Dear Diary
Chapter four: Today I saw a boy
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A/N: I have no idea how a kid writes, let alone how kid-Gai would write… I tried though! Sorry that this is so short, but Gai simply does not strike me as the guy that would write pages and pages in his diary. Not even when he was young, not even when he writes about… This.
Thanks again Mswan0117 for your awesome Beta on this!
Anyway, a huge thanks to TineyNinja for taking the time to check out my take on these two. It's quite the honor, to be frank. Which is why this is the second chapter that I am uploading today. Yay!
I do not own Naruto. I only own my own creativity (Though my mother would have you believe that is actually hers… Don't believe everything you hear, folks)
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Dear Diary
Even though this notebook was a birthday gift from Mama, I have not written down a single word before. But today, something happened and I have to share. I cannot share this with anyone else for fear of gossip. So I will simply write it down, and hope this distraction will fade away.
Today I challenged a boy. His name is Kakashi Hatake. I know him from the Academy, he is the type of person that people refer to as ´talented´. I wish to prove that hard work can yield the same results as being born with talent. That is why I challenged him. He declined, telling me he chooses to never do anything he does not want to do. This is just a minor setback of course. I will be unrelenting in my efforts to test my skills against his!
This, of course, is what I have been trained to do. Never give up. Prove yourself. But, I fear it is more. This time, it is more than that. This time, I saw not only the genius. I am quite certain that I saw the boy.
A boy with dazzling silver hair. With deep, dark grey eyes that look so serious all the time. The boy that sighs way too often for someone our age. The boy that makes me feel… Funny. My stomach feels like a tight knot when I think about him, and my heart burns. I find it difficult to think because my head feels fuzzy. I was a little worried, so I explained my symptoms to Mama. She let out a very scary sound, I believe people call it ´squealing´, before asking me who the girl was. I told her I did not understand and she explained that I am… In love.
In love. Those are strange words. But they fit this boy so well. I am… In love with him. I am in love with Kakashi Hatake. I´ll not tell anyone about this. I remember very well the teasing that my teammate Genma had to endure when he confided in my other teammate Ebisu about a girl that he liked. Before long, everyone knew. I do not want that. I feel that somehow this might even turn out worse. I´ve never heard about a boy being in love with another boy before. Ebisu would surely make my life harder than it has to be.
My life already is harder than it has to be, though. I am distracted and without focus. Both Papa and Choza-sensei have scolded me today. It does not matter. I will challenge Kakashi again tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that. Every day I will challenge him until he accepts my challenge. I will do anything for this. And I will spend time with him. I like that thought. I think I like it a lot. I have already deduced where he lives. Tomorrow, after my five laps around the village, I will visit him. I will see him again and I will challenge him. I hope to challenge him to a round of taijutsu. It is my specialty after all, and I would like to see how this genius holds up to my relentless training. Also… I would like to touch him. If we compete in taijutsu, I will touch him. I like that thought. Maybe I will get close enough to use a strangle hold. That way I will touch him most. I like that thought.
Tomorrow. Tomorrow I will go over, and I will challenge him to a match. And when he accepts, it will be the happiest day of my life. I am in love with Kakashi Hatake. It feels really good to write that down. It may feel even better to say it, but I won't. He is remarkable, though. Smart and funny and pretty too. I believe. He wears this mask that makes it a little hard to be sure. Still.
Maybe I can challenge him to an eating contest? I would get to see his face, because he would have to take the mask off to eat. Yes, that sounds like a good plan. But maybe I should wait until our relationship progresses. First, taijutsu. Later, dinner!
I am sorry. I believe I just made the same noise that Mama made when I described my symptoms. I will take this as my cue to stop writing. I should go to bed, tomorrow will be another arduous day of training! But with my youth, I will see my dream come true.
One day, I will kiss Kakashi Hatake.
Sincerely, Gai M.