Reclaiming the heart

by Ice Is Nice

"My goldfish is dead, I've lost my job, I woke up to find creepy bowl-cut haired green spandex wearing neighbor doing push-ups in my apartment, had a gun shoved in my face and the man I love is marrying someone else, and who are you to call me self-" not letting me finish he puts his hands up in a mock surrender while smirking infuriatingly,"Calm down Mother Teresa and just listen"

1. How it all began

Author note: Just a short prologue for a five to six multi-chapter (first person narrative) AU story that I have been planning to publish on FF-net for a while, full details will be uploaded along with the next chapter sometime next week but until then I give you a small taster/glimpse of what is to come.

Disclaimer: The events that take place in this story are purely fictitious while the characters and anything bearing resemblance to 'Naruto' belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.

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How it all began

I guess there is no proper beginning to my story and as much as I would love to tell you all tales of my extraordinary life that would be far from the truth. I was born Hinata Hyuga, average, barely making it through life until I realised that I was completely running in the wrong direction—literally.

For most people January 28th 1993 is insignificant but for me on this day, exactly 19th years ago I met my future husband—Naruto Uzumaki, I am ashamed to admit it but this day used to mean more to me than my birthday.

So at the tender age of five when I walked into school on my very first day there was only one person who stood out in the playground—a blonde haired boy with cerulean blue eyes who had the friendliest smile and that is when I decided that one day I would marry him, of course I never did disclose my plans because being in the same room with my said future husband meant I would rather embarrassingly crash onto the floor and then wake up in the nurse's office a few hours later.

I suppose the greatest flaw to my plan was that I never spoke to Naruto, after all I was terribly shy and there are two things that all terribly shy girls have in common—one, they never get noticed and two, they always have a confident best friend.

Which means, that I don't even have to tell you who gets the guy, and as cliché as this all sounds believe me when I say that my life is far from a Hollywood movie.

If you're expecting a story where I, the deathly shy girl who has been unnoticed her entire life suddenly gets the guy of her dreams because of fancy clothes, great dollops of make-up and a gust of wind then you know where the exit button is.

This is my life with all the bitter sweetness as I, Hinata Hyuga make the greatest self-discovering journey to reclaiming my heart.