Legend:

Italic-Letter/P.O.V

Bold-Date of Letter Entry

"∆"-Important Detail

"•"-Detail

Spring when I was sixteen. I received a letter. Where did it come from? Why is it here? Who wrote it?

"Hinata-sama! You're going to be late for your class!" one of the Hyuga Household maids warned the eldest child.

"Y-Yes!" Hinata dashed out of the mansion's door and outside their huge silver gate.

April 6

•The first time I overslept because I forgot to set my alarm clock on time.

'I'll read this later.' Hinata kept an envelope inside her bag and looked around to see the Sakura trees looking beautiful as always.

'Oh no! I'm going to be late if I continue to run like this!'

"Congratulations on a new year!" Kakashi Hatake, Class 2-6's homeroom teacher looked around the room to see all of his students grinning. "Alright, same ugly faces like last year's 1-4."

Hinata silently giggled and the class erupted into laughter. She kept her books in order and saw that her letter was stuck in one of it and pulled it out while Kakashi walked out of the room saying something like he'll get something...or was that someone? Whatever.

To my junior highschool self. How are you? I am writing to you from 10 years in the future. Why am I writing this letter to you is what you're probably thinking right now. Please take this seriously and not as a prank.

'Oookay?' Hinata continued to read the letter with the obvious doubt visible in her lavender eyes.

There is something I wish for you to do for me. So I don't repeat my mistakes again for your favorable future, Junior High Hinata. Okay first, I'll tell you some things that will happen to your time.

April 6

•You overslept, for the first time in your life resulting to you being 'almost' late for class

'No way! How do this letter know that?!' Hinata's eyes were wide with disbelief.

•There will be a transfer student in your class named うずまきナルト

'Uzushio? I don't know how to read this. Isn't this like Tokyo's handwritings rather than Konohagakure's?' Hinata pouted slightly in confusion.

"Oi! Everyone shut up. We have a new transfer student from Tokyo. Don't show the new student how noisy you are." Kakashi returned to the room but still not entering the door and hiding someone behind him.

The two both walked in. The student behind the taller and older one was someone with spiky blond hair and cheek-length bangs framing the sides of his face. He has sparkling blue eyes even when he has this serious aura with him.

"Okay this-" Kakashi placed his hand on the student's shoulder. "-is Uzumaki Naruto from Tokyo. Due to family reasons, they moved to Konohagakure. Make sure to make him comfortable around the campus and as well as in the country side. Uzumaki, anything you want to share?"

Naruto looked at Kakashi before answering his question. "Well, don't be afraid to approach me even if I'm a city boy. I can tell you thing or two about Tokyo if you're interested to know about it. Pleased to meet you." he bowed in politeness as almost the whole class squealed, whooped, yelled, cheered and everything to welcome the student.

Meanwhile, Hinata stared shockingly at the letter and the new transfer student back and forth. 'No way. It's real?!' her hands trembled in shock with a mix of disbelief. 'That can't be...'

•His name is Uzumaki Naruto. His seat will be right next to you.

"Alright class shut up. Uzumaki, your seat will be next to Hyuga." Kakashi pointed to the vacant seat at the right of Hinata. "Approach me if you have any problems with the campus or lessons. I'm only staying at the faulty lounge."

The new blonde student approached near Hinata and when he reached the vacant seat beside the shy girl, he bowed his head slightly in politeness as the girl returned it with a small blush. After the exchange, Naruto sat down on his chair. Kakashi cleared his throat as all students faced the front.

"Hinaaaataaa! Let's go hoooome togeeeetheeer!" Kiba Inuzuka whined in a childish manner and snaked his arms around Hinata's shoulders.

"Don't mind him Hinata." Sakura Haruno sighed and placed both of her arms in front of the girl. "We'll go to our diner place for some food. Want to come?"

Hinata nodded eagerly and immediately thought of the Haruno Diner's cinnamon rolls. Naruto beside the bubbly group stood up from his seat but was stopped by a hand on his shoulder.

"You're not going anywhere." Sasuke Uchiha stated, his hand gripping the blonde's shoulder. "You'll come home with us."

"I...sorry...I..." Naruto hesitated for a bit and gulped down his nervousness.

"Yeah! Sasuke's right! Come on Uzumaki and join us in going home! We can tour you around Konohagakure as well if you want." Kiba released Hinata from his hug.

"Uzumaki, come on! Try the dishes in my family's diner place! It's terrific I tell 'ya!" Sakura winked at Naruto. 'It will raise our sales too!'

'But...if I remember correctly, this was in the letter.' Hinata furrowed her eyebrows and looked at her desk in uneasiness.

•You invite Uzumaki Naruto out, but he hesitates and obviously will reject the offer.

∆This once, don't invite him at all.

'Should I try asking them about it? Can I even believe this letter?' these were the thoughts running inside Hinata's mind.

Eventually, Naruto smiled slightly. "Then, I guess for a short time is fine."

Kiba whooped, Sasuke smirked from behind, Sakura jumped towards Naruto as Ino shook her head with a smile. Hinata smiled happily at the sight.

'What's so wrong in inviting him home along with us anyway? He looks kinda happy too.' Hinata released a relieved breath with her hand over her chest.

"First things first. We know you, you don't know us." Kiba winked at the blonde boy. "The name's Kiba Inuzuka. I love playing soccer and I have a pet dog named Akamaru."

"You know Uzumaki?" Sakura swung her arm over Naruto's shoulder. "If you see Kiba's dog he's like up to your waist. We make Akamaru our amusement ride! He can carry all of us, an additional body won't tire him out!"

"You're exaggerating! The kid might believe it!" Kiba ran his hand down Sakura's hair up to her chin to make her irrirated. "Though, it's true he can carry us but one at a time."

Sakura growled at Kiba for messing her hair. "Anyways, I'm Sakura Haruno and my family owns a diner place. That's where we mostly meet because we don't run out of food."

"Another place fun to hangout in is Sasuke's house or rather, area." Kiba burst out in a huge laughter when he saw Sasuke's horrified look.

"Why? Why?" Naruto asked cutely with eyes similar to a lost puppy. 'I wonder why Uchiha has that kind of face.'

"B-Because Uzumaki-kun, Sasuke-kun's house is near the mall which means movies, arcades, fastfood chain and k-kareokes. O-Oh and I'm Hinata Hyuga. I'm soft-spoken so please bear with me but don't worry b-because after a week I won't stutter a-around you." Hinata smiled warmly at Naruto as the boy replied with a grin.

"I'm Ino Yamanaka. Me and my family owns a flower shop and a small library so if there's a test gathers it's in my place." Ino proudly stated. "Oh and when there's test next week be ready to come by at my place everytime because we always review there."

"Finally you're all done. I'm Sasu-"

"Guuuys! We're heeere!" Sakura exclaimed as she opened the door to the diner place. She saw many customers eating and it made her happy as their business is popular.

"We're hooome!" Kiba and Ino shouted in sync. "We'll be upstairs with our usuals and one lunch set for our new guy and the Haruno couple's new son!" the two looked at each other in shock as the exact same words came out if their lips at the exact same time.

They all went upstairs where it was more quiet and private. They entered the first door on the left. Ino ran inside Sakura's room and jumped towards her bed. Kiba soon followed, crushing Ino underneath him.

"Is it okay for us to be in here?" Naruto asked with a chuckle. "I mean, I bet we are because the way you guys walk here feels like it's also your home."

"Yeah that's how they often hangout here. My parents also treat them as their own children and as those two said earlier, you'll be their new son." Sakura smiled and looked at Sasuke and suddenly remembered something. "Sasuke-kuun! I told you to call me last niiight!"

Kiba and Ino snatched pillows from each other while Sakura keeps bothering Sasuke to annoy him. Naruto looked at Hinata curiously and started a conversation with her.

"Does Haruno like Uchiha?" Naruto whispered in Hinata's ear as the girl smiled and shook her head. "No?"

"Sakura...is you see, in love with Sasuke. She doesn't 'like' Sasuke but 'love' Sasuke." Hinata whispered back as Naruto nodded his head in understanding.

Sakura's mom knocked on the door and opened it, breads in plastics in her hands. "You guys, take this for free since you have a new friend and our soon to be son. Your orders will be coming soon. There's each for everyone and Hinata, I'm sorry but we ran out of cinnamon cream for the bread."

Hinata shook her head with a smile. "No auntie it's okay. It's only for the bread as long as there's my roll it's okay."

"Alriiight! Mom go away we're having our sweet bonding time here!" Sakura shooed her mother away as the elder chuckled and closed the door after she exited. "Okay we have 2 cutlets, 2 pork and miso, 2 curry, 2 veggies, 2 apple cinnamon aaand 2 melon."

"Oh. Two pieces of one flavor. There's six. Aaah, it's right for us." Kiba clapped his hands. "Alriight, cutlet and pork miso is mine."

"Ah! Ah! Mine's veggie aaaand apple cinnamon." Ino announced with her raising her right hand. She reached for the apple cinnamon but was stopped by Sakura's hand. "What?"

"I want the apple cinnamon too!" Sakura slapped Ino's hand repeatedly. "You can't have it pig!"

"Haaah?! You can have it anytime! Just go down your room and you can get it easily! You can even eat it as your breakfast!" Ino answered back as she grabbed the bread. "What the-!"

"Buuut I don't waant to lose to youuu!"

"I'll take 2 melon and 2 curry for the forehead." Sasuke grabbed the 4 flavors and bonked Sakura's head, slapping to her face the bread he took for her.

"There's 1 veggie, 1 cutlet, 1 pork miso and 1 apple cinnamon left." Kiba looked at Naruto and Hinata who were the last ones to pick their flavor.

'I would love to try the apple cinnamon...' Hinata hungrily stared at the remaining apple cinnamon bread. Her vision was broken when a hand snatches the bread away and it disappeared from Hinata's sight. 'Uzumaki-kun, Sakura and Ino loves it. I'm glad I didn't rush in picking my flavor.'

Hinata snatched the pork miso and veggie bread from the wooden tray with a disappointed face. She went back to her cushion seat sadly which the blonde male noticed.

'Hyuga wants the apple cinnamon...' Naruto stared at the bread on his left hand guiltily. He asked the girl beside him, "Want to exchange?" with a finger pointing the pork miso flavored bread. "Pork miso for apple cinnamon."

Hinata's face lit up and she nodded eagerly. "I want! I want! I want!" Hinata blushed embarassed after realizing that she must have acted like a dog in front of Naruto. "I-I mean...thank you...Uzumaki-kun..."

They both handed their chosen bread to trade with each other. Hinata while staring at the newly received bread from Naruto thought, 'Could he have noticed? Did it seem like I want apple cinnamon?'

Friday, April 6

The first time I overslept. The opening ceremony and early release. The new transfer student, Uzumaki Naruto joins Class 2-6 and sits right next to me. We invited him to go home with us and talked all the way to Sakura's house. I walked behind him.

"Bye!"

"Bye-bye!"

"See you on Monday!"

"Goodbye."

"Later! Oh Naruto!" Kiba called out as the blonde turned around to face him. "Is it really alright for us to call you Naruto?"

Naruto didn't respond vocally but gave them all a big, happy grin. They grinned right back at him and seperated their ways with Sakura entering their diner place to help.

I'll call him Naruto-kun starting on Monday.

Hello guys! Just to inform you, this story is based off in the manga Orange by Takano Ichigo! It's sugoii I promise! And as far as I'm monotoring it, the manga updates every month with 27-30+ pages...I think. Hope you enjoyed it and please support this story by favoriting or following and of course, reviewing. Any of those methods, I'll be happy and encouraged to write fast. Thank you!

Preview:

"It's for Naruto."

"You know that he won't be happy about it, right?"

"It's fine."

"It's a secret."