#67: Childhood friend
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"Then he was like, 'I'm not in pain and I don't want to see a magic trick'… or something like that." Sakura slammed her fist down on the table making it jump. "He is such a jerk!"
Ino was quiet for a long time, the silence occasionally interrupted as she sipped her milkshake thoughtfully. "He doesn't have a lot of friends, you know."
"So? Why should I care?" Sakura asked, or rather pouted sullenly. "It's not like I can blame anyone for not wanting to hang out with him. I mean, like I said, he's a jerk."
Scraping the inside of her glass with the bottom of her straw, Ino shrugged. "I was just thinking he probably doesn't know if he's being a jerk."
"Ya right."
Ino ignored that. "Most of the time, our friends are the ones who give us perspective. If he doesn't have many…" She let that hang between them, staring at Sakura meaningfully until the other girl was forced to look away.
Sakura drew meandering patterns in the condensation on the plastic table. She couldn't believe she felt the least bit guilty. "Damn it, Ino. You know you're supposed to be my friend, right? Not his."
Ino just smiled.
#67: Childhood friend
-Sunpies-
For Lady Silvamord