"O God, I am not like you
In your vacuous black,
Stars stuck all over, bright stupid confetti.
Eternity bores me,
I never wanted it."
— Sylvia Plath, 'Years'.
Sixteen year old Iwasaki Sora loved heights. She loved the feeling of the air brushing against her fingertips, and she loved the rush of adrenaline when looking at the world below. Therefore, it wasn't a surprise that looking down at the entire Hidden Leaf Village from the Hokage's office, the brunette felt at peace.
Konohagakure, the hidden village of the Land of Fire, had evolved into an impressive urban capital, or so that is what Sora's father proudly boasts. Even though this "village" is Sora's home, being here has never felt so foreign. Since a young age, Sora had travelled across the Five Great Shinobi Countries, and had never remained in one place for long. This was due to the nature of her family's business. Her family owned the Iwasaki Construction Company, and its riches were built upon the reconstruction of the modern shinobi world following the Fourth Shinobi World War. To Sora, her family's construction business was all she knew, and she spent most of her youth in hotel rooms either being tutored or reading a book. That's why standing in the Seventh Hokage's office was odd, to say the very least.
"Thank you so much for hosting us, Hokage-sama." Sora's father, Iwasaki Tanaka, bowed, and the young brunette followed by example. Currently, Sora was the only member of her family with her father in Konohagakure, with her siblings and mother dealing with business in Kirigakure, the village of the Land of Water. This seperation was regular for Sora, and she often accompanied her father in his business trips, but it has been a long time since she has been in Konohagakure.
The Seventh Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto, stood from his seat, responding with a warm smile whilst shaking Tanaka's hand. "It's not a problem at all Iwasaki-san, welcome home."
Sora and her father were in the Hokage's office because of a request that her father was making. Sora saw this request as completely unnecessary, but her father had demanded her compliance and requested her also to meet the Hokage.
"Thank you again for your time, Hokage-sama. This is my daughter, Sora." With a nudge from her father, Sora let out a muffled greeting. "I have a request. Could one of our capable leaf shinobi please be her bodyguard." With that, Sora felt blood flush through her cheeks, and she clenched her fist as her father continued. "You see, we have our own body guards normally everywhere we go, however, our employees are currently visiting family."
"Of course, not a problem, I've actually got the perfect person for the job coming any minute now." The Hokage looked Sora in her hazel eyes, giving her a comforting smile. This put her at ease, yet she still felt embarrassed.
Little did Sora know, this was going to be the beginning of many different emotions.
Uzumaki Boruto detested his old man, and that was putting it lightly. At age fifteen, the blonde did not have a good relationship with his father, but regardless, he still had respect. The chunin had learned to seperate his father from his Hokage. This meant that when his Hokage gave him a boring C-grade job of being a bodyguard to some privileged teenage girl, the blonde simply gritted his teeth and accepted the job. He didn't like the fact that team mates and friends were all busy doing cooler jobs. Sarada was currently acting as an envoy to Sunagakure. Mitsuki was helping out Team Moegi on solving a heist mission up North. Even Team Udon was solving a case in the Land of Earth, meanwhile Boruto was stuck babysitting for an entire month.
Regardless, Boruto (distastefully) accepted the job, and that's why he was outside a presidential suite, of the luxurious Hōshi Ryokan inn in the inner outskirts of Konohagakure. Letting a sigh out, Boruto proceeded to knocking on the wooden door, preparing himself to deal with a bratty child. Instead of the door being opened, he heard a light, but firm, voice. "Doors unlocked, come in." Tsk, no wonder she needs a bodyguard. She is practically inviting anyone to kidnap her.
But still, Boruto complied, opening the door and stepping inside the room, not bothering to remove his shoes. As he enters, her sees a medium-built girl around his age, laying on a king sized bed. Her wild brown hair was long and unkept, and her face was hidden behind a book. Moreover, she was dressed in a black tank top and a pair of simple pants, and nothing about her screamed sophistication. For a moment, Boruto thought he had entered the wrong room.
Clearing his throat, Boruto spoke. "Are you Ms. Iwasaki Sora?"
The brunette then raised her gaze whilst setting down the book. She then set up right, pulling her hair to one side. With a smile, she responded. "Depends on who's asking."
Rolling his ocean-coloured eyes, Boruto straightened himself. To say he was annoyed was putting it lightly. "Iwasaki-san, I am Uzumaki Boruto, shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Village. I am going to be your bodyguard for the next month. If you need me, I will be outside. If you intend to leave the room, please let me know and I will escort you safely wherever you need to go." Boruto noticed how the brunette was watching him intently, really listening to every word he was saying. Then, without meaning to, his gaze started going lower, until to his peripheral vision came a clear view of cleavage. This caused the blonde to go red, quickly turning around, meanwhile Sora's head simply tilted to the left.
"I also suggest you change into something more modest." Boruto grumbled, as he proceeded to leave the room.
Boruto then heard her cheeky reply as he left. "That's not going to happen, nice meeting you Boruto-kun." The last part made the blonde annoyed, and unconsciously huff as her slammed the door, preparing himself for the most boring month he had yet to endure. It's only one month. I'll be fine.
To say that Sora was ecstatic, was putting it lightly. Firstly, Sora wasn't expecting to be assigned a guard so quickly, and if anything, she thought that she was going to meet the guard under a more formal setting, at earliest, tomorrow. Combined with that, the young brunette was not expecting for the guard to be young, let alone around her age. And it didn't hurt that he was easy on the eyes.
Sora was in her room, reading a book called 'Nymphette', which was written by an author who was native to the Land of Earth. The book was about an older Sensei, who fell in love with a student of his team, and while Sora found the book disturbing, she was still enjoying it. She was so thoroughly engrossed in the book, that at first, she didn't realise that there was a teenage boy in her room. And to be fair, she hardly comes across any teenage boys, due to the overly-protective nature of her family. This made her even more excited, as she could potentially be making a friend now. And that's what Sora wants more than anything. Friends.
Lost in her thoughts, Sora didn't realise the sad smile that her formed on her face. She also didn't notice how much time had passed, and her stomach signalled that. Setting down her book, Sora walked to the window, looking out it. The sky was bleeding in burgundy and lilac hues, and the sun was comfortingly bright. The sunsets here really are something, huh.
The brunette then turned around to the table behind her, spotting a fruit basket with ripe peaches which were looking juicy and plump. This made her mouth water, and with the blonde outside the room in mind, she grabbed two peaches, and left the room.
"Boruto-kun." Sora lightly yelled as she left the room. She spotted the blonde pacing on the other side of the corridor. He then silently walked towards her, jumping slightly as she tossed a peach at hime. Biting down on her own, Sora finished. "So do you have any good food places in town?"
Chapter notes
hello! my name is sabina, and i hope you enjoy the opening chapter of a new fanfic that i am going to be working on. i grew up with naruto, and despite the popular concensus, whereby boruto is disliked, i personally still love it!
i primarily utilise archive of our own (ao3) to update my stories, but i am posting some stories in bulk here just to back up my work. if you do like this, please do leave some love and a review, i'd really appreciate it! if you want to be completely up-to-date with my work in general, you can check out my profile on ao3, i have the same username (belovedmind).
until next time,
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