Lick

Sasuke walked contentedly out of the shop, ice-cream in hand. It was a hot day in Konoha and almost every child had an icicle or ice-cream of some sort to cool them down. He watched the girl with the pink hair gazing at all her peers, her face lighting up as she ran into the shop. Through the window, he saw her talking to the shopkeeper, reaching into her pocket for her money and her face falling as she realised that she didn't have enough. The shopkeeper walked away to serve his next customer as she, crestfallen, gathered her pennies from the counter and walked back onto the street. Eyes on her feet, she walked to a bench, perching herself on it, drawing her legs into her chest and resting her head on her knees.

Sasuke looked at his ice-cream then back at the disappointed girl. Sighing, he made his way over to the bench and sat next to her. She didn't move at all.

"Here," he said, holding the ice-cream towards her. "You can have some of mine."

The girl raised her head, her green eyes blinking in surprise. "R-really?" she asked.

"Yeah," he muttered. "You must be really hot." When she didn't move, he frowned slightly, "Go on! Have some!"

The girl leaned forward uncertainly, then quick as a flash, stuck out her little pink tongue and licked some of the ice-cream. She smiled but he continued to frown. "Well, that wasn't very much. Have some more." So the girl licked the ice-cream again, and then a third and a fourth time, continuing to do so until the boy returned her smile. He too licked the ice-cream before turning to the girl. "What's your name?" he asked.

"S-Sakura," she stammered shyly.

The boy smiled again. "I'm Sasuke," he told her, hopping off of the bench. "It was nice to meet you." And with one last smile, he turned away.

"Thanks for sharing your ice-cream with me!" she called after him in a sudden burst of confidence and she heard him chuckle as he walked away before she too hopped off the bench, running to find Ino and the girls so she could tell them about Sasuke, the boy she liked.