After spending some intimate time with Tsunade, Shin Uchiha gently stroked her slightly rounded belly. When he felt the little life inside respond to him, he kissed her delicate cheek again and asked:
"Tsunade, how many more months until I can meet our child?"
Tsunade rolled her eyes at Shin Uchiha, looking alluring even as she snapped, "This is the third time you've asked this month. I already told you: four months. Four months! Have you got that?"
Shin Uchiha rubbed his head helplessly at her words. Ever since Tsunade had started suffering from morning sickness, her temper had been rather short. She was especially prone to snapping whenever the subject of their child came up.
After speaking to Shin Uchiha, Tsunade noticed Shizune standing beside them, still blushing with her head lowered, and couldn't resist teasing her.
"Shizune, what do you have to be shy about? Sooner or later, you'll be Shin's woman too. As my personal maid, don't tell me you plan to leave me someday."
At Lady Tsunade's words, Shizune forgot all about her embarrassment and hastily shook her head.
"I'll never leave your side, Lady Tsunade."
Immediately afterward, Shizune realized the implication of her words. If she never left Lady Tsunade, didn't that mean she would never leave Shin either? At that thought, she lowered her head shyly again.
Shin Uchiha paid no further attention to Shizune. After sharing a few more tender moments with Tsunade, he left the Shikkotsu Forest dimension with her.
Over the past few months, Shin Uchiha had often spent long stretches in the Shikkotsu Forest dimension to train in Sage Mode. Now that he had mastered it, he couldn't wait to leave. After all, aside from the Slug Sage, whom he could chat with, there wasn't a single person there. He