Upon arriving at school, Haruno Sakura greeted Shikamaru and Choji, and these two swapped seats with the students sitting behind her.
The two students happily agreed as well, after all, they did not want to sit behind Naruto Uzumaki.
And Naruto Uzumaki?
He was still wearing that yellow coat, but clearly it had been changed, it was not as wrinkled and stained as the previous one, and his hair had been groomed, swaying like the ocean in the gentle breeze outside the window.
Despite still having the six whisker marks on his face, at that moment Naruto looked like a warm little sun in Ino's eyes, making her young heart flutter.
"Sakura, I look cool today, don't I!"
However, as soon as Naruto spoke, he shattered Ino's fantasy.
It wasn't because Naruto's first concern was Sakura, but because his somewhat hoarse voice did not match his warm face at all.
"Have an orange to soothe your throat," Sakura offered him an orange.
