Okay, this idea was spurned when my boyfriend told me that he figured out why men were gay. He said that the way to a mans heart is through his stomach, and the best chefs are always men so…
Pairing: Naruto x Choji
To the Heart
"Kiba, how much longer for that minestra di pane di pomodoro?" Naruto yelled across the kitchen. "Sakura's table is getting antsy." "Three minutes chef!" Kiba yelled back, stirring the tomato and bread soup once to check its consistency. "Make that two!"
"Great Kiba!" Naruto said and turned to the waitress. "He said two minutes."
Sakura nodded and briskly walked back to her table. Naruto turned his attention back to the sugared apricots he was dressing. He wiped the excess passionfruit cream from the rim on the bowl and rang the bell as Kiba placed the soup under the hot light. "Ino, you're albicocche di sugared is up! Sakura you too!"
The waitresses appeared in front of him in seconds and whisked the bowls away.
Shikamaru walked over looking harassed. "Table seven wants to see you personally Naruto."
"Right now?" Naruto asked increadiously. "But it's rush hour!"
"Yes right now. Something about your walnut crusted chicken." Shikamaru said before walking back to his position at the front. As was the life of the lazy matre'd.
Naruto let out a highly frustrated groan and looked at his second. "Kiba, you're working front for a few moments, Sasuke you take over for Kiba."
"Yes chef."
"Thanks chef."
He pulled off his apron and walked toward table seven. It was rush hour at Il Gusto di Roma and being head chef had its troubles. He was severely overworked, but this restaurant was his baby and he would rather die that see her go under. Naruto had started the place with his aunt and uncle as silent partners when he got back from the Italian culinary school that he studied at after college. Business had been slow at first, but once word got around that Japan's biggest actor at the time, Neji Hyuuga, was a junior high school friend of the owner and went there for some down time, everyone had been scrambling for reservations. They came for Neji, but they stayed for the food. Naruto stopped in front of table seven with a beaming smile. "Hello, you wanted to speak with me about my Il noce è incrostato il pollo?"
The female occupant of the table beamed at him. "Yes, I wanted to thank you personally for making it how you did. It tastes just like it did when my mother made it. It tasted like home."
Naruto blushed. "Well thank you. I take it you are Italian then?"
"Yes, but I am from Japanese ancestry." She smiled. "My name is TenTen Holloway."
"Lovely to meet you Miss Holloway, I am Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto replied. "If you will excuse me, it's rush hour and this is my second's first time on front and I'm pretty sure that he must be about ready to crack."
"Forgive me for taking up too much of your time Mr. Uzumaki, although would it be alright of me to perhaps leave my number up front so that I may speak with you again?" TenTen asked.
"Of course. Thank you for your compliments." He said right before he made a mad dash across the restaurant to save Kiba.
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Closing up the restaurant a little after one am, Naruto sighed and walked to his car. He wanted nothing more than to go home and climb into his nice warm bed. Climbing into his car, he started it up and began the short drive home. After around twenty minutes he arrived at his house, switching off the engine and exiting the car, Naruto yawned and locked up. He walked to the front door, keys ready and swiftly opened it. He discarded his shoes and clothed on the walk up the stairs. Upon reaching his bedroom he was in nothing but his boxers. Plopping down into bed, he wrapped an arm around the sleeping figure already there.
The person shifted a little and looked at Naruto with sleepy eyes. "Are you just getting home?"
Naruto nodded with a yawn. "Tonight was hellish."
The person snuggled up to him. "Go to sleep. Love you Naruto."
Naruto sighed and started to fall asleep. "Love you too Choji."
Owari x
Hope you liked this!Much love always
Squishy xxx