, and sex."

"Aren't you starting to feel like maybe that's all there is to us?" His tone wasn't at all thoughtful. In fact, it seemed more like a statement than a question.

She had to admit, hearing him say that made her quite sad.

She took one last look at herself in the mirror.

Her soft pink hair clashed brightly with the orange bra and panties, but she had made sure to find a set that was in Naruto's favorite color. The orange ribbon in her hair was pulled off to the side a little, almost obnoxiously oversized.

Content with her image, she stepped into her bedroom, where she saw Sasuke sitting stiffly on the bed, in the orange t-shirt and boxers she'd told him to wear.

"Do I look okay?"

"Hn."

Sakura pouted.

Does something like that really bother him so much?

She walked over and climbed up on the bed, straddling his waist.

"Don't be like that. Of course there's more to us." The words came out quieter than she'd intended, but not because she didn't want to be heard. Moments with just her and Sasuke were quite rare, and she felt the sudden need for softness. She placed her hands on either side of his face, determined to kiss away the glare that had been etched there for over an hour. "I love you." She brushed her lips against his forehead. "You love me." Then she rubbed her nose against his. "He loves us." She placed her lips tenderly on his, feeling his face soften at her touch. "And we love him."

Setting her forehead against his, she looked into his eyes, smiling at how he still tried to keep up the scowl.

Still straddling him, she leaned to the side, reaching for a length of the same orange ribbon that was tied in her hair.

"Now hold still." She grinned mischievously, knowing that the Uchiha boy already hadn't been thrilled with her plan, especially all the garish orange attire. His eyes widened when he realized that she was going to put the ribbon on him.

"Sakura, don't you dare!" Before he could push her off of him, she looped the ribbon around his neck, and pushed him down with her occasionally freakish strength. She pressed her lips to his while tying the ribbon firmly.

"I promise this will be worth it." She stood up again as Sasuke twitched, feeling the bow around his neck, but he didn't take it off. Pulling him in front of the mirror with her, Sakura smiled.

"See, we look amazing!"

"You look amazing, you mean." He mumbled darkly.

"Oh, don't be like that!"

"Sakura, I look so stupid!"

"Oh, but Sasuke-kun, I think it's cute... and I bet Naruto will love it." She winked, completely ignoring Sasuke's mortification every time he took another look in the mirror. "I told Iruka-Sensei to bring Naruto here after they finish their ramen. It's so much nicer here than at his place! It's so convenient mom's away this week!"

"How can you have so much damn energy when you're wearing the ugliest color ever?"

"Well... no one ever said Naruto had much fashion sense..." Even Sasuke had to smile at that. No matter how much they would pick on Naruto, he was a part of them.

As if on cue, they heard the door downstairs open.

"Oi, Sakura-chan!" She noted that he sounded excited.

"Upstairs, Naruto." She called out the doorway, winking at Sasuke, who still wore a scowl on his face.

"This bow is degrading..." He mumbled, pulling out the giant box they had filled with instant ramen earlier that day, before tying it closed with the ribbon she knew would haunt his nightmares for the next week or so. "Come to think of it, this whole thing is degrading."

"Eh," Sakura climbed up onto the box, positioning herself as cutely as possible while still retaining at least some shred of dignity. "If you're sexy, you may as well use it!"

Their attention was caught by the opening door. Naruto's blue eyes peeked in, almost as if he was afraid of what he would find.

Sakura giggled as the door opened all the way, eyes nearly popping out of his head.

"Wha... What's this...?" He asked cautiously, eyes moving from serious Sasuke to flirty Sakura, and then curiously to the box beneath her. She smiled, reaching down to ruffle Sasuke's hair (only serving to make him look more agitated).

"Happy birthday Naruto!" She yelled out, throwing her arms in the air excitedly. Sasuke made a valiant effort to smile, though it was not of his nature, and therefore still appeared forced.

"Everything with an orange ribbon on it is yours."

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Much, much later, the three exhausted shinobi collapsed on the bed in a heap.

"This was the best birthday present ever!" Naruto sighed, already halfway through his box of ramen.

Sakura was still panting lightly when Sasuke nudged her.

"Just so you know, you were right." She looked at him, not knowing what he was talking about. He motioned his head toward Naruto, who was too busy shoving ramen down his throat to listen. "That really was worth the freaking orange ribbons."

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A/N: I think that, even though this definitely wasn't the greatest installment, this one was the one I had the most fun writing. The image of Sakura and Sasuke from this story just amuses me. I'm thinking I'll have to draw some fanart for it.

Coming next- Finally (Follow-up to Incomplete)

"Um... Sakura-chan..." Naruto was already turning bright red, so Sasuke took care of it for him.
"Naruto and I have something we want to discuss with you."