komorebi - a naruto uzumaki love story

ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ - １２

„head aches and memory lane"

The sun shines brightly through the windows of Hanako's apartment. In the large bed of the former Shinozaki heiress, there lay the bodies of her two friends including herself. Hanako was squeezed in between of Sakura and Naruto, but that wasn't the reason why she woke up.

The poor girl woke up from a massive headache, it was much worse than the hangover she experienced from their mission. That being said, Hanako carefully changed her position where she's facing Naruto's back, trying to see if turning around would lessen her pain a little bit.

To her dismay, it didn't relieve anything. She sighs and tries to go back to sleep but Naruto suddenly moves. The sleeping blonde unconsciously changes his position, letting Hanako open her eyes once again and discover the close proximity of their faces.

She blushes furiously in sight. She trying not to move even an inch so that she wouldn't disturb the blonde by her movements or even breathing. Unfortunately, Naruto wasn't done with moving. His arms engulfs the blue-haired girl like a pillow. Hanako can smell the usual scent of ramen and cologne.

As much as she wanted to cuddle with the sleeping boy, she still needed to breath.

"Naruto-kun.", she whispers his name in order to wake him up.

"Mhm.", Naruto grunts, annoyed that his sleep was being disrupted. Hanako giggles because of his reaction.

"I can't breath anymore."

Naruto was confused, why was his pillow unusually warm and talking? He slowly opens his eyes and sees that his pillow was Hanako. His initial reaction was to let her go but did that with too much force, causing a certain pink-haired girl fall from the bed.

"Itai, Naruto-kun! That was a bit too muc—, oh no.", Hanako looks at the Haruno who has a very angry aura. It was like Sakura was emitting fire all over her body.

It took a minute for Naruto to process what he had done, and when he did realize that his death was coming, he was too late.

"Oi! Stop it Sakura-chan! I just bought that plant!"

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"Serves you both right! Just leave me out of it when you're cuddling with each other!", Sakura huffs in annoyance.

Naruto and Hanako looks at each other and blushes.

"No! We weren't—"

"It's not what you th—"

Both of the teenagers continue with their defenses. Sakura sighs and continues with her lecture.

"Ugh, forget it. I'm going to go home, I didn't ask for my parents' permission so they're probably worried.", Sakura says, "Thank you again, Hanako-chan!"

With that, Sakura walks out of Hanako's apartment, leaving the two teenagers alone.

"A-ano, what do you wanna eat?", Hanako, who was still blushing from the incident, asks the boy.

"U-uh, anything will do."

Awkwardness filled the air as Hanako cooks their breakfast. She enjoys cooking so much since it reminds her of her family spending time together. The girl has learned to not cry anymore when thinking about them. Instead, she recalls the memories with a smile rather than a heavy heart.

Meanwhile, Naruto watches her with admiration. He never had anyone cook him breakfast. He was always alone in the morning, and now he has someone to eat with him and chat with him. This makes him feel so happy.