{open} It was a beautiful morning.

[youngesthokage]

He was in a wonderful mood. He'd gotten in later than intended due to the rather long talk with his mother, which had been oddly easier with this one than the one from home ever was anymore, and by the time he'd made it home is good mood had returned and he'd settled right to bed.

Morning, on the other hand, had brought the flowers and he found himself looking out the window in curious fascination at them, mussed from sleep and somewhat bewildered.

Since when did snow bring flowers?

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[youngesthokage]

"Did you make any for your mother?" It was an almost idle question as he sucked on a piece of fruit.

Isamu promptly looked conflicted. "Um. Minoru did it!"

[itachi_san]

"Hey!" he pouted, pushing Isamu. "Mama... wasn't hungry! Yeah! So that's not my fault!"

Itachi laughed a little.

"Okay... so I did say I wasn't hungry when they were cooking... But what if I'm hungry now?"

"I get to light more toast on fire!!"

[youngesthokage]

"That doesn't make it terribly tasty you know." It was an amused murmur, and Isamu took this as prompting to jump on his brother.

"Yeah, see? Told you!"

[itachi_san]

"Yeah, well, at least I CAN light it on fire!! All YOU'VE ever done is burn your lips."

[youngesthokage]

Isamu made an enraged noise and tackled him to the floor. "I'LL GET BETTER!"

"...I should probably break that up."

[itachi_san]

"You're just jealous because I'M BETTER THAN YOU!!"

Itachi sighed. "... Yes. Please..."

[youngesthokage]

Itachi leaned over and grabbed Minoru as he was on top now. "Three laps around the house Isamu."

"But papa-"

"Now."

[itachi_san]

"Ha!" Minoru beamed up at his father. "That'll teach him to say bad things about my toast."

[youngesthokage]

"Now go sit with your back to the wall by the closet." He released him and pointed to the wall -not- facing the two parents.

[itachi_san]

"But..." Minoru started to protest, but Itachi cut him off.

"You heard Papa. You need time to cool down." he pointed. (And then the Hokage guided that hand to the proper direction, much to Minoru's enjoyment...)

[youngesthokage]

Minoru got a rather stern look until he too went, then he leaned in and kissed his partner's wrist. "Our children... sometimes I wonder about them."

[itachi_san]

"I do hope they grow out of their little rivalry." he sighed. It was one of those things about his children he just didn't understand. "It's like they're both trying so hard to outshine the other. Do they think we're suddenly only going to love one of them?"

[youngesthokage]

"Not at all. Sasuke's the same way to an extent, but the age gap is big enough he doesn't try as hard." He shook his head with a little laugh.

[itachi_san]

He thought about his own Sasuke. He certainly tried that hard, but Itachi never really did. A one-sided fight doesn't last long.

"I'll trust you on that one." he smiled, breaking off a piece of the burned toast. What didn't crumble was actually pretty good... for charred bread. "Your Sasuke turned out to be a fine young medic. Who we'll be paying a visit as soon as you're done with breakfast."

[youngesthokage]

"Is that a hint to hurry up love?" It was a murmur as he ate a bit faster.

[itachi_san]

"You can hardly blame me..." Itachi smirked. "I'm still nervous. Kind of... terrified... really. But if it did work... I'm going to be able to see again. I'll see your face, our children's faces. It's something to be eager about, right?"

[youngesthokage]

"Of course I can't, I want to see the look on your face just as much."

[itachi_san]

"Just hope I don't start crying blood, or else the bandages might get put right back on."

Of course, it didn't take them long to get ready. Because the minute Isamu hears the words 'visiting Sasuke,' he's subtly pushing everyone out the door.

[youngesthokage]

Amused that the boys were teaming up on them, he just shook his head and moved along. "Alright, alright we're going."

[itachi_san]

Itachi knew the way, but he still wrapped his arm around the Hokage's as they walked. He didn't want to accidentally trip over Minoru... who was literally running circles around everybody.

[youngesthokage]

That was more than fine with him, and he hummed softly, content for the moment. He'd finally made some peace with his mother so it worked out well, these visits.

[itachi_san]

Itachi could feel his partner's peace, and wished he had some of it for himself. But he wouldn't... at least, not until the bandages came off.

"You think Grandma Mikoto's had breakfast? I can make her toast too!!" Minoru went through his hand signs and shot a fairly decent plume of fire into the empty road ahead of them.

[youngesthokage]

"Minoru if you catch anyone on fire on our way to Mothers I'll be sure she knows about it."

[itachi_san]

"You guys were all behind me!" he pouted. He sulked for about a minute before getting bored of sulking, preferring to walk on his hands, do backflips, and generally bounce around the street again.

[youngesthokage]

"I wasn't talking about -us-, you do realize that, yes?"

"Course he doesn't. He's dumb."