The scent of the hospital was something unavoidable, especially when waiting in the chilled hallway in front of the room. To the three children of the noble Uchiha clan, the overwhelming smell was the least of their worries. "Itachi! Aren't you excited?!" Shisui cheered and happily jumped in his seat. Itachi merely gave his cousin a smile because one, he was excited, and secondly he was starting to wonder if their ages were somehow swapped as Shisui acted more like a six year old child rather than an eight year old. The one year old in Itachi's arms giggled at their cousin's childish antics, "She's going to be the coolest baby ever!" he continued, spreading his arms out to express just how cool his baby cousin was going to be.
If Itachi had a free hand, he would have pinched the bridge of his nose, "Shisui we are not naming her any of those ridiculous names you thought up of."
The older Uchiha snorted, "As if your names were any better. The ones you thought of are lame. Aikiko and Emi, they sound too old fashioned. "
"Well we aren't going to name her Kiyomi or Kamui or Chibi or Chidori. Besides isn't Chidori the name of the copy njnja's jutsu?"
"You mean," Shisui slowly moved his headband over his left eye while pulling the high collar of his shirt to obscure the lower half of his face, "Kakashi Hatake? Yes."
Itachi swore he felt his eye twitched. He was starting to find the things his cousin did questionable. His attention transferred over to the click of an opening door. Without a word he walked over, entering the room with Sasuke in his arms and Shisui jumping behind him. There lying on the hospital bed was his mother dressed in a loose pastel green kimono, holding a white bundle in her arms, gazing at it with such love, that Itachi could actually feel it. Fugaku stood next to her bed stiffly, his arms crossed, but for once his usual stern expression was replaced with a softer vulnerable look. The young boy quietly stood by his father while the other skipped his way to the opposite side.
"Wah Mikoto oba! She's so kawaii!" Shisui cooed as he leaned towards the tiny new born. He couldn't help but poke at her chubby cheeks in attempt to see her eyes- although he knew they would be the traditional Uchiha onyx color. He ruffled the small tuft of hair peeking out from the white blanket, "Hey you, I'm Shisui itoko okay?"
"Shisui don't poke her you might w-" Mikoto started to chide however a small high pitched groan hushed her with a smile.
"So what's her name?" her nephew asked curiously, sneaking his hand into the baby's fingers, letting all five of them curl around his. He smiled when he felt the light grip she had on him, "She's so small. Chibi fits her perfectly."
"No," Fugaku snapped dully with a sigh. The instant Mikoto allowed her nephew to create a list of suggested names, Fugaku regretted not stopping her from allowing it.
"Umeko doesn't sound that bad, but I like Michiko more," Mikoto smiled at her husband, "Ah and I like Chou!"
"Emi..." Itachi muttered but he was quickly over shadowed by the protests that those names were too old fashioned. Suddenly Sasuke started to squirm in his brother's scrawny arms. Itachi readjusted him so that both of them were comfortable.
"Uuki!" the toddler suddenly squealed, clapping his hands with a giggle. The subtle bickering halted as all the pairs of onyx eyes averted to the one year old, "Uuki!" he repeated, this time pointing a stubby finger towards the window across from him. Following the invisible line the family realized what Sasuke was excited about. Snow. The soft white flakes fluttered down across the window gently. It rarely snowed in Konoha, even when it was winter. Blinking at the sight, Itachi came to a new suggestion.
"Yuki," he repeated, "I like it."
Shisui rubbed his chin, mimicking the gesture like an old man, "Yuki.. Yuki Uchiha... Uchiha Yuki..."
"It's perfect," Mikoto grinned, she turned to her husband waiting for his approval.
Fugaku scrunched his eye brows together, having put a lot of thought on what to name his only daughter and youngest child, he had hoped they would go with his wishes of Umeko. He glanced at his two sons next to him only to find that his eldest, had his attention on the newest addition to the family, and the now middle child was still clapping at the snow . The head of the Uchiha clan slumped his shoulders and let out a sigh of defeat as his wife and nephew beamed at him, "Yuki it is," he agreed with the edge of his lips twitching upwards ever so slightly.
"Yuki!" Sasuke exclaimed now pointing at his younger sister.
"Yeah Sasuke, it's our little sister, Yuki," Itachi smiled as the aura in the whole room seemed to lighten as a name was finally decided for the newest Uchiha.
