"Yeah, okay." Sakura's first reaction was to agree. After a few seconds of pause, she looked up at him again, "Why?"
"Why?" he asked.
"You're not pitying me, are you?" Sakura looked serious, "I look very pitiful now, I just made up a story."
"How does it feel to be deceived?"
"It doesn't matter if you lie to me, I don't care." Naruto grabbed Sakura's hand and pulled her up, "But you can't lie to yourself."
"It doesn't matter if you're being mysterious or making up a story. It doesn't matter if you're just looking for me to have fun."
"There's only one thing. Tell me now, do you want to go out with me?"
Sakura was silent and stared at him several times. He glanced down at the unfinished documents again, staring at them for a while, as if hesitating.
Naruto found that Sakura's reaction seemed to be slower than before, and she had to think about everything for a while before she could answer.
"Okay." She said.
Sakura stood up slowly, took a sip of water, and flicked out the lights in the office before leaving. As the door creaked shut, she turned around and said hesitantly.
"I sometimes stay in the Hokage Building all night, or I just sleep here."
Naruto didn't understand this, so he didn't comment, just hummed softly. In the corridor, the clattering footsteps of the two people sounded at random.
"Do you usually work overtime when you can't sleep?" Naruto asked.
"How is that possible? I'm not stupid." Sakura walked beside him with her hands behind her back. "There is no way I can finish my work. If I finish it today, there will be more tomorrow."
She waved her hand and made an exaggerated circle.
"It's endless, it's impossible to finish."
Outside the Hokage Building, the summer sky is bright with stars and the night wind is blowing.
The two paused at the intersection, and then Naruto pointed in a direction. At this time, it would be more conducive to the conversation to advance by making a choice first to guide Sakura's direction.
He wanted to figure out what happened to Sakura and solve it, and he couldn't delay it any longer.
"I know a place where there are few people and you can see the stars from the rooftop."
"Where?" Sakura was a little confused, but she still asked more, looking through the dim lights. He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, looking into the darker night.
A very remote place, located in an inconspicuous location in the village. It looks like an illegal building, but it doesn't matter, the entire densely packed Konoha looks like a village built on illegal buildings.
Under the night sky, the two climbed up the building on the tree. Continuing up the crooked stairs, I walked across a suspended bridge made of several wooden planks, and entered an area that looked like an abandoned rooftop.
With a snap, Sakura landed firmly on the ground, the evening breeze blowing the pink hair on her forehead. Looking up, this is half of the remaining roof, and the other half has collapsed.
In the faint light, weed-covered roof fragments could be seen. The surrounding view is as wide as a wide angle, with no other houses blocking the view.
The surroundings were unbelievably quiet and pitch black. The faint lights can be seen in the distance, and the entire Konoha seems to have fallen into sleep. Above the head is the vast starry sky, and the bright and clear starlight envelopes the entire village.
"This is it." Naruto walked to the other side of the roof, "It's my first time here, and I found it by accident before."
"I've always wanted to come up and have a look, but I haven't had the chance."
He didn't ask about Sakura's situation, nor did he care about what just happened in the Hokage's office. It’s like I’ve forgotten everything, or doesn’t care.
"So it looks nice here, right?"
"Okay." Sakura could no longer say such saucy words, and looked a little serious. She stood on the abandoned roof and looked up at the starry sky like a bowl.
"Don't you have anything to ask?" Sakura turned to look at Naruto.
"No." Naruto sat down, took out a drink from the sealed wind room, opened the can and handed it to Sakura, "Here."
Sakura walked over and took the drink, raised her head and asked again, "You really don't want to know anything?"
"I want to know, but I don't care about other things. I just want to know if you are in any trouble." Naruto opened a can of drink for himself and said while pulling the iron ring.
"You are my only companion, if you trust me enough. I hope you can say it yourself instead of me asking."
"What do you say about that kind of thing?" Sakura looked up at the starry sky again, "Normal people wouldn't believe it. The second personality came out and I couldn't sleep for a whole year."
"Probably only you will believe it, and I can only tell it to you."
"Because I don't care, so I don't bother to question it." Naruto said half-truthfully, and then glanced at Sakura, "Actually, it doesn't make any difference to me, and you are fine too."
"If possible, it wouldn't be bad to continue like this."
"Isn't it just good?" The expression on Sakura's face suddenly became relaxed, her body leaned forward slightly, her tone of voice began to draw out, and Naruto's scalp felt slightly numb when he heard the words.
Here it comes, here it comes again, all too familiar.
"It's so quiet here. Usually people in this wild place are lovers, right?" Sakura asked with a smile.
"No, it could be our kind." Naruto pointed at himself and then at Sakura with a serious face, emphasizing, "Don't say anything strange, especially at this time it's easy to let others down. If people misunderstand.”
"Eh? But I wore them today." Before Sakura could finish her words, Naruto covered her mouth, and cold sweat dripped from her forehead.
"It doesn't matter what you wear, you don't need to share that kind of thing with me," he said.
However, Sakura stubbornly lifted up a corner of her clothes, but was interrupted by the sharp-eyed Naruto, who solemnly warned her.
"Don't do anything weird."
"Hehe, are you nervous?" Sakura removed his hand and said with a smile, "You didn't care at all before. No matter what I did, you were indifferent."
"So." Sakura suddenly leaned forward, "Do more things with me!"
"Something that's never been done before."
Her chest was almost pressed against Naruto's body, and her white arms were hanging down behind her back. There was a relaxed and happy smile on his face, and his eyes were bent into crescent moons.
"Anyway, you kind of like me now, right?"
"These are two different things." Naruto stared at her with a complicated expression, "We are still young, study hard. Phew, perform the task well."
He wanted to solve Sakura's problems, not to take over all the problems, but to take the initiative to solve the troubles that Sakura was encountering at the moment. The general process is similar to fixing a small bug. If the program can run, there is no need to find the root cause.
After all, even if Naruto wanted to take care of everything, he was still unable to do so when it came to issues like dual personality.
In short, as long as he is stable on the surface, it doesn't matter even if he is considered a scumbag. The words of the Holy Mother are simply self-torture.
Facing Naruto's strong perfunctory attitude, Sakura was not angry.
"Why do you keep rejecting me?"
"I didn't refuse, I never know how to refuse." He retorted, saying hypocritical words, "I just said it, this is for your own good."
"The so-called relationship is gradual, gradually deepening the goodwill little by little. It still takes a long time, why not"
"Are you trying to deal with me?" Sakura suddenly interrupted him, with resentment in her eyes.
"No." He denied subconsciously.
"How could it not be? Every time you deal with me, you would subconsciously look away." Sakura's voice was low, "I just want to be close to you and blend in with you."
"Don't say such shocking things! Damn it!" Naruto took half a step back.
Looking at the somewhat selfless Sakura, a certain yellow-haired person wet his back with cold sweat. Damn it, you can't really become a yandere, that would be too scary. The peaceful black and white photo of Brother Cheng flashed in his mind, and he shook his head violently.
The noble stranger is about to be suppressed by the yandere bloodline with split personality.
"But... I want to leave traces of our relationship." Sakura further said, her eyes fixed on Naruto, "Today, here, under the stars."
Naruto blinked, his mind wandering on the edge of 404.
"I" he considered how to refuse.
"I don't want to either." Sakura suddenly lowered her head, "I also want to take it slow. As long as I'm with Naruto-kun, I'll be my companion for life."
"No matter what your identity is, I don't mind as long as I can be with Naruto-kun. It doesn't matter if you are nameless, it doesn't matter if you can't hold hands openly, I like them all."
"But!" Sakura's voice suddenly had a hint of nasal sound, "I really can't sleep. The time has become much longer. No matter how I close my eyes, it's still twenty-four hours."
"Every minute and every second is awake. At one o'clock in the morning, all the sounds will be quiet."
"At two o'clock, the drunkard downstairs in my house always vomits into shape on the electric pole. At four o'clock, the grandpa next door gets up and goes downstairs. At five o'clock"
Sakura's voice became more and more excited, and she finally took hold of Naruto's wrist.
"I haven't slept for a whole year. I'm not a normal person at all. I've tried very hard to sleep, but it doesn't work at all."
"I don't want to be like this! But I am just a substitute and have never truly lived. After seeing this world, I still have to go back."
"Whether you deal with me or not, no matter what, I just want to ask you one question: do you want to date me?"
Silence fell, and Naruto made no sound. Sakura was a little excited now, and no matter what he said was inappropriate. So the two of them worked like this for more than ten minutes, standing on the half-collapsed roof.
"Forget it, I'm much better already."
After a long time, Sakura sniffed, let go of Naruto, took a deep breath and said.
"Go hang out somewhere else, I can't sleep."
"Okay." He looked at the other side of the night, which was the more remote field area of Konoha Street, "Anyway, let's go down here first."
I was too sleepy yesterday and felt so guilty.
(End of chapter)
