Aiko (Naruto/Boruto Fanfic)

Chapter 14 Shiori

I woke up pretty late, as I was still tired from last night. Aiko wasn't really her usual self. I couldn't blame her however as we were literally back in time. I slowly got up and saw Aiko staring at the roof.

"Couldn't sleep?" I asked and she shook her head.

"No. I fell asleep. But I also woke up pretty early" she explained and turned her head to look at me.

"Have you eaten breakfast?"

"Yeah" she started to question why I have started to care about her. I didn't understand her so I just shrugged it off.

"Don't play oblivious. You clearly show that you care about me. It makes me happy. I just wish you could be like this more often. Why aren't you like this normally? Why can't we just be friends?"

"Because you..." wouldn't remember anyways. I didn't know how Aiko brains or memories works, but she kept forgetting things. Not just simple things like she forgets a pencil somewhere, it could be more complicated things like a big events, like a Christmas evening. Sometimes, she forgot what is important to her.

"Never mind. It's nothing you have to remember anyways" I said and just laid on the bed again.

It didn't take too long until Aiko started to bother me again. She jumped in to my bed and landed on me so I yelled because of her sudden action.

"If you said A you have to say B!"

"Leave me alone Aiko!"

"No!" I threw her out of the bed.

"What were you about to say!"

"Nothing!" She became this annoying little sibling. I didn't know how to shrug her off.

I sighed, trying to hide my giggles.

"This is why you're always so annoying!"

"What?! I'm not annoying!!!" she said in a childish manner. She took a pillow and started to hit me with it.

"Stop it!" I said but she didn't stop.

"Not until you tell me what you were suppose to say!" She teased but I got my own pillow and started to hit Aiko with it as well.

It wasn't often I had fun with Aiko. I didn't really know why I had loosened up. She was right but I didn't want to admit it. I was too stubborn.

We heard a knock from the door while we had our pillow battle. It was Akemi who unlocked the door and entered. She looked very tired.

"Hi. We're going to visit a friend of mine. We assemble outside the motel" Akemi explained and left the room.

"Hm? I thought we already had met most of her friends?" Aiko questioned.

We changed our clothes from the pajamas we borrowed from the motel, to our regular clothing.

We went outside to see Katsuo sleeping on Hisashis shoulder. Both of them was sitting on the staircase. I felt that Aiko rested her head on my head. She was taller than me so I was a perfect "head rest" for her.

"Why?" I asked and she giggled.

"I don't know" she simply replied. Her hand brushed against mine and she ended up grabbing it. I felt calm, almost at piece. It wasn't often I felt this way with people. Hisashi probably understood that everything was alright, as he gave us a smile.

At last, Akemi came with Omi. At the same time, Tanaka and father arrived. Father also held a big basket. Akemi looked shocked, but mostly happy to see her obvious crush, coming with us for her sake. Akemi explained once again that we were going to visit a friend of her. She mentioned that we had to sneak out of the village.