A couple days later it was a sunny day out. The village was almost fully repaired and everyone seemed to be in a good mood today, well everyone except naruko. The moment naruko woke up and looked at her calendar she realized that today was Akito's birthday.

Naruko then looked down at the ground as tears started to fall from her eyes. Memories of Akito came into her mind. After a couple minutes naruko went over to her closet.

She put on a plain black shirt and pants. She was reaching for her usual orange and blue jacket but stopped when she saw something white. This confused naruko because she doesn't recall having any white clothes.

Taking the white clothes out of her closet she got a better look at it. It was a fluffy hoodie. On the front there was a pink heart with the word kitty in the middle of it and on the hood it had two cat ears on it. The design of the hoodie was plain and simple but cute and extremely soft.

Upon seeing the hoodie naruko immediately remembered where she got it from or who she got it from. Years ago when naruko was still living in the village of light her and Akito were hanging out.

'Naruko and Akito were hanging out by the cherry blossom tree. After a bit of talking Akito said "hey kitty can you close your eyes? I've got a surprise for you." "Really what is it?" Naruko said. Akito giggled and said "that would ruin the surprise dork." "Alright I'll close my eyes" naruko said covering her eyes with her hands.

After a bit, "Ok you can look now" Akito said. Naruko took her hands off her eyes. She saw Akito handing her a fluffy white hoodie. Naruko took the hoodie, smiled and said "thank you Akito. Where did you get this?" "I didn't get it, I made it for you" Akito said.

Naruko blushed a bit then frowned and said "Akito you didn't make this with your hitokon did you?" "Well-" before Akito could finish what he was saying he was cut off. "Akito you know you're not supposed to use you hitokon for stupid reasons. I mean I love all the presents you made for me but I don't want you to get in trouble" Naruko said.

"The thing is, I didn't use my hitokon to make it" Akito said. Shocked naruko said "wait you made this without using your hitokon?" Akito scratched the back of his head and said "well I had some help from my mom because I suck at sewing but yeah I did. Sorry if it's really simple but I tried."

Naruko couldn't help but smile and blush thinking that Akito took the time to make her something. Even though he's bad at sewing he still went through the trouble to make her something. "It's ok. I'm honestly really flattered that you took the time to make it so I don't care if it's really simple" naruko said. Akito smiled and felt relieved that naruko liked the hoodie he made her.

Naruko put on the hoodie on and said in a happy tone "it's so soft and cute." "I'm really glad that you like it. I pricked myself a bunch of times making it. So does it fit ok?" Akito said blushing. "It's a bit big but that's ok, I still love it" naruko said burying her face in the hoodie. She then ran towards Akito and ambushed him in a hug.'

Tears ran down naruko's cheeks while holding the hoodie tightly to her chest. 'You freakin goofball. You really were the sweetest guy I've ever met. There was never a dull moment with you around' naruko thought. She then put the hoodie on and wiped her tears away.

She went to the bathroom to brush her hair. When she was done she didn't even bother to put her hair into pigtails. She then left her apartment to take a walk and get some fresh air. After a couple minutes of walking, naruko ended up bumping into sakura and ino. "Oh hey sakura, hey ino" naruko said not bothering to smile.

"Hey naruko" ino said a bit taken back at what naruko was wearing. "Are you ok naruko?" Sakura asked. "I'm fine sakura. I've just got a lot on my mind" naruko said. Just as sakura was about to say something naruko walked passed her. Sakura looked at her and said "hey wait a minute." Naruko didn't listen and just kept walking. After a couple minutes of walking naruko found a bench and went to sit down. Looking at the hokage mountain brought back another memory.

'It was when they were little kids. A couple of months after naruko met Akito they were on top of the hokage mountain laying down looking at the stars when naruko said "I like looking at the stars. They're really pretty." "They're pretty it's just that they're not as pretty someone I know" Akito said sitting up. Naruko looked at Akito confused, sat up and said "who?"

"You" Akito whispered. "Huh? What did you say?" Naruko asked. "I said-" Akito started at naruko for a moment before saying "m-my mom. The stars aren't as pretty as my mom." They were silent for a bit until Akito stood up and said "I better go. My mom is gonna be mad if I'm not home in time." "Yeah I'd better go too. Old man hokage is gonna kill me if I'm out past curfew" naruko said standing up.

Naruko smiled at Akito when all of a sudden Akito kissed naruko's cheek and ran away saying "bye." Naruko stood there blushing for a bit before returning home thinking of Akito the whole way.'

Naruko snapped back to reality when she heard someone say "naru-chan." Naruko looked over to see hinata, kiba, shikamaru, and choji walking towards her. "What are you guys doing here?" Naruko asked. "We were in the area and we ran into each other" kiba said. "If you want you can join us naru-chan" hinata said. "Oh, no thanks. I just want to be alone today" naruko said getting up and walked away putting her hood up.