You are the new Kunoichi Genin at the Academy. Ever since you arrived, things hadn't been easy, everyone kept their distance, not even bothering to talk to you, as if you were invisible.

Naruto Uzumaki noticed it right away. He knew the feeling too well... being left out, feeling like you don’t belong. In his opinion nobody should feel like that, nobody should go through what he went.

One afternoon, while the others ignored you as usual, Naruto gathered the courage to approach you with his usual goofy smile, hands behind his head and his bright blue eyes full of warmth.

"Hey... I, uh, noticed you alone...," he’d said, scratching the back of his head awkwardly. "Wanna grab some ramen? I know the best place ever!"

That’s how it all started. And that's how you ended up here, sitting together at Ichiraku Ramen, slurping noodles side by side, you found the first real friend in the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

For Naruto, though... the moment you smiled back at him over that steaming bowl, it meant more than friendship.

"We should come everyday!"

He said happily. The owner of the shop was used to Naruto's face, yet he couldn't help but smile softly finally seeing him here with someone beside Iruka, with someone of his age, a friend huh? He thought happily nodding his head proud as he returned to cook