"Pfft! Cough, cough, cough..."
Naruto had never expected those words. He sprayed out a mouthful of tea, then choked on it and broke into a fit of coughing.
"Father!"
Hinata was stunned too. A moment later, she flushed, shut her eyes, and protested to her father.
Her tone held three parts reproach, three parts confusion, three parts shock, and One part delight... along with ninety parts embarrassment!
Hyuga Hiashi remained seated, calmly raising a hand to form a chakra barrier that blocked every drop of flying tea.
Watching his eldest daughter hurry to pat Naruto's back despite her blushing face, Hyuga Hiashi could not help sighing.
"You and Hinata started far too young. If you hadn't shown some sense afterward and avoided making a ba—avoided causing too much trouble, and learned to restrain yourselves instead of continuing, I would never have approved of you!"
Not even if that man begged me himself!
Hyuga Hiashi added that inwardly to affirm his resolve as a father.
"That happened?"
Inside the mental space, Minato was astonished.
When the Nine-Tails had told him that Hinata was Naruto's future wife and explained how they had met and grown close, his concern over an early romance had gradually turned into worry about his son's emotional intelligence.
How had their relationship suddenly progressed so quickly while he had been dormant?
But Naruto had never mentioned it, and afterward, Minato had seen no sign that they had already...
Had Naruto suddenly figured it all out? Had he even learned to hide things from his parents?
But considering their ages, that's impossible. Even if they had the idea, their bodies shouldn't be ready...
"Nothing much happened..." The Nine-Tails was equally baffled. "What is this fellow talking about? Why can't I make sense of it?"
Minato briefly explained what Hyuga