Title: Secret

Note: This is my first time EVER to write a fanfic story so it's just right to say that my writing sucks.. Hahaha. If you finish reading, feel free to review. I'll take all your criticisms as compliments. If you think my story is a failure, please tell me why, because it can be a huge help to me.. But right now, ENJOY!

Chapter 1: In the Apartment

Sunlight hit Konoha Village. It was a very fine day for the villagers of Konoha, save for some. Crowds of people woke up early that day, especially children. It was the beginning of school this year.

Well, school is nothing but torture for Umino Iruka. He'd always hated going out of his apartment, just to go to the world of "boredom". The 14-year old genin got up from his bed a few minutes earlier than usual. He was reluctant about this. He didn't want to leave his apartment, NEVER.

"Why do I have to return to school anyway? Besides, I've learned enough to stand up for myself. I live alone!" Iruka said to himself. The scarred boy pulled a chair from the dining room and sat on it, hoping that he could still have some last-minute sleep. But before he could close his eyes and rest on his chair, he just came up with an idea to make a list of something. Iruka hurried up to pick his bag and grab his favorite notebook and pen, and just as he was about to sit on his chair (because of sheer excitement), he immediately wrote something in his notebook:

Top 5 Reasons Why I should Go to School:

He started brainstorming. The genin actually expected for a myriad of reasons to to pop out from his brain, but the only things that were on his mind were the most common reasons. They were the only things that he could think of, so he –just to fill his list with less effort- put them all down. He even added comments after each reason. Here it goes:

1. To learn new things (Well yeah, whatever)

2. To have a job (Am I serious?)

3. To have lots of friends (I've got a point, exactly)

4. To have an EPIC future (yes, EPIC is the word)

5..

"Oh great.. What in the world am I doing?" He should have been preparing for school, but later then he just realized that what he was actually doing right now is plain stupid.

"I'm stupid..right?" He was wasting almost all of his time on this. That precious yet wasted time of his should have been used in preparing breakfast and taking a shower…wait, he doesn't have breakfast.

Idiot! Don't you know you have school to go to? Now you have less time to hit the shower! You don't want to go to the Academy with a horrible body odor, do you? A complete moron! Iruka thought.

He –without any hesitation- got up from his old dining chair and went straight to the bathroom. Taking a shower was the only thing on his mind when suddenly.. he realized something..

The scarred boy had already thought of four reasons on why he should return to the Academy this year, but there's still one more. Only then he realized that the number four reason got him curious..

"..to have an EPIC future?"

Sure, getting paid with huge amounts of money and getting a getting a good job would mean most of that, but something else was bothering him.

One question tickled his mind.

What thing from his future was he so anxious to have?

A career? No. Money? No. A bigger apartment? Well, he had been planning about it for years, that when he'd grow up, he will reconstruct his apartment and make it twice larger. But still, NO.

So what was it exactly?

A partner..

He didn't see that one coming. Finding someone to love especially at school is not easy. Love would mean hundreds or maybe thousands of challenges and heartbreak, but he didn't mind at all. As long as he will have the "one" for his bright future, then he will be happy about it.

At least there was one reason that convinced him to go to school. If it wasn't for that reason, then he would have just stayed in his apartment all day, or maybe, all week and recover some hours of sleep that he lacked.

Nothing's gonna stop Iruka from returning to school now, not even the additional hours of sleep that his bed had offered him.

There was only one thing on Iruka's mind now: To find a partner (for the sake of his future) in school.

This is my first time making a fanfic story, so please, review! If you want me to continue writing then write it on the review section. Thanks! :D