"It was clearly you who seduced me."
Wuye and Mikoto gently pressed their cheeks together, savoring this most intimate moment.
Sunlight filtered through the leaves, falling in strands across their smooth, perfect faces and bathing them in warm hues.
The breeze was soft, the world far away. Heart to heart, they existed only for each other.
"Mmm... I did seduce you..."
Mikoto breathed softly, her smiling eyes curved like those of a little fox that had stolen a treat.
"Though I probably shouldn't say this, thinking back now, those secret moments behind Kushina's back—like touching feet under the table, or stealing kisses in the middle of the night..."
A nostalgic expression appeared on her face. "Just thinking about them still makes my heart race..."
Wuye looked at her and suddenly laughed.
"Let's go."
He set Mikoto down and pulled her to her feet by her soft hand.
Mikoto had been sitting on him the whole time, and her legs felt a little weak. She instinctively leaned against his side.
"Where are we going?" she asked.
Wuye reached out and scraped her pert nose, smiling. "To find Kushina in this time period."
"Ah?"
Mikoto froze for a moment, then a blush spread across her fair face. "Wouldn't that... be inappropriate...?"
Seeing how charming she looked, Wuye could not help pinching her nose again. "Look how excited you are. Your face is all red."
Mikoto turned her face away in embarrassment, her cheeks growing even redder.
Wuye smiled. Finding Kushina would have been easy, but he did not teleport directly to her. Instead, he held Mikoto's hand...
Together, they passed through sunlit corridors, through crowds who could not see them, through those familiar years of the past.
They simply walked hand in hand.
"Kushina really isn't working that hard..."
The two finally