A/N: I don't own Naruto. He belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
Place yourself in the character for a better experience.
Even though my name is Hoshiko, my friend/crush/fiance (long story) prefers to call me Kuriketto–chan i.e., cricket. Why? It's because I talk a lot...and when I say a lot, I mean a LOT.
Well, I'm not here to tell you how exactly my friend became my fiance or how much of a senile human I am, though if you want I can tell you that later sometime because why not? Another chance to embarass myself. Anyways, I am here because I have been dared to tell you all about how big of a scaredy little cat I am. I'm gonna regret this
Oh, in case you're wondering, Shisui is the person who gave me this embarrassing dare and yes...he is the unlucky guy stuck with me forever.
Anyways, it was a normal day, more of an evening in Konoha. I was sitting with Shisui in the training grounds, bored, when Shisui came up with this not so brilliant idea.
"Hey Kuriketto chan, I have an awesome idea. Wanna hear?"he said, breaking the calming silence
"No thanks"
"Oh but I swear it's an awesome one"
"No"
"Aww...Come on, I'm not gonna bore you"
"No"
"Okay so I was thinking that as we―"
"Shisui I told you I don't wanna hear it"
"But I am gonna tell you whether you want to or don't want to listen because I am an Uchiha and we don't like to hear 'no', you woman" he said with an expression of false pride
"Oh really? And since when did the Shisui Uchiha started to act so high and mighty?"
"Since today. Anyways, as I was saying, I was thinking as we don't have anything to do right now, how about we go to my place and watch a horror movie and read horror stories. Wouldn't that be fun?"
"No thanks, I'll pass"
"Why? You scared? Oh how could I forget, you're scared of horror movies." he said teasingly.
"I am not"
"Then why would you not agree to come"
"Because―"
The truth is that I am scared of horror movies or anything horror in general. There's something about it that just creeps me out. But the fact that Shisui always like to make fun of me (I know not to take him seriously though) kept me from saying anything. So here I was at his place after a little persuasion.
Shisui opened the window, drew the curtains, lit a candle at the centre of the room and took out a book he exclusively bought to read with me because he knows that no matter how much I pretend, I am a scared little cat.
"101 Short horror stories to read at night" he recited the title with an evil smirk on his face. I swear, I hate this guy.
"Shisui, don't you think we should invite Itachi?" I suggested hoping that the addition of a human (Shisui's a pure evil monster) will make the stories a bit bearable.
"I would but he's out on a mission"
"Tch"
"Let's start with the first story shall we ku-ri-ke-tto-chan?" He said opening the book
"Whatever" I replied, taking a seat beside him, for safety from...I don't know what...Just to feel safe.
"Okay. The first one. These have no names cuz they are based on true stories"
He took a deep breath and started
"I was walking home after a late night shift at the hospital. I was very hungry so I decided to stop by a shop to grab something to eat. Surprisingly every shop was closed. I was super hungry and didn't have the energy to cook anything so I decided to hunt for a stall for a little longer.
After sometime I was able to find one and thanking god, I went inside. The place was lively but gave me a creepy feeling. I thought I was being paranoid and my hunger made me not leave the place. I ordered some food and began eating. Everything was fine until I asked to pay the bill. The waitress, pointing at what looked like a small cabin, said that "If you had your fill sir, you should go to that room"
I thought it was weird how she didn't simply gave me the bill but I thought it must be the way in here so I followed her instructions.
Just before I entered the cabin, I peeked inside and saw a bloody body being taken inside the kitchen. I ran towards the entrance. Just when I opened the gate to escape the waitress serving me caught a hold of my leg and dug her long fingernails in them. I, somehow, managed to free myself and ran as fast as I could, not daring to look back.
Since that day, I have passed that location quite a lot of times but I haven't seen that restaurant ever again. Though the fingernail marks on my skin have been there ever since that day. I have no idea where that restaurant disappeared.
What do you think that was, Kuriketto...chan? Whoa! Why are you sitting cross legged? No one's gonna grab you out of nowhere. Relax"
"I know. I just feel a little cold"
"You know, I've heard that usually when you start feeling cold suddenly, It's because a ghost is somewhere near you." he said seriously making me shiver.
"Shut up idiot, it's already scary without you telling me all this weird horror stuff"
"Alright, alright sorry. Let's watch the movie, okay?"
"I― fine let's watch it"
"Do you want a bag of chips to snack on? Might help you feel better"
"Okay"
Shisui went to the kitchen and brought back a lot of snacks and then played the movie 'The Asylum'. I already hate horror movies and this psychological thriller was creeping me out even more. Why can't the people in movies be normal and just move out when they see something abnormal happening?
I didn't realize how freaked out I was nor did I notice myself grabbing Shisui's arm and burying my face in his shoulders everytime something happened, though I noticed the stupid smirk on his face and his...red cheeks? His heart beat was abnormally fast too.
"Ano Shisui.." I was about to say something when suddenly the cold wind blew right at my face and freaked me out. I screamed.
"Whoa, what happened? Why did you scream like that? You scared me for a moment."
"It's scary, the wind is scary" I said, hugging him. I was absolutely terrified and didn't know what I was doing.
"Calm down, I'm here to protect you, you idiot."
"Shisui?"
"What is it?"
"Your heartbeat, it's faster than it should normally be"
At this, Shisui just stared at me for a while and then he started laughing.
"W.why are you l.l.laughing?" I asked
"You weren't watching the movie but listening to my heartbeat?"
"I'm a medic! I can't help it okay"
"Hai hai" he replied, still laughing
He changed our positions such that I was sitting on his lap and my head was on his chest, right where his heart was.
"W.What are y.you doing?" I said, feeling my face grow hot.
"You only wanted to listen to my heart beat"
"But―"
"Shh" he said placing a finger on my lip.
We sat in silence for a while until Shisui decided to speak
"Feeling better?"
"So warm" I said snuggling closer. I then realised how embarrassing I was being so I sat up
"What happened? You okay?" he asked
"Hana-chan will kill me, I swear she will kill me"
"She wont" he said placing my head back on his chest "Hana and I are just friends. You over think stuff" he said and kissed my head.
I don't know what happened after that. All I remember is waking up next day and seeing two monsters (Itachi and Shisui) staring at me. Though Shisui says that I passed out after he kissed me on my head.
So that was my embarrassing story about me being a scaredy cat and making a prat out of myself. I want to die right now but I'm afraid my husband chan won't let me.
To this day I'm scared of horror stuff, though not as much.
Owari~
A/N: Hey guys hope you liked it. I don't know if 'The Asylum' is an actual movie or not, I just wrote the first name that came to my mind. Reviews are loved :)