A hug.

The whole scene flashed through my mind.

That was not the only scene, there were more moments that were like this, crying in silence.

That is the only thing I could do.

In those moments I understood what it means to be an orphan, I began to live like an orphan and my hopes for the future were like those of an orphan.

Along with this I started having the wishes of an orphan, you might be surprised how simple the wishes of someone so lonely can be.

There were several but the one I wanted the most in my low moments was a hug.

A simple hug, it won't matter who it was from, even if it was a stranger or an enemy.

I just wanted someone to comfort me.

I don't know if it was pride, shame or I don't know what it was but I could never tell or ask anyone, maybe it was because I didn't want anyone to see my vulnerability.

But as time went by I got used to it, to loneliness and sadness, from one moment to the next I no longer felt the need for someone to comfort me.

So over time I started to forget these scenes from the past.

(PDA: This is the part that can't explain ben in the first chapters, maybe some of you remember some scenes a bit meaningless where the protagonist gets sentimental from one moment to another)

But what fate, just today I had to witness that scene from the past in another person.

I know clearly what she wants right now...

Feeling this, how do you expect me not to take pity on this? I'm human.

So without further hesitation I moved closer to her and wrapped my arm around her pressing against me.

"That?-!"

She was surprised and a bit shocked by this and tried to struggle a bit to get free, too bad my grip is quite strong.

"shut up and stay there"

"But-"

"Shut up, I know how you feel"

She freezes for a second.

"Don't try to struggle, you need my hug, believe it" With that said I hit her even closer to me wrapping both arms around her.

Now in this position she is covered by me, like she is a roof.

I feel the coolness of her body (it's a bit cold) while she feels my warmth.

"Come on, cry, she keeps crying, I'll be here to comfort you" I suddenly said words of comfort involuntarily.

This was some kind of button that made the dripping from her eyes turn into a fountain.

From one moment to the next Sakura couldn't control herself and she could only sob silently while I looked up pensively at the sky.

PDA: Women are more sentimental (I would question this, he opted for equality) so this scene is a bit more dramatic than usual.

PS: For those who do not understand, here in this scene I am showing what is commonly known in movies as humanity, showing this facet of a character like this can help to sympathize with the reader; but how do you think that the Joker movie is so good; This same logic works for villains, a villain that is made is more incredible to see than a villain that is born as such, ask Eren (Attack on Titan) if you don't believe me.

...

After saying goodbye and making sure she's okay (to participate in the exams) I walk home, I'm a little tired.

As I walk I get thoughtful.

'Lately I feel like I'm changing too much...' If it was the old me I highly doubt I would have done many of the things I did today.

I don't know if that change is something good or bad in the future... well what the hell, none of that matters now, I have to focus on what's coming therefore.

I shake my head from these thoughts and visualize the future.

'Well, from now on I must prepare for this busy period in Konoha'

Compared to the previous events, what is approaching does involve very great dangers such as: Orochimaru.

Nor should I forget those subjects who are in the dark...

With all this in mind I head home to enjoy what little peace of mind I have.

...

Well, I had a little down time to rest until they called me...

...

In the middle of the night I walked a little sleepily towards a certain direction, the forest.

After an annoying walk in the dark, I arrived at my destination.

With a yawn I jumped in a certain direction arriving at a very familiar section.

It was the place where the teacher called us to do that test.

In the place my companions were already waiting for me sitting in the trees.

They were among the trees but with my abilities (which could be considered sensory) I easily perceived them.

Arriving at the place I didn't say anything, I didn't even bother to look at them.

I cut some branches from the side and used my chakra to dry them.

I must say that having wood-style chakra is very useful in various situations, it hurts that it's normal wood-style, but thinking about it a bit, if I could master natural chakra like the original Hashirama...

I quickly leave these thoughts remembering certain inconveniences that could bring me, even the original Naruto himself had a lot of problems with it, not to mention Jiraiya who has a semi-mastery of this ability.

'Maybe I could master the fairy chakra but that could take a long time'

For now we will leave this option as an option.

Then I focus on him, the firewood I just made and I start to calmly make seals.

Then he bulged out my cheeks like a hamster and spat out a little ball of fire.

I look a little surprised.

'I didn't think it was going to be that small... I guess it's downsides of not having an affinity towards an element, which eonsa, I think it would be amazing if I could dominate something with a lot of damage like fire (ignoring lightning)'

Well, although the rest of the elements are very powerful in their own way, fire has a certain charm for area damage, lightning generally has a disadvantage regarding that, since expanding the lightning element a lot can reduce its effectiveness at the time of doing damage, fire, on the other hand, has no more advantage with respect to this.

Then the small fire begins to spread through all the dry branches.

So I don't know where he got a piece of meat.

This is the only good and remarkable thing about the rewards that I got lately, it is worth mentioning that I do not say anything about the other rewards because they are things that I have in abundance, black iron, a couple of kunais around, reinforced water and a little more relaxation and friendship potions (this is good because my reserves were declining).