Ever since I first saw her, I knew she was the one I always dreamed of loving. She was a shy girl, with mysterious white eyes. She was often afraid to fight, but I could see that she was a strong person. Just the sight of her standing alone with her short bluish-black hair waving with the wind was enough to make my day.
When we graduated from the academy and divided into teams, I was more than happy when Iruka-sensei announced my teammates.
“Team Kurenai… Aburame Shino… Inuzuka Kiba… and Hyuuga Hinata.”
That meant I would be able to see her everyday. Of course no one knew what I felt for her, not even Kiba, my best friend, because it’s really rare that I show emotion behind my high collar and shades. The only ones I confided my feelings to were my trustworthy insects, but we can’t really talk about her much.
The only thing that made seeing her hurt so much was the knowing that she was out of my reach from the start.
Several years have now passed, but I still can’t stop thinking about her. I wonder how she’s holding up now. Of course, she must have confessed her feelings to that loudmouth. It always causes me pain when I would see her start to blush because I know he’s somewhere nearby. I feel like I want to beat him to a pulp. But I can’t. Questions will be asked, and answers I cannot give.
So I’m just walking around Konoha… thinking about her… And because of my drifting off, I bump into someone.
“Sorry,” I mutter, helping her up.
She smiles. “No, it was my fault.” She dusts off her clothes, then extends her hand. “I’m Kakei Fujita.”
Absently, I shake her hand. “Shino Aburame.”
Kakei’s eyes widen. “Wow, an Aburame! Your clan is the one that fights with bugs, right?”
I nod. Something about her name makes me wonder where if I met her before.
Just then, a large black rat appears out of nowhere and jumps into her arms. Then it clinks into place. The Fujitas were just recently made a clan. If the Aburames had bugs and the Inuzukas had dogs, they had rats fighting by their side.
Kakei petted her rat. “I have to go. It was nice meeting you, Shino.” Then all of a sudden she disappeared.
I continued walking before I realized it was already very late.