Theme: Everyone
Type: Pure Fluffy

God. This actually happened to me.
I wish I had Sasuke or Itachi there.
;; Teach those stupid mean salesclerks a lesson!
I actually ended up not buying the DVDs D;

YAY!
Sasuke shall be redeemed!
This is especially dedicated to Aranel Faelwen
Who was gonna cry or laugh because I turned him into a prick.
xD

SasuXHika?
NO FUXIN' WAY!
D So no jumping to conclusion.

Long chapter. Not a lot of Itachi ;.; Sowwy!

The phone rang for the eleventh time that morning, and still, there was no answering. Hikari let out a sigh, putting the phone back on the hook. She had tried using the home phone, her cellphone, Hell she even used Itachi's cell. Yet Rentaro didn't pick up. She kicked herself for not having Deidara's cell. And Itachi wasn't giving it to her either. Despite her best begging efforts.

Itachi had already left for work, a meeting out of the office somewhere. Again, he never filled Hikari in on any of it. Right now though, that didn't bother her. She was lonely. She had managed to make her best friend mad at her, and her lover had work that was more important. What was a girl to do?

After a moment of thinking, the only thing that came to her mind, was the sale she had noticed at FYE. It was a pretty good deal, buy one get one free. That kind of thing. Tapping her index finger against her chin, she debated whether it was worth the thirty bucks. She had just gotten paid from the last game she tested, so she had left over money from grocery shopping. "Can't hurt!" She grinned. If anything was gonna cheer her up, it was getting the last DVD in the Yu Yu Hakusho series.

Skittering into the bedroom, she threw on an old pair of jeans and a tee-shirt, grabbed her wallet, cellphone, and scampered out of the apartment.

By the time she reached the mall, it was almost noon. Walking inside, she found it was unusually vacant for a mall of this size. Though, she could recall that this happened sometimes, usually when it was nice outside.

She had picked the nearest entrance to the store of her picking. Hurrying, she made her way into the store. There were two sales clerks, a male and female, both of whom ignored her.

After a moment, she had realized they had switched the isles around, and it took her a few extra minutes to find the actual animation section.

Upon finding it, she snatched up the two DVDs she already had her heart set on. Hugging them tightly, she skittered towards the front of the store. 'I already feel so much better! I'll go right over to Ren's and watch them with her!' She squealed in her mind.

"Hello." The male sales clerk greeted as she put the DVDs on the counter. "Is this all?"

"Yup!" She grinned as he ranged them up. "That'll be sixty."

"Oka-- Wait... Sixty?" Her eyes widened. He merely nodded. "But you're having a sale. Buy one, get one free!"

"Oh. That just ended." He continued to smile. "I'm sorry."

"But you still have the signs up! It even said until the end of the month." Hikari's eyes clouded with disappointment as he shook his head. "I'm sorry, miss."

"Don't be like that, mister. I'm sure you can make an exception." A male voice from behind her spoke up. The man glanced passed Hikari, who didn't budge, and shook his head again. "Sorry, sir. There aren't any signs up."

"Impossible! Look!" Hikari pointed towards where she had seen a large sign, only to find it had been taken down. "It was there, though!"

"I don't know what you're talking about." The salesclerk spoke patiently, as if taunting her.

"That's not a nice gesture, you know. Having your female coworker take them down when her back's turned." The young man took a step forward. "I suggest to you, that you give her the discount, sir."

"Please, don't make me call security." He reached for the phone.

"Go on. Call them. I'm pretty sure. No. I'm very sure they'll ignore your case once I tell them just who I am. I mean, come on. No one wants me breathing down their neck." His eyes were cold as he spoke.

After a pause the salesclerk deducted the extra thirty. "Thank you so much!" Hikari handed the money to him as he bagged the DVDs and handed it over the counter to her. "H-Have a nice day..." He choked out.

It was then that Hikari turned to thank the other man whom had convinced the clerk. Her bag dropped to the ground when her eyes met with the familiar arrogant look of Sasuke Uchiha.

"Long time no see, Hikari."

Hikari walked as fast as she could without running, her head bowed down as she tried desperately to ignore the Uchiha following after her.

"Come on. I apologized!" He whined in a childish manner. Hikari continued to ignore him until he jogged around in front of her. "Let me treat you, to make it up to you! You know, someday you'll be related to me! We'll need a good relationship to make this little family work."

Hikari sent a cold glare towards him, while inside she was crying like a baby at just the thought of being related. He took the moment to grab her wrist and drag her along. "I bet you're hungry! We'll get something at that little sub place!"

She would have protested, but her stomach had other thoughts in mind. So she reluctantly followed behind the younger brother.

"So what do you want?" Sasuke inquired, looking over the large selection on the menu. Hikari silently scolded herself for going along with this. "Number three..."

"Two number threes, please." He smiled towards the cashier. "And to drink?" Sasuke looked towards Hikari. "Um... Coffee..." "Same for me."

As he was paying, he noticed the large chocolate chip cookies in the oven behind the cashier. "Oh! I'll take two of those." He smiled, causing the cashier to blush and hand the cookies over quickly.

Afterward they sat in utter silence, chewing away at their subs. Glancing from his sub towards the tense girl across from him, Sasuke pondered over something that might spark a conversation between them. "So, coffee goes surprisingly well with this type of sub."

She looked at him for a moment before nodding slowly, as if he had said something obviously stupid. He caught himself glaring in irritation. The only topics he could think of were of no use in such a tense situation. Then it hit him, something that would get her attention easily. An inner smirk crept in his mind.

"So how's my brother doing?" He passed the question off casually.

She swallowed before answering. "Don't you talk to him?"

"With his busy schedule, it's hard to hold a decent conversation with him, you know?" He took a sip of his black coffee.

Hikari seemed to agree, almost pouting at the thought. "He's always working and never lets me in on it either. Not that I want to but in or anything, but it'd be nice to know what exactly he does. We've been dating for like, two years, and I still don't know what he does. There are times when I feel left out, I guess. He knows everything about me, yet I'm kept out of a part of his life." She stared at the sandwich in her hands, "Suddenly I've lost my appetite."

Sasuke blinked, 'I wasn't expecting such a detailed answer...' He thought, almost in awe. Clearing his throat, he put his sub down. "Yeah, so how about we go blow off some steam." He motioned to the arcade across from the sub place.

"Sure." She downed the last of her coffee, and rolled all the trash together. Sasuke did the same and they tossed it into the trash can as they walked by.

"So what do you want to play first?" Hikari asked. Sasuke looked around before spotting the DDR machine. "I bet I can beat you." He smirked, walking ahead. "HA! You wish, Uchiha." Her competitive side was fading in as she raced after him.

They both jumped onto the two pads beside each other and shoved the coins in the slots. "Ready to get your butt kicked, Sasuke?" She grinned menacingly towards him. "Hey, that's my line." He smirked back.

Hikari was the first to choose a song, being 'Fully Alive' by Flyleaf. The beat was fast as she tried to keep up with the on screen directions. Sasuke missed a few steps here and there, but they both seemed pretty equal in their horrible DDR skills.

Both where tired out by the end of the first round. They huffed and puffed, Hikari had her hands on her knees, while Sasuke was leaning back against the railing behind. "Not┘ Bad┘" He breathed out as he choose the next song. 'Girl Fight' by Brooke Valentine.

As they began, it was an equal match of dimwits. Hikari missed most of the beginning, while Sasuke missed most of the end. They both let out sighs of relief when it was over. "Last round." Hikari sighed, flipping through the songs. "Tch. This'll decide our fate." Sasuke flipped his bangs slightly.

"Fate┘ You make it sound like a death match." Hikari stared as she pushed the buttons, "Anyway┘ Which song?"

"Ah! That one." He pointed to Better Then Drugs by Skillet. She pushed the button and got back into her stance.

Just like the first two songs, it started off equally. A few misses here, a few there. That is until Sasuke got fed up. As he casually stepped to the left, he extended his leg, tripping up the girl to his left. "What the Hell?!" Hikari hissed, stumbling as she saw Sasuke smirk. So, she did the only mature thing to do. She reached over and shoved him.

Sasuke fought to catch his balance and get back on track. He shot her a glare, kicking her in the shin. She yelped, grabbing at her leg. While trying to hop on one foot, she was unable to maintain her balance and toppled right into Sasuke; knocking him off the machine along with her.

With a small yelp, he fell onto his back while Hikari tumbled into his lap, her face smacking against his chest. "God! It feels like I ran into a freakin' concrete wall!" Hikari whined, sitting away from him as she held her forehead in her hands. "Yeah, well it feels like an elephant landed on me!" Sasuke shot back as he sat up, his hand over his heart.

With a roll of her eyes, she staggered to her feet. Sasuke followed, brushing his bum off. They both looked towards the machine for their final score, it caused them to wince. In bold letters, on both screens, was the word 'L O S E R'. Both sighed in defeat, hanging their heads as they dragged their feet, walking away from the failed sign behind them.

"Well, it sure was eventful today." Sasuke stretched, walking with Hikari towards her apartment building. "Yeah, yeah. Thanks for┘ You know┘" She had been referring to the salesclerk. "No problem." He grinned.

"Hika-Chaan!" A loud and familiar voice made her look away from Sasuke. Rentaro came running at full speed and launched herself into Hikari's arms. She had to drop her bags in order to catch her friend. "I'm so sorry! I've been looking all over for you! You turned your phone off too!"

Hikari had struggled to hold Rentaro like a Bride; Ren's arms wrapped around her neck. "It's fine with me if you have sex with that Uchiha in the dressing rooms at Vicky's!" She wailed, hugging Hikari even closer. Hikari's face turned a bright red as she looked at Sasuke, who was also blushing. The only difference? He held a huge grin on his face. She, however, was glaring.

"I didn't know you played like that." He remarked slyly. Hikari was about to retort, but Ren beat her to it. "She only plays with Itachi, so back off Sasuke." She even went as far as to stick her tongue out.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, clearly not taking her comment seriously. "Anyway, I had fun today. Tell my brother he should give me a call sometime, when he's not busy being such an ass." Sasuke scrunched up his nose, smirking silently. Hikari giggled, "Yeah. Sure. See ya┘" She paused as her own lips turned up into a smirk, "Future little brother."

His pale cheeks turned a tinted pink as he waved, turning away, and proceeding down the sidewalk.

"Wah! Little brother?!" Ren protested, leaping from Hikari's arms, and almost knocking her off balance. "So you're better friends with him then me?!"

"No, no! It was just a small joke!" She flailed in a panic.

Rentaro made a 'hmphing' noise as she leaned down and picked up the dropped bags. Peeking inside, her frown turned into a bright grin. "You got new DVDs!" Hikari nodded slowly as she added, "Wanna go watch 'em? I doubt Itachi will be back yet."

Quickly tossing the bags at Hikari, who caught them in a awkward way, she flung Hikari over her shoulder and trotted off to the entrance of the building. "Hey, hey! I can walk, you know!" She protested, her face bright with redness.

"Yeah. But you might become friends with Sasuke if I let you out of my sight again!" She made a disgusted face as Hikari just hung her head.