The sky is still dark, Daylight has not yet broken.
Itachi got up because, today, he promised his brother that he would help him make bento for his new friend Naruto.
After washing, Itachi came outside the house. Looking at the dark outside, he couldn't help but feel a little bored. In fact, he didn't want to live in the darkness.
Itachi also longs for the light.
"Sasuke, let my brother bear the pain..." Itachi murmured into the darkness, then went back to the house and started preparing lunch.
Time passed slowly, Itachi put on his apron and concentrated on preparing the lunch box that Sasuke gave to Naruto, and cooked breakfast for the family.
The sky slowly became brighter.
A little head stuck into the kitchen: "Brother, morning."
"Good morning, Sasuke." Itachi had fried eggs in his hand, turned his head, and greeted Sasuke with a smile on his face," Go and wash up quickly, and wake up your parents for breakfast."
"Okay, thank you brother, thank you for your hard work!" Sasuke smiled mischievously and jumped up to wake Mikoto and Fugaku up.
After Sasuke, Fugaku, and Mikoto had washed up, Itachi also prepared breakfast for the family and lunch boxes for Sasuke's friend Naruto. According to Sasuke's request, he found all the lunch boxes at home and packed them.
A dozen lunch boxes.
The family is sitting around the dining table having breakfast.
Breakfast is bread, omelettes, and milk. Sasuke loves to eat omelettes made by his brother.
Mikoto looked up and saw a dozen lunch boxes on the other side of the dining table. There was doubt on her face and she asked: "Itachi, why did you make so many bento boxes? Are they for Sasuke's schooling?"
Hearing this, Itachi said: "Mom, this is for Sasuke's new friend. Sasuke had lunch at his new friend's place yesterday. Today, Sasuke asked me to prepare lunch for him. He is going back to invite his new friend."
After hearing Itachi's explanation, Mikoto turned around and said with a smile: "Hey, our Sasuke has made a friend. You can invite him to our house to play when you have time."
"Mom..." Sasuke was about to speak, but was interrupted by Itachi...
"Mom, you must know that Sasuke's friend is called Uzumaki Naruto, and he is Aunt Kushina's child. In fact, I saw Naruto in the hospital when I was a child, but he was just born at that time.
His face is still wrinkled," Itachi said.
Itachi also knew that Naruto was the child of his mother's best friend. Unfortunately, his mother's best friend died together with her husband, the Yondaime Hokage, during the Nine-Tails Rebellion.
At that time, my mother was very sad.
"Is it Kushina's child?" Mikoto looked very surprised. The face of her best friend appeared in her mind. Remembering that time, the two of them followed each other like shadows. They often went in and out together and went shopping in the market together.
In the blink of an eye, seven years have passed, and it has been seven years since Kushina passed away.
His child is also seven years old.
Hey, it's a pity that because of some difficulties, she really wanted to take over her best friend's child and raise them together, but...
"Let's have breakfast first..." At this time, Fugaku said. He was reminding his wife not to show her emotions, and Sasuke would find out.
Fugaku also sighed secretly in his heart, feeling pity for the Minato family. If Minato was still here, based on his relationship with Minato, the Uchiha clan probably wouldn't have fallen into this situation.
This situation made him extremely wary of lending a helping hand to Naruto. Remember that back then, his Uchiha clan belonged to the Konoha Ninja Village that was founded together with the Senju clan.
Some guys in the clan seem to be unable to sit still.
Sasuke didn't notice anything, he still happily ate breakfast, and then told his mother about Naruto.
After eating, Itachi helped Sasuke put the lunch box into a big school bag, and then sent Sasuke out. He also went to work in the ANBU.
At home, Mikoto walked up to Fugaku and said, "Is there any problem if Sasuke and Naruto are so close?"
Fugaku shook his head and said: "No, Sasuke is not Itachi. If Itachi gets close to Naruto, someone will be worried."
Fugaku analyzed that he actually understood that Naruto's identity was too important. He secretly paid attention to Naruto. When he was a child, he only had a little living expenses, which was not enough at all.
Where did Minato's legacy go?
Fugaku didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't want to think about it. He was afraid that once he thought about or did something, the whole of Konoha might be involved in a meaningless war.
But, aren't all people forced out?
Some people really go too far.
For a time, Uchiha Fugaku thought a lot, he didn't want to think about it but he had to think about it.
After chatting with Mikoto about Sasuke for a while, Fugaku packed up and went to work in the police force.
Noon passed quickly. Itachi worked in the ANBU all morning. During the meal time, Itachi left the ANBU. He wanted to go to school to see his brother.
Now, he just wants to see his younger brother more.
One more look, just one look. From now on, it may be difficult to see his brother's smile again.
Arriving at school, the school bell had just rang. Itachi hid in a corner and watched from a distance one by one students walking out of the school gate.
After a while, Itachi saw his younger brother Sasuke.
Sasuke carried the big schoolbag he had prepared for him, followed by Naruto, who was a head and a half taller than Sasuke. The two walked out of the school gate talking and laughing.
"Is that Naruto?"
Itachi looked at Naruto carefully, and found that the image of Naruto was very different from the image of Naruto he imagined. However, that yellow hair did indeed inherit the "yellow flash" gene of the fourth generation.
Itachi followed the two of them from a distance. With his skills, the two of them couldn't even notice him.
He watched Sasuke and Naruto come to the river together and eat their bento together on the grass beside the river, and saw Naruto exclaiming when he saw the bento.
Itachi couldn't help but smile. He had always been very confident in his cooking skills.
It's just that from now on, he may not be able to fry eggs for Sasuke anymore.
Itachi quietly watched the interaction between the two, innocent and beautiful.
From Sasuke's smile, he felt a hint of warmth, brother, I am doing this for your own good. I hope you don't blame your brother in the future.
At this time, Itachi also understood what Sasuke said about Naruto's large appetite. Naruto indeed had a large appetite, and he didn't even frown after eating more than a dozen bento boxes.
After Naruto and Sasuke finished eating and left the grassland by the river, Itachi stood there for a while and walked away expressionlessly.
In the evening, Itachi returned home after finishing his ANBU work for the day. When he walked to the door of his house, he saw Sasuke's smiling face.
"Brother, you are finally back." Sasuke ran towards him.
"Well, brother is back." Itachi put on a smile in an instant and said to Sasuke gently.
"Thank you, brother. Naruto really likes the bento made by his brother. He said that his cooking skills are on the same level as his." Sasuke smiled, obviously Naruto recognized his brother's cooking skills, which made him very happy.
"Who do you think your brother is..." Itachi put on a proud look appropriately.
"Brother, um... can you teach me how to cook?"
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