With the banquet finally over, Kakashi sat alone on the rooftop of a small building in the village, letting the cold wind blow over him to sober up and scatter the smell of alcohol clinging to his body.
Time to go back...
He hadn't been home for two days and a night. If he didn't return soon, Hikari was going to suspect he was having an affair...
Ugh...
It seemed that was indeed the case.
Thinking of Kurenai, Kakashi scratched his head and decided he should go see her tomorrow.
After all, they had tossed and turned all night. Although ninjas had excellent physiques, one still needed to pay attention to rest.
Thinking of this, Kakashi felt it was necessary to visit Kurenai before going home.
After all, if he just finished the deed and left it at that, it would seem too heartless and callous.
Kakashi bought some food on the way, arrived at Kurenai's door, and knocked.
"Who is it? Coming."
Following the familiar call from inside, Kurenai, dressed in pink loungewear, pushed open the door.
When she saw Kakashi standing before her, Kurenai blinked, and then immediately threw herself into Kakashi's arms with a look of pleasant surprise.
"You're here!"
"Come in quickly!"
Kurenai lifted her head from Kakashi's embrace, looked around, and upon realizing no one was there, hurriedly pulled Kakashi into the house.
After all, Kakashi was a man about to get married. If rumors spread that he was staying with her so close to his wedding date, it would inevitably impact Kakashi's image.
"I came to see you. After all, you didn't go to work all day today."
Kakashi placed the things he was holding on the table and looked at Kurenai, who was busily pouring him tea.
"I'll go to work tomorrow. Today was really..."
Kurenai scratched her cheek awkwardly, feeling a bit embarrassed.
After all, last night had truly been a bit too crazy. After Kakashi left in the morning, she could barely get out of bed.
"Will you stay here tonight?"
After being intimate with Kakashi, Kurenai had grown bolder with the man before her. She squeezed into Kakashi's arms like a cat, looking at him with some hope.
Kurenai had acquired a taste for it and wanted more.
"Not tonight. I haven't been back in quite a while."
Kakashi wrapped his arms around Kurenai and spoke softly.
"Is that so..."
Kurenai was somewhat disappointed, but she immediately raised her head and spoke hurriedly:
"Then go be busy. After all, your wedding is so important. So many big shots have come; at a time like this, Hikari is even more important."
Hearing this, Kakashi gave Kurenai a deep look.
He didn't stay long at Kurenai's place. After confirming that she was fine and could continue working tomorrow, he patted her head and said:
"I'll come see you tomorrow night."
A smile appeared on Kurenai's face, but she hesitated and said:
"Maybe you should come after the wedding..."
"After all, it's not like I can't see you when we're at work..."
Seeing her like this, a ripple inadvertently stirred in Kakashi's heart.
She was truly sensible.
And she knew how to weigh priorities.
Hatake House
"I'm back."
After bidding farewell to Kurenai, Kakashi bought some of Hikari's favorite food and went straight home.
"Welcome home!"
As soon as he entered, he heard a burst of rapid footsteps running toward the entryway. The Uchiha ancestress, showing off her long legs, threw her entire body onto Kakashi's back. Kakashi, who was in the middle of changing his shoes, only felt a wave of softness press against his back.
"What good food did you bring me?"
Hikari's head popped over Kakashi's shoulder, grinning as she asked the man before her.
"Dango from Fukugen. Don't you like eating them?"
Kakashi pointed to the packaged dango placed on the shoe cabinet nearby.
However, Hikari showed no intention of grabbing the dango. Instead, she stretched her neck and sniffed around Kakashi's collar, her eyes narrowing slightly.
"The smell of other women."
Kakashi's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained unchanged as he said:
"I had dinner with the Wind, Earth, and Lightning Kages tonight. Among them, the Mizukage representative is a woman. Her perfume was too heavy; it probably rubbed off on me."
Hearing this, Hikari sniffed Kakashi carefully again, looking at him with suspicion.
"Really?"
Kakashi immediately assumed a serious expression and said:
"Of course it's real."
On the contrary, it was completely false.
As a ninja among ninjas, an expert among experts, a woman among women, and the future Fifth Mizukage, how could Terumi Mei possibly wear excessively heavy perfume?
"I'll barely believe you."
Hikari pursed her lips. She didn't believe this lecherous dog at all; he definitely went to find Kurenai Yuhi, that vixen.
But the fact that Kakashi was willing to lie to her meant he was worried she would be angry about it, which was better than not lying to her at all.
Watching Hikari stand up, grab the packaged dango, and skip away, Kakashi felt an inexplicable emotion in his heart.
It seems I was discovered.
After all, it was such a clumsy lie.
Kakashi scratched his head and walked into the room.
"We're getting married in seven days."
At the dinner table, Kakashi looked at Hikari, who was biting into a dango, and spoke softly.
"Mn! I know!"
Hikari lifted her head, looking up at Kakashi with a smiling face.
Looking at Hikari before him, Kakashi wasn't quite sure how to speak.
"Kakashi will stay with me for a lifetime, right?"
"You won't throw me away, will you?"
Hikari spoke as if seeking confirmation.
"Yes."
Facing such words, Kakashi nodded seriously.
"Then I have no problem."
Hearing this, Hikari handed the half-eaten dango in her hand to Kakashi.
Kakashi took the dango, looked at the teeth marks on it, slowly put it into his mouth, and chewed carefully.
It was a little sweet, with the aroma of sticky rice.
Hikari liked this kind of original-flavor dango with just a tiny bit of sugar sprinkled on it.
Hikari's requirements had never changed.
A place to sleep, and a place to eat.
It was just that now, there was one more condition.
To stay with Kakashi forever.
As long as these three conditions were met, Hikari was willing to accept Kurenai.
She had smelled Kurenai's scent on Kakashi before, and now that Kakashi was practically covered in that familiar scent, how could Hikari not know what the situation was?
It was just that if possible, Hikari still hoped Kakashi could like her a little bit more.
Sure enough, I'm not a good person.
Kakashi looked at Hikari before him and slandered himself inwardly.
Time flowed like water, and seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, under Kakashi's indulgence, the Wind, Earth, and Lightning Kages, as well as Terumi Mei and Kisame Hoshigaki, wandered around the village intentionally or unintentionally.
Because they had lost a large number of Uchiha ninjas, the Police Force had to recruit ninjas from other clans. This matter could not be concealed.
This allowed these people to clearly see the weakening of the Hidden Leaf's power.
They couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts.
Sure enough, as long as we don't make an enemy of the Hidden Leaf, they will weaken on their own.
And at this moment, with the arrival of the seventh day, the wedding belonging to the Hokage was held as scheduled.
Salutes rang out in the sky, and flower petals danced in the air.
Everyone was celebrating this grand day; the bloodshed from before seemed to be swept away by this, the grandest wedding in the ninja world.
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