I was 11:30pm, Sakume was sitting in her room reading a book, just about to get ready for bed when she heard a tap on her window.
She got up and pulled back the curtain to see Naruto down on her doorstep. She shook her head and opened the window.
"Naruto are you serious?"
"Yep!" He had a big grin on his face. She shut the window. He stared up into her window for five minutes before the light turned off and she appeared in front of him.
"Naruto?" Sakume looked at him "Of course I'm paying."
They walked down the main street almost to the gates of Konoha, when they turned off to Ichiracku's ramen shop.
"The usual?" The old man asked.
Naruto nodded.
"Here you go you two. Enjoy."
The steam from the bowls flooded up into their faces as the separated their chopsticks to eat. Drinks were set in front of them. Green cinnamon tea for Naruto, and plum blossom tea for Sakume.
_XXX_ TIMESKIP
Naruto completely devoured his first three bowls, all the while Sakume was just finishing her first.
"You eat slow you know that?"
"No I don't you just eat fast."
"I do not."
"Yes you do."
"Hey do I eat fast?" He asked the man.
"Umm " Shocked at the question he did his best to reply. "It's really all in how you look at it, you see this glass " He walked over to the tap and turned it on. " now I filled this glass up halfway, I could look at this glass as half full " He filled it up all the way before drinking half of it. " or since I drank half of it I could look at it as half empty."
The two ninjas just looked at him with a bored look on their faces.
"What I'm saying is it's all in a person's perspective."
"From what I understand, not to be rude but, the question was not if the perspective changes, but it was if Naruto eats fast which is asking your perspective."
"Well in my perspective " He sighed. "Yes, Naruto you eat very fast."
"See." Sakume had a smug smile on her face. Naruto crossed his arms.
" but you see it isn't a matter of the glass being half full, or half empty. In this case it is a matter of the glass being three quarters full or a quarter empty meaning yes Naruto eats exceedingly fast, you also eat a little slower than the average person.
"That's right Sakume, did you hear that." Now Naruto was the one with the smug look on his face and Sakume had her arms crossed.
"You just had to put that in there, didn't you?" She shook her head as she finished the last few bites of her ramen. Naruto looked at the clock on the side of the shop.
"Good morning Ume." His grin was wide and cheerful.
"C'mon lets go, I'm tired." She got off her stool.
"I'm Right behind you." He left the amount to cover their meal. They walked down the same way they used earlier, the streets were empty and dark, there were no lights on in any of the houses, the only light was the glistening pure white shine the moon lit up the village with, there were dense shadows at every turn. They arrived at Sakume's house, she opened the door and turned back to him.
"Are you going to get home alright?"
He nodded. "I'll be fine."
"Ok well I'll probably see you tomorrow."
"Ok, good morning." He gave her a hug.
"Good morning." She smiled and their embrace ended she stepped into her house. He waved as she waved back and closed the door.
She put her wallet down on the kitchen table. She had brought it with her and paid a fourth of the bill, took the same amount of his money and when the hugged, she slid it into his pocket. Sakume smiled to herself and went upstairs. She untied her headband and put it on her dresser, where she would go get it tomorrow, and she changed into her pajamas as she pulled back the covers on her bed and turned the light off before curling up and falling asleep in her bed.
_OOO_ MEANWHILE
Naruto walked in his door and shut it behind him. He took his jacket of and flung it on the couch and ran upstairs to his room. He took off his shirt and put it on his chair in the corner of his room. He went to the bathroom and came out. He took of his pants and picked them up off the ground, but a few things fell out of his pants pocket. He picked up the items off the floor. It was money. He shook his head as he threw his pants and failed to hit the char he was aiming for. He put all the money he found in his top drawer of his dresser, his underwear drawer so he would be sure not to forget to give it back to her, after all he did say he would pay. He smiled as he slipped into bed and fell asleep.