As much as he enjoyed the humdrum of life - and he did, no matter how much he grumbled his pessimistic views on everything - Izuna 's favorite time of day was the early morning. That ephemeral moment between sleeping and waking every day when he was blessed to be filled with warmth so bright he compared it in his waking hours to having the sun hidden just underneath his heart. Never was he more cheerful than those few moments of being suffused with his soulmate 's core personality, truly the best way to wake up. It was perhaps one of the better kept secrets of the Uchiha clan that Izuna started every morning with a chipper smile and a bounce in his step. Such upbeat feelings generally faded by the time he finished breakfast and was forced to interact with others again.