Was this a confession? This had to be a confession!
And in front of so many people! In front of her teammates and classmates!
It made her feel as though her face were burning. This was far too embarrassing.
Although Otsutsuki Toneri had said five years ago that he wanted to become her wife, she had never seen her again after that.
Five years. Five whole years!
That had truly saddened her. She had thought he had only said it in passing, that he had already forgotten her.
But she really had not expected him to have the same attitude at their second meeting. In fact, he seemed even more ardent.
"Wow~ How romantic~" The slender, blond Ino Yamanaka clasped her hands to her chest, gazing dreamily at the incomparably handsome Otsutsuki Toneri as she exclaimed enviously.
She was at an age when she adored handsome boys, too, but unlike Sakura Haruno, who was already beyond saving...
She was much more rational.
"A man from another village..." The blond Temari gazed at Otsutsuki Toneri with shining eyes, then glanced at her two younger brothers, her eyelid twitching.
One had a tabby-cat face, and the other was a homicidal maniac...
Her heart hurt so damn much...
"Hey! Who are you?" At that moment, Kiba Inuzuka, dressed in gray, stood up and addressed Otsutsuki Toneri with a disgruntled expression.
Where had this boy come from? Pursuing the girl on his team so openly-he wasn't taking him seriously at all!
Although he did not have romantic feelings for Hinata, both he and Shino were very protective of the timid, delicate girl. ...
They practically looked after her like a younger sister. With the mindset of an older brother-in-law, along with certain male psychological factors, he found Otsutsuki Toneri extremely irritating right now!
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