Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to K. Masashi.

Author's Note: Here's another one. This is really short, but I think it's cute. It's also sort of a clichéd idea, but I like it anyway. Enjoy, SilverRose88.

For most my life, I have been shunned, ignored, ridiculed and hated. I had to live through the pain that came everyday, had to learn to be stronger than that, be able to show everyone that their words, no matter how painful, could never wound me.

But I needed to be strong for myself, or I knew I wouldn't survive. There was also something missing. I knew it, I felt it. Something was missing. I needed it more than I could ever know, even now.

I suppose everyone at some point feels like there is something missing from their lives. Be it an ambition; a goal they need to reach. Or perhaps it is an inspiration; the motivation to accomplish something meaningful. For me there were two things that went hand in hand with one another. I was missing that person. The person who had never been around for my childhood. The person whom I needed for the rest of my life so I knew I was never alone. The person whom I could love and who would love me back.

It took a long time to find that person. It took even longer to realize it. But now, well, now, everything is okay.

See, I'm not missing that person anymore. I have it, I know it, and I can't live without it. Back then I hadn't realized he was that person. Back then I hadn't known he could be anything other than a rival. But he became so much more than that. Slowly, but surely, we both seemed to realize that our relationship was not like normal ones. It's something that only makes sense to us both. And that is enough.

We hate each other. We love each other.

We fight. We kiss.

Had someone told me back then that this would happen, I would have punched them out.

Me? And that bastard?

Please.

But now, had someone told me we weren't meant to be together, I would have killed them.

Brutally, evilly, and mercilessly.

I can endure the hatred and the agony now because I am not alone. I can walk down the streets with confidence because I don't feel the pain.

I'm not missing anything anymore. My life has meaning. I have someone now. Someone who I love. Someone who loves me back. There is nothing else I need.

"Oi, dobe, hurry up! Or I'll leave you behind!"

How can I be missing anything when I have him?