[X] To have been born in the same country
"How'd you get them to sell you booze?" you ask as the pair of you step out back into the cool night air.
"How'd you get Asuma to give you cigarettes?" Sasuke replies, and the pair of you smirk at each other.
"So what did you wanna talk about?" You cross your arms into your sleeves against the chill.
Sasuke nods, like you just said something profound, and looks away. "I've been thinking a lot about my life lately."
"Oh, yeah? What parts?"
"All of 'em." He runs a hand through his hair, and scratches his scalp. "I've been thinking about when we were kids. Do you remember how you and I used to go home from school together and we could just walk right into your house? You didn't even have to ask your Mom if you could have me over, she'd just have two snacks ready for both of us."
"'Course I remember that!" you say, wondering where he's going with this. "You used to eat my veggies for me, ya freak."
"You can't complain about never getting any taller if you aren't gonna eat right," he teases.
"Yeah, yeah, you got a point somewhere in here, rummy?" : P
"The best part of my day," he says, smiling wistfully, "every day, for years, was hearing you say, 'C'mon, Sakkun, let's go...'" he shrugs, "do anything. Just, anything, anything you wanted to do was probably going to be more interesting than anything else that was happening."
"... thanks, man," you say, legitimately touched. And incredibly curious to know what this is about.
"I've been thinking about my life," he repeats, "and what I want it to be, and what I have to do- what
we have to do," he corrects himself, "before it can really start."
"I haven't forgotten," you say.
"So..." he says after a while. "We train. We study genjutsu, and get you fixed, and fix me if I need fixing. We get strong, stronger than anyone else in the village, and then... we go find him."
Sasuke nods at the ground. "Yeah. That too, one day. But first... there's something else." He glances back at you, and now he's looking really nervous. "Ino... will you marry me?"
[X] ?
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The high-pitched shriek of righteous indignation is the far-distant scream of canon-Ino.

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