Itachi woke himself earlier than usual to get to school on time since he'd have to take a detour to go to Shisui's house. He walked down the streets that were quiet and empty in the morning and came to a stop by his friend's door. Shisui burst out of the house greeting him happily and close on his heels was Chiharu.
She was still dressed in her old fashioned clothes, a purple dress today with a pink hair tie containing her silk black locks in a bun behind her head. The group then began to head off for school, but it was only after a block of walking together that Itachi noticed someone was lagging behind.
Chiharu had dramatically fallen behind them and was walking with her head down, he informed Shisui and the two boys back tracked, "Chiharu what's wrong?" he asked her as he drew near.
She looked up biting her lip a pink flush across her face, "I-I'm fine." She stated, but her eyes gave her away there was something that was deeply troubling her.
"Oh come on, you can't fool anybody with that face, what's wrong?" he asked her as he slowed his pace to walk next to her. His brotherly instincts kicked in and he found that he had to do something for the small little thing.
"I'm scared, what if they don't like me? Can't I be in your class?" Chiharu asked as she walked with the boys to the academy, "What if I'm really bad? What if I fail?" she continued on in her nervous rant.
Itachi rested his hand gently on her arm, "Everything will be just fine as long as you stay calm. When you're feeling nervous just take a deep breath and you'll calm down." He comforted.
Chiharu looked at him her dark blue eyes wide with fear but she slowly nodded her head and took in a deep breath, "Okay, I'll try." She answered him looking slightly more composed but not entirely calmed down.
Shisui smiled at her, "Don't worry it won't be all that bad. All of the other kids are really nice." He assured her.
Chiharu nodded her head, "Alright." She answered looking confident in herself before she tripped over her own two feet, she scrambled and caught herself before she fell, "W-wait what about my clothes? They're too bright and they're old fashioned, do you think it matters?" she asked them pointing down at the bright purple print she was wearing.
The boys looked to each other and chuckled, "Bright clothes are only a crime on Uchiha territory." Shisui chuckled, "And as for old fashioned it'll put you in the teacher's good books." He added.
Chiharu made a face of annoyance but then smiled, "Thank you." She seemed happier to them after that and somewhat more confident in herself. Shisui and Itachi quickly began to tell her things they thought would help her on her first day and walked her over to where her class would be. Since she hadn't started with them she was going to be in a class filled with people her own age.
With some help from Itachi and Shisui she opened up relatively quickly with the other children and they left her for the day knowing she was welcomed. Sure enough, at the end of the day her class had accepted her as one of their own. Itachi and Shisui walked back with her as she eagerly explained what had transpired that day.