Chapter Text
In October, the Ame trio came to visit Naruto's family, having promised to stay until Naruto's 6th birthday.
Nagato was staying with Naruto while his parents were on their busy schedule. Naruto was scribbling a drawing of a frog while his big brother was reading a book.
“When I'm done with it I'll give it to you!”
“Aw, that's very nice of you Naruto.”
“Heehee”
Nagato glanced up from the pages to see the little boy frantically coloring his frog with a very bright shade of green and smiled.
“If you want you can give this frog two friends so Yahiko and Konan can have one too.”
“Ohhh! Yes, a good idea!”
He abandoned his coloring to pick up a red crayon and added another round frog to the drawing, then another. After a bit he looked at his drawing proudly then looked at his big bro for approval. Nagato took the drawing to inspect it, smiled and ruffled the boy's hair to congratulate him.
“Thank you Naruto, it's very nice, I'm sure Yahiko and Konan will love it too.”
“Tell big sis Konan that I even added flowers on the frog for her just like the one she has!”
“She'll love it, Naruto. Good job.”
The little kid smiled and started another drawing then stopped and bit, thinking, then turned to Nagato.
“Big bro Nagato... Yahiko, Konan and you aren't related, right?”
“No we're not, it's just you and I who are of the same clan.”
“I knew it! Because I saw Yahiko and Konan kiss the other day!”
“Oh really?? They kissed? That's nice, it was about time.”
Yahiko and Konan had been mutually expressing interest in each other for a little while now. They've been timidly going out together and holding hands briefly and Nagato knew it was only a matter of time before they got closer.
Nagato's thoughts were interrupted as he heard the little boy's stomach gurgle. He smiled at him.
“Naruto, do you want to come with me? I'm going out to get some food.”
“Oh sure!!”
The little boy put his shoes on as quickly as he could and waited at the door while Nagato put his own on.
Nagato bought taiyakis for Naruto and himself and they wandered a bit around the market when suddenly Nagato froze. Naruto pulled on Nagato's black coat and asked him what was wrong.
“Oh, nothing lil bro. Look. There's Yahiko and Konan doing groceries over there.”
“OHH!! Let's join them!”
“NO- nononono. Look. They're holding hands!”
“Huh? And? I want to say hello to big sis Konan and big bro Yahiko!”
“Oh, I know sweetie, I'm sorry. But they're on a date right now, we shouldn't disturb them, let's have them enjoy their moment just the two of them.”
Nagato was looking at them smiling, as they both hid from the main street to be able to see them without being seen. But Naruto thought his big brother looked kind of sad in the way he smiled. Naruto pulled on his sleeve.
“Are you okay Nagato?”
“Hmm? Yeah don't worry. I was lost in my thoughts.”
He didn't know why, but watching his friends having fun like that without him kind of pinched his heart a little. He brushed the thought away from his mind and took Naruto's little hand to get him somewhere else.