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So this is what an amusement park looks like!
This was the only thought Naruto had as her blue eyes took in the lines of people waiting to get tickets. Couples held hands, children screamed and chased each other as their parents called out for them to come back to them. Some people exited out of the amusement park with silly, colourful hats with large smiles on their faces.
No one looked at them like they were silly for acting like children and Naruto wasn't sure how she felt about it, but she does smile as her fellow teens sang out a song in a bad melody. Why haven't I come here before? The smile on her face dropped and Naruto slumped her shoulders.
In the three years she had been in Japan, she had never stepped foot into an amusement park. Her classmates in middle school talked about the joys of amusement parks, they even invited her once but she didn't really believe they wanted her to come. People didn't want to get to know her had been her reasoning…but she wasted three years of having fun.
Three years of buildup issues meant she achieved nothing.
"Naruto."
Naruto blinked and swirled her head to the right, blue eyes widening at the sight of Shouto standing before her. Why must he look good? Shouto wasn't even wearing anything special, just a simple blue v-shaped t-shirt, a black jacket and a pair of jeans. Nothing for her to drool about but Shouto was a good-looking guy.
"He's also quite fit! Imagine what would happen if he gets wet from one of the rides!" A small voice whispered and an image of his shirt clinging to his muscular chest flashed before Naruto's mind. The blond-haired girl flushed a bright shade of red and rubbed the back of her neck, trying to push the image out of her mind.
Not the time for her to imagine what Shouto might look like without a shirt.
As soon as Naruto was certain that her cheeks were no longer as red as a tomato, she turned to look at Shouto. Mismatch eyes seemed fixated on her bright blue eyes, almost looking at it as if he wanted to memorize how they looked. Wait, could someone actually memorize how eyes looked? She doesn't know. There was no Hinata-chan for her to ask and Nejire was probably doing her work-study thing.
It would be too awkward for her to ask Midoriya and Iida seemed like a robot half of the time.
"S-So have you been waiting for a long time now?" Naruto asked, rubbing the back of her neck. Why did she just stutter? It wasn't even cold today. If anything the blazing heat from the sun was already making her sweat like buckets, so why did she talk like that? They had been alone before.
Shouto shook his head and darted his eyes everywhere before looking back down at her eyes. Mismatch eyes focused on her cheeks and a small smile formed on his face. Did he find something funny? Wait, was she blushing again? She darted her eyes everywhere, searching frantically for the nearest reflective material and groaned. Why didn't they have mirrors? Does she look weird? Had it been a bad idea to wear T-shirt and shorts?
But everyone seemed to be wearing it, so maybe there was something else that she was missing?
"So where is Iida and Midoriya?" Naruto cleared her throat and Shouto looked away from her. Pink lips twitched as Shouto's cheeks flushed a light shade of red. What was he embarrassed about? There had been nothing about her question that sounded wrong. Naruto knitted her eyebrows while Shouto rubbed the back of his neck.
Ring.
The two teens blinked and pulled out their phones. Sorry but I have some chores to do that I have forgotten to do. Naruto raised her eyebrow, curled her lips into a frown as Iida began to type out his message. Since when did Midoriya forget to do his chores? He was responsible. He had been looking forward to this trip so why did he forget to do it? She looked away from her phone and ran her hand through her hair.
"Iida is not coming too," Shouto commented, holding his smartphone for her to see. Naruto blinked and looked down at her phone, eyebrows rising to her hairline when Iida commented about having some unexpected guest coming in and how he must play the role of being a host. Something doesn't feel right. She chewed on her bottom lip, put her phone into her pocket and hunched her shoulders.
If Iida wasn't coming and Midoriya too then that means it was just going to be her and Shouto. Shouto and her alone in the amusement park. No friends to act as buffers. Could she do this without things becoming awkward? Should they just reschedule the whole thing? Because being alone with Shouto was a terrible idea.
Her mind would wander into uncharted territories, landing her right back into the mess that brought this mess up.
"We can still go inside without them," Shouto said, mismatch eyes darting to the various people surrounding them, and Naruto just stared at him. He had his hands in his pockets and had a blank expression on, not looking one bit bothered about the fact Iida and Midoriya bailed on them. He looked down at her. "Unless you want to reschedule the whole thing."
Naruto shook her head and looked at the bright, red gates of the amusement park. "I want to go in…but wouldn't this be considered a date?"
Because that was what happened when a boy and a girl hang out together alone right? That was what Sakura, Ino and most of the girls from Konoha always wanted from Sasuke. If people see them then they might think they were on a date? Could a boy and a girl hang out alone without it being considered a date? She doesn't know. Was this a misunderstanding? She wasn't certain.
She was really clueless about these things.
"It is only a date if we consider it a date," Shouto said. His large hands rubbed the back of his neck and he hunched his shoulders, knitting his eyebrows as if uncertain by his words. Naruto doesn't know whether to focus on his eyes or to focus on his large hands. A part of her wanted to hold onto those hands, to feel it encased her own but it was strange. "A boy and a girl can hang out together without it being a date. As friends, we can hang out together…can't we?"
Naruto chewed on her bottom lip and nodded. He was right. She used to hang out with Sasuke in her favourite ramen stand and not once had she ever considered it a date. But Naruto never liked kissing Sasuke. She never hugged him long enough to get teased about it by Hinata-chan. She never imagined getting another kiss from him or had those really weird daydreams that might put Jiraiya's books to shame.
She doesn't know what exactly was happening between them but she was sure that she didn't catch feelings for Shouto.
Despite what Nejire thinks, Naruto would know if she had a crush on Shouto.
"You are right, we can hang out as friends and this wouldn't be a date." Naruto forced herself to smile and Shouto frowned, knitting his eyebrows at her. Naruto looked away from him, not bothering to answer his silent question. A small part of her could taste the bitterness in her tone when she spilled those words and the blond-haired girl frowned. Why didn't she like it? It was what she wanted from him but some silly part of her wanted him to consider it a date.
It was wrong of her to want Shouto say that this was a date. Not just because Shouto was one of her closest friends but because she wasn't in the right state to be in a relationship.
She doesn't know what she wants from Shouto or what her feelings were towards him.
"It is illegal to tape your classmate hands and steal their phones, Sero-san! Why did you send those messages to Todoroki-san and Uzumaki-san?"
Izuku sighed and rubbed the sides of his head while Ashido removed the tape from Iida's wrists. He had known about the plan since last night when Kacchan came over to his apartment, sitting on the floor and basically spilled the whole plan that Tokage had when it came to Uzumaki and Todoroki. Till now, Izuku was trying to figure out what Tokage did to convince Bakugou to help her and Ashido with the plan.
Did she blackmail him?
Tokage hummed and put her hands on her hips while Ashido kept her eyes focused on her binoculars. The pink-skinned girl had her eyes fixated on watching Todoroki and Uzumaki lining up in a line, their hands gazing each other from where Izuku could see from his own hiding space. Was this a good idea? He doesn't know.
"We did this because Uzumaki-chan and Todoroki-san have been avoiding being alone with each other," Ashido explained, tearing her eyes away from the binocular and looking at their Class President. "Everyone here knows that they like each other and if you and Midoriya are with them then they won't talk about their feelings towards each other."
"And making them go to an amusement park will make them talk about their feelings?" Iida rubbed his wrist and pushed his glasses up before swirling his head at him. Red eyes narrowed at him. "Midoriya-kun, you can't also agree with them about this!"
Izuku gulped and sweated as several eyes focused on him, their bodies leaning forward to see his opinion about this. Was making Uzumaki and Todoroki go alone in an amusement park the best way to make them confront their feelings? No. But he doesn't know what they could do to make them confront their feelings towards each other. Even watching them from afar, Izuku could see how different they were around each other from their smiles.
It wasn't the kind of smiles that they directed to any of their friends.
"Todoroki-kun, have you ever stop to think that maybe Uzumaki has feelings for you?" Izuku chewed on his bottom lip and stopped himself from telling them about their conversation. It was private but he knew Todoroki was just a little bit dense when it came to relationships. Actually, he's really dense. Because no girl would kiss a boy if she didn't have feelings for him.
"If it was up to me, Whiskers and IcyHot would just be locked up in a closet." Kacchan grumbled, shoving his hands into his pockets and red eyes following Uzumaki and Todoroki as they reached the first steps of the stairs. "This is a fucking terrible idea."
"Your plan is the last resort," Ashido declared, handing the binoculars to Sero. They are really going through with this. Izuku chewed on his bottom lip and a part of him wondered if he should warn Todoroki and Uzumaki about what was going to happen. But it was getting weird to sit in the table with those two and watch them stare at each other with subtle longing in their eyes.
So maybe he should just keep his mouth shut.
Tokage swirled her head at Ashido and Bakugou. "You do know that Blasty's plan would never work when Uzumaki can literally tear the door to escape right? We need to think of a better strategy if all the other plans fail."
"Does no one care about the fact what all of you are planning is considered illegal and an invasion of their privacy?" Iida stood up from his hiding spot, ready to sprint to Uzumaki and Todoroki, but only to be pulled back by Sero and Kacchan. He hunched his shoulders, lowered his voice and glared at then. "What happens between Uzumaki-san and Todoroki-san is none of our business!"
The green-haired girl from Class 1B raised an eyebrow at him and flickered her eyes to the queue for the rollercoster. Green eyes seemed focused on the smiles playing on Uzumaki's face as she pointed to the water log rides to Todoroki. Happiness colored her features and there seemed to be a childish glint in her eyes. If Izuku was honest, he never seen Uzumaki looked like this.
"Iida-san, will you admit that we came to Yuuei to become amazing heroes?" Tokage put her hands on her hips and flashed the teen a smile. The knowing glint in her eyes made Izuku paused as a realization dawned upon him. Was she exploiting Iida's weak spot? He swirled his head to Kacchan, raising an eyebrow at him. Kacchan nodded, scowling and Izuku sighed.
So Tokage exploited Kacchan too.
"Yes but what does this have to do with interfering with their friendship?" Iida knitted his eyebrows together and put his hands on his hips, tilting his head to the side. He pressed his lips into a very thin line. A huge group of friends stopped in front of them, blocking their view of Uzumaki and Todoroki.
The green-haired girl tapped her chin and sighed. "Well how can we be good heroes if we can't be good friends? As good friends, we should make those two realize that they like each other. It is our duty as heroes in training!"
"You mean to be amazing heroes, we need to help citizens deal with their emotional issues?" Iida asked, rubbing his chin. Tokage smiled and bobbed her head. Is he actually going to believe this? The words were on the tip of his tongue but he held it back in, waiting to see if his friend would actually fall for the trick. He raised his eyebrows when Iida bobbed his head at them.
Izuku leaned closer to Kacchan and raised an eyebrow at him. "Tokage made the whole thing up, didn't she?"
"Lizard picked up really quickly on what is Four Eyes weakness," Kacchan muttered under his breath. Red eyes flashed with some form of amusement and Izuku bit his lips, stopping himself from smiling. It had been a while since Kacchan looked amused like that but his best-friend had a strange sense of humour. "She must have noticed it during the Sports Festival when Four Eyes threw a fit over what his opponent did to him."
Izuku chewed his lips. "She does know if Uzumaki finds out that we set this up then she might kill us?"
"That's why we are never telling her that we are involved with this shit."
It seemed like Kacchan really does care a lot about Uzumaki's relationship.
"Shouto, let's go on that ride!"
That was what Naruto told him while they waited for their turn on the rollercoaster, pointing to the water log ride. He doesn't know what possessed him to agree to it but now here they were third in line for the water log ride. It was not like he didn't like the logs but something tells him that this might have been a bad idea. But Naruto smiled widely at him, her blue eyes sparkled and he couldn't tell her no.
It probably did not help that Naruto held her hand against his own, never realizing she hadn't let go of him since dragging him to the line. Shouto darted his eyes to their encased hands and he wondered if it would be wrong for him to rub her hand slightly or feel it even. Because Naruto's hands felt like it was on fire but was her whole hand as smooth as it looked?
He shook his head and looked down at the smiling face of Naruto. She beamed at him, lips smiled so wide and there was just a small crinkle in the corner of her eyes. His eyes flickered down to her orange T-shirt before looking at the current of water, where water seemed to hit the passengers. Mismatch eyes widened when a passenger stepped out from the other side, their wet clothes clinging to their skin.
Shouto looked down at Naruto and stared at her orange shirt that didn't seem to hide the fact she had a large chest. People are going to see her shirt clinging to her shirt and the thought made his stomach turned.
"Naruto, are you sure that this ride is a good idea?" They took another step forward and Naruto blinked, knitting her eyebrows together. She hasn't realized has she? He rubbed the back of his neck, feeling the heat of his left side increasing while blue eyes blinked. Her pink tongue peeked out of her lips, licking her soft lips and Shouto recalled how soft those lips had been.
Did he like Naruto in that way? Or did he like her for what she represented?
From what he read in his journal so far, he knew he acted different with her than with Midoriya and their other friends.
"Yes," Naruto frowned and Shouto blinked, tearing his eyes away from her. "Why? Do you think that this might be a bad idea?"
"We are going to be drenched with water," he reminded her as they took another step forward. Naruto tilted her head and removed her hand from his own, earning a small frown from the younger boy. It felt so much colder, almost as if his hand was dunk in an ice basket, without having Naruto's hand wrapped around him. "We will be forced to walk around with wet clothes."
"So? I don't see why it is such a big deal!" They shuffled closer to the line and stopped when their log boat came closer towards them. From where he stood, Shouto could not make out any seat belts and a part of him wondered how the person in the back was going to be safe. Why do I feel like this might be my worst nightmare. He gulped. "We will just be a little bit wet!"
He jumped down into the front seat and swirled his head at Naruto. The blond-haired girl chewed on her bottom lip, blue eyes fixating on the empty back seat, and excitement shone through her eyes. Shouto felt the corner of his lips twitched and he held his hand out to her.
Naruto blinked and blue eyes glinted with joy. She really does look pretty when her eyes sparkles like that. He smiled slightly even more and the blond-haired girl grabbed his hand, gingerly setting down on the bench behind him. Shouto stiffened when a pair of arms wrapped around his waist and a pair of breast rubbed against his back.
Her chest feels really soft. He gulped and wished he could shift in his seat. "W-Why are you hugging me?"
"Because there are no seat belts," Naruto explained, hugging him even more tightly. "If I don't hug you then I might just fall down."
"Can't you use chakra to hold yourself down?" He tried to keep his tone even and calm, not letting his friend knew that he felt flustered or that his brain was now wandering to a dangerous territory. Was it normal to wonder what it would be like to touch her? Does this make him a pervert? No, wait it did. He gulped and wished he didn't have to lean forward.
"But it will be less fun, Shouto!" He shuddered as her warm breath tickled his ear. Her heat really radiated towards him, filled him and threatened to consume him. He bit his tongue from saying anything. Right, we are here to have fun. Shouto kept his eyes fixated on the water in front of him. "And besides, it will look weird if I don't hug you."
Shouto felt his lips twitched at the sound of Naruto's whine and he doesn't know why but he wanted to hear her say it in another place. "Then you should hug tighter, Naruto or you might just fall down if you don't use your chakra."
"Shouto, you shouldn't make excuses…if you want me to touch you then just say the word." Her voice lowered and was it his imagination but did she purr again? An image flashed before his eyes and Shouto gulped. No, he shouldn't get flustered by this. Naruto does this every time and this was like a game to her.
He steadied his arms and cleared his throat. "And would you touch me anywhere?"
"S-Shouto!" He felt his lips twitched even more at the embarrassed tone coming out of Naruto. I finally got her flustered instead of being the one getting flustered. The boat gave a slight jolt forward and their crazy water ride began, taking them down a dimly lit tunnel.
If you asked Shouto whether he knew what was inside the tunnel and the rides, but the feel of Naruto's chest against his own meant he couldn't really focus. It wasn't even her fault. The scent of her orange shampoo was really playing with his senses, reminding him of that day when she kissed him. He tightened his grip on the handle and schooled his expression as Naruto's hair tickled his neck.
He blinked when he realized that their water log was now on the top of the conveyor belt that was now carrying them up to the great final drop of the ride. He gulped as Naruto tightened her grip on his waist, her fingers digging into the soft material of his t-shirt as their log approached the peak of the ramp.
"Why the hell don't they have seat belts? I might survive but this is scary shit!" Naruto muttered under her breath. Shouto twisted his head around, mismatch eyes focused on the terrified eyes of Naruto. What should I tell her? He needed to say something to stop the fear in her eyes.
"Naruto, close your eyes and try to think about something that will calm you down."
"Give me an example!"
"I don't know…All Might?"
"You want to me imagine a big muscular man to calm down at the thought that we might just crash!" Shouto snorted and felt the bubbles of laughter creeping up his mouth. Of all the things he knew about Naruto, the last thing he imagined was that Naruto was freaking out from a ride. She was fine in the roller-coaster, screaming in his ears but maybe the sight of so many ghosts might have terrified her?
Before he could even make a comment, they plunged down right into the large pool at the bottom of the slide, water splashing upwards on both sides of the boat. The water poured back down on them. He shuddered and turned his body around, wondering if Naruto was fine.
"That was fun!" Naruto busted out laughing and Shouto smiled, chuckling slightly at the delight of his friend. He climbed out of the boat and onto the small platform. He knelt down, held his hand out and yanked Naruto from the log. The blond-haired girl clutched his hand, legs wobbling slightly and a bright smile plastered on her face.
In that moment, Shouto only had one thought:
She looks beautiful.
He flushed a bright shade of red and yanked his hand away from her. I need to figure things out soon or I might be in trouble soon. Shouto rubbed the back of his neck, waited till his face stopped heating up, before looking at the smiling face of Naruto. Right. Don't look into her blue eyes or else he might wander down. He looked down to her shirt and felt his cheeks flaring up at the sight of her shirt.
Her bright orange shirt clung to her skin, acting almost like another layer of skin, and Shouto could make out some lace patterns that must come from her…Shouto gulped. Was it orange? Or was it another colour? Hard for him to tell with her shirt. He cleared his throat and looked away from her. Instead his eyes focused on a couple of boys, who just stopped and stared at Naruto.
Why were they…
Wait, if he noticed it then they noticed it too!
"You are completely soaked," Shouto muttered under his breath, mismatch eyes focused on Naruto's flushed cheeks. Her blue eyes fixated on his chest, cheeks growing more red and Shouto just stared at her. Her hair might be soaked wet, darker and resembling more like sunshine but her eyes looked like those jewels that his mother used to wear. She looked really tempting. And that sounded wrong.
It was dangerous.
"You should wear my jacket," He cleared his throat and held out his jacket. Naruto blinked and tilted her head, causing the boy to school his expression. Because he was not going to let Naruto know that he was very much flustered at the sight before him. He took a deep breath. "Your bra is showing."
Naruto blinked and flushed red before taking the blue jacket from his hands. She slipped her hands through the large sleeves of his jackets, engulfing her and making her look like a cute midget. With her flushed cheeks and his jacket on her, Shouto only had one thing running his mind.
I like her wearing my jacket.
He doesn't noticed that there were two group of people watching them.
"So how are we going to do this, Killer Bee?"
Bee lowered his sunglasses and turned to look at Yugito. They had been trailing after the nine-tailed jinchuuriki for the past week but not once did he find the right opportunity to talk the girl alone. Her apartment had seals surrounded around it, something that he should expected from Minato's daughter. He pressed his lips into a thin line and looked at his subordinates.
"We are going to wait for that boy to leave her alone," he informed them. Karui and Omoi blinked while Yugito nodded, lips pressed into a very thin line as her eyes fixated on the smiling faces of Uzumaki and her friend (boyfriend? He couldn't tell from their interactions). "When that happens, we will make her the offer."
Karui pressed her lips into a frown and stared at the flushed cheeks of the nine-tailed Jinchuuriki. "Do you think she will take the offer? Uzumaki seems to be really into her boyfriend…can't blame her. He is really good-looking."
"And a gentleman," Omoi commented, eyeing the blue jacket that engulfed Uzumaki. His eyes lingered on her curve and the teen shook his head. "We don't know how long they have been together but I doubt she wants to leave her boyfriend."
"Are they dating?" Yugito rubbed her chin and knitted her eyebrows. That is a real good question to ask. Killer Bee couldn't really tell what exactly their relationship was, not when they acted like good friends at times while other times he could feel the tension from them. "They didn't kiss when they have the right timing."
"Dating or not, their relationship won't last." Killer Bee lowered his sunglasses and stared at the smiling teens, lips pressed into a very thin line. "Uzumaki alerted everyone that she was here and that makes her free game for everyone."
Well he couldn't be certain because Killer Bee didn't have all the facts of whether or not Uzumaki was still tied to Konoha or if she really was free game.
"Are we really risking to take her?" Omoi ran his hands through his hair and pressed his hands against his pockets, eyebrows knitting together. "What if Konoha finds out? And they come to Kumo to start a war? And then it escalates to a Shinobi War? And then we will die and—"
"If she refuses and is here undercover for Konoha from the very beginning then we have to accept it." They blinked and Killer Bee pressed his lips into a thin line. They spent seven years fighting in a war, a war where they had lost a lot of shinobi, and starting a war over a Jinchuuriki wasn't worth it. "Last thing we need is a war. If she comes peacefully then things will be different."
"Do we take her by force if she refuses?" Karui demanded.
Killer Bee shook his head. "Taking her by force in Japan is risky. There are cameras everywhere and the Elemental Countries just barely avoided a war since they found those kids. If we have to take her by force then it needs to be done where either there are no cameras or wait till she goes back to the Elemental Countries."
"Can't we just try to seduce her?" Omoi asked. "But I don't want to break her—"
"You wouldn't be able to seduce her," Karui snorted and stared at the mismatch boy, tongue licking her lips. Omoi opened his mouth to protest while Yugito nodded. "Compared to her friend, you have got no chance of making her like you in that way."
Bee sighed and stared at Uzumaki and her friend. Right now, we will just need to wait for Uzumaki to be left alone by that boy and jump her. I can't sense that nin and her family members aren't here. He bobbed his head and not once did he noticed that there was a pair of brown eyes watching them with narrowed eyes.
A/N: Please review and tell me what you think about this chapter.