Ayame, the Shop Sign Girl beside him, was also pleasantly surprised to see their longtime regular and gave Naruto a radiant smile.
"Long time no see, long time no see! Man, I've really missed your ramen!"
Naruto rubbed his hands together and sat down, beckoning his companion inside.
"Haha, then you should come more often. The village has changed so much lately that I feel like I hardly see the old familiar faces anymore... How have you been? Keeping busy? It's been a while since you came here for ramen!"
Teuchi deftly began cooking the noodles.
"Hehe, I've been eating at home lately, but I missed your ramen so much that I came over for a late-night snack! Oh, right, Boruto, what flavor do you want?"
Naruto answered with a grin, then turned to Boruto, who was studying the menu.
"Hmm... Don't you have Thunder Burger?"
"Thunder Burger? What is that?"
"Nothing. Never mind, give me one of those... Tonkotsu Chashu Ramen too." Boruto scratched his head, then sat beside Naruto and asked quietly, "Um, Dad... Are you really going to Training me?"
"Of course! What's wrong? Don't want to practice?"
"No, it's not that... I just..."
It's just that Dad hardly ever Training me when he's older, so this feels a little weird.
Looking at the "young" father before him, who was about his age but a little taller, Boruto felt awkward.
"Hm?"
Naruto tilted his head. Seeing Boruto act like this, he couldn't quite figure out what was on his mind.
"Well, I've already become Mr. Sasuke's student, so..."
"But Sasuke and the other one told me they were heading out on business yesterday. They weren't planning to bring you along, either. You can't just sit at home doing nothing every day, can you?"
"Huh?"
Boruto froze. No