Re; Naruto

Hurry Up Already

Hinata looked at the bowl of melted chocolate. Valentine's around the corner and she wanted to give Naruto. She's practiced in Giri Choco but this will be her first Honmei Choco. She doesn't even know if Naruto had ever had a Valentine experience. He hardly talk about his past and even though she's curious, Hinata knew that she can't just up and ask him. That would be rude and invasive and...and childish.

For the first time in her life, she wanted to grow up as fast as she could. Even though as a child, she was always a little worried about growing up because she knew, from a very young age, that becoming an adult meant work and long days at the office. It was what she knew when she looked at her father who barely have time on some days. Even to have a free day, he'll be even busier so he could open as many days for vacation as possible.

The more money one has, she realized, the busier they are.

But ever since she knew Naruto, she felt like too much of a child. Sure he acted childish but it was mostly an act. She knew this because when she looked at him whenever he let his façade down, there's this weariness and nostalgia in his eyes. He's old. She know this. She's even more aware when she realized what she thought was an old soul to Naruto it was his reality. It was more than to say that someone has a pair of old knowing eyes but a young age and a young heart.

But she didn't know what differentiate a child from an adult aside from age.

Naruto's certainly not helping. All she knew for sure was that adults are busier than kids. But other than that, most adults don't differ that much from kids. Well, beside the fact that they are allowed to have sex but that's not what she's worried about. At least, not now that she's of legal age. However, Naruto seemed uninterested in doing it even when she left all her guards down.

Maybe being too eager to have sex is a sign of an immature mind?

What exactly is a mature love anyway?

Hinata sighed as she waited for her Honmei Choco to complete. After Valentine, their class will have their school trip. Iruka has yet to decide on the location although there're several choices. The most popular was to go to Kyoto but there're some disagreement with that. Too normal, she supposed. Naruto hit the nail on the head when someone bring up the luxury cruise but really, they only have three days two nights stay so a cruise is a no go.

She wondered if they will take them to big cities or historical villages.

Remarkably, Iruka declared their destination in class, "We are going to Okawachiyama next month!"

Someone shouted, "Where?!"

Iruka sighed, "Okawachiyama in located in Imari, Saga Prefecture. I know you wanted to go to exciting places but I think we all should step back and enjoy a more traditional connection to our country and history,"

A girl raised her hand, "Iruka-sensei! Is it a samurai village like the one in Chiran?"

Iruka shook his head, "No. They are a village of potters. Very important potters that are treated like samurai back in the days. Their pottery is so unique that only emperors and shoguns and daimyo can get their hands on it. So read up on the history about the place. I assure you, you won't be disappointed. It's a very pretty place,"

Class started after that and during break, everyone started planning their money management and looking up the place. Naruto stared at the pictures in his smartphone and whistled, "Damn! It's beautiful!"

He took note that they village also have some dark secrets but history are like that. Prosperity have to be built someway and unfortunately someone has to suffer for the sake of that prosperity. In Naruto's case, it was him as the Hokage. He suffered under the mountain of work for the sake of peace and the people who placed their trust in him. But for this village, it was those poor Korean potters kidnapped by the Japanese from their homeland.