Author's Note: I am super behind in posting for this story but I do have the next few chapters written.
Chapter Summary: It helps to have pieces of home.
Prompt: #23 cabbage patch
Word Count: 250
Chapter Thirteen:
Seeds of Change
Kurenai rechecked the grocery list as Hinata thought back to the earlier encounter. As embarrassing as it was to have run into someone, it happened sometimes. It was her own fault for not wanting to use her cane. In a small town like Konoha once people realized she was blind, the news would spread like wildfire. She had hoped for a few days of anonymity at least before becoming the latest town gossip.
"You definitely like vegetables."
Hinata smiled, fingers lightly thrumming on the cart, "I used to have garden."
It started when she was young. Her mother loved growing flowers. Hinata spent hours with her mother outside watering and singing to the plants. When her mother died, no one looked after it. The garden became overrun.
One summer Hinata decided to cultivate it back to life. It took weeks of careful nurturing and the help of the landscaping crew her father employed, but eventually their efforts paid off.
Her father never cared for the fact his fair skinned daughter liked the feel of dirt under her fingernails, but he never forbid her from doing it either. And when her garden eventually changed from tulips and peonies to carrots and cabbages, he never said a word.
Sometimes, she wondered if he had even noticed.
"Well I think we got enough food to last you for at least a good week or so. Anything else we'll need to pick up?"
"Seeds."
"Seeds?"
"I think I want to grow a garden again."