Unable to really think properly due to the scene before her Yugao merely nodded, walking over to the table and taking a seat. Several minutes later Naruto came to her with an empty plate, and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. He set some pills on her plate, making her look at him and quirking an eyebrow.
"There hangover pills," Naruto explained as he walked back into the kitchen to grab a large dish filled with the flat pancakes. "I came up with them when I was traveling with Ero-sensei, the man would always wake up in the morning with a serious hangover." Naruto set the dish down, "I created those so I didn't have to wait for him to get over it naturally to train me."
Yugao nodded and despite still feeling out of sorts cracked a smile; it was just like Naruto to give someone in authority such a disrespectful name, she remembered the times she had been the boy's bodyguard and he had barged in on the Hokage, calling him Ojisan. She grabbed the pills off her plate and swallowed them with some orange juice, sighing in relief as she felt her headache disappear. "That feels so much better," Yugao said, "thank you Naruto."
Naruto grinned at her as he served her a plate of the flat pancakes, "not a problem Yugao-chan, you know I'm always willing to help a friend."
Yugao smiled one more time before she turned her attention to the food; it had to be the oddest looking breakfast she had ever seen. The pancakes were completely flat and were rolled up, stuffed inside were various fruits and some kind of cream cheese. She picked up a fork and cut a piece off, "what is this?" she asked as she looked at Naruto.
The blond shrugged, "something I found in my mom's cook book, there called crepes. You'll have to tell me how they are, since this is the first time I've ever cooked them."
Yugao looked at the food with a small amount of apprehension, back when she had been watching Naruto the blond had been a terrible cook. All he had been able to cook was instant ramen, and that was only because all you had to do was pour water into it, put it into a microwave and set the timer. Still it did not look bad, and it certainly smelled delicious. In the end she decided not to be rude she took a bite of the food, her eyes promptly widened as the absolutely amazing burst of flavor overcame her. The food was sweet and literally melted in her mouth, soon enough all reservations were gone and Yugao was stuffing her mouth like never before. However she stopped when she heard a laugh, looking up she found Naruto laughing at her and instantly blushed in embarrassment.
"So I take it the food in good then?" Naruto asked with mirth clearly visible in his eyes.
Yugao blushed even more as she began to feel absolutely mortified with how terrible and messy she had started to eat, she put down her fork as she tried to regain some of her dignity. "It's delicious," she complimented though her red cheeks remained, "I honestly don't think I've ever tasted something this good." She looked over at him and noticed that his plate was empty, "aren't you going to eat?"
Naruto shook his head, "it wouldn't matter if I did since I'm just a clone." Yugao looked at him in surprise; she had not even realized she had been talking to a clone this whole time. "The real Naruto is most likely just finishing with his workout; I was made to make you two breakfast and keep you company until he got here."
Yugao had to smile at Naruto's thoughtfulness, knowing that he cared so much about her invoked an oddly warming feeling in her.
"Good morning Yugao-chan."
Yugao blinked as the clone at the seat dispelled, and a few seconds later another Naruto took its place and began piling crepes on his plate. He paused for moment as the memories of the clone hit him; he looked over at Yugao and grinned. "I'm pleased to know you like my food so much," Naruto told her.
"It's really good," Yugao said as she repeated what she told the clone, "where did you learn to cook?"
Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "Well when I was traveling with Ero-sensei I got to try a lot of different foods besides ramen. I guess after awhile I just wanted to try and cook for myself, so I went to a library and grabbed several cook books and well…" he trailed off with a shrug.
The rest of the meal was eaten in a comfortable silence, as Naruto hummed a soft tune and Yugao went into her own thoughts. The young woman was feeling a bit confused as she ate there with Naruto, a part of her loved it, this warm feeling that she had been missing for so long. And yet another part of her felt like she was betraying Hayate, that by feeling what she had felt with him when she was with another person was a betrayal to him. Her thoughts began to get more and more distraught and depressing as she continued this line of thought, eventually they became too much and she stood up.
"Yugao-chan is something wrong?" Naruto asked as he too stood up.
"I- I'm sorry Naruto but I have to go," Yugao said as she headed towards the door.
Before she could reach it a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, causing the young woman to stiffen. "Yugao," Naruto said in a soft tone that belied how worried he was, "what's wrong? Please talk to me."
"I-" the young woman's voice cracked as she shook the tears from her eyes, "I'm sorry I can't." with that she shook herself out of Naruto's arms, opening the door she left before Naruto could try and stop her.
For a long moment the blond shinobi just stood there, wondering how he could help the woman who had helped him when he was a child. He closed his eyes for a moment, deciding that he would talk with Anko and Kurenai when he got the chance. He looked over at the clock on the wall and noticed that he had a meeting with Shikamaru and Kakashi in a little while; soon he too was out of the door and on his way.
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