I impatiently waited for the bell to ring. I knew going to school would only make things worse. Damnit! I knew those two looked familiar. The other two people in my life that crushed my heart. No wonder I couldn't remember them, I tried so desperately to forget anything that happened to me from my past, but I failed miserably.

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"Sasuke! TenTen!" A young me screamed happily to my friends.

We were all together since we were three years old, and were at the moment six. We played together in my backyard, just having fun like the kids we were.

"Hey Hinata."  A young TenTen greeted me.

"Hey." The baby Uchiha said cooly.

Those two, were my escape from my father, from the people who hurt and bullied me. They shined a light into my sad, pitiful heart. They lifted up the little spirit I had left.

"Hinata, we can't stay too long today." TenTen told me sadly. Sasuke sat there, a little sadness covering his features.

"W-why not?" I asked, clearly confused.

"My mom wants me to come home early."

"My parents too." Sasuke said after.

"But don't worry, meet us by our tree at the park tomorrow. We promise we will have fun then." TenTen gave me sad smile.

Our tree, was the tree where we all met. My parents knew the Uchihas, and they introduced me and Sasuke. On that very same day, we also ran into a little brunette: TenTen. We saw her sitting alone by the tree, playing with a leaf. I ran up to her, and introduced myself, and soon after, she gladly accepted me and Sasuke.

"Bye Hinata." she said to me. Sasuke, just waved, barely showing any emotions.

"Don't say bye. Bye means forever. See you guys later." I smiled at them and waved.

"Right, see ya." it was faint, but I heard it.

And like she said, I waited by the tree where they told me to meet them the next day. I waited and waited, but no one came.

I tried again the day after, guessing that they couldn't make it.

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Nothing. No one. I was left there all alone.

I cried, and cried for days. And I never saw my so called friends again.

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Ring!

And just like that, the bell finally rung. I rushed out the classroom, and headed towards the gates of the school entrance. I was only a mere feet away from exiting this place...

"Hinata!"

And my chance of leaving was interrupted. I quickly turned my head to the person who called my name: TenTen, and not to mention her little crew was right behind her. Sauske was at her side.

"I told you. DON'T call me that!"

"Why not?! Hinata is your name! What's with the disguise!?" Saskue yelled angrily at me.

"Would you keep your voice down! No one needs to know that. And stay out of my business. This does not concern you guys or any of your little friends either." I said as I pointed at them and their group. I turned to leave, but TenTen's sudden outburst caught my attention.

"What happened to you? Is this about what happen all those years ago?" I stopped in my tracks. My body tensed at the words that flowed so carefully from her lips. The words tugged on my heart like it was peeling away at it; ripping apart the little pieces that had already fallen.

"We can explain." she said after I stopped.
I laughed, a devious and heartbreaking laugh; anger clearly evident in that one sound. I laughed sarcastically, and turned around slowly to face them.

"Oh, can you now? Explain to me then. Explain to me why you left me all alone! Why you didn't tell me anything! Why you left me there wondering all those years! I waited for you guys for a whole month! I cried for days hoping that you would come back. You promised me, you guys lied to me!" I stopped to catch my breathe.

'Don't say bye... HA! I was so stupid.'

"I can't believe how naive I was. Well you know what, I'm not that same innocent little girl, just waiting to crawl up into your arms anymore! I don't want to hear a single thing come out of your mouths. Just leave me alone." My voice sounding harsh, as I spit the words at them like cold knives.

TenTen was on the verge of tears, and Sasuke had the most depressing look on his face. Their little friends seemed shock, but pity was clearly visible in their eyes. I hated the the looks they were giving me. The pity faces that always watched me get hurt. The same eyes that silently stand by and do nothing, it made me sick. I faced my back towards them.

"And to answer your question, this has absolutely nothing to do with what happened back then, but it still hurts. This disguise, has nothing to do with you, so don't worry about it; and like I said before... do NOT call me Hinata. It's Hina Yhugata for now on." I told them coldly.

I couldn't let them get in my business. I can't risk anybody knowing anything. No one needs to know that I'm actually in hiding. That I . . . killed someone.

I walked away. I didn't need to waste my time with them. I knew better than to show any emotion towards those two. The last thing I needed was to make up and become friends with anybody. I wasn't even sure if I was staying or not. I don't know if the police would come looking for me so I could keep running. The crime I committed is something that happened for the first time in the small city I once lived in. It is a big deal, and I'm pretty sure they wasn't going to stop at any costs.

Making friends, would only be a heavy obstacle that would get in my way. The wall that would be too tough to break; that would stand in my way no matter what. Friends is only going to be my weakness. I can't- no, I won't let it bring me down.

I was storming off into the direction of my apartment, my shoes slapping across the hard pavement. The cool autumn breeze only felt cold on my skin, cooling off the boiled anger that was forming within the pit of my stomach.

I walked inside my household, slamming the door after me. I rushed to my room and sat on my bed, surrounded in my own loneliness.

'Maybe I'm being too harsh.'  I thought to myself, my naive mind trying to take over my sullen heart.

But it doesn't listen, my heart still speaks for itself. I mean, people do always say "It's not what you think, it's about what you feel"

Well I feel like shit. Everything hurts, I can't even bring myself to trust anyone anymore. My past keeps haunting me, tormenting with my mind. And no, my friends leaving me wasn't the only thing I was talking about. I have far worse memories than that. Memories that will keep attacking me from the inside.

My brain wants to forget, to just keep on living life, but my heart... it wants to stay locked away forever.