He also didn’t expect the girl to keep coming back.
Day after day, the young white-haired girl would continue to come back to his shop for me.
At first, Naruto had just attempted to pry information from the girl.
Their conversations were very sparse and short.
Slowly that began to change.
Naruto began to grow curious about more than just her chakra.
He started to ask questions about her day, her mood, her feelings.
At first, he was met the stoic attitude that she showed everyone.
Not one to be put off by such behavior, Naruto continued to poke and prod at her cold exterior.
Slowly, ever so slowly, he managed to worm his way past the girl’s exterior and find a place in her heart.
Her cold answers became sarcastic quips and her blank stares began to show the smallest amounts of interest.
As the weeks went by, the girl began to open up more and more to him as he did the same.
Finding out how she had chakra was far from Naruto’s mind by the time he could truly consider the girl a close friend.
The feeling of friendship soon develop into something more as they became more and more open with each other.
Too often he would find himself getting lost in her hazel eyes.
He noticed that his stares would last a bit longer whenever he got to chance to look at her rear or budding breasts.
Panic had quickly began to rise in him when he noticed his feelings for her.
That panic was soon relieved, however, when he began to see some changes in Koneko.
She began to demand that she sit him on his lap while eating her treats.
Her excuse was that he gave off a certain warmth that she found very comforting due to the harsh winter they were going through at that point of the year.
He could feel her gaze locked on his back whenever he was preparing desserts for other customers.
She would become defensive whenever any female customers showed the slightest signs of attraction towards him.
Due to dealing with his own feelings and emotions, he was able to figure out that Koneko was attracted to him.
It was surprising at first to think that her feelings for him stretched any further past friendship but he soon came to realize that Koneko’s behavior towards him went past the realm of just friends.
In the end, Naruto had decided to act on these feelings and ask the girl out.
And to his pleasant surprise, she had accepted.
Ever since then, the two had been happily together.
The relationship between them hadn’t changed much except they were much more open about their feelings for each other.
Koneko no longer needed an excuse to sit on his lap while hugging and small kisses had become the normal greeting between the two.
It was honestly some of the best time the blonde haired boy had had in his rather short life.
Naruto’s train of thought was abruptly cut off when he heard the door to his shop open suddenly.
He looked up and was immediately frozen in place by what he saw.
Standing near the entrance were two beautiful young women.
Both were dressed similarly, wearing an outfit that seemed similar to what a schoolgirl would wear.
The one in front had crimson hair that fell down the length of her back.
Her eyes were narrowed as her gaze locked onto his form.
The woman behind her was what some would describe to be the ideal Japanese woman.
Her long black hair, angular face and slender form would’ve attracted the gaze of any hot blooded male.
Fortunately for her, Naruto was a faithful man and kept his eyes firmly locked at eye level.
“I’m sorry ladies but we are closed for the night.
You’re free to come back tomorrow when we’re open.” The redhead’s eyes narrowed even further at the boy’s innocent behavior.
She began to slowly make her way towards the counter while her black haired companion followed close behind.
Naruto remained completely still, a small smile still on his face as the irate girl marched her way towards him.
“What is your relationship with Koneko Toujou?” The girl asked while slamming her hands down on the counter.
Naruto caught a brief spike of energy coming from the girl before Akeno placed her hand on Rias shoulder.
The energy immediately died down but it still lasted long enough to catch Naruto’s interest.
Whatever that energy was, it felt powerful yet felt nothing like chakra.
“Oh, you gals know Ko-chan?
She hasn’t mentioned anything about you guys, I think.” Naruto had to hold in a snicker as he literally saw the girl grow angrier in front of him.
Koneko had actually spoke about her upper classmate who would look out for her and take care of her during school.
He could only assume that this girl was the same one she spoke about.
“Answer my question.” Rias managed to spit out in between clenched teeth.
Naruto’s smile grew a bit larger as he turned his back to the two girls and began to clean his cooking station.
Immediately, Rias’s anger spiked again and she had to be physically restrained by Akeno from attacking the boy.
“Neko-chan is my girlfriend.
We’ve been happily together for a couple of months at this point.” Naruto calmly said while cleaning several of his utensils.
He was greeted with silence for several seconds, causing him to turn around to see how the girls were reacting.
He was caught by surprise when a hand full of glowing energy was thrust into his face.