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Chapter 390 It’s Like Running Around Naked

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During break, Ino suddenly looked up at Naruto and asked out of the blue, "Would you ever leave me?"

"Why are you asking that?" Naruto was a little taken aback. The weed whacker was still at his feet, having overheated just now, so he\'d poured some water over it. It was still steaming on the ground.

"I just want to know. Tell me first." Ino said.

"I wouldn\'t," he said, "I\'m not that stupid, of course I wouldn\'t leave you."

"What if you lost your mind?"

"Ino, asking it like that just makes no sense." Naruto was a little speechless, "If I lost my mind, wouldn\'t I be dead? If I\'m dead, then it\'s out of my control."

"No! Even if you\'re dead, you can\'t leave me!"

"What?" Naruto tilted his head. He really didn\'t know how women\'s brain circuits worked, "Seriously? How would I have any say after I’m dead?"

"I\'m not the Shinigami. If I were the Shinigami, maybe I\'d make sure I never die and stay with you forever."

"Humph, if you were the Shinigami, I wouldn\'t want to be with you." Ino said, a bit haughtily, "I\'ve seen the portrait of the Shinigami. So ugly. And that mask you took from the shrine was ugly too."

A few years ago, Naruto had looted all the masks from the Uzumaki Clan’s shrine. Ino had been with him at the time, so it made sense she still remembered.

"Oh, so just because I\'m ugly, you don\'t want to be with me anymore?" Naruto said with a bit of mock jealousy.

"Ugh! I was just using an example."

“So was I.”

Ino: "..."

She pinched the soft flesh on Naruto\'s waist, gave him a quick glare, and then headed back to the yard. Naruto winced, rubbing his side as he marveled at how love could make someone so irrationally cute yet frustrating.

Ino, who was always so composed and mature around others, would somehow always find strange questions and throw tiny tantrums when she was with him.

While it was adorable, it can also be troublesome. Still, it was pain mixed with joy, and he’d just have to bear with it for now.

Outside, Naruto went back to his weed whacking, the machine buzzing again. Ino sat inside, sipping on a glass of hot water, a suggestion her grandmother had insisted on. Truly, drinking more hot water was a thing around here.

As soon as Ino entered the living room, her grandmother caught her and made her obediently pour herself a glass of hot water. She sat on the couch, sipping it slowly.

"Grandma, I can\'t finish this."

"Nonsense, it\'s just one glass." Her grandmother scolded firmly, her face stern, "You need to start taking care of yourself now, especially with the cold weather. Drink more hot water."

"Otherwise, if you don\'t take good care of your body, you\'ll regret it later when it causes lasting problems."

"Lasting problems? What lasting problems?" Ino blinked in confusion, holding the steaming glass, "Grandma, I\'m a Shinobi. I\'m perfectly healthy."

"Shinobi? Shinobi don\'t have children anymore?" With one sentence, her grandmother left Ino speechless, and she obediently drank the hot water.

If Naruto saw this, he’d definitely remark that it was a perfect example of ‘there’s always someone who can handle you’.

Ino, who always had the upper hand, was now put in her place. It seems Grandmother\'s power was truly remarkable.

The younger tsundere still couldn’t match up to the older tsundere. Ino finished her hot water, put down the glass, and headed to her room. Her grandmother shook her head, helplessly closing her eyes.

In her room, Ino quietly shut the window and listened at the door for a while. Once she was sure it was safe, she pulled a book out of her luggage.

Her face flushed as she opened to a page filled with cryptic notes, such as papaya, honey, milk, and a whole list of formulas.

…

After working all day, it was almost dusk when Naruto finally cleared the weeds in the surrounding courtyards. He wandered around, making sure the whole estate was clean.

Except for the small courtyard where the grandmother lived, the estate was quite large, though most of it was abandoned. Naruto had only done basic cleaning, so the workload wasn’t too heavy.

That evening, as usual, he cooked dinner. But as they sat down, he noticed Ino\'s face looked strange.

"What did you do? Why’s your face so red?" He asked directly.

"Nothing! Idiot!" Ino snapped at him, not letting him ask further.

Her grandmother silently ate her meal, not looking at either of them. Her appetite was small, and after one bowl, she left, giving the young people space at the dinner table.

"Is it your time of the month?"

"Pervert! Go to hell!"

Later that night, Ino ignored him, angrily taking a bath and returning to her room alone. Naruto didn’t bother asking further, deciding to wait for her to calm down.

In less than ten minutes, Ino’s anger had dissipated. She carefully opened her door and, like a thief, tiptoed over to him, seemingly planning to pull the same trick as before.

"What are you doing?"

"Kiss." Ino replied, hesitatingly holding her hands together, looking a bit embarrassed.

"A kiss is fine, but can you please not pin me down on the couch again?" Naruto said with a complicated expression, "You’ve already done it once, and now you want to do it again?"

"Didn\'t you do the same to me last time?" Ino retorted, feeling unjustified.

"That’s different. I’m a guy, you’re a girl." Naruto tactically sipped his water, "You pinning me down for a kiss, although efficient, still feels kind of weird."

"I don\'t think it\'s weird!" Ino stubbornly insisted.@@novelbin@@

"Well, if you insist, I guess it’s fine." Naruto said somewhat awkwardly, then opened his arms and looked resigned to his fate, ready to be taken advantage of.

"... Forget it, I can’t do it. You do it." Ino finally gave in.

"The way you said that…" Naruto couldn’t help but feel equally defeated. They stared at each other, and an awkward atmosphere settled between them.

Once everything was out in the open, it just became awkward. Normally, they’d just follow the rush of hormones and kiss passionately, but now, suddenly, it felt like they were taking a test, and the pressure was on.

"Cough… maybe we should set the mood first?"

Ino stared at him with wide eyes, "Are you... unable to do it?"

‘God damn, what the hell did you mean by ‘unable’?’ Naruto was speechless, wondering how her brain worked. He opened his mouth to say something, then closed it again.

"It’s like we’ve both been running around naked this whole time, and now, suddenly, a piece of clothing falls from the sky. I ask you to put it on, you ask me to put it on, and no matter who wears it, it’s just awkward."

"Ugh! You’re the one who’s running naked!" Ino shoved him in frustration, "Fine, no kiss. I’m going back to my room."

“Mm!!”

Before Ino could react, Naruto pounced on her, and they kissed passionately for quite a while. Despite the cool temperature, by the end, both of them were sweating.

Ino, in a good mood, went to take another shower. Before heading back to her room, she even gave Naruto a generous hug before happily retreating to sleep.

Naruto leaned back on the couch with a sigh. Ino seemed satisfied, but for him, it felt more like torture, ‘Was this because spring had arrived?’
Ten minutes later, he got up and took a cold shower. The cold water jolted him awake, finally calming the heat that had been coursing through his body.

…

The next day.

Naruto continued his routine of making meals. Three days had passed, and all the chores were done. The grandmother hadn’t spoken much to him, with Ino serving as the bridge between them.

It was the third day, and Naruto estimated that Ino would only stay until today.

During breakfast, as he drank his porridge, he glanced at the grandmother, and sure enough, she looked unhappy. Ino, too, wore an expression tinged with sadness over the impending farewell, though neither said a word.

He knew that the old lady couldn\'t bear to part with Ino, not him. So, Naruto wisely kept silent the whole day, not trying to show his presence if he could, giving the grandmother and granddaughter space.

Before they left…

Naruto squatted outside the yard early, waiting for Ino to come out. He had no idea what the two had talked about inside, but when Ino emerged, her eyes were red as if she’d just cried.

"Not staying a bit longer?" He asked.

"Grandma told me to leave." Ino said softly, "She also told me not to come back next time."

‘Next time, there might not even be a next time. Her grandmother has been a tsundere all her life, and she probably didn’t want Ino to see her in a weakened, dying state, so she had sent them away early.’

"It\'s okay. We can come back again in the fall. I’ll come with you."

Hearing this, Ino couldn’t help but sighed. She knew that once her grandmother made a decision, it wasn’t easy to change it. She nodded, knowing there was nothing more to be done for now.