In Konoha, This Naruto Has Decided To Take It Easy

Chapter 306 Please Don’t Abandon Me

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Ten minutes ago.

Inside Gaara's room on Sunagakure’s floor.

Kankuro rubbed his head and said irritably, “Gaara, I think those guys from Kumogakure are doing this on purpose. We've wasted days going back and forth with them, and now, just as we’re about to leave, they suddenly start showing sincerity."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Under the light, Gaara was reading the documents on his desk. His cold expression softened slightly when he looked up at Kankuro and spoke, "This is Kumogakure's usual negotiation style. They act like a violent gang, trying to intimidate, and when that fails, they will show sincerity."

Upon hearing this, Kankuro slammed the cooperation documents sent by Kumogakure down on the desk, scattering them, "That kind of village is really outrageous! Right, Temari?"

Kankuro looked at Temari, only to find that she seemed distracted, so he called out again.

"There's nothing surprising about it. Kumogakure has always been domineering." After putting down the documents, Temari stood up, said she was going out for some air, and left the room.

"Temari's been acting strange lately." Kankuro retracted his gaze and said, "Right, Gaara?"

"Hmm." Gaara responded without even raising his head, and continued reading the documents.

In the hallway, Temari looked toward the entrance on the floor below, her thoughts scattered. She didn't hear clearly what Naruto said that day, but she understood what he meant.

‘Since it's all written off, then there probably won't be any intersection in the future, right? After all, we’re from two different nations. Even though the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire are allied nations, we don't always meet at every event.’

She went to the bathroom and splashed some water on her face. The Land of Iron had good infrastructure, with hot water flowing through the pipes at all times. The warm water on her face, followed by the cold wind, which instantly cleared her mind.

In the mirror, her skin appeared pale and cold, with a classic beauty to her bone structure. A few strands of blonde hair clung to the sides of her face, giving her a soft, almost ethereal look.

Temari walked out of the bathroom and stood by a window at the end of the hallway for a while, staring blankly at the snowy landscape outside. As the Princess of Sunagakure, no matter how bad her mood was, she always found a way to process it internally.

When she was a child, she accidentally overheard her father planning to have Gaara assassinated. She was terrified for a moment, but quickly composed herself and found Gaara to take him away.

Her childhood wasn't exactly chaotic, but it was filled with tension. If she hadn’t been so strong, Gaara might not have survived until now. Now, their father is already dead, and Gaara had gradually become a competent Kazekage.

‘Everything seemed to be improving, so why did I still feel so empty inside?’

Right now, it’s just like the little girl who stood behind the door and heard her father was going to kill her brother seven or eight years ago.

She always looked forward because there was no turning back. That cold, unfeeling family and those nightmare-like years made her instinctively avoid thinking about them.

Just as she was lost, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the floor below, echoing clearly.

‘Downstairs?’ Temari's heart skipped a beat, ‘There were only two people downstairs, and this sound could only be him.’

‘So, he also came out for some fresh air?’ Temari herself didn't know why, but ever since that time, his figure had taken root in her heart, and she couldn't forget him no matter what.

It had never been like this before. Even after they parted ways, she had gotten much better. But now, even a year later, just hearing news about him made her nervous all over again.

Just like now. Though she'd been trying to control herself, simply hearing those footsteps had already overwhelmed her. She wanted to know about Naruto's past and wanted to stay by his side.

She didn’t know why. It's not like she had received much affection from her parents when she was young. But she was very good at loving someone and knew how to soothe a person's pain.

It was like a natural talent, as if she was born to be an older sister. This was why, despite Gaara listening to no one, he would still heed Temari's advice.

So, when she is kind to others from the bottom of her heart, not many people could resist her.

But with Naruto, it had no effect at all. Temari still remembered his usual heated gaze, as if he was assessing everyone, not really putting anyone in his eyes.

But somehow, Temari fell for it. Whenever he looked at her, she'd listen to whatever he said. If he said east, she wouldn’t go west. She just couldn't stop herself from wanting to make it up to him.

She wanted to cover his pain with warmth, wrap his damp heart with hers, and then, along the path of his neck, devour him whole.

As if to say, ‘Don’t reject me. Let me get closer to you. See, I’m really good at loving someone. Be with me. I know how to love you.’ With the softest, most sincere words, she wanted to tell him, ‘Trust me, there is light in this world.’

The Land of Iron was covered in snow, and the outside was as abstract as a white-painted landscape. She stood in the hallway for a long time, but couldn’t help herself from going downstairs.

And so, the scene that just unfolded occurred. When Naruto turned around, he saw Temari slowly coming down the stairs. She stopped about three or four steps in front of him, her eyes misty as she looked up at him.

"Do you still want me?"

He stared at her in surprise. His impression of Temari had completely changed. At first, he thought she was a bit overbearing, but after getting to know her, he found she had a surprising softness.

Some unpleasant things had happened between them, but after so much time passed, his feelings had already shifted.

"What do you mean?" He frowned.

The snow fell softly, piling on the eaves and covering the ground. Temari looked embarrassed, but she had no way out, so she stepped closer to him.

She pressed herself against Naruto, and surprisingly, he didn’t push her away. Temari looked up at him, her heart racing from the excitement. When she met his eyes, her heart tightened, and she felt as though she had thrown everything on the line.

"I’ll do whatever you want. I’ll give you anything, just please don’t abandon me."

The inn was quiet, but the sound of the wind and snow was loud enough to drown out Temari’s voice. The whistling sound continued, and with a creaking sound, a branch of a nearby tree snapped under the weight of the snow.

Naruto's expression didn’t change. His gaze was always like that. Those who knew him well would say that whether he was staring at a tree or a dog, his eyes looked the same, as if they weren’t really seeing anything.

Because he often drifted into his thoughts, it would take him a moment to snap back while exclaiming, ‘Oh!’ and realized that it was a tree.

He gently pushed Temari away, and asked lazily, "Do you really want this?"

"Yeah." Temari lowered her head, and her face immediately turned red as the tension in her heart relaxed. Thinking back to what she had just said, she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"We don’t have much time. We'll probably have to leave this place after the Five Kage Summit tomorrow." As he spoke, he grabbed Temari's hand and intertwined his fingers with hers.

Temari was overwhelmed, so she closed her eyes slightly and whispered, "Then what should we do?"