Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, its characters, its storyline, or any related trademark.

Genre: Humor/Family
Pairing: SasuSaku
Summary: Sasuke and Sakura prepare for their son's birthday and realize that there may have been a communication error between them.
Warnings: CRACK

Author's Note: A request I filled for SSM 2012 Drabble-athon thing.

Married Life (Stupidity at its Best)
by: theevilmuffin

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Sasuke watched with a frown as Sakura shakily wrapped a toy dinosaur in brightly coloured paper. She fumbled and punched a hole in the paper with her finger, which sent her into a fit of silent, muttered curses.

"What are you so nervous about?" Sasuke asked.

When she didn't stop her harried attempt to fix the wrapping paper, he laid a hand over top of hers. "Sakura, he's two, he's not going to notice a hole in the wrapping paper."

Sakura slumped in defeat, head bowed and face hidden from view. "I know," she mumbled, her voice oddly shaky. "I just can't believe our little boy is almost two already!"

Her voice cracked and her shoulders started to shake.

"Are you crying?" Sasuke asked his wife in disbelief.

"He's growing up so fast!" Sakura defended with a loud wail.

"He's two!"

"I know! I feel as though if I look away for one moment, the next thing I know, he'll be moving out and getting married and having kids-"

"Sakura," Sasuke interrupted firmly. "He's two. It's going to be a long time before any of that happens. It's just your pregnancy talking." He reached over to place a warm hand on her swollen belly.

"Yeah, it probably is," Sakura sniffled, wiping at her eyes. "I still can't believe he's two, though. It felt like only yesterday I was holding him for the first time."

Sasuke's lips tugged upwards slightly - not quite a smile, but a smile nonetheless. He knew exactly how she felt.

"He definitely takes after his daddy, though," Sakura said. "I don't think I've ever met such a sweet looking child who is so grumpy."

She almost laughed at the ghost of a pout that appeared on Sasuke's face. "I'm not grumpy," Sasuke said childishly.

Sakura did laugh this time, and though Sasuke had to suffer through a little humiliation, Sakura seemed to have calmed down greatly from her previous hysterics. Her laughter calmed into a wide smile and she had a little bit of bounce in her as she finished wrapping up the toy.

"Sasuke, honey, could you go check on Satoshi?" Sakura asked. "He's probably awake by now."

"I thought you dropped him off at Naruto's."

"What? No, you were supposed to put him to bed..."

The two of them stared at each other in horror. Sakura dropped everything and they both rocketed to their feet to find their missing son.

A loud cry alerted them immediately to his whereabouts. Satoshi sat on the floor of the bathroom, one of Sakura's tampons stuck in his nostril.

"I'll go get the first aid kit," Sasuke mumbled, and quickly retreated.

"You do that."

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END