Prologue – The First Time I Ever Laid Eyes On You
Disclaimer : I do not own Naruto
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride
Pablo Neruda
He remembered the first time he ever fell in love. It was a cold Tuesday in December, some weeks before Christmas. He was roaming the streets that night with his friends, all three of them laughing at nothing in particular, high off of life itself. And why shouldn't they be? They had a great night at the club, dancing with some of the hottest chicks they ever saw, they drank like there was no tomorrow (though they had class the next morning), sang like they were performing for a crowd of their adoring fans and lived like they didn't have a care in the world. The air was thick with a chill that seemed to cover the street they were walking down, though the three didn't care. Naruto was walking behind his two friends, smirking as Kiba began to sing, chuckling as the other boy failed quite miserably. "Why are you smiling like a fool?" Sasuke asked from beside him, his black eyes focused on the blonde's face.
"Because he is a fool!" Kiba spun around, and pointed at Naruto who gave him a harsh nudge in the ribs. Kiba threw his head back and laughed, ignoring the fact that it was already three in the morning.
"Shut up you idiot" Sasuke said, smacking Kiba at the back of the head. Kiba pouted before diving on the Uchiha, holding him in a playful head lock.
"You shut up" Kiba smirked and while the two wrestled in front of the closed Subway store, Naruto's attention ebbed and waned. Unconsciously, his blue eyes found their focus on the flickering street lights around them. Whenever he was drunk, unlike his friends, the alcohol seemed to tame his usual boisterous attitude. Uzumaki Naruto was what you would call a quiet drunk. He would get all introspective, questioning his life, mulling over his thoughts, trying to find some order in the chaos that was his mind. He shivered a little. He shoved his freezing fingers in the pockets of his very tight jeans that Sasuke insisted he wore, when he saw HER.
Plum colored hair swaying in the breeze, eyes as mesmerizing as pearls, skin as white as the snow that fell all around them, lips as pink as cherry blossoms dancing in the wind, an angelic aura clinging to her person as she walked, contrasting to the almost teasing way her hips moved as she walked. Suddenly, his mouth got drier than it already was. This goddess that travelled down the opposite street from him was wearing a pair of faded denim jeans tucked in a beige boots, a white trench coat snuggly wrapped around her upper body. She was holding a violin case in her right hand as her boots clucked against the dirty pavement. Everything about this girl, from the way she walked to the surety of her stature ambushed his senses. He watched as a slip of hair fell to her slightly roundish face, and his breath caught in his throat as a well manicured finger moved to tuck it away. Who the hell was this girl? Seared through his mind and when she finally noticed that someone was watching her, she turned in his direction. He forgot for a millisecond how to breathe as a coy smile appeared on her face. Their eyes met, and he felt like his soul was painfully being consumed by that siren that had caught his attention. However just like the moment came, it ended. Pale eyes turned away from him, and he watched as she got into the black car parked at the corner. When the headlights flashed, the engine started and the door was closed, Naruto could only frown as the car drove off.
"Close your mouth" Sasuke said and Naruto didn't even know when the other two was standing beside him once more. "You're getting drool on your clothes, dobe" he added but Naruto wasn't listening. His eyes were following the black sedan that drove away, the longing burning in his heart.
"She's hot" Kiba murmured and Naruto glared at him. "But bro, let me just ask you a question" he said, pausing to burp. The bitter smell of night long booze and bile wafted through the air between them. "What kind of girl roams the street at three in the morning and then enters a freaking car that we couldn't even see?" he asked, leaning to the side as though he was ready to fall.
"The girl of my dreams apparently" was all Naruto could come up with. Sasuke snorted and Kiba shook his head.
"Look at you, already whipped and you don't even know who she is" Sasuke said and Kiba chuckled.
"Sasuke, you should know Naruto by now. Whenever he goes all goo goo eyes for a girl, it's all over for him. He's you know, what you call a hopeless romantic" Kiba said, giving his chest a pat before walking off.
"Too bad for you though, it's not likely that you'll even remember her in the morning let alone meet her" Sasuke said and Naruto rolled his eyes at them as they walked down the street, laughing at something he knew was about him. However he couldn't care less about those two.
"I'll meet her" Naruto whispered, the image of the girl tearing through his consciousness. "Just you wait, I will meet her" he confirmed but all he got in response was a coy smile from a memory that was added to his list of things that he would never forget.
Author's notes: Somehow I have decided to write a NaruHina fanfic. I don't know why but apparently the song "Yeh Fitoor Mera" sung by Arijit Singh from the movie "Fitoor" sucked the inspiration out of me and I couldn't help but listen. If you don't know who he is or what the song is, just google it and you'll find it on Youtube. Yup, you can bet that the playlist on my phone is as weird as a person's can get. God, I have a problem and I don't even know where to start. Ugh.
Anyway, this story will contain a little bit of angst but mostly I plan to keep it as light as possible. Feedback is welcomed and you know...thanks for reading it so far.
