Chapter 56 - 4
Chapter 4: Confidence, Chaos, and Confused Crushes
(In which Danny learns Naruto has opinions, Sam gets swept off her feet—literally—and Tucker discovers jealousy is a real and present emotion.)
To say Danny was reeling inside his own brain was putting it lightly. Watching Naruto pilot his body like it was a finely tuned sports car while Danny himself was trapped in the backseat with no steering wheel was... a lot.
And just when he thought Naruto couldn't surprise him more—after flipping linebackers and verbally vaporizing Pauline—he dropped this little bomb:
"There's something else I'm going to do. You might like it. Mostly not. You'll definitely be annoyed."
"...Why do those sound like famous last words?" Danny muttered mentally.
"Because they usually are," Naruto replied with a grin only Danny could feel. "Anyway, if I didn't step in, you were on track to end up with Sam."
Danny blinked. His entire internal dialogue came to a screeching halt like a record scratch in an awkward sitcom moment.
"Wait—what?!"
"Yeah, that goth girl who stares at you like you stole her eyeliner but also buys you tofu dogs for lunch. That one."
"You know about the red string of fate?" Danny asked, equal parts horrified and fascinated.