"Naruto-kun, why did you suddenly think of giving me flowers?" Hinata happily held the bouquet that Naruto-kun had wordlessly thrust into her arms.
"Why..." Naruto scratched his cheek, saying very straightforwardly, "I just suddenly thought that we've known each other for so long, and I've never properly given you flowers."
Hinata: "..."
What a powerful reason. Hinata felt both annoyed and amused. What should she do if her boyfriend was too direct? Of course, she would choose to forgive him.
Hinata gently sniffed the fragrance of the flowers, asking without much expectation, "Then Naruto-kun probably doesn't know the meaning of these flowers either?"
"I know this. Pink roses represent remembrance, first love, and liking your radiant smile..." Naruto showed off the knowledge he had just learned from Ino, although he couldn't remember it all, he still remembered the keywords.
Hinata became happier as she listened, and when she heard 'eternal love and promise, guarding and joy for a lifetime,' her face was already covered in blushes.
Naruto looked at her with a smile. The shy girl was even more beautiful than the flowers. 'This is my wife. Whoever on the moon wants to snatch her away, I'll beat their head off!'
The two strolled leisurely down the street. Naruto saw that the atmosphere was so good, blinked his eyes, and asked, "Hinata, why don't you ask me if the flowers are prettier or if you are prettier?"
"That..." Hinata was a little unable to open her mouth. Looking at Naruto's encouraging gaze, she finally managed to ask, "Naruto-kun, do you think the flowers are prettier... or am I prettier?"
Naruto pretended to ponder, looking at the flowers, then at her, then at the flowers again, then at her again, and finally said in Hinata's expectant and shy gaze, "The flowers are prettier."
"Eh?" Hinata's shy and expectant expression froze on her face. This person...
Hinata was so angry, she really wanted to unleash a set of Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists.
Occasionally teasing Hinata was quite interesting, but it wouldn't be fun if she got too angry. Naruto quickly tried to make amends, "Just kidding, of course Hinata is the prettiest."
"Hmph~" Hinata gave a small hmph, barely considering him to have passed the test.
"Hey, Hinata, you've heard about the war, right?" Naruto changed the subject.
"Yes, the atmosphere at home has been a bit tense recently." Hinata said, "If there's a war, many people will be injured and sacrificed, right..."
Naruto asked, "Are there any complaints? Like, the Hokage launching a war without permission or something."
Hinata shook her head, "No, because the Hokage has explained things very clearly, that we need to join hands with other villages to stop those who want to subvert the world. So, in fact, everyone is fighting to protect their families and friends, and they won't back down no matter what."
Speaking of this, Hinata asked, "Naruto-kun, you are also their target, right?"
"Yeah." Naruto smiled and patted his stomach, "Those people covet the Fox Spirit in our house who is lazy and only knows how to beat Shukaku all day long."
The Nine Tails in the Sealing Space raised its eyelids. What kind of description was that? Did he not want to live anymore? What lazy, he just didn't like charging that floating city with the tongue-twisting name, okay?
Hinata also knew that Naruto didn't really dislike the Nine Tails, "Don't say that, hasn't he helped Naruto-kun a lot?"
"That's true." His wife was even speaking up for the Fox Spirit, so what could Naruto do? He had no choice but to keep raising it.
Naruto was a chatting genius, turning a good date and stroll into a discussion about war, making Hinata lose her appetite. The owners of the snack stalls watched the two big customers walk straight past them, feeling like they had missed out on a billion.
"I don't really understand other people's thoughts, but for me, the reason for participating in this war is to protect Naruto-kun. All the hard work and training until now may be for today."
After sending Hinata home, her voice still echoed in Naruto's mind. Naruto admitted that he was touched, and on the spot...
Then he almost got excited and made a flag, like getting married when the war was over or something, but luckily he realized that he was not old enough yet, so he didn't speak carelessly.
Walking on the way home, Naruto picked up a small stone and threw it at the telephone pole behind him, making a ding sound, "Come out, you've been following us all the way, do you want a beating?"
"Hehe~" Konohamaru ran to Naruto with a silly smile, "Naruto-aniki, I also want to fight to protect you!"
Naruto-kun restrained his neck and taught him a lesson, "What are you fighting for, you little brat? Have you finished your homework?"
"I can't breathe!" Konohamaru used both hands to pry at Naruto-kun's arm, forced to do a pull-up, his legs flailing in the air.
Naruto-kun released him and tapped him on the head, "Do you even know what war is before you start shouting about it? Laifu, you're almost graduating, let your grandpa worry less."
"Of course, I know! I also know that this war is to protect the whole world!" Konohamaru retorted unconvinced.
"That's not right, that's just the superficial purpose, there's actually a real purpose." Naruto-kun ruffled Konohamaru's hair.
"The real purpose?"
"Yeah, we old-timers participate in the war so that you new generation people don't have to participate in the war anymore, so listen to Iruka-sensei more and don't cause trouble."
Naruto-kun shook his head, put his hands in his pockets, and left, leaving Konohamaru with a lofty and profound back view.
"Yeah!" Konohamaru nodded, little stars faintly appearing in his eyes, "As expected of Naruto-kun, to be able to say such reasonable words."
After a while, Konohamaru scratched his head and muttered to himself, "But isn't Naruto-kun only fifteen years old? Why is he already an old-timer?"
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"Let's get married after this war." Asuma, not afraid of the flag that Naruto-kun didn't dare to set, blurted out.
Mainly because Kurenai's belly was about to be unable to hide, Asuma was scolded by Biwako last night, 'You harmed someone's daughter early on, what are you waiting for for the wedding, don't you want to take responsibility?' and so on.
In addition, Ino has been nagging in his ear recently, and even colluded with Shikamaru and Choji to steal his cigarettes and lighter. That lighter is very expensive, okay?
That kid Shikamaru is usually lazy in everything he does, how can he be so energetic in doing this kind of thing!
And Choji, such a kind child has also been led astray, and will actually cooperate with Ino to attract his attention!
Please don't use the Ino-Shika-Cho formation in strange places, okay?
Asuma is worried, in fact, he had thought about proposing marriage before, but he never made up his mind, and as a result, he just blurted it out today.
Kurenai Yuhi looked at Asuma speechlessly and scolded, "I thought you would wait until the child was born before you dared to say this."
"Haha~" Asuma smiled awkwardly, habitually wanting to take out a cigarette, but found nothing, "So, you agree?"
"Dream on!" Kurenai glared at him, what kind of person is this, if you had a flower in your hand, I could have a step down, but now this is it?
"If you don't give me a good explanation after the war, this child will not be named Sarutobi!" Kurenai shut Asuma out of the door, leaned on the door and looked up at her own ceiling, "You must come back safely..."
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