Ice Cream
Chocolate or strawberry?
Vanilla…No she needed more. Her entire life was vanilla. Her entire pitiful life.
Hinata sniffed and grabbed both the pints of strawberry and chocolate from the convenience store freezer. She'd eat them both so they got the attention they deserved.
It was late. She shouldn't be eating junk at this hour but there wasn't anyone left to care. No father to adhere to. No real training to do.
The tingling behind her eyes grew stronger and she knew that if she wasn't careful she'd end up crying in the middle of the store. She had to get back home before familiar faces started asking questions. As quickly as she could, Hinata kept her head down and shuffled up to the cash register. Unfortunately, she wasn't paying close enough attention to where she was going and bumped into the only other soul in the store.
"S-s-sorry!" She stammered and the person she ran into turned around to reveal a permanently irritated set of dark eyes. "Sasuke?"
"Hinata."
He said her name for the first time, his brows furrowing together and she held her breath as he took in her less than stellar appearance. His eyes trailed down to her sad basket of ice-cream. In his own basket, he had a packet of cigarettes and a lighter. Sasuke shouldn't be out at this hour. He looked worn out by the shabby shape of his clothes and lines of fatigue under his eyes.
There was solace in seeing him. Maybe it was just a relief to see someone that wouldn't pry. Or maybe, as selfish as it sounded, he was just as miserable as she was. That thought alone made her not feel so bad. Involuntarily her own lips quirked upward and Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her. Her sad smile widened at his confusion but she looked away quickly.
A cough interrupted the two ravens causing one to jump and the other to glare at the intruder. The young store clerk unfortunate enough to have the graveyard shift crossed their arms and tapped their foot impatiently.
"Are you two going to buy anything?"