Author's Note: This is my new story, and my first AU (alternate universe)! Their school is in Tokyo…because I decided so. The beginning part is in Hinata's point of view, and the rest is in the third person. I actually did research for this. Enjoy.
A Fish in the Sun
When I was little, I used to go on walks all of the time. It was calming to walk around our little suburban village, looking at the beautiful scenery and shaded by the foliage. I was usually alone; I didn't have many friends because of my family. My father didn't even like me going on my walks, he wanted someone to accompany me. My cousin lived with us, as his father had died when he was very little. Luckily, Neji-nii-san was always told to come, but rarely followed me long. My father was none the wiser.
On one particular walk, I veered from my usual course, walking farther away from home. My father had not even noticed I had left, and Neji-nii-san had not noted, as it was Tango no sekku, and he was being celebrated as a boy. I had walked by many houses with koi streamers, proclaiming the family had a son. As it was early May, I had seen many wild flowers growing on the sides of the sidewalk and had picked one blue one that had caught my eye. It was the most beautiful I had ever seen, and I doubted I would ever find one as calming.
I caught a glimpse of a boy who sat in front of a small house, if it could be called that. He looked sad and alone. There were no streamers at his house. As I neared the house, he looked up at me, and I was unnerved by the pure sadness in his clouded blue eyes. I looked down at the flower in my hands, and I felt guilty having it for myself. I looked at the boy, who was now staring at the ground, with no one celebrating him. I walked up to the golden haired boy and held out my flower. He stared at me in surprise and took it, dumbfounded by his wonder. His face all of a sudden filled with a wonderfully happy smile. His smile made me more joyous than any of the possessions I had at my house.
I tried to find him in the weeks following, but I was never able to find that house. The boy faded from my memory.
