Hayate Gekko

From the moment you met at the academy, when you defended him from the bullying, he knew you would be the love of his life.

From birth, Hayate was always at a disadvantage, a disease that would gradually limit him, making him think he was useless and that he would amount to nothing.

But you, you believed in him from the very beginning, you defended him from ridicule, you beat up those who mocked him and you for believing in him, which meant you were constantly being punished for hitting your classmates, but you didn't care. Don't lie, that was the reason you beat them up; they mocked you because you were the opposite of him, a prodigal.

He felt guilty, he felt weak, and every now and then he would cry and beg you not to do it, but you didn't care and you told him that you would always be there for him.

During the Chunin Exams, while everyone was yelling at him to give up, you were yelling at him not to, telling him that if no one believed in him, you would.

He grew up, and proved your words true; his sword and tracking jutsu made him stand out. He became a jonin, one of the best, just like you.

They went on missions, they were a good team, but their hearts wanted to say something else; the feeling was mutual but no one said anything. He, for his part, was afraid of rejection, even though you had suitors and you rejected them, he had to be one of those rejected, and you didn't say anything out of shame.

His friends (Azuma, Kakashi, Genma, Kotetsu, and Aoba) and your friends (Tsunade, Shizune, and Kurenai) knew about your mutual feelings, especially Hayate's. Unlike you, who hid them, Hayate saw you like a lovesick teenager. His eyes betrayed him when he saw you, his hands sweated, he smiled like a fool when he saw you—he was like a lovesick puppy, so to speak.

Seeing this, his friends gave him an idea: secret gifts, anonymous letters. He agreed. In your office (you work with Tsunade in her office) every morning there were flowers, food, letters; they were gifts from the heart.