Chapter 10 - Boyship (1/2)

Today was the day!

'Yes, I'm going to invite him to come and see my parents... and then, I'm going to surprise him with his birthday present!'

Mina had big plans for the day. Seeing as she and Naruto had been dating for awhile now, she wanted him to meet her parents like any good daughter would. Her mother was super excited to meet her boyfriend, and her father couldn't be more supportive. She knew that she shouldn't have told them, but she had told her parents that Naruto was the ”Fox-Man” that would appear in the news every once and awhile for saving people when there weren't heroes around. Normally, she was really into being rather spontaneous with her relationship with Naruto. The two just did whatever they felt like, if they wanted to see a movie, they did that. They never really 'planned' out most of the stuff they did together, and it worked for them.

This was special though.

It was Naruto's 16th birthday, and the first birthday he would have friends for, considering he was home schooled his entire life. She was sure his uncle was awesome at planning parties, but she was sure that Naruto would appreciate more company. She wasn't really smart, or good at planning things out, but she really wanted to make this work out.

She knocked on his front door, and grinned widely to herself, almost unable to contain herself.

She was going to give Naruto a big kiss when he opened the door.

Kirishima opened the door.

”Oh, hey Ashido... Naruto, Ashido is here!” Kirishima called out, having answered the door. Mina blinked in surprise when, for one, that Kirishima was hanging out with Naruto without her. She hadn't hung out with Kirishima since the day at the beach, and she hadn't seen Naruto hang out with Kirishima either.

Kirishima was wearing a white training gi with a white belt around his waist, sweat dripping from his body.

When she took her shoes off and came inside, she saw Naruto standing in a similar outfit to Kirishima, but with a black belt around his waist.

”Oh, Mina... Did we have a date today? Come on Kirishima, don't stop now, get hard and come.” Naruto raised his fists up and gestured for Kirishima to fight him.

Kirishima obeyed as his body became extremely rigid, and he ran towards Naruto, and punched him across the face as hard as he could. His fist cracked a little, and Naruto slugged him across the face in return. The two of them traded blows with little regard for their own personal safety. They weren't dodging each other in the slightest. Mina's jaw actually dropped when she went over to the couch and sat down, watching her boyfriend and friend smiling and punching each other.

'Kirishima's looking more buff now... with our school uniform on, I guess I didn't notice.' Mina knew her boyfriend was buff, but she didn't know that Kirishima had been putting on muscle. She had to admit, he was looking pretty good now that he wasn't as skinny as before. He had muscle before, but now it was so much more well pronounced.

How long had they been training together?

”So Mina, I don't think we had a date today, what brings you here?” Naruto was punched in the forehead, and he returned with a punch to Kirishima's ribs.

Kirishima's body unhardened and he was sent flying, rolling across the ground, before he stopped when he landed upside down against the wall.

”Ow... seriously, my body is as hard as steel now. This training is painful, but damn if it doesn't work... How are your fists?” Kirishima forced himself to stand up again. He looked towards Naruto, and grinned when he saw Naruto grinning.

Naruto raised his fists.

”Just fine. Your body is as strong as it will get from regular training, and you're a lot harder than my old punching bag for sure. Now you just need to find a way to stay hard longer.” Naruto glanced at his fist, and saw that his knuckles were slightly purple. He grinned to himself, since he and Kirishima had been training for several hours now.

His training was working.

”So manly!”

They started to fight again, with Kirishima going more offensive than before, a new found energy after seeing Naruto's manly grin once more.

”So... how long have you two been... hanging out like this?” Mina didn't spend every waking hour with Naruto, she did have school again, and she had other friends she did spend time with. Naruto didn't have a monopoly on her time, and she didn't have one on his time. It was healthy for their relationship if they spent time with their other friends.

Friends Naruto apparently now had.

”My boy here asked me to help him work out a few days after the beach fiasco.” Naruto grinned as he knocked Kirishima out of his hardened state again with repeated punches to the solar plexus. Kirishima collapsed to his knees to try and regain his breath, raising a hand up in surrender for the moment, until he had the strength to continue their sparring. ”You good?” Naruto asked Kirishima as the teen started to stand up again, and nodded.

Mina looked between them with an awkward grin.

That was quite awhile ago, and she was only now hearing about it.

”How could I not? This dude saved my life, and rode on a flying shark, before he swam us back to shore. You're so damn manly! Anyway, Naruto and I have been training like this since then.” Kirishima jumped back into the training and he was punched in the nose for it.