Sora POV:
I woke up feeling empty today. I don’t know why but I just felt like having a mental breakdown in the corner of my closet. I really don’t want to spend all day sobbing so I guess I’ll make the one thing that always makes me feel better, potato salad.
I got up and walked to the kitchen. It’s oddly quiet today, I wonder where Kakashi is. Whatever, I know he’ll be back once his potato salad senses start acting up. Everyone loves my potato salad and just two people can finish off a decent sized bowl of the stuff in a day. Better make a lot, like 7-13 potatoes worth.
I gathered up my ingredients and got to work cooking the potatoes, chopping veggies and mixing up a mayo/mustard sauce, all while listening to a random playlist I’d put together; singing along without even realizing it.
***
I’d finished the potato salad and put it in the fridge to chill for a bit. I kept my music on as I cleaned up the kitchen.
About halfway through my cleaning the song ‘Hello’ by Evanescence came on. As sad as it is I still really like this song. I sing along a little louder this time.
(Play music)
“Playground school bell rings, again.
Rain clouds come to play, again.
Has no one told you she’s not breathing?
Hello, I am your mind, giving you someone to talk to, Hello.”
No one’s POV
It was then that Kakashi, Gai, Rock Lee, Tenten, Neji, Naruto and Sasuke walked in, discussing the latest challenge in the endless rivially of Gai and Kakashi. When they heard Sora’s singing, they all stopped and went quiet. Sora was so lost in the music that she didn’t hear everyone come in, so she kept singing…
“If I smile and don’t believe, soon I know I’ll wake from this dream.
Don’t try to fix me, I’m not broken.
Hello I’m the lie, living for you so you can hide.
Don’t cry.”
…
By now, all the other shinobi were on the verge of tears, concerned for their friend. They always knew she looked sort of sad almost constantly but they never questioned it, simply thinking that was just how she was. Now, after hearing her sing, a certain Hyuga was wishing he’d tried to get her to open up sooner.
“Suddenly I know I’m not sleeping…
Hello I’m, I’m still here,
All that’s left of yesterday…”
Those last lines… they sounded like a desperate cry for help that’d been neglected for years. Everyone, Including Sora, were quiet as silent tears fell to the smooth wooden floors of the house. Sora looked out the window towards the hospital and bit back a sob, thinking of her parents…
Neji POV:
‘Sora… why didn’t you… are you ok? Were you just singing or is there something more to this. Whatever the reason, I feel like I should say something.’ “Sora, are you ok?”
She quickly turned around, shocked with tears streaming down her face, just like the rest of us.
Sora POV:
‘Why are all these people here and why are they crying? Wait… did they hear me singing?!?’ I felt my face heat up at the thought as more tears poured out of my eyes. I looked down at the floor and accidentally let a sob escape my lips. I heard footsteps approaching me, followed by a strong pair of arms pulling me into a hug. Looking up, I saw it was Neji. Soon everyone else joined the hug. Hesitantly I hugged back. We just stood there, crying and not saying anything. Honestly it started to get awkward about thirty seconds in, so through sobs I said, “ Who wants potato salad…?”
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Assasination Artist
Fiksi Penggemar"How can you become a ninja if you can't even stand!" "Stick to art, it's all you'll ever be able to do." "Mommy, its that girl, I'm scared, don't let her hurt me..." A disabled Sora Hatake lost her righ leg and vision in that eye when she was seve...
