A/N: Just popped into my head from nowhere, with a little help on the main character from Garrett.
Existence
One, Two.
The log creaked. Why didn't anybody know him?
One, Two, Three.
Fibers crackled. Why didn't anybody want to know him?
One, Two, Three, Four.
Why did he always feel so left behind? So unwanted? So many questions without answers.
Sawdust drifted slowly as the last blow connected.
One, two.
Couldn't they see? Couldn't they tell?
One, Two, three.
Behind the jacket, behind the unchanging mask, behind the shades that belied expressionless-ness…
One, Two, Three, Four.
There was feeling.
A loud crack rang out as the log began to split.
There was anger, and sadness, and laughter, and melancholy. There was a man yearning to prove himself, and a boy that needed to be loved.
ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!
With a clap akin to lightning, the log splintered.
He would show them. He would show them all.
Aburame Shino was human.
:)