Normal Husband and Wife Relationship

Because she worried too much, she decided to come clean.

Once that thought took shape in Satsuki's mind, it could no longer be extinguished. That evidence—evidence she had once believed could stay hidden forever, never to be discovered—now pricked at her heart like countless fine needles, leaving her unable to sit still.

The cameras had been discovered, but that was far from all of it.

The old clothes of Naruto's that she had secretly collected were still neatly folded away somewhere only she knew.

The scent that belonged to Naruto and lingered on those clothes had accompanied her through countless sleepless nights.

And there were the photographs.

The photographs she had secretly taken.

She had been taking them ever since they were young, ever since she first realized she could not take her eyes off that blond boy. Naruto while training, Naruto while eating ramen, Naruto smiling as he spoke with Teacher Iruka, Naruto completely defenseless in his afternoon naps.

Those photographs preserved Naruto at every age, recording his gradual growth from a ninja academy student into the man who could now hold up the whole sky.

They were Satsuki's most precious treasures, more precious than any ocular technique or any power.

But now, those treasures could all become evidence that would make her lose everything.

"If a husband has to forgive his wife just because she loves him too much, then I'd be a pretty unqualified husband."

Naruto's words from earlier kept echoing through Satsuki's mind.

Naruto... wouldn't divorce me.

That thought split apart the heavy gloom in her heart.

That was right. Naruto had said something like that just now. He was not the kind of person who would turn around and leave because of his wife's past. He had never been that kind of person.

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