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"Are you really not afraid of being seen?" Naruto stared at Sakura, speechless. He couldn’t understand how she had the guts to be so bold.
"What’s the big deal? Don’t couples do bold things like this?" Sakura showed no sign of restraint at all.
Naruto: “…”
‘What kind of excitent is this? Who would be excited by this kind of thing?’ Naruto grabbed her feet rcilessly, then sipped his tea with one hand while playfully toying with her foot under the table before sending it back.
"Why are you thinking about all of a sudden?" He redirected his attention to the table, focusing on picking up his food, "Aren't you usually busy with training and work at this ti?"
"I'm here to freeload a al. Shizune-san is handling things at the dical Departnt, and Ino’s at the Hokage’s Office, so I don’t need to run between the two anymore." Sakura said after taking a bite of the food.
"Why is Ino working in the Hokage’s Office?" Naruto was stunned for a mont. He put down his chopsticks and asked as he looked up.
"It’s just a temporary reassignnt. Who knows what’s going on at the Hokage Tower?" Sakura said without even looking up, "Now that you know where she is, aren’t you going to go make up with her?"
"I’ve got to eat first. Can’t go on an empty stomach, can I?" Naruto replied.
"How are you going to thank for telling you this news?" She asked.
"Free al?"
"Deal." Sakura ate seriously, taking bite after bite, "I’m counting on you for the next two weeks, I’m almost too broke to afford food."
‘A two-week reassignnt? That long?’ Naruto made a ntal note but didn’t dwell on it too much. After all, it was just a reassignnt, not sothing too unusual.
"Are you short of money?"
"Of course! The salary from working at Konoha Hospital is barely enough to cover my living expenses." Sakura complained after finishing her al and setting down her chopsticks.
"Being Tsunade-sama’s disciple is already lucky enough, so asking for special treatnt would be pushing it. Besides, I have my eyes on a house recently."
"Hmm???" Naruto was genuinely intrigued, ‘Buying a house in Konoha?’
"Aren't you the only child in your family?"
"Yeah." Sakura replied, clenching her small fists, "But I’m not telling my parents. I want to buy it secretly."
"Let guess, you’re not planning on buying the one next to mine, are you?" Naruto asked Sakura with a frown, eyeing her suspiciously.
"Nope.”
"Good."
"I'm buying your apartnt and beco your landlord," She added casually.
"What?!" Naruto nearly jumped out of his seat, "Are you crazy? Why would you waste money like that?!"
"I already looked into it. You are renting that apartnt. I want to buy it outright." Sakura said, counting on her fingers, "I'm just a little short on money right now."
"Wait, do you have a grudge against or sothing, Haruno Sakura?"
"Um, no." Sakura turned away, acting shy.
Seeing her like this, Naruto's eyelids couldn't help but twitch, and he stared at her and said, "No grudge, yet you’re trying to make holess?"
"Hehe, I just want to see what it feels like to be your landlord." Sakura replied half-jokingly, making it hard for Naruto to figure out what was going on in her head.
"Whatever you want." Naruto said, "How much more do you need?"
"You’re going to lend it to ?" Sakura’s eyes lit up with excitent.
"Maybe. It’s not great luck to say ‘lend’ between friends, so I’ll just give it to you." He said after thinking for a while.
"Really?"
"Nope." Naruto rolled his eyes at her and reached out to ruffle her hair again, "What the hell are you thinking about? I’d have to be crazy to give you money."
"You got anything to offer in exchange?" Naruto leaned back in his chair and asked casually.
"Everything." Sakura half-jokingly responded.
Naruto turned his head away from her. He thought for a mont and didn’t say anything.
Seeing his silence, Sakura also chose to stay quiet, and the two exchanged a glance across the table.
"Are you serious?" He asked.
"Yeah, serious!" Sakura nodded.
"Alright, let's talk about it later. Make sure to show up tomorrow for the al." He stood up and said.
"You’re cooking?" Sakura was a little surprised, then thought to herself, ‘You’re not seriously cutting costs just because I’m freeloading, are you?’
"No, of course not."
"Oh, so where are we going to eat tomorrow?"
"Where?"
"Yeah?"
"I’m not cooking, you are."
"????" Sakura was stunned and looked at Naruto with a puzzled expression, "Are you serious?"
"Of course." Naruto replied, already heading for the door, "Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know. Gotta save where we can. As for the ingredients, I'll prepare them for you, don’t worry."
"It's going to be cold tomorrow, so rember to wear black stockings with your jeans."
Sakura was dumbfounded, watching as Naruto paid the bill and walked off. She lowered her head and thought, ‘Isn't this basically selling myself? A free chef?’
‘It didn’t seem like a bad deal, but it didn’t feel like a win either. What an odd situation.’
…
Later that afternoon.
Naruto found Hinata, who was just starting her day off, and as soon as they t, he grabbed her hand and led her to a secluded bamboo grove. The place was cool and shady, with a gentle spring breeze blowing.
Hinata’s face flushed bright red, and she didn’t dare look up the whole way, afraid of bumping into any of her clan’s mbers. She cautiously controlled her breathing along the way, and after what felt like an anxious eternity, they finally reached the bamboo grove safely.
"Uh… Hinata, do you still have so of that sake from last ti?"
"Huh?" Hinata was stunned for a mont, then looked up and asked in doubts, "What sake?"
"The kind you gave to the foxhound. Give so more? Please?" Naruto held onto Hinata’s hand as he spoke.
"Th-that’s no problem." Hinata's voice gradually beca quieter, "But… Naruto-kun, could you… let go of my hand first? I’ll go get it."
"Make sure it’s a whole bottle." He did not let go imdiately, but gently squeezed her soft hand instead, "Do you have a bottle?"
"I-I do." Hinata’s voice trembled, especially as she saw a clan mber approaching from a distance. Her body nearly went limp from the nerves.
"Huh?" Naruto turned his head and obviously noticed the person passing by. Without thinking too much, he pulled Hinata close and hugged her in front of him, then hid behind a nearby tree.
He wanted to ask Kurama to do sothing, but he couldn't let go of his pride and didn't want to lower his attitude. He figured asking Hinata to get the Hyuga Clan’s special sake would be a way to bait Kurama.
As he held Hinata close, his mind was still preoccupied with how to lure Kurama to take the initiative. Suddenly, he felt the girl in his arms move, so he lowered his head to check.
Hinata’s face was flushed all the way to her ears, and her body was so soft it felt like she was lting. This montary feeling nearly threw Naruto off.
"Hinata, are you okay?" He asked as he supported her.
"I-I’m fine." Hinata stamred, quickly escaping from Naruto’s embrace. She stumbled a bit as she backed away, almost tripping, and said, "I’ll go get it now. Wait for ."
Looking at Hinata's hurriedly departing back, Naruto glanced at the now-gone passerby, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
He knew that Dark Sakura just liked to talk, and if things got real, she’d back out in a heartbeat, too scared to follow through.
‘But Hinata? She wouldn’t be the type to enjoy the thrill of the mont, right?’
‘It seed like I had discovered so peculiar trait about Hinata.’
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