Chapter 29 - Kushina (1/2)
Late in the evening, a red-haired girl was overlooking Konoha from the Hokage mountain, sitting on Hashirama's head, the man that married the legend of her clan, Mito.
It has been a week since she came to Konoha, and things here were not at all like she expected them to be.
Konoha has a lot of darkness hidden in broad daylight. It's the first thing that she learned after coming here. Just because she was not born here and looks different, people here despise her.
”Oi, what's with the long face, Kushina”
When she was going to drown into the negative emotions, a voice broke her out of her thoughts. Recognizing it, she smiled. The voice owner was one of the reasons that she didn't end up isolated and depressed.
Looking back at her blond friend, she curiously asked: ”Minato, what are you doing here?”
”Me? I stalked you after the class. I saw you were depressed so I thought you would need help or something” Deadpanned Minato
Hearing his answer, Kushina was stunned. Regaining herself, she looked back at the village, and with a self-deprecating smile said: ”Is it that obvious?”
”Not really, I don't think anyone else could see through you. You were cheerful for real, your mood was not faked. It's more like something is weighing heavily on your mind constantly, and you hide it well enough”
”Why I'm not surprised? Even if it has been only a week that I encounter you, I feel like you know everything on me. If I were not your friend, I would have been truly scared dattebane.”
”What can I say, I've got some good observation abilities... So, what happened?”
Kushina sighed. ”It's nothing really, just...I miss home. In Uzushio, people were so bright and cheerful, but here people dislike me despite the fact that I've done nothing, it's really depressing”
”Hmmm, does it really matter?”
”Of course it matters” Shouted Kushina ”You don't know what it is to have people look at you with such means eyes each time you walked through what you must now call home!”
”You're right, I don't know” She was startled by his admission, but Minato was not finished ”But like I said, why does it matter? Those people are stranger to you, you should not bother with them”
”Hmph, you don't understand! I'm tired, I'm going home, goodnight.” Saying so, she huffed and went back to the Uzumaki-Senju compound, 'Stupid Minato, why can't you understand that I want people to look at me like they look at you'
It was nighttime in Konoha, in a soundproof apartment room, a ”Who-is-louder-contest” was taking place. If not for the seals sealing the sound, all Konoha would have been woken up by now.
”Just leave me alone Minato!”
”Answer my question, Kushina!”
”Why does it matter to you if I avoid you? You have other friends so stop bothering me and let me go! I don't want to see your face anymore! I just want to be alone!”
Hearing that, something snapped inside of Minato and his arm moved on his own.
SLAP
Touching her cheeks, Kushina looked at Minato in disbelief. And seeing his eyes, she trembled. It's the first time that she saw him angry, and his icy cold eyes sent shivers to her spine.
”You want to be alone? Stop spouting bullshit! You don't know what it is to be all alone! Don't say things that you can't ȧssume!”
The slap and Minato's words sobered up Kushina, and tears began to leak from her eyes. 'He is right, I don't want to be alone, I already lost my family, not him too'
”What the- Why are you crying? I'm sorry ok, I acted without thinking because you brought such a sėnsɨtɨvė topic, here let me rub the pain away” Saying so, Minato rubbed her little chubby cheeks with his hands.