[NARUTO] Night of the Full Moon

After a few snowfalls, the New Year is almost here.

These days, everywhere in the village is more lively than before.Children who are at home during the holidays are either playing games in small groups or shopping for new year goods with their parents.

There was no such noise in the place where Sasuke and Naruto trained, but when they ran around the village as usual, the roar of people penetrated their ears from all directions.Naruto couldn't help but show a look of longing in his eyes.

New Year has no special meaning to Sasuke.In fact, after the death of his parents, many things no longer made sense to Sasuke.No matter what holiday it is, it is ultimately a day for family and friends to gather together. Without important people, there is no need for these to exist.

But Naruto had never experienced the festive atmosphere.

No matter how lively the outside world is, when you open the door, your home is still as deserted as all days.In fact, the sharp contrast will only make people more lonely.

"After training later, let's go buy something to eat for the New Year." Sasuke said.

"Ah, okay." Naruto didn't react at first, but responded subconsciously.After realizing what Sasuke meant, his eyes lit up instantly, as if infinite power emerged from his body.

"Sasuke, what are you going to eat during the Chinese New Year!"

"Soba noodles, rice cake soup..." Sasuke searched for those memories that seemed to be far away from him, counting them one by one, "For cooking, there are black beans, dandelion seeds..."

Every time Sasuke said something, Naruto's eyes became brighter, and he could already outline a warm family dinner through his words.

However, at this moment, Sasuke suddenly poured cold water on him: "Don't think about it, I won't do it."

"Eh?" Naruto's upturned corners of his mouth suddenly froze, "Then we won't eat these things?" he asked pitifully.

"I can work hard on the soba noodles and black beans, but don't expect anything else." Perhaps it was because Naruto's appearance was so unbearable that Sasuke took a step back, "If there are half-finished products, you can buy them and try them."

"Okay!" Naruto cheered, looking like he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Finish your training first!"

Naruto, who had been holding back and completing his daily training, was originally excited to go shopping, but shrank when he stepped into the market.There was an obviously vacant area around the two of them.

"Well, Sasuke, you go shopping. I'll go home and pack up first..." Before he could finish his words, he was held by Sasuke and walked into the store together.

"Always prepare two copies of unprocessed ingredients to prevent failure. I can't handle so many things by myself."

The probing eyes were slightly restrained when they passed by Sasuke. A girl who helped take care of the shop at home even waved excitedly when she saw Sasuke: "Sasuke-kun, are you here to buy something? Would you like some shrimps? They are fresh. Still alive and kicking.”

Sasuke led Naruto and walked straight over.

Seeing that Sasuke was willing to take care of her, the girl smiled even sweeter: "Would you like me to introduce these to you..."

Naruto stood quietly beside Sasuke. Although he still glanced at him with some unkind eyes, no one had any intention of driving him away.

A slightly lower body temperature than his was transmitted from his interlocked hands, but it was isolated from the cold outside.This is his connection with the world.

"Don't you know how to handle it? It doesn't matter. Just throw these shrimps in the snow with the bag and freeze them to death, then cook them in a pot and they will be delicious."

Under the young girl's warm recommendation, the two left carrying a bag of fresh shrimps.

As mentioned at the beginning, I bought soba noodles, rice cake soup and black beans.I was lucky enough to buy burdock pickled.As a dessert, Sasuke was not very keen on kurikin balls, but Naruto seemed very interested, so he also bought two.As for other ingredients, they either need to be processed by yourself, or the quality is not very good, so they are discarded.

"Do you know how to cook?" Sasuke asked Naruto as if he suddenly remembered.

"Ah? I usually make instant noodles... Well, grilled fish is also fine." Looking at Sasuke's expression, Naruto added knowingly.

"Then do you want to buy another fish or something?" Sasuke was looking for it on the street. Although there was no more sea bream, he could buy some other fish.

"As for fish, you can go to the river to catch fish at other times. There is no need to buy it." Naruto calculated his living expenses. He added, subtracted and didn't figure out why, but there wasn't much left anyway.He also wanted to eat two more miso ramen.

Sasuke paused. Buying some food didn't cost much to him.But since Naruto said this, he was not prepared to say anything about his treat, so as to isolate the two of them.

"Then when the weather gets warmer, you can catch a fish and let me try your skills?"

"Okay!" Naruto promised.

The two of them each carried a bag of food and walked leisurely to Naruto's house.

This time it was much cleaner. Although the arrangement of things was still a bit messy, it was not overwhelming.

"How's it going! I've made a lot of progress, right?" Naruto shook his head and asked for praise.

"We can survive for now." Although he secretly affirmed Naruto's progress in his heart, Sasuke continued to hit him mercilessly.

"Hey - I'm obviously very clean, okay? Besides, I shower and change clothes every day." Naruto said unconvinced.

"That's how it should have been done."

"Are you mistaken? It's winter now..."

The two of them exchanged words with each other, then put away their things and lit the stove.After the flames started to rise, the whole room gradually became filled with smoke and smoke.

"Then go to my house tomorrow and I'll show you what tidiness is."

"I'll go in the afternoon! Who knows if you will secretly organize it for me in the evening just to win."

"it is good."

So this sterile conversation finally came to an end.

Just then the kettle whistled, and two cups of hot water were needed to moisten the parched throats of the two people.

Naruto held the water cup in a bitter tone, but he couldn't drink the boiling water in his hand. It would be better to drink a sip of ice.

"If you open the window, the wind will make you cold."

"No, it's finally getting warmer in the room."

It was long-distance running and sparring first, so naturally I wasn't cold.When I was shopping, I walked among the people in the house, which blocked out the cold wind.But walking all the way back, the heat had long since dissipated.

Now the two of them were nesting in a small kitchen, and the surroundings were gradually getting warmer, making people not want to move.

Naruto held the cup, and the water mist rose up and covered his face, and there were a few drops of water on the tips of his eyelashes.

When I am rarely quiet, I look like a rag doll in a shop window.

"Naruto."

"Huh?" Naruto looked up at him.

Sasuke didn't know why he suddenly wanted to call him. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He was stunned and then said: "Go and see if the shrimp is dead."

"Hmm." Naruto obediently went to pick up his pocket, "The feet are still moving."

"It should be almost done, let's get down." Sasuke patted his pants and stood up, dispelling his previous subtle thoughts.

Both of their cooking skills are limited to cooking things with water.Fortunately, the shrimp was as the girl said, salty and a little sweet, and paired with the refreshing soba noodles, it was a pleasant dinner.

"Miso ramen is the best." Naruto concluded, "But it's really fun to cook at home with Sasuke."

By the time he remembered going to Sasuke's house, the sky had already darkened.

Sasuke looked out the window and poked Naruto again: "You go take a shower and change clothes first. You can stay at my house tonight."

"Huh?" After realizing that today he could not only know the location of Sasuke's house but also stay overnight, Naruto immediately jumped up, took out two pieces of underwear from the closet and rushed to the bathroom, "Then just wait for me!"

"Don't be too hasty." Sasuke said helplessly.

When I saw the messy pile of clothes in the large open wardrobe, my helplessness turned into a deep feeling of powerlessness.

Sighing, he finally walked over and started folding his clothes as if resigned to his fate.

Naruto had very few clothes, and the four seasons' replacement clothes combined could not fit into an eighty-centimeter-wide small wardrobe.The light clothes in summer are worn as underwear in winter, and many of them are even shorter. No wonder he sometimes restrains himself when moving.

"I'm done!" When Naruto came out, rubbing his little head with a dry towel, Sasuke was putting the last pile of clothes back into the closet.

He came over to look at the piles of clothes that were sorted and folded like book pages, and he already imagined what Sasuke's family would look like.

Sure enough, as he thought, while still standing at the entrance, Naruto simply said: "I lost."

Convinced orally.

There wasn't a single extra thing in Sasuke's house.Looking around, the entire room is spotless, and the pages and papers are neatly edged.Even the scrolls that he likes to run around are placed securely on the bookshelf with partitions, and even the bed in the bedroom has no wrinkles at all.

"Do you really live here?" Naruto smacked his lips.

"of course."

Naruto finally felt a hint of Sasuke's feelings when he saw his room.

He had a deeper understanding of Sasuke's love for purity.In this way, Sasuke, who didn't turn around and left when he saw his appearance, was indeed a very gentle person.

"hey-hey."

"Why are you giggling suddenly again?"

Sasuke asked Naruto to help himself, took a set of clothes from the closet and went to take a shower, so as not to dry his hair too late.

Naruto was attracted by his movements and walked over again: "Sasuke, your wardrobe is so big."

Several wooden wardrobes were lined up against the wall, probably enough to hold his entire life's worth of clothes.

"All the tribal uniforms in the clothing store are here. They are sorted in various models, enough for me to wear them for decades." Sasuke responded, "You can look at them as you like, just don't knock them over."

"Oh."

When Sasuke came out, he was a little embarrassed and said, "I'll take the small one."

Naruto took a closer look and saw that Sasuke's clothes were a bit too small, the cuffs were tightened, revealing a hint of waistline, and his pants were also in pieces.

After changing clothes again, Sasuke sighed and folded the previous set: "I've grown a bit fast these past two years, and I can't wear clothes for more than a few months." He marked another wardrobe door.

"It's a pity to throw away so many clothes." Sasuke said to himself, and suddenly thought of something, "Naruto, are you a size smaller than me? Can you try it?"

"Ah? Can you wear it for me?" Naruto pointed to himself stupidly.

"You can't see it under it anyway, but if you don't mind, forget it."

"I don't mind, I don't mind." Naruto waved his hands repeatedly, "It's not too late for me to be happy!"

"Then try it. If you can wear these, they will be yours."