Chapter Summaries

Ruri shared a lavish dinner with Mei Ling Hyuga and Neji after returning from his mission, praising Mei Ling’s cooking and thanking her for caring for him. After dinner, he still planned to go find Harukawa.

• Mei Ling Hyuga told Ruri she had prepared extra dishes for him after his mission and promised to make another feast the next day.
• Ruri thanked Mei Ling for her care and told her he had missed her cooking while away.
• Mei Ling said she considered Ruri her own child and urged him to eat before going to find Harukawa.
• Ruri invited Mei Ling and Neji to eat with him, and the three shared dinner.
• Ruri praised Mei Ling’s cooking, and she explained that she had learned to cook after marrying Hizashi.

Ruri enjoyed a warm dinner with Mei Ling Hyuga and reflected on how wonderful it felt to be part of a family home. He wondered whether he would feel the same when he had a family of his own someday.

• Mei Ling Hyuga offered Ruri a braised lion's head meatball she had only recently learned to make.
• Ruri praised the meatball and told Mei Ling Hyuga he hoped to eat her cooking often.
• Mei Ling Hyuga promised to cook for Ruri often and offered him more food.
• Ruri enjoyed the family dinner with Mei Ling Hyuga and the others, thinking about the comfort of home and his future family.

After dinner with Mei Ling Hyuga, Ruri headed out to visit Momokusa Harukawa. On the way, he enjoyed the pleasant evening weather and wondered why Uncle Hizashi had not returned.

• Ruri finished Mei Ling Hyuga’s meal and thanked her for the food.
• Mei Ling Hyuga stopped Ruri from cleaning up and urged him to visit Harukawa before she fell asleep.
• Ruri left the house and wondered whether something was keeping Uncle Hizashi at the Hokage’s place.
• Ruri walked toward Momokusa Harukawa’s home, enjoying the cool night and reflecting that life in the Hokage World felt wonderful.

Ruri walked to Momokusa Harukawa’s house late at night because he missed her and wanted to see her. He reflected on his feelings for her, though he still had not confessed.

• Ruri enjoyed the quiet of a nighttime walk and thought about wanting someone he loved to accompany him.
• Ruri wondered whether Momokusa Harukawa was asleep and decided to visit her house despite how tired he was.
• Ruri realized he had fallen deeply for Momokusa Harukawa and resolved to make her his partner.
• Ruri thought that he and Momokusa Harukawa liked each other, but neither had confessed because they lacked relationship experience.

Ruri strolled along Konoha’s bustling Main Street and thought about how he wanted to win Harukawa’s affection and share his future with her. He headed toward Momokusa Harukawa’s home, hopeful that their meeting was fated.

• Ruri watched the crowds on Main Street and remembered how he had rarely gone out or made friends in his former life.
• Ruri decided he did not want to waste time again and wanted to win Harukawa over.
• Ruri imagined going out and sharing his life with Harukawa, then chided himself for getting ahead of their relationship.
• Ruri accepted that what was meant to happen would come in time and walked toward Momokusa Harukawa’s home.

Ruri visited Momokusa Harukawa after returning from a mission and asked her to walk around the shops with him. His affectionate words left Harukawa blushing as they stood outside her home.

• Ruri knocked on Momokusa Harukawa's door and waited, thinking no one was home.
• Momokusa Harukawa answered the door and was surprised and happy to see Ruri.
• Ruri told Harukawa he had just returned and came to ask her to walk around the shops with him.
• Ruri said he had missed Harukawa and wanted to see her as soon as he got back, making her blush more deeply.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa reunited after his mission, and their conversation turned flirtatious as Ruri offered to support her. Harukawa challenged him to pay for the household items she needed, and Ruri happily agreed.

• Momokusa Harukawa admitted she had missed Ruri and worried about him while he was away.
• Ruri offered to treat Harukawa to dinner and said he was saving money to support her in the future.
• Harukawa denied wanting Ruri's support, then walked ahead and challenged him to pay for things she needed at home.
• Ruri admired Harukawa and agreed to support her that night.

Ruri admired Momokusa Harukawa’s beauty as they strolled together, and reflected on how meeting her and his other friends had changed his outlook. The chapter ended with the two walking side by side in the evening breeze.

• Ruri approached Momokusa Harukawa and complimented her hanfu, offering to pay for their outing.
• Momokusa Harukawa told Ruri that it was her first time wearing such clothing.
• Ruri praised her appearance, making Momokusa Harukawa shyly lower her head as they continued walking.
• Ruri reflected on how meeting Momokusa Harukawa, Reika Hyuga, and others had changed his view of friendship.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa strolled together along the roadside as a light breeze lifted their hair.

Ruri told Momokusa Harukawa about the large number of enemies and unexpected events he faced on his mission. As they walked through Konoha, he said he would be home for a long time and wanted to spend their evenings together.

• Momokusa Harukawa asked Ruri why his mission had taken so long, and he explained that numerous enemies attacked them on the way to the front line.
• Ruri said most of the nearly three hundred enemies were untrained ordinary people who had likely been gathered from a village in an emergency.
• Momokusa Harukawa expressed surprise and said she would reconsider the Anbu, but Ruri suggested they find somewhere to sit and drink water before he continued the story.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa walked through Konoha's crowded streets and discussed how the warmer weather brought people outside.
• Ruri told Momokusa Harukawa he wanted to take evening walks with her while he stayed home and said he missed her even when they were together.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa went for an evening walk, teasing each other as they grew closer. The chapter left them at a sushi restaurant, where Ruri agreed to buy her whatever she wanted.

• Momokusa Harukawa said she missed Ruri and would try to take evening walks with him over the next few days.
• Ruri praised Momokusa Harukawa's appearance in her kimono, making her blush and threaten to stop walking with him.
• Ruri offered to pay for whatever Momokusa Harukawa wanted as an apology, and she accepted.
• Momokusa Harukawa chose a sushi restaurant, and Ruri agreed to go inside with her.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa visited a sushi restaurant, where Harukawa ordered caviar and tuna sushi and Ruri chose the same dishes. They waited to see how the food tasted.

• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa entered a simply decorated sushi restaurant.
• Ruri asked Harukawa whether she had eaten there before, and she said she had visited with her mother and enjoyed the food despite its price.
• Ruri and Harukawa sat at the counter and ordered two servings of caviar sushi and one serving of tuna sushi.
• Ruri ordered the same dishes as Harukawa, who asked him why he had copied her order.

Ruri told Momokusa Harukawa about his mission to deliver a scroll to the front line, where he faced a large force of enemies. He left her shocked after revealing that some of them used banned drugs to become stronger than him.

• Ruri said enemies had repeatedly blocked his team's route while they delivered a scroll, and his team killed them.
• Ruri explained that his uncle, Hizashi Hyuga, commanded the front line and that the enemy force had numbered fewer than three hundred.
• Ruri said the defenders had already killed more than a hundred enemies, leaving roughly two hundred for his team to face.
• Ruri revealed that the remaining enemies had been dragged from their villages and had no ninjutsu training.
• Ruri told Momokusa Harukawa that some enemies took banned drugs that made them stronger than him, shocking her.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa ate sushi together and talked about meeting again. Momokusa said she might go out with Ruri the day after tomorrow if he behaved well.

• Momokusa Harukawa questioned Ruri about the strength of their scarf samples and why so many ordinary people had been sent to fight him, but Ruri said he did not know and reminded her that his side had won the war.
• Ruri reflected that this was his first time eating sushi in the Hokage World, then told Momokusa Harukawa he had eaten sushi before but had not visited that restaurant.
• Ruri asked whether Momokusa Harukawa had school the next day, and she said she would be free the day after.
• Ruri teased Momokusa Harukawa about asking her out, then asked properly if she would go out with him the day after tomorrow.
• Momokusa Harukawa said she would decide based on her mood and how Ruri behaved over the next few days.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa shared a meal at a sushi restaurant, where Ruri admired the sushi and prepared to taste it. The chapter ended as Ruri put a piece of caviar sushi in his mouth.

• The sushi chef served Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa their freshly made sushi.
• Ruri remarked that the sushi looked different and more authentic than the sushi he had eaten before.
• Momokusa Harukawa assured Ruri that the sushi was delicious and encouraged him to try it.
• Ruri picked up a piece of caviar sushi with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

Ruri enjoyed sushi at a restaurant with Momokusa Harukawa and said it was far better than any sushi he had eaten before. They continued eating together, planning to visit other places afterward.

• Ruri praised the caviar sushi and said his previous sushi had seemed like rice wrapped in seaweed.
• Momokusa Harukawa said she had felt the same way the first time she ate at the restaurant.
• Momokusa Harukawa urged Ruri to eat while the sushi was fresh and reminded him they had other places to visit.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa continued eating as Ruri exclaimed over the sushi and thanked her for bringing him.

Ruri enjoyed tuna sushi with Momokusa Harukawa at her favorite restaurant and said he wanted to explore more places. After they finished eating, Ruri suggested they go look around somewhere else.

• Momokusa Harukawa told Ruri she had first visited the sushi restaurant with her mother and had loved its food then, too.
• Ruri tried the tuna sushi and praised its flavor, texture, and freshness.
• Momokusa Harukawa said tuna sushi was her favorite and that she ordered the same two kinds whenever she came.
• Ruri finished his tuna sushi, and Momokusa Harukawa said she was full as well.
• Ruri suggested they go look around somewhere else after Momokusa Harukawa finished eating.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa finished sushi, paid the bill, and continued exploring the street. When Momokusa Harukawa spotted a takoyaki stand, she asked Ruri whether he had ever tried takoyaki, and he said he had not.

• Momokusa Harukawa finished the sushi, and Ruri joked that he could afford to feed her even if she ate that much every day.
• Ruri paid the sushi chef, and he and Momokusa Harukawa left the restaurant.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa praised the sushi and discussed inviting Aunt Meiling to try it sometime.
• Momokusa Harukawa noticed a takoyaki seller and asked Ruri whether he had ever eaten takoyaki.
• Ruri said he had never eaten takoyaki in either the Hokage World or his entire life.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa went to a takoyaki shop so Ruri could try takoyaki for the first time. They ordered two servings, and Ruri watched the cook prepare them.

• Momokusa Harukawa took Ruri by the hand and led him to a takoyaki shop.
• Ruri told Momokusa Harukawa he had never eaten takoyaki and wondered how it was made.
• Momokusa Harukawa explained that takoyaki was not octopus rolled into balls and fried in oil.
• Momokusa Harukawa ordered two servings while Ruri watched the cook make them.

Ruri watched a vendor prepare takoyaki and learned it was batter with a little octopus, not whole octopuses rolled into balls. He and Momokusa Harukawa bought servings, and Ruri was about to taste his first takoyaki.

• Ruri watched the vendor cook and corrected his misunderstanding about how takoyaki was made.
• Momokusa Harukawa assured Ruri that takoyaki was delicious and encouraged him to try it.
• The vendor finished two servings and warned Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa that the takoyaki was hot.
• Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa thanked the vendor, paid, and left with their takoyaki.
• Ruri admired the takoyaki’s appearance and picked up a ball to taste it.

Ruri and Momokusa Harukawa ate takoyaki together, and Harukawa suggested showing him more of her favorite foods so he would know what to buy when he supported her in the future. Ruri eagerly accepted, and the chapter ended with Harukawa teasing him for eating an entire box too quickly.

• Ruri tried takoyaki for the first time and told Momokusa Harukawa that he enjoyed its unusual flavor.
• Momokusa Harukawa said she would show Ruri more of her favorite foods so he could buy them when he supported her in the future.
• Ruri agreed to learn her preferences, and Momokusa Harukawa blushed before gently nodding.
• Ruri finished the whole box of takoyaki and said it had made him feel greasy.
• Momokusa Harukawa teased Ruri for eating too much too quickly, and he shook his head in embarrassment.