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Chapter 5: Simple Time


"A cat cafe, huh?" Naruto hummed after Shouko told him about the news she saw last night, "You want to go there today?" The beauty nodded rapidly with cat ears, "Alright, do you want to invite anyone else?" Shouko turn to Najimi, who have been listening to them the whole time.

"Do you want to come with us?" She asked.

"Hm?" Najimi shook her head, "Nope, sorry." The beauty look dejected, "I'm a little allergic to cats, which is pretty manageable but I have a hundred friend bookings to attend today."

"Seriously, you need to stop befriend strangers." Naruto deadpanned to her, "I have to call a police when one of your friends turn out to be the most wanted."

"I wanna kissy kissy hugh those cuuuute little kiiiitties." The lavender-haired girl made kissy expression while ignored the blonde and the beauty shiver, she don't know who else to invite and she still have troubles inviting anyone else but her first two friends.

"Yo." Nene arrived, "What are you two talking about?"

"We're talking about going to a cat cafe that was on news last night after school." The blonde answered.

"Do you wa…" Shouko decided to ask the slender girl.

"Okay." The slender girl cut the beauty off as if she know what the beauty was going to write, "Is that okay if I invite Kaede to come with us?" The beauty nodded, "Great."


"Tadahhhhhhhhh." Kaede waved her hands to the group, "I, too came with youuuuu."

Yeah." Nene sighed with a tiny smile as she gestured to the cat cafe, "Well, we already knew since we all came here together." They enter the cafe and Naruto talk to the receptionist as few cats approached his and Nene's legs while one jump into Kaede's arms. Shouko's heart melts right away from the cuteness and she looks at the cats with intense eyes and heavy pants, which scared the cats to her shock.

"Let's sit over there." Naruto walked over to sit on a sofa in a opening booth and the girls take their seats.

"This is my first time here, but these cats are really free to do what they want, huh." The slender girl glanced around at the cats before she crouch down to scratch a cat's ears, "And just as I thought, they're all used to people. They're so well behaved, nyaa." She notice that no cats approach the beauty as she sit patiently with trembles, "Ah…" She turned to her friends, "Did…Did any cats come your way, Kaede?!"

"There, thereeee, you're all good girls, aren't youuuu." Kaede held her right arm out as many cats flocking her before she bury her face into one of the cats' belly, "Pfpfpfffffffffff!" The slender girl turned back to the beauty and she have a jealousy expression as she bit her lower lip in tighter.

"…What about you, Naru…?!" Nene turned to her another friend.

"I know that was going to happen…" Naruto said as the cats cocooned him, only his head can been seen.

"…Oh, right." The slender girl realized, "You're pretty popular with animals, even the wild adult tigers act like kitty around you." Shouko have crazy jealousy expression, "Ko-Komi-san, look!" She pointed to a slumbering cat on top of a shelf, "There's a cat sleeping over there. Wanna go pet it?" Shouko eagerly approach the sleeping cat, only to wander around with some fidgets and the beauty worry if she can bother this cute animal or not. 'S-She even has problems communicating with cats!'

'Should I do something?' The blonde thought to himself as the silent beauty tried to attract the cats with few methods but they kept stay away from her and Shouko sulk next to him, holding her legs closer to her chest. Before he can cheer her up, a black cat approach the beauty then bop her arm with paw and it mew up to her before the creature crawl onto her laps.

"Wow, amazing." The receptionist placed the teenagers' order on table as she looked down to the black cat on Shouko's legs, "Chocolate never tried to get along with people."

"…" Shouko lift the black cat up gently, "…Nyaa." Her head whip up with an embarrassing blush as the patrons and workers look at her with awe blush.

"Cute." Naruto chuckled as the beauty's blush deepened, "I'm glad Chocolate like you and it's your favorite breed." Shouko meekly nod and they spend some time in cafe until they left…To Shouko's disappointment because she want to hang out with cats a little longer.


"Did everyone empty their desk?" The teacher asked with crossed arms, "Are your writing implements out? If you drop something, don't leave your seats. Tell me and I'll get it for you. Alright you may begin." The students write down their answers on their exam papers and Shouko accidentally knock her backup pencil off her desk but she don't mind it since she have her pencil…Until the lead tip break out. The beauty become flustered and embarrassed because she don't want to stand out if she call out to the teacher.

'Why isn't she…' Naruto glanced sideway at the beauty until he notice her pencils, 'Oh…' He tossed his pencil on floor then raise his hand up, "Excuse me, I dropped my pencil." The teacher walk over with a sigh, picking the pencil until she notice another pencil on floor.

"Is this one yours, Komi?" The teacher asked the beauty after she picked them up and Shouko nodded sheepishly. "You're pretty much the only one beside Naruto in this class who uses a pencil. Here you go." The teenagers resume their exams and Shouko give him a couple glance with a light blush.


"Let's play 'I Love You' game!" Ren chirped to Shouko and Naruto as soon as they enter into their break period and Shouko was so confused when the stalker confessed to her early. "What is the 'I Love You' game, you ask? You say I love you to your opponent and if they smirk or go dere-dere, you win! Any phrase tricks and strategies are welcome! You can also create any situation you like! But in any case, if you say I love you and the opponent gets embarrassed, you win!" She supported her head up with a smile, "And that is the kind of game that Yamai started playing with Komi! My, Komi's so stronggggg." She smirked to herself, she don't care about the results as long as she make her crushes confess their loves to her! "Now it's Komi's turn. Try saying it to me now." She prepare herself for the confession, only to grin stupidly and lose the game before it even start.

"You're out." Naruto said.

"Aaaah, once more!" The trendy girl cried out.

"Whatwhat?" Najimi appeared after she heard some shouts, "What are you guys doing?"

"We weren't really do anyt…" Ren tried to tricked the lavender-haired girl but…

"She is making us playing a 'I Love You' game." The blonde answered as the trendy girl whipped her head to him, "What? She'll know anyway."

"Aaargh…" The trendy girl growled, he does have a point there.

"Oh, hey, Naruto-kun!" The grinning lavender-haired girl suddenly leans on his back as she blew into his ear with kissy face, "I love you!" The blonde barely react to it as Ren bit her lower lip angrily while Shouko watch them playing the game, "Awww, thought it would get you."

"I'm used to it since you kept telling me that every single morning." Naruto deadpanned, "And every night too."

"Why the face?" Najimi grinned lopsidedly, "You should be happy to have a cute girl like me saying it to you the first thing in morning when you wake up and the last thing when you go to sleep." He refuse to give her a response.

"My turn!" Ren turned to Naruto, "I-Lo-Ve-You!" A blank expression.

"I love you!" The lavender-haired girl smashed her hand on Shouko's desk while staring into her eyes with a smirk and the beauty just stare with expressionless face. "…Komi and Naruto-kun are freakin' strong!" She straighten up with fists on her hip, "If that's how it's gonna go, I'll have to pull out that…NARUTO-KUN, CONFESS TO KOMI!"

"Wha…?" The blonde blinked once with a raised eyebrow before he turn to the silent beauty and they stare in silence for a while. "Shall I?" He asked the beauty and she pause for a few moments before she slowly nod, fighting her blush down. "Alright…" Naruto cleared his throat before he locked eyes with the beauty then say seriously, "Shouko-chan, I love you."

Shouko stare at him blankly before a heavy blush slowly form on her face, "…K-K-Ku…" She quickly covered her face as she gain full-body blush and Naruto actually thought she's very cute when flustered. "…Too…" She uttered very softly that only he can hear it.

"…Huh?" Naruto blinked rapidly as the beauty quickly flees after giving them a bow, 'Did I just imagine it or…?'

"Naruto-kun is the winner of I Love You game!" Najimi suddenly lift his arm up with a wide grin, "Round two! Say it to me!"

"No, me first!" Ren screeched, "Me first, me first!"

"Oh kami, what have I got myself into?" The blonde puffed out annoyingly while the trendy girl tried to push the lavender-haired girl away to get her turn and he sneak out without their knowledge. He manage to make it out of the school before these crazy girls can catch him.


Some time have went past and the day fall upon Christmas Eve, Naruto was about to go out on a short walk until his phone suddenly rang. "Hello?" He answered it.

"We'll be having a party at Komi-san's place on the twenty-fourth, so everyone, make sure to buy some presents for the exchange!" Najimi spoke happily, "The budget is over two thousands yen!" The call ended right away without any warning and the blonde blink once, twice then thrice before he put his phone away.

"…Party at Shouko's house?" Naruto muttered, did Najimi make their quiet friend agree to it or something? "…And are any stores opened today?" His phone buzzed before he pull it out to read the text out loud, "I have partnered everyone up and you have been assigned to exchange presents with Komi. Love Najimi." Again, he blinked few times before he exit his apartment with a exhaling sigh. Why do people keep do everything at last minute?! "Gift for Shouko, huh?" He has some in mind.


Shouko wait outside her house and it don't take long enough before Naruto show up first with a giant body-sized black cat plushie and a small box. "Merry Christmas, Shouko." He greeted her with a wave, "And I know it's a day early but happy birthday." She looked surprised, "Yeah, I remember." The beauty have told him on the first day they met, "I got you a Christmas present and one for your birthday." The blushing beauty accept his gifts with a grateful nod before they both jump from collective of cries.

"EEEEH, TOMORROW IS KOMI-SAN'S BIRTHDAY?!" They turned around to see their horror-sickened classmates as few just stand back with little to no reaction at the news and they have presents, vary in size, mostly large.

"Wow, these presents are huge." Naruto commented on the sizes as some look very heavy, "Wonder whose get what from whose."

"EH?!" Almost everyone blinked confusingly.

"Oh, right! I totally forget!" Najimi laughed merrily while texting into her smartphone, "The presents you bought are actually for your assigned giftee!" Most classmates' phone vibrated and they check it before their heads whip up to her.

'THIS GUY!' Everyone screamed mentally and the lavender-haired girl gave them a troll-like grin.

"Let's go right inside!" The lavender-haired girl skipped inside and the dejected classmates follow her in after they said merry Christmas and happy birthday to their beautiful host. Only Shouko and Naruto stand outside in silent and he turn to her questioningly.

"…Najimi spring everything on you at very last minute, didn't she?" He turned to the beauty and her response was a small nod. "Figured…" Shouko glanced at her wrapped present then back up to him few times, "You can open it if you like to." He hold her plushie so she can open it easily and she blink at a steel bracelet with cat patterns. "I don't know if you wear jewelries but I figure you must like it since it has cats on it." Naruto scratched his head slightly bashful.

"…I like it, thank you…" Shouko whispered so soft and low that he barely hear her as she take the plushie back to bury her face in it and the blonde smile at her before they enter Komi's house. Shouko went upstair to put her presents away and the blonde join the classmates in the living room, wondering why no one has taken their seats. What he don't know is that most were plotting to sit next to Shouko to get closer.

"Yeeeeey!" Najimii ran toward to the balance ball in the corner as Shouko came down to the living room, "It's Komi-san's living room! I'm gonna sit on the balance ball!"

"We can just sit wherever, right?" Nene asked, pointing to the couch and the beauty nodded as the slender girl sit down with Kaede. Naruto glance between the still-standing classmates and Shouko, whose mind is blanked out at the moment due to her first time holding a Christmas party with many friends.

"Shoukooo, come take the snacks and drinks." Shuuko called out from the kitchen and the beauty went to fetch the plates.

"Can I help with something?" Naruto approached the kitchen out of politeness.

"I wanna help too!" The lavender-haired girl ran across the room and behind them, the classmates were settling the sitting order with rock-paper-scissor game. By the time he return with drinks, there weren't any rooms for him to sit aside one empty seat next to this guy with slicked-back hair.

'Meh, I'll sit on the floor next to couch.' The blonde set the tray then sit down and Shouko sit down next to him with pinkish cheeks.

"Ahaha, I'll be sitting in Naruto-kun's lap than!" Najimi jumped onto his lap with a wide grin and the blonde rolled his eyes as he ignored the glares from the jealous boys. The group start to exchange gifts somewhat begrudged or embarrassed while chatting and Naruto really don't like this guy with slicked back hair because he bought a very revealing Christmas nightie, it's good thing this gift went to this spiky haired boy. "Woooow, I don't know you swing this way!" The lavender-haired girl laughed at the embarrassed slicked-back-haired boy.

"Hey, hey, let's play the king game!" Ren suddenly spoke with a wide grin as she held the sticks up and almost everyone look interested enough to play this game. After they draw the sticks, she call out. "Whooo isss the king?" She flipped her stick around, "It's meeeee!" She think while making some weird expressions, "N-Number three…Exchange mails…" She panted heavily, "With me…Kokokokokoko…" The group draw sticks, "Who is the ki…"

"It's meeeee!" The lavender-haired girl hopped up with a loud shout, "The king and number four will wear a Santa costume!" Shouko jolted because she have the number four and the girls went to bathroom to change then come back in their Santa costume as the beauty blushed in embarrassment.

"Who is the king?" The group said after drawing sticks before Naruto raise his hand up, "It's me." He think about his order as everyone stare at him, "Number nine, punch six."

"EH?! WHAT?" The boy with slicked-back hair cried out, revealing that he have six. "Change the order, you ba…"

"YAH!" Akako punched this boy squarely in jaw, knocking him out in process and she look very satisfied with the result as couple boys poked their downed friend's twitching body. The group draw without the slicked-back-haired boy, "Who is the king!"

"Ooh, it's meeee…" Kaede smiled, "Hmm, let's seeeee…." The group wait for few minutes, "I'm not really good at these kind of thingsssss…" Few more, "What should I doooo…Ooooh, number twooooooo, be king's lap pillow." Everyone look around until Naruto raise his stick up to reveal the said number, "Yaaaaaay, Naruto isssss my pillow!" The carefree girl drop her head on his laps with a smile, "Soooooo waaaarm as always."

"Who is the king?" The group asked after taking sticks before Makeru lift the king stick up with a smug smirk, "Everyone, say 'I lost' to me."

"I lost." Almost everyone said before they draw again, "Who is the king."

"I-I-It's me!" Himiko stuttered, "Aa…Eerr….Nununununu…Number two, treat the king like a dog!"

"Good girl." Nene patted her head as she show the group the numbered stick and few can't help but to sweatdrop at the busty girl. "Who is the king?"

"Who calls for me?" Omoharu held her stick up smugly, "Number six, turn three times before the king and bark like a dog."

"Kukukuku…" Ren suddenly laughed out loud as she turn her stick around to reveal nine, "Ahahahahaha! Too bad, Nakanaka-san!"

"WHAT?!" The chuunibyou gasped and she wonder who's number six, which turn out to be Shinobi. "W-Who is the king!"

"MEEE!" Shuuko suddenly shoot her hand up in air.

"E-EH?" Naruto blinked rapidly at her, "S-Since when were you here?!" Everyone also look surprised by her appearance.

"I blended in." The mother of the beauty chirped, "Can I make my order now?" The blonde nodded before she look very serious, "Number four, kiss number nine."

"…E-Eeeerrr…" Someone uttered.

"Kiss." Shuuko repeated firmly.

"Ummmm, I'm four…" The blonde showed the group his stick, "Who's nine?"

"Me." Makeru lift her stick up somewhat bashfully, despite her smug smirk. 'If I kiss Naruto then it'll be my first victory over Ko…' The blonde pecked her cheek without any warning and the competitive girl suddenly pass out with dark-red face.

"Aaaw, not on lips?" The mother of Shouko pouted childishly, "No fun!"

"You don't say what kind of kiss." Naruto replied before everyone, minus three, draw the sticks, "Who is the king!" There was no answer for few minutes until Shouko slowly raise her hand up and everyone wonder what kind of order she will give.

"Everyone, please get along with each other from now on." Shouko wrote as she hid her face behind the notebook and the game continues for a while until the party was over, the beauty see her guests off with a small wave.


A day after the New Year, Naruto was preparing the foods for tonight's dinner until he hear a rapid pounds on his front door and he answer it to see the grinning face of Najimi. "Let's go for a first shrine visit!" She shouted before she flash him a cute smile with batting eyelashes.

"No matter what my reply is, you'll force me to come anyway." He sighed wearily, "Just let me finish the preparing first." He walked back to his kitchen as the humming lavender-haired girl step inside.

"With that said, let's call everyone and crowd the shrine!" Najimi grinned, "There are even food stalls there!"

"Everyone?" Naruto arched his eyebrow, "I believe most of them have went already."

"Who cares how many times they go!" The lavender-haired girl whipped her phone out, "It'll be fun, anyway! Be a pal and call Komi for me!"

"Alright." The blonde pull his phone out to send a text to the beauty and he kept hearing some shouting from Najimi's phone every time she call someone. "…How can you call everyone at the worst time?"

"Naruto-kun, you call someone else too!" Najimi cried.

"Let me see…" Naruto decided to call Nene.

"Yes!" A young boy's voice spoke, "Onemine Kazuya, five years old, here!"

"Hey, Kaz, give your big sister her phone back." The blonde spoke until he hear Nene's voice.

"Hey, you idiot!" Nene's voice chided, "How many times do I have to tell you not to answer my cell on your own?!" He hear some cry, "Hm? Naruto-kun? What's up?" Naruto told her the reason why he called, despite the crying in background, "Shrine visit? I'll go, I'll go, I'll call Kaede…SHUT THE HELL UP!"

"See you later." He hang up then turn to the lavender-haired girl, "Who else should we call? Katai?"

"Yup, give her a call." Najimi nodded and the blonde called the delinquent. He can't help but to raise his eyebrow at strange heavy panting on the other side of call as he invite Ai to visit the shrine if she's up for it. "With this, we've pretty much called everyone! Well if you want, I can think up of some four thousand more people to call."

"No." Naruto said firmly, that is way too much for a single shrine visit and some of her 'friends' are very shady as fuck!


"So we're all here!" The lavender-haired girl grinned at her classmates, minus Ren who is currently in Hawaii, "Now let the first shrine visit commence!" She ran up the stairs with her cheering friends.

"Oi, this is not that kind of event!" Naruto hollered out at them before he turn to Shouko, "Happy New Year, Shouko." They exchange a small bow before they head up to the shrine.

"Naruto-kun!" Najimi waved her arm animatedly, "Let's draw fortune slips!" The group approach the fortune stall to draw their slips, "COME, GREAT LUCK!" She unfurl it to reveal 'small luck' fortune, "Aw! What did you guys get?" She asked the others.

"I get…" The blonde open his slip before he let an big sigh out, "Another 'Beloved by Goddess of Luck, Ultimate Blessing', every time."

"Ha, another one?" Nene snickered at him as she hold a medium luck slip, "That remind me of how you draw golden ball fifty-nine time in one day and that was from the very same lottery spinner." Only his close friends know that Naruto is very lucky.

"For once, I want to lose at any luck-relating game." Naruto deadpanned before he turn to the beauty, "What about you? What did you get?" Shouko hid it by touching it with her lip as if she was saying 'it's a secret' with her body language, "Oh, is it good one?" She slowly give him a small nod and the group continue their shrine visit for a bit before they split up to go home.


"It's prefect…" Ai stared at her event planner, "It's perfect." She will invite her first friend to ice skating today! She pick her phone up with few deep breathes, 'Okay, let's invite Naruto-kun!' She called his number and wait nervously until she hears his voice.

"Hello?" Naruto's voice answered.

"…It's me!" She replied and if she can see Naruto right now, he would look very confused and cautious because it sound like a It's Me fraud. "It's me. Katai Ai."

"Oh, hey." He said, "What's up?"

"Talk now." Ai said shortly, "Go together." She realize she just blurt out too fast out of nervousness, "Eh, I mean…Do you…Want to go ice skating with me today?"

"Ice skating, mm…" Naruto's voice hummed, "Sure." Ai pumped her fist, "Is it okay if I invite someone else too?"

"Oh, yeah, of course." The delinquent answered, secretly wish it was just them together since it's a friend outing.


At the train station, Ai won't stop staring at Shouko out of fear and she barely hear what Naruto was saying, something about Najimi and bookings. 'He invited my master of all people!' Ai crossed her arms, '…Wait, I get it! Master came because she want to test me!' She smirked to herself, 'Alright! I'll show her how hardliner I am with this perfect hang-out!'

"Katai, our train is here." Naruto called out to her as they boarded the train and they take their seats together, riding in silence and all the way to their destination. "We're here." He said as they went up to the clerk to rent skates then approach the ice rink.

'Okay, this is where I'll show off my coolness!' Ai step out onto the rink as she turn to them with a thumb up…While falling down, "Follow me!" 'OH SHIT! I FORGET I'VE NEVER SKATED BEFORE!'

"First time?" He helped the delinquent up.

"Y-Yes, sorry…" The delinquent muttered.

"What about you, Shouko, any skating experience?" Naruto asked as the beauty shook her head before he skate out smoothly, "Alright, let's practice near walls."

'S-So cool!' Both girls thought in perfect unison and he help them to a wall, which the girls hold onto.

"Try to walk while supporting yourself on the wall." The blonde coached them as Shouko fight to stay up with skidding legs, "Lower your center of gravity. Adjust it with your ankles and knees." The beauty balance herself, "Now continue walk like that, and bit by bit, change into a skating form…" He demonstrates the said form and before he know it, the beauty skated faster around the rink with frightened expression as she tried to figure out how to stop herself without falling. Naruto quickly skate to catch her arm to slow her down, "It's okay. I'll tell you how to top now." He held her hand, "Put one of your feet into an L shape." The beauty copy his footwork, "Yeah, like that. But don't put it too much in front or you'll turn …" She spin around to bump into his chest, "Around. Keep practicing and I'll check on Katai." Shouko nod with burning face and the blonde skate over to Ai, who was still struggling with her balance at the wall.

"Hah, fu…" Ai tried to skate with some stumbles, "Who…Woah!" She fall backward to the ice, only to be caught by Naruto.

"You okay, Katai?" Naruto asked her and she look up to him with a light blush.

"…Yeah…" The delinquent muttered timidly and he help her stand up before he start to teach her. In no time, Ai was able to skate without any mistakes. "I did it! I slid! Naruto-kun!" The blonde boy gave her a thumb-up with a chuckle and Shouko clap lightly. The trio skate around for a while then grab something to eat before they left.


And that end the fifth chapter of CIHNL!

It's a very simple time and that's it, simple time. In this time, Naruto and Shouko have strengthen their friendship and certain relationship by a certain amount.

How will the rest of the school year go for everyone? Who will show up to befriend Naruto and Shouko? How will things turn out with everyone? What'll happen next? Let's find out in next chapter!

Anyway, I think that's all I can say for now. Thank you for your time to read it.

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