Things Have Gotten Serious! [Second Update, Please Subscribe to All]

Was this stuff really that delicious?!

Hikaru stared at the roasted mountain goat suspended over the fire and could not help complaining. Looking at Kushina and Mikoto Uchiha, both eating with mouths full of grease and obvious enjoyment, he could only shake his head and sigh.

Eating too much mutton would make you overheated!!

Eating mutton and going for a drive took up the entire day just like that.

Still, the results were decent. Hikaru had corrected some of Kushina's mistaken views, and he hoped she could fix her bad habits as well. After all, it would not look good if such things got out. Kushina knew that herself, so she just needed to change bit by bit.

The only one somewhat dissatisfied was Mikoto Uchiha. She had been hoping to enjoy some sweet time alone with Hikaru, but her break had gone down the drain just like that.

Hikaru did not have as many strange thoughts as Mikoto Uchiha. There was plenty of time, and they could be intimate whenever they wanted. Why fuss over one afternoon? To Hikaru, an afternoon did not count as rest at all. Without several days, several weeks, or at least half a month, it was not a vacation—just wasted time. Before he could finish what he wanted to do, half a day would already be over.

"Ehh~~~~"

After making a trip to the Anbu, Hikaru passed by the Training Ground on his way back and saw a white-haired kid walking alone down the road. His shadow stretched long beneath the lights, making him look lonely and somewhat melancholy.

"Kid."

Hikaru looked at Kakashi Hatake's back, thought for a moment, and called out.

The moment he heard that annoying form of address, Kakashi Hatake instinctively wanted to ignore it. That was what he usually