As a sort of "thank you" to you all for your patience, I decided to write one-shots with different pairings in the world of the 'Blue-eyed Uchiha'. I hope you will all enjoy it as I enjoy writing it!

Side-Stories: The Blue-eyed Uchiha

-by Angelbloodlover-

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Part II - Yearly Visit

Shisui (20 yrs) x Noriko (18 yrs)

Shisui eyed Noriko from afar, seeing her blank face once again. He really despised it when she would turn into an emotionless robot. But this always happened on October the tenth- Kushina's death. Her mentor had always been a special person to Noriko, but he didn't think it would affect her this much. Granted, the woman had been a force to be reckoned with, a peculiar woman with mastery knowledge about Fuinjutsu. Also, her unhealthy obsession with ramen had been quite scary. He hadn't thought a petite woman such as her could've been able to eat so many bowls of ramen.

This ramen-obsession was carried over to Noriko as well, much to Fugaku's horror. Unfortunately, the orange-loving Uchiha stopped eating ramen ever since the death of her Uzumaki sensei.

Closing his eyes, he pinched his nose tiredly. He would just wait until her ramen ritual would be finished. Every year, he watched her bring two ramen cups to Kushina's grave. She would leave one untouched and eat the other one.

And always with tears rolling down her cheeks. Every single time he saw her eat. It made his heart ache and he felt so damned helpless.

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Noriko knew Shisui was watching her, but didn't have the strength to care about it. On this day, everything tasted so bland and her love for life diminished greatly. She couldn't believe twelve years had passed already- it all happened so fast. If only she would have been able to revive Kushina with her Rinnegan, but it was at the cost of her life and she couldn't leave her family behind. Not until Madara, Black Zetsu and Kaguya had been dealt with.

She couldn't with good conscience leave this world unprotected.

A strong gust of wind passed her by, leaving her trembling from the cold. The weather was dreary as well, but at least it wasn't raining, that would make her even more depressed than she already was. Not that the scenery was helping. Whole Konoha knew by now not to anger her on this day and they were all smart enough to leave her alone.

Sighing tiredly, she bit her lip and clenched her fists, trying to get the feeling back in them.

Night was coming soon and she had promised Shisui she would join him for dinner. With another last glance at the grave, she stood up on shaky legs. Just like that, warm hands gripped her waist gently, "Shisui, you didn't have to wait."

"I wanted to," he replied quietly as he led her towards his home.

Noriko felt her tiredness wash away, lips tugging upwards at his warm presence. Year after year, he would await her and then cook her something delicious. It has become tradition for the two of them. Neither her parents were against it, in fact, they practically pushed her in Shisui's arms. She knew her parents wanted her to tie the knot with the prodigious Uchiha, and she knew that said Uchiha had feelings for her beyond friendship. And that he was giving her all the space she wanted, not pushing any boundaries or making her feel uncomfortable. For that, she felt so much gratitude towards her best friend.

When she arrived at his place, she relaxed instantly and felt at home.

"Shisui?"

He helped her sit down and raised his eyebrow, "Hmm?"

She leaned forwards and cupped his cheeks, "Thank you." and kissed him full on the lips. To say that Shisui had been rendered speechless was the understatement of the year.