Then, her assessment became, not only looking weak, but also clumsy.

Because of the way he cooks, he is really in a hurry, and the grinning Naruko is getting more and more messy in the kitchen, and when the last dinner comes out, it is a mess, like a battlefield where ninjas have fought, full of food wreckage and spilled traces of various overturned spice bottles.

"I'm sorry, I haven't cooked before, and this time I followed the recipe, and I'm not very skilled." Looking at the plate of soy sauce fried rice that was obviously too dark in color and had a bit of a "dark cuisine" flavor, the man named Masumi took a spoon and tried it, then wrinkled his facial features and turned his head to spit it out.

He immediately picked up the plate and wanted to take it away, but said with some embarrassment: "There is too much soy sauce." Let's dump it and order takeout. ”

"I'll try." But Tian Tian shook his head, picked up the spoon and took a bite, and under his worried eyes, his eyes widened and said, "It's delicious!" ”

"Really, really?" Although he had tried that strange taste himself, Tiantian's expression was too sincere, and he was a little unsure for a while. He immediately tried it again with suspicion, and then his expression was distorted. "Every day, let's not eat......"

"No, it won't!" But every day, I ate a big spoonful at once, "I really think it's delicious!" ”

That sincere appearance, for a while, made both Ning Ning and Naruko a little shaken.

They couldn't help but give it a try, and then they fell silent at the same time.

In the end, one person every day, under the suspicious gaze of everyone, wiped out the whole plate of fried rice. Then it didn't take long for the stomach to start pulling up.

Ning Ning looked at him at a loss around Tiantian, and thought to herself, this man is too clumsy.

In the end, she was not very comfortable every day, so she refused to go home alone, so she begged Ning Ning to stay with her.

The man's bachelor apartment was small, more than enough for one person, but it only had one bedroom. After Naruko moved over, he gave up the bedroom to Naruko, and slept on the sofa bed in the living room - it was a practical piece of furniture that could be spread out to become a single bed at night and folded up as a sofa during the day, and it didn't take up space.

Now, if Tiantian and Ning Ning want to stay overnight, the only bed will be given to them. He spread a futon on the ground and laid it out for Naruko.

Three girls slept in the room, and he slept alone in the living room.

In the middle of the night, Ning Ning suddenly woke up, and then quickly realized that he was awakened by the sound of getting up every day.

She closed her eyes, but she could clearly sense the girl sleeping next to her to sit up.

She felt that Tian Tian seemed to be staring at her for a while, then she turned around and got out of bed and put on her slippers, and quietly passed Naruko, who was sleeping on the ground and was indulging in sleep, and then gently opened the door and walked out.

Ning Ning thought she was going to the toilet, but it didn't take long for a man's voice to sound in the living room. It was as if he had just woken up from sleep, and his tone was still a little tired and frightened.

"...... every day?! What's wrong? I'm scared to death, and I'm standing here silently......"

It sounded as if I was startled by the girl who suddenly appeared next to the bed.

"Brother Zhencheng......" and Tiantian's voice was more hearty and lively than usual, low and fragile with a little crying.

Sensing this, Ning Ning couldn't help but turn over and sit up.

She held her breath, hid her figure, and escaped through the crack in the door, disappearing into the shadows, laughing at herself as she wondered what was going on in her friend's brother's house, but she was really relieved.

"What's up......"

She saw the man sit up, slowed his voice, almost like a kindergarten teacher coaxing a child, took Tian Tian's hand, pulled her to sit down beside her, and then took her by the shoulders and took her in his arms. "Why are you crying?"

He didn't look athletic, but at this moment, Ning Ning realized that his arms were enough to completely surround the girl, and his chest was thick and solid enough for people to rely on.

Every day's long hair is untied because of sleeping, and at the moment it is softly draped over the shoulders, showing a different kind of softness.

She leaned into his arms, sniffled, and muttered in a low voice, "I miss my dad......"

He let out a long sigh and rubbed her hair, wrapping her tighter as if to give her the strength to hold on. "It's okay, every day, it's going to be fine......"

The girl did not reply, her shoulders trembled violently, her fingers clutched the hem of his black clothes, her whole face buried deep in his arms, and only an irrepressible sobbing and self-exerted screams and whimpers could be heard in the air.

The clumsy man, in the cold moonlight outside the house, has been quietly by Tiantian's side, hugging her, gently stroking her long hair from time to time, soothing her emotions, and looking at her with concern and concern. After a while, when Tiantian's sobbing gradually subsided, he tried to say in a relaxed tone: "Speaking of which, Tiantian, I...... I'm not going to go on another mission. ”

"Huh?" The girl who lowered her head and wiped her tears didn't react for a while, and after a while, her eyes widened, she raised her head to look at him and said in surprise: "What? What do you mean? ”

"That's it...... I want to try to get a teacher at a ninja school. If I could, I'd always be working at the ninja school. ”

"But—" Tian Tian wondered, "Why?" ”

If you become a teacher, although it is safe and stable, you have to slowly improve your qualifications, and your salary is a dead salary. And going out to perform tasks is more rewarding, and it is also easier to accumulate merits, so you can be promoted to the upper ninja faster.

"Because there are people at home who need to be taken care of, it's not good to always run outside."

"Naruko?"

"And you." He gently poked Tiantian's forehead, looked at her moist pupils with tears, and smiled, "You think, if the two of us keep going out on missions, we will definitely get together less and leave more, and the time to meet is not guaranteed at all." Wouldn't it be too lonely if you came back from a mission and no one greeted you? ”

"But ......"

"And I don't want to be out and about all the time, tiring and dangerous...... If I die in the line of duty...... What do you do every day? I don't want you to live a painful life at a young age, thinking about revenge for me or something. ”

This was so unlucky that Tiantian's back suddenly tensed, she showed an extremely panicked look, and uncontrollably raised her voice: "What nonsense are you talking about!" Don't say anything like that!! ”

He didn't care, patted the back of her hand, and soothed: "So...... I want you to see me whenever you come back. ”

"I'll be waiting for you in Konoha all the time. That way, no matter where you are, you'll know that Konoha still has a home for you, and there are people waiting for you to come back. ”

In the moonlight, his smile was so, so ...... Gentle.

"I'll be with you all the time. Every day, don't be afraid. ”

It was at that moment that Ning Ning suddenly felt that she also wanted to ......

She also wants, someone is waiting for her to come back in Konoha.

She also wants someone to comfort her, care for her, be with her all the time, and give her a home.

Later, as she followed Tian Tian to meet him often, the one she imagined, the person who could always accompany her, the home that had been waiting for her, became more and more like him.

I want to be watched by him, cared for by him, comforted, worried, cared for, and accompanied......

Want one, have his home.