Yugao's worries were thrown into disarray by Shao Nan's sudden attempt at conversation.
She then picked up the wine glass filled to the brim on the table. Ignoring Shao Nan's objections, she clinked it against his glass and tipped her head back, downing it in one gulp.
At the same time, countless thoughts raced through her mind:
Ever since Hayate had received his mission and hurried off, he had not even said goodbye to her.
I'm your girlfriend! Don't you know I'll worry?!
At that moment, Yugao began to wonder whether Hayate truly had a place for her in his heart.
Ever since he was young, he had been obsessed with the sword. To spar with others, he had suffered many internal injuries, leaving him constantly coughing as though he had consumption.
She had been by his side since childhood, practicing swordsmanship with him.
Yet what he had always pursued was that extreme path of the sword.
Knowing it could not be done, yet insisting on doing it anyway.
He blindly challenged powerful opponents beyond his own strength, never once considering his own safety.
Would Hayate never consider how his girlfriend felt?
Huff~
Yugao drained her glass, but she still seemed unsatisfied. Following Kakashi and Anko's lead, she lifted the bottle directly and began chugging from it.
Shao Nan looked at Konoha's three drunkards.
He decided that he absolutely had to stay sober.
For no other reason,
Only while sober could he pick them up afterward.
Pah! No, that was wrong. So he could protect them.
At around four in the morning, the three drunkards staggered out of the late-night eatery, completely plastered.
Kakashi and Anko supported each other as they walked.
Kakashi raised one hand and gestured as he said:
"Little sister Anko, come home with your big brother.