Characters: Kimiko Tamashi, Rin Nohara
Pairings: None
Summary:
Rin helps her mother bake cupcakes to give out to others at Christmas time, and she is determined to give one to everyone she sees.
Everyone.
Notes:
Written for @quiet-kunoichi for @narutorp-secretsanta! This is a bit late and I apologize for that, but I hope you still enjoy this silly thing. :3
If there was anything Rin loved about Christmas time, it was the fact that she and her mother were able to bond over all the baking that came with the season. Especially now that her father had passed, that rift between them was widening.
Even a child such as she could notice that.
But baking...that was a fun activity, one that often made messes but also made for some great memories, and tasty things thereafter. Of course, she couldn’t eat all the tasty things herself -- that would be rude, as well as make herself sick -- but what she could do was try to spread joy around the village.
Being in a hidden village meant there was always some fighting going on, whether they saw it or not, and while Rin was in the Academy to join the ranks herself, she wanted to do something more.
That was what led her to today, carrying a box of cupcakes around, looking for those who it seemed could use a bit more joy in their lives. Of course, she couldn’t give cupcakes to everyone, as much as she’d love to, so she had to narrow it down to those who really seemed to need it.
Naturally, the Hokage had gotten one because he can always use something to cheer him up. Her teachers at the Academy got some. Kakashi and Obito both got one each -- though Kakashi had turned his nose up at the offering.
Now she was wandering the streets, in search of those who needed cheer. Brown eyes spotted a lady with long black hair, who looked a little bit grumpy. Rin, being Rin, instantly went up to the woman, a cupcake held out to her.
“Would you like a cupcake, ma’am?” Large brown eyes looked up at the woman, who seemed very cold, not necessarily mean but definitely not someone most people would approach. Rin wasn’t most people.
“A what?” Was -- was she smiling? Her lips were starting to quirk upwards, that was a good sign, right?
“A cupcake, ma’am! Me and my mom made them this morning, and you looked unhappy, so I thought I’d see if you’d like one. Cupcakes make everyone happy!”
“They do, do they?” There was definitely a tone of amusement in her voice, Rin definitely counted that as a win. “Well, sure, I’ll take one. What’s your name, kid?”
“I’m Rin Nohara, I’m gonna be a medic-nin when I grow up!” She puffed her chest out as the woman took the cupcake, looking proud as she could. “What’s your name, ma’am?”
“I’m Kimiko Tamashi. You’re a good kid, Rin. I bet you’ll make a good medic when you grow up.” And -- yes, there was a smile, albeit a small one.
“You really think so, Miss Kimiko?” Rin kept looking up expectantly at her, waiting.
“Yes, yes I do.” And then, the moment Rin had been waiting for.
Kimiko began to eat the cupcake.
Rin could almost see the happiness spreading within the woman, because that was what cupcakes did, they made people happy and she wanted to make people happy and safe and well and if she couldn’t do all those things, she could at least make people happy.
“Is it good, Miss Kimiko?”
“It’s perfect,” Kimiko reached out to ruffle Rin’s hair with the hand that didn’t have cupcake, tossing the last of it in her mouth, chewing and swallowing before speaking again. “You’re a really good kid. Keep it up, okay?”
