Second II
The second time Sakura hears him laugh, she is about to walk in to his office. She is carrying a small pot of fennel; it had been a murder to grow in this heat. But she'd finally gotten it to take and it'll thrive in his office. She knows that he gets terrible headaches and this would help.
She is in the hall when she looks through his open door to see Hinata stuffing a cookie in his mouth. He laughs and it is sweet and happy and wholehearted. She can't help but watch them for a moment. They continue to talk and laugh and she feeds him cookies.
It feels like someone is gripping her throat.
She takes her fennel and leaves. She struggles to look at Hinata until her friends leave two weeks later. She is not sure why.