Don't Touch Me (Naruto)

*Prologue

It started when he was five; People would feel a shock at his touch. The doctor said he had high capacitance.

For a while, it was just a quirk. A cute little party trick, but as the years went by his ability became stronger.

At the age of seven, it was painful to touch him. At nine, stay in contact too long and you would pass out.

When he turned ten, electronics shorted out with his touch.

His parents became concerned but were sure he would be fine. After all, it didn't cause him pain so what was the harm?

On one visit to his grandparents’ house, his grandmother hugged him. Her heart stopped.

The pathologists blamed her death on a faulty pacemaker.

The boy's parents decided they couldn't leave this alone any longer. Rubber boots and gloves became a must, along with a rubber hat. His parents hoped this would be enough.

At the age of twelve, his touch became lethal, but no one knew this.

No one had touched him in two years.

If his parents had known they wouldn't have sent him to school that day.

He wouldn't have had his first kiss, and that boy wouldn't have died.

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Locked in my room all alone. That's how I spent the last few weeks.

For the first week, they would feed me through the slot under the door.

The second week there was nothing.

I should've been able to prevent this.

I knew they were upset when I killed him.

I saw them working on a cell.

They didn't even bother to make excuses, they didn't talk to me at all.

I know I'm dying, I can feel it.

My head is throbbing and my throat is so sore. Who knows how much longer I can stay like this...

Do I deserve this?

Am I evil?

I wish I could've been born normal. Or that maybe I could've been in control. Maybe I just didn't try hard enough.

It doesn't matter now.

I'm going to die here. My parents know I can't be saved.

A deep emptiness filled my chest and I began to sob silently. I wanted to find something to end it all but I didn't even have the energy to move.

Slowly my eyelids close, hopefully for the last time.

With a start, I felt my lungs forcefully expand. I snapped my eyes open but shut them again when light flooded in.
Not only was I still alive, but I'm wasn’t in my room anymore.