Characters
Rock Lee, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Hatake Kakashi, Haruno Sakura, Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Akimichi Chouji, Hyuuga Neji, Tenten (Naruto), Maito Gai | Might Guy, Hatake Kakashi & Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura & Hatake Kakashi & Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto, Dai-hachi-han | Team 8 & Dai-jippan | Team 10 & Dai-nana-han | Team 7 & Gai-han | Team Guy (Naruto), Rookie 9 Ensemble (Naruto), Dai-nana-han | Team 7 Ensemble & Hatake Kakashi, Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai | Might Guy, Konoha 12 Ensemble (Naruto), Hyuuga Neji/Uchiha Sasuke, Rookie 9 Ensemble & Uchiha Sasuke, Konoha 12 Ensemble & Konoha 12 Ensemble (Naruto)
Tags
Slow Burn
Bigotry & Prejudice
Coming of Age
Cultural Differences
Birthday Fluff
POV Third Person
Rare Pairings
POV Alternating
Rookie 9 (Naruto)
Uchiha Clan Deserves Better (Naruto)
Dai-nana-han | Team 7 as Family (Naruto)
Uchiha Sasuke Has Issues
POV Uchiha Sasuke
Languages and Linguistics
Dai-nana-han | Team 7 Fluff (Naruto)
Uchiha Sasuke Needs a Hug
Uchiha Clan Lore (Naruto)
Uchiha Sasuke-centric
Genin Era (Naruto)
Uchiha Sasuke Being an Asshole
POV Hyuuga Neji
Cultural Similarities
Dai-nana-han | Team 7 Friendship (Naruto)
Genin Uchiha Sasuke
GIVE IT A CHANCE IT'S CUTE
I would've done NaruSasu
but my sister requested Neji/Sasuke
Summary
During Konoha’s Cultural Festival, Team 7 discovers that they have forgotten Sasuke's birthday! To make matters worse, a pointed comment from Neji Hyuuga shatters an unspoken truth: Sasuke's thirteenth birthday was the year his family would have thrown his coming-of-age ritual.Ash Day, the Uchiha’s sacred coming-of-age ceremony, was forgotten, buried with the rest of his past. What starts as Team 7’s guilt-driven attempt to recreate the ritual soon unearths something deeper—Sasuke’s quiet grief, and his belief that his clan's traditions were lost to time.As the Konoha 12 scramble to piece together a culture that was never theirs to begin with, Neji takes on the impossible task of breaking through Sasuke’s walls. But between reluctant confessions and uneasy parallels, he realizes his fact-finding mission has become something far more personal.
Note
RARE PAIR. This is one of the longest things I've ever written. I have a bunch prepped, but I am notorious for not writing anything for a while after I post because I'm an adult and very busy trying to live in this state of the world. I hope you like it! These Chapters are long in my docs, so if it ends on a weird note it's because I'm splitting the chapters into two parts.