Naruto: The Prince of Lust-Chapter 254 -

"Things like what?" Though he cuts himself off to pointedly assert, "I still think you should talk to your dad. How can he not understand? He’s your dad," he exclaims with extended and open palms.

"Thanks," Temari genuinely appreciates, then immediately recalls how much she wants him to be an asshole instead. Clearing her throat, she replies, "you don’t know him. A small part of him is my father but when you’re the leader of a village, the majority of him is the Kazekage. He can’t be like normal fathers just like I can’t be a normal daughter."

"Then he needs to change that," Naruto immediately claims. "When I become Hokage, I’m definitely not going to do something like that."

"You have my vote," she quips. "So, things like what, you asked. If you’re not against it, I’d like to do things a little differently." With a blank look on his face, he simply nods before she continues. "I’d like to reverse our roles." Confusion settles on his face before she elaborates. "Normally the man tends to initiate things like being the one to approach a girl, asking her out, essentially making the first move."

Naruto easily understands, asserting, "Oh, yeah, my sensei says that comes from the very old way of doing things. Years and years ago, women handled the subtle jobs like running the day-to-day of a home, healing, or raising children while the men handled the more extreme jobs like hunting, building, fighting, all that kind of stuff. So, the strong and confident guys would ask the girl out, but the women would feel if he can do all the things that’ll give her a good life. And that’s how it would go, generation after generation until it became normal."

"The only reason that worked was because both parties knew the specific things they needed to survive and that system helped facilitate it," Temari comments, actually enjoying the insightful conversation. "Men wanted sex and someone to take care of their offspring. Women wanted to be protected from the elements, physical assault, or poverty as they raise their young." Naruto agrees with a nod before she continues, "fortunately, society isn’t so primitive anymore, which is why I think I’ll enjoy switching the roles a bit."

Again, his eyes squint in confusion before he cautiously asks, "so, you want to ask me out?"

"If it’s okay with you, I’d like to initiate the first move," Temari purports. It’s a bit of a gamble because she doesn’t want it to seem like she’s threatening his masculinity. He can be slow at times but he’s always struck her as confident, and confident people don’t depend on others to make their decisions. Temari makes certain he understands, "I don’t mean I want to make all the decisions or take the lead. I’d simply like it if, for instance, we were out together and I want to hold your hand, rather than waiting until you do it, I’d like to know it’s okay with you if I do it."

Temari can’t help like she’s betraying all independent women everywhere, along with Naruto. The daughter of the Kazekage, highly instructed in the ways of the killing arts, top of her class, a strong kunoichi like her shouldn’t need to ask permission to be assertive. But she can’t take the risk he’d be intimidated by an assertive girl, not when she has no other option but to make it work with him.

To her delight, he reacts as if her worry was ludicrous to begin with, crunching his facial features together as he scoffs, "yeah, I don’t mind. But I definitely don’t want you to do anything you’re not comfortable with. The great thing about being friends is as long as we’re honest, you don’t have to be anyone but yourself."

’Again with the friendship,’ Temari mentally tallies. ’It’s like he’s testing me.’ She might consider that possibility if he were a little more cunning, however, he seems too straightforward for that type of thinking, and answers him, "that’s good to hear, because, if I’m being honest, I’m a little excited to experience this to the fullest. I want you to enjoy yourself too. And who knows, maybe in a couple of months we may develop a really strong relationship."

"I know we will," he confidently tells her.

"You know the future?" Temari teases before asking, "what makes you so confident? I mean it’s not like we really know each other. You already know how much I detest squid, but you like it. What if there’s something about me you won’t like?"

"I don’t know about all that," Naruto replies. He rubs the table of the bit of dust on it, thinking a moment until he states, "mnn, well, I know Gaara is a handful, but you still care about him, which means you love your family. We have that in common." Smiling, he adds, "you’re smart, strong, pretty, and you love your family… I mean, it’s a fair bet we’ll get along."

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With the orange sun beginning to set, radiating a warm glow through the whitish-blue rush of water, a hesitant and nervous Temari inhales before leaning over the table and giving him a quick kiss on his lips. As far as kisses go, it was over too quick to feel good. Temari suddenly felt so dumb and mortified and unattractive, that she blushes deep red before spontaneously covering her beet-red face in her hands and face-planting forward on the table. Temari’s mind is rarely so chaotic and hectic. Her mind is racing with negative and critical thoughts of her pathetic attempt to be charming.

She’s trying to catch her breath when she hears Naruto ask over her heavy breathing and waterfall, "are you okay?" It only made Temari feel more embarrassed that she’s making him worry over her. She’s nearly sure she failed when he hesitates to ask, "uh, do you want to be my girlfriend?

Recalling how she prepared for that question, she takes several moments to regain calm down enough to recite from memory, "that doesn’t matter to me. That title is so other people know what we mean to each other. Right now, I’m not worried about other people. I just want to see what you can mean to me."

"Oh," Naruto hums with amazement, giving her a desperate boost of confidence. "So… uh, we’re… whatever?"

"Fluid," Temari suggests before adding, "anything and everything we want."

Raising the edge of his brow, Naruto cautiously asks, "and kissing?"

Again, Temari’s panic checks her in the gut as she voices with complete certainty, "you hated it, didn’t you?" Even as he waves his hands, she continues, "I don’t have a lot of experience-"

"No, no, no, I didn’t…" Patiently Temari waits for his meaning and though he only paused for a moment, it may as well been an hour before he clarifies, "I uh, barely felt it- ah! But not because it was bad or anything. It was just over so quickly. I swear." With her higher reasoning assuring her that makes sense, Temari nods before he asks her, "but you’re okay kissing me?"

"I… I’m a girl!" she asserts like that’s neglected information. Temari knows she always wants to present a strong and intelligent front, but that shouldn’t mean she can’t be feminine either. She rightly argues, "I feel things other girls feel-" "Oh, yeah, I’m not saying-" Naruto tries to interject but she cuts him off to embarrassingly proclaim, "and it’s not like I don’t find you attractive. So, yes, k-kissing is… I’d like to try that…"

"Oh, okay," Naruto easily accepts with a shrug and a nod. Standing, he takes his cushion and places it on the table before asking her, "come here." He pats the cushion as he asks, "have you ever kissed anyone?"

Taking control of her emotions, Temari stands as she answers, "I… you won’t tell anyone right?"

Tilting his head with plain eyes as if to physically ask, ’really,’ she sits on the cushion on the table. He steps in front of her and widens his stance so her head is leveled with his chest as he assures her, "believe me, I can keep a secret."

Feeling the first traces of his body heat, she clears her throat as she voices, "that’s good. Um, I’ve kissed one boy."

Looking down at her darker blond and damp hair, Naruto moves in closer as he inquires, "didn’t it work out with him?"

"…No," she answers, willing her muscles to not react to his close proximity. Though her thoughts recovered memories of the hyper Daimaru, she didn’t want to sour the mood by mentioning his death. "He left the village." Awkwardly, he apologizes, but she shakes her head before moving on to ask, "have you kissed anyone?"

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