Mesa no own Naruto. Mesa no own recipe.

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"Sasuke can we bake today?"

"Why?"

"Cause I want to."

"We baked cookies yesterday! Why do you want to bake again?"

"Cause I want to."

Sweatdrop

"You're very confusing."

"I know that."

"You also make little sense."

"I know that too. You keep telling me that. Sakura tells me that. Iruka- sensei and Kakashi-sensei tell me that. Everyone seems to tell me that."

"That's because it's true."

"HEY!"

Silence

Five seconds later

"So can we bake?"

Adds puppy eyes (Or is it fox eyes? Hm...)

Resistant.

Tried.

Attempted

And failed.

Sigh.

"Fine."

"YAY!"

Bounce to the kitchen.

Followed by the Sasuke.

Who was quietly mumbling to himself,

"How on earth do I get myself into these mess?"

Minutes later

Both boys in the kitchen

The fox wearing a pink frilly apron

The fallen angel in a 'kiss the cook' one.

"Why am I wearing the pink apron?"

"Because you look cute in it."

"You do to."

"But I wore it last time. It's your turn."

"You're joking."

"Do you want to bake or not."

"Bastard."

"I know. You keep telling me that."

A pale hand ran through dark bangs

"What are we making?"

"Dunno. What do want to make Sasuke?"

"Baka you're the one who wants to bake. Just chose a recipe."

"THIS ONE!"

Eyebrow raise.

"Chocolate Strawberry Torte? What the hell is a 'torte' and where did this recipe come from?"

"How am I supposed to know? You're the genius. Beside I found it in your recipe book."

"Funny. I never saw this before."

"Never mind then. Let's bake!"

"I'm going to start cutting you back on your sugar intake. You're going to become like a certain someone I know and be hyper(), I'm going to tied you up with a piece of rope and hang you over a pit of fire and spikes to make sure you never taste sugar again in your life."

Gulp.

"I won't."

"Okay we need 2 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs(about 26 squares),

1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup plus 2 teaspoons butter, divided..."

"Divided? What does that mean?"

"Don't have ½ a cup of butter with 2 teaspoon in it. In other words keep it separate in two different containers."

"Oh."

Twin onyx eyes rolled in slight annoyance.

"Remind me why I fell in love with you again."

"Because you couldn't resist my beautiful charms."

Sweatdrop

"Funny I thought it was the other way around."

"WHAT?!"

"Never mind. We also need, 1 carton frozen cool whip, 1 cup(8ounces) sour cream, 1 package instant chocolate pudding mix, 1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced

1 square/ounce semi-sweet chocolate. Do we even have all of this?"

"Um... no..."

"Huh?"

"We don't."

Small groan.

Shopping.

"Damnit."

"C'mon Sasuke. The markets will close in a few hours."

Resist the urge to hit his head against the wall

Sudden thoughts of fan girls suddenly appeared

Dreading going to market.

Under breath so the fox wouldn't hear,

"Damnit. I really don't want to go."

Half an Hour Later

"We need this carton of fresh strawberries. No Naruto we are not stopping for ramen."

"C'mon Sasuke!"

"No."

"Please."

"You wanna bake?"

Pout.

"Fine."

"Good now grab those strawberries."

"Ok."

"SASUKE-KUN!!!!"

The black angel froze

One thought running through his head

'DAMNIT!! Not them!!'

Suddenly he grabbed the fox

And both being to run

Both boys find themselves

Running

Actually

It was one fallen angel who was running.

Pulling the fox behind

"Kuso this is like my birthday all over again."

"Sasuke. They're gaining."

"I know that!"

Ducks into a nearby shop.

Both praying the girls didn't see them

It seems fate is on their side.

The girls just ran by.

"Next time. YOU go out shopping and I'll stay at home."

"I think I'll agree with you this time, Sasuke. I don't want to be stomped to death. I'm too young!"

Sigh.

"Did we get everything?"

"I think so."

"Where's the list?"

"Hehe. Um... I think I dropped it when we were running."

Sweatdrop.

"Never mind. Let's just go back already before those girls find us."

"Right."

Five minutes later.

They're beginning chased again.

Both. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Run through the alleyways.

Ducking and turning

Looping

And hiding

Yet each and every time

Those fan girls found them.

"SASUKE-KUN!!!!!!"

"Damnit!"

"Ah!!! I'm too young to die!!!!"

This might take awhile.

Finally

What seemed like

Forever

The two boys

Lost the fan girls

At last.

After managing

To get themselves home

Almost dragging each other back

To the apartment.

Both were too tired.

So they called off the baking

Until tomorrow.

Soon they were asleep

Next to each other.

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The next day

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As soon as both

Boys were awake

It's time to bake

Let the chaos being

"Okay we need to melt a ½ cup of butter. And then in a bowl, we need to combine the cracker crumbs, melted butter and sugar."

"Okay!"

"Naruto wait."

"What?"

"I'll melt the butter, you combine the cracker crumbs and sugar."

Fake hurt tone

"Sasuke don't you trust me?"

"Of course I dobe. I just don't trust you with the oven."

Whine

"Sasuke!"

"Just do that dobe."

"STOP CALLING ME THAT!!"

"I thought we settled on the dobe mess."

"Yeah but do you have to insist on calling me that!!!"

"Yes."

"Argh!"

Never the less, the fox started

In when the cracker crumbs and sugar

Mixed together

Soon the melt butter was added in

Again mixed together

"Now what?"

"We press into the bottom and 1-1/2 inches up the sides of a greased 9 inch pan and then were refrigerate it."

"Press into the bottom."

"Make a crust."

"Oh."

That was quickly done.

And strangely without

Too many problems

Of course that would be

A boring story without

Some problems

Now wouldn't it

"Okay in a mixing bowl, beat cool whip, sour cream, and pudding mix until blended. Spread over half of the crust...Naruto what are you doing?"

"Huh?"

"Why on earth are you balancing the cool whip, sour cream, pudding mix and strawberries...."

CRASH!!!

SPLAT!!!!!

"Sasuke!! I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen!!"

The fallen angel

Was covered from head to toe

In cool whip, sour cream

Pudding mix, and strawberries

Now the fallen angel

Was a rather patient

Person

But something seem to snap

And the next thing the fox knows

A fist full of cool whip

Hits him in the face

Not one to let his boyfriend

Get the best of him

The fox returned the favor

Yikes!

A food fight just broke out.

Oh dear.

The kitchen was covered

With everything one could find

In a kitchen

Ketchup

Mustard

Cool whip

Sour cream

A lot of strawberries

And other random things

Happily

"That was fun!"

"You do realize that we have to clean this up."

Face falls.

"Aw man that stinks. Stupid Sasuke this is all your fault."

"Don't go blaming my dobe, you're the one who spilled all of this stuff on me in the first place."

"But you didn't have to throw food at me."

"Dobe."

Before the fox could say anything

The fallen angel lean over

And kissed him on the lips

"You could never keep yourself clean could you?"

Whine.

"Sasuke."

"We better clean start cleaning this up."

Soon the kitchen was clean

And both decided to take a bath

To get clean

And wash away all the food.

Into the shower they both went

A few kisses and hug

Teasing here and there

Before both came out

Clean as a whistle

Back to the kitchen now

They had a torte to bake

Whatever a torte was

When both walked into the kitchen

Something else dawn on them

They didn't have enough ingredients left

That meant

They had to shop again.

This might take awhile.

Two hours later

Both boys stumbled home

Covered in scratches

And bruises

Clothes were torn

Miraculously the groceries weren't harm

They soon got back to work.

"In a mixing bowl, beat cool whip, sour cream, and pudding mix until blended. Spread over half of the crust. Arrange strawberries over the top. Spread remaining filling."

"Okay!"

The fox grabbed the mixing bowl

Cool whip

Sour cream

Pudding mix

And blended them together.

The fallen angel grabbed the crust

And spread the filling

After the fox was done

Strawberries went on

Followed by the rest

Of the filling

"Now what Sasuke?"

"We have to melt chocolate and remaining butter; stir until smooth. Cool to room temp. Drizzle over filling. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving."

"Melt chocolate?"

"No Naruto you are not allowed to use my oven."

"Sasuke..."

"Don't even start."

Pouted.

"Fine be that way."

"I have to be that way."

"Humph."

Chocolate was melted.

So was the butter.

"Can I drizzle?"

"Just be careful."

"Aren't I always?"

Eyebrow rose.

"No."

"What?!"

"Just drizzle the chocolate."

Drizzle

"Sasuke?"

"Yes?"

Kiss.

"You've got chocolate on you."

Soft smile

"So I do. So I do."

Returns the kiss.

"Now all we have to do is wait four hours."

Complaining.

"That's too long."

Chuckle.

"You chose the recipe. You should've chosen something that didn't require waiting."

"I don't want to wait."

"Just live with it, Naruto."

Pout.

"Fine."

A light kiss to the forehead

"That's a good boy."

"HEY!"

-----Four Hours Later------

The two boys sat

Eating their torte

Enjoying one another's company

Isn't it strange how something like baking can bring everyone together? Baking; one of life simple pleasures. One of the few things in life we shouldn't take for take for granted. Not everyone can bake and baking is often considered to be a talent, a gift. Baking is quite fun. Just take a look at these two boys.

Fox grin.

"This was fun Sasuke."

Smile.

"I know. I know what you mean, Naruto."

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I hope you enjoyed. A special thanks to nightsiren02 for the recipe 'Baking a Chocolate Strawberry Torte'. By the way what is a torte?

It should be easy enough to follow. Maybe I'll do another pairing with another baking or maybe just another Naruto and Sasuke fic. Oh well. It depends on whether I find a recipe or not.

Please review!! (",)