In Your Eyes (NarutoxReader)

15. oneiric

(adj) related to dreams or dreaming.
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You felt your face heat up from embarrassment.

He covered his face with a single one of his hands. "I can't believe I said that out loud." He whispered, but you still heard. Slowly, you moved your hand towards his blonde hair.

"You don't have to if you don't want to." He said after seeing you reach out to him. But you wanted to, it wouldn't be the first time anyway.

His hair was as soft and fluffy as it looked. And, after feeling your gentle touch, Naruto visibly relaxed. His cheeks were no longer burning, instead he had a rosy color painted on his face. He closed his eyes and let your hands wander and play with his hair. Nothing but the feeling of your touch was on his mind.

Meanwhile, you gently played with his unruly hair. It was very long and healthy. You wouldn't be surprised if he didn't have a single split end on his head. Naturally, you began braiding a few strands.

As time passed, you had almost forgotten that he was even there until his head dropped on your shoulder.

"Naruto?" You squealed quietly.

No response.

"Naruto?" You asked and placed a hand on his shoulder.

No response.

You sighed but smiled to yourself. You loved that he didn't have to be alert when you were with him. Secretly, you hoped that he found comfort in you just like you did in him.

You brought your arms up and gripped his shoulders gently in order to put him on the ground. Truthfully, you would let him stay on your shoulder if he weren't so heavy.

However, as you tried to push him off, your hand slipped and he fell right on top of you.

"Oh no." You could feel your face heat up. You tried to get away too, but you were practically buried under him.

Stupid muscle weight..

You looked down at him, he was sleeping peacefully despite the awkward position he had put you in with his head comfortably resting on your chest.

You slowly ran your hand through his silky hair once. "Just one more time..." You gathered all your strength and finally pushed him to the side, where he landed with a soft "thud."

You looked over your shoulder and stared at him. The idiot seemed perfectly fine sleeping on the ground.

Your attention shifted from the sleeping person beside you to your surroundings. The river flowed calmly only to fall near the cliff that was not too far away.

This forest was very soothing unlike the one in the Stone village. Somehow the other one always scared you, something about it always seemed odd.

It was refreshing to be in a tranquil place such as this one. No one could be heard from here, even if it were the busiest hour of the day.

You wondered if your mom would've liked this place when she needed it the most. "I miss you mom." You felt a tear roll down your cheek. "I wish things hadn't turned out the way they did, I wish we could've shared more memories together, I wish..." You looked at the moon, "I'm sorry about dad, what he did to you was unforgivable, but I don't think he is that bad of a person. Recently, I found out he still cares for me..." You laughed at the irony of the situation, you never thought you'd speak well of your father again.