I Never Thought To Love You

The Mask

Naruto's POV
When I open the door to my apartment, I don't expect to see anything. Maybe it was just my imagination, or a prank. It could've been anything, so I open the door casually, not even dressed in my jumpsuit, but instead my pajamas.
When I open the door to my apartment, it's true, there is no person, and just as I was about to close the door with a sigh, I look down.
The mask staring up at me made my day. It made my month. It made my year. As soon as I see that mask, I cry and I laugh and I shout a bunch of nonsense, and the neighbors probably think I'm insane, but I'm happy. And that's what matters, is that I'm happy.
I close the door with an excited giggle and put the mask on quickly, but carefully. Looking in the mirror, I smile. All I need now is the headband and the uniform and I'd look like an Anbu member for sure.
It takes about five minutes of me studying the mask before the obvious thought that someone got this for me really sinks in. Someone saw that man throw a mask at me and actually cared enough to do something about it.
My heart swells with pride and happiness at this thought, and I jump around my apartment, cleaning as I go because that's how good of a mood I am in.
When I finish cleaning, I look out my window to see the sun setting and I sit on my bed to watch it peacefully. The view of the village surrounded in an orange glow with the trees rustling softly is just so perfect. I feel like nothing can get better than this. Especially now that I know at least one person cares enough to help me.
Now who would have gotten the mask for me? That's the question I intend to find the answer to. I rack my brain for any possible subjects, only to come up pretty blank. My old sensei might have, but he's on a mission right now, so that would be doubtful.
I think about Iruka-sensei, but that doesn't seem too likely. He always scolds me for talking. None of the students at the Academy would have done that, except maybe Shikamaru or Choji. But they wouldn't hide from me when I answered the door. For all I know, an alien could've seen me from above and pitied me enough to send one down from the heavens. At this point, I really couldn't tell.
Suddenly, I hear my roof shake and I snap out of my thoughts. The whole building starts rattling and I look out the window to see the source. That's when I see them: hundreds of spaceships, floating above the village, sucking up buildings, trees, people.
My vision sways and I realize that my view of the village is changing. Not because it's moving, but because I am too. I look up and see the beam sucking up my building and I gasp.
I wake with a fit and bolt up, looking out my window. The only sight that greets me is a crescent moon and the tree outside. I sigh in relief, realizing I must have fallen asleep trying to figure out who gave me the mask.
Taking that as a hint that I need rest, I climb back under the covers and take deep breaths before drifting off to sleep, this time dreaming of the entire village admitting that they all played a part in giving me the mask. I knew it was a dream, though, because that idea was just impossible.

In The Morning

"Are you fucking kidding me?!" I shout to myself, slapping my forehead. "You did all this, and it's fucking Sunday!"
I look at my clean apartment, my ramen cup in the trash, and my wrinkled outfit. Everything was done that needed to be done before school. Yet, there's no school today. I wish I had remembered that sooner.
I decide that since I'm already dressed and ready to leave, I might as well go shopping. I don't need any food, but I could go for a few outfits to wear on the last few days of school.
When I reach the clothing store, I see that Kiba apparently had the same idea, so I rush out of there quickly before he noticed my presence. I do not want to deal with that today.
Ok, so no clothes, I think to myself, no food... So where should I go?
I end up going to my favorite area to train that my old sensei used to take me to a lot. Exams are in a few days, so I guess it is a good idea to train.
And train.
And pass out.
You know, the usual.

Expect a few chapters this week cuz I'm in a good mood~
-<3