What She Lacked {Naruto X OC}

Ni Juu Ichi ~ Yumiko

I didn't really want to leave bed today. I woke up exhausted and I could feel an agonizing pain flowing through my arm. Great... My Atsuigan has side effects, really...?

There were banging knocks on my door and I jolted up in surprise. Looks like Naruto was excited for the mission today, I smiled.

"Yumi-chan! Do you know what day is today?!" His vibrant voice chimed from the other side of the door. I just mumbled, loud enough for him to hear, as a reply.

I got up slowly, not really wanting to. Why did I have to get this horrible aching sensation right on the day of my first mission... I'm so pissed off.

The bandages I left on my nightstand called my attention, and an idea popped into my head. Maybe if I just wrap the whole arm with bandages I get to make the pain less strong.

So I rush towards it and start to wrap it around my arm with a bit of difficulty. Since the arm being covered was my dominant one, I decided to ask Naruto help later on.

I dress my best clothes, the ones that really make me feel like an actual Genin. My reflection in the mirror look completely different from the reflection I saw the first time I looked at that mirror... I was just a confused girl discovering this village...

But now I am a kunoichi, and a really stylish one! I chortle at my own thoughts and forget that Naruto was still waiting by the door.

"Yumi-chan? Everything fine?" He asks, and I hum in assurance. I was all ready, all I needed now was the wrappings.

I turn the doorknob slowly almost to reveal an unprepared Naruto leaning against it. A grin escapes my lips as I watch him scratch his head embarrassed. "Hehe~" He says, and we both head to the front door together.

"Eh, Naruto-kun?" His attention is then drawn to me. "Could you help me put this around my arm?" I ask, showing him the roll of bandages I had brought along.

Even though he nods, it feels like he doesn't know very well how to wrap that either.

"Alright... Let's do this." He mumbles clumsily, trying to cover my whole arm. With my help holding one end of the bandage, we manage to get it done in a few minutes.

I try to move my arm to see if it worked, and it quite did! There was just a little more stiffness since I couldn't articulate my arm 100% perfectly, but it would do.

The moment we leave the house I notice neighborhood completely inane. That's weird... At this time there are usually some people around here- I interrupt myself and look up at the sky. The day was uncommonly brighter than usual and looked much more crude. Wait a minute...

"Naruto-kun, what time is it?" I question him with a clearly suspicious look in my face. His blue eyes stare back at me in nervousness.

He then opens up that huge smile of his and laughs... An awkward laugh.

"I was probably way too excited for your first mission so I might have... woken you up a bit too early..." He rests one of his palms over the back of his neck. I squint my eyes at him and put my face right in front of his.

"What... time... is... it...?" I ask again, slowly, making myself very clear. He averts his gaze due to our closeness and looks to the floor.

"Well... Probably like 5am, hehe."

WHAT?!?!?!?? 5AM???!??!??

"Naruto-kun! We planned on meeting with Sai at 9!" I scold at him, gesturing clear exasperation. All he did was chuckle in slight fear that I would smack him in the head again, murmuring silent apologies.

I had decided that today wasn't a day to feel stressed. My first mission shouldn't be remembered as: The day I beat Naruto up for waking me up 4 hours earlier. I sighed, heading back to the couch inside the house. However, Naruto remained there, leaning on the doorframe, staring at my face.

My cheeks flared up when I noticed him stare, but tried to bring up a topic to distract myself.

"So, what are we going to do?" I huffed, accommodating myself on the sofa. Naruto answered with complete silence, still staring at me in concentration. "Ugh... N-Naruto-kun? Are you alright?"

He shook it off all of a sudden as his cheeks were tinted pink too. "It's just, eh... You look really pretty with your hair tied up, he~" He admitted, trying to make it less embarassing towards the end of the sentence.

I faced the opposite direction and forced my eyes shut. The way he said it... It was so cute... My face became red in no time and, unfortunately, he noticed.

"Wait," He sang, raising a brow a getting a smirk plastered on his face. "Did I make you embarrassed? Hehe, does that mean you like me~" And before I could notice, he was sitting next to me on the couch.

When I felt his presence I jolted up. "What? No! Don't be silly, Naruto-kun! You're a brother to me!" I affirmed, not actually saying the truth.

"Y-Your right, that would be weird right? But I have to admit I don't really see you as a sister..." Once he started to talk, my full attention was totally on him. What did he mean by that...?

"Because over all, we're friends! And you're one of my best friends now, Yumi-chan!" He cheered, smiling widely. It felt as if he was trying to tease me but then make me feel better. However, it didn't really work...

I think I could really hear the sound of my heart breaking at the word friends, but it was something I have dealed with my whole time here, no?

I chose to fake it and agree.

"You're actually my only friend, Naruto... I mean, there's Sakura-chan and all but... You are my only actual friend." Suddenly, my eyes widen as I notice I didn't actually put the kun in the end of his name.

He noticed that too, but didn't say a word, he just smiled genuinely at me.

"I-I'm so sorry Naruto-kun! I didn't mean to avoid the honorific on purpose!" I stutter out.

Seeing the mess I had become, he decided to calm me down. We locked eyes the moment he placed one of his hands on my shoulder, and simpered cutely.

"Yumi-chan, it's alright. I think we're close enough already." He says in a giggly tone. That somehow bring me courage and I tidy myself.

"A-Alright then, so you can call me Yumiko too if you want. Or just Yumi, I actually like that nickname." He quickly cheers and celebrates it like the idiot he usually acted like.

I laughed, sometimes I forget how stupid Naruto actually is.

***

It's 1am and I don't know where I found inspiration to write again but it suddenly just got to me and I decided to give it a go.

Now, I'm sorry for not getting to the good part yet which is the mission, but I really wanted more Yumiko X Naruto bonding time so here it is!

Also I decided to start experimenting with italics and more thoughts/opinions and I'm not sure what I think about it. If you completely hate it, lemme know!

P.S: If everything goes well, next chapter will be the mission XD