The Boy in the Park
Chapter Seventy-One
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry…Please, I'm sorry," the whimpers and the tears kept on falling with every repetition of the word, as Naruko had him pinned down on the ground and was tightening her grip on his sides. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
"Agh…you're hurting me, Naruko," he hissed back.
Naruko tightened the grip even more. "I'm sorry!"
"Argh…ah…" he exhaled, looking upwards. "Last time I open the door without checking."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Naruko repeated, holding on to him as if he were some sort of rock against an incoming hurricane. He doubted a hurricane could detach her to begin with.
"Naruko, let go."
"No," she retorted, shifting her grip to stare at him with her cerulean and tear-filled eyes. "I'm sorry."
"I got that the first fifteen times," Shinku deadpanned. "Now you can let go."
"No," she shook her head firmly. "Until I'm forgiven, I'm not letting you go Aniki."
"Where is my bodyguard when I need her…" he grumbled.
"I knocked her out," Naruko replied bashfully. "But I'm not letting you go!" she added then, "She'll have to pry you off my dead fingers, Aniki!"
She then bit her lips and lowered her head against his chest. "I'm sorry. Really. I am…I was stupid. I know. I'll…I'll go a week without ramen, a month, a year…I'll stop eating it forever…"
Teuchi was minding his business, when he felt a frosty breeze blow down his neck.
"I'll be a good girl. I promise I won't try to ground Konohamaru's nuts to paste for what he usually does of perverted."
Konohamaru suddenly breathed in relief.
"I won't secretly fill with scratching powder the Hyugas' underwear."
The entire branch family was scratching away –something that kept people away from the compound, because scratching crotches where never fun things to let their kids watch.
"I'll do the housework, the homework, the whatever-work and I'll be the perfect little sister, but please, please, please I'm sorry so please…forgive me?"
"You trampled on my trust," he replied.
"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! I didn't want it to end like that! I just didn't want to keep on lying to you! I wanted you to be happy, and you were happy!" she closed her eyes and pressed her face against Shinku's chest. "I'm sorry Nazuma-san was just a lie, Aniki…I'm sorry I lied to you, I'm sorry…please…"
He exhaled.
He brought his right hand up and Naruko flinched, closing her eyes and holding still.
He patted her on the head.
"This is the only time, Naruko, I will forgive you for something like this," he whispered. "Do this again, and I swear I will never talk to you again."
Her eyes shone as she sniffled, before sobbingly hugging Shinku as tightly as she could. He patted her head slowly, sighing and rolling his eyes. He was too soft.
It probably was the situation –he couldn't make a scene with Kurenai pregnant now, could he? And it was better this way.
It wasn't as if Nazuma had…
"Wait," he blinked. "So…I kissed you?"
Naruko froze.
"Ah…"
"And you talked to me acting all high and mighty, while you were the one lying all along?"
"Ehm…"
"You know that, when Sakura and Hinata hear of this, they'll be over y—"
"Can we keep it a secret!?" she squeaked, "Only the two of us? Please?"
"If Tsunade pulled you in a bet, she'll probably tell Sakura in the end," Shinku replied. He frowned. "Are you going to let me up now?"
Sheepishly, Naruko averted her gaze…and then remained down there. "I missed you."
"I wasn't 'gone' anywhere."
"You could have been," Naruko pouted. "You could have not forgiven me."
"And then you would have insisted nightmarishly for months, right?"
"Ehehe…'ttebayo."
"Really," Shinku chuckled. "Ah…so maybe it's true? Are you a…what's the term, a bro-con? You did state quite plainly in the film that—"
Naruko turned red.
"N-no! It was a line of the film! Really!" she pushed her face further down on Shinku's chest, nuzzling it. "I knew I shouldn't have gone to see the film! But the director said he had removed that scene! The bastard!" she grumbled. "I knew people would misunderstand…" she muttered, "I…I mean, it's not that I don't lo-love you, Aniki! But th-this and th-that are different!"
As she stuttered, Shinku just kept a smile on his face. "All right. Now can you finally let me go, Naruko?"
Blushing fiercely, Naruko did just that standing to the side and helping him up. She then hugged him once more, and breathed in deeply.
"I'm sorry, Aniki."
"I got that the first time, troublesome Imouto of mine."
"So, when are you coming back?" she asked with her eyes sparkling.
"Ah…right now, I need to take care of Kurenai," his voice grew grim as he grimaced. "There's the funeral to organize and she's pregnant, so at least for a little bit I'll stay here to check on her."
Naruko's look went downcast, until she suddenly perked up. "Then, I'll help too!"
And with that, Kurenai found herself chilled to the very bones.
Naruko, on the other hand, was once more in her seventh heaven.
That lasted until the Hokage showed her the bill.
Then, she just swallowed and pointed out she already knew how to complete the Rasengan since the second day of training.
Naruko found out for the first time what it meant to be fist-flung out of the window by Tsunade them.
"YOU STUPID BRAT! I DRANK DOUBLE THIS WEEK PURPOSEFULLY FOR THIS!"
Kakashi good naturedly chuckled as the screams of 'Baa-chan! Stop!' echoed in the air.
Sakura, on the other hand, was holding a nice friendly chat with Hinata, while holding dead emerald eyes and a twitching smile.
"So…Naruko…kissed…Onii-sama…and…and…"
"And they were last seen hugging each other tenderly on the floor of Kurenai-sensei's apartment."
Sakura stood up, and left twitching a kunai in her right hand and muttering foul curses.
Hinata simply drank her tea.
Mr. Fluff took that as a cue to appear and meow, only for Hinata to shoot him an angry look. "I'm not acting like an evil villain! I'm a demurred and controlled princess!"
"Meow…" 'Really?'
"Is that sarcasm? I can have you neutered, you know…"
"Meow!" 'Nevermind!' and with that the cat run.
Hinata returned to sipping her tea.
Like the demurred and kind-hearted princess she was, who would soon help her beloved Prince from the claws of the evil Yandere.
And everything would be right in the world once more.
Author's notes
Fluff is back. Back Again. Fluff is back. For the win.
Now everybody, just follow me
cause we need a little, Yandery.
Jostanos was right in one of his omake. Well done Jostanos!