The dango skewer were still steaming when the old vendor handed them over with both hands, smiling too much for someone who claimed his back hurt. Sasuke took them without a word, barely nodding, and the man only chuckled as though that single, cold gesture was a blessing from a noble prince,
Naruto watched it all behind the water barrels, His arms were crossed but his stomach grumbled loud enough to make the girl next to him glance over him and grimace. He bit the inside of his cheek and squinted toward the stand again.
Sasuke turned, dango in hand, and walked off like he owned the gravity itself -