"Hinata sweetheart, I'm so sorry," my mother said to me her voice low and shaking.
"No," was all I managed to whisper. He was gone. Naruto was gone. I had just seen him last night after he walked me home from the carnival.
"They said, the driver probably didn't even see him, and it was so fast Naruto probably didn't feel a thing." That didn't make me feel better. I ran up to my room and hid under the covers, and let sob I had been miserably failing to suppress take over me. I laid there and cried for a good forty-five minutes before I found the strength to get up and pull out a box of photos from underneath my bed. I reminisced on all of the times we had together.
I remembered the first time I met Naruto, it was the begging of this past summer, I was mindlessly walking through a Wal-Mart searching for a toy to give to my young cousin for her birthday. I walked down some random aisle, when a huge rubber ball came barreling at me and knocked me down.
"Sorry!" I heard a voice cry, and when I looked up there was a blonde haired boy staring down at me with a goofy smile on his face. He extended his hand and helped me off the ground. "Sorry about that," he said, "I got a little overexcited and threw the ball too hard."
"It's okay," I managed to say, and I went back to looking for a gift.
"I'm Naruto," he said following me, "what's yours?"
"Hinata," stated trying to ignore him, but he was relentless. He followed me around the whole store that day, and kept making jokes. He wasn't as annoying as I originally thought, and as soon as I walked out he asked for my number so we could hang sometime. I didn't realize him and I would spend or entire summer together, or how much of a troublemaker he really was.
I sifted through a few photos and came across one form the beach. That was certainly and interesting day. I remember swimming in the ocean, building sand castles like we were little kids again. I remember Naruto chasing a flock of seagles, and him being chased by some homeless beach bum who couldn't speak English. But most of all, I remember all the laughing we did. Oh, how we laughed.
I found a photo of us at the zoo in front of the lions. We got kicked out because Naruto was teasing them so much. There was one from Bed, Bath, and Beyond too. I remember when we linked arms with each other and walked around that store like a snobby rich couple who were trying to redecorate their summer home. We were kicked out of there too. The pictures reminded me of every hike, picnic, and trip to the movies we ever went on. I especially remembered the carnival last night. We went on every ride, and when we sat at the night sky. The most important thing was when he walked me home and kissed me for the first time.
He can't be dead. I need him. Laid down on my bed and cried some more. I'll never forget that feeling I had when I was with him, I'll never forget our kiss, I'll never forget him. I'll never forget my summer with Naruto.