Chapter 9 Attack! Shikamaru's Birthday

Because there were no girls' clothes, Haruko and Uzumaki Naruto both wore Uchiha Sasuke's clothes in the morning.

"Hey~ I feel like I look like a female version of Sasuke when I put it on!" Haruko turned around in the morning and the more she looked at herself, the funnier she felt.

"Then what do I look like?" Uzumaki Naruto thought in distress.

Morning Haruko rolled her eyes, "Like a golden retriever version of the cat?"

"...You two stop playing around." Uchiha Sasuke couldn't stand the two of them being so stupid.

Especially when he saw Haruko wearing her own clothes after taking a shower in the morning, the moisture from her body mixed with her fragrance penetrated into his nose, and Uchiha Sasuke didn't even dare to look at her.

As for Uzumaki Naruto who was wearing his own clothes, Uchiha Sasuke said coldly: "Wash them and give them back to me."

"Eh——!" Uzumaki Naruto puffed up his cheeks, clearly feeling his double standard attitude.

"By the way, I wonder what Itachi's expression will be when he sees me turn into Sasuke." Haruko Asahi asked curiously.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking! Don't even think about becoming my sister-in-law!" Uchiha Sasuke felt that he had seen through her.

When it comes to this, Haruko has a great point. "Why are you so pedantic?"

"Me?! I'm old-fashioned?!" Uchiha Sasuke couldn't believe that one day he would be called old-fashioned, and he couldn't help but raise his voice.

"What do you mean by pedantic?" Uchiha's mother, who happened to walk by, asked in confusion.

"It's nothing, mom..." Uchiha Sasuke suddenly realized that it was extremely stupid of him to argue with her.

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In order to thoroughly implement the package plan she had formulated, Haruko Zaoma now lives a life that revolves around three points and one line.

After school every day, she would usually go home with Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke shamelessly. Sometimes, her father would go home for dinner in the morning when he cried about missing his daughter, and occasionally, when her mother missed Nara's mother in the morning, she would go to Nara Shikamaru's house as a guest.

When they were in school, he would pull the three of them together to train and chat, and as a result, Uchiha Sasuke and Nara Shikamaru, who were forced to interact, actually developed a strange feeling of mutual appreciation.

Uchiha Sasuke: So annoying...

Nara Shikamaru: ...Are all women so troublesome?

Uzumaki Naruto: I’m so full!

Overall, the revolutionary friendship between the four of them progressed rapidly - at least that's what Haruko Hayama thought.

"Shikamaru! Shikamaru!"

In the morning, Haruko stood at Nara's door and knocked. Normally she wouldn't be so ostentatious, but today was a special day and she wanted to be the first person to say those words to Nara Shikamaru.

"It's Haruko! Come in, come in. You come so early on this weekend. I'd be satisfied if my brat could be half as good as you." Nara's mother opened the door and saw that it was her. Her expression suddenly became much gentler.

She really likes Meiling's child, who is cute and sweet, so why did she give birth to such a stinky boy? !

"Thank you Aunt Nara! I'm a little rude today. Is Shikamaru still not up?"

"Yeah, he's still in bed so early in the morning. I can't stand him!"

"Thank you, Auntie! I'll go find Shikamaru first!"

After saying that, Haruko rushed towards Nara Shikamaru's door like a fly.

"Shikamaru! Shikamaru!"

"...Ah?" Nara Shikamaru's weak voice came from the room. It was obvious that he was still asleep in bed.

"Shikamaru! Open the door! It's urgent!"

In the morning, Haruko heard a tinkling sound in the room, which finally calmed down, followed by increasingly clear footsteps.

Kara——

The door opened.

"What are you doing..." Nara Shikamaru's not very clear voice was interrupted by Haruko's actions in the morning.

"Happy birthday Shikamaru!" Haruko Asako was so excited that she walked up to him and gave him a big hug.

"!!!"

Nara Shikamaru was so shocked that his eyes widened suddenly. He could even smell the faint fragrance coming from Haruko's hair in the morning.

Although he was the one being hugged, he could clearly feel the warmth and softness of Haruko Zaoma's body. His hands and waist were also hugged by Haruko Zaoma, which made him feel fortunate, otherwise he would not know where to put his hands.

After hugging him for a few times in the morning, Haruko raised her head and showed him her sparkling eyes, "Shikamaru, I rushed here early in the morning! Am I the first one to say happy birthday to you?"

Nara Shikamaru understood what she said, and he returned to his usual nonchalant appearance, but his eyes were filled with tenderness.

"It's so troublesome. I can't think of anyone else but you who would bother me so early in the morning."

"Humph! But that's good. I even made an excuse to ask Naruto to come back in five minutes, just in case I wasn't the first person to say happy birthday to you!"

In the morning, Haruko silently apologized to the clear and stupid golden retriever in her heart.

"Huh? How could a fool like Naruto be fooled by an idiot?"

"Huh?!" Zaojian Qingzi felt that her kindness was taken advantage of by him, "Forget it, since it's your birthday today, I won't bother with you."

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. Go out first. Do you want to watch me change clothes?" Nara Shikamaru teased maliciously, "If it's Haruko, it's not impossible..."

"I won't look at it!" As soon as Qingzi heard it, she let go of him, quickly stepped back and considerately closed the door for him.

Nara Shikamaru was rejected: Why do I feel like I’m being rejected?

Nara Shikamaru came to the closet and prepared to change into his usual clothes, but when he picked up the clothes, he was suddenly stunned.

That idiot...it seems like she changed into new clothes specially today. She usually says "although the skirt looks good, it's not convenient to move around" or something like that, but I didn't expect that she actually wore a skirt specially today.

Most of her classmates describe Haruko Hayami as ladylike, gentle, and quiet. However, only those who are really familiar with her know that in addition to being gentle to the people she likes, she can also be coquettish and lively.

"How about... I should change into new clothes today." Nara Shikamaru said to himself, put the clothes in his hands back, and took out the new clothes that his mother had bought for him but he had always been too lazy to change into because of the trouble.

Nara Shikamaru went to the bathroom to clean up before slowly walking into the living room.

"Happy birthday, Shikamaru!" When Uzumaki Naruto saw him come out, he put his arms around his neck.

"Let go, let go! I'm going to suffocate!" Nara Shikamaru quickly slapped the hand of death that was around his neck.

Upon hearing this, Uzumaki Naruto quickly let go and said with an embarrassed smile: "I'm just too happy, hahaha!"

"Naruto has prepared a gift for you!" Haruko could no longer contain her excitement and even wanted to tell him directly what it was.

Nara Shikamaru guessed, "Could it be the thing you went to get five minutes late?"

"Huh? How did you know?" Uzumaki Naruto was shocked. Could it be that Shikamaru had mastered some predictive ninjutsu?

Nara Shikamaru silently looked at the guilty Haruko next to him and chose to hide it for her, "So what is it?"

"surprise!"

Naruto Uzumaki took out the hidden cake box from behind Haruko in the morning and handed it to Shikamaru Nara. The packaging of the cake box was a light green forest with a crayon touch, and there were a few small flowers on it, which was quiet yet lively.

"We spent a long time looking for a design that we didn't like. Finally, one day Naruto praised my beautiful drawings, and I thought of using my drawings to customize a cake!" Morning Haruko excitedly introduced to him, "This one is very similar to Shikamaru's temperament, right? I drew many pictures before I finally chose this one!"

"How can this lively little flower resemble my temperament..."

Nara Shikamaru complained on his face, but his hand couldn't wait to take the cake box.

Although Nara Shikamaru also celebrated his birthday before, his parents and Choji would usually just give him verbal blessings and gifts, and then have a big meal in the evening and call it a day.

Although it was troublesome, this was the first time he had been looking forward to his birthday since morning...