The great meal that was not planned.

With some resilience he turned his head to see Ino who is looking at me with a smile that doesn't seem like a smile.

"H-Hello Ino" I force a smile even though a bead of sweat trickles down my back.

'Weren't you on a mission?!'

"I see you're on a hike" she says as she turns to look at the two people following me.

Ino glances from her to Satsuki as she frowns but then her gaze turns to Sakura smilingly.

"And they have very interesting companions huh" Although her tone seems normal from the outside, internally I know that things are not good at all and she is right.

I am walking down the street with two different women hiding from my girlfriend.

And worst of all, one of hers is her deep rival.

If I were in her place, I would have already exploded with anger.

"This yes, I just-"

"Mn?, what a thing" She raises her voice exaggeratedly.

"I was about to invite you to a meal at my house"

As she finished speaking those words, the scene ends in silence momentarily.

Ino frowns.

Yuu wouldn't be so cheeky to tell his girlfriend to her face that he's going to invite other women to the house, right? or if?.

If this is the case then it is a total shamelessness, in addition to the fact that things could be very complicated in her relationship with Ino (alert, red flag).

But whether for better or for worse, this is not the case.

Seeing that the atmosphere isn't right and they probably misunderstood it, Yuu quickly grabs Ino and turns her to the opposite side of the other girls and speaks in a low tone.

"Come on Ino, don't ruin this, it's something I was preparing for Naraku"

"Huh, what do you mean?" Hearing that Yuu was doing this for someone else she visibly relaxes as her previous thoughts of Yuu being completely shameless are almost entirely dismissed (only that is dismissed, the 'scoundrel' still not).

"Well, lately Naraku has been..." (Yuu then proceeds to make a big lie with Naraku as the protagonist and using discouragement from him about relations with her team).

-

"Oh, so that's it, why didn't you say it from the beginning, for a moment I thought of other things" She smiles brightly.

"What things?"

"Nothing important, don't let it bother you" she replies with the same positive energy.

"Alright..."

As I say this, the other girls on the side look at us a little surprised.

Satsuki thought how good this guy is at cheating because that must have been it.

Sakura for her part is surprised by Yuu's ability to change people's minds, even she wonders if he is using some kind of genjutsu.

"Then, since we're like this, let's go together"

"If it's alright, let's go together..."

"You have an opinion"

"No" Satsuki replies calmly.

"Why should I care?" Sakura says in an annoyed tone.

Ino ignores Sakura's tone and turns to me with a smile.

"Then what are we waiting for"

A grimace forms on Sakura's face knowing that Ino ignored her.

-

So we resume our walk but we no longer go to the cinema, but to the market with the addition of one more person as well.

So while we were walking Ino didn't hold my hand but directly hugged my arm without fear or shame that people are looking at us.

Now I have two lumps stuck to my arm.

"Ino?-" He looked at her surprised but she looks at me like she doesn't understand.

"What's up? Aren't we dating? This is normal, right?"

"Yeah-..." 'But...' It's been a long time since we've even walked hand in hand with her, I didn't expect this behavior from her so suddenly.

"So without anything more than if we continue, what do you say?"

She turns her body to explicitly show her embrace (in which she squirms suggestively a bit) towards Sakura.

Satsuki looks at us with a slightly raised eyebrow but doesn't say anything while Sakura next to her is with a 'Why the hell did you have to turn here to show something so disgusting?!'

Sakura already wanted to get away from this place but seeing that Satsuki still doesn't express anything then she also doesn't say anything.

Satsuki on her side averts her gaze.

'I don't know if this is good luck or bad luck but I suppose I should go but I don't know…there is something that prevents me from moving a foot'

Ino without waiting for an answer from them, urges me to walk.

I can only walk helplessly in the face of the situation.

There is no case, on one side is my girlfriend and on the other because one of her is my good friend (victim) for which I feel that putting myself on one side would only complicate the situation more.

-

After a while we arrive in front of a store.

"Well, if we are going to have a meeting then we better do the shopping for the food and by the way you as the host pay"

"What?! I never agreed to that" he exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh, but how did you expect to have an emotional reunion on an empty stomach? Come on, I know you'll like it too in the end" Then she proceeds to select some ingredients without waiting for my confirmation.

"Hey wait! I won't pay for those things" Ino ignores my words.

...

"Ah *sigh*, why did it have to be like this" I sigh, lying to myself sadly at the lightness of my pocket.

'If I hadn't sold those system products then I would have to eat in the forest to survive right?' He then looked towards Ino who is walking in a good mood.

I think he's happy that I've emptied my pocket, right? I think this is his way of getting revenge.

If you ask me then I'd say it's very mild revenge.

Although it may not seem like it, Ino has a compassionate heart, that's why she always ignores my bad deeds even though in the end she seems furious, so I wouldn't expect such violent behavior from her, at most she would throw a fist at me (not so hard, since she It is not from the force system; I would only do it as a form of punishment) if I were very angry but only that and nothing more.

'*sigh* aiya, I guess it's a good thing to have a soft-hearted girlfriend like her right?' I say that by imagining myself on the ground with a fist print on my face flying hundreds of meters away from Sakura.

Thinking that gives me a little chill thinking of Sakura as a couple.

Then out of the corner of my eyes I see a familiar silhouette.

"Mn?"

"Ah hi Naruko" Ino greeted.

"Ah hello Ino-Yuu, Sakura and Satsuki? What are you doing here?(!)"

Naruko exclaims in surprise.

"Ah, not much, we were just going to have a little meeting, do you want to come?"

"Should I go?!" I see how bright lights light up in his eyes when he hears 'do you want to come?'

"Of course, right Yuu?"

"Yes, of course." I force a smile.

"Brilliant!!" Naruko raises her hand like a happy little girl.

'Is it necessary to get so excited over a simple meeting?'

"So come on, what are you waiting for?"

"Yes, let's go quickly before it's too late" Ino pushes me from behind and whispers softly.

"All according to plan"

'Plan?' I look a little surprised.

'Don't tell me he really believed all my words?' Wouldn't that be too innocent?

'This is bad, now I'm going to have a guilty conscience for the rest of the day, ow-'

-

After walking for a couple of minutes we arrived at my house.

"This place goes on as usual"

"Hey, what do you mean by that?!" I angrily tell Naruko that he seems to be making fun of my beautiful abode.

'This place is practically my birthplace'

"Nothing, nothing, I was just admiring how beautiful it is on the outside" Naraku quickly escapes inside the house to avoid suffering my fury.

-

So after a while we started cooking and as always, Naruko and Satsuki started to compete while Ino and Sakura also competed provocatively.

I hold my face while rubbing my temples.

'I just hope you don't destroy my kitchen please' I say as I silently slip away so as not to be involved.

So I stay waiting in the dining room not daring to go anywhere else as if I were the stranger here.

-

"Ta-ran, here it is, I hope you like it" Ino said as he served me a bowl full of ramen.

This is one of the reasons why I felt sad.

'I hate ramen' But being served by her I am unable to refuse.

"Obviously he's going to like her, after all I did most of the work" Sakura says proudly.

"Hmp, what do you say, you could barely cut the onion"

"That was because I was giving you a chance to catch up with me" Sakura says with an almost undetectable blush on her cheeks.

"Yes yes, whatever you say" Ino just moves her eyes in circles completing a crescent moon (PS: investigate).

"Hey, don't forget about here, we also work hard with the noodles" Naruko says

And there goes Naruko getting into the conversation.

'By heaven, because whenever these come together there is a whole scene'

-

After arguing among ourselves for a while, we began to eat.

"Amn*eat*" I taste the broth.

'...'

He lifted up some of the noodles and popped it into my mouth.

*chew* *swallow*

"..."

'Not bad.' I look surprised at the plate in front of me.

'I thought it was going to taste bad'

Then I watch as they also take a taste of the ramen.

Naraku's face lights up immediately while Satsuki doesn't show much reaction but his hands keep moving as well as his mouth.

On the other hand, Ino eats happily while Sakura continues eating but a bit perplexed by Naruko's way of eating that seems to want to put a plate and everything in her stomach.

Then somehow without my noticing, Naruko challenged Satsuki by eating ramen and then these two started a competition of who can eat the most.

Ino watches the scene with an amused expression while Sakura holds her forehead.

I watch the scene in silence.

Seeing how this lonely place where I have spent a long time living seems to come to life, she unconsciously smiled slightly.

Although it's not a big or very expressive smile, it still shows something I almost never show.

A sincere smile.

And someone with blond hair next to me saw this small gesture of mine, he smiled too.