.:Life is One Big Book
Chapter 5: Complications and Unknown Sadness
I sat once again, in my empty messy bedroom, looking out the window into the dark night sky, city lights illuminating the landscape. Although it was very late, cars honking and trucks' horns could be heard. Because of the city lights, the beautiful stars could barely be seen but they were still there, shining as brightly as they could. The moon also accompanied them but it shone through the city lights, still the ruler of the night.
Everything was getting so complicated. "I meet boy, boy likes girl, boy has friend, friend sees boy and girl together, friend gets mad, I get stuck." It was like reading a story book with no happy ending. The story just keeps getting more and more complicated as if there was no end. I can't believe I got myself into this. "What the hell am I doing anyway? I know I should be doing something but I didn't think I would get so dragged into it. Now I'm stuck between a love triangle." I collapsed onto my bed. "Not to mention the girl is in it too. Two guys going for the same girl," I thought as I stared at the blank ceiling. "Although it is complicated, I admit, it's going to be one hell of a fight." A picture of Sasuke and Naruto going at it, fist to fist came into mind. "Wait, not physically." I reassured myself. Last thing I wanted were two beat up boys in the hospital.
I took off my shoes and laid down on the bed properly with my hands behind my head, still staring at the ceiling. "God, what have I gotten myself into." My eyes began to droop slowly until they closed shut completely and I drifted off into a deep sleep.
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True Love, Konoha High
Kakashi moved among the sea of students with a huge smile plastered onto his face. Not only was he expressing his happiness through his face, he was also expressing it through his body; he was almost dancing within the halls. His feet moved swiftly and smoothing along the floor as if there were wheels attached to the soles of his feet.
His weekend was the best weekend he had ever experienced in his life. For once, he didn't have to worry about homework or school or even Obito, all he had to worry about was not falling asleep on the beach. He had a blast but if he fell asleep, he would've gotten into big trouble.
That day, he hadn't seen Hikari yet but he immediately caught a glimpse of Obito and ran to him. "Obito!" he said, looking over peoples' heads to where Obito's locker was. Obito heard his name being called and looked up but only to see the person he least liked at the moment. He then sped up his movements and shut his locker, walking away as fast as he could in the direction of his next class. To his efforts, he at least got to get around the corner before Kakashi got to him. "Hey, man. Didn't you hear me back there? I was practically screaming." Kakashi looked Obito in the face and noticed that he wasn't making any eye contact. "'Ey, what's up? You don't seem like yourself today." He stated. Obito said nothing. "Oh come on, it's me, Kakashi. By now you would've told me about all the things you did this weekend. Oh and speaking of weekends—" he was interrupted by Obito walking passed him, his head hung low. "'Oy, where are you going?"
"I didn't do anything this weekend, that's all." Obito muttered before he entered his next class, leaving a dumbstruck Kakashi in the nearly empty hallways. "The heck?" Then, he felt a tap on his shoulder and he turned around. "Hey, I haven't seen you all day, where were—" She yelped when she was lifted several feet off the ground and spun around in the air. She was very confused while Kakashi was as happy as he could ever be. "Wha-hey! Kakashi!" she cried out as she heard him laughing. She was then set down safely on the ground. "We really have to work on your greetings, 'kashi." She said looking up at him with a knowing look.
Kakashi just scratched the back of his head sheepishly and looked back down at her. "Well, it's not my fault. You made me the happiest guy in the world. It's the least I could do." He joked, earning him a playful punch in the arm. "It just so happens that I didn't do much remember? I fell asleep." She remembered the beautiful orange colour of the sun with a touch of purple that graced the skies while they were on the beach. "That was good enough for me." He replied.
"I was meaning to ask you something," he began after a moment. "Hmm?" she questioned looking into his mismatched eyes. "I—"
"Hikari! There you are!" a girl that he didn't really recognize came by and stopped him from continuing. "We have to get to socials. We have a presentation to get ready for remember?" she urged Hikari to hurry up. She looked back at Kakashi with a sorry look. "Sorry 'kashi, I have to go. I completely forgot about the presentation. Just remember that question and ask me later after school okay?" she was about to turn around and run after her friend but she stopped and turned to Kakashi again. To his surprise, she pecked him on the cheek and bid farewell. For the second time that day, he was left dumbstruck in the halls.
He watched her disappear up the stairs, still in shock. The warning bell went and woke Kakashi's senses up. "Crap. Class is all the way on the other side of the school!" and off he ran, shoes making a loud clicking that echoed through the hallways.
"You probably won't understand me anyway Kakashi." Once again, Obito witnessed a heartbreaking event.
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I woke up abruptly to the sound of the doorbell being rung more than it was supposed to. "Who could that be?" I looked at my alarm clock. It said it was quarter to eight. I rubbed my eyes a bit to make sure I wasn't seeing things. "Eight? Who could be here at eight?" The doorbell just kept going, with the occasional knocking ever now and then. I didn't want to get up so I put my pillow over my head to try and block out the sounds. When I did so, everything became silent for about five minutes. "Hey it worked!" I thought. From out of nowhere there was a loud knocking at the door and everything started up again. I groaned and forced myself to get up and check who it was. It was for my sake and my door's.
"I'm coming!" I said as loud as I could, didn't work. I was walking through my house like a blind person. I bumped into various things, especially things with sharp corners. I didn't have any energy to yell out in pain though, so I just screamed out my agony in my head. 'Damnit, this better be worth it or I'm going to sum up energy to yell. Not now though, I'm too tired.' I thought and yawned and stretched while still making my way to the door. This caused me to scratch my stomach on my wooden side table, leaving a long red mark across it. That one stung. "Gah! When I open that door I'm gonna…"
I unlocked my door and unchained it then turned the knob and opened it to reveal my uninvited visitor. "Took you long enough to open up. Geez, you sleep like glue."
"God help me."
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"Tell me again why you woke me up at eight in the morning just to drag me grocery shopping with you? 'Cause I don't quite get it." I yawned as I carried four grocery bags; two in each hand. I thought he said it was some 'light food shopping'. 'Yeah, right.' "Okay, you see I woke up at around five this morning and I couldn't get back to sleep. I tried everything: watch tv, eat, count sheep, stare at the ceiling and even cook up ramen. That usually gets me to sleep." He rambled on. "And besides, I was still thinking about that whole Hisakata thing. It takes a while to forget ya know," He was carrying two bags in one hand while the other held one. "So I came to your place just to get out into town. I didn't have much planned for today anyway." The word sleepwalking was my brand new word of the day.
I fought another yawn from seeping through. "So, about that thing with Sasuke and Hisakata," I started. Curiosity got the best of me so I questioned on. I remembered Naruto's reaction when he saw them. I saw him with a stare that was mixed with shock, sadness and anger. He couldn't even bring himself to look away for his glare was stuck on no one but Sasuke, who he thought was one of his best friends. His supposed fiancée was with someone who was his friend though I doubted Sasuke even knew that that was the girl that Naruto had described to him all those years. Naruto then stormed off, walking across streets without even looking both ways, as if he was just waiting to get hit by a moving vehicle. I saw everything, and in truth, I felt a little sorry for Naruto for he saw the woman he loved with another man. To be frank, I had felt that before but I don't want to go into detail.
He was silent and somehow I knew that would happen. It would be kind of hard to take if I were in his position too. Finding out how that happened is the only way to answer the silence. I knew enough about Hisakata to know that she wouldn't go behind her fiancée's back and go for another guy, even though that guy was known as a 'heartbreaker' among the ladies. 'Girls always see him as the handsome one; he sees them as pests I'm guessing.' Not only does she have a good head on her shoulders, she also has her dignity. She's not one to do such things.
"It's probably not what you think. Tell you what," we had just entered the elevator of the apartment that Naruto was staying at and I pressed the button to his floor even though my hands were still occupied. "I'll check it out some time this week okay?" There was a sound that indicated that we had reached our destination and the doors opened, revealing others who were waiting to use the elevator as well. We walked out and headed towards Naruto's suit. "I couldn't make you do that, you're not really involved in this." He replied to my offer. He opened his door and I made my way to his kitchen. "Don't worry about that part. I need to do something about it anyway. You know how it is when Hisakata is involved in these kinds of things." I said and dropped off the groceries on the floor. "Well, I'll be seeing you." I said bidding him farewell. "But—" Without turning around, I said, "I said don't worry. No one else can do it anyway." I chuckled. "Bye, Naruto."
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My shadow dragged behind me as I walked down the silent sidewalk. I knew that having Naruto here at this particular time was a bad idea but I couldn't argue with his father, I still owed him a lot. This 'babysitting' wouldn't even cover it. I don't think a whole wad of cash would do either, since he is one of the richest men around. He's special to me, like a father figure. When I was young, he was my mentor. He was the one who taught me martial arts. I know I never really got to use those skills in my life time but it always came in handy in other ways.
I owed him something else. It wasn't just because he was like a father figure and my mentor but more. More than what words can comprehend. Naruto, as well, was fun to be around and he kind of grew on me over the years. Since he was a toddler, he was always by my side, being the boy that he was: curious, obnoxious yet caring and gentle.
My feet brought me back to my place of memories. The park. The world was being queer to me. It winded all of the roads and streets to lead me back here. I continued to let it mark a path for me and I followed. I then began to walk on the gravel road that encircled the park and the road that lead to the different playgrounds. I was thinking, 'The world wants me to walk near playgrounds?' Indeed the children were enjoyable to watch but I didn't quite see the reason why I was there.
Then she came to view. It was Hisakata. It hadn't been that long since I had seen her but what I had noticed was that our meetings were becoming more and more coincidental. That was another thing I thought upon. 'Now the world wants me to see the girl that two of the people I know want to get to? Now I'm really confused.' I walked to her slowly because by the looks of things, her back turned to me, I didn't think she knew I was behind her.
Trying not to scare her, I tapped her shoulder and uttered a greeting, preferably "hi".
"Oh, Hey!" She turned to me with a surprised but glad smile and gave me a warm hug. After she let go she said, "I wasn't expecting you here at this hour. What is it now, ten o'clock in the morning?" She took a glance at her watch. "Well, almost ten." She let her arm swing back down. Her gaze that once was examining the watch now went to me with a hint of confusion and questioning mixed together.
Truthfully, I missed her, a lot actually. I still remember that innocent, questioning look that she was giving. I don't know if anyone knows what we've been through but they were very rough times. Something I probably wouldn't want to remind her of. "I just came by to stretch my legs. To be completely honest, I don't know why my legs took me here instead of somewhere else. I was thinking home but I guess my legs have a mind of their own."
"Well, since you're here," she turned so that her back was facing me, "Could you help me baby-sit for a while? Those two are becoming a hand full."
I laughed seeing two young boys at the age of about eight, twins to be exact, who were running around madly on the playground playing tag, most likely. I wasn't sure if it was tag because after a moment, one of the two got out a bright red ball and hit the other smack on the back of the head. Looked to me like they didn't change at all.
"Oh yes, the Kobayashi twins. They've grown so much since I last saw them."
"Yeah, and along with them getting older, they've gotten a bigger energy storage somewhere in there. They're always running around and nagging. It's starting to drive me crazy."
"Then why do you still baby-sit them?"
This time, she became quiet after all of the complaining she was doing. I walked up beside her and scanned her in the face. Her features had still stayed the same, as beautiful as ever. She has a sincere smile; something I haven't seen in almost forever as well. "To be completely honest to you," she kept her gaze on the two boys playing in the sandbox. "It's all because of mom," She turned to me once more and looked me straight in the eye. "When I look after these two, it's like mom's still here. I feel like she's in me whenever I look after them. Every action I do reminds me of how she used to take care of me," she paused for a moment then smiled a small sad smile. "That's how much I miss her."
I was partly surprised by this new piece of information. And all this time, I thought she wasn't this affected by the loss of her mother. Alas, I was mistaken.
I sadly looked up at the sky not knowing what to say. 'Your mother…'
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I laid awake staring up at my ceiling once more deep in thought. It was only half passed noon but I brushed that thought away. The rain seemed to keep coming as sleep came crawling. I yawned a few times while I thought about what happened that day. In my regular position, hands behind my head and eyes closed, my mind geared up on its own with the latest event.
"Yeah, mom." She had said. Yes, I knew her mother but that was such a long time ago, I didn't know that she still thought of her. All those years that I had seen her after her mother had passed away; they were all days of her silently grieving. I didn't know what to say. "I still remember how she was always nagging me about getting dirty all the time, but all I would do was stare back up at her with a smile and a 'sorry mommy' and off I went again." She chuckled sadly. "That's exactly what that little Kobayashi's to do me all the time. And it makes me wonder whether or not I would make a good mother," she had trailed off.
I had thought upon her words and smiled inwardly. "Yes I would think you would make a great mother someday." I never knew seeing someone so young so sad would even make the world cry. The world was meant to keep everyone happy but when the time comes that one is not feeling well, it's as if the world knew how that one person felt.
Just as I thought this, the sky began to darken and thunder could be heard rolling in the clouds. She seemed too deep in thought to notice much. Even the two boys were having a blast swinging, going down the slides, even when they fell they would get back up again and run around like before. Nothing could take their minds off of what they were doing.
I stared long at the twins. I didn't know why but something about them kept my eyes glued. Then, out of the blue, I saw a young girl of about five looking up at another woman who had beautiful black silky hair and blue eyes. She was kneeling down dusting off the dirt that was on the little girl's clothes. She seemed to be telling her not to do that again but she still had a motherly smile on her face. When I blinked, they were both gone, replaced by the same two boys playing.
She looked up at me with water-filled eyes. "I knew Sasuke would understand. He was sweet when I told him this exact same thing. I hugged him to show my appreciation." She waved for the twins to come to her so that they could make their way home. "I never really knew him before but I knew him, you know?" She looked back at the twins, but now with a loving smile. "I'm sure things will find their way back to normal." The only thing that I could say to her."I sure hope you're right." Those were her last words before she turned around and gave me one last hug and left with the twins in hand.
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Ahhh updating is starting to become harder and harder. I'm losing my motivation here viewers! I needs some motivation to keep going. This is a complicated story and soon you'll find that out. I can't really say how sorry I am that I haven't updated. I've been…er busy? Hahah. Call it what you like. Oh and ANIME EVOLUTION was the highlight of my summer XD. It's all because of Kuchiki Byakuya and his crazy actions. Well anyway, reviewers can get mad at me XD I deserve it all.
- --writingzeaL