Chapter Twelve - Birthdays
Hashirama could only smile looking at the snow outside his window. Madara was still asleep, since he had gotten over a small case of the flu. He loved Winter, he also loved what they did for his birthday. He was born November the twenty-ninth. Or at least that what they told the village. They had to change his, since too many knew his birthday. It would look weird, if he shared the same birthday with their 'dead' Hokage.
However, no one knew when Madara's birthday was. December twenty-forth, the day before Christmas. Two events that he's never seen Madara celebrate.
"Mum!" Hashirama shouted to Mito. The first time he had Mito 'Mum', she dropped everything in her arms, and kissed him on the checks. She was also crying tears of joy, which makes him think that she'll be over the moon, once Madara called her 'Mum' as well. He had a feeling that his crush saw Mito and Tobirama as his parents, but it was his pride that stopped him from calling the two 'Mum and Dad'. "It's Mada's birthday! Are we going to do anything?"
"of course we are dear," Mito told him. She had a plan, but she needed Tobirama to take him out for the day. They also needed to pick up Winter clothing, they had some, but she was afraid that Madara and Hashirama might grow out of theirs. After Hashirama had turned five and Madara was now three. "Madara, can help Tobirama pick up the Winter clothing I ordered. Some for all of us, but the next size up for you and Mada."
"Party?"
"Not really. It's just going to be us."
"Still... I hope he likes his presents," Hashirama said. He didn't want to think about the fact that Madara didn't have any friends, besides him. It made him feel bad, since he wasn't there for Madara more. Leaving him to face the village by himself. Why he didn't sent up for himself? Instead letting elders from both Uchiha and Senju clans give him more paperwork, until all he wanted to do was sleep.. or drink.
"So you have a plan?" Tobirama asked leaning against the door. He had sent clones to do his paperwork, he didn't do all the time, but it was Madara's birthday and he wanted to be there for his son.
"Yes. Think you can keep him busy? I need you to go get something," Mito said to her husband, Hashirama would be entering the Academy soon, but he would be going to pre-academy in March. "I think the clothes are done, but they might be a line. You never know with some of the villagers."
"You want me to take Madara?"
"Yes. Afterwards walk around the village. I'll let you know when Hashi and I are done."
"Are you cold?" Tobirama asked the raven, who was sitting on his shoulders. They had already picked up the clothes from the trailers, but Mito and Hashirama weren't finished. He didn't know what they were doing, he was told to take Madara out for a walk. "If you are, I'm sure Mito won't mind you wearing your jacket."
"I'm fine, D- Tobi," Madara said, his checks going red. He had almost slipped up, again! First with Hashirama and now with Tobirama, he was never going to live this down.
"Hokage-sama!" a girl screamed running up to him. They knew what today was, after all, you couldn't not know the birthdays of the Hokage's children, related or not. She might be from the Hyuuga clan, but she didn't think she was better then everyone, just because of her eyes. That and she was on the branch side. So it didn't matter. "Hisa-sama asked me to give this to you, she and Hideo-sama won't be able to come to the meeting later."
"I see, tell them its fine. Hisa having trouble with the baby?" Tobirama asked. He was glad that she didn't mention Madara's birthday, from what he knew of the raven, he wasn't one to celebrate. "I'd recommended her going to the hospital, theirs always someone there."
"I'll tell Hisa-sama."
"There's a meeting later?" Madara asked once the brown haired girl was gone. He knew she was a Hyuuga, it was hard not to know, since she had their eyes.
"There's one soon, but Hisa is pregnant and is due any minute," Tobirama told him. There wasn't a meeting today, or tomorrow. He had clones doing his paperwork, he wasn't able to get away with it, a lot of the time, the elders wanted him to do it, but he ignored them. They might have been able to bully his soft-hearted brother into doing what they wanted, most of the time, but he was going to show them, that he wasn't anything like Hashirama. "So Hideo might not be able to come to the next few meetings, she was just telling me. So the elders don't think their planning something."
"Like taking over the village."
"You know how the elders are."
"They need to remove their sticks."
"Sticks?"
"Ask Hashirama, he was the one who told me."
"Of course he did." Tobirama knew Hashirama to well, he would say that the elders needed to calm down and remove the sticks someone put up their asses, he was just glad that Madara completely repeat his brother, or people would be looking at them. It wasn't everyday that a two year old was repeating the first Hokage. "We better start heading back, before Hashirama does something."
"Like fall out of the window? Or break another vase?" Madara said, he wasn't sure if Tobirama knew who broke that vase, if he didn't, he knew now. "Or maybe annoy Mu... Mito so much, she pulls him over her lap."
"As long as she doesn't punch him."
"Mum wouldn't do that!"
The white haired male froze and looked at the small boy on his shoulders, who had his hand over his mouth, along with burning red checks. Hashirama had told him that Madara had almost called him 'Dad', but to hear it himself was different. But now, Madara had called Mito 'Mum', it made him wonder when the raven was going to slip and call him 'Dad'. "If you say that in front of Mito, I'm sure she'll pinch your checks."
"What's with people and pinching my checks!"
"Because... I don't know, I haven't done it."
"Don't."
"Don't worry, I'm leaving that to Mito and Hashirama."
"Their bad enough," Madara grumbled.
"Happy birthday!" Mito and Hashirama shouted when Tobirama and Madara entered the house. Madara just looked at the two, and then at Tobirama. In the Uchiha clan, they were too busy trying to fight against the Senju, that birthdays and other holidays were forgotten, not because they didn't care, most of them just forgot.
"Some of the other clan heads dropped off some presents, but that can wait till after lunch," Mito told her fiancé, she was happy that she able to marry the man she loved, but her father wasn't happy. At the moment, she didn't care what her father thought. She was happy, she had two wonderful children. So who cared? They still had an alliance. "Talking about lunch, why don't we go the dinning room?"
"Of course," Tobirama said handing the still wide eyed raven to the red head. She just smiled at him and he had to smile back, he loved her and nothing would change that.
