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Tobirama carefully picked out a piece of sunflower seed from his bowl, nibbling it delicately.
Anija snuffled up next to him and grabbed some, stuffing his cheeks.
"Anija. Slow down. There's more than enough for everyone." He ignored the muffled squeaking from the cage on the other side of the room as Izuna shrieked obscenities.
So undignified.
"I'll fucking kill you! You took all the sunflower ones, you white haired bastard! You know they're my favourite!!!"
Anija eyed their neighbour. "I think he's angry with you."
Tobirama sniffed majestically. "It's not my problem if the human likes me better."
"Likes you better! Why you! You're big enough already! You don't need any more seeds! You're fat enough as it is!!!" Izuna's face pressed up against the side of his cage, making him look like one of the awful squashed images from the box the humans called a television.
Tobirama wasn't about to stand for insults and he addressed the tiny hamster for the first time. "I am perfectly sized, thank you very much. Guinea pigs are simply bigger than hamsters. We eat more to maintain our weight."
That sent Izuna into a screaming frothing rage and he hissed furiously.
Attracted by the commotion, the other hamster came over and began to nudge Izuna away. "Izuna, you know that there's no way for you to get at the guinea pigs’ food. We're not even in the same cage as them. It's all up to the will of the humans. Why not let there be peace between us?"
"Madara's right, Izuna," Anija spoke through a mouthful of half eaten seeds. "Peace would be a good thing."
"There will be peace when I've fucking killed all of you!" hissed Izuna. "No peace while I live!"
Still, he suffered to be pushed away by his brother and Tobirama settled down to enjoy his seeds in peace and quiet.
Hamsters. So full of drama.