Chapter 16 Graduation Exam, Partners Chasing Each Other

After learning from Uchiha Sasuke that the murderer of the genocide was Uchiha Itachi, Haruko hid the big flying swallow hairpin deep in a drawer that morning.

She didn't use other hairpins to replace them, just letting her hair hang loose, looking depressed.

Only after she was able to come out of the shadow did Haruko Zao have the courage to take out the hairpin from the depths of the drawer again.

"Wear it if you want."

Uchiha Sasuke had discovered countless times that she was secretly staring at the gift that man had given her.

In the final analysis, they are both the same cowards. They deeply desire the man's care and love, but they deceive themselves in pain.

"Wear it if you want." Uchiha Sasuke repeated.

When he spoke, Haruko hurriedly tried to put the hairpin back into the drawer, but was stopped by Uchiha Sasuke who approached.

"Sasuke..."

Uchiha Sasuke didn't reply. He took out a hairpin from the drawer, gently pushed her loose hair to one side, and then pinned the hairpin on her head with a slightly unfamiliar manner.

Just like Uchiha Itachi back then.

"No, how can I..." Haruko Asako said this and wanted to take off the hairpin.

Uchiha Sasuke grabbed her hand, and the two of them looked at their reflections in each other's eyes. The longing that had been suppressed in their hearts had already taken root and was growing wildly.

Haruko cried silently in the morning, and Uchiha Sasuke put her hands down and hugged her.

He lowered his head, his eyes dim. That man left him with nothing but pain and hatred...

Don't think about this anymore.

In the morning, Haruko decided to ask other female classmates in her class what they thought about the Konoha forehead protector.

"I want to wear it on my head like a headband!" Haruno Sakura was also excited after successfully getting the Konoha forehead protector.

"So this is what Sakura thought. You will look very cute wearing it!" Haruko Asahi praised.

Sakura Haruno was a little shy. She knew Haruko Asami, who was as delicate as a doll, had good grades and a good personality. Even though the two of them were rivals in love because of Uchiha Sasuke, she still felt embarrassed to be praised by such an outstanding person.

Haruko Asagi: What love rival?

"That's Haruko. She's really super beautiful!"

"Thank you Sakura!"

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"The Konoha forehead protector? I've tied it around my waist. It's very sexy, isn't it!" Yamanaka Ino turned around and showed the Konoha forehead protector on her waist to Haruko Asako.

"Wow, Ino looks really pretty!"

Compared to Haruno Sakura's misunderstanding, Yamanaka Ino had long known that Hayama Haruko liked someone else. In addition, with their mutual friend Nara Shikamaru, the relationship between the two became better and better.

Yamanaka Ino praised her enthusiastically: "Haruko is very beautiful, isn't she? I think you will look good no matter where you wear it!"

"Hahaha thank you Ino!"

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A piece of good news and a piece of bad news.

The good news is that Haruko finally figured out where to wear her Konoha forehead protector. She decided to tie it around her waist like Yamanaka Ino. Although she doesn't have as exaggeratedly thin waist as Yamanaka Ino, she can still wear it.

Haruko selfishly didn't want to wear it on her head because she would not be able to wear the beautiful big flying swallow.

The bad news is that Uzumaki Naruto failed the graduation exam, and he was the only one who failed. This hit him hard, coupled with some gossip from others, he is now so depressed that he even finds it difficult to smile at Haruko Hayama.

In order to prevent him from being reminded of the past, Haruko took off the Konoha forehead protector and hid it when she went to see him in the morning.

"Naruto, are you okay?" Haruko Asahi asked worriedly. This was the first time she saw Uzumaki Naruto so negative since she met him.

"I'm fine, Haruko, don't worry, I just feel useless..."

Naruto Uzumaki was swinging on the swing. In the past, no one was willing to play with him, so he swung here alone. Since he met Haruko Hayama, he has never come here again.

Morning Haruko frowned slightly, "Naruto, why would you think that?"

"Since I was little, no one around me liked me. No one wanted to play with me. I don't know what I did wrong, or was I born to be an annoying child?"

"I tried very hard to become stronger and gain recognition from everyone... But I don't seem to have any talent. I'm not as smart as Sasuke. I'm even worse than other classmates."

"I don't know... I don't know what I should do..."

Uzumaki Naruto's voice gradually became choked.

Haruko Asagumi stepped forward and held his hand distressedly: "Naruto, do you believe me?"

"Of course I believe in Haruko, but..."

Haruko Asagi looked at him firmly and said, "No buts! Naruto, you believe in me, and I believe in you. I am sure and very sure that you are a very powerful person, and you will definitely become Hokage in the future!"

"Naruto, you are not useless. You are confident and you can overcome any difficulties. You are kind and you still choose to help others even when they treat you maliciously. You work hard and you have put in several times more effort than others..."

"So Naruto, you are very strong, not only in terms of your abilities, but also in your heart! A kind and upright person like you deserves everyone's recognition!"

"I am also very lucky to have met you and known you. Would you like me to be even luckier and witness the day when you become Hokage in the future?"

Uzumaki Naruto was attracted by her gaze, and the swing stopped without him knowing when. He raised his head and stared blankly into her trust.

He shed tears silently, looking at the friend in front of him who had firmly chosen him from beginning to end, and couldn't help muttering: "No one has ever praised me or recognized me like this..."

Haruko Asagi hugged him gently: "They don't understand you. It is precisely because we are friends that I can see the bright and shining advantages in you."

"Naruto, you will definitely become Hokage!"

Finally, Uzumaki Naruto could no longer control himself and hugged her back tightly, bursting into tears.

He has always been alone, without parents, family or companions, so he practiced very hard, wanting to become Hokage so that he could gain everyone's love and recognition.

But I never thought that I was really the useless and disliked child in their eyes.

I thought the future would be like this until Haruko became friends with him in the morning. They chatted, ate together, and imagined the future together...

Naruto Uzumaki, who finally got favor, just wanted to chase his own moon closely.

The only thing he didn't regret was choosing to go up and talk to her that day...

As the sun sets, Uzumaki Naruto, who has finished crying, becomes passionate again as usual. He holds up Haruko's hands.

"Haruko, I will definitely let you witness the day when I become Hokage! This is our promise!"

"Okay! Pinky promise, if you lie, you're a puppy!"

"Ok!"

Fate brings them together, promises interweave their companionship, and the partners who chase each other are the most precious and unattainable existence in the world.

"I wonder what we're having for dinner tonight? Naruto, let's go find Sasuke and go home!"

"Good! I hope it's curry and rice!"

"I hope it's sushi. I haven't eaten sushi for a long time..."