Beep Beep Beep Beep
My eyes fluttered open adjusting to the light. September 19th. First day of sophomore year. I have to get up.
So I got up.
There's one thing about myself I consider special. And that is, that my hair is a shocking shade of BRIGHT PINK. It's why my name is Sakura. Cherry blossoms.
I showered, and brushed my teeth, before brushing through my shoulder length hair. I put it in 2 French braids. I was standing in my bright green towel in front of my closet, when my phone rang, playing Teenage Dream by Katy Perry.
"Hello?" I answered.
"It's Tenten. Want a ride to school today? I'm taking Ino and Hinata too."
"Yeah sure." We said our goodbyes and hung up. Now to pick out my clothes.
I settled on a pale yellow summer dress, with black converses. I'd never worn much make up, so I applied some light eyeliner, and I was good to go.
I was fine.
I ate my cereal one cheerio at a time, then drank all the milk in my bowl. I checked to make sure I had everything, until I heard the honk of Tenten's car outside, I was out the door.
Tsunade wasn't a mother figure by any means. She wasn't there to hold me when I was upset, or kiss me goodnight. She just wasn't. But it was understandable. I wasn't her child to love. But she supported me. She did love me, it was in the little reassurances she gave me when I saw her. The way she'd squeeze may arm, or pat my shoulder as she walked by. It was that kind of stuff. And it was the only kind of love I wanted for a long time. Just the friend kind. Even a hug was pushing it sometimes.
All I wanted for the longest time, was my mother to kiss me goodnight, or my father to say, "Good job, champ!" as he often did, or my little sister, Akemi, to smile and giggle the way babies always seemed to do. It was all I wanted.
I'll try to make the next chapter longer. Just pretty please let me know what you think!
I'll give you a cookie. :D