"The kid standing in front of me will eventually become one of the most troublesome final bosses..."
Yuji let out a quiet sigh as he looked at Obito’s back, standing not far away.
Knowing what the future held, he honestly wanted to keep his distance from the boy. The farther away, the better.
Unfortunately, reality wasn’t that simple.
They belonged to the same clan. Seeing each other almost every day was perfectly normal.
"Obito-san."
Yuji called out in a flat voice as he walked over.
Hearing his name, Obito immediately turned around.
The moment he saw Yuji, his face lit up.
"Oh! Yuji!"
"You just got back?"
Obito waved enthusiastically.
Yuji simply nodded.
Today, he was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and dark blue shorts. His black hair was tied into a long ponytail so it wouldn’t get in the way while catching fish.
His face still looked incredibly adorable.
His skin was fair, his eyes were clear, and his facial features were exceptionally delicate.
If not for his voice being slightly deeper than that of girls his age, almost everyone would mistake him for one.
Even now, there were still people who thought Yuji was a girl.
Yuji stopped right in front of Obito.
Without saying much, he set the bucket he was carrying on the ground.
"Here."
Obito blinked in confusion.
"Hm?"
"Take three."
Yuji pointed at the bucket.
"I caught these for my family, but I ended up catching a lot, so you can take three fish."
Obito immediately bent down to look inside the bucket.
His eyes slowly widened.
"..."
"..."
"WAAAH!"
"Amazing!"
"That’s so many!"
Inside the bucket were about seven medium-sized river fish.
Some of them were still flopping around, splashing water everywhere.
"You caught all of these by yourself?"
Yuji gave a small nod.
"Yeah."
"That’s incredible..."
Obito was genuinely impressed.
He knew Yuji often went fishing or caught fish in the river, but this many still surprised him.
Meanwhile, Yuji was beginning to lose his patience.
"Tch..."
"If you’re done staring, hurry up and take them."
"I want to get home."
Only then did Obito realize that Yuji looked a little irritated.
His hair was slightly messy.
His clothes were a little damp.
There was even a small leaf stuck to his shoulder.
It was obvious Yuji had just come back from the river in the forest.
"S-Sorry!"
"Ehehe..."
Obito laughed awkwardly while scratching the back of his head.
"Thanks, Yuji."
He quickly picked out the three biggest fish.
As he stood back up, his eyes accidentally met Yuji’s face.
...
’He’s so cute...’
Obito immediately covered his own mouth.
’No! Don’t say it out loud!’
If Yuji heard him, he’d probably end up with another bump on his head.
Yuji narrowed his eyes.
"What?"
"N-Nothing!"
Obito answered far too quickly.
Yuji merely shrugged.
"You’re weird."
He picked up his bucket again.
The two of them then walked side by side toward the Uchiha clan compound.
As usual, Obito chatted nonstop.
He talked about his shuriken practice and the Academy.
About a cat that had stolen his lunch.
About how many elderly ladies he had helped that morning.
Yuji simply listened, occasionally nodding.
Inside, he couldn’t help but admire him.
’How can this guy keep talking without ever running out of things to say?’
’If someone told him to stay quiet for five minutes, he’d probably get sick.’
Yuji hardly ever replied with more than a single sentence.
Strangely enough, Obito never found the silence awkward.
Yuji had long since grown accustomed to how noisy children could be.
Back when they were younger, nearly all the boys in the clan had thought Yuji was a girl.
Obito had been one of them.
As a result...
Some boys invited him to play.
Others gave him flowers.
There was even one boy who looked at him seriously and said,
"When we grow up... will you marry me?"
Yuji’s response was simple.
Thud!
One punch, right on the boy’s head.
The boy immediately burst into tears while clutching the growing bump.
From that day on, a new rumor spread throughout the clan.
"Don’t mess with Yuji."
"Or you’ll end up with a bump on your head."
Once everyone learned that Yuji was actually a boy, things did change.
However...
The problem didn’t really go away.
Instead, it was now the girls who started chasing after him.
The reason was simple.
"Cute."
"Pretty."
"Adorable."
"Handsome."
Yuji couldn’t understand why everyone insisted on using all four words at the same time.
At first, he had been happy to hear them.
But after hearing them almost every single day...
He had become completely numb to them.
By now, his ears automatically filtered out compliments like those.
"Yuji."
Obito suddenly called out.
"Hm?"
"The Academy enrollment starts in two months."
"Are you signing up?"
Yuji nodded.
"Yeah."
"My dad’s making me."
He let out a long sigh.
His father, Uchiha Sagato, had been trying to persuade him for almost an entire year.
Last year, Yuji had managed to avoid enrolling with one simple excuse.
"I’m still too young."
His mother had immediately sided with him.
As a result, Sagato lost the argument.
But this year was different.
The young Uchiha Shisui, who was about the same age as Yuji, had already become famous as a genius.
Yuji’s father had been influenced by those rumors and pushed Yuji to enroll in the Academy as well.
Even his mother was now telling him to go.
He had no excuse left to refuse.Obito grinned."Then we’ll get to go to school together!"
He puffed out his chest proudly.
"Don’t worry! ,If anyone bullies you, I’ll protect you!"
Yuji stared at Obito for a few seconds.
Then he replied flatly,"You still show up late to school all the time."
Obito’s smile instantly froze.That hit far too accurately. Yuji walked past him, suppressing a small smile.
He wants to protect me, Even though he’ll be the one who needs saving during the Kannabi Bridge tragedy.
Thinking about Obito’s future, Yuji could only let out another silent sigh.
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