You and I

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"What kind of person decides to go to the beach on a rainy day?"

"Apparently you do since you're out here. What are you doing? No one is even here," I fired at him as I removed the strands of hair that were clinging to my face. My hair and clothes were getting soaked and were going to continue staying that way as I continued to sit in the cold rain.

"You're here," he said while directly looking into my eyes. I felt the heat rush to my cheeks and I turned my head away from him in embarrassment as he did the same.

The blush on my cheeks was the only warmth in this rain.

"It would've been nice if you could've brought an umbrella or something."

"Look who's talking. You didn't bring one either," he fired back at me as he removed the orange sweater he had on and tossed it on my head.

"You're gonna get cold too." I removed the sweater from the top of my head and held it in my hands. I felt bad that he was giving it to me. It was my fault for running out of the house without anything.

"I'm not the one wearing a dress right now, so just wear it," he shyly muttered with a blush dusting his whiskered cheeks.

Looking down at my dress, it was hugging my body and revealed my (f/c) undergarments and my (s/c) skin. No wonder he was blushing. As I was putting the large sweater on, he asked a question.

"So, why did you leave? It must've been something bad if it made you want to sit out here by yourself."

"...They were reminding me and pressuring me into having a child already, but...I don't think I'm ready for that responsibility yet."

"Do they know that?"

"Yes. I've tried reasoning with them multiple times but they shot me down each time. I got myself into this and now I can't get out of it."

"Well that...sucks," he said unsure of how to respond to my situation.

"It does! Plus he isn't someone that I love! I'm young for goodness sake and I feel like I could be doing so much more with my life before I have a child! I just...want to belong to myself for awhile longer," I ended with a sigh and as I was about to fall back to lay on the sand, he placed his hand on my back and pulled me in and had me lean on him. I placed my head on his shoulder while he kept his hand on my back and began to rub my back to comfort me.

"Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like to live a more normal life without being trapped in an arranged marriage. And to actually be with someone else....I guess someone more like you..." I quietly mumbled with a blush rising to my cheeks as I averted my eyes to the ground. It took some courage just to say that last part.

He chucked and although I couldn't see it, I knew a smile was plastered on his face. I quickly glanced at him from the corner of my eyes, but he was already looking at me and I quickly looked away pretending as if I didn't look at him.

"Ya know, I'm glad I met you," he said with a closed eye cheeky smile.

"Me too." I warmly smiled at him before looking back the tiny ripples of water that was being caused by the raindrops.

The rain was starting to lighten up and the sky was growing darker.

The blonde sneezed right next to me and I chuckled before standing up and reaching out my hand to help him.

"We should get going before you get sick. I don't need that on my conscious."

He grabbed my hand and pulled himself up with my help but once he was on his own two feet, he didn't let go of my hand. Our hands remained inseparable and we slightly tightened our grip, almost as if we would disappear if we were to let go.

"Your name," he suddenly said.

"Huh?"

"Can I know your name now?" He sheepishly asked as he rubbed the nape of his neck with his free hand.

"It's (Y/n)."

"I'm Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki!"

Under the drizzling rain, we didn't let go of each other's hand and intertwined them together. A wide grin reached our lips and I felt a warmth spread over my body and my heart began to race rapidly. As we were lost in each other's eyes, we were unaware of a pair of livid onyx eyes watching the scene that was unfolding.

And for a moment, everything seemed perfect

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But it wasn't too long after when I came crying to him that day

Because all good things come to an end, right...?