She shouted at me. I paused halfway and sniffed, probably because I was freezing hard and had a cold.

"It's so late, why don't you come home when you're out alone?" I had guessed her identity from her trademark blonde hair, blue eyes, beard on her cheeks, and orange tracksuit, but I pretended not to recognize her, as if I were talking to a normal child.

As I spoke, I untied the warm cloak I had worn on my mission, walked over to her, and draped it over her. "Let's go home, it's too cold outside."

Naruko subconsciously ducked back, probably because she had been treated unkindly for a long time, and instinctively produced a vigilant reaction.

But when she was wrapped in the warm cloak, she was visibly stunned.

After that, I didn't look at her any more, and turned my head to look at the cardboard box on the side.

There were five kittens in there, but three were motionless, and only two remained, curled up in their last place.

"I'll take them to a nearby hospital first, and you can go home quickly."

But I had just picked up the two kittens, and I hadn't gone far when I noticed footsteps behind me.

When I looked back, the little girl was tugging at the placket of her cloak, and her blue eyes were staring at me for a moment, as if it was also a small animal that was lost and wandering outside, and wanted to be taken home, and she followed with a stubborn expression.

So that day, I picked up two kittens and a fox.

"This is called Naruto!" She named the two kittens that survived, "The other one is called Noodle Code!" ”

Naruto is the yellow one.

The one with the markings.

I watched her play with the two kittens on the tatami mat with a cat teasing stick, which saved me the need to spend time with the cat and with her. I thought, as long as I don't call Boruto.

Thinking about it like this, I couldn't help but laugh.

Naruko looks like a big grin, but she's actually very perceptive. As soon as she saw me laughing, she immediately wanted to know what was going on, ran over between my cross-legged elbows on the table, climbed up on my knees, stared at me with big eyes, and said, "What are you laughing at?" ”

At that time, I had just obtained the qualification of the middle ninja, and in order to get rid of the trivial and boring low-level tasks, I was preparing to take the teaching certificate and go to the ninja school to become a teacher, so I read books at home every day.

Naruko is most afraid of being lonely, she is a very clingy child after she gets acquainted with you, so Hokage Rock doesn't draw anymore, and she doesn't do pranks, she runs to my house every day, and finally she simply stays.

With her helping to take care of the two cats, the two of them can basically use instant noodles for three meals a day, and there is nothing inconvenient. I didn't object.

As for Naruko, as a human pillar, there should be a secret surveillance or something else, anyway, I haven't seen it, and I don't bother to explore.

I pinched her face, the girl's skin was soft and delicate, and she didn't get angry, but repeated it loudly: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"Call my brother."

Naruko reluctantly muttered something, but still said, "Brother Masumi-what are you laughing at?" ”

I told the truth, "Because Naruko is cute, I can't help but laugh." ”

"Huh?" Naruko froze.

I looked at her stunned appearance, and couldn't help but touch her head, and suddenly laughed even bigger.

Seeing this, she blushed violently, rushed up and grabbed my arm, and bit it down. "Ahh You're playing tricks on me!! ”

But Naruko knows how to measure things, and her tiger teeth are a bit sharp, so she never uses a lot of force when she plays with me or bites me threateningly. She pressed the tiger teeth against my skin for a while, and when she saw that I didn't resist, she was immediately a little unconvinced, and said angrily: "Stupid-egg! Brother Zhencheng is big-stupid! Why not dodge? ”

What can I say?

I didn't just have to kiss her, "Because Naruko is the cutest." ”

It's not the first time I've kissed her, but every time, the girl who was originally dancing with her teeth and claws will suddenly quiet down, and she looks embarrassed to blush the tips of her ears.

She nestled in my arms and didn't speak. Seeing this, the two unaccompanied kittens screamed milkily and rubbed over.

They struggled to climb up to my knees, then spun around Naruko's arms a few times and fell comfortably to my stomach.

"You see they're all raised just like you." I laughed and teased her, reaching out to stroke Naruto's ears and chin, "Sticky essence." ”

Naruko shouted "Humph!" He was very unconvinced, but he didn't refute anything. She looked down at me while touching Naruto's face, and at the same time leaned down again, began to read, and suddenly looked up at me and said, "Brother Masumi, will I marry you in the future?" ”

Ah, there it is!

The whimsy peculiar to little girls!

I took a pen and marked a line of emphasis and asked funny, "Why did you say this all of a sudden?" ”

She rubbed her head against my chest and muttered, "I want to be with Brother Masumi all the time." ”

Naruko's tone was sincere and soft, and I couldn't help but feel that she was cute and touched her head, but I could also hear that she didn't understand what marriage was all about, and probably thought that the two of them could play together for the rest of their lives and would not be separated.

Considering Naruto's "friendship" with Sasuke at the beginning, which made countless straight men "fuck friendship, it's fucking love", I think she probably has some obstacles in terms of emotional recognition.

It may be because of the lack of care since childhood, so in some ways ...... I'm almost a little paranoid.

I smiled, didn't answer, and continued reading, but Naruko was well-behaved for a while and couldn't sit still.

She looked up, grabbed the hem of my shirt and shook it, but she had to get a reply: "Why don't you speak?" Can't you? Don't want to? Feed! ”

I sighed and said, "You're still young." ”

Naruko, who was angry, directly took her head and slammed it into my chest, and then jumped out of the window and left, unilaterally starting to make an awkward scene.

When I found her, she cried for a long time at the home where she hadn't been back for a long time, looking at her red eyes curled up on the bed, I had to give up the plan to reason with her from a realistic point of view, and coaxed unconditionally: "Okay, well, when you grow up, I will marry you." ”

Because I have known each other for so long in advance, I later successfully passed the teaching certificate, passed the interview, and was about to become a teacher at the ninja school, and specially told her: "Maybe I will become your homeroom teacher, for my sake, you can't play pranks and skip class everywhere anymore, you know?" ”

"Uh-huh-hmm!!" At that time, she smiled with crooked eyebrows and nodded vigorously, "I can also see Brother Macheng at school in the future!" Excellent!! ”

All along, she has been doing really well. Until recently......

Probably after she bumped into her and came out of the sushi restaurant with Zana? Naruko's mood has been unstable.