In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"The food hasn't been served yet." Shikamaru was speechless. This guy was quite good at changing the subject, but he didn't ask any further questions.

After all, it's Ino and Naruto's private matter, and I only mention it because they're childhood friends. There's no point in saying more, after all, no matter how good their relationship is, it's their own business.

The door to the private room opened, dishes were placed one by one, and the small pot in the middle was lit, with white smoke rising. The atmosphere suddenly became lively.

The wine was slowly brought up and the bottles were opened and filled.

Shikamaru and Choji seemed accustomed to it; the relationships between the upper and lower classes in established families were still quite serious. As adults, drinking became a passive skill that ninjas learned when they were under pressure.

"I heard that..." Shikamaru spoke, slowly opening up everyone's conversation.

Everyone present knew each other, so even with the addition of two girls, the atmosphere wouldn't be awkward. Naruto didn't need to go out of his way to strike up a conversation with anyone; occasionally, just picking up a few people's conversations would be enough.

Half an hour later, the atmosphere at the table was completely lively. Ino was also drinking, though not much, taking small sips. The last time she'd drunkenly asked Naruto for a kiss, she'd nearly died of shame. She'd vowed never to do something as foolish as that again.

"The Land of Rain is not that scary..." Naruto has been traveling around in recent years, and the places he has been to are places that few of them would ever visit.

Plus, having spent so much time with Jiraiya, he knew how to bring up interesting topics. Just casually telling him a few anecdotes from the road was enough to handle this kind of situation.

"Will you be so busy in the future?" Dingci suddenly asked.

Ino was chatting and laughing with the two girls. When she heard this, she suddenly paused for a moment.

"I don't know, it hasn't been decided yet." Naruto put the wine glass on the table and said lazily, "If there is nothing to do, I will probably stay in the village. I may also need to go out on a mission."

"Drink less." Ino turned her head to look at him and said with a frown.

As soon as he finished speaking, Choji immediately took Naruto's wine glass like a dog and said with a silly face.

"Drink some water."

Naruto: “…”

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost tense, Shikamaru suddenly stood up, raised the wine glass in his hand and said.

"I have something to announce."

It was like a long-planned conversation. There were only a few things one could say in such an occasion. With that tone, they were probably about the most important things in life.

Ino looked up at Shikamaru in confusion. Choji was a little nervous, and the other two women had different expressions. Naruto leaned back in his chair with his eyes half-closed, the light narrowing his vision.

The private room became quiet, the pot was bubbling, and the fresh ingredients that Shikamaru had just put in were swirling and singing in the boiling water.

"Tamako and I are getting married next week," Shikamaru said, a slight blush appearing on his face.

Smart people don't blush easily, and they might even try to control their expressions pathologically. But when Naruto saw the seriousness and shyness in Shikamaru's eyes, he knew that this was probably true.

"Good!" Shikamaru clapped his hands, and the atmosphere in the box instantly became lively.

The girl named Tamako looked shy, perhaps because she had expected this. She and Shikamaru both blushed as they stood next to each other under the light.

He opened his eyes, stood up and said congratulations. The butterfly effect finally showed its fangs after many years. For Naruto, it was also a good thing.

The significance of a dinner party witnessed the power of the butterfly effect. A person like Shikamaru would be treated well no matter who married him.

He glanced at Ino out of the corner of his eye and could only see the profile of her face, which was always smiling.

The word "marriage" was unexpectedly heavy. Listening to Shikamaru's announcement that he was getting married, Naruto didn't feel much. Ino was good, and their life was good.

But once he tries to settle down seriously, things tend to go wrong.

The chairs were pulled away, and two or three people stood up. Shikamaru and Choji had things to do. After saying hello, they each took their girlfriends and left in different directions.

Ino naturally followed Naruto out. They walked out of the private room and breathed some fresh air. The cool night breeze made them feel comfortable all over.

"What are you thinking about?" Ino asked.

"I'm not thinking about anything, I just feel like time flies by so fast." Naruto sighed in a somewhat clichéd way, "We were all laughing and joking together yesterday, but now I see that those guys are already preparing to enter the next stage of their lives."

"Shikamaru doesn't like those jobs, but the elders of the Nara clan hope that he will participate more in high-level activities." Ino explained on the side.

"Only by getting married at this time can you slow down your life trajectory. You're getting married precisely because you're not ready."

Her eyes were bright as she looked at Naruto.

"Chouji doesn't have that much pressure, but he's a kind person. He'll also choose to get married soon after Shikamaru gets married."

"Are you jealous?" Naruto turned around and asked.

"Ah."

At the corner of the stairs on the third floor, Ino turned around and stood side by side with Naruto in front of the window, looking at the lights of Konoha in the distance, and said with a smile.

"But I know you don't envy me, so I won't envy you either. This way you won't be lonely."

Stop scolding me, it's just a special event. Please post it again. There are too many monthly tickets and I will post another free chapter tomorrow.

In late autumn, the sky becomes dark without you noticing, as if it were stained with a layer of ink.

Perhaps because of the heavy rain that lasted all day yesterday, the temperature outside Konoha was a little low.

"Do you have a fever?" Naruto leaned over slightly and looked at Ino who was sitting at the counter on the first floor of the flower shop.

The girl tilted her head back, her eyes narrowed subconsciously.

Her cheeks were slightly red as if she was drunk, and her eyes were tearful due to weakness, making her look a little pitiful.

Three minutes ago, Naruto passed by the flower shop and on a whim wanted to say hello to Ino, and accidentally caught a glimpse of a figure lying on the counter.

"You don't look well." Naruto touched her head, which was a little hot, and even Ino's breathing on his hand was a little hot.

"I'm fine." Ino tilted her head back, her voice unusually weak.

Looking closely, Naruto realized that Ino's face was almost completely flushed, an abnormal color. Her voice was weak, and her eyes were almost closed with fatigue.

It would be strange if he was fine like this, Naruto frowned slightly.

"Close the shop first, I'll take you back to your room to rest?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he could feel Ino's kitten-like body froze slightly. Her perfectly smooth, right-angled shoulders and the fair neck covered by her golden hair froze as well.

"It's not like I've been there before, why are you shy..." Naruto muttered.

Normally, Ino would have said something in reply, but now, she seemed to have no energy left.

Send back to the room.

"I need a drink of water." Ino's breathing became a little unsteady, and her face seemed to have turned even redder. She pleaded softly, with a gasp in her voice. Naruto withdrew his foot from the door. His face remained calm as he turned to look at the girl on the sofa, squinting her eyes and panting.

"okay."

The girl's breath was hot, and Naruto could feel Ino's ragged breathing as she fed him water. Her small mouth unconsciously parted slightly, revealing her white teeth. The normally tsundere girl was surprisingly well-behaved when she was sick.

She had long eyelashes, eyebrows like distant mountains, and a fair face without any flaws. She also had a faint fragrance on her body, which became stronger as her body temperature rose.

"Is there any medicine to reduce fever at home?" he asked.

"Does a fever-reducing patch... count?"

"Where?"

Looking around, Ino's room was about the same size as mine. Perhaps because it was a girl's room, both the bed and the desk were unusually tidy.

"In that cupboard."

Following Ino's guidance, he found the fever-reducing patch under the TV cabinet in front of the sofa. The package had a cute girl holding a thermometer in it.

After tearing open the package, Naruto naturally put the fever-reducing patch on Ino's forehead.

"Thank you."

Ino's chest rose and fell slightly, like waves on the seashore. Naruto didn't know if it was an illusion, but after applying the fever patch, Ino's face seemed to have gotten even redder.

The slight blush even spread from her neck to her ears, with a few strands of blonde hair scattered over it.

"You're...as obedient as a kitten now."

"You... bastard!" Ino's voice trembled slightly.

"I just said it casually, you should have a good rest." Naruto packed up and left.

About two days later, Ino's illness was completely cured.

Naruto ran into Ino in the hallway in front of the apartment building. Standing in the hallway was a beautiful figure. She was wearing a knee-length skirt, the pleats of which were neatly arranged, as if she was waiting for him.

With fair cheeks and a graceful jawline connected to a swan neck, the girl was just standing in the dusk, but she looked like an angel walking into the mural.

Ino stood coquettishly in the corridor, her long golden hair tied behind her head. She turned slightly and looked at Naruto who was standing there in a daze.

And Naruto noticed that Ino was holding a food storage box in her hand, which was wrapped in a thick layer of insulation.

When he reached the door, Ino handed him the box. The round box seemed to contain fried tempura, and the golden crispy crust could be seen through the glass layer.

"Actually, you don't have to be so polite." Naruto sniffed, took out the key and prepared to open the door, "Ahem, I like maid costumes."

"Go to hell, pervert!" Ino clenched her two little hands together and frowned.

"Thank you for the compliment." Naruto walked straight in and turned around to greet her casually, "Come in and sit for a while."

Looking at the wide-open door, Ino hesitated, but still walked in.

The doors and windows in the living room were opened for ventilation, and Naruto went straight into the kitchen to get a glass of water, which was his habit.

Water gurgled on the coffee table as Ino stood in the living room, looking around nervously. She had secretly decided not to come again.

The living room was simple, with a plush, plain carpet on the floor. A solid wood table had natural stripes flowing across it, and a fat orange dog, Ninetails, lay on the gray sofa, sleeping with a bottle of wine in his arms.

There was a faint smell of alcohol in the air, but it wasn't pungent.

The sound of ding-dong came from the kitchen. Naruto seemed to have no intention of paying attention to Ino after he came in, which made her feel relieved.

Everything around her made her feel relaxed, and she even felt a faint sense of home warmth in her heart. After taking two steps, Ino sat up straight on the sofa.

After pursing her lips and waiting for two seconds, she glanced at the foxhound sleeping beside her without any suspicion. Suddenly, Ino seemed to realize something and her tense body suddenly relaxed.

The noise in the kitchen stopped, and a minute later, Naruto came out with two meals. The food was simple, and was not brought to the dining table, but placed on the coffee table with a piece of insulation layer on it.

"Eat something first, then drink this."

Naruto said as he walked over and dug out a medicine box from under the living room cabinet and took out a packet of long pink powder potion with dragon horn powder written on it.

This is a quick-acting cough-relieving powder. Just tilt your head back and drink it, and the itchy feeling in your throat will quickly disappear, leaving only a cool feeling.

"Oh." Ino was at a loss for words and had to focus her attention on the cooked porridge.

Naruto waited until Ino finished drinking before he got up to clean up, removed the insulation, and went into the kitchen with the bowls.

When I came out, Ino was still sitting on the sofa.

"If you really want to thank me, you can wear those black socks next time, yes, the long ones." He said leaning against the kitchen door.

"No!" Ino was suddenly a little angry. This guy was always like this, and could make people angry with just a few words. So she asked angrily, "Did you try to take advantage of me yesterday?"

"Yes."

Ino: "......."

Something was not going right; he hadn't played by the rules. Ino blushed for a moment, mumbling "you, you, you" for a long time, not knowing what to say.

Wearing black stockings is absolutely impossible! Doesn't that mean... well, just out of gratitude, I can only... let him touch my feet. He's a pervert anyway.

Naruto was a little confused as he looked at the foot stretched out in front of him.

"What?"

Ino said nothing and turned away with a red face.

Naruto reached out and touched Ino for a while, but when he saw that Ino didn't respond, he moved his hand to her thigh. Ino was suddenly furious and kicked him reflexively.

"abnormal!"

With a bang, Ino ran away.

In the living room, the two drank porridge in silence.

Free Extra: Fourteen-year-old summer with Hinata's knee pillow

(Timeline: Summer of Fourteen)

How could he fall asleep in a place like this? Hinata looked down helplessly at Naruto, who was resting his head on her lap. He seemed to be fast asleep.

As for being asked to sit on someone's lap just by passing by, she guessed that only Naruto would be so shameless as to ask for it.

Since you can't refuse him, just indulge him.