Unexpected Things Always Happen

That evening, after dinner, Nohara Rin took her usual walk along the streets near her home.

It was not because she was deliberately trying to stay in shape. Her parents had taken her on walks after meals ever since she was little, and it had become a habit.

Now, if she did not take a walk or stand for a while after eating, she would feel uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Nohara Rin spotted a familiar figure.

"Good evening, Obito," Nohara Rin greeted him with a smile.

"Good evening to you too, Little Rin," Obito replied with a grin.

Before Nohara Rin could say anything else, Obito beat her to it. "What a coincidence, Little Rin. You're taking a walk after dinner too, right?"

"Too? You're taking a walk after dinner, Obito?" Nohara Rin looked a little confused.

The Uchiha Clan Compound was quite a distance from her home. Obito's walk had been a pretty long one.

"Yeah." Obito nodded, then acted as though he had just remembered something. "Oh, right. I noticed something while I was walking. The Yamanaka Flower Shop is having a sale tomorrow. Do you want to take a look, Little Rin? I'm free tomorrow, so I can go with you."

Of course, Obito had not really walked here. He had specifically come to run into Nohara Rin based on her habits.

According to the love theory master Kotetsu Hagane, inviting a girl too directly would make her instinctively wary. So he had to arrange a chance encounter, then extend the invitation at just the right moment.

"You didn't eat dinner at home, Obito?" Nohara Rin found it even stranger.

The Yamanaka Flower Shop was not close to either her home or Obito's.

"Uh, I had dinner with my team today." Obito noticed the hole in his own words