Notes: I would like to say that my writing muse has been low lately so I may end this compilation of drabbles / boneshots / etc. earlier than I had planned. Rest assured, there will still be weekly updates, just expect a possible drop in quality or this fanfiction ending soon (hopefully not though, I already have notes up to chapter 22).

Warning: touch of incest/overprotective Itachi, OOC, fluff, Everyone-lives AU

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the Uchiha brothers. Do support Masashi Kishimoto and the official anime/manga releases.

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Chapter 7: Tomato

Being with the famous brothers, I learnt a few things when handling Sasuke's diet from Itachi. It started off with the usual visit to the dango shop. Itachi had a major sweet tooth, buying at least twelve sticks of dango before he was satisfied. Sasuke, on the other hand, seemed to have his taste buds switched with Itachi, disliking dangos. Yet to enjoy it with his brother, Sasuke always forced himself to eat one stick. Knowing Itachi, he had a trick to help Sasuke eat his snack. A small bottle was pulled out and it squirted onto the dango some red sauce.

"Can I try some?"

Itachi reluctantly passed me the bottle and I got a taste of the sauce. It was tomato ketchup and it tasted weird with dango but seeing Sasuke smiling happily as he ate…. I pretty sure the kid just has weird taste for anything with tomatoes.

Sasuke also never liked vegetables except tomatoes. During those times when I ate dinner at their place, their mother sometimes made salads for them. There was always a bowl that had a mix of tomato chunks inside. In fact, I saw Itachi cut those tomatoes and threw them into the bowl.

Yet when Sasuke was given lunchboxes filled with his red drugs, Itachi would take them away. Pink cards with hearts would be ripped and the contents in the pink lunchboxes would be thrown into the dustbin. Of course, Sasuke never noticed this when the blue lunchbox from his mother replaced the lunchboxes of love. And what was Itachi's excuse when I pointed out his actions?

"Sasuke won't be able to eat dinner if he eats all of those."

Excuses! I swore I saw Itachi gave Sasuke eat a basketful of tomatoes an hour before dinner and the boy was still able to finish his meal that evening. Even if I pointed this out, Itachi would ignore me so I just sighed and muttered.

"Right…."