My Demon Tenant Can't Be This Cute!

My Demon Tenant Loves Me!

This was a first.

He had never had a birthday where he did not spend the day alone. Most of his birthdays were spent locked up inside of his apartment with nothing but the cheers of those outside to accompany him. It really sucked having a birthday on a holiday.

Yep. October tenth. His birthday. It was also the day the Nine-Tailed Fox attacked Konoha. Now, it was mostly known as the day that Konoha held its Nine-Tailed Fox festival.

Honestly, he thought the idea was pretty smart. Why have everyone remember it as a horrible day where a bunch of people died when they can remember it as the day many people sacrificed themselves for the betterment of the village?

It was one of Hiruzen's finer ideas.

Speaking of Hiruzen. It was his first birthday without the old man.

Well, not really, since Hiruzen could not come every single year. He was still expected to do the speech for the festival, but every other year or so, he would make time to come visit him before he headed over to the festival.

He would always bring a slice of mango cake with him. Naruto liked it especially because it was orange.

Plus mangoes tasted good.

Though that was not what he meant by this being a first.

No. Not at all.

See, the Nine-Tailed Fox festival was like every other festival in Konoha. It had food, games, reenactments of what happened during the Nine-Tailed Fox attack and it also had fireworks at the end. It all honestly sounded like great fun!

He never attended though.

While he was mostly tolerated by Konoha, there were also a few people out there who refused to look past his reputation. They would not have it, having the demon that attacked them years ago also there to celebrate, even if it was just the boy that contained the demon that wanted to attend and not the demon itself.

But now, things were different.

Not only did he no longer look recognizable, but he also had a reason to actually go this year.

A cute, adorable reason.

"Come on! I wanna go to the festival!"

He rolled his eyes as he slid his arms into the sleeve of his yukata. Out of all the things he thought that Kyuumi would get excited for, a festival celebrating her defeat would have been the last thing on the list.

"You know they're celebrating the day we beat you, right?" asked Naruto as he gave her a grin.

"Yeah, but it's still all about me!" retorted Kyuumi with a shrug as she patted down her dark blue yukata.

Naruto snorted in response, "You're okay with everything as long as its about you."

Kyuumi pouted, "That's not true!"

"Be honest, you love being the center of attention," replied Naruto with a chuckle.

"Only the center of your attention, darling," said Kyuumi in response, the corner of her lips curving upward into a smile as her words caused Naruto's cheeks to heat up.

He looked at her for a moment, his eyes wide in surprise, before they warmed up and he smiled.

"That was actually pretty smooth, Kyuumi."

She puffed out her chest proudly, "See, I can be smooth too!"

Her words earned her a good few seconds of laughter from Naruto, much to her joy and embarrassment. Honestly, the boy's laugh made her feel as if her world was much more vibrant and colourful. If at least just for a little while.