~Anna's POV~

" I'm home!!" Eric announced.

" How were your days?" I asked when he appeared in the living room and sat beside me on the couch where I was watching random things on TV. It was some time in the evening.

" Loads of fun. You?"

" Loads of embarrassment." I sighed.

" What? How?"

" Ask Itachi."

" Oka......y...... So where's Max?"

" With some friends."

" I see."

" Go get cleaned up, I'll cook something for you."

" Thanks." He got up and went to his room to shower and such and I got up after him and went to the kitchen to cook curry and rice. The moment I placed the food on the table, Eric appeared and began eating. " By the way, where is Itachi? Isn't he always with you?"

" His parents are back so I'm falling back for now."

" Oh. Nice curry too."

" Thanks."

" And Tsumi will visit some time soon so...."

" I ain't giving up the couch. You two can go in your room and get down to 'business'."

" Sis!" His whole face turned red. " We are too young!"

" Glad somebody knows."

" I think you need to see Itachi-"

" I'm thinking the same thing." I sighed and got up and washed the dirty dishes then began taking out some ingredients.

" What are you making?"

" I can't go to him house empty-handed."

" Dango?"

" Mmhmm. Now I'm gonna invent some new flavours so I'll have an excuse, gehe." I grinned taking out some chocolates, mints, oranges, carrots, tomatoes, strawberries, ramen and last but not the least, chilli.

" Good luck with that." He said and left for his room.

It took me about two hours and a half to get the dango steamed and done. I put them in different boxes and added labels of the flavours, put them in a shopper and went to my room.

What to put on? What to put on? Aha!

You pulled out my favourite orange T-shirt and blue jeans and put it on. Then slipped on the flat-closed tip shoes and grabbed my wallet.

On your way down I informed Eric I was leaving and that there was some food in the fridge to heat it when Max came back. I grabbed the shopper and exited my home and was on my way to Itachi.

With the bag in my hands, I rang the bell.

" Oh Anna! What a surprise!" Mikoto-san opened the door and smiled when she saw me. " Come in." We both stepped in and I closed the door. The way I always visited, the you-are-the-guest-formalities were long forgotten.

I slipped off my shoes and looked around. Itachi was nowhere to be found but his father was looking curiously at me. I gulped and diverted my attention to Mikoto-san was she started speaking.

" What did you bring?"

" I was actually bored out of my mind so I decided to invent some new flavours for the dango and get Itachi to taste them-" I was speaking and set the shopping bag on the kitchen table but I was cut off.

" I knew you missed me." I looked behind me and smiled when I saw Itachi.

" No, you're just my lab-rat." I said and he raised an eyebrow." How did you know I was here by the way?"

"Ican just feel my mom getting happy whenever you visit." He said and took a seat.

" Ya well I'm glad I can make a few people happy."

" Speaking of happy, I smell dango." Itachi said and was already advancing his hand for the boxes but I slapped it away with a pout.

" Oi, no taking before I serve them."

" So you came with dango as excuse." My face turned red and I looked away with a 'humph'.

" If you don't want them I can leave." I threatened.

" Oh, this brings so many memories when I was young and in love." Mikoto-san said with a smile.

I looked at Itachi and he was looking at me then we both looked at his father then each other again and shook our heads, thinking: Not Possible.

" Oh well, sit down Mikoto-san and I will start serving the different flavours." I said and she sat down.

" Flavours?" Itachi asked.

" I believe I can become a scientist!" I said smirking, feeling proud in myself. Itachi rolled his eyes.

" There's no hurt in dreaming."

" You know if you keep pissing me off, I'm going to poison your dango."

" Being scientific again? It would be a new flavour too."

" Geez. I'm ignoring that since I'm in a good mood." He smirked in victory and I opened the lid of one box and passed it to my tasters. " This is dark chocolate one."

" Too sweet."

" But it has a nice sour taste." Mikoto-san said. I wrote down the opinions and opened the next box.

" This is strawberry."

" You got strawberries in this season?" Itachi asked taking a bite.

" Oranges and carrots too."

" This one is nice." This went on for about twenty minutes more then I served the final flavour.

" What flavour is this?" Itachi's mom asked.

" You'll know when you taste it." I smirked evilly when they both put the dango in their mouths.

" OH GOD! HOW MUCH CHILLI IS IN THERE?!" Itachi asked getting up and pouring ice cold water for himself and his mom who were both sweating from the amount of spice I put in it.

" I still think its mild." I said taking a bite.

" My tongue is burning and you think its 'still' mild?!" I couldn't stop laughing.

"Maybe I shouldn't feed you spices-"

" I thought I heard evil laughing. It was you." I looked at Sasuke who arrived in the kitchen with a towel on his head then his eyes went to the dango. " Why are they so......colourful?"

" I've been inventing flavours! Here! Try one!" I pushed all the boxes towards him and smirked again when he picked the chilli one.

" This one looks the least suspicious." He said and put it in his mouth. I could see Itachi and Mikoto-san shaking their heads so Sasuke would get the idea but he chewed on the dango oblivious to them.

" How is it?"

" Its mild." The elders in the kitchen passed us both odd looks.

" I thought so too."

" Oi Sasuke where do I put-oh Anna-chan, hi." Now the newcomer was Naruto.

" Yo." I said then some distant memory clicked and I started laughing looking from Naruto to Sasuke.

" Nii-san! I told you not to tell her!" Sasuke whined turning red because he knew what 'incident' I remembered.

" What is she laughing about dattebayo?" Naruto asked Sasuke and my laughter increased but I stopped myself somehow and passed Naruto the ramen flavoured dango.

" Naruto, try this."

" Why is this red-orange?" He asked squeezing the dango ball with his fingers and giving it a suspicious look.

" Just try it and if you like it then you can have the whole box." He looked oddly at the box but tried it anyway and his eyes sparkled.

" Ramen-dango!" He literally squealed and took the box. I laughed and grabbed a chair and sat down beside Itachi then passed him the normal dango.

" Clean your buds with these-"

" ANNA'S BOYFRIEND!!" My head snapped sharply to the direction of the voice and Itachi sighed.

When the ugly man stepped in the kitchen and his eyes set on me, he gulped and stopped in his tracks and bowed and started apologising in a serious tone.

" I'm sorry my lady. I had not known about your presence-"

" I ain't accepting your ugly apologies." I said boredly.

" Why do you keep calling me that?! Mommy!!" He fake cried then he looked at the table and poked the chocolate dango with a pen, hiding behind Sasuke. " Is this........poop?"

" ONLY YOUR IDEA OF POOP CAN BE THIS PERFECTLY ROUND! ITS A FLAVOURED DANGO YOU UGLY IDIOT!!" I yelled then sat back on my seat.

" Flavoured dango? Mind if I try?"

"Sure." I waved my hand and he first touched it then when it didn't move, he picked it and ate it.

" Itooshiii!!(Sweet)" Within seconds the other of the dark chocolate flavour were gone too. Now there was a sweet pink aura around Shisui which was creeping you out.

" Oi, where did all the tomato ones go?" I looked around the table and only the chilli and carrot ones were left.

" Sasuke is fond of tomatoes-" Itachi started but was cut off when Sasuke screamed to Naruto. I glanced at the scene and my laughter was initiated once again.

" Naruto! Don't eat that one!"

" Why dattebayo?" But he ate it anyways.

" Do you even care for other people's opinions?! Dobe!" He hit him and that was the same moment the chilli started affection him. Naruto's face turned red and steam was coming out of his ears and if I hadn't squinted my eyes, I couldn't have spotted the nosebleed.

" KANRE IP'PAI DATTEBAYO!! (Too much chilli!)" Naruto exclaimed and drank like ten glasses of water but even that wasn't enough.

" Oi, this is sweet-" I passed him the strawberry dango and he quickly ate it and was thankfully gaining peace.

" W-why did you put so much chilli in it dattebayo?" He said breathing hard.

" Sasuke and I think its still mild. Geez, you all need some practice with chilli."

" I'd pass."

" So would I." Itachi said.

" Nii-san if you're going to marry her then you should get used to chilli." Sasuke said and for a moment everyone was quiet, absorbing what he said then when it hit me, I got Sasuke in a deadlock.

" Didn't I tell you not to say these things?! It isn't happening so soon!"

" What's wrong with saying the truth!!"

" Except its not the truth!"

" It isn't?" Sasuke asked and stopped struggling in my hold. Everybody shared the same thoughts.

" It isn't?"

" It isn't dattebayo?"

" Grr! Why you ugly beings keep teasing me about it?!" I let Sasuke go and he stood with the other two who asked me, I passed them all a glare.

" What's truth and what's not is between Anna and me. You guys shouldn't annoy her about it." Itachi said and I sighed. All of them now looked at Itachi. Amidst all the fight and fun, Mikoto-san had disappeared off to somewhere I didn't know.

" Finally you decide you speak." I told him with a look.

" I knew you'd start attacking them so decided to step in."

" And you have some nice knives too." Everyone gulped when I smirked again. There was an awkward silence after that but thank goodness my phone rang. " Yo."

" Sis, Max doesn't want to eat noodles, can you bring something on your way back?" Eric asked and I could hear Max's loud whines in the back.

" Any requests?"

" Chicken, he said."

" Ok."

" Thanks." I put my phone back in the pocket and started putting the empty dango boxes in the shopper.

" Leaving?" Itachi asked.

" Mmhmm. Max wants chicken."

" You've spoiled him too much."

" I love him too much to deny him things." He sighed and helped me pack things. " And I want that shirt back."

" What shirt- oh that. No, you're not getting it."

" You must have some extras! Can't you just spare me one?" I pouted and batted my lashes. Everyone exchanges looks but cleared their throats and left the kitchen.

" Fine. I will bring it to you some time later today."

" Yay!" I cheered and picked up the polythene bag. " Then, I'll see you later."

" Bye." He kissed me then let me go.

I arrived home and first served Max some food and when his soul was at ease I went to living room to watch TV but Max came and switched it to DVD mode and started watching Ben 10.

" Sis, is somebody moving in Itachi-nii's old house?" Max asked from beside me.

" I don't know. Why?"

" I saw some trucks yesterday."

" Somebody might be. That house has been empty for too long. It would be nice to have some new neighbours."

" You're talking like a old lady."

" Well I am old."

" Not that old."

" Older than you."

" Younger than Itachi-nii."

" By one year."

" Still, younger than Itachi-nii." I sighed and didn't speak after that but some time later, Max did. " So, sis, what are you going to do after school?"

" Hmm? Did Itachi tell you to ask me this?"

" N-no."

" Really?"

" He didn't tell me to ask you."

" Alright. Well, I was thinking to get in the teaching profession and do what it requires."

" What does it require?"

" A degree or two I suppose." I shrugged having no idea about it.

" So what subject?"

" Maybe English or Math."

" And what does Itachi-nii wanna be?"

" I dunno. Either he'll join the Police Force or he'll become a doctor."

" He should become a doctor."

" Why?"

" Who knows what kind of trouble you might get yourself into your near possible future."

" That grizzly is going to get it this time!" I yelled furious at Itachi for not thinking before saying things in front of Max.

" It isn't Itachi-nii who said that, its my own opinion."

" In Itachi's exact wording!"

" I was kinda eavesdropping." He said sheepishly.

" What?!" My whole face turned red.

" I couldn't help myself." I hit him on the head. " Ouch! Sis!"

" You earned that!"

" I probably did."

" Of course you did."

" Sorry."

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