Prologue~
Three years ago
He was always there, but has he ever noticed my presence?
My name is Hinata Hyuga. A couple of years ago I met Naruto Uzumaki. He was reckless and caused our village a whole lot of trouble. But I started to like him, and before I knew it I couldn't stop thinking about him.
His team consisted of Sakura and Sasuke, and there was an obvious love triangle between the three. Naruto has always had eyes for Sakura, who in turn liked Sasuke. However, I could never figure out what went through Sasuke's head. I'm not sure if he liked the attention he received from Sakura, but it always made Naruto sad when they were together. He would seclude himself and stay at the playground every night after eating his ramen.
But that wasn't the only reason why he would seclude himself like that. He also had a Bijuu, a frightening beast that could easily destroy a whole village if it went on a rampage, sealed within him. The villagers knew about it and would constantly shun him. They despised him with all their hearts. But what made me fall in love with him was how determined he was to become the hokage of Konoha Village. Nobody took him seriously, but I did. I knew that he could change things if he set his mind to it.
Every night I would look at him while he was at the playground from afar. He would just sit there in the darkness all alone, and it would break my heart into tiny little pieces. So I would go and sit next to him without saying a single word. We never really talked. We would just sit there and stare into the darkness.
I knew that Naruto didn't like me in the same way that I liked him. He would always call me 'weird' for being so shy. He also laughed whenever he said that, so it wasn't like he was insulting me. But sometimes it did make me wonder how it would feel like if I were less shy. And it got even worse when I was around Naruto. I stammered more than I usually did, and I always ended up either running away from him, or passing out.
One night I found him sitting on a swing set, swinging himself back and forth. I took a deep breath before walking up to him. He glanced at me, and then looked away again.
"Yo," he said. We didn't normally talk, but he would still always greet me.
"H-hi Naruto," I muttered, avoiding his eyes.
It was quiet for the longest time before he spoke again, startling me.
"You're so weird, Hinata," he said in an odd tone. When I looked at him, he had a soft smile on his face. See what I mean? "You always come here when I'm here. Why do you do it? Is it because you pity me?"
I frowned. "N-no, that's n-not... it..." It actually kind of was, but how could I tell him that?
"Then what is it?" he asked curiously.
I tried to make up an excuse, but my mind went blank. So I did the one thing I could think of: I ran away. I could have died from embarrassment that night.
Since then I would pay extra attention to look at him only from a distance. He still went to the playground to have some peace of mind, but I didn't dare approach him anymore. It's not like I stopped going. I was there, but it was as if I wasn't really there. I could only lure from the darkest of shadows and dream to be with a guy like him.
*Hey guys! So this is actually my second fanfiction that I've ever written, but the first to actually come out in the open, I guess. Since I've always been obsessed with NaruHina, that's exactly what I decided to go with for my first fanfiction on this site. Hope it is liked and whatnot!~ XD