Summary: A series of one-shots featuring Uchiha Itachi babysitting the Hyuuga Heiress.
Itachi sat in the middle between Sasuke and Hinata.
After his mother invited Hinata and her mother to their house for "tea," his mother and Nadeshiko-sama (Hinata's mother) went into another room and started coddling at the sleeping Hanabi.
He knew that his mother was hoping that Sasuke would be a girl, and adored little girls, so he her go on and pretend she had a daughter while he watched over 5 year old Sasuke and 4 year old Hinata.
Which led to this awkward mess: Hinata was a bright shade of red and poking her index fingers in a nervous habit and Sasuke was muttering about how stupid and loud girls were and how he didn't want to hang out around them.
Itachi sighed before attempting to right the situation.
"Sasuke, stop muttering, it's unbecoming," Itachi said before turning to Hinata, "Hyuuga-san, there is no need to be so nervous, we are perfectly civil, isn't that right Sasuke?"
Sasuke mumbled something that sounded like a yes, but after quickly noticing Itachi's stern gaze, he righted his almost slouching position and said, "Yes! We are civil!"
Itachi then directed his gaze back to Hinata.
Acutely aware of the attention, Hinata immediately stopped her finger pointing but stuttered in a squeak, "I-I'm sor-ry."
"What's this?" Shisui's playful voice said, "You to are bullying a little girl? I'm ashamed of you two."
Hinata flinched, she hadn't noticed his entrance. Sasuke's lips twitched upward, it wasn't a girl! Itachi grinned at his best friend.
"Shisui," Itachi began, "You don't usually teleport into the room."
"You can teleport?" Sasuke said in an excited manner, "Teach me."
Hinata turned a brighter shade of red and went back to poking her fingers causing Itachi to wonder how long it would take the Hyuuga to rid here of that nervous habit.
"The Hokage let me have some time off," Shisui explained, "So I decided to hang out with you guys... and girl... Ano, who are you?"
"Hyuuga Hinata," Hinata whispered before loud laughter erupted in the other room.
"I swear, he really did," Mikoto said before bursting in laughter again.
"And then what happened afterwards?" Nadeshiko's voice was raised an octave with excitement.
"Why don't we go outside?" Shisui suggested.
Itachi shrugged while Sasuke then excitedly asked again, "Ne, then you'll teach me that jutsu?"
"Ano," Hinata began, "Should-shouldn't we let Hahaue know that we're leaving?"
Since Mikoto was in such high spirit, Shisui didn't feel like interrupting so he suggested, "How about we play Shogi?"
There was a chorus of agreement before a board was set up. Itachi vs. Shisui.
Shisui had on a face of focus, pondering what to make his next move, the odds were stacked against him.
"A-ano, Shisui-kun," Hinata whispered.
"Yes?" Shisui looked up from the board, he could feel Itachi's smugness radiating since it was Shisui who suggested the game.
"I-I have a suggestion," Hinata stuttered before becoming more red and then whispering instructions to Shisui.
10 moves later.
Itachi's eyebrow twitched in irritation at the sudden change of events Shisui had somehow now got the upper hand.
"High five," Shisui said to the blushing Hinata before they did a high five.
"Nii-san," Sasuke said with a large grin, "I have a suggestion."
Itachi looked up and let Sasuke come over to whisper something, he was genuinely curious as to what his brother was going to suggest.
"After you lose this game, we'll go to the training ground and you'll teach me a new shiruken jutsu," Sasuke whispered.
Itachi poked Sasuke's forehead sending the boy to stumble back, "Foolish little brother."
Sasuke frowned and then looked at Shisui, "Want to teach me a jutsu after you win this game?"
Shisui paused before saying, "Sure."
Itachi frowned at Shisui as Hinata began to giggle behind her hand.