Aiko (Naruto/Boruto Fanfic)

Chapter 15 Aiko

I didn't have any difficulty falling asleep last night, as I had trained almost the whole day. However, I could not let go of the thought that Shiori was hurt. She was clearly upset the other day.

I sat on my bed and examined Shiori who was still sleeping. If you looked closely, you could see she had new scars on her body, nothing too severe but they were visible. I drew to a conclusion that someone might had hurt her. My mind got shrouded with the thought of someone that wanted to hurt Shiori. I already knew that revenge wasn't an option, as it would heavily change the time line, and it wasn't sure that somebody had harmed her.

I moved to Shiori's bed and sat on the edge on it, trying not to wake her up.

"You get hurt a lot, don't you?" I said quietly as I gently caressed her head.

"I want you to be happy too, like me.." I started to question if I was really happy. Everything I had achieved back home, was mostly for my mothers sake. I just wanted her to be proud of me, rather than thinking of how I felt in the whole scenario.

If I had lived through my childhood the way I wanted to, with the friends I actually wanted to hang out with, and act how I wanted then maybe I would have been happier.

"Communication is important to any relationship. If you just could talk honestly with me, then maybe I could help?" I said; "I know you don't want my help sometimes, but it hurts me to see you trying to do everything on your own. You have friends who cares deeply about you" I kept comforting, knowing that Shiori didn't listen.

I decided to go to the dining hall of the motel and eat breakfast. I sat for myself and ate up my scrambled egg and bacon. It didn't take too long before I had already finished everything, but I got stuck zoning out.

My thought didn't get interrupted until I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"You're thinking" said the familiar voice. I looked at the person and realized it was Hisashi.

"And?" I asked as he sat beside me with his plate of breakfast.

"Is it about yesterday?" He asked further and I nodded.

"Shiori is... stubborn. It is not easy to communicate with her-"

"Then why is it so easy for everyone else to talk to her? Like they have known her as long as I have?" I almost made a scene, but I didn't use a loud voice to catch everyone's attention.

"..." Hisashi was quite for a moment, like if he tried to come up with an excuse.

"It might sound stupid, but she do this to protect you" I raised an eyebrow to his statement.

"Protect me? From what?"

"Herself" Hisashi stated.

"You know how she is with her kekkei genkai and all. She can't handle herself when she becomes like that.. she even tried to end you" I knew that he was right but I still wanted to excuse Shiori in some way.

"But I am strong! I can take care of myself. And she also has that seal-"

"But your mom won't be there forever to suppress her.

When she is gone, the seal won't matter and she could kill anyone including you. I'm very sure Shiori want to avoid that at all cost. She does it in her own way that can be mistaken as frustration. But you also need to respect her when she needs to cool down alone" Hisashi argued.

"It still doesn't explain why she can be so open with everyone else but me" I said but Hisashi also had a good answer for it.

"Because she rather hurt anyone else but you" I was in a half shock, as I have never seen the situation like that. I sighed in defeat, as it was a very valid point.