Melody (Konoha School Of Arts)

15. A talk between brothers

Hey hey hey binge readers! It's time to take a break! Close your eyes and mention twenty Naruto filler characters. If you scored 15 and above, here👑. If you scored between 10-14 have a cookie 🍪. If you scored 5-13 you can manage a thumbs up 👍. If you scored below 5... Well... good job. E for effort.

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I have a quick question for Naruto Shippuden animators: why on earth is there a Kakashi merch (that one Kakashi body pillow) in the series?! Where can I get one?!

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Itachi was gazing mindlessly out the window when the sound of the door to his room sliding open caught his attention. He didn't give whoever it was opening the door attention because he thought it was his mother but when the person spoke, he was very astonished.

"I am very surprised." He spoke, turning around to face the other pouting one. Who would have thought...

"Don't get cocky yeah, I was forced to come here by the others un." Deidara huffed as he slammed the flowers in his hands down on the table beside Itachi's bed in an attempt to make his lie believable. (A/N: I bet ten chocolate chip cookies that you thought it was Sasuke).

"Right." Itachi obviously didn't believe him but he was somewhat touched that the loudmouthed blond that claimed to detest his entire existence actually liked him enough to come visit. He was so sure that the flowers were not Deidara's idea though (come on, white lilies for a living person?)

Itachi would feel offended were it another person but he knew that the blond would rather clay than petals.

"What happened to you un? Kisame said that you had an accident yeah." Deidara questioned while plopping himself down on a couch. The hospital room itself was almost as big as his whole apartment. Perks of being a VIP.

"Yes..." Itachi trailed off for lack of words to use. What was he supposed to say? 'I tried to kill myself but I failed at it?' Fortunately for him, Yahiko and Konan barged in at that moment so he didn't need to answer the question. At least for now.

"Deidara! You could have waited for us yanno?" Yahiko scolded the blond, who huffed defiantly, without even acknowledging Itachi yet.

"You were too slow yeah, how long does it take to- to- pick a flower yeah?!" Deidara shot back. While he was not exactly forced by his them to visit, the whole class had decided to pay Itachi a visit and buy a bouquet for him while they were at it. That simple task led to a conflict as everyone wanted to choose what flowers to use and nobody wanted to agree on one thing.

The florist (who could have given them candid advice) lay forgotten at the background.

Deidara had gotten impatient, wrapped up any flower he laid his hands on, regardless of their meaning in Hanakotoba (flower language), and stormed into the hospital with a bouquet of white lilies. It was halfway to Itachi's room he remembered that he could have asked Ino to do the job of choosing flowers (the Yamanakas owned a quite big flower service line).

"Hey Itachi, how are you feeling?" Konan asked the raven, ignoring the two bickering behind her in favour of kissing Itachi's forehead. It wasn't weird, at least not within the classmates. It was set in stone that Konan was the mum of the class.

Before Itachi could even answer, a blur of orange and black stormed into the room and past Deidara and Yahiko. He had no time to brace himself for his cousin's crushing hug before the other Uchiha tackled him. Tobi wept freely on his shoulder while Itachi awkwardly pat his back and asked Konan for help with his eyes. Unfortunately for him, she was scolding her boyfriend and the rambunctious blond artist so he was stuck.