Chapter 116 Can I not be your friend?

"Naruto...that's too bad."

In the morning, Haruko couldn't bear to look at Uzumaki Naruto, who was lying on the bed with flushed cheeks and looking at her in a daze.

It was probably because he was too close to her when her cold was at its worst, so she was unfortunately infected. Haruko finally got better in the morning, but she didn't expect to learn that Uzumaki Naruto had fallen down again.

Hearing her voice, Uzumaki Naruto tried to turn his head towards Haruko Hayama's hand which was on the bedside. When his face touched the coldness, he rubbed it with satisfaction.

However, Haruko quickly withdrew her hand and said, "Naruto, my hands are cold after walking outside."

But the sick Uzumaki Naruto didn't want to listen to these truths. He blinked his moist puppy eyes and kept looking at her with a pitiful expression.

Finally, unable to resist his aggrieved, pouty face and tearful look, Zaojian Haruko had no choice but to put her hand on his hot face and let him rub it.

"Do you want to eat something?" Haruko asked him in a low voice.

"I like everything Haruko makes..." Uzumaki Naruto replied to her in a vague voice.

Normally, Uzumaki Naruto loves to act coquettishly towards her. Now that he is sick and in a relatively vulnerable state, he is even more clingy, and even his words are in a coquettish tone.

Haruko Higashima tried to hold back her overflowing maternal love, and the sick and spoiled golden retriever was so cute!!!

Because Uzumaki Naruto didn't specify what he wanted to eat, Haruko cooked some delicious pumpkin porridge and fed it to him in the morning.

Uzumaki Naruto felt hot all over, the heat from the fever, the heat in his stomach from drinking the porridge, and... the heat from being taken care of by Haruko Asahi.

What is this kind of heat? Warm and itchy...

Uzumaki Naruto's brain was broken and he couldn't think straight. He just hoped he could stay at this moment forever.

"Naruto, please get better soon. When the snow gets heavier, we can have a snowball fight with Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei!"

Hearing that annoying name from Haruko's mouth in the morning, Uzumaki Naruto pursed his lips unhappily.

"I don't want to play with Sasuke. Haruko, just play with me, okay?" Uzumaki Naruto looked at her hopefully.

In the morning, Haruko thought he was sick and upset, so she coaxed him and said, "Okay, we won't take Sasuke with us. We'll take him next time."

Although Uzumaki Naruto was excited by Haruko's obedient words in the morning, he felt sad after the excitement. He knew that this was not the answer he really wanted.

What does he want Haruko to promise him?

"Haruko..." Uzumaki Naruto's eyelashes trembled as he refused her feeding.

"Huh?" Haruko Asama took back the spoon with a puzzled expression.

Naruto Uzumaki opened his mouth, but for some reason he was too ashamed to say anything. His eyes moved around, but he didn't dare look at Haruko Hayama.

Morning Haruko was a little amused. She didn't expect that the sick Naruto would have such an unreasonable side. "What's wrong, Naruto?"

After tightening his hands around the edge of the quilt and feeling that his eyes were covered below, Uzumaki Naruto dared to look at her with his blue glass eyes and reveal his selfish thoughts all along.

"Haruko...can I be your only friend?"

Normally, he would not choose to say such words, but would keep them deep in his heart after tossing and turning all day without being able to come up with a solution.

Perhaps it was the anxiety and fragility brought by the illness that swept through his heart, Uzumaki Naruto pleaded with his most important friend.

A smile played across Haruko's lips as she placed the spoon back into the bowl before using her free hand to slowly stroke Uzumaki Naruto's fluffy blonde hair.

"why?"

"…Because I want Haruko to belong to me alone."

Naruto Uzumaki's eyelashes trembled even more violently, and tears even gathered in his eyes again, as if he was timidly testing his master's favor.

"But 'friends' are called 'friends' because they have many friends." Haruko Asahi patiently explained to him.

Uzumaki Naruto's confused mind kept picking apart her words, and finally hesitantly said, "Then can I not be Haruko's friend?"

"Eh?" Morning Haruko was stunned, and her action of touching his hair froze, "Does Naruto hate me?"

Uzumaki Naruto shook his head heavily, his eyes flashing with determination and desperation, "I like Haruko, but I don't want to be 'friends' with Haruko!"

Haruko Zao understood what he meant, breathed a sigh of relief, and pinched his ear hidden under his golden hair a little unhappily.

"You scared me to death. So, if you don't want to be friends with me, what kind of relationship can we have?"

Her question seemed a little difficult for Uzumaki Naruto to answer. He thought about it for a long time but could not come up with an answer.

Haruko smiled in the morning and didn't take this little episode to heart. She withdrew her hand and took the bowl to the sink.

After Haruko returned home in the morning, night fell and the stars dotted the curtains, but they could not match the brightness of the moon.

Uzumaki Naruto stared blankly at the crescent moon, still thinking about Haruko's question in the morning.

If they don't become friends, how can he be Haruko's only one?

"Yo."

Kakashi Hatake suddenly jumped out of the window and startled Uzumaki Naruto, but he did not feel guilty about scaring the patient at all.

Uzumaki Naruto looked at him speechlessly, "Teacher Kakashi, why are you here?"

"I'm sending you some comfort food, some freshly-baked ramen." Hatake Kakashi lifted the bag in his hand and shook it.

When he heard it was ramen, Uzumaki Naruto's eyes suddenly lit up.

They sat together at the dining table, Kakashi Hatake quietly flipping through the book in his hand, and the sound of Naruto Uzumaki slurping ramen opposite him seemed to serve as the accompaniment.

"Hmm... why is Mr. Kakashi so concerned about me all of a sudden?" Uzumaki Naruto took the time to look at him curiously.

Hatake Kakashi turned a page in the book in his hand, "Isn't it my good character to care about students?"

Uzumaki Naruto stopped eating ramen and showed a sad expression, "Teacher Kakashi is still so ignorant of himself."

"…eat your ramen."

After quickly finishing his ramen, Uzumaki Naruto touched his stomach contentedly, but he was unconsciously in a trance.

If I can't figure it out, maybe I can get the answer by asking Kakashi-sensei...

Uzumaki Naruto raised his head and looked into the dead eyes of Hatake Kakashi, "Teacher Kakashi."

"explain."

"What kind of relationship can make each other's only one?"

Hatake Kakashi finally took his eyes off the book and looked at him in surprise, "Why do you ask this question?"

"Because... there are always a lot of friends around Haruko, and I feel it's difficult for me to maintain the most important position in her heart." Uzumaki Naruto began to become depressed as he spoke.

It wasn’t necessarily the most important thing in the past… Hatake Kakashi slandered in his mind.

"Let me think about it..." Hatake Kakashi closed the book and put it away nonchalantly, "Perhaps you have ever considered giving Haruko a pet?"

"what?!"

"After all, her family doesn't have any pets right now. You're the only one."

Although Hatake Kakashi's expression was serious, Uzumaki Naruto knew that he was obviously being fooled.

"Kakashi-sensei!"

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Gratitude list as of July 2024, 3:

grateful--

The reminder letter sent by K

The Bobo milk tea sent by Aniya next door

Lu Jun, who loves yogurt jelly beans, gave me a thumbs up

Flowers from Little Red Riding Hood 28

Summer night and fireworks, red clothes are in the sky, Mo Wentian who loves red bean jelly, early summer. Starry sky, Wang Haiyong from Little Mouse Island, Tang Xiaoyu from the North, Fisherman's Song., Wang Dawei who likes Grandma Sha, Moon..., Yun Cheyun from Gumo Island, let the alpaca walk through the books you like, Pinellia SS, Xuanchun, Green and Blue Invincible, Qin Bao Yingying, Uchiha Sasuke's wife, Jin Xiula from Nanning, G's cat, sent to generate electricity for love

Thank you for the gift! The author is so touched! The golden retriever uses magic to bless you (?? ???? w ????)????