#I'm sad for naruto

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the curse of love

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The fact that it is a trope in Naruto that Kakashi saves Sakura before Sasuke can or when Sasuke is in a position to do so himself is so unhinged.

What was Kishimoto trying to do there?

The first time it happens (just outside of Konoha while traveling to the Land of the Waves), Sasuke very clearly thinks Kakashi is showing off. It's one of those funny moments where you can see how both Sasuke and Kakashi like being dramatic.

From that point, the story somehow establishes that it's Kakashi's job to protect Sakura as Sasuke and Naruto fight. At least Sasuke thinks that's the case...

It happens during the fight with Haku. I know that Sakura screams and Sasuke immediately wonders what Kakashi is doing when Sakura is in danger. I don't think he'd wonder the same if it was Naruto out there, since he'd probably criticize Naruto and not Kakashi for Naruto's own safety.

When Kakashi saves Sakura from both the chidori and the rasengan, they don't mention it at all, like it was natural for Kakashi to be there and for him to save / protect Sakura. At the time, Naruto was panicking because he couldn't stop, in the sense that he knew he didn't have the skill to do so, but Sasuke was more shocked that it was Sakura he'd hit. Once Sakura was safe and the thing was over, Sasuke went immediately back to thinking about how he was weak compared to Naruto.

He wasn't worried about Sakura not because he didn't care, but because that moment reassured him about Kakashi being there to protect her.

(It's worth mentioning Sasuke was upset over Naruto being the one who rescued her from Gaara because Sasuke was too used to having the role of second protector of the team, since it signaled he was the second strongest around).

Then, in Shippuden? Sasuke doesn't see Sakura as a real threat. He did mean to kill her during the Land of Iron, but the narrative again placed both Kakashi and Naruto there to protect her life. As soon as Kakashi and Naruto appeared, Sasuke forgot about her.

That encounter was the farthest Team 7 had been from the old days and the roles they had at those moments. Teamwork was absolutely gone.

During the Fourth Shinobi War, things went back a bit to what they were. Sasuke and Naruto tried to protect Sakura by telling her to stand behind or step back, except Sakura refused to be protected. They worked seamlessly for a few minutes, until it all went to hell and Kaguya appeared.

Kakashi spent almost the entire battle protecting Sakura. Understandable, since the first thing she did was run to get impaled like she didn't care at all about her own life. (Kakashi was scared shitless that something would happen to her).

TWO TIMES during the Kaguya fight Sakura was in danger and Naruto pointed out (commanded, really) that Sasuke could help her and Sasuke did move to do so, he did face her to act, before his mind could process what he was doing. In both cases, Kakashi was faster and had her safe and sound before Sasuke could even reconsider.

First in the lava world, where Kakashi had Sakura and Obito already secured, so Sasuke moved to protect Naruto. Second when Obito gave both his eyes to Kakashi and he decided to go all Susanno to pull Sakura out of danger, to Sasuke's surprise.

Time to mention that the narrative of the manga makes explicit the petty rivalry between Kakashi and Sasuke. Sasuke does hate him for having the sharingan, you know, and Kakashi would not stop when recriminating how Sasuke decided to use the things he taught him, like the chidori, to hurt his comrades.

Anyway, Naruto decides to use that moment to tell Sasuke that Kakashi's susanno was cooler and talk about how the Copy Nin was amazing and all of that. If I had to guess, Naruto was more than a bit irritated because Sasuke was rude to Kakashi and Sakura and called them useless. It is a good guess if I'm allowed to say so, since Naruto also made a point of telling Sasuke to thanks Sakura for helping Obito bring him back from another dimension.— After all, Naruto did also complain about Sasuke being the leader, since he thought Sakura and Kakashi were better at making plans.

It kinda reached its limits when Sasuke put her under a genjutsu (of getting hit with a chidori to the chest, of all things) and Kakashi lost his cool. He was so visibly frustrated with Sasuke and the feeling was mutual.

It was call back to sooo many moments between Sakura and Sasuke:

When Sakura cried and calmmed the cursed mark back at the Forest of Death, when Sakura tried to prevent Sasuke from competing with the cursed mark during the Chuning Exams preliminaries and Sasuke told her to shut up, or when she tried to stop him from leaving Konoha to find Orochimaru and Sasuke knocked her out. It was an echo of the way Sasuke did almost hit her with a chidori back when they were kids without meaning to and then years later when he did mean to kill her; it was the memory all the times she worried about him and rushed to put herself in danger for his wellbeing when he didn't want her to.

When Sasuke left to fight Naruto, Kakashi was the one who stayed with her. When Sasuke left on his journey for atonement, Kakashi was there to tell him to behave, but also he was there next to the girl he had been protecting for years now. I don't know what all of that was supposed to mean...

I guess that Sakura played a part in Sasuke and Naruto's rivalry as much as she played a part in Kakashi and Sasuke's animosity.

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mirai and shino are best friends, change my mind.

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This was Itachi's vision when he was fighting his last battle with Sasuke. The fandom sees it as 'he was so strong he could've killed Sasuke any time', but what it truly represents is something different and not very complex.

He couldn't see Sasuke's face at all. He had pretended to be evil all his life and he was going to go ahead with this pretense until the very end. At its core, it's very sad. Itachi walked through hell and eternal darkness for Sasuke's sake. He knew he deserved the punishment, the hatred Sasuke harboured for him.

In his head, he most likely believed he deserved this. For all the pain he'd caused Sasuke, he believed he didn't deserve to see his little brother, didn't deserve to be close to him in his dying moments. He saw Sasuke as pure, unblemished person, broken but not by his (Sasuke's) fault.

For someone who never allowed himself to be forgiven, didn't allow himself to rest from his guilt, until Sasuke killed him, Itachi didn't even have the comfort of knowing how his little brother looked like in his last moments. He was always detached from the mortal world, counting his days, and when Sasuke confronts him, and he continues with his games, Itachi finds solace in Sasuke's voice, in the hatred Sasuke proclaims to harbour for him.

He's truly happy in death. As much as I love him and would want him to live for his and Sasuke's sake, Itachi's life was ruined since his childhood; he can't truly be happy alive. He deserves to rest now.

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Itachi Uchiha

— Do you know what pain is? - His gaze penetrated yours, as if somehow he was trying to see through you. - True pain is not limited to the physical, it resides in the depths of the soul, where invisible scars mark our most intense experiences...

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Naruto 429 // Konoha's air view

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Technicolor Ch. 4

In which a stranger becomes an ally.

Read on ao3 and ff.net

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Preview:

Then.

“Sasuke,” the boy glanced over at his mother, Mikoto, who was crouched on the cracked tile floor, picking through a cardboard box he had yet to empty. Her slender hands were wiping at her dark eyes, and he realized, with an uncomfortable quiver, that there was water dripping down her face. “I – I’m sorry it’s taken me this long to come over and help you.”

“No, mom, you’re fine.” He hesitated in grabbing the next clean bathroom towel to fold.

“With your father and his…” she winced and sighed, biting at her mouth. “I never know when you’re here. You’ve had… I don’t - ” she tossed the object back into the box, which gave a loud clatter in the small room. She jumped at the sound and frowned in an apology, quickly pulling the object back out and inspecting it for damage.

“I know you need space from us… me, that’s why you…” she folded into herself for a moment, arms crossing between her chest and legs, face pressed into her knees and Sasuke listened helplessly as her breath rushed in and out of her lungs. “I didn’t mean to drive you away.” She sobbed; voice garbled as she spoke weakly into her body.

Sasuke shrank, a layer of icy dread rested around his shoulders like a heavy cloak. He shuffled closer to her, feeling completely out of place with her small breakdown, in the apartment he had been relegated to because of his big breakdown.

He kneeled beside her, resting a hand on her shoulder. Her head shot up, nearly identical sets of eyes meeting, and Sasuke realized for the first time how tired his mother looked. She had matching navy bruises decorating the soft skin under her eyes and elegant stress lines ran along her cheeks.

“Mom, you didn’t,” he shook his head, palms damp and heart racing. “You didn’t push me away. It was…” his voice died as his brain worked to explain what he couldn’t describe to himself. A frustrated hand ran through his hair, and he offered her a hollow smile. “It wasn’t you; I can promise you that.”

Mikoto slowly unfolded, coming to rest on her haunches, a slender hand reaching up and wrapping her fingers around her son’s. “He’s said that before too.” She breathed softly; sniffling, black eyes blank as she stared at the faux wooden grains in the cupboards.

“Who?” Sasuke asked, a black brow raising, but she simply blinked and shook her head, squeezed his hand before dropping it.

“No one,” she said, “excuse me.” She stepped away from him and into the bathroom. He was left kneeling on the cracked flooring, still slightly sticky even after he had deep cleaned the entire space, and he frowned as he stood and turned back to the living room. He was in the process of folding a shirt, mulling over the uncomfortable show of emotion, when she came back in, the redness of her cheeks was gone now, any blemish of streaked mascara had been removed, and she was holding herself as though everything were normal.

They were back to business now.

The small glance through a crack in the wall of his ever put together mother had snapped shut in the short moments she had left the room. And like a distasteful book, she had put the moment back on the shelf to gather dust.

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Genin Sasuke, Neji, Sakura, Naruto, Rock Lee, have a passion by the reader and discover the reader is an Uchiha

[ 🌸 ] i was listening to lana del rey while i was writing this, maybe that's why it's so confusing and distressing... mmmhh

characters: sasuke uchiha;; neji hyuga;; sakura haruno;; naruto uzumaki;; rock lee;; some character mentions? 

genre: bad romantic comedy with possible melancholy in the middle- in short angst and fluff

warnings: fem!reader, possible lesbian relationship?, possible endings with an open ending for a sequel that might never come... by the way- endings without a certain ending is a warning?

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𝑺𝑼𝑴𝑴𝑨𝑹𝒀: 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶�� 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵��𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦?

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-okay

-let's imagine this:

-let's say your mother was an uchiha and she left konoha long before the massacre happened.

-Meet your father fall in love blah blah blah

-so years later your mother dies due to a terminal illness, leaving you alone with your father, who already knows that your mother was an uchiha and consequently knows that you are half-uchiha.

-Leaving that side already covered we can continue!

. - . - .

sasuke uchiha

-He was on a two-month mission with his team

-And trying to get away from the world (also from his team) he goes to the forest to walk

-That's when he sees you

-You, being so beautiful and oblivious to the world around you, are making a pretty flower crown.

-At first, Sasuke is surprised by how black your hair is. If the uchihas hadn't been slaughtered, he would easily think you're an uchiha, but that would be impossible.

-He didn't even notice when you noticed his presence

-You only thought it was weird, but, you tried not to judge.

-Being the wonderful person that you are, you started a small conversation with him.

-Sasuke thought you just wanted to flirt with him, which luckily for him didn't happen.

-So he agreed to talk to you

-For Sasuke time was passing slowly, but when he saw the sky again he realized that; the sky that was once brilliant blue was orange announcing sunset.

-With a goodbye, both promised to see each other another day

-He enjoyed your company, he hadn't had a good talk with someone for a long time, pfff-

-and the frequent meetings in the forest began

-sasuke would tell you about this annoying boy/rival/companion for him, sometimes he would tell you about this weird or annoying girl and sometimes when he looked somewhat frustrated he would talk about his teacher/sensei who always read that strange book.

-you started enjoying his nonsense talk, and god you never interrupted him

-because gosh, it cost him to open up to you like this

-until one day you did not arrive at the meeting place

-another week passed

-simply, you had not arrived at the usual meeting place because a relative of yours somewhat distant, but that you loved very much had arrived in the village, so you had not had time to meet with your new mysterious friend

-Anyway

-When your distant relative left you went to the forest again, and you saw him again, this time he seemed to be looking for something with his eyes until he saw you and approached you

"Why didn't you come earlier? I thought something happened to you"

-eh?

-Was he looking for you...?, oh my- he was looking for you!

"a-ah- sorry"

-it was really fun talking to him, you noticed

-you knew him for such a short time, but it seemed like you knew him for a long time

-as if you already knew him before, maybe in another life?

-and guess what~ young crush!

-you are like fools you know?-but you are fools in love!

-yes, sasuke fell in love with you too- but he's in denial, can you believe it?

-anyway

-sasuke accompanies you to your house one night, there was only a week left before he left and returned to his village.

-but he wants to spend as much time as he can with you

-Also, he wants to see if he can take you and your family with him, because God forbid- he loves you and doesn't want to let you go anymore.

-You also know that soon he will go to his town, and it is very likely that you two will never see each other again. Which only makes you happy, as you can't bear to look him in the eye without being able to tell him the truth.

-You had noticed it the first time you saw the back of his T-shirt. The uchiha symbol. The bitter feeling of seeing the last survivor of a massacre was present, it was also the knowledge that you couldn't fall in love or get attached to him. You, you just couldn't do it, you knew how dangerous it would be if someone knew, what they would do to you if someone knew, the danger that everyone close to you would be in

-but, despite that, you had failed miserably. you had fallen in love with him.

-And that's how on that same night you two realize that you don't want to let go.

"Y/N"

You turned to see him confused, they were both practically in front of your house inadvertently you two got closer, until your faces were close

It was like a gentle touch.

Almost like two lovers who meet again after a long time without seeing each other.

Sasuke was the first to speak. you could see everything in those dark young eyes of his, the fear of ruining the silent but so beautiful moment that both of you were having was big “do you think- we'll meet again?”

Fearing to ruin the moment as well, You lied, because you knew that if you told the truth it would break you and you would break him, “yes, I think so. and you?"

“I think the same…”

The little kiss that followed made you feel like you were floating in heaven.

Really magical, like a fairy tale- a fairy tale that would end very badly sooner or later.

And at first, it all felt like a silly, young crush to you. But, now everything felt so real to the point where you didn't know what to do anymore. And when the two of you pulled away to breathe, you wished it was all a bad dream, but you knew it was all real and there was no going back.

Perhaps, the most surprising thing was that you were accepting it... gosh, you were accepting these feelings despite the danger that would come when the truth came out! You really were insane.

The small moment was cut short with Sasuke's gasp of surprise.

you didn't realize.

you didn't even notice.

but due to the strong emotions you were feeling right now- you had awakened the famous sharingan.

. - . - .

neji hyuga

-proud boy

-like my pretty boy from up

-hahahha~

-He thinks that with his Byakugan he can discover all the secrets that people hide

-but

-The only problem he couldn't solve was you.

-there was something in you from the first time he saw you entering the gates of konoha

-you were hiding something in yourself

-but he always wondered what your secret was

-in secret he considers you the great mystery of the world

-guess who was the first of you two to approach, lmao

-honestly, his arrival took you by surprise

-Like, you were in this famous ramen restaurant when this rather attractive boy with pale eyes approaches you. At first, you thought he was blind but shhh don't tell him

-You think he's lost, but no!

-he just asks your name, then he makes a strange comment and then he leaves, and you're like: “🧍🏻‍♀️???- mmh 'kay, see u”

-yes, that was what happen lmao

-anyway

-both of you meet again a few days later

-To this day, Neji continues to ensure that he only passed by the ramen restaurant by coincidence. Liar was just passing by because he wanted to see if he could see you again.

-when you see him, you call him to eat together- You don't know why, but you feel that he needs some company and maybe just to chat, maybe because you always see him bitter?

-You don't know it, but it doesn't matter because he's getting closer to you. Suddenly, you two start such a lovely and warm conversation.

-well- you talk and he just listens, which is great because you're sharing the best gossip anyone could ever hear.

-neji won't admit it and never will, but he secretly loves gossip. don't tell him that I told you

-after that pleasant meeting and let the days go by, both meet again. strangely not in the ramen restaurant

-you met in the small library that is always empty after five in the afternoon

-he was going for a taijutsu book, and you were just going to read something interesting, maybe a great series of your favorite genre?

-neji being the cocky kid that he is, questions you about your reading

-and you, being the person you are, you start a good argument about why the genre you read is so great and why he should read it.

-which he strangely agrees, maybe you did a good job making that argument?

-You recommend the first fiction book you read and he with a pout grabbed it.

-Surprisingly, you and neji see each other again after four days, and this time to your surprise he already finished the book

-and with a small blush, he asks you to recommend another book. The blush is because he is embarrassed that he liked the book you recommended, lmao

-you access, practically visits to the library become common

-sometimes you just eat together in the small ramen restaurant, other times you just walk and talk, sometimes he accompanies you to the house where you stay, and in a cute way, he waits patiently with his hands in his pants until you come in and close the door. And sometimes you both just read together like nerds.

-neji finds out that you are just visiting Konoha and that you will be leaving soon

-his stomach falls

-he feels cold, is this fear?

-no, no, it can't be

-neji hyuga afraid? Is this a joke?

-but as the days go by, he feels worse

-the idea of perhaps not seeing you anymore, of not hearing you anymore, torments him

-He doesn't want to let you go, but maybe if he manages to convince you... you'll stay, right?

-so two days before you leave he's going to look for you

-stars twinkle in the sky when he softly hits your window

-You, clearly sleepy, open the window while you rub one of your eyes sleepily.

"neji?" you asked surprised to see him outside your window "what are you doing here?"

For a moment he couldn't answer, he realized that he had come without any words to begin with. He had to form a good argument to make you stay.

He had to-

"neji?"

"I do not want you to go…"

"wh-what?"

There was no turning back. Taking a deep breath and taking something of value as well, he spoke, "I love you, and I don't want you to go."

You remained silent, it was something to be expected, what Neji did not expect was that the small tears began to fall from your beautiful eyes.

"I can't-"

huh?, couldn't you…-stay?, or couldn't you return his feelings?

"what?"

"-I..." you had also taken a deep exhalation, perhaps- were you afraid?

"Neji, I love you too, I really do, but- I can't stay". Oh, you were hugging him, “I really love you neji. But there's something I haven't told you before, and I'm afraid of what might happen if I tell you…-"

Was… Was this about your secret? "-It doesn't matter"

"eh?"

This time he hugged you, "It doesn't matter, whatever ails you, I'll protect you from it."

From Neji's point of view, it was just him wanting to help the person he fell in love with. But, from your point of view, he did not understand the magnitude of your problem.

“Y/N?”

The blood of the Uchihas ran through your veins, just- what had you gotten yourself into?

"Neji, listen i-"

You watched as his beautiful white eyes stared back at you curiously. And you knew it... This was going to be a long night. The problem is, if you could really tell him the truth, could you or would you run like you always did?

. - . - .

sakura haruno

-she didn't know what to think the first time she met you

-jealous for how pretty you looked? Or admiration?

-perhaps both sensations were mixed together

-or maybe not, it doesn't matter

-Her reasoning is that as long as you don't take an interest in Sasuke everything is fine lmao

-That is, until you approach her to talk to her

-sakura is on a mission of several months with her team

-She had only gone for a walk, she didn't know the town that well

-and apparently neither do you, because you were asking her if she knew where such a library was

-Eventually she accompanies you

-she swears her heart isn't beating like crazy. Liar

-When both of you arrive, and you thank her, sakura could agree that this time her heart was beating like crazy… but only once

-anyway

-the next time you both meet is in the park

-she's just admiring the flowers when you suddenly arrive, shouting her name as you run towards her

-She might have thought you were crazy, but no!

-you were just happy to meet again with someone as great as her

-you two talk more than the last time they met

-The Flowers that surrounded both of you had not fully bloomed yet, they were still pretty buds

-as the days passed sakura changed, just like the flowers did too

-and as the days passed, the flowers had bloomed just like sakura had done emotionally

-little by little you made her see that she was someone beautiful not ugly, you helped her to love every part of herself instead of expecting the boy she thought she was in love with to love her

-She was realizing that the feelings she felt towards Sasuke were fading

-and all those feelings were going to you.

-But the fear appeared, were these feelings wrong?

-Was it wrong to love someone of your same-sex?

-But, despite the fear that just thinking about what could happen if you found out about her feelings caused her- Sakura knew that you would never hurt her.

-because when she was with you, she felt like she could do anything and still be vulnerable.

-felt like she could be herself, not pretend to be someone else.

-without knowing it, you also feel the same for her.

-One day Sakura finally steels herself to confess to you.

-the sun had begun to hide when sakura stops you from leaving

“Y/N… I have something to tell you”

"Hmm?"

"I...-" she still had doubts if these feelings were okay to have, Sakura felt her heart tremble, but, despite being afraid she wanted to bring these feelings out, "I- I think I love you"

For your part, you didn't know what to say.

What?- what could you say to her, what could you do?

The blood of an almost extinct clan was in your veins, what are you supposed to do now?

If you decide to stay with her… you could put her in danger. If you feign disgust towards her, will she ever forgive you? Will you ever forgive yourself?

“Y/N?”

"I…"

Could you tell her the truth you were trying so desperately to hide from the world?

"I have something to tell you…"

. - . - .

naruto uzumaki

-my pretty hyperactive boy

-I love him <3

-it's like a little sun, lmao

-anyway

-you were visiting the town where your mother grew up

-when you feel hungry and decide to find something to eat

-While walking, you come across this ramen restaurant and decide to enter

-it was not a bad idea to enter this place

-the design of the restaurant looked great -you sit while you wait for your food

-You're just sitting thinking about which part of town to visit

-when this super loud blonde boy walks in

-sits next to you and orders a colossal bowl of ramen with lots of pieces of pork

-You think that after ordering his food he would remain silent- you underestimated him

-He turns to you and starts talking to you.

-you can't help but talk too

-Eventually, your food arrives and you start eating

-Perhaps the funny thing is that while you two eat, you don't stop talking

-but it's so nice

-You haven't had a good conversation since you came to this town

-you definitely needed it

-anyway

-both separate to go home, but not before saying your names

-some days go by where you don't know anything about each other

-somehow strange, you can't stop thinking about the guy from the restaurant

-so hoping to see him again, you return to the ramen restaurant

-To your surprise you see him sitting there in one of the chairs, he looked a little pensive, which seemed strange for someone like him. But, when he saw you, like magic, his little eyes came alive again and a big smile appeared on his face.

-somehow that encourages you even more to sit next to him, thus starting another conversation that you could swear could last hours

-It felt good, you noticed. Talk to someone other than your father

-the days passed the somewhat frequent visits to the restaurant were the highlight of your week

- little by little the meetings also began to be in random places

-sometimes both of you would walk for hours aimlessly, you guys got lost once in the woods 💀 lmao

-Eventually, the “big day” came

-in which you would visit the uchiha compound

-the place where your family was massacred- well, your mother's family

-in the back of your mind you were grateful that your mother died a few years before the massacre occurred, you were sure that although she was on bad terms with her clan, deep in her heart she still loved and appreciated them

-It was strange, being in a place that was once your mother's home and that of other people, people who no longer existed.

-A voice distracted you. Aa- someone was asking you your reason for being in this place.

-you turned to see the person with the mysterious voice -was a man with gray hair

“Will you tell me why you are here?”

"Aa... sorry-" were you going to tell him the truth that you were hiding since the day you found out?- no, it was a bad idea. If you did, you would put yourself and your father in danger.

You chose to lie.

Looking ahead, at the abandoned houses, you spoke, "someone important to me used to live here..."

The man looked at you with sympathy now, you turned to him and asked "and you?"

He looked grim now, almost sad, but the mask did well to hide his face from you. Something that did not happen with Naruto, he was like an open book "a friend lived here before and-" it seemed that he was taking a breath or strength to speak "a student of mine too"

You didn't know how to ask the following, “your student and friend – did they die?”

"My student doesn't… but, I hope to save him-, since I couldn't do it with my friend"

With that, the mystery man left. The green vest and the badge with the village logo told you that he was a ninja, he was a grown man. And surely, with so much death and blood on his hands, you felt sorry for him.

You realized how short life was and how miserable you would be if Naruto disappeared from your life. You plucked up your courage. Perhaps you would be brave enough to tell him that you loved him, and perhaps you would be braver in the future to tell him about the blood that ran through your veins.

Running through the dark streets of the city, you visualized it.

You were about to get to him when you saw him hugging a pink haired girl. You froze, Naruto, did he love someone?

Gosh, what were you supposed to do now?

Run? Or wait until they finished hugging, so you could tell him how you felt?

No, you couldn't tell him you loved him if he loved someone else. Your poor heart wouldn't take it.

The most feasible thing would be to run, return to your father's arms.

But, if only you had stayed longer. If you had only listened to the promises they both had made, you would have realized that Naruto was only promising the girl in his arms that he would do his best to bring back her lover.

And perhaps if you had noticed the discreet glances he gave you sometimes, you would have realized his feelings for you and the truth that had already been discovered by the demon inside of him.

. - . - .

rock lee

-my pretty boy

-would be a good boyfriend lmao

-anyway

-he met you while on his way to one of the training parks

-it was about five in the morning and the sun had not even started to rise

-but god… -you looked so beautiful under the moonlight

-he didn't know how to talk to you and he got nervous

-I didn't know whether to start a conversation with you with a "good morning!" or "the sky is beautiful this morning!"

-and he was so nervous, he said: "morning beautiful!"

-You turned to look at him, confused.

-and for once in his life, poor rock lee wanted the ground to swallow him up

-but that would be impossible lmao!

-anyway

-you laugh, you're laughing!

-you are not walking away from him while saying “weird” or something hurtful

-but while you're laughing he notices that your cheeks are a little stained

-As… if you had been crying

-although that would be impossible, it means- you look so happy now

-but despite wanting to know the reason for your tears, he doesn't ask

-still he asks your name

-and he gives you his name in an extravagant way so you won't forget it

-not that you can do it

-but unfortunately you have to go

-you have things to do -like sleeping, for example

-you say goodbye and go

-he doesn't see you again until a week later

-rock lee was thinking about you, when he sees you entering a restaurant

-happy to see you again, says goodbye to his teammates

-and left before they could properly say goodbye to him 💀

-You are barely sitting at one of the local tables when he abruptly enters the door

-asks if he can sit with you, to which you agree

-surprisingly start a good conversation

-even while both eat, the good vibes do not go out

-a few days later he invites you to watch him train, to which you agreed

-it was amazing

-you had never seen a shinobi up close training

-Although your mother's family was a clan of shinobis, you never had any interest in being one.

-It was one of those days when you asked him: “what does it feel like to be a shinobi?”

-to which he replied: “it's like living great. You always have to protect and fight for your teammates, and loved ones."

-it was not the answer you expected, but you appreciated it anyway

-Is that what the people of your mother's clan thought? Protecting and fighting for your friends and loved ones?

-even though those thoughts confused you, you accepted them, maybe in the future you would understand

-the "dates" (as rock lee called them in his mind), had become frequent

-You got to know him better, and he got to know you

-it was just a bit chaotic when you guys were together

-but you enjoyed it somehow

-he was someone fun to be with

-he even once asked you to be his girlfriend

-you wanted to laugh at how sincere he was, but you didn't

-little by little, small romantic feelings were emerging from you

-and those who were in rock lee just be stepping up even more

-one day he wants to declare to you

-without his knowledge, you also want to do it

-but, the fear begins to consume you

-And if something happens to Rock Lee, knowing that the blood of an entire clan was almost extinct ran through your veins?

-but... if you were honest you were a little tired of continuing to hide who you were

-You knew it was a bit silly to want to confess to at least someone of your origins.

-wanting someone to know the truth besides your father

-But, you knew that Rock Lee wouldn't tell anyone.

-you trusted him

The sun was at its highest

You could see the blue sky with clouds that looked like big fluffy cotton balls. Rock Lee had finished his afternoon exercises and was drinking water. You secretly wondered if it would be a good idea to tell him the truth.

Maybe, just maybe, this will stay between the two of you, right?

"Rock Lee?". You would, you would trust him. Just like your mother trusted your father a long time ago.

He had stopped drinking water to turn to look at you, "Mmm?"

"I…"