Secret Marriage (Pt. 2)
"Tobirama? What are you doing?"
"Hmm? Oh, Izuna. My weapon was accepted. Currently figuring out what kind of fan to get next. Thinking of ebony with rubies but Senju traditions say the second gift is something that is a reminder of you. So maybe sapphire fabric…. with a boning of ebony with pearl inlays...in the shape of a flame!"
"That sounds…. gorgeous."
"Really? Good to know. I hope Ichiro thinks so too. I quite enjoyed the dagger I was given because I had been needing a new one." Tobirama said, grabbing the dagger from his thigh and handing it to his rival/friend.
"Since when do you use a dagger?" He said examining that blackened blade with red swirls rounding up the handle and a blue wave motif on the blade.
"Not often but a weapon is a weapon."
"Do the Senju have similar traditions?"
"No, but after I gave the initial gift, and it was accepted as such, we discussed the traditions between clans and found a common ground for them all."
"Sounds like it is going well."
"Yes, question though. Do you know what Ichiro's tea preference is? Need it for a Senju based one down the line." Izuna's bug eyed face after he 'finally confessed' who he was 'courting' was worth the verbal katas he had to do the last two weeks to string the man along further in their joking. Loving how he somehow had hid the dagger Madara had actually given him when they had courted each other years prior. (And tgank kami Ichiro had agreed to be a part of their scheme.) (She didn't know the truth but was all for pranking Izuna after he broke her katana, and Hashirama for always dumping all his work on Tobirama.)
…….
"Madara, are you okay my friend? You have been quiet this entire lunch. Is something troubling you?"
"Me? No, I'm fine."
"But you are brooding more then usual." This is my standard face!
"Just figuring out the poem I am going to write for a gift down the line. Combine the traditions of clans and such. A passionate declaration of the Uchiha mixes with the power of the written word of the Senju."
"Power of the…. Madara, are you courting someone? Someone from my clan?" The joy was loud.
"Is that a problem?" Better not be.
"Anything but!" The overgrown tree of a man lunged to hug him and Madara lamented the grass stains he was going to have to scrub out later because, no Tobirama. I do not want to test out your new 'wash liquid' on my Clan head robes!
"This is fantastic! You will have someone as well! You should have told me sooner! I would have helped you with the traditions!" Madara internally smirked but shoved the other man off. "It is too damn hot for you to be acting like a blanket." Madara flipped his fan out nonchalantly, fanning himself.
"You-! Wait, let me see that fan?"
"Hmm? Oh, yes. First gift from them. They seemed to enjoy their new blade." Madara handed the fan he had been keeping safe for the last 3 years over, after demanding the man wiped his hands first.
"This is...beautiful! This a representation of them to you?"
"With the added gift of a fan of the Uchiha."
"How did you-?"
"We already spoke about them, and found the best common ground between the clans."
"I didn't know Tobirama felt that way. This blue silk is like his blue and the mother of pearl inlaid in the shape of flames, a connection to his water." Oh so he does have some brain cells left in there.
"Tobirama?" He needed to sound. surprised.
"Yes, the one you are courting with? You two have been getting along swimmingly for a few years now. Izuna had also mentioned something the other month about something involving my brother. I thought it was for Tobirama and himself, but it turns out it was you! This is fantastic! My little brother and best friend!" Madara took his fan back instantly, acting offended by the sheer notion. Sorry my love, your brother is catching on a little too quickly.
"I deal with your brother because it is right and our duties overlap too much for animosity anymore. No, I am trying to find the right word to rhyme with flame for Touka." (He was so glad the woman was willing to mentally torture her cousin for suggesting she should find a partner and even more willing to show her crush that she could be as much of prankster as him. Poor Izuna would kill Madara when he found out.)
(And when Hashirama had stumbled and fell face first into some mud when he had said her name? It was definitely worth it.)