Dismal Day, a naruto fanfic

Dismal Day: a Naruto Songfic

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or his world, and I do not own Dismal Day. Kishimoto-sama and his publishers/distributors own/have rights to Naruto, and Bread and their publishers/distributors own/have rights to Dismal Day.

AN: Naruto is 7 years old in this. I wrote this during the first half of the first act of the second showing of the play that I'm Assistant Stage Manager for. Yeah, I have that much free time during the show. No, I'm not shirking any of my duties.

I looked into my morning mirror
And it revealed some things to me that I had not been able to see.
I saw someone that I'm not sure I want to be--
An empty, lonely face was staring back at me.

All in all, I would have to say,
It's been a rather dismal day.

Naruto stared at his face in the mirror. While he had just woken up, his face seemed very sad. Lonely. He forced his face into its trademark kitsune grin. Maybe today he'd actually make a friend?

The afternoon was slow in coming
I drug myself outside to face the people that I knew would be there.
And though they walked along pretending not to care,
I knew behind my back they'd point and laugh and stare

All in all, I would have to say,
It's been a rather dismal day.

The Academy seemed to go on longer than usual. Maybe it was the sensei? He'd been more vindictive than usual when he'd picked on Naruto today. But now that they were out for the afternoon he was going to try to find someone to play with. But everywhere he went, the kids would be with their parents. And so he was shunned when they thought he would notice them, but once they thought he was out of earshot the muttering and glaring began in earnest. He was becoming depressed, though his face once again took on its kitsune grin.

And now the evening shadow's falling.
I guess it's best I lay my hopes to rest for no one's calling my name.
I sit and wait behind my door that's never knocked on.
I live in silence like my phone that's never talked on.

All in all, I would have to say,
It's been a rather dismal day.

Night had fallen in earnest now, and Naruto knew it was hopeless--for today, at least. No one was knocking on his door to see him. No one even acknowledged him on the streets when he'd walked home…

All in all, I would have to say,
It's been a rather dismal day.

--End--

Dismal Day was Bread's first single, released in 1969. It's actually got a fairly upbeat tune, if you didn't already know. I refer to it as "the song that was a nearly-30-year early preemptive strike at emo." But the lyrics work for this sad little idea.