Yūto's eyes widened as he pointed at his own nose.
"Wait, you're not thinking of sending me, are you?"
All the Jonin in the tent nodded in unison, their eyes saying he was the only choice.
"Come on, shouldn't we at least put a team together for this mission?"
Yūto rubbed his hands anxiously. "Find someone to partner up with me..."
Hiashi snapped the battle map shut. "Meeting adjourned!"
With that, he walked out without looking back, and the other ninja scattered in an instant.
Yūto stood rooted to the spot, his hand still outstretched to stop them.
Holding back a laugh, Pakura tugged at his clothes. "Come on, great hero."
On the way back to the tent, the more Yūto thought about it, the angrier he got. Suddenly, he turned and grabbed Pakura's shoulders.
"I'm telling you, once this is over, you have to start going on matchmaking dates right away!"
"Then have a whole litter of Scorch Release Uchiha, or all this risking my life will have been for nothing!"
Pakura rolled her eyes, shook off his hands, and kept walking, but the tips of her ears quietly turned red.
Late that night, Yūto was stuffing Explosive Tags into his Ninja Tool Pouch when the tent flap suddenly lifted.
Tsunade sauntered in with a small flask of sake.
"Oh, getting ready? Your big sister brought you a midnight snack~"
"You're being that nice?" Yūto accepted the rice ball suspiciously.
But its aroma tempted him into taking a big bite anyway. "Mm, this is pretty good..."
Tsunade watched him wolf it down with a broad smile. Three seconds later, Yūto's eyes suddenly went blank, and he collapsed onto his sleeping bag.
"So you dared to ignore me today."
Tsunade knelt beside the sleeping Yūto, her fingertip tracing his lips