[Open] Ah yes, the date...

[youngesthokage]

Itachi was going about his day... more or less as he usually did. He'd gone through morning practice, then had wandered off to go poke through paperwork, as per a typical day.

True, he was a bit bewildered that things seemed to have been a bit more aggressively tidied than usual, but he didn't think anything too strange about it, and settled in, content to pick his way through the collection of papers for a while.

How unfortunate that his birthday present seemed to be in part the errant jutsu.

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[one_without_wings]

After having taken care of all his other niisans -that included neesan too- Sasuke had raced all the way across the village and up the cliff that led to the mansion. He needed to reclaim his breath for a few minutes before knocking on the door, enthusiasm unbriddled.

"Niisama, Niisama~" he called out, holding a small container.

[youngesthokage]

Mansion, small cozy house, clearly the not quite the same thing, but Itachi was still caught on his way out the door, blinking down at the tiny Sasuke in clear surprise. "Otouto."

[one_without_wings]

"Happy birthday!" he cheered happily, holding out the small container. "I made you an edible present~" seaweed salad riceballs, of course.

[youngesthokage]

"Ah! Thank you." He took it and gave him a soft smile. "I'm certain you have more to deliver, but I'm glad you thought of me."

[one_without_wings]

"Sorry m'not able to come by that much, niisama. You're gonna have the bestest best day ever today, right?" look at those shining, happy eyes.

[youngesthokage]

He reached out and hugged him before rising to continue on his way, smiling. "I will otouto. Have fun with the others!"

[one_without_wings]

"You too!" he nodded before waving and taking off faster than the wind itself.

[bodyflicker]

Shisui went looking for Itachi - any Itachi, all of them - grinning gleefully. He had plans and plots and all sorts of excellence.

It was the Hokage he went to find first, peeking into the office with a broad grin. "I~ta~chi~" singsong, joking, everything he did for his own cousin at home. "It's a special day, you know!"

[youngesthokage]

He lifted his head with a blink, pulled from his sorting as he looked over at the man in the doorway. It had been a while since he'd seen him. "Shisui. ... I've been trying to figure out what that could be, actually."

Considering it had been niggling since he looked at the date, but nothing was coming to mind.

[bodyflicker]

"Are you telling me you seriously don't know, or are you messing with me?" The question was laughing, Shisui shaking his head with a cheerful denial. Itachi was a special sort of guy, he really was, in a lot of ways that awakened deep affection in him. And that could encompass either an utterly bland sort of sarcasm, or a legitimate complete ignorance of the personal events of his life, too focused on externalities.

[youngesthokage]

His expression turned wry, and he peered up at him, straightening the papers in front of him to set aside, clearly aware it was unlikely he'd get anything further finished. "If you don't wish to tell me I don't doubt I can find something else to do."

[bodyflicker]

"Unless even this changes between worlds," Shisui added with a belated realization -- which he immediately shrugged away, laughing at Itachi's expression, "then it's your birthday, silly little cousin~" No one else would ever speak to Itachi like this -- heck, back home, even Itachi's girlfriend didn't use that kind of intimacy -- but he was a special case, and knew he always would be.

[youngesthokage]

He stared at him for a long moment, then looked horribly chagrined as he realized that Shisui was, in fact, correct. And he'd managed to forget.

Of all things to not remember...

"No... no, that isn't something that changed."

[konohasuperstar]

"Most boring way to spend a birthday ever!" came a call from the window. Once Itachi looked, there would be Sasuke, flashing a salute. "Yo~" no, he didn't knock at the door like a normal person.

[youngesthokage]

"Birthday....?" He paused, then looked a bit chagrined. That... suddenly made more sense, and he had no idea how he could have forgotten. "It failed to occur to me as to what the significance of the date was."

[konohasuperstar]

"You forgot your own birthday? You deserve something special for sure." he shook his head. "So was your plan to have a date with a stack of papers today, or you're free?"

[youngesthokage]

He stared at the papers, then neatly set the one he was looking at back in the pile. "I believe I have time."

[konohasuperstar]

"We gotta go somewhere for your birthday! how about the onsen? Or some place I know that's got cabbage rolls? We can just walk around and talk if you can stand that much of me for so long~" he purred.

[youngesthokage]

He pushed back from the desk with an amused look on his face. "You say that as though I intended to avoid you immediately after."

[bunsofsteel]

Tenten gave him precisely until dinnertime before making her way into his office. Between when she'd let him disappear to work on paperwork during the day and when she finally decided that it was enough paperwork for the day, and even he couldn't complain too much, she'd changed into the elegant purple kimono Itachi'd bought for her several months ago.

"Itachi-sama." She knocked on the door and only peeked her head in, not intending to let him see her outfit just yet. "Time to go home."

[youngesthokage]

He looked up and smiled, for once not arguing. After all, he'd had many many reminders as to what day it was.

She's always so lovely. He didn't need any special clothes to think so either, and he put aside his papers to get up, for once without a fuss. "Of course."

[bunsofsteel]

Who are you talking about...?

She couldn't help but glance behind her for a moment, puzzled -- couldn't be her. After all, it was in the third person.

"At least it wasn't up to me to remind you what day it was," she teased aloud without emerging from behind the door. "Everyone else took care of that for me, huh?"

Bastards, it was supposed to be a surprise...

[youngesthokage]

She wanted my birthday to be a surprise? How does that even work? He shook off the thought and padded over toward the door, noting the disparity of word and speaking.

"Such as the other mes."

[bunsofsteel]

"I didn't say I wanted it to be a surprise! Come on, you really believe I'd think you'd forget about your own birthday?"

Wait... did he say that? Or did I just think it?

Either way, she pushed it aside and opened the door wider so he could see her outfit as she rested on hand easily on her hip with a grin.

I hope he likes it still... maybe I should have bought something new? What if he thinks I'm trying too hard? I just want to look nice for your birthday, Itachi-sama, I'm not actually going to tie you to the desk and have my way with you. It's just a kimono.

"Dinner?"

[youngesthokage]

He paused midmotion, blinking at her owlishly. Yes, she looks nice, but, tying to desk and... Why would she decide NOT to? How unfortunate.

He shook it off and moved forward again. "Of course."