Another drabble-y type story. Yay! I still don't own Naruto.

#2. Obedience

"Stay away from that Uzumaki boy."

Her father hadn't told her why she should, but she listened and obeyed, like a good daughter should.

She never talked to him.

Never asked him why he was always so happy, or why he always misbehaved in class, or what he liked, or what he didn't like, or why he was so dangerous.

The other kids stayed away from him too, and she noticed the hushed whispers and glares from their parents.

He was so loud, but kept to himself mostly. She saw him alone on the swing set every day, smiling to himself as he ate his lunch. She watched him, always.

His eyes looked so sad.

She paced back and forth at lunchtime. This would be the day that she broke the rules. This would be the day that she talked to him. It almost always made her sick to her stomach.

Maybe tomorrow.