[First Person]
I watched you walk into the shop. You looked around confused, as if you didn't understand where you were. You were nervously scratching at the back of your neck, you're smiling a cheesy awkward smile, your eyes are closed while looking at a map. By the looks of things, you really didn't know and was just too embarrassed to admit it to yourself. That's funny because you look so damn confident standing there, not knowing what you're actually doing. How cute.
Based on the feeling you gave off, probably a University student. For what? I wouldn't know yet. You were wearing a lot of orange, black, white, and blue. A very obnoxious combination of colors. So you want to be noticed, yet you were ignoring everyone and thing around you. How very clever. Well, at least they're pastels. Easy on the eyes.
Messy blond hair, light blue eyes(Irises), and tan-ish skin. What a cliché. Odd whisker marks, tattoos or birthmarks? They look too bold to be tattoos, unless they were recent. But your cheeks aren't flushed? What strange birthmarks. Not that I could say much either.
I reached up and lightly touched at the bold marks around my eyes. Some of it was apart of the dark circles from my lack of sleep, but the rest of it? I was born with. I sighed lightly behind the hands that I clasped together.
You looked around the room embarrassed before your eyes landed on me. And the look on your face when you saw me-, ahaha! The lord, or whatever the Hell is observing me, can strike me dead if you noticed I was staring.
Just then, I burnt my hand on the cup of coffee I held. Guess the blond did know, how silly of me.
You smiled brightly at me and made your way over. Some glanced but none had much to say. It's a shame. Maybe they just aren't seeing what I'm seeing. You stood in front of me brightly smiling. You tilted your head down before you spoke to me, "Hey...!" I leaned back in my chair and tilted my head upwards, "Hello.". Why are you so awkward? You looked so confident a little while ago?
"I... I'm sorry, I-, I'm kinda lost! And I really need directions-! But I didn't know what to do-! And-!" Ah, that was fairly obvious to anyone that looked at you long enough. It amuses me that you think I didn't know, not that you knew me or I knew you before today, but the fact that you were so obviously lost. It's just you being oblivious, nothing to hold against you.
You continued to ramble on and on. Like a motor-, you have a motor mouth. Good, at least one of us is filling up the silence. As much as I love it, too much is daunting, "Where do you want to be?" You immediately stopped talking and flushed up a bit, "I-, do'ya know where the Uchiha Company is? Or maybe Biju Corp? Even The Akastuki Agency?" Why would you need to be there? Was I wrong? Are you an intern? Isn't that last one something dangerous, "Of course." Your eyes sparkled and suddenly I didn't care too much about why you're on your way to such big corporations.
"Hah! Really? Could you point me in one of their directions," You looked away, and from my view, embarrassed about something again, "... Or maybe take me there..." You mumbled a silly phrase but I think I'll pretend not to hear it.
A golden opportunity to talk to you some more? How wonderful!
I stood. I seemed to be just about the same height as the unnamed cheery blond I stood beside. "I'm Naruto! Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto quirked his head, "Gaara." Naruto ruffled his own hair, patiently waiting for me to continue on with my last name. It may have took a little bit, but I understood what he was waiting for. "Gaara No Sabaku."
Now I know your name, well, I already knew your name, Naruto... Funny how you still don't know mine. But you shouldn't just give information like that out, Naruto. People can do crazy things with just your name alone. You followed me to a outside in a somewhat deserted area completely unafraid. You're not afraid, which is both good and bad. You're not acting out and being afraid of me, like most would. However, you're following an absolute stranger while in a secluded place. Many bad things could've happened had you followed anyone else.
Luckily, I'm not a bad guy. Subjectively Speaking.
Once outside, a bit farther from the place we were originally, I pointed North from where we were. "If you keep going down this way, you should take a right at the 2nd block, past the Ichiraku ramen stand," You had, what I think is, your phone out and typing down notes. Why didn't you look up directions? The only answer I came up with is that your phone was either half broken or maybe your's requires Wifi and/or Data.
"but if you come across The Red Light district, you've gone too far." You finished taking notes and looked towards me with a bright smile, "Thank you, Gaara!" You started walking off, "I hope I see you again, ttebayo'!"
Dattebayo? Maybe a verbal tick. I can get past that. It's kind of adorable anyway.
You walked into the direction I pointed and I stood still, watching you leave, before I decided it was finally time to go home. Any more sun and I might actually get burned.
I wanted to know more about you. Why you were here, what are you doing, who do you know? Ha, I've known you for so long and still I don't seem to know much about you all the same.
So, when I got home I searched for you. Didn't take me long to get a result. Ah, the internet! A blessing for some and a curse for others. A double edged sword, if you will.
Lucky for me, you told the truth and my memory serves correctly. Your name is Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki. You're 20, just a year younger than I. You went abroad but you're back and are currently visiting family and friends. You went off to study with a major in business and a minor in science. Is that why you're here looking for those companies? Not that it even matters, I'm only a stranger to you still.
~~~Okay, so listen. This was supposed to be a 2 way type of story, where the first part was one story and the second half of the chapter would be another.
But I realized I don't have that kind of patience.
I will be improving and making these chapters longer. Thanks.~~
5/17/2021
Editing 7/29/2021 7:44pm