Nosy Boys

Featuring: Sasuke and Sai.

Disclaimer: we all know I don't own Naruto.

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"Maybe in another life, they would've become friends…"


Itachi Uchiha sighed, looking down lovingly at his particularly enthusiastic little brother.

Six years old Sasuke was gaiting jauntily beside him, sporting a smile that threatened to split his small face in half and talking nonstop about things of unimportance.

It was somehow infectious, and Itachi's already present small smile widened albeit not reaching the same brightness as his baby brother's.

And for only few times, mostly caused by Sasuke, it reached his eyes.

The two had gone shopping that morning, nothing really interesting, but little Sasuke seemed to have taken great pleasure in the fact that his big brother had surprisingly found enough time for him in those few hours.

Upon entering a small shop, the raven-haired boy had immediately spotted the candy corner and ran to it, an amused Itachi in tow.

Their mother will not be happy about this.

Itachi's teeth decayed by only looking at the colorful stall.

There was another boy, probably Sasuke's age, standing motionlessly in front of the candy stall. He was staring at a big aquarium-like container full of lollipops. His pale skin, black hair and eyes almost gave him away as one of their own clan.

His eyes though, they lacked that sparkle Sasuke had in his.

Itachi had recognized him.

He was one of those kids Danzo had taken upon himself to train.

The older Uchiha didn't like the random appearance to one of Danzo's children, and in front of a candy stall no less. The old man almost forbids them from seeing the daylight.

It was inhuman.

But Itachi wasn't one to talk.

It's hard not to be cynical when you are a ninja.

Sasuke stood there, examining the different kinds and flavors of candy with a pouty lip. The other boy peeked at his little brother with mild curiosity before looking back at the endless pile of lollipops.

Itachi could tell his brother was curious about the other boy as well but was too shy to take the initiative and poke out a conversation.

With Sasuke's big, ever-glittery eyes following his movements, the nameless boy reached out slowly with his hand and took one green-foiled lollipop out of the see-through plastic container and stared at it as it lay innocently on his small palm.

Sasuke produced a sound of distaste, and then suddenly, armored with the impatience of a six years old Uchiha, snatched the candy out of the other boy's hand.

"Don't choose watermelons, it sucks!" he told the other boy heatedly, holding the lollipop in front of the boy's face to make his point across.

The six year old extended his hand inside the dented container and slipped the sucker back in. Fishing out two lollipops, he held them out to the other boy, smiling gleefully as if he had just finished his first mission out of the village in success.

"Strawberry and lemon are the best. Cherry leaves a bitter taste in your mouth." His little brother told the other boy, placing the lollipops he just picked out into the boy's still open palm.

The boy with short black hair peered at Sasuke with a blank expression, then glanced down at the candy in his palm, and then at Sasuke, and then back at the candy.

The young Uchiha turned around and walked to his big brother, flashing a huge grin at him and taking his hand. "Let's go."

Itachi complied wordlessly, deciding that his discreet fondness of candy can wait for another day. He was planning on how to steal one of Sasuke's candies when the boy wasn't paying attention.

It's not like he needed planning.

Itachi, in the end, is elite, mind you.

And with this, they sauntered to the door, hand in hand.

Just when they were about to step out of the shop, Sasuke spun around and called out to the other boy.

"Remember, never choose watermelons!"

Sasuke waved at the nameless boy and they left.

Sai took a glimpse at the two lollipops in his hand before looking up at the departing backs of the Uchiha brothers.

"Watermelons…" he mouthed soundlessly, unaware of the thick silence engulfing him.

Sai stood on his toes and returned the lemon and strawberry flavored candy back inside the plastic aquarium and picked a watermelon flavored one instead.

Shin liked watermelons.

He was going to bring Shin a watermelon flavored lollipop.


AN: I already have few ideas for other members, but requests and prompts are welcomed and much appreciated. You can give me single words, phrases, anything works, really.

Those one shots can also take a place in an AU so take your leisure with it and don't necessarily stick to the main story. In fact, it would be even better if you didn't stick at all.

Anything as long as it's about Konoha 12, and Sai, because I love Sai.

This work is inspired by the fic: Flying with Albatrosses by the amazing Amethyst Turtle. Which reminds me, I just discovered, this is an epic name! :D