Thud, thud, thud.
The three little ones landed. Uchiha Cho ran straight to Sora's coffee table and grabbed three candied apples.
One for herself, and one for each of the two little ones.
"Thank you, Sister Cho." Gaara politely accepted the candied apple. Compared to him, Sasuke was far more casual.
He bit into his candied apple and bumped Gaara's shoulder. "You can't climb trees as fast as I can!"
"Oh."
Little Sasuke froze for a moment, then quickly took two bites of his candied apple, still chewing as he spoke.
"Y-you... can't eat... as fast as I can either!"
"Oh."
"Why do you keep saying 'oh'... cough, cough, cough!"
Uchiha Cho picked Sasuke up and shook him. "Serves you right for eating so fast. You got choked up, didn't you?"
"D-don't mention it! A few pats would've been enough!"
Sasuke's little face turned bright red. It was hard to tell whether it was from the discomfort of being held upside down or embarrassment.
Gaara looked at Sasuke with clear, concerned eyes. "Are you okay?"
He held out his candied apple and smiled. "If you like them, you can have mine."
Once he was set down, Sasuke put one hand on his hip and snorted. "Hmph, it's not like I like them."
Crunch—
Like she was deliberately teasing him, Cho took a bite right in front of Sasuke. "Wow~ So sweet. It's delicious!"
Sasuke had eaten too quickly earlier, gotten choked, and even spat it out. He had not gotten a proper taste at all.
"Half and half. We'll each have half!"
"Oh."
"Stop always saying 'oh'!"
"Okay."
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Over the past three years, aside from earning credibility points through his daily routine, Uchiha Sora had devoted all his attention to training and had not gone