Noticing Shitsuya's doll like behaviour she dipped her hand in water before spraying some water at Shitsuya's lifeless eyes.
This startled Shitsuya making him jump back much to his mother's chagrin.
Staring up at her with a "Really?" Look she snickered like a child before drying him up putting him in some fresh clothes and taking him to the living room where they shared a dinner sushi, his mother's favourite.
Unlike his mother who gleefully ate her food enjoying every bite. Shitsuya had never been a fan of fish especially raw fish in either of his lives.
Pushing his plate aside disinterestedly his mother dragged it towards herself.
Reaching across the table his mouth lifted him by his arm pits before plopping him on her lap.
Feeling her soft body and her chest that rested on his head, Shitsuya had no reaction, neither physically or otherwise although he had at first been resistant to suckling on some random woman's tit.
He had no way of resisting an adult like her so he relented to any acts of intimacy she subjected on him no matter how unpleasant or humiliating.
Grabbing a piece sushi off his plate using chopsticks she brought it to his mouth saying "Open up" in a coaxing voice.
Shitsuya refused to open his mouth even as his mother smodged it on his lips.
After trying to coax him into eating using all sorts of strange sounds his mother finally gave up on coaxing him to eat, putting the piece of sushi back in his plate.
Relishing in his small victory over his mother, Shitsuya was completely unprepared for her next move as she twisted his ear HARD making him scream in agony.
Taking the opportunity of his wife open mouth, with her hand fast enough to leave behind a blur she grabbed a large handful of sushi and stuffed it in his open mouth before clamping his mouth shut to stop him from spitting it out.
She also additionally pinched his nose forcing him to swallow the dreadful lump of fish in his mouth almost choking before gasping for air.
His mother, satisfied, removed her hand.
However not being able to let such humiliation go Shitsuya grabbed his mother's arm and retaliated in the harshest way a small child like him could.
He bit down on her hand hard enough for him to draw blood as he tasted the signature metallic taste of blood in his mouth.
His mother, in response, neither retaliated or lashed out and instead she brought down her other hand on his haid and gently combed through it with her fingers, her nails gently scratching his scalp.
****
The next day Shitsuya went to the academy. This time they were taught something actually useful.
Today they were introduced to hand signs and and taught the number of them which was 12.
BIRD, BOAR, DOG, DRAGON, HARE, HORSE, MONKEY, OX, RAM, RAT, SNAKE, TIGER.
Of those twelve they were instructed to learn only the first three and spent the rest of that class practicing them.
Shitsuya due to having an adult brain and attention span learned all twelve after only a few minutes but pretend to be in similar pace as the rest of the children.
Him having used his Sharingan descretly to copy some jutsu he saw some older kids practice also help a bit...
Their next class was P.E so they were basically made to run laps around the field.
Shitsuya didn't have to pretend to be average in this class as his physical strength and endurance were even lower than average children as he didn't even step out of his house unless he had to.
After P.E his mother picked him up and instead of going home directly as he wanted.
His mother dragged his sweaty self around the village to wander around.
She didn't have a destination in mind and just walked around the streets looking around.
Eventually she stopped Infront of some street performer playing on one of those shity Japanese banjo guitar things.
Bobbing her head from side to side she enjoyed the "music" if it could even be called that while tapping her foot.
Shitsuya not a fan of the to placed his palms over his ears in a rude gesture that was clearly by the musician.
Noticing his behaviour his mother squatted Infront of him and removed his hands from his ears.
"Do you not like being able to hear?" His mother asked while tilting her head.
"I don't like the music." Shitsuya replied.
"That's okay, I don't like it either." His mother said much to the visible displeasure of the musician as a vein popped on his forehead.
"Then why are u dancing?" Shitsuya asked also vocalising the musician's thoughts.
"Because even if the music sucks you have to dance to show how grateful you are to god for his gift of life."
'God can shove his gift up his ass.' Shitsuya thought.
"Come on let's dance together." Shitsuya's mother said as she grabbed his hands and waved them around.
*****
Back at home Shitsuya's mother opened the door as they entered and picked up a letter by the door and held it up into the air exaggeratedly.
"I wonder who this letter is from?" She said as she read it.
"Oh?! It's from daddy! Let's go read it together!" She said in a cheery voice.
Grabbing his hand she dragged him to the living room and placed him on her lap and started reading the letter.
"Dear Shitsuya and Kurumi I hope you're doing well. I am doing fine in the battle, I am safe so don't worry about me but I sadly have to stay here for a bit longer."
"I'm sorry for not being able to come to your academy entrance ceremony Shitsuya. I hope you can make a lot of friends and do your best to learn."
"Remember to take care of your mother and eat well. I love you and I will come back soon."
His mother finishes reading the letter and hugged him, he could feel her trembling body as she held in her sobs.
Shitsuya's father was the stereotypical Uchiha man, Silent, stoic and with a cold demeanor.
He would never even hug him much less send him a letter full of such flowery words.
He had been drafted to the ongoing meat grinder known as the second great ninja war five months ago and had died four months ago.
His mother maybe in an effort to spare him from the bad news or delude herself into thinking the man she married hadn't died off in some random ditch leaving her a young widow and her child orphaned early started fabricating these letters full of emotional and supportive words.
'I wonder if Laura also did something similar after I disappeared...' Shitsuya thought as he gently caressed his mother's arm wrapped around him making her hug him even tighter as she buried her face in his hair.