Leo

Next week, 2:30PM

"Hmm~? Yes~? What were you just gonna say now?"

She watched from every single angle expecting any signal of embarrassment. Chouchou knew making her friends blush was her forte and took pride in it. And boy she would take lots of it if she ever made Mitsuki blush because she was pretty sure she had never seen him like that before.

Yet there was only silence. She frowned but understood that maybe he was still gloomy from yesterday's events. Chouchou sighed

"Come, I know something you would really like!"

She held him by the arm and pulled him to the street's crowd. Mitsuki arched his little eyebrows and questioned amusingly

"Is it food?"

Chouchou gave him a dirty look

"... And what if it is, huuh?"

"It's fine."

They stood in front of a white-colored stall nearby the police station of Konoha. There a chubby grandpa carefully served ice cream scoops in a delicious-looking waffle cone. The stall seemed to have only 4 flavors of ice cream.

"This, Mitsuki, it's the best of Konoha's ice cream. Akimichi approved!"

Mitsuki smiled

"If the experts recommend then..."

She nodded proudly and added

"You have 4 flavors, vanilla, chocolate, mint, and... uhm..."

Chouchou looked confused at first

"Heey Grandpa! Is that a new flavor?!"

The old man slooowly approached and greeted

"Oh, Chouchou-chan. Yes, it is. Custard! I'm replacing the red bean one in the meantime."

"Though this custard one seems to be very popular now."

Chouchou crossed her arms. She seemed to be making life-changing choices. Ultimately she glanced at Mitsuki and said

"You can choose first."

And before he said anything

"And nothing that sounds like "anything is fine," OK?"

Mitsuki half-closed his eyes 

"Food to me is not necessary, this is why I haven't tried many of them."

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"Instead of food, I take supplementary pills."

Chouchou covered her mouth as if she had heard something really horrible

"Wait, you don't eat at all? Never?! WHY?!"

Mitsuki looked back at her and wondered if it was a good moment to reveal he wasn't even human. The mood seemed to be too cheerful for that

"Reasons."

"Hmmm, you want to play cool, huh?"

Chouchou pouted

"You better tell me someday, OK?"

Mitsuki smiled but never replied. More and more, he was becoming self-conscious around Chouchou.

"I will take the custard one, then."

Mitsuki's pale finger pointed to the yellowish case that contained the creamy looking treat. Chouchou, who was deep into her thoughts, immediately followed

"Vanilla for me, as always!"

"...Do you like vanilla?"

Mitsuki looked at the white creamy container. It certainly looked plain.