[Thread] - The makeup's all off

[waterfell]

Characters: AU: Uchiha Sasuke, OU: Mizuno Ami [PGSM]
Where: ??? Mystery!
When:
after Mercury's recent entry and
after Jadeite crashes the party
Summary: Mercury needs comfort. Aww, Sasuke is right there. Wut?
Warnings: possible angst

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[embalmment]

He had heard her in the other room but did nothing at first. Sasuke ler her have her moment. He figured that at that time it was best to leave her be. He wasn't someone who forced himself on others too often if not ever. But he was there. That was the important thing. He was there. And after she calmed down, he first had thought that perhaps it would be better to talk to her at distance. To save her from feeling those emotions of shame and weakness. He didn't see her as such, but he was much the same when it came to these things. Emotions like that, in his eyes and when applied to him, were weak. He was vulnerable. He wouldn't step in to her personal space.

Hence the PDA. However, Sasuke was never good at comforting people even if he cared. Especially if he cared. Especially if he cared. He had no idea how to deal with that. He'd rationalize, or snap some comment that most people would consider rude. 'That face doesn't look good on you.' 'What kind of soldier lets such trivial things get in the way?' Sasuke was relatively tactless,

[waterfell]

Sounds drifted in from the kitchen, but Mercury ignored them. When the cooking aromas began to permeate her room as well, it became harder to deliberately not notice. What she did notice suddenly was that she hadn't eaten anything yet.

How pathetic. To go without, if that was necessary, should be no hardship. But to wallow in whatever this ridiculous emotion was, so much that she simply neglected to nourish herself, that wouldn't do her much good. She would weaken physically if that sort of thinking kept up long enough, and become easy prey for enemies.

More likely, your enemy would already have destroyed you. That had been a favorite reminder of Kunzite's if she made easily avoidable errors in training; it was very effective. There was a finality about it, a feeling of narrow escape. It propelled the hearer to improve so that the dire warning did not, in fact, become reality

[embalmment]

He himself was hungry, so it was a good excuse on his part too. He made food and there was extra's. Simple. It really figured that he was this bad. Making excuses for himself because he felt something akin to human. Sasuke stared at the pot of simmering vegitables.

His great stare of intesity upon the food set to cook was interrupted by that feeling. The soft click of a door and that feeling of a presence near by. Mercury of course. She hadn't come in to view yet, however. It was... vaguely amusing, and he couldn't help the very small hitch that caught the corner of his lips. Coals shifted behind long black bangs and his head tipped just a touch to the side for a moment.

Sasuke didn't call her on it. Instead, he looked back to what he were doing; continued what he was doing as if he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. He placed the boiling kettle off the burner and on to a cool surface to let sit moving to the cupboards to pull down two plates. Only the sound of one if she were listening so closely.

[waterfell]

She felt a little silly when she saw the two plates, but it was a different kind of silly. Instead of pathetic and ridiculous, Mercury simply had the feeling she could have walked right in and should have. This wasn't someone who was going to annoy, taunt, ridicule, or harass her. Actually, it was someone who was taking care of her, it seemed. That was... a nice thought. Particularly right now. That might have been a smile as she stepped somewhat sheepishly into the kitchen.

Now that she was here, she might as well make herself useful. Mercury wordlessly began arranging the table settings and utensils, giving Sasuke the chance to finish the food. It was calming, having some mundane task to complete. She was - despite a very faint normal teenage-girl sweet tooth - normally a healthy eater, and the vegetables smelled good. When she'd finished, she found herself in a corner of the kitchen furthest from Sasuke. She glanced at him.