Gua, Kabuto, and Naruto stared at one another.
In the end, Naruto nervously stepped into the room. He paused at the sight of the tidy room, then turned his gaze toward Gua.
Noticing Gua looking at him, Naruto immediately glanced away, pretending to keep inspecting the room.
"Where have you been?"
Gua looked at Naruto and asked.
Naruto scratched his head, chuckled, and handed Gua the paint bucket.
Gua: ...
You still have the nerve to laugh?!
Holy shit!
Gua could only pray that when he went outside later, he wouldn't find the Hokage's face covered in paint.
"What brings you here? Did you clean all this up?"
When Gua didn't take the paint bucket, Naruto set it on the floor and looked around the room with wide eyes.
"Doesn't anyone usually come to see you?"
Rather than answer Naruto's questions, Gua asked one of his own.
"Uh-"
Naruto's eyes darted around. "Yes!"
The corner of Gua's mouth twitched.
That obviously meant no.
Gua walked over to Naruto, who scratched his head and beamed at him.
Gua's hand twitched, then stopped before he reached out.
Holy shit!
I was just about to pat his head...
He had probably been spoiled by his mom in this world. She always stroked his head like that, so he had naturally, instinctively wanted to express his affection for a child like Naruto the same way.
No head pats!
That doesn't fit your cool, aloof image!
Gua firmly suppressed the urge to pat his head and nodded at the beaming Naruto.
Naruto kept smiling without a care in the world.
Then, seemingly remembering something, he scampered over to a box beneath the bed and began rummaging through it.
Before long, he took out several pastries wrapped in oiled paper and offered them to Gua.
"They're