His Sunny Place

Untitled Part 7

I don't own Naruto.

Tobirama sighed as he pushed open his brother's door, expecting to see him laid out in the floor like he had been many times before. Mito was gone, she had followed Hashirama's instructions and had gone home to whirlpool country. That had been two months ago, and somehow his brother seemed to be managing just fine taking care of his infant son. Tobirama had worried about his brother, seeing as he spent most of his days hidden away even though he had graciously accepted the title of Hokage.

The villagers seemed to be respectful of his situation and did not wish to bother him as he got through this troubling time. He had been helping his brother run things from the shadows, but he knew that eventually they would need to see him come out and address the people. He looked in to see Hashirama and Itsuki asleep, Hashirama had bis back against the wall and Itsuki was cradled gently in his arms.

Tobirama smiled softly and gently pulled Itsuki from Hashirama's arms, only for Hashirama's fingertips to extend and carefully wrap wood around him to stop him from taking the child. Half awake brown eyes stared at him before the wood released him. "Sorry, Tobirama..." Hashirama muttered with a yawn, but Tobirama shook his head. He understood why Hashirama was so protective of his son, Mito had threatened to take him with her before she left. So of course he wouldn't let his guard down, not even in his sleep.

"You know you can ask for help, right?" he asked, but his brother no longer returned his gaze. "Hashirama... I know you're having a hard time, but don't forget you still have all of us to help you." He said and offered a small comforting smile to his older brother. He couldn't imagine how it would feel to have someone do to him what Mito did to his brother. Tobirama knew their relationship would eventually end, but he had no idea that his brother would be the one to end it.

"I'm taking Itsuki-kun, don't worry, he will be safe with us. You need to get some rest Hashirama." He told him and his brother only nodded at him. He knew the moment he left his brother was going to cry himself to sleep yet again. Despite everything that had happened, he knew Hashirama still loved Mito. He also knew it would take a long time to get over everything that had happened, so he figured he would give Hashirama that.

He packed everything he would need for Itsuki and made his way out of his brother's home. When he stepped out the front door, he wasn't alone. Madara and Izuna looked over his shoulders at the small bundled child in his grasp. "That thing is kinda cute." Izuna said softly and gently prodded Itsuki's cheeks causing the child to stare up at him with tiny chocolate brown eyes. "Oh shit... it's actually kinda cute..." Madara said and smiled at the baby, only for him to smile back.

"Real cute... I want one." Madara said and Tobirama rolled his eyes. "Gotta find a girlfriend first you two, not a crazy one either. We don't need another psycho wreaking havoc on everyone's sanity around here." Kaira said as she made her way up to them, only to carefully take the baby from Tobirama's grasp with a smile. "Hello there, little love..." she said sweetly as she rubbed noses with him, causing him to giggle softly. Tobirama swallowed softly as he watched Kaira coddle the baby. He could feel the brothers watching him and he sent them a glare as they draped their arms over his shoulders.

Kaira was off in her own world, just thrilled to be finally holding the baby and he was enduring the knowing glances of the brothers and the devious looks on their faces. "Ne, Tobirama... shouldn't you get busy on making one of those? Uncle Madara and I would love to babysit." Izuna said and Tobirama glared at him. "Drop dead." "Oh, Tobirama don't be that way... you know you would love to have one, especially since you have us around. You do kinda like us now after all." Madara pitched in and he just blinked at the two brothers with a sigh.

He looked back ahead of them to see Kaira staring down at his nephew with the brightest of smiles on her lips. He couldn't help the small smile that had crossed his own lips then, he couldn't wait to make that woman his wife. "Yeah, Tobi-kun, when do we get to make our own?" and there it went, all joy flew out the window and now he was just irritated solely from the sultry tone that floated back to him. He looked back to her and saw that she was holding Itsuki out to him, an unreadable glimmer in her eyes.