All the light disappeared. On this New Year's Eve night, Naruto remembered that he had seen the clock on the wall before the power outage, and it was about eleven o'clock.

It was obviously unrealistic to wait for a call. If the heavy snow damaged the equipment outside, it would have to wait until tomorrow. Everything was dark in front of him, and he suddenly remembered that there was a candle in the drawer.

So I stood up and knocked over something with a crash.

".That." Ino suddenly became nervous and could hear the slight vibrato in her voice.

"Yeah." He turned to look in the direction of the sofa and subconsciously replied, "What's wrong?"

The light in the living room was very dark, and after his eyes got used to the darkness, he could only see a vague outline. The remaining images before the power outage were still in his mind, so Naruto could easily determine Ino's location.

He thought that a ninja should not be afraid of the dark, or it might be due to other factors, and he was not used to the sudden power outage.

"It's okay, it's just me." Ino said, her voice became weaker and weaker.

"Are you afraid of the dark?"

"Don't be afraid, the power went out suddenly, I feel a little uncomfortable."

"That's good, I'll get the candles, you sit here and don't move." Naruto warned.

"Okay." Ino really sat there without moving, looking at the darkness that shrouded the living room and became quiet. There was a rustling sound next to her ears, followed by the sound of the cabinet being opened.

After a few minutes, seeing Naruto still rummaging around in the dark, Ino couldn't help but stand up and ask.

"Can't find it?"

"It should be in a few cabinets nearby, but I haven't found it yet." Naruto's slightly distressed voice came, "I'll wait a little longer."

"Let me help you find it together. It's quite boring to sit here." Ino said, already walking toward the cabinet in the dark."

"That's fine." Naruto responded.

"Is it over here?"

Ino squatted down and started to pull out the cabinet and asked, groping inside the cabinet little by little. There was something strange about being in the dark, weakening vision and making the other four senses more sensitive.

"It should be." Naruto's voice rang in her ears.

"Really?" Ino's voice trembled slightly, and he took out his hand again and started groping on the table above the cabinet. Suddenly, he felt another arm.

Then her backhand was held, her body trembled violently, and she made a sound of "Oh".

"What's wrong?" Naruto looked as if nothing had happened.

His other hand seemed to be continuing to search for candles in the dark. Ino could hear the sound of things being thrown around, but she also felt the familiar body heat in the palm of his hand.

An electric current flowed from the palm of the hand through the heart, and a numbing sensation poured into the brain. Almost instantly, Ino felt that she could hardly stand. Her body was so soft, as if she had been drunk.

When people are nervous, a slight bitterness accumulates in the throat and tip of the tongue, and they have little energy to speak.

Ino wanted to say no, but her heart was beating fast.

His eyes were completely dark, his vision was completely lost, and in his ears was the sound of Naruto rummaging around the counter. After that, he was held like this, and he didn't speak.

But Ino didn't dare to move and let his palms be kneaded and played with.

"Have you found it?" Her voice was trembling, and there was mist in her eyes, so she had to close them.

"No." Naruto had already touched the candle and put it aside. "Maybe I forgot it, maybe it was placed in the cabinet over the balcony."

After saying that, he stood up and pulled Ino up. He was already playing with her, but he still pretended that nothing happened and said it naturally.

"Let's go look there, maybe we can find it."

"Okay." Ino stood up and started to move, letting Naruto lead him forward in the dark environment.

Kyuubi, who was leaning on the sofa, had a puzzled look on his face. With its excellent night vision, it glanced at the two people holding hands in the dark, and then glanced at the candle placed on the counter.

I couldn't help but start to murmur in my heart, the stupidity of human beings is far beyond their imagination.

It thought about it for a while, should it hold the candle in its mouth? But then it thought about whether it really was a dog, and decisively gave up the idea.

So Kyuubi leaned on the sofa, tilted his head, and stared at the two stupid humans with a sneer on his face, ready to watch the show.

Naruto had led Ino and slowly moved to the small cabinet in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the balcony. Ino's hands were a little cold, and there was a layer of cocoon around the tiger's mouth.

It was made by rubbing the sword and kunai in the hand, but the rest of the palm was soft. The hand was cold, Naruto thought to himself, so he could only rely on his own heat transfer.

He suddenly realized that Ino hadn't said anything yet, so it was really easy to deceive. In line with the principle of not taking advantage of others, he continued to pretend to look for candles.

He knows best whether there are candles in this place, he just wants to take the opportunity to touch his hands for a while.

After touching it for a while, Naruto felt something was wrong. Ino was too silent. He paused in his mind and thought to himself, maybe he was really angry?

"Would you like to open the curtains? If it snows, the light outside will be brighter than in the living room." He turned around and asked, already holding one end of the curtains with his other hand.

Ino finally reacted, shook his hand gently, and said in a trembling voice with a hint of begging.

"No, don't."

But it was already too late, the curtains were opened with a crash, and the light reflected from the snowy night instantly increased the visibility of the entire living room. Then with this faint light, he saw Ino's current state.

Tears welled up in her eyes, her delicate and fair face was hot and red, her lips were slightly deflated, and she exhaled white air unconsciously.

Seeing this, Naruto was slightly stunned and covered her forehead with his other hand.

"Are you not sick?"

"Well" Ino suddenly closed her eyes tightly.

What a shame! Being seen like that! I really want to die! She was speechless when she thought like this.

The light coming from the face reflected from the snow and came from the balcony through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The two people stood together holding hands, one on the left and one on the right.

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The skylight serves as a curtain, and the silhouettes of the two people lean on the sofa and extend infinitely, past Kyuubi who is watching the show. They lean against each other on the empty white wall, like a couple in love.

The hand covering her forehead did not let go immediately, and the flow of time seemed to slow down at this moment. The snowflakes fell outside the balcony, but they seemed to fall on the shoulders of the two of them.

Ino slowly opened her eyes and saw the strange emotion overflowing from his blue eyes. It was an emotion that only she could understand, which was the light in love.

With a heavy breath, time began to flow again.

Naruto took away the palm that was covering her forehead, coughed and his expression returned to normal. He smiled and said to Ino.

"I seem to see where the candle is."

"Okay." Ino suddenly pulled out his hand and lowered his head with a guilty conscience.

Then with a hazy light, Naruto walked to the original cabinet with ease, picked up the candle, and lit it with a lighter. The bright yellow candle light lit up, illuminating a corner.

He carefully held the candle at an angle, burned out a little wax oil, and then dripped it on the table in the living room. After a second pause, he pressed the candle on the wax oil.

Ino also sat over, leaning on the sofa closest to the candlelight, and her expression had returned to calm.

Kyuubi did not move away from his nest during the whole process. He glanced at the two of them with contempt, picked up the bottle with his paws, and drank the remaining sips of wine in one gulp.

Stupid humans, it thought.

After Naruto lit the candle, he stood up again and lit another candle. He stood up and carried it into the kitchen, talking as he walked.

"Wait a moment. There should be boiling water in the kitchen. I'll make you a cup of cocoa."

"Yeah." Ino's mood has not completely calmed down, and the aftertaste is still coming one after another. She didn't hear clearly what Naruto said, so she just responded.

It wasn't until Naruto brought two cups of steaming cocoa that she subconsciously said thank you.

"Don't you like cocoa?" Ino held a cup filled with hot cocoa, her hands gradually getting warmer.

"I don't like drinking it. It's sweet and greasy. I'd rather drink water than drink this stuff." Naruto said, "Usually only girls like you like it to supplement sugar or something."

"Then you still drink?"

Naruto smiled, sat down opposite her, took a sip of cocoa and said.

"I just want to know what the taste of your favorite drink is. If I drink your cup directly, you might beat me to death, so I can only settle for the next best thing."

"That's too exaggerated! I'm like that," Ino said, paused, and then frowned.

This person talks the same thing. If she says he doesn't mind, he will definitely drink the same drink with her openly. If he says he doesn't mind, this person might say something weird again.

So Ino stood up silently and took the initiative to stay away from Naruto.

Naruto: "."

The power went out, and the temperature in the living room naturally dropped. Ino, who was wrapped in a bathrobe, couldn't help but tremble, and Naruto also realized the coldness.

He stood up and said to Ino.

"You go to my room and sleep."

"Ah? Why?"

"The quilt in the guest room is very thin. There is a power outage and no heating. You will catch a cold if you sleep there." Naruto explained patiently, "The quilt in my room is thicker, so."

I originally thought that Ino would refuse righteously, but it would not be surprising if this was the case. After all, he is very self-aware, and in Ino's opinion, he is probably in the top three of the most dangerous things.

He has probably been labeled as the kind of person who can never be trusted, something similar.

Surprisingly, Ino did not refuse, but asked after a moment of silence.

"Then where do you sleep?"

"Ah?" This was a question he hadn't thought about. Of course, what he was thinking was that it would be nice if they could sleep together, but he still couldn't say this after all.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he frowned and said.

"There is a thick blanket in the fox dog's room, so I can only give it a hard time."
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