Underneath The Snow (Kakashi Love Story)

Extra: Childhood Memories

Third Person's POV

A girl with high ponytail and a bleeding knee is crying under a tree behind Konohagakure's Ninja Academy. Her swollen eyes become more visible because she has been crying for at least half an hour. Her white shirt has a blood stain on it, and a lot of dirt. She didn't realize that a boy has been looking at her from a couple of meters.

The boy walks towards her in a slow, slow step. He's afraid that the girl will realize his presence, but at the same time, he's a bit concerned about her too. His left hand is holding a bandage but he doesn't know how to give it to her.

Unfortunately for him, he slipped over a twig and make a ridiculous noise for the girl to realize his presence. The girl stopped crying and looked at him. He winched in pain and get up by himself. One of his knee is bleeding too now. And, he's pretty embarrassed to get caught falling down like that.

"Hihihi," the girl let out a small giggle which makes the boy looked at her in awe. The girl has a sweet, sweet smile and it has caught the boy's attention for at least a couple of seconds before he realized that his knee is pretty hurt.

"What are you laughing at?" the boy asked her with an annoyed tone. He doesn't like it when someone laughs at him. Actually the girl's laugh doesn't sound bad for him, but still...

"You. You should see your own face when you fell down. It was funny," the girl answered and giggling again.

"Stop it. It was embarrassing you know,"

The boy sit himself under the tree, right beside the girl. They sit there for a moment in silence before the boy finally asked,

"Why did you cry?"

The girl looked down her lap. She stares at her wounds and her dirty clothes for a while. Then, she answered,

"A couple of boys mocked me because I have no parents. I tried to beat them down but they're kind of stronger than me. That's why I'm this dirty. And I bleed my knee too,"

This time, the boy is the one who let out a small giggle. The girl looked at him in disbelief. Why would he laugh at her?

"What are you laughing at?" she asked.

The boy smiled, "you," he said. "I've never known any girl who's brave enough to beat a couple of boys down alone. You're interesting."

"Well, thank you," she said. Her expression showed that she's in a bad mood again. "You are not helping."

"Hey, that's not a bad thing. I was saying that you are brave. What is wrong with you?"

The girl didn't answer. She played with a twig beside her and sighed. It has been a tiring day for her. And, she doesn't want to go home yet. It's not like anyone is waiting for her anyway. She's tired of being alone. And, even though the boy beside her is pretty annoying, it's still better to have someone to accompany her than no one at all.

"Can I ask you a question?" she suddenly said.

"What?"

"Why are you wearing a mask?" she asked.

The white haired boy beside her stay silence for a couple of seconds before he answered, "because I like it this way."

"Why do you like it?"

"You said one question,"

She winched. "Oh, come on."

The boy smirked under his mask. "Well, it kinda reminds me of my father. I have no memories about him beside this mask I'm wearing."

"Where is he now?"

"Dead."

Silence.

"I'm sorry. I didn't-"

The boy let out a heavy sigh. "It's fine. It's not a very big deal anyway. You know how I feel right?"

She nods. Then, they stay silence for a while again. Watching as the sun sets down from the horizon. It was a beautiful scenery right before their eyes.

"Aren't you going to go home? It's getting dark," the boy said to her while he's trying to get up.

"I guess I am. How about you?"

"Well, I guess I'll go home now. See you!" he said.

"Wait! What's your name?" she asked before the boy left.

"Kakashi. And you?"

"Yuki."