Naruto's Birthday Gifts

Chiye Jun came down from the second floor.

"Happy birthday, Naruto!"

With that, he handed Naruto an exquisitely wrapped gift box.

Naruto eagerly opened it.

He pulled out a pair of briefs...

"What's this?" Naruto froze.

The briefs had a zipper and a pocket in the back, with a little frog embroidered on them.

And most importantly, they were knitted...

Still, Naruto happily accepted them and couldn't put them down.

"Haha, Sasuke, Chiye gave this to me! Do you have one?"

Sasuke curled his lip.

"Isn't it just a pair of knitted underwear?"

Chiye Jun smiled. "These are anti-theft briefs. The zipper is sewn on the inside..."

Naruto didn't mind at all and changed into them right in front of them.

"How do they feel?"

"Kind of itchy..."

After grinning mischievously, Chiye Jun finally pulled out the second gift.

It was a recreation of Minato's Hokage cloak!

The entire robe was red.

Cool, flashy, ridiculously handsome.

Chiye Jun had once looked down on tailoring as a skill.

Now, he realized it was a treasure!

Naruto immediately put on the cloak.

Paired with the knitted underwear, he looked exactly like the Naruto version of Superman...

However, the cloak was later banned.

Because the very next day, Naruto took his only living expenses and happily ran to a tailor shop.

He had several large golden words embroidered on the back of the cloak:

"I'm the Hokage"...

Be careful when showing off, and cherish what you have.

Chiye Jun carried the third gift out of the kitchen.

Three cans of adult milk powder.

"This stuff has a long shelf life, so it won't spoil easily."

Naruto paused, then was moved to tears.

Even while he was happy, Naruto didn't forget to show off in front of Sasuke.

"Hey, what did Chiye give you for your birthday?"

Sasuke came back to his senses.

He smiled proudly.

Calm and composed.

"He gave me a sky full of stars and dazzling fireworks."

Hearing that, Chiye Jun was completely defeated!

The sky had cleared, the rain had stopped, and Sasuke was showing off again...

This time, Naruto stood there dumbfounded.

He looked at the Hokage cloak, then at the itchy knitted underwear.

The sixty-square-meter living room.

Fell completely silent for a moment.

The atmosphere suddenly turned heavy.

In the end, Chiye Jun broke the silence and swore with a smile:

"I swear on the length of my little brother, I only set off a few magic bullets. I definitely didn't give him any stars or fireworks!"

After a long while.

Naruto suddenly shouted:

"I don't care! I want stars too! I want fireworks too!"

Chiye Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only take him to the rooftop. Sasuke followed as well.

At that moment!

One meteor after another streaked across the sky.

"A meteor shower!"

The boys all froze at once.

Naruto stopped clamoring about fireworks too.

They sat down on the ground.

Shoulder to shoulder, they leaned together and silently gazed at the beautiful Leo constellation.

Chiye Jun understood. Perhaps the meteors had stirred up their longing for their departed loved ones.

He gently wrapped an arm around both their shoulders.

Three orphans, yet three of the strongest!

A familiar melody surfaced in Chiye Jun's mind, but he couldn't remember the lyrics no matter how hard he tried. It seemed to be sung by four grown boys.

The atmosphere was warm, yet sorrowful and heavy.

But with a lively troublemaker like Naruto around, things soon livened up.

He was the noisiest of them all and said with a grin:

"Haha, Chiye, how about I call you Big Brother from now on?"

Chiye Jun curled his lips. "I haven't been a big brother for many years..."

Naruto scratched his head, then slapped his forehead.

"Then I'll call you my man!"

Sasuke said coldly, "You're not allowed to use the word 'man'!"

That word was the exclusive term used by the person he hated most.

Uchiha Itachi...

"Hehe, let's just call each other by name. It feels more intimate that way."

Just then, someone knocked on the courtyard gate downstairs.

Chiye Jun sprinted downstairs and opened the door. To his surprise, it was Ino and Sakura.

They carried a flower basket and red bean cakes.

"Why are you here?" Chiye Jun asked in surprise.

Ino smiled brightly. "Naruto told me a long time ago! He said he was celebrating his birthday at your house tonight!"

What a blabbermouth...

She had actually come to see Chiye Jun.

And Sakura had come to see Sasuke.

Chiye Jun invited the two of them inside.

The first thing the two girls saw was Naruto's knitted underwear and long cloak, and they both went blank.

"What are you playing..."

With Sakura joining them, Naruto became even more excited.

Sasuke, meanwhile, grew sullen.

Suddenly, Chiye Jun noticed Hinata watching them longingly from an attic not far away next door.

Chiye Jun waved and shouted:

"Hinata, come play!"

Hinata hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

Only then did Chiye Jun remember that the Hyuga Clan had strict rules. There was no way they would let her go alone to a boy's house at night.

Just then, the enthusiastic Ino said:

"Sakura and I will go see Uncle Hiashi."

With that, she pulled Sakura downstairs.

Before long, Hinata arrived on the rooftop with a gift as well.

Chiye Jun brought up the birthday cake.

Written on it were the words: "Happy Birthday, Crown Prince!"

No one understood what Crown Prince meant.

Chiye Jun began explaining.

He taught them many historical titles from his old world.

Then, Chiye Jun thought of an interesting question.