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“Not close?” Sakura’s smile was beginning to falter.
"Why are you telling all this?" Naruto glanced at her sideways, "Wouldn't it be better for everyone to just pretend nothing's wrong and continue with our missions?"
"I thought you've already figured it out." Sakura replied.
"So what? I can pretend I don't know." Naruto sighed and said, "But now that you've suddenly decided to confess, you've made things really difficult for ."
"Can't there be a bit of mutual understanding between us? Or perhaps a shared secret? If I don't say anything, and you don't say anything, and with Sasuke far away, who would know your secret?"
"I'm surprised by your thinking." Sakura said, still smiling.
"There's nothing surprising about it." Naruto spread his hands, revealing a sowhat unfriendly smile, "The so-called companions are those who accompany each other through life and death."
"But if Sakura's heart has gone with Sasuke, it puts in a tough spot. I just need a companion. It makes no difference to whether it's you or Sakura, right?"
"Well, have you convinced yourself with that?" Sakura asked with a bit of amusent, tilting her head slightly, "I thought you might be angry or even have a breakdown."
"If you'd like, I can act that out for you now."
"No need." Sakura replied with a smile.
"Then can we start over? Let's forget everything that happened tonight, and pretend that nothing happened." Naruto's face showed a trace of unhappiness.
‘I had carefully played dumb, but this idiot turned around and lay everything out in the open.’
"No, I want to tell you, Naruto." Sakura shook her head.
Naruto closed his eyes in despair and sighed deeply, "I don't want to see anything, I don't want to hear anything, I don't want to know anything. Why do you have to tell ?"
Under the dim streetlight, Sakura remained silent for a long ti before lifting her head, and said seriously, "I want to be rembered. In case I disappear one day, I might not even leave a trace of my existence. Everyone would only rember her, not ."
"My mory isn't that great, and I tend to forget a lot of people and things." Naruto scratched his face, looking up at the dark sky, "I might even forget by tomorrow after a good night's sleep."
Upon hearing this, Sakura stepped forward and picked up a takoyaki with a bamboo skewer, offering it to Naruto.
"Here."
Naruto stared at the takoyaki for a mont but didn't reach out to take it.
"What’s wrong? Afraid I poisoned it?"
"Tsunade-sama once did. You're her student…" Naruto said with a look of disbelief, "What if you’re trying to silence soone who knows your secret?"
"Then, do I need to take such a big risk and go through so much trouble?"
"Maybe you just enjoy the process of committing the cri." Naruto stroked his chin and mused, "Or maybe you want to satisfy so twisted desire, like killing soone with lies, watching them drown in endless hatred before they die."
Sakura: "… You are obviously the more twisted one here."
"Don't worry, I know you won't tell anyone about this secret between us." She handed over the takoyaki and said, "You can think of this as trying to win your favor."
"Huh? Why?" Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"Naruto-kun, you’re the only one who knows that I exist. If you forget about , then I will really cease to exist." Sakura said with a smile.
"I want you to rember , Naruto. Even if I disappear one day, I want to still live on in your mories."
"So, there's no way I would harm you!"
Naruto glanced at Sakura sideways and said disdainfully, "I don't believe a single word won say."
Sakura's face twitched slightly and her smile froze on her face.
Back at ho, he opened the door.
In the end, he still didn't eat the takoyaki. After saying sothing that shattered Sakura's composure, he turned around and left. Just thinking about Sakura now gave him chills, so there was no way he was going to get close to her.
Today, he got caught, and there was nothing he could do about it.
But Sakura wouldn't usually be on missions with him unless there were special circumstances. Whether it was the old Sakura or the inner Sakura, Naruto felt that it was best to stay away from a yandere with a dual personality.
Sakura's situation was indeed rare, but he didn't really care. He didn't want to deal with the old Sakura, who was obsessed with Sasuke, nor the inner Sakura.
If he has such free ti, he’d rather spend it lying around.
With a click, the lights ca on, filling the living room with brightness.
"Kurama, get out here!" Naruto called out as he walked, placing the food he had brought on the dining table, "Hurry up, I brought you sothing to eat. Next ti, you need to help buy things."
As soon as the words fell, there was movent in the room where Kurama was. Due to the absence of ‘certain part’, Kurama usually walked upright when no one was around.
The way he swaggered out and opened the door was reminiscent of Tom the Cat.
"You're the real dog here." Kurama grumbled as he deftly jumped onto the sofa, lying down while complaining, "How am I supposed to buy you food? Walk around with money in my mouth like a dumb dog?"
"You could."
“Get lost." Kurama scoffed, "Now hurry up and present your offering to the great !"
Suddenly, as if he had thought of sothing, Kurama jumped off the sofa and hurried to the kitchen, grabbing so alcohol from the fridge. With a practiced motion, he popped it open.
"Hey, Kurama, how about coming with on a mission next ti?" Naruto suddenly suggested.
"Another mission with those pet-loving idiots? No thanks!" After saying that, Kurama picked up the bottle of alcohol with his paws and started complaining.
"It probably won't be with them." Naruto ate the fried tempura, frowned, and swallowed it with difficulty, "You should get out and stretch your legs. Staying cooped up at ho all the ti will make you rusty."
"As if the great could ever be weakened by re indulgence." Kyuubi mumbled, taking another swig, "I can go, but you have to bring the booze with you."
Naruto thought for a mont. Since he had a seal space, carrying a few things wouldn't be a problem. So, he readily agreed, and the matter was settled.
Since the arrival of autumn, the weather in Konoha had beco increasingly strange.
Faced with the embarrassing situation of only having one day left of vacation, Naruto calmly devised a plan to pass the ti, intending to quietly enjoy this hard-earned vacation ti alone.
He no longer expected anyone to be free to spend ti with him at this ti, after all, all Shinobi had different schedules for their ti off.
He just happened to et Ino today. He guesses that she was probably already out on another mission tomorrow, likely under Asuma's lead.
…
The next day.
"Anyway." Naruto said, curled up in his thin blanket, only his head peeking out as he grinned at Kurama, "As long as I'm ho sleeping, no one will bother ."
"You're the real lazy one." Kurama muttered, taking a swig of alcohol, "It's so quiet. But I have a feeling you won't be getting any sleep today."
"You better shut your trap." Naruto retorted. His room was wide open, and his sword was placed near the room’s door. He did that so that he could draw his sword and rush to the entrance the mont there was a knock on the door.
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