"I came to find you. Didn't you say yesterday you'd take me around Konoha?"
After saying that, she grabbed Aoba's sleeve and started pulling him out.
"Wait a second!"
Aoba didn't immediately go out with her but first looked toward the bathroom.
"Sensei, I—"
"Get out!"
Before he could finish, Tsunade's angry voice came from inside the bathroom.
"Ahem! Sensei, then we'll just go first."
Aoba coughed dryly, smiled awkwardly, and quickly took Kazahana Koyuki away from the scene.
Tsunade had just gotten her face splashed by him earlier, it was perfectly normal for her to still be angry now.
———
"I feel like your Sensei is really scary."
After leaving the Hokage building, Kazahana Koyuki couldn't help complaining to Aoba.
She had gone over several times in the morning. At first, Tsunade had still been pretty polite, but later she became fierce and impatient.
"Actually, I accidentally made her angry."
Aoba decisively took the blame upon himself.
"What did you do?"
Kazahana Koyuki asked curiously.
"This matter's not really convenient to explain. Anyway, let's talk about where you want to go first."
Aoba smoothly changed the topic.
Kazahana Koyuki didn't hesitate for even a second, she'd already planned it all out.
"First, lunch. After that, we'll go—"
"The movie theater!"
———
Given the current state of the movie industry in the ninja world, there weren't that many films you could actually watch.
So even though several months had already passed, the movie "The Great Adventure of Princess Gale" starring Kazahana Koyuki was still explosively popular.
Even now, if you wanted to buy tickets, you still had to line up.
"Want popcorn and drinks?", Aoba turned his head and asked the girl beside him.
He had gone to the movies with plenty of girls before, he was already familiar with the whole routine.
Right now, Kazahana Koyuki was wearing a pair of oversized sunglasses that almost covered half her face. She was quietly scanning her surroundings, and when she heard Aoba's words, she nodded slightly.
"Let's buy seats in the corner later."
"The corner? Got it."
Aoba's mouth couldn't help twitching, 'Is this really about watching a movie?'
The theater today was, as usual, crowded. Most of the people there were couples, just like them.
It was rare to see someone come alone.
The line was long, at a glance, there were still more than a dozen people ahead.
"Why don't you sit over there and wait a bit? I'll queue here," Aoba suggested.
Kazahana Koyuki let out a soft "hmph" and rejected the idea, "No!"
"The line's pretty long up front. Isn't it tiring to stand?"
"I want to line up with you. Is that not allowed?", As she said that, she slid her slender, delicate hand into Aoba's palm.
Aoba clearly hadn't expected Kazahana Koyuki to be so bold. So, after covering up her face, she'd also taken off her usual mask of restraint, huh?
"By the way, isn't the sequel to 'Princess Gale' already finished filming? When's it coming out?"
It had already been some time since he'd helped Kazahana Koyuki reclaim her title as Daimyo.
"Are you really looking forward to it?", Kazahana Koyuki asked.
"Well, who knows, maybe I'll even show up on screen," Aoba replied.
"That's all you care about?", Kazahana Koyuki said unhappily.