This excerpt was taken from chapter 1 of 'complicated Lines.'
"Ah, Fugaku. Good to see you again." A tall, blond man walked in to the large business office, bright smile lighting up his cerulean eyes.
"Always a pleasure to see you as well, Minato. Are we ready to start here, or do you need a moment? I see you've just gotten in…" Fugaku chuckled quietly to himself, seeing the blond falter slightly.
"Ah-I, well, yes, I could use a second." The blonde chuckled nervously, his left hand coming up to rub at the back of his neck.
"I assumed so. Take your time, I have some papers to go through quickly as well." Minato sighed quietly, before smiling gratefully at the older brunette.
Mikoto cleared her throat delicately, her hand resting on her husbands shoulder. "Don't you think you should introduce us?" She spoke quietly, looking back to Itachi and Sasuke, before forcing a smile towards Minato.
"Oh-yes. Minato-san, this is my...wife, Mikoto, and my two sons, Itachi and Sasuke." Fugaku brought his sons forward, allowing the other man to get a good view of the two.
"It's wonderful to actually get a chance to meet you three, I've heard great things about you." Sasuke shied away, an irritated look casting over his pale features at the comment. "Especially you, Sasuke. You seem to have quite the impact on some people. I can't say that I'm not impressed." At that, Sasuke looked up at the man for the first time, shocked. It was very rare that anyone even noticed him, much less spoke directly to him about anything other than how they hope he grows into his brother and fathers foot steps.
"Thank you, Minato-san." The youngest Uchiha gave a curt nod, not bothering to continue listening to the conversation once his mother joined back in.
"Y-yes. Sasuke has been…improving his social skills. Though he hasn't really been willingly interacting with people as we'd all like him to be." Mikoto smiled, a sickeningly sweet, oh-so-obviously fake smile, towards Minato, resting a hand on Sasuke's back.
Sasuke growled, turning his head and leaning away from the woman, and walking over to the large desk in the middle of the room, taking his seat.
"W-well, um.." Fugaku sighed, shaking his head at the blonde before turning to the desk.
"Let's go ahead and start. Mikoto, you may leave now. There's a small café in the lobby. Go get some coffee. We'll be about an hour or so." Mikoto blinked, grinding her teeth as she smiled, swiftly exiting the room.
"Well then. Where do we start?" Minato chuckled, sitting down on top of the large desk.
This will have more chapters than the first Side Story to 'Comp. Lines.', simply because minato and Fugaku are a lot older than Itachi and Deidara, and have been together much longer.