A is for Angst

Sakura sat down, propped her head up on her elbows, and heaved a heavy sigh.

"Something wrong?" her blonde friend asked, sliding into the seat next to her.

Sakura looked up, "Ino, what do you think?"

Ino looked across the way at Sakura's husband, who was busy glaring at the man behind the register he stood at, and chuckled, "Still not angst-free?"

"You'd think I was a horrible wife or something!" Sakura cried, burying her head in her arms.

Ino rolled her eyes, 'Three…two…one.'

"Oh my God, Ino!" Sakura cried louder, her head shooting up, "I'm a horrible wife!"

Ino sighed and patted her best friend on the back, using the tone often associated with obvious comforting, "No, you're not a horrible wife, Sakura. You just married the angstiest guy in the whole country."

A muffled sound came from the mussed pink head as Sakura giggled. Ino frowned, "What's so funny?"

Sakura lifted her head, amusement glinting in her eyes, "You just made up a word, Ino."

Ino blinked, "Did I? Which?"

"Angstiest."

"…That's not a word?"

"No, Ino!"

Ino snorted, "Well it is now."

Sakura sighed again, "What am I going to do about the angst? It's so…depressing."

"Well…you know, that must just be Sasuke's personality. I mean, think about it, if he weren't angsty, what would he be?" Ino questioned.

Sakura shrugged, "The exact opposite, I guess."

"And that would be…?"

Almost instantly an image of Sasuke prancing around in Naruto's clothing came to mind to both women's minds, "Oh God!"

Sakura looked over at Ino, "Did you just think what I thought?"

Ino's eyes widened, "You mean of Sasuke in…?"

"Yes! That's opposite!"

"Oh! No, he has to have blonde hair!"

"But he's naturally black-haired…"

"He'd bleach it!"

"No!"

"And pink! The outfit would be pink!"

"Oh dear, Ino, you're massacring my image of my husband!"

"I know!"

"Add a bow!"

"Yes! A purple one!"

They both stared at each other.

Sakura's eyes didn't waver, "So…think I can look at my husband now?"

Neither did Ino's, "He's coming, want to give it a try?"

"On three."

"One…"

"Two…"

They didn't make it to three.

xxx

Sasuke came back to the table to find the two women in tears. Bewildered, he set the food down and placed a hand on a sobbing Sakura's back, "Sakura? What happened?"

Sakura stopped momentarily, glanced up at him, and broke down again. Ino had not yet stopped.

It took Sasuke a few confused minutes to realize the choking sounds his wife and her friend were emitting were not, in fact, sobs, but uncontrollable laughter.

He grumbled to himself and sat in a chair, pulling the tomato salad towards him and digging in.

"Women…"