[Sleeping in the Same Bed?]

"Okay, actually these things are secondary. The main thing is that I want to see you, Lady Tsunade," Hyuga Bin said with a smile, seeing Tsunade's slight moodiness.

"You wish," Tsunade shot back immediately.

"Really, I was on the front lines before and didn't have time. I just finished with Sunagakure and returned to the village. I came to find you after only a few days. I didn't have your contact information, and it took me a whole month to find you..."

"I don't believe you."

"..."

Kato Shizune listened to Hyuga Bin and Tsunade chatting, feeling a bit bewildered.

She wasn't quite sure what the current situation was between Hyuga Bin and Tsunade today.

A few years ago, Hyuga Bin had studied Medical Ninjutsu with her at Tsunade's house for a period, but unlike her, he hadn't become Tsunade's disciple.

During that month of study, she had seen their interactions as very close, like good friends, and sometimes she even felt they were too close.

If it were her, she definitely wouldn't be that close with a male friend.

Yet, after not seeing each other for several years, their relationship was still so intimate.

It was like... lovers who hadn't seen each other in years...

As Kato Shizune's thoughts drifted to this, she quickly patted her own head.

What am I thinking such nonsense for? Hyuga Bin is my classmate, how could he have this kind of relationship with Lady Tsunade?

"Shizune, what's wrong?" Hyuga Bin asked, concerned, seeing Kato Shizune suddenly patting her head.

"It's nothing." Kato Shizune glanced at Hyuga Bin, then quickly turned her head away, blushing and waving her hands hastily.

Just with that one glance, she could feel Hyuga Bin's handsomeness, making her think, If Lady Tsunade were the same age as me, she wouldn't be able to resist either, would she?

"Alright." Hyuga Bin nodded upon seeing this and continued chatting with Tsunade, "The Hokage only gave me three months to find you, so I can only stay with you for two months this time before I have to go to the front lines again."

"Two months is enough time for you to learn the Yin Seal," Tsunade informed Hyuga Bin, granting him permission to learn.

She knew Hyuga Bin wanted to see her, but learning the Yin Seal was something he also wanted to do besides seeing her.

Given Hyuga Bin's talent, learning the Yin Seal wouldn't be very difficult. After all, she had mastered it herself in just over two months without a teacher.

"I mean I only have two months to spend with you," Hyuga Bin shook his head, emphasizing the point he wanted to make.

"I don't want you following me around all day. Once you learn the Yin Seal, you can leave immediately," Tsunade said with her usual sharp tongue, giving Hyuga Bin no chance to maneuver with his words.

Hyuga Bin could only try another approach: "Lady Tsunade, during the battle with Sunagakure this time, I almost died on the front lines. At that moment, I thought of my promise to you and knew I had to come back and see you."

Tsunade didn't want to engage with Hyuga Bin's deliberate words, but she directly stated his safety level on the front lines:

"You have more chakra than a Jonin, and your combat strength is good. Combined with your identity as a Medical Ninja who has mastered the Mystical Palm Technique, you must have been assigned to the rear of the battlefield to treat the injured. You probably didn't even see any enemy ninja before the war ended."

"Lady Tsunade, you're mistaken. I am now a Jonin," Hyuga Bin pointed out the flaw in Tsunade's statement.

"You were promoted to Jonin?" Tsunade asked, slightly surprised, her small mouth forming a perfect 'o'.

She remembered being only a Chunin at Hyuga Bin's age.

"Yes, a Jonin who is especially popular with girls, or a Special Jonin for short," Hyuga Bin made a small joke.

"A Medical Special Jonin, I see." Tsunade understood.

She could imagine that Hyuga Bin, having mastered the Mystical Palm Technique, must have made a great contribution on the battlefield this time.

Being promoted to Special Jonin during wartime was unexpected but logical.

After all, a Special Jonin was merely a Chunin with outstanding abilities in a specific area, still having a certain gap compared to a Jonin.

Following the signs, the three of them took about ten minutes to reach an inn.

"Boss, give us two rooms," Tsunade said to the innkeeper, who was reading a book.

She had been staying in inns while she was away these past few years.

"I'm sorry, guests, but we only have one double room left today," the innkeeper said apologetically. "There's a festival happening outside Lehui City tonight, so most of the rooms in the inn are already booked. Other inns are likely full too."

"Then give us one room." Tsunade was a straightforward person. She had the wealthy Hyuga Bin pay, took the key, and headed towards the room.

Walking into the room, Hyuga Bin looked at the two one-meter-twenty beds and said with a smile to Tsunade and Kato Shizune:

"Lady Tsunade, Shizune, it looks like only you two will have to share a bed tonight. I'll sleep in one by myself."

Hearing Hyuga Bin's words, Tsunade immediately shook her head: "I never sleep in the same bed as Shizune."

"Lady Tsunade, do you mean I should sleep in the same bed as Shizune?" Hyuga Bin didn't quite understand her meaning.

With two women and one man, and only two beds, if Tsunade and Kato Shizune weren't sharing, it meant one of them would have to share a bed with him.

"How is that possible?" Tsunade immediately dismissed Hyuga Bin's completely impossible guess.

Hyuga Bin thought of the only remaining possibility and felt unprepared:

"Lady Tsunade, sleeping together... isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

"Who said I was going to sleep with you?" Tsunade was amused by Hyuga Bin's words.