Light In You || Naruto Uzumaki Love Story ✔️

Chapter 23: Naruto's Questionable Feelings

"Sure," The girl agreed as the two then made their way over to the campsite in the span of five minutes.

Grinning as he sat down by the fire, Naruto pulled a stick out from the ground and bit down on the fish that was attached to it.

"I'd rather have ramen right now, but oh man, does fish taste good, ya know." He said in between chewing. "You like fish, Curly Brow?"

"I love fish," Nia answered, grabbing that of her own. "It's definitely one of my favorite foods."

"Oh, that's right! You've never told me what kinda food you like. So how about it? Why don't you tell me what they are? They don't gotta be in order or anything."

"Hmm... I like a bunch of food, but I'm also very picky for some reason. I'd say my favorite foods are like chicken, pizza, fish, noodles, anything spicy and some other food I can't really think of at the moment."

Naruto placed a hand on his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. "Ooo, I got a little worried there... I thought ramen wasn't gonna make it onto your list, ya know?"

Nia giggled in response. "Of course you were... you're such a ramen addict. I can't believe how obsessed you are with it. I like ramen, but damn... you're in love with it, haha."

"I'd marry ramen if I could. Me and ramen were made for each other."

"I... believe you. You declare your love for ramen so much that I can't even look at a package or cup of it without thinking about how much you like it — it's crazy."

The genin swallowed some of his food then asked, "You said you grew up eating that just as much as me before, right?"

The girl nodded.

"Well yeah... when I was a kid, my parents were pretty cheap so they always bought ramen and I'd always end up eating that by default, but even though I was forced to eat noodles a lot, I still did like it. I just like mines curly though — at least when it comes to the packaged version of it. Dab some hot sauce and pepper then bam, my noodles is ready for me to eat."

"You don't like your noodles straight?"

"It tastes gross when it's straight..."

"What? Get outta here... ramen cooked any way is great!"

Nia just shrugged and took a bite out of her fish.

"So uh," Naruto kept the conversation going. "That diary of yours... you really like to write in it, huh?"

"Mhm, definitely... it helps to calm me down a lot and keep a sound mind."

"Hm?" The genin tilted his head.

The kunoichi explained further.

"Writing down things helps me to relieve some of the stress I feel during the day. I see it as a way to cope with my situations, I guess."

"I see... so do you have any like, great wishes you have for the future besides the ones you've already told me about."

"Um... I guess the one thing I would love to be for the remainder of my life is happy. As long as I'm happy, I should be able to stay on my feet just fine till I die, of course."

"That's a fair enough answer I guess, but hey, tell me something... you've mentioned having a family and all that, right? I've... never had anything of that sort, so I was wondering... what does... having one feel like?"

'Dang... that just hurt my heart,' Nia felt an ache. 'Poor guy...'

"Um..." She then got serious. "Honestly... it depends on what kind of family you have. Some people have terrible family members who treat them horribly, abuse them, or abandon them while others are more fortunate to have a loving, very close bond with their family. I happen to be one of the fortunate ones, but... every family has their ups and downs, some more than others. Despite that, for me, it feels good to have one... especially if your family members are your best friends at the same time."