[Naruto] She Says She’s Just an Ordinary Keiko

Keiko. Such an ordinary name, expressing her traditional parents' simple wish that she grow up to be kind and virtuous. They never expected their daughter to get into the Ninja Academy at seven and begin a life as a ninja.

Keiko's parents weren't even ordinary ninjas, so she naturally couldn't fit in with the atmosphere of her class. Everything her classmates talked about was new to her. Even after graduation, she was assigned to an established genin team that was short on members. She rarely saw the others, and only remembered that Keiko had graduated in the same year when she happened to run into them on the street.

It didn't matter. After all, her eyes could only hold that one person.

Only she knew why she'd appeared here. Later, she told Sasuke the reason.

It was rare to see him, usually so cold and taciturn, blush. At the time, they were secretly dating right under everyone's noses.

"Because I like you, I wanted to become a ninja like you."

But later, they broke up peacefully, on the night Sasuke defected.

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Late at night, Sasuke jumped in through the window, braving the cold wind. He stood in front of Keiko without saying a word, just holding her.

Seeing the bundle on his back, Keiko smiled helplessly. Her heart was bitter, but she understood what he meant.

"I'm leaving." He straightened up and looked down at her slightly.

"Mm. I know." She knew she couldn't make him stay. How could she outweigh his hatred over the massacre of his clan? Itachi's appearance had left Sasuke like a frightened bird. He could no longer stay in Konoha and play house with her in their ordinary little life.

"Take care of yourself. Training will be hard."

For a long time, he only looked at her, as if they would never meet again and he wanted to take this chance to remember her forever.

"So we're breaking up, right?"

"Of course." She smiled.

The protagonist, burdened by the hatred of his clan, had to fulfill his own mission. How could she hold him back?

She was just ordinary Keiko. She couldn't help him with anything.

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Though only the female lead calls herself ordinary.

2023.08.27

Theme: I like Sasuke, hehe~