Piles
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Title: Piles
Fandom/characters: Naruto/Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji
Rating: PG
Warnings/notes: Character death, sadness in general (which I dont often write)
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Ever since the mission, Ino had gone on a bit of a binge, and the bags were piling up on the table. The day Shikamaru came in and saw the mound, he made to throw them out, but her voice carried pitifully from the couch in the next room over.
"Don't..."
And because he was the only one who really understood, he sat down next to her. Her eyes puffy and she looked like she might start crying again at a hairs notice, and he wondered if he was just as bad off. She leaned into him instead of trying to sink further into the couch as he thought she might have done, and one arm went around her shoulders.
His free hand was held out, and she searched around at the bottom of the bag, and then frowned at him. He'd have to get another if he wanted any chips, because the one she held was dry for all but one.
So he looked around and found another on the table next to him, unopened, and she dropped hers to the ground, where a pile had formed since she stopped willing herself to get up.
Together, they continued to save all the Last Chips in hopes of him coming back to claim them.