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"Um...Rias can you please tell me why I'm carrying these bags again?" an exhausted and infuriated Naruto asked his redhead partner who was strolling beside him. He was carrying an uncountable number of grocery bags in his hands and was praying to Satan help him get rid of these bags as soon as possible.
After hearing his question, Rias' head perked up as her eyes glanced at him "Because we need these items to prepare food for tonight, Naruto!!" she responded in a tone teemed with frustration. This was the twenty-sixth time he had asked her this same nonsense question, and it was getting on her nerves now.
Naruto shifted the heavy bags in his hands before speaking again "But why I have to carry them? Can't we use magic to teleport into our house" he grumbled and scowled at the bags that were trying their very best to slip from his hands.
"No" came an immediate response from a smiling Rias whose eyes were keenly observing the people walking on the road along with them.
Realizing that she will not help him, Naruto straightened up and strode at a fast pace to reach the house more quickly. He carried on with his fast pace for a moment before he suddenly stopped. Spinning around to confront Rias, he promptly pointed an accusing finger at her "You are doing this because of the promise I made to Akeno, isn't it?" he claimed, while his cerulean blue eyes narrowed ever so slightly at the flustered face Rias was making.
At his outright allegation Rias couldn't help but blush a little before an offended look covered her face "What are you trying to suggest, idiot? I don't even remember that irrelevant promise of yours" she yelled and turned her head aside to hide her smirk.
Not believing her, Naruto continued his observation her face for a while and somehow got a glimpse of her smirk "Wahhh!! You are lying. Come on Rias, I promise I didn't propose to Akeno!!" he whined comically, while the surrounding people gave him some weird and peculiar looks.
"I'm not lying Naruto!! And please don't make a scene by yelling here, people are watching us" Rias, contrary to her own words, yelled as her face inundated in the color of her hair. Noticing that he will move nowhere, Rias yanked away the groceries bags from his hand and picked them in her own hand. Not wasting a single more second, she gripped Naruto's hand and pulled him.
Naruto slouched in her grip and patiently accompanied her while occasionally adjusting the remaining bags in his right hand so they do not fall on the ground. As they continued strolling towards their home, Naruto didn't fail to notice the looks that people were giving them, probably because of how they were arguing with each other in the road's midst with no care. Peering back at Rias, he saw her crimson hair flailing in the wind and couldn't help but get bewitched by their beauty and glow. Her crimson strings were still as beautiful as they were back when they both were small kids.
Rias noticed Naruto's eyes on herself and shifted awkwardly "What are you looking at?" she hissed incoherently.
Her words drew out Naruto from his trance as he sheepishly smiled at her to hide his embarrassment "N-N-Nothing Rias, it just that your hairs are still exquisite" he murmured shyly and immediately turned aside to hide his blush.
Rias froze while her eyes widened and her cheeks burned down in the raging blush that clashed with her face. Naruto complimented her hair! This idiot, her biggest enemy really complimented her hair! Is this a dream? Collecting her bearings, Rias turned over to him and blinked, really not knowing what to say.
Noting her blank face Naruto panicked. Did he say something bad? Yes, he must have!. Smiling awkwardly, Naruto glanced down at the ground and spoke "Rias, are you o-" the words died in his mouth when he felt something soft poke his forehead. Curious, he looked up slightly and froze when he realized that it was Rias who poked his forehead earlier. "Wh-what?" he sputtered, obviously surprised by the recent experience. Soon his cheeks submerged in the infamous hue of red while his sapphire eyes got locked in Rias' emerald orbs.
Rias who was witnessing the change of Naruto's face only gave him an incredulous look "What's happening to you, Naruto...? I only poked you so that you can shut down that mouth of yours. I absolutely didn't do this because you complimented my hair or anything" she whispered with an even face "So don't get any wrong or perverted idea. I still hate you, Idiot" she added hotly, doing a complete turnover of her personality.
Naruto was in a daze, never ever in his extraordinary life, he has seen Rias doing this to anyone else. She always adorned that aura of a spoiled princess around everyone and acted like a bitch to those whom she deemed unworthy of her time. But now seeing her do something like this to him, shocked Naruto to no end "Huh? What made you think that I was thinking about you bitch!!. I think the one who has a perverted mind among us is you, Rias!!" he shouted and quickly snatched away all the bags from Rias' hand and took off to their house.
"I'm not a pervert like that Akeno. I'm far better for you... I mean too good for you Idiot!!!"
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Strolling towards the door of the living room, a recently showered Naruto sighed as his mind flashed the not-so-good memories of that cursed day when he had met Rias for the first time. Naruto, contrary to their bitter relationship still cherishes that day very much, because that was the day when he had made his first friend.
[Flashback]
"Hey! can I join you all?!" A blonde-haired child chirped, his cerulean eyes shimmering with happiness and utter hope as he observed the group of children playing something in front of him.
The group of children stopped their play and turned their curious gazes at the blond child. No one said a single word until a girl who had pitch black hair in a short bob cut and cute large violet eyes, strolled towards the blond, all while analyzing him intently "Who are you?" she asked, her eyes still analyzing the boy.
The smile on the face of the boy vanished as he saw the calculating looks that the children were giving him "Um... I'm Naruto Phenex" he timidly introduced himself, still not sure what is the problem with these kids.
At his name, the girl's eyes widen, and she quickly looked over to a certain red-haired friend of her who was currently glaring daggers at Naruto. Collecting herself, the girl looked back at Naruto and smiled "I'm Souna Sitri. It's nice to meet you, Naruto-san" she said, adjusting her lilac frames gracefully back to their position. Even if he was a Phenex, he was still a kid like them and Sona Sitri doesn't discriminate between people on the basis of their origin.
"Really?" the boy asked in astonishment, still not believing the words of the girl because usually, the children either ignore him or out rightly rejects his advances. He still didn't know the reason as to why but his mother had once told him it has something to do with his big brother, Riser's arranged marriage with the Gremory heiress, Rias Gremory.
Souna frowned ever so slightly at the boy's hopeful and surprised expression but nodded her head at him "Yeah..." she said, awkwardness palpable in her tone.
Naruto in answer, smiled brightly at the girl "It's nice to meet you too, Souna-chan!!" he shouted and scooped the poor girl in a bone-crushing hug, obviously too happy with the fact he has a friend now.
Souna's face became as red as a rose in Naruto's tight grip, all while she tried her best to free herself from the hold "I can't breathe, Naruto-san!" she said out between her struggles.
Naruto looked confused at first but then much to his own embarrassment, realized that he was still hugging Souna. Quickly letting her go, Naruto smiled sheepishly at her "Sorry for that! I just got a little hyped, you know!" he said while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
As soon as Naruto unwrapped his hands from her waist, Souna stumbled back because of lack of air in her lungs. Taking a very needed deep breath she mustered a glare as cold as her small eyes could and aimed it at Naruto "Hyped for what?" she asked, losing the control over her emotions momentarily.
The surrounding children who were witnessing everything started laughing at Naruto's misfortune.
Naruto flinched at her tone and darted his eyes away from her glare "Mm...I don't have any friends, you know. So when you offered to become one, I got thrilled and lost control of my emotions" he murmured sadly while twiddling his index fingers.
Souna's eyes lost the coldness and softened as soon as she heard his words "Why don't you have any friends?" she asked softly with a face radiating pure curiosity.
Naruto perked up a bit at her question and smiled sheepishly to hide his hurt, an attempt to lighten the atmosphere "I don't know. My mama says it has something to with my brother and the Gremory Heiress" he said truthfully.
Souna was about to say something, but a shrill shout stopped her from doing so.
"I did nothing to you, Phenex"
Souna sighed in annoyance as she quickly recognized the owner of the shout. Not that hard, to be honest, because in the whole underworld only one person hates Phenex that much. "Rias" she muttered and turned around to face her friend.
Rias who was seething at the presence of Naruto turned her gaze towards Souna and smiled, while Naruto who was observing the redhead girl instantly sweatdropped at her peculiar behavior. "Souna!! didn't I told you to stay away from Phenex" Rias huffed and pouted.
Souna shook her head in exasperation at her best friend's nonsensical behavior "Rias, your problem is with Riser Phenex, don't drag the whole Phenex clan into you shallow and utterly frivolous childlike abhorrence of Riser" she said in a scolding manner.
Rias for a while just gaped at Souna in surprise, before a light growl escaped her mouth "Oii...I will do what I want to do, so don't lecture me, teacher Souna. And also we are only 9 year old, Souna.. so stop using these high-quality words" she finished her statement with an adorable pout and a flick of her hairs.
Naruto who was listening to the conversation, nodded his head in positive, completely agreeing with Rias 'We are still small children'.
Souna's eyes twitched madly at her friend's statement "Whatever Rias" she trailed off and turned over to Naruto who straightened up as he noticed her movement "You can play with us Naruto-san" she stated with a small smile, a gesture enough to reassure Naruto about everything.
Naruto turned around to the group of children who were looking at him with distasteful expressions on their faces. Shaking the bad thought, Naruto was about to join them but a small hand came in his way and halted him in his stride. "You are not joining us, Phenex" Naruto looked over to his side and found that the owner of the hand was a black-haired boy who had deep onyx eyes which were currently glaring at him.
Naruto frowned at the tone which the boy used to address him "Who are you? Why are you stopping me?" he asked, not in the mood to start a fight.
The boy's glare intensified at Naruto's bland words "I'm Rias-chan's friend, Sayko Eligos and I won't allow you to come closer to Rias-chan" he said.
Before Naruto could argue with the boy, a small laugh echoed throughout the whole playground "Leave him Sayko-ken, he's a very weak child. I heard from my mother that he cannot wield famous Phenex Fire" a random blue-haired girl who was standing beside Rias shouted gleefully.
The newly found fact only made children laugh more hard at Naruto, except Souna and Rias, who looked conflicted about the girl's words.
Hearing the ear-destroying sound of their mocking laughter, Naruto glanced down at the ground to hide his disheartened expression. What wrong did he do this time? He introduced himself just like his mother told him to. He smiled at them and even talked with them with respect, then why these children were still making fun of him. Is there anything wrong with him? Did he do something bad? Why all the children reject him? Having enough of his mental thoughts and the booming mock laughter, Naruto perked up and glared at the group of children "Why are you all laughing at me? I did nothing funny, I just wanted to play with you all" he retorted harshly, surprising the children who all immediately took a step back in fear.
"Rias-chan doesn't want to play with a Phenex, and we just follow our leader" overcoming his shock, an obese brown-haired boy snarled at Naruto.
Naruto remained silent and analyzed the obese form of the boy for a moment before speaking "Who said I wanted to play with you roly-poly? I was talking to others, so shut up!!, you worthless weight on Underworld. And this leader of yours is an idiot and looks like a Tomato!!, a tomato-witch!!" Naruto shouted at the boy who was currently squirming under his glare.
Rias who was silent till now growled at the insult. "Oii... how dare you make fun of my hairs, you ugly bastard?" she yelled, all while an aura of red hue surrounded her small form.
"By my mouth, tomato princess!!" Naruto snarled in response while equally matching and returning the glare that Rias was handing him. He then abruptly turned his visage to Sayko and that blue-haired girl who made fun of him earlier "And you two, worthless excuse for a clan heir and heiress, never ever try to make fun of me again, otherwise, I will not hesitate to show you both why Phenex house is still considered far better and powerful than both of your respective houses" he remarked as tendrils of black flames started dancing around his slim form.
The children who were standing beside the two unfortunate and poor heirs flinched at Naruto's words. They soon moved a little aside to give the crying heirs more space for sulking.
Satisfied so of his insults, Naruto smiled. Who thought that Riser's egotistical speeches can be so helpful someday. Relishing in the sad expressions of the two children for a moment, Naruto slowly peered his eyes over to an astonished Souna "I think I should go now! But don't worry I will come here again and then we will play together. Ok, Souna?" he asked in a jovial manner.
Too surprised at the sudden change of Naruto's personality, Souna only nodded her head and hummed in response.
Naruto somehow heard her and turned around to take his leave but not before sheepishly smiling at Rias "Um...sorry Rias! I didn't mean to insult you or hairs. I just lost the control over my emotions for a minute" he chirped.
Rias perked up at his words and scowled "What? Really?" she asked cautiously, still not believing the words of a Phenex.
"As if...you still look like a tomato, you tomato-witch!" sticking his tongue out, Naruto shouted and quickly left the playground.
"Ugly Bastard!!"
[Flashback_End]
Snapping out from his thoughts, Naruto smiled as a wave of nostalgia swept over him. He and Rias had always been like this, always fighting each other without any reason at all. But no matter how much he hates her, Naruto couldn't deny the fact she completes him. Like Yin and Yang, Day and Night, Fire and Ice, they are complete opposites of one another but still somehow makes the perfect match. His idiotic and collected persona matches the prideful and outgoing personality of Rias. The crimson-haired girl unlike the other people who literally worship him treats him like a normal person and is always there to put a smile on his face with her peculiar comments, while she in return endures his non-stop nonsense babbling.
Smiling to himself, he gently grasped the handle of the living room door and was about to open it, but ceased when he saw the door open up by itself. Moving his head up to know the reason for the occurrence, a surprised expression deluged his face when he saw Rias standing on the other side of the door.
Pulling away from his surprise, he let his eyes roam from bottom to top of the figure in front of him. Rias was wearing a red kitchen apron that had the word 'Hime!' Emblazoned on its front.
Underneath, she was wearing a pair of denim shorts that stopped just above her rather voluptuous thighs and were barely covering any part of her creamy tanned legs.
Finally, Naruto's eyes landed on the beautiful face of Rias that had white stains of what looked like…
Dough?
And a healthy flush adorned by her puffy cheeks.
"…eh, Naruto?" Rias asked as she noticed his eyes on her. They were making her feel uneasy.
Naruto, on the other hand, didn't answer Rias as he was mentally drooling over how hug-able Rias was looking currently
"Oi! What are you looking at?!" she asked again, her face still supporting that cute blush...and stains.
Snapping our from his dreamland, Naruto noticed the uneasy look on Rias' face and instantly presumed what was going in her mind at that moment "N-n-nothing Rias, it's just...uh...you are looking very gorgeous!" he sputtered in hurry.
"Huh?" Rias blinked twice. What did Naruto mean by...Gorgeous!!!...The already palpable blush on her face intensified by thousandfolds at his words "Naruto! Think before saying something like this, you pervert!!" she shouted and bonked him with the blunt side of the kitchen knife she was holding.
Rubbing his head slightly in order to ease the throbbing pain, Naruto glanced at Rias and sighed "I was joking Rias...What I wanted to say was that you are looking nice in this outfit. You will make a good wife!" he murmured out and quickly covered his mouth as soon as his mind apprehended just what he had said. 'Dear Satan! Please save me!'
"Wife?" Rias said softly... "Goodwife?" she hummed again...
"Good Wife!!" and then everything finally clicked in her mind.
Like a predator searching for its prey, her eyes peered over to a frightened Naruto while a wicked smile marred her flushed face "So, I will make a good wife huh, Na-ru-to-kun?" like small ice needles, her words tingled Naruto's back and sent a chilling shiver down his spine.
Flailing his hands frantically in the air Naruto shouted "W-wait Rias! I didn't mean tha-" his wailing was cut short in the middle as a pair of luscious lips contacted his own and shut him up.
Caught off guard, Naruto was too surprised to even push her away.
Rias pulled away almost immediately, fidgeting with her apron, head bowed, cheeks flaming and still not looking at the dumbfounded Naruto.
Finally able to find his voice, Naruto cried out "Wh-Wh-What did you do that for!?"
"Because you proposed Akeno with that stupid promise of yours!! You are still my fiancé Naruto and that means you are only mine. I may not like you but still, I hate when someone tries to take away my possessions from me." Rias gabbled incoherently and finished her statement with a pouted and a glare that surprisingly looked cute on her face.
"Possession?!" said Naruto, offended, all while wondering why he was burning up.
"No, possession is not the right word for it...umm...aahhh...Watashi no aisuru otto (My dear husband)...yes it has a nice ring to it!!" Rias whispered and instantly turned around in order to prepare the remaining food.
"Dear Husband?" Naruto stared at Rias' retreating form for a moment before sighing to himself.
"She has changed a lot..."
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A.N - What?!! Rias kissed Naruto!! I must be dreaming, right? Lol.
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