Tsunade Can Hear My Inner Voice

"Hikari, I’m here!"

Just as Kamizuki Hikari was lost in thought, the lovely Ayame approached him with a gift in hand.

"You’re too kind! You really didn’t have to bring anything." Hikari said, though his hands were already reaching out to take the gift from her.

"Tch, you’re so shameless!"

Ayame rolled her eyes at him before glancing at the person in charge of registering gifts—who seemed to have dozed off.

Wait a minute... Given Hikari’s usual personality, shouldn’t he have dragged the Ino-Shika-Cho trio along this time? Where were they?

"Asuma’s back, so I’m free again. Now we can go back to enjoying romantic evenings together, just the two of us—Ow!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Ayame would never admit that she actually agreed with him. Seeing the unfamiliar children nearby, she couldn’t help but blush.

"Alright, alright, my bad. These kids are from the neighboring village. Could you save me some face in front of them?" Hikari gently took Ayame’s hand, speaking in a soft, coaxing tone.

"Fine, I’ll let you off this time."

Ayame set the gift down. "The shop’s still busy, so I won’t stay for dinner."