The bright moon hung high amid a sky glittering with stars.
Beside the quiet river beneath the moonlight, a couple held each other tightly.
"I waited for this. Naruto, I finally waited long enough..."
Sasuke clung tightly to Naruto's neck, repeating over and over that this moment had finally come.
"Yeah, Sasuke. I can feel my body brimming with vitality and strength. Your wish came true."
Naruto held Sasuke's slender waist, which he could encircle with his hands, and murmured softly into his ear.
"Naruto, pinch me. I'm afraid this is just a dream. I'm afraid that when I wake up, we'll be back where we started."
Only then did Naruto understand why Sasuke had him in such a relentless chokehold.
Honestly, if he hadn't trained his neck, he would have suffocated long before now, ever since Sasuke had thrown himself at him.
Put it this way.
The strength of Sasuke's arms crossed around his neck rivaled Uzumaki Dachun's "Love Stronger Than Gold: Seven-Day Love Lock."
But with the mood already this romantic, Naruto couldn't push Sasuke away even if he was being strangled to death, could he?
That would break Sasuke's heart.
No wonder people called Sasuke a treasure of a girl. Naruto could barely breathe in his grip, and countless brain cells were declaring, If you don't get him under control, we're committing mass suicide.
"Okay, whatever you say."
Naruto raised a hand and gave Sasuke's pale, jade-like arm a slightly firm pinch.
"Ow, that hurts! Naruto, how dare you pinch me so hard?"
Sure enough, the pain in his arm made Sasuke offer up the key, and Naruto promptly used it to unlock the "Love Stronger Than Gold: Seven-Day Love Lock."
"Huff, huff, huff... Oh, mama."
Once freed, Naruto immediately crouched halfway down and gasped for breath,