"This time, the written exam results for the graduation test are out. Our first place is Uchiha Sasuke.
But our last place — Uzumaki Naruto!
You, stand up right now!"
Iruka Umino stood at the podium, holding the exam results, and fixed his gaze directly on Naruto.
He could overlook many things with this kid, but not this time.
Because Naruto actually drew a distorted version of himself on the test paper.
After all, Iruka was a teacher, proper and upright, but this kid's drawing of himself—with exaggerated curves—was simply
too infuriating!
"Teacher Iruka, please don't be mad. I was just afraid I'd fall asleep, so I did something to distract myself," Naruto said, standing up 'all pitiful,' admitting he drew Iruka on the paper, but that excuse—
"An exam! It's meant for testing! If you want to distract yourself, you should focus on the questions, not use the teacher to keep you awake!"
Iruka was fuming, practically hopping mad. He had already decided to find Kakashi-senpai later and make sure Kakashi gave these two kids a proper lesson.
Don't think he didn't know—Sasuke had seen Naruto's antics but didn't just ignore them; instead, he actually smiled happily a couple of times.
That was Sasuke, who rarely smiled for years. He actually showed a smile because of Naruto's drawing. Even though Sasuke got first place, that couldn't make up for Iruka's current frustration.
"But I can't! When I can't figure it out, I get sleepy. So I thought, since Teacher Iruka is so nice, I'd just draw Teacher Iruka.
Then I thought, Teacher Iruka doesn't have a girlfriend yet, so maybe if he finds one in the future, it might be—"
Naruto lowered his head, happily explaining the thought process behind his drawing.
"Out! Stand on the playground, and don't leave until school's over!"
Iruka Umino's face turned bright red with anger. He realized that this little rascal Naruto had completely gone off the rails!
Daring to tease him about not having a girlfriend?
It was precisely because he was constantly annoyed by these kids every day that he never had the right mood or condition to find a girlfriend!
"Oh."
Still looking pitiful and sulky, Naruto lowered his head and walked out of the classroom toward the playground.
Just as he reached the playground, a figure even faster than him was already waiting there.
"Sasuke, why did you come out too? Teacher Iruka will definitely get mad. I already made him angry myself, you don't need to make it worse. Be careful, or he might really get so stressed he turns his hair white and then it'll be even harder for him to find a girlfriend."
Naruto looked at Sasuke waiting for him and ran over, immediately continuing to talk about Iruka's single status.
"I think if you keep going, Teacher Iruka really won't be able to sleep."
Sasuke had jumped out the window to come find Naruto after seeing him come out.
But Iruka usually just let these things slide, since Naruto's situation was special, and having someone constantly looking after him was a good thing.
At this moment, however, as Naruto kept talking endlessly, Sasuke could only tilt his head to the sky, trying not to look at how Iruka nearby was glaring at them.
And not only Iruka had come over—Kakashi was also standing nearby, twitching the corner of his eye.
Everyone had seen kids provoking a teacher before, but someone who did it so unknowingly and thought they were actually caring about the teacher?
That was probably just Naruto.