Itsu No Hi Ni Mo

Chapter 3 : Somebody

: somebody :

: an important person

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It was not that he was afraid of coming closer.

It was just... He didn't feel worthy.

Naruto's eyes looked up to sadly watch Hinata crying in front of him. In front of Neji's grave.

He wanted to reach out, turn her around to hide her from what was making her cry, offer his shoulder to cry on.

But...

He was stuck. Glued in his place. Unmoving on her back left.

Hinata's an amazing person. A very strong and capable kunoichi. A very kind and gentle friend.

She was so amazing in so many things, she never fails to impress him. She always got a trick up her sleeve.

But...

Because of that...

It feels like... As if... She was impossible to reach.

Naruto couldn't bring himself to reach out and hug her, make her understand that everything's alright now. No. He didn't feel worthy.

Physically. She's just right there. Sobbing. In her lowest low.

But he feels like she was out of reach.

Now, he understands why even someone as strong and matured as Neji couldn't even stand directly next to her. She was beyond anyone's reach.

And if Neji didn't even feel worthy to stand next to his soul sister... Who was Naruto to even consider it?

Naruto doesn't even know who he is to Hinata.

Neji was the brother she never had.

Kiba and Shino are her best friends.

Sakura and Ino are her supporters.

But Naruto?

Who was he?

Was he her hero?

And if he is... Was it because of the war?

If anything, she was his hero.

Never have Naruto thought that a war could cause so much.

He thought...

No.

He never thought of what will actually happen during the war.

All he was focused on was to end it. He never thought of what was happening.

Maybe Kakashi purposely never told him about deaths.

His blue eyes looked at the mass of people gathered in the graveyard.

He never realized how many people they lost. And that was only in Konoha.

Sadly enough, no one had a proper ceremony for their funerals. Only a burial. There were just too much corpses.

Hinata doesn't deserve this...

His eyes were becoming more and more dull by the second, but he was snapped back into reality when he felt a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"I don't know what you're thinking about... But" Sakura thought as she gave him a reassuring smile "I'm here for you"

Naruto didn't want pity.

He didn't need reassurance.

He wants to be with someone who feels the same.

He needs someone who understands.