Falling Into Your Ocean Eyes

I know I shouldn't waste my time wishing i'd been better designed.

I woke up to the sound of my alarm ringing. Rolling over, I picked my phone up and switched the alarm off, yawning.

"Hm. 6AM. I better get up and get ready," I thought to myself, sitting up and stretching. Sighing, I got off of my bed and walked over to my wardrobe and began changing into my uniform. Once dressed, I picked my bag up and noticed something flutter out of the front pocket.

"Read about Anbu case '68."

It was one of the notes that i'd taken down last night whilst talking to Sasuke. I picked the note up, smiling to myself as I tucked it into my pocket. Despite just studying together and chatting, last night was the best time i'd had in a long while. "I need to get out more if i'm starting to find studying fun," I sighed to myself, trying to ignore the fact that I was still grinning like an idiot. I grabbed a bowl and quickly poured myself a bowl of cereal, sitting down to eat.

"Good morning Hinata."

It was my Father.

"Hello Father," I replied and carried on eating.

He pursed his lips and scowled. "How come you were home so late last night? I'm very disappointed with you. Your sister would never do anything like that. You don't even have any friends to go out with! Why you'd think this was a good idea-"

I stopped listening. It was always the same thing every morning. I'd get up. Have breakfast. See Father. He'd shout at me about something. Whether it was for not going out enough, not being as good as my sister at our studies, or just for something silly like not washing my bowl up quickly enough, he'd always find something to rant about.

"I'm sorry. I was studying with a friend and lost track of time. I'll try not to do it again. I was as quiet as possible when I came in, I didn't wake Hanabi up-" I began, before he cut me off.

"Enough with the lies," Father started, "You don't have any friends to go out with! I bet you thought I didn't realise, but you forget that we have CCTV! I saw exactly what time you came back. Now, i'll ask again and I expect the truth. Where were you?" He asked sternly.

"I already said!" I snapped, "I was studying with a friend for our group project. You can ask him if you don't believe me." I stood up, and placed my bowl in the sink to wash.

My Father gritted his teeth. "HIM?! So you were out with a boy?! Ridiculous. I'm so disappointed with you, Hanabi wouldn't-"

I finished washing up and grabbed my bag, turning to exit and set off for school.

"Yeah yeah, Hanabi wouldn't do that. And it's for a group project! I have to meet up with him to do SCHOOLWORK!" I yelled as I slammed the door shut.

I half-ran to school, trying not to let the tears escape. I was so fed up of it all. I couldn't do anything right. My Father would shout at me for having no friends and never going out like a "normal teenager," then, like this morning, he would shout at me if I did go out. It wasn't fair. I couldn't win. It's why I enjoyed being at school so much; I was far away from HIM, from being a complete disappointment and failure, far away from always being picked on. At least at school I was ignored. And i'd get to see Naruto.

Upon entering the classroom, I was the first one in as usual. I sat down, breathing deeply, trying to stay calm. I pulled out my doodling pad, and turned to the page where i'd been drawing yesterday. "I love Naruto Uzumaki," I wrote in swirly letters. It was childish, but I didn't care. He was the reason that I was still going, still dragging myself through each miserable day. Just the thought of seeing him, of hearing his voice...it made it all worth it.

Upon hearing the bell ring, I jumped. Realising that the class was starting to fill up, I hurriedly stuffed my notepad into my bag as I felt someone sit down next to me. I looked up, half expecting it to be Kiba or Shino.