Title: gimmee, gimmee, sometimes gets

Rating: pg-13 for shonen-ai

Pairings/characters: GaaraxNaruto, one-sided SasukexNaruto

Word count: 699

Warnings: shonen-ai, OOC

Summary: Gaara wants Naruto, Sasuke wants Naruto, Naruto wants ramen

Dedication: Ookami. 'Cause it's her birthday present :D

Prompt: Gaara, Sasuke, Naruto and ramen triangle

A/N: this ended up being more GaaraXNaruto then I had intended, but I'm not complaining. I can't really write Sasuke too well TT oh, and the title's crappy

Naruto stared at the inside of his frog wallet and then back at the empty bowls of ramen he'd already consumed. He knew that with what he had already eaten, and with the money he had, he couldn't afford any more.

But he was still hungry.

Naruto glanced at the shinobi sitting on either side of him. On his right, Sasuke had a glare fixed o his bowl as he ate. On Naruto's left, Gaara stared blankly ahead, seemingly lost in thought.

Naruto sighed. He could ask Sasuke for more money and he'd totally waste his efforts, because Sasuke no doubt would insult him and refuse to pay for any more food. Or, if he asked Gaara, the Suna shinobi might consent and buy him more of his lunch. Or kill him with his sand coffin jutsu. The chances were fifty-fifty.

Unbeknownst to Naruto, his conflict was not the only one taking place at the ichiraku ramen bar. Gaara and Sasuke were taking turns to glare at each other around Naruto's back. When Naruto had asked each if they'd come to ichiraku with him, they had thought he had asked them alone. And neither shinobi was thrilled to be sharing his time with Naruto with anyone else (Naruto was at the moment, completely oblivious to this fact).

Sasuke scowled into his bowl of ramen (which, for the record, WAS really very good). He'd known Naruto for much longer then Gaara and had worked besides him on countless missions. And at least he was from the same village! Really, Gaara shouldn't even be considering anything.

Gaara was in a similar mindset. He felt that after all Naruto had done for him, he at least acknowledged Naruto's worth at all times, which Sasuke seemed to do only rarely. And to be honest, Gaara simply didn't need many reasons; Naruto should be his and Sasuke had better not even think of encroaching in on Gaara's territory.

Naruto, unaware of Gaara and Sasuke's jealousy of one another, continued to play with the all-important question; to mooch off of friends or not to mooch off of friends. And which one at that.

A stroke of genius struck Naruto. He basically wanted to get either Sasuke or Gaara to buy him more lunch. But to ask one of them specifically would be risky. So, he opted for a more ambiguous approach.

"Aaaw, man! I don't have enough money left for any more, but I'm still all hungry! What'm I gonna do?..." Naruto put his chin on the counter and looked frustrated.

Gaara and Sasuke both stared at him for a moment. Gaara, quicker to comprehend what possibilities this presented, jumped at the chance.

"Naruto."

The fox-boy turned to blink at Gaara, who was gazing evenly back at him.

"I'll buy you as much more as you need" Naruto instantly perked up "but only if you give me something first." Gaara continued.

Naruto blinked at him for moment and then broke into a grin, nodding.

"Yeah, ok. Sure!"

Gaara closed his eyes for a moment and seemed to be steeling himself for something. Then he leaned foreword, gently turned Naruto's face towards him with one hand and pressed his lips against the blonde shinobi's.

The mouthful of ramen Sasuke had just taken fell from his mouth as he gaped at the Suna shinobi's actions.

After a few moments, Gaara moved back, waiting calmly for Naruto's reaction. Sasuke watched as well, praying that Naruto would freak out in some way or at least act reproachful.

The blonde shinobi blinked a couple of times, rubbed his lips together a bit and gave an ambiguous shrug before grinning hopefully at Gaara.

"Ramen?"

Typical Naruto.

Gaara nodded, an amused look on his face. "Of course. I agreed to buy you all you wanted."

"Yaaay!"

As Naruto tucked into his newest bowl of noodles, Gaara looked at Sasuke. A smirk appeared on his face as he licked his lips and said calmly

"Tasted like ramen."

Sasuke's chopsticks snapped in half in his fingers while Gaara gloated over his victory and Naruto happily indulged in consuming his favorite food in the world, slightly less oblivious then before.

Though not by much.