#mycherryqueen

“You honestly think you know me better than I know you?” Sasuke lowered the book he was reading, a hint of mockery to his monotonous voice.

“Yeah, I do,” Naruto said. “I’m positive I can get the best anniversary gift for you. Better than the one you’ll get for me anyway.”

Sasuke went back to reading his book. “Last year you cried for five minutes straight over the gift I bought you,” he pointed out. “You think you can top that?”

Naruto’s lips remained parted as he tried to think of a comeback, though nothing came to mind. He shrugged his speechlessness off and declared, “Well, now it’s been two years since we’ve started dating and I have developed my skills.”

“Skills, he says,” Sasuke scoffed in a low voice.

“Point is! I know you better than you know me.”

Sasuke snapped his book close and placed it on the sofa next to him. He leaned back, crossing his arms on his chest. “Fine,” he said, deciding to rile him up for his own amusement. “If you know me so well, describe what you think my day would’ve been like.”

Naruto seemed taken aback by the question, but he quickly recovered, as if acknowledging his challenge. “Yeah,” he nodded vigourously. “Yeah, I’ll tell you. That’s easy.” The last part seemed to be framed more like a question.

“Go ahead.”

“For starters, you…woke up early today.”

“Oh, and what time is that?”

The question seemed to have hit some sort of nerve because all the excitement in his eyes slowly vanished. “Well…six…thirty?”

“Wrong,” Sasuke bluntly says. “Five a.m.”

“What?! You get up that early?” A different kind of shock registers on the blond’s face. “Are you human?”

Sasuke huffed. “Okay, let’s move on. What did I have for breakfast?”

Naruto still hadn’t fully recovered from the previous loss. His face fell into thought again. “T…tomatoes?”

“Who the hell has tomatoes for breakfast?”

“How would I know?! This question is unfair!” Naruto cried out. “I always wake up late. How would I know what your mornings are like?!”

“Okay, so what was my afternoon like, then?”

No answer.

“Thought so.”

“Well, your life is an ever-evolving mystery!” Naruto argued. “Who knows what you do during the day? Even Kakashi-sensei doesn’t tell me what work you’ve been assigned.”

“That’s because you’d be distracted if you knew where I was.”

“What’s the supposed to mean?”

“Point is, you lost.” Sasuke picked up his book again. “Your claim has been refuted.”

“No, it hasn’t,” Naruto protested. “You haven’t told me what you think my day must’ve been like.”

Sasuke looked back at him. “You will be disappointed. You sure about this?”

He nodded.

“Okay,” Sasuke said, dragging in a breath. “You woke up late today, at around nine or so. You had to get to work today early, so you had the worst morning. You probably had cup ramen for breakfast, maybe some milk too. Regardless  of your attempts, you were late to work. Lady Tsunade and Sakura may not have even bothered scolding you because they’d be that disappointed. Since there’s nothing very urgent coming up, you were probably assigned a simple D-rank mission, maybe two. Considering the books you’ve been unsuccessfully trying to read this evening, one of the missions was research, perhaps? And strictly between us,” he leaned forward, a knowing smirk playing on his lips, “I think you’re wearing your orange boxers—”

“Enough!” Naruto’s face was red and he shot up from the sofa. “I get it!” He seemed undeniably upset at his clear loss. He started heading out. “This—this doesn’t mean anything! I’ll still get you the best gift ever. You just watch!”

Sasuke chuckled as he heard the door of the apartment slam shut. Of course, this didn’t mean anything. Naruto knew him better than anyone, really. He had deliberately asked a question that was destined to lead Naruto to loss. Naruto’s life was basically an open book. Anybody who spent five minutes with him would know what he’s like; he’s just that kind of person. Sasuke knew better than anyone that no matter what Naruto got for him, it would be important to him.

It was just that Naruto was very endearing when he got frustrated, and Sasuke simply took his chance.