Had Hizashi been the older son

by Runespoor

series of unrelated ficlets based on the premise, 'well, what if' Many different ways it could have gone, many small events that could have happened. [Hyuugacentric gen, various pairings]

7. making new friends take 2

Title: Things that could have happened had Hizashi been the older son
Author: Runespoor
Rating: T
Summary: series of unrelated drabbles/ficlets. See title.

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5.

It was Uzumaki Naruto's first day at the shinobi Academy, and he'd fallen in love – absolute, devoted, all-consuming, all-encompassing love.

He explained it all in front of his mirror that evening (it was a habit of his; it was nicer than speaking to thin air. Sometimes he stopped and gave himself encouraging little gestures and interested little noises – "yes, go on.") and he didn't even think about stopping to pay attention to what he was saying. In fact, he ignored the mirror altogether, caught up in his retelling/daydreaming/excited babbling complete with bouncing on his bed.

Had the mirror been a living person, it'd have sighed in exasperation when Naruto described for the fifth time the thing which had caught his eye about Hyuuga Hinata.

She had a mark taking the whole of her forehead, like he had one on his belly.