Mistake - A Naruto Fan-Fiction 24 Valentines…?

'It's in the midst of October, dammit.' Orion cursed in his mind, trying so hard not to crumple the bouquet of roses handed to him by a young Uchiha. He was smiling, but he was itching to throw the bunch onto some people, especially after seeing s.h.i.+sui and s.h.i.+kamaru trying to hold in their laughter behind Sasuke.

"Thank you, Sasuke-kun." His lips twitched as he thanked the Uchiha, quietly letting his seal-less Kage Nui reach the people behind the clueless Uchiha, holding them by their feet and hanging them upside down, glaring at them when Sasuke closed his eyes from G.o.d knows what.

"Y-You're welcome, Sh-s.h.i.+ro—I mean… Ori-chan…" The Uchiha stuttered, making Orion much more fl.u.s.tered, not processing why the cursed Uchiha child is stuttering.

Orion sighed, leaning forwards, silver locks of hair sliding to his face. To be fair, he looked rather stunning, with the sun's rays s.h.i.+ning through the windows and hitting his pale skin, making him glow effortlessly. His long, curly and gravity-defying silver hair reflected the sun's light too, and it was really bright.

The more one stare into Orion's face, the more they'd notice his unusual, gender-neutral beauty. What's adding more to that beauty is the mole under his right eye. In j.a.pan, such a mark symbolises a hard, sad life—the placement calls to mind a tear of sorrow.

It actually matches his dark, brown eyes that has a tint of dark grey, symbolising the Hatake bloodline. His eyes always make him look like he's on the verge of crying, but he isn't. That's the beauty of his enticing eyes. One's soul could really get captured into it—it doesn't matter what gender.

Sasuke smiled. "I'll get going then." He beamed, turning around only to tilt his head when he saw everyone lying face first on the ground. He blinked at them, "Are you okay? Okasan said one shouldn't lie down on the cold floor, s.h.i.+sui-niisan, s.h.i.+kamaru-kun." He then walked out, oblivious of what happened, but he didn't question it for he was too immersed in his thoughts.

He was as red as a tomato too.

Orion s.h.i.+vered, throwing the bouquet of roses at s.h.i.+kamaru's face when the latter laughed out loud. He sniffed before pulling up his covers and lying back down on the bed, holding in a sneeze. "If I hear one of you laugh one more time because of this…" His voice was hoa.r.s.e, but it was threatening, "… I'll thread Kage Nui through your skin… that'll be fun." There was a smile there, and the two understood the child's words. They didn't know that it's possible for one to be extra scary when he's sick so, they simply left and let the youngster rest.

Orion has been sick for quite a while. After coughing out probably a gallon of blood due to being exposed to a certain place, which had very dense and heavy chakra that resonated with his own chakra, he got horribly sick. Well, catching a cold is better than dying, right? The only thing unfortunate is that his throat is very sore. He's also sneezing here and there so, the Uchihas' are very nice to take him in for the time of being.

Actually, scratch that. What's more unfortunate is the fact that Sasuke is visiting him every now and then, giving him gifts and the like as "advance valentine gifts", as s.h.i.+sui calls it, which makes everything ten times worse. Well, it's not that unfortunate because the child's being generous and all but… every time Orion brings up the gender topic, s.h.i.+sui would casually interrupt, thus preventing him to say the truth to the young Uchiha.

Then and there, Orion swore that he'd drown the crow himself if the said Uchiha won't stop bringing up the "female Orion" (aka s.h.i.+ro-chan which evolved into Ori-chan) issue.

Later that afternoon, Orion was sound asleep, his body temperature still high. The door slid open, revealing a tiny Sasuke carrying a tray of food and water, along with a medicine pill for the sleeping boy—not that he knows Orion's a boy, probably… maybe.

After placing the tray on a nearby table, he quietly sat down on a chair next to Orion's bed. He observed the youngster. He looked rather peaceful when he's asleep. To him, s.h.i.+ro-chan's so cute, but at the same time, he looks so sad. He doesn't know why he sees the child as that, but Orion just unconsciously gives out that feeling.

Resting his chin on the palm of his hands, he became lost in thought. He never really had a friend other than his brother and cousin so, when Orion came through the clearings, something sparked in him. He knew he had to become friends with the child right away, no matter who he is. Though he feels like Orion detests him for some reason, he's very determined to make him his friend.

Thinking back, he once asked his mother how to please a friend, so when his mother suggested flowers and food can make the thing easier, he didn't hesitate to break his porcelain tomato bank to buy lots and lots of flowers and food for the silver-haired child.

How innocent.

Sasuke looked rather cute when he was running around their village, buried deep in whatever he's carrying. He paid no mind when he came back home and saw s.h.i.+sui snickering about and whispering something to s.h.i.+kamaru. He just immediately blasted off into Orion's room and gave him the roses because they were the best looking ones.

He's a bit fl.u.s.tered and going red because he really hasn't approached anyone like before, so getting all this soppy in front of his motivation to try and get a new friend was doing him no good. He's a bit nervous and started stuttering after his confidence faltered, and he became more embarra.s.sed than before. He picked his thoughts up and made a quick escape after that.

Though he doubts that the people in the room missed his flushed face.

He sighed, pouting as he leaned back at his chair, eyes still watching over Orion. He perked up when the child started to s.h.i.+ft and move before opening his eyes in a tired manner. He smiled, his legs swinging back and forth, "How are 'ya feeling, Ori-chan?"

Orion blinked, groaning as he sat up. Rubbing his eyes, he reached out for a gla.s.s of water, "A bit… better…" He was still half asleep, so all of his words only came out in mumbles. He started to drink the water, waking himself up and noticing the Uchiha child sitting across from him. He stared at him lazily.

Looking at Sasuke now, he doesn't seem that bad. After seeing the tray of food and medicine, he presumed that the child had taken them to him. How nice.

"Okasan's worried over you so I decided to take watch. Kaiysan went out to pick out herbs and stuff from the Nara compound." The Uchiha said in a carefree manner, smiling away. "Oh, and if you're hungry, I got niisan to cook eggs and tomatoes for you." He smiled, innocently, looking over at the tray of food at the table.

Orion blinked at him, his face neutral as the scent of eggs and tomatoes finally hit his nose. He brightened when the savoury aroma reached his system, so he reached for the bowl of food and started to eat. The taste of the dish wasn't comparable to his mother's, but it's good no matter what others say. 'Itachi knows what he's doing…' he thought as he continued to eat.

"'Ya know, Otou-san's very interested in you." Sasuke sparked a conversation, making Orion take a glance at him. "I've never seen him very interested in anyone except when an incident happened. He said that a Nara kin was strong enough to fend for himself and his friend before help arrived… I think he mentioned that the Nara kin's the same age as us too." The Uchiha child is pretty much rambling as of now, and Orion seemed to not care about him.

'That's me, you clueless little crow.' The Hatake-Nara thought lazily, finis.h.i.+ng up his food. What concerned Orion the most was the fact that Sasuke himself told him that the Fugaku Uchiha is interested in him. That's a bit scary to know but he could live with that as long as the man doesn't bother him.

Orion fell silent as Sasuke rambled on, thinking back for himself. He really doesn't have much to think about so, he kind of just wandered his eyes off into the distance, dazed as he sucked in the peacefulness surrounding him and his circle of friends.

This won't last long for sure.

He has this slight feeling that everything could go wrong in any minute, but he keeps ignoring it, hoping his hunch is very off.

"… everyone here is very nice, right?" He heard Sasuke, and he absentmindedly nodded.

Well, everyone is nice.

Sasuke blinked at him. "Are you okay, Ori-chan?" He asked.

"Oh… uh… yeah." Orion smiled, fiddling with his fingers, "I'm just thinking of how peaceful it is currently…"

'Too peaceful that I'm quite worried…'

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Since Orion is able to walk around now without falling (due to being stuck in bed for almost three weeks), Sasuke had decided he's going to tour the child around his clan. Of course, s.h.i.+sui's behind, stalking them while mumbling about something like "date" or something. Orion didn't really hear him, but he felt his presence around and it's enough to convince that he's definitely gonna drown the b.a.s.t.a.r.d crow himself.

Well, that thought got easily forgotten as the Hatake-Nara got distracted with every interesting thing that the Uchiha clan has to offer. It turns out that Uchiha people are quite nice, and they have the best sweets on the village. Orion also learned that his mother had went to the Uchiha clan to learn how to cook deserts from a nice aunt they had went by.

People instantly knew who Orion was when they saw him. They knew that he's the son of their beloved acquaintance, Kaiya. Orion thought his cheeks were going to fall off when everyone from a known sweetshop pinched his cheeks… and Sasuke was just a bystander, watching him from a distance with an innocent smile as he drowned into samples of sweets and death hugs.

After that disaster, Sasuke led Orion into the Uchiha's only weapon shop, saying that the place is his favourite place since they give him free kunais and ninja stars for training. The Hatake-Nara didn't get away way freebies too since Sasuke kept saying that he's his friend and he should train with him sometimes with the weapons made in there.

Orion supposed it was nice.

The Uchiha's are nicer than the anime depicted. The only problem is that they care and love too much that if they lose the one they love, they'll go crazy.

Sasuke then led Orion into parks and shops until they finally got back to the main household. It was a refres.h.i.+ng walk for the two, and Sasuke and Orion himself got comfortable with each other.

"Thank you, Sasuke." Orion smiled at the said Uchiha.

"Anything for Ori-chan." The child smiled back.

s.h.i.+sui, on the other hand, just watched them as they exchanged a few set of words. Well, he's just teasing Orion with Sasuke because the younger Uchiha thought that the Hatake-Nara was a girl when they first met, but s.h.i.+sui already explained it to him that Orion just looks like a girl, but he is in fact in the same gender. Sasuke's just too oblivious and just kept on naming Orion "Ori-chan" so s.h.i.+sui found a new way to tease the white-haired child.

Ah, how s.h.i.+sui loves children. They do the funniest things, and they are too sweet. To some, they are the most annoying bunch, but to him, they are the ones that could make his day.

If they're annoying, he'd annoy them too.

Well, seeing Orion and Sasuke, s.h.i.+sui's sure they're going to be great friends.

He wishes that this peacefulness would last.