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Chance Meeting

#1: Tea Shop

He wasn't a naturally happy person. It just didn't…work with him.

It wasn't like he was depressed or anything, just…tired.

Extremely, extremely tired.

Ah, the troubles on his mind.

His own brother's company had gone down, and as his younger brother and the best lawyer in Japan, he was to defend the stupid bastard. His father had decided that instead of helping his son with the bundle of cases he had now, he would retire and hand the law firm over to his younger son earlier.

To top that off, his mother had decided enough was enough and until Sasuke was to proclaim that he was gay, he was to marry some girl so she could have some stupid grandchildren.

Ah, did he mention that he hated children?

Look, he wasn't being a Grinch, there are just some people who say they hate children and some people who would rather just sit there and smile, pretending that they do.

How freaking stupid was that?

Sasuke stopped in front of the tea shop, looking down on the list that his mother gave him.

She was probably the only person in the whole island of Japan that made a list for tea…

He reluctantly entered the tea shop. It's probably going to eat me…

A little bell hidden deep inside the store rang, its sound echoing throughout the store, announcing his entrance.

The store was simple enough. Clean floors and wall, the aisle neat and ready to be walked through. The tiled floor beneath him and his shoes came together in a click, click sound.

The skin beneath his eyes twitched. No one was at the counter when he stopped there. He began to tap his foot impatiently; he didn't have time for this!

The little bead curtain a little left to the curtain jingled, and suddenly, there was a young boy in front of him. He couldn't have been more than six or seven years old.

Sasuke hated kids.

He glared at this…child and to his surprise…

The child gave a wry stare in return. He was…unusual for a kid. He was calm and seemed to observe Sasuke very carefully, as if checking if Sasuke was a threat.

Sasuke didn't mind a kid who knew what he was doing.

"Can I help you, sir?" The child asked. His voice was clear in the store. Sasuke nodded.

"I need these items. I'm sure you can help me," Sasuke replied. He handed the child the rather long list and he made a motion for Sasuke to follow him.

The child led him around the room and showed him all the items. During this time, Sasuke looked him over, wondering how on earth this child was so…calm. He had violet colored hair and sharp blue eyes.

In truth, the kid was starting to creep him out.

"Sir would you like peach or lemon flavor?" he asked flatly. Sasuke pointed numbly to the peach.

His mother would wine if he brought home lemon iced tea.

"Your wife's choice I suppose?" The child asked. Sasuke blinked. Was he making small talk?

"I don't have a wife…thankfully," Sasuke mumbled the last part and was surprised to see the child snicker.

"Good choice. From my experience, getting married is one of the most stupid things a man could do," the child said dryly. Sasuke couldn't help but smirk and follow the boy as he went to another aisle, the basket the boy was holding slowly filling up.

"What experience would you have?" Sasuke asked. The boy did not falter. He grinned and shrugged.

"The worst kind. My mother and father were supposed to renew their vows today and my mom actually ran away from the wedding…" the boy was squinting at something on the jar of tea.

Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle.

"Would it still work if you ran away from a wedding that already took place?" Sasuke asked. The boy laughed along with him.

"Well, it was an effort. I love my mom and dad but I don't think my dad deserves mom. He's in love with another woman after all. I'm glad he never acted on his emotions but I still don't understand why he would not love my mom," the boy explained. "This is the last item on the list. I think we have it all."

Sasuke nodded and they both headed back to the counter.

"Well, then, if your mom really is one that anyone can fall in love with, I guess your father is deaf, blind, and stupid then," Sasuke stated. The boy smirked.

"Sadly, you couldn't be more right," he replied. Sasuke looked at the shelves behind the boy and suddenly asked something he would regret very soon.

"So if your mother is this…loveable, would I fall in love with her if I saw her?" Sasuke asked.

What the hell was that?

The boy smirked. That smirk looked very similar…

"Just watch and see."

The beads jingled again and this time, a sniffling young woman came out. She was wearing a wedding dress that was grass stained at the edges. Her hair was let down and curled at the edges. Mascara had obviously been dripping from her face a moment before.

And yet he had a hard time averting his pitch black eyes from her pearly white ones.

Said pearly white eyes widened.

"Ah! I'm sorry! I didn't know you were still here! Err, um, I'll go now!" The woman hurried back into the back room, her face flushed.

That did not help his situation.

Sasuke turned his face to the side and coughed, trying to hide his slight blush.

The boy was smirking. Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Don't tease, it's mean," Sasuke mumbled. The boy let out a chuckle.

"I don't tease people who had just cheered up my day. What's your name?" The boy asked, handing Sasuke his receipt. Sasuke couldn't help a small smile.

"Uchiha Sasuke."

"Uzumaki Akio."

Sasuke smirked and they shook hands.

"Take care of your mother."

"Will do."

When Sasuke stepped out of the shop, he decided he only hated some kids.

Meeting #1: End.

A/N: Man, I had so much fun writing this.

Note: "Akio" means "bright man".

Thank you for reading!