Disclaimer: ;-; Not mine...otherwise, Naruto would have went insane by now morbidly cheerful...
This is dedicated to everyone who reads my stuff (or writes stuff that I enjoy reading)...Sorry that it's so depressing...
It's difficult to be in love with Naruto. No, it's not because he's loud and obnoxious, or because he is the carrier of the Kyuubi Kitsune. Those are just parts, small parts, of what makes up Naruto as a whole; they are easily balanced out by his kindness and his compassion and the bright smile with which he faces an often cruel world.
Once a person has actually spoken to Naruto, once a person has witnessed his determination and will, it is easy to respect the boy. Once a person has considered all that he has gone through in his short and lonely life, and sees him grit his teeth and stand just one more time, that is when the person will begin to love Naruto. And once a person has somehow, someway, gotten close enough to the boy to see his vulnerabilities, that is when that person falls.
However, though it is endearingly easy to love Naruto, it is a difficult thing to be in love with him. Why? The answer is simple, really, it is difficult to be in love with Naruto, because he will love you back.
Oh, that sounds all well and good, and if one did not think too deeply about it, one could be perfectly content to remain by the boy's side, loving him, in love with him,forever. But, if one--if I think too deeply, questions arise. Naruto has never had anyone really, deeply, in love with him; if someone were to confess to those sorts of feelings to the lonely boy, the blonde would joyously accept that love. The dilemma which I face is that I think that he just might accept and return that love to anyone. So, yes, it is easy to love Naruto, but being in love with him is the hardest thing that I have ever faced.
It's a strange thing to fear, I know, that the person you love would love anyone just as powerfully as he claims to love you. To think that the only reason he is with you is because you were the first to confess; to wonder if you are his first choice--the one he truly yearned for--instead of his second or even third. That is why it is so hard to be in love with Naruto. Because I am always forced to ask myself the question: does he love me, or does he love the fact that someone loves him?