6 Ichirakus Ramen (2/2)
Fine since he isn't helping I might aswell take advantage, I slouched my shoulders, locked my hands together on my lap and stared at her with upturned eyes, playing it shy I forced a smile and waved at her. I swear I saw a explosion behind her, she stood there dazed for seconds before we saw her nose started bleeding, she hastily came back to it, her whole face become red as she turned around and ran into the kitchen.
I started giggling with Hiruzen laughing alongside as well. It didn't take long for a middle-aged man with brown short hair and tanned skin to come out with 2 bowls of ramen while laughing, he was wearing white garments while donning a chefs hat with the ichiraku logo.
”Hohoho, its and honor to have Hokage-sama eat here, you shouldn't tease my daughter though Hokage-sama, she can't handle it, here are your orders”
”Hahaha, its nice to see you Teuchi-san, but you should blame it on young Naruto here, I haven't done anything yet”
”Oh?” I could see him look at me for a while, the recognition appeared in his eyes after a while and his eyes softened and he started being more enthusiastic. I think he might have reconized me from my whiskers, he was one of the few who treated Naruto well and seeing it for myself brought me a good feeling knowing not all of the people are bad.
”Well hello there Naruto-kun, I hope you like the ramen, I promise its the best you'll have, Enjoy!”
I stared at him and nodded, took the bowl, broke the chopsticks and started eating. I first started with the noodles and started to slurp it up, when the first noodle entered I felt my tongue explode in flavours, I almost wanted to moan, it tasted like heaven, the noodle soaked up the deep flavour of the broth with the vegetables and marinated egg as well as the aftertaste of pork, I kept slurping the noodles and started to drink the broth, it had a creamy texture to it that made the taste stick to your mouth and not leave, I didn't even care anymore and started inhaling the contents, it didn't take long for the bowl to finish, I felt sad, I wanted to ask for seconds.
When I looked up I saw both Teuchi and Hiruzen staring at me with dumbfounded expressions, I stared at them with a pitiful expression and held out my bowl, they started to guffaw, Teuchi took my bowl and went into the kitchen while saying seconds are coming.
It took me 9 bowls to feel satisfied, Teuchi looked mortified and amused because he lost money on so much. He waved us off and said ”I hope you come back Naruto-kun, I haven't seen seen anyone eat like that since K-”, he stopped mid way and looked at me with a shocked expression before returning back to normal and waving us off again, I think he figured it out, and by Hiruzens look I guess he knew he figured it out, he will probably send someone to make him keep quiet about it.
He ruffled my hair and we went back to walking towards the apartment, It didn't take us long to pass the slums and reach a 2 floor apartment complex, it was on the same road as Ichirakus and was next to the hot springs, you could also see the Hokage tower down the road so it was really close, wants me here to keep an eye on me probably.
”Here we are”, He took my hand and we startedclimbing the stairs to the 2nd floor, we walked up to a red door, he took out keys, put them inside the keyhole and opened the door.
Timline: February Year 54