Sasuke stood in the graveyard alone and silently. He stared down at the gravestone in front of him, it was one that he had to go through trouble to find. It stated the name:
Fern --(that bit was chiselled away)
--(That was also worn away, more like broken off)
There was nothing else on the stone. Just those letters and a date. He glared at the stone as if blaming it for something, and then stared at the broken braids in his left hand.
Who are you? He thought to himself.
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She was afraid of him...
Naruto huffed to himself. One half of him was angry and frustrated, the other half was disappointed and saddened. He couldn't bring himself to it that she would be afraid of him like so...
He was just trying to help her. He didn't even know that it would hurt her so. But how could he apologize if she was scared of him?
He stood up from his bed, freeing himself of his white sheets that wrapped tightly around his body. He hadn't bothered to change the previous night, and only changed now.
He walked out of the door silently, concealed in his own thoughts, and then shut the door behind him before walking down the streets. He did a Sasuke and stuffed his hands in his pockets, staring at the road before him. He passed a blind old man who was sitting on the edge of the pavement and decided to make his day even worse than it already was.
"Sadness, loneliness, frustration and fear... Aren't those all of the emotions that a person doesn't want?" He said, not looking at the blonde but petting the sleeping dog next to him. Naruto gave him one glance before speeding up his pace.
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"Justin, when you look at me, what do you see?"
"I see a beautiful girl called Fern that won't stop asking questions." He replied with slight irritation in his voice.
"...sorry..."
"Shut up and walk, we'll be late for school."
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Naruto sighed tiredly and ate his lunch quietly. He then realised a certain presence, and noticed it was Fern. Her eyes weren't blank as normal, but she looked content. Calm, as she stared down at him. She slowly sat down, looking at his food and then back up at him. Her emotion just unreadable.
She's afraid of me isn't she? Why is she coming so close to me? I wonder if she likes me again! But I highly doubt it...
He was going to crack. He could feel it. He jumped up, his forgotten lunch falling to the floor.
"I AM SO SORRY! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU DIDN'T WANT IT! I ONLY WANTED TO HELP YOU I DIDN'T KNOW IT WOULD HURT YOU SO MUCH! I ONLY WANTED TO HELP! TO HELP I SWEAR!"
"I don't understand Naruto..." He gave her a confused look. She just looked back in thought. "You have been avoiding me all day..." He broke into a smile.
"So you and me are friends?!" He exclaimed, lurching forward and hugged her before he realised what he was doing and immediately pulled back, doing a Hinata and blushing like mad. He began stuttering excuses and rubbing the back of his head. Fern giggled softly and he beamed at her, going now normal colour.
"Yes, Naruto. Friends." She said with a small smile on her face.
"But...won't it hurt you?"
"I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all."
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Naruto ran out of the classroom. HE WAS FREE!
Thank god he was out of there! Stupid detentions! The cover teacher from yesterday had heard about the fight and gave him, Justin and Fern a detention. According to her, Fern was involved as much as the rest of them and gave her one when she was only helping.
He let out a tired sigh before entering his apartment.
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Kakashi and Iruka crouched silently in the tree, both of them eyeing the passenger. Justin walked alone through the forest. His walk was confident like he knew where he was going and one hand was in his pocket whereas the other was handing loosely at his side. Kakashi signalled Iruka forward with his fingers once Justin was out of earshot.
Just when they landed in the next tree, Justin was gone.
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Naruto sat down in his seat. Iruka and Kakashi STILL weren't back. Even after a week had gone past. What were they doing? He had gone to visit Iruka but he wasn't home so how could he be 'sick'?
He watched as Fern took a seat next to him, and he smiled at her. She smiled back. A true smile. He had had new determination all week and he had been getting her feeling again. She was like a normal person now, she still was a quiet girl but she showed her feelings. Justin wasn't with her but he was glad that for once he was gone.
"Hello Fern!"
"Hello. How are you, Naruto?" Sasuke and Sakura sat down behind them.
"I'm good! Never been better!" He beamed at her. "What are you doing after class? Maybe we could go for-"
"Fern!" The teacher shouted. She looked up at the old woman. Her expression showed slight confusion. "Someone's here for you." She said, pointing at the door where a boy was standing. He was ginger with freckles and wore some type of uniform. In his hands was a big bouquet of roses.
"W-Well, actually...I need to give these to a...Miss...Fern...?" He said, reading it off the card.Fern raised her hand and the teacher ushered the boy to move faster so that she could continue with the lesson. The boy jerked forwards when he noticed that he was staring at Fern and gave her the flowers before leaving again.
Naruto watched in jealousy as she read the card. It only had the kenji(sp?) love sign on it. But he could tell that it wasn't from a fan boy. Fern's eyes lingered back to the roses again, and smiled slightly before leaving it on the desk.
The cover teacher cleared her throat before carrying on with the lesson of the boring day...
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