Swings
It was a quiet spring afternoon in the village of the Hidden Leaves. The cherry blossoms have sprung its leaves, some fell from its branches caused by the gentle spring breeze that swept upon the trees. The academy playgrounds were silent and somewhat peaceful. It was like nature was set to bring peace on the academy grounds today.
Amongst the playgrounds were Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuuga Hinata, having finished their picnic lunch, were now seated on Naruto’s childhood swing. Surprisingly, the swing held tight on carrying Naruto and Hinata. Hinata sat on Naruto’s lap while they swung slowly, going with the wind flow, enjoying this peaceful moment together.
Naruto was used to be alone in this exact swing when he was a child. He remembered sitting here when he felt sad and lonely, which was more often than not. He also remembered sitting here, receiving looks of hate and pity. At that time, he did not know why he received those eyes full of judgment.
He didn’t like the memories he had on this swing. This was the swing that carried him back then when he himself was collapsing.
He rode his swing alone for the majority of his childhood days. He rode his swing while enduring all the spiteful murmurs he heard about him. He felt alone and unloved. He was ostracized from his own village of something he didn’t ask for.
He remembered the approaching days of his genin rank. He was told why he swung alone in his swing. He swung alone with a beast inside of him. Only his sensei dared to swing with him. His sensei was the 2nd to swing with him. He was always thankful for his sensei for stepping up for him and saving him from his dark descent. Back then he didn’t know that someone swung like him and swung from a distance, sharing the same kind of swing.
Only when he attained the rank of genin that he swung with more people. His Kakashi-sensei and his teammates: Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke. He shared the same kind swing with Sasuke with almost no difference. Sakura swung by him as a teammate and a friend.
At first it was only a few people that swung with him, but as time passed and missions done. His swing mates were also affected. Some people were added as his swing mates, some of his swing mates got a stronger bond with him, and he also discovered a person that also had a beast in him.
During the chuunin exams, he gained more swing mates. Almost all of his swing mates paces’ changed for the better, except Sasuke, which slowed down his pace. It was then he also noticed the girl that shared a similar swing with him, but not yet discovering she had been swinging alone with him from the distance.
By then Sasuke left his swing to join the clutches of Orochimaru. He and his teammate Sakura tried their best to help him go back to his rightful swing. But alas even with the combined effort of the Konoha 11, they were unable to get Sasuke back.
After the situation with Sasuke, he got closer with his batchmates, the Konoha 11, he got closer with the other senseis, he also met his mentor and was one of his closest swing mates, and still Hinata was there swinging at his pace, sharing the same pace of never going back on one’s word.
Then a day came when his mentor left his own swing, one of his closest swing mates. Grieving from his death, he decided to defeat the one who threatened the swings of his friends. The killer of his mentor, Pain.
Almost at his swing’s end, his life was saved by one of his closest swing mates, the girl who shared his pace, the girl that supported him ever since. She was almost lost in the process but she saved him and he was always thankful that she was alive. Not knowing his own feelings back then, he treasured this girl deeply.
Defeating the culprit of his mentor’s death, an even bigger threat rose amongst all of the chaos. This threat required all the elemental villages’ cooperation. All the shinobis from these villages, swung together with him in order to defeat this worldly threat. After the battle, some of his swing mates were lost especially Hyuuga Neji, one of his closest swing mates, coming along with thousands of shinobis that lost their lives for the cost of a new era of peace.
During these peaceful times, the girl that shared his pace and his swing, was almost taken away from him. Finally realizing her importance on his life, he went on to save her and take her to swing with him forever.
And now at this moment, she was now and still is sharing her swing with him and at the same time he shared her swing with her, bound by their love for each other.
This was the moment that he wanted to share their single swing. Forever.
He got off from the swing they were sitting on and dropped down on his knees. Asking her to share their swing forever, whenever good or bad times dawned upon them in the future, he promised to be with her.
She accepted his pleads and upon hearing her acceptance, he got up and sealed the deal with a deep kiss, filled with sweet love and a beautiful ring on her finger.
And finally, at this moment. He didn’t swing alone anymore. He had this beautiful woman to accompany her on their swing forever, through sickness and health, through richer times and poorer times and through life and death. Forever.
The End
A/N: Thank you for all the support and the naruhina month staff for reblogging my works! Thanks for the notes and hearts given upon me haha. I’m going to skip tomorrow prompt since I’m not a star wars fan nor I have any idea on the star wars universe. See you on day 16! Bye!