Mikoto Uchiha hummed as she stirred the pot of tomato soup. She was smiling to herself. That evening, she was going to surprise her precious youngest son, 6-year-old Sasuke, with his favorite meal (well, one of his favorites since he’ll eat anything with tomatoes in it). Today was the last day of his first year at the academy and she wanted to celebrate.
She heard the door slide open. Mikoto had a special talent for recognizing a person just from the sound of their footsteps. “Itachi?” she called out. Sure enough, her eldest son peered in. “Are you just coming back from training?” she asked. “Ah.” Itachi responded. “Where’s Sasuke? Is he with you?” she looked back to the pot, checking if it was ready yet.
“Yeah, he is.” Itachi said. Mikoto glanced over her shoulder at her eldest son. He sounded exasperated. “Is something the matter, dear? Sasuke hasn’t been annoying you has he?”
“No, okaa-san. He’s bringing…a friend…for dinner.”
Itachi sounded hesitant when he said ‘friend’ but Mikoto was too surprised by what he had told her to notice. Sasuke never brought anyone over, certainly not for a meal with the family. And it was so sudden. But she wasn’t complaining or anything. She was happy that her little boy had a friend and he was bringing them to introduce to his family. She checked everything to see if she had enough for an extra mouth. Thankfully she did.
“Who’s Sasuke’s friend, dear? Is he someone we know?” Mikoto said to Itachi. “She, okaa-san. And no, you haven’t met her before.”
Sasuke’s new friend was a girl? First, he had a friend, and now said friend is a girl? Sasuke was definitely full of surprises that evening.
Once again she heard the door slide open only this time quicker. “Okaa-san?” a small voice called out. It was Sasuke. She heard the excited pitter patter of his feet reach the kitchen. Along with his own footsteps, however, was another set of them.
“Okaa-san!” Sasuke exclaimed when he saw his mother. Mikoto turned around to see not just him but a young girl his own age right behind him. A young girl with pink hair! Mikoto’s eyes widened in surprise. “Sasuke! Hello! Your brother told me you were bringing someone for dinner. Is this her?” she said.
Sasuke nodded. “Yup. Okaa-san, this is Sakura. She goes to the academy too.” he said. Mikoto smiled at her son’s excitement.
Behind Sasuke, the little girl, Sakura, squeaked out a friendly “hello”.
“Hello, Sakura. You’re friends with Sauske?” the Uchiha matriarch brought a ladle of tomato soup up to her mouth to taste test it.
Sasuke pouted at what she had just said. “Okaa-san, Sakura’s not my friend…”
Mikoto cocked her eyebrow in confusion.
“She’s my girlfriend!” he stated.
Mikoto spat out the tomato soup.
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