He didn't hesitate, opened his mouth and swallowed the roasted meat in one bite.
Bright and dim lights lingered around, people were buzzing around, and the light on the street was like a light strip. Ino covered her mouth with one hand upright, her peach blossom eyes were like crescent moons.
The smile was clean and warm, with a smoky air, and she looked at him with a look of success.
"Is it tasty?"
"Yeah." He lowered his eyelids and smiled on his face.
He is not the kind of person who can't let go of his body to coax people. Even if he didn't do anything wrong, he doesn't mind admitting it, but it's just a matter of words.
For him, there is no conflict between admitting one's fault and flirting. Ino was soft-hearted and became happy after a little coaxing. The joy of youth is like clouds, gathering and dispersing at will.
What's more important is that Ino will respond, and there will be a response to every word. Just like throwing a pebble into a deep pool, no matter how long it takes, there will be an echo and it will not be confused.
This serious attitude makes people very comfortable, and the occasional temper is harmless.
"Why were you transferred to the Hokage Building?" He leaned on the chair, the firelight not far away dancing in his eyes, his forehead was white, and his Adam's apple was closed up and down.
"I'm disgusted." Ino saw a piece of barbecue stuffed into his mouth, the corners of his mouth were slick with oil, and he chewed it as if he was angry.
"Who can dislike you? You are so popular that people chase you to the door of the store, huh?" He glanced sideways at Ino and said in a lazy voice.
"Do you still remember that?" Ino felt a little guilty, but when she thought that she had done nothing, she immediately held her head high and said, "I don't want to, I have already clearly rejected it."
"Yeah." He responded.
Ino watched him reach for the drink, and with a slight hook of his fair and slender fingers, the drink cup was held in his hand. This action made her heart tremble inexplicably, as if fingers were hooked on her heart.
She looked away, but her thoughts spread like a creeper. His hands seemed to be pretty, and it would definitely feel comfortable to be touched by fingertips like that.
The fingertips traced the back very thinly, from the shoulder blades to the clavicle, and then down.
"what's on your mind?"
"Ah!" Ino almost fell off the chair. After realizing what she had just thought, she was too embarrassed to look at him, let alone his hands.
"No!! It's nothing!! I just got distracted, haha."
"Work is tiring, and it's normal to lose focus occasionally," he said.
"Yes." Ino said with a guilty smile, "It must be because I am too tired from work. It's all my father's fault for insisting on transferring me from the Intelligence Department."
"Aren't you serious about your work?"
"No!" she retorted, raising her chopsticks, taking a sip of her drink, and placing it heavily on the table. "He actually said that I was too popular and that standing there would affect my work!!"
"His own daughter was transferred away right away! That's so old-fashioned!"
Hearing this, Naruto's mouth twitched slightly.
Xin Dao obviously took advantage of Sakura's vacation and your old father was helping you brush up your qualifications. Besides, the Hokage's office is a place where ordinary people can stay if they want?
"So how long have you been staying in the Hokage's office?"
"I don't know, at least wait until Sakura comes back from vacation, but Sakura hasn't been seen recently." Ino murmured and looked at Naruto.
"Have you seen Sakura lately?"
"We just had dinner together today at noon." He said directly with nothing to hide.
"Why doesn't she eat with me?" Ino raised her face and frowned, "I took over her shift, shouldn't she want to eat with me?"
"Oh, she owes me a meal."
"Is she paying the bill?" Ino was stunned for a moment, "She has been digging around recently, saying she wants to save money for a big thing, and I pay for all the meals she has with me."
"I bought it, she had no money." Naruto said calmly.
"What kind of treat is this?"
"I didn't expect her to invite me in the first place. You two are the flower of the intelligence department and the flower of the medical class. You are a good match." He said casually.
"Really? Which one do you like better?" Ino asked, holding her face in her hands.
"Um?"
"Oh, by the way, who do you like more, including Hinata?"
"you."
"It's so perfunctory." Ino said, holding the drink and blowing it carefully, "But I'm quite happy to hear you say that. Don't you think I'm very happy?"
She raised her head, but was stunned.
Naruto was looking at her and smiling, his eyes reflecting the eager light of the fireworks. The moment their eyes met, Ino felt as if he didn't care about anything anymore.
Promises will change, people's hearts will change, but the sincerity of youth will not change. She knew at this moment that no matter what the answer was, it didn't matter anymore.
She had seen Naruto's lazy look dormant in an old-fashioned apartment a few years ago, and had seen his gloomy triangular eyes on the street. His whole person looked like a vicious beast with hidden scars.
It wasn't until Tsunade-sama came that things took a turn for the better. The things she couldn't solve were solved one by one over time, and he finally became a normal person as he wished.
Seeing the peaceful and warm smile in his eyes, Ino really hoped that all discrimination and injustice in the world would disappear and all hatred would not come near him.
I hope that he will always walk on the crowded road, stay away from all diseases and misfortunes, and cross all sorrows and separations, and she will say that she likes him in the sea of people.
If the person she meets is an ordinary boy, she will want to possess him. But if it was Naruto, she only hoped that the world would treat him as kindly as she did.
And she also understood that it didn't matter whether she would go to him or not. As long as he stood there, there would be people to love him. No one asked him to be brilliant, only to be happy for the rest of his life.
"So full." She leaned back in the chair and said, looking at the starry sky above her head and touching her slightly swollen belly. "You will also come to pick me up from get off work tomorrow, right?"
"If you want to, it's not impossible to accept them every day." He said lightly, "After all, you have so many suitors, it's good to keep one on your side."
"Yes! Then you have to come every day!" Ino's mood suddenly became very good because of these words. She smiled and drank her drink while gently kicking him with her foot.
The hot evening breeze blows constantly, and the green leaves of the green trees rustle. The smell of being sunbaked is covered by the smoke of barbecue fireworks. The air soaks into the lungs and only a little bit of the sweet aftertaste can be smelled.
The atmosphere was just right, and the noise of the crowd on the street came through not far away. Neither of them spoke, their snow-white feet just gently rubbing against his trouser legs.
Until both of them had smiles on their faces, they looked at each other for a long time, and the affection in their eyes gradually increased. It's like playing games with a mountain of sand, carefully but greedily trying to build more and higher.
Just as they were looking at each other with eyes that could take off their clothes, Ino was defeated and sighed. You have deceived the hearts of so many girls with your soulless eyes.
(End of chapter)
