Beauty is the Beast (Kakashi Love Story)

Chapter 17

“Hey there, Naruto. Back for round two of my ramen today, huh?” The man behind the counter laughed.

“Yup and I brought a friend too!” Naruto grinned as he took a seat and pointed to Hisayo who took her seat and quietly waited for the boy to order.

“Well now, you are a beauty. I have to say that I’m jealous Naruto.” The man chuckled jokingly and turned his full attention to Hisayo. “Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Teuchi, nice to meet you.” The middle aged man introduced with a smile.

“Nakamura Hisayo.”

Teuchi felt a bit awkward due to her monotone introduction and her silence soon after, so decided to turn his attention back to his number one customer. “So, Naruto, the usual?”

“Yeah, yeah! Miso ramen with extra pork, Old Man! What about you, Hisayo-san?” Naruto turned his head to his companion with a big smile.

“I’ll just have the same.” Hisayo didn’t really know what to get, but she figured that whatever Naruto ordered would be good to her.

“Alright; two miso ramens—extra pork—coming right up!” Teuchi turned his attention away and began getting their order ready.

“I’m not late am I?” A voice asked as they entered.

“Iruka-sensei!” Naruto greeted the brown haired man.

“Hey there, Naruto.” The man smiled as he took a seat next to Naruto. “So is this the friend you wanted me to meet?”

“Yeah, this is Hisayo-san.” Naruto grinned from ear to ear. “Hisayo-san, this is my teacher, Iruka-sensei.” Naruto looked between the two, being as he was in the middle.

“Naruto talks about you all the time. Nice to finally meet you.” Iruka smiled before turning to place his order with Teuchi.

Hisayo just nodded and observed the man. He wasn’t anything close to what she had imagined. The first time she heard of him from Naruto, she thought he’d be more…well intimidating. He held very soft expressions and he seemed very kind to Naruto. She could see that Naruto held a fondness for the man and her mind began to work as she continued to see the two interact.

What if…? No, she didn’t know the man, so she couldn’t just entrust Naruto’s safety to him while she was away…could she?

“Alright here you three go!” Teuchi served the ramen and stood back to watch.

Hisayo stirred the ramen around, still in thought.

“What’s wrong, Hisayo-san?” Naruto’s happy expression from before dropped to a serious concerned one.

Iruka turned from his ramen and looked at Hisayo with a puzzled look. She really was like what Naruto had described—q uiet and calm, with no expression to give away what she felt. How odd, he thought. She was the complete opposite of Naruto, yet at the same time, he felt as though she was the same.

Hisayo looked down to Naruto and her eyes slightly softened. “It’s nothing Naruto. I’m just…taking it all in.”

“Haha! Finally, a costumer who admires my work!” Teuchi happily cried.

“Itadakimasu.” Hisayo began eating much to the delight of Naruto and Teuchi.

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Hisayo walked down the street the next day with her sensei and began to converse over Naruto and Iruka while they made their way to the Hokage Mansion to get a mission with Kakashi, Takeshi and Kouzetsu.

“Akio-sensei, you have worked with Iruka, Naruto’s main teacher, is he…?”

“Is he what?”