"It was indeed like that, but we dated for quite a long time and didn't actually get married until we were thirty."
Minato clicked his tongue. "You have no idea—the Shinobi World's first wedding held in the sky was unbelievably spectacular."
"Maybe, but after seeing Cloud Palace, I can picture it for myself."
As they chatted, Chisato came out of the house. "What are you three talking about that has you so happy?"
Torikaze stood and gave Chisato his seat. "We somehow went from matters of state to romance. Minato was just talking about our wedding."
At the mention of it, Chisato's thoughts immediately drifted back. "Ah, the wedding. That was such a long time ago. Fugaku was still just a little boy then, and he was even our flower boy."
Of course Torikaze remembered. "Yeah. In the blink of an eye, his children have grown so much. Time is unpredictable, and the years fly by."
"Tell me about it."
Listening to all these love stories, Ran found them beautiful, though he also felt a little regretful. His first love had ended without coming to anything.
Still, he had expressed his feelings, and he knew that the other person truly liked him too.
It was just that, because of certain circumstances, they had no choice but to part ways.
One of them could not abandon the work and status they had struggled so hard to earn, while the other could not give up his country and people.
Those were things precious to both of them, things they could not easily cast aside.
Throwing away the most important things in their lives for love would have been extremely unwise—and wrong.
They were adults. They should think things through before acting.
"Enough talking about love and romance. The Mizukage seems to be