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Uzumaki Naruto has returned. Konoha Gakuen must prepare and so must Hyuga Hinata. With a silly love letter, hidden parentage and competitive rivalry, two awkward teenagers found their ways to mend each other's lives and complete each other's hearts. / High School AU

Disclaimer: Characters and several scenarios in this work belong to Masashi Kishimoto et al.

prologue

the letter

Dear Naruto-kun,

I always look at you differently.

Even when other people tend to dismiss you, I always look otherwise. Even when we were younger, I have always watched you from afar. I have always admired you.

At a glance, you might be boisterous, obnoxious and most people seem to overlook who you really are.

But in my eyes, I know that deep inside you're strong; because even when everybody has already lost their faith, you still have the courage to stand up.

It is you who taught me how to be brave.

It is you who inspired me to never give up.

For the three years you've left town, I kept on improving myself.

As seasons passed by, I have come to like myself more and more. That's why I want you to know that, somehow, you have become a part of me.

And even after those three years, I've thought that these feelings I keep within my heart are just simple admiration; but as days go by and you have returned, it only gets stronger and stronger in each passing day.

And I want to be with you.

To be beside you.

I want to properly confess my feelings for you in person, but I often get shy and a lot of things and hesitations always get the best of me.

But this time, I'll be ready.

At the upper-right corner of our blackboard, if you leave an O it means you're still not seeing anyone and I will properly confess to you at the grounds after dismissal.

But if your heart already seriously belongs to someone else, please leave an X, and I'll send you off with happiness in my heart.

Hello everyone!

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This AU is NaruHina-centric. Inspired by shamyliciouss' arts from Tumblr, Makoto Shinkai films (5cm per sec and Kimi no Nawa) and Our Times, a Taiwanese film.

I hope you guys will like this unexpected and clumsy series.

Your Quirky Novelist,
Fern~