Hi! Don't kill me, please!

I know I have no excuse for being away for too long, but I just want to tell you all that I do miss you all.

The past two years were hell for me, I landed two jobs, law school, and left everything behind just to write once again.

I am not expecting people to still read this but I do hope that for those who waited that you enjoy this chapter.

I will not promise anything but I am back in writing.

(April 24, 2020)

Perfect 12

Naruto cannot believe his eyes. Hinata is here in front of him. After five years of believing that she was dead, here she is, living, breathing, blinking, and smiling in front of him.

He wanted to reach out, but just like before, he can't find any words to say.

"Hinata?" Shion repeated, "You are still alive? How?" there are clear confusion and apprehension in Shion's voice.

The woman in front of them softly smiled, but with confusion in her eyes, she tilted her head, "I am sorry, but my name is not Hinata." She is not Hinata? Naruto doesn't want to believe that. He knows that this is Hinata. They have the same voice, the same face, and although the hair is shorter, he knows it is his wife "You must have mistaken me for someone else. I am Hime, and this is my daughter, Himawari," the woman said pointing to the little girl in her arms.

"Hello, everyone," the little girl greeted with a cheeky smile on her face. A smile that certainly looked like Boruto and Naruto.

No one answered from the company of Naruto, all of them were just staring at the blue-haired pair in front of them, "Hime?" Naruto whispered, testing the name on his lips, that's what I call her.

"Yes, Hime Ame." She said clarifying, "Uhmm, I guess, we better go. We still have something to do. Nice meeting you all, and thank you for saving this little one here." Hime said in a hurry. She really felt weird about how the group was staring at her and Hima-chan. She just shrugged her shoulders and went on her way with Himawari still on her arms.

The three of them are still left speechless. They can't believe that they saw Hinata resurrect from the dead. Shion was the first to recover, "that was Hinata, right?"

"Dad, that was Mom! She is alive!" Boruto exclaimed, excitement and hope filled his voice, "she is here!"

Naruto still can't move. Shock was an understatement. He was only pulled out of his reverie when Boruto kicked him in his knees. "Boruto! What is your problem?" he snapped, rubbing his hurting knees.

Boruto was now huffing, arms on both his hips, "you just let Mom walk away!"

That was when he regained his composure, "Shit!" He suddenly grabbed Boruto and ran to the direction of Hinata-or Hime-totally forgetting about Shion. However, he lost her. Again. I lost her again. He groaned and pulled his hair in frustration. I can't believe I lost her again!

Naruto decided to just check-in at their hotel. He will never give up looking for her again. Not after knowing that she is very much alive, and with their kid! He was seated at the dining table with a cup of coffee in front of him, while his son sat adjacent to him.

"Dad, I know that was Mom."

"I need to call Father," Naruto said, instead, not answering his son. He immediately fetched his phone from his coat and dialed Hiashi's number. After three rings, his father-in-law answered, "Father, I saw Hinata."

There was a pause on the other side of the line, then an audible gasp, "What do you mean, you saw Hinata? But she has been dead for five years, Naruto."

"She was missing for five years" a clear agitation on his voice. "Boruto and I saw her at the airport today. I know that woman is my wife. We even talked to her. She may have cut her hair short and changed her name, but I know that was Hinata, she even called herself Hime!" he wanted Hiashi to believe him, to help him find his wife, "I can't lose her again, Father." He felt like life was sucked out from him. Boruto was only staring at him with clear bewilderment.

He heard Hiashi sighed again, "I know it has been tough for you, Naruto, these past five years, but so did on our parts. Hinata was my daughter," he can now hear grief on his voice, his heart constricted because he felt the same way for the past five years, but he knows that Hinata is alive, and he will never give up looking for her and their kid-there is no doubt that Himawari is his. "But, you also have to learn to give up, Naruto."

"No," he said, cutting off his father-in-law, "Hinata is my wife. You may all have given up on her, but not me. I will find her. I will not give up ever again. For years, I tried to believe that she is indeed dead, but I know deep in my heart that she is not, and now that I have seen her, I will not give up on her."

"I see," Hiashi answered, "then do what you must" before the line died.

"We will find your mother and sister, Boruto," Naruto said with finality as he looked straight into his son's eyes.

"Yes!" Boruto exclaimed. "I knew it! It really is Mom! I can still remember her voice and her face!"

Naruto watched his son excitedly tell him stories about his wife. While he also recalled one particular moment in their lives. It was that fateful day he knew about her pregnancy. He thought that was the end of their relationship. Looking back, he really cannot blame Hinata for thinking of the worst in him after choosing Shion over his wife that night on their honeymoon.

"W-what? W-what are you saying?" Naruto asked, stammering.

"Clearly, you can't expect me not to get pregnant with you and I having sex like wild rabbits every time we have the time." She snapped. "You know what, don't bother. I know you just want to have a child with my cousin and I understand that. But you also know that I will never give this baby up, Naruto." Hinata said with a new-found determination. But then she felt her stomach heaving up again, and she threw up again. Feeling so dejected and tired, Hinata looked at her husband with those disappointed and hurt eyes.

Naruto wanted to approach her, hug her, and tell her how sorry he was for putting her in that position, but he just cannot move his legs. He stared at her trying to understand what is happening; trying to grasp why she is looking so forlorn and sad; trying to comprehend how he became the reason for that sadness. Of course, he knows the answer. Shion. But, then, no matter how hard he tries to open his mouth, no words come out.

"Just go, Naruto." Hinata murmured, no longer looking at him. Instead, she was playing with her hands on her lap. She whispered in a voice that felt so hollow, "Just go."

Just like that, he left her.

Days passed. They went back to school to finish their examinations, projects, thesis, and other requirements that are needed to be done before graduation. It was almost time for them to graduate. Everything looks normal for everyone who can see them. Naruto and Hinata goes to school together, eat lunch together, study at the library together, and even go home together. Everything looks perfect from an outsider's point of view, but they both know that it was not the case. Everything is just an illusion, a pretense, which they have to maintain for everyone who is watching, especially their family and friends. But everything is just so perfectly imperfect for both of them.

"So, Hinata-chan, when will I be a godmother?" Ino asked one lunch that they were together. Hinata almost spurts what she was drinking when she heard that from one of her best friends. Oh, you just don't know. "I feel so excited just thinking about it."

Sakura just laughed with Ino, not really paying attention to the red face of their best friend, associating it with her normal reaction when sex and Naruto is the topic, "Yeah, Hinata. I can just imagine how much you and Naruto just can't get enough of each other, so it's not impossible for you to be already pregnant."

"Besides, you were already married for two months," Tenten added.

Its two months already? Time sure flies, eh. Hinata just smiled at them. She decided not to tell her condition to anyone yet, besides her husband. And she figured that Naruto didn't even bother telling it to anyone, too. That's how unimportant I am and this baby is for him. She smiled sadly.

"I don't think that he would want to have a child yet." She explained as she sipped her yogurt. "Besides, we are way too busy preparing for next week's graduation."

Her friends felt that it would be best for them to stay quiet, no longer pursue the topic. They just focused on what they will be wearing for their graduation rites.

After their lunch, they just moved to the grounds as they wait for their boyfriends who were currently playing. Naruto is no longer playing football with his friends because he was currently training at their company as the new Vice President of the Hidden Leaves Telecomm. He just goes to the university to fetch Hinata after her classes.

He cannot let Hinata drive alone with her condition.

It was almost six in the afternoon when the others went home. Ino and Sai are already living together and they still had to buy some groceries for the next week. Tenten and Neji still need to finish some things so they had to rush. Sakura and Sasuke, on the other hand, wanted to make every single moment count, especially with Sakura moving away for her internship after graduation.

Hinata was left alone in the field as she watched the sky turned orange and lavender. This was the same time when we were at the whirlpool. She sighed sadly remembering the time when she and her husband had their promise. She touched her already protruding belly; although, it is not yet that visible for anyone because of her jacket. She still hasn't visited an Ob-Gyne to know the condition of her baby and especially her condition.

Lately, she felt it harder to breathe and she easily tires more than ever. She was just lucky that school already ended some time ago that she no longer has to go to school early. She is having a hard time with her morning sickness and her cravings. She can just find herself walking in the middle of the night in their kitchen looking for weird things. Sometimes, she feels so disappointed when she cannot find what she wants to eat that she wanted to ask Naruto for help, but she refused to. She just settles for petting Kurama, which her sister brought back to her a few weeks after she and Naruto settled down.

She already knows about her pregnancy for two months now and she still didn't tell it to anyone, yet. She doesn't think that she will ever be ready for what her doctor will tell her. Dr. Tsunade might ask her to abort her baby, and that's what she is so afraid of. That is what is holding her back. She cannot give up her baby just for her to live. She will do everything to give birth to her baby even if it means that she has to sacrifice her life.

Because that's what any mother would do. Just like what her mother did for her and her sister.

She was so lost rubbing her belly when suddenly someone sat beside her. She smelt the familiar manliness that surrounds him. She felt the familiar warmth that calms her heart. She felt the longing even if they are just inches apart. She misses him, but she cannot.

He kissed her temple and hugged her waist, "I am so sorry I made you wait. Your father asked me to finish up things for him." He explained, but she just smiled at him, not really hearing what he was saying, but just seeing him.

"It's okay." She can feel his hand slowly rubbing her belly. She felt at peace with his actions. It makes her believe that he actually wanted this baby, even just for a moment. She wanted this to last forever, but she knows that everything is bound to end, eventually. "Let's go." She stood up and walked away, not bothering to look back at her husband.

He knows.

He knows that he hurt her.

He knows that he ruined her.

He knows that he is the reason why her eyes no longer shine.

He knows that he painted that sad smile in her lips.

But he does not know what to do.

He feels like she is already drifting away from him, and he doesn't know what to do to have her back in his arms again.

He wanted her.

He wanted her back.

But it is already too late.

He can just look as she walks away from him.

He stared at her disappearing figure in the field. He wanted to reach out for her and just hug her and never let her go, but he knows that it is already too late.

She already shut him off from her and their baby's life.

He thought that nothing is more painful than knowing that he cannot marry the woman he thought he loves, but then now he realized that it is even more painful to see the woman who gave her everything for him break because he cannot catch her as she fell for him. He felt the sting in his eyes as tears build-up when he realized that he may have forever lost his wife.

The ride home was silent, just like every ride they shared the past two months.

In public, they look so perfect for each other, but at the confines of their home, they are just so lost.

Hinata would always cook food for him and even prepare his clothes for the day. Just like a good wife, she gives everything to him, but he doesn't want that. He wants her back. Her lovely smile, the twinkle in his eyes, her rosy cheeks that lost its color, her laugh that makes his heart flutter. He wants her back. He wants his wife back.

"Hinata, don't you want the food?" He asked when he realized that Hinata was just playing with her food. She looks so lost and it feels like her mind was adrift.

Hinata suddenly looked up like she was just woken from her stupor, "O-oh. Y-yeah." She smiled timidly. There were a lot of things on her mind but she cannot share it with him.

"Do you want me to cook something for you?" Naruto asked her worriedly, "is it the little kid?"

Hinata looked at him bewildered, "little kid?" then realization dawned on her, "o-oh." He was talking about our baby. This is the first time since he knew of my pregnancy that he asked about our baby.

For the first time in two months, she genuinely smiled at him. This made his heart skip a beat. "He's fine, Naruto-kun." She answered as she softly rubbed her belly.

Naruto felt so lost when he saw her smile again. She called me Naruto-kun again! Instead of commenting on it, he just replied "He?"

Suddenly, Hinata laughed at the surprised look on his face that made his night even better. He felt like the world stopped for a moment. He smiled at her, and she continued "Well, I am not sure yet, since he is still young and I…" she hesitated for a bit, that made Naruto's brows furrow, but before he could comment "I never really visited a doctor yet." She continued softly.

Naruto felt the fear emitting from her. He reached for her hand, "let's go together tomorrow, then. Would that be okay for you?"

Hinata stared at his blue depths, she felt overwhelmed that she didn't realize that she is crying already. Naruto panicked seeing the tears in his wife's eyes, "Hey, i-it's okay if you don't want to. Just make sure to visit one, I don't have to go with you, just please don't cry." He kept on rubbing her shoulders as he hugged her that made her wail even more. "Hime, please. Don't cry."

After some time of trying to calm her, she stopped her wailing and turned her head on him, "I'm sorry Naruto-kun, it's just that I am happy."

Naruto stopped and felt the guilt eat him whole. This is his fault. "I am so sorry Hinata." He whispered against her neck when he can no longer contain the tears from falling. "I am so sorry. I promise that we will do this together from now on, okay?"

Hinata can only nod her head. She still can't stop herself from crying. She felt so happy that Naruto cares about their baby.

"Let's eat, okay?" Naruto said, after some time, and then went back to his seat. Hinata can only nod. "Hinata, when will we tell them about our baby?"

He wants to tell them about our baby? No matter how much she wanted to do so, they also need to talk about what happened during their honeymoon. "Before that," she started with resolution in her voice, "if we want to make this work for the both of us," she swallowed the anxiety that's eating her, "we need to talk about what happened between you and Shion that night." She saw the panic crossed Naruto's eyes, "I know that it is not my business, but I want to make this right for our child."

There is nothing but silence.

Naruto was just staring at her eyes. He is staring directly at her, but she knows that he is somewhere else. There is panic, confusion, sadness, bewilderment, but then she also saw peace. She saw him breathe in before finally holding her hand and returning her gaze, "Nothing happened between us."

Hinata felt betrayed. She withdrew her hand from his hold. Nothing? Clearly, something happened! "You were with her until the morning, surely something happened." She said, full of betrayal and disdain in her voice. She cannot hold it back anymore, maybe it was the pregnancy, but she felt bolder, she felt braver, she just can't accept his answer, if that is even a proper one.

Naruto panicked at what he saw in his wife's eyes. I can't lose her again. He reached for her hand again, "I mean, nothing really happened between us." He said again with more conviction, but now trying to supply the details "Shion suddenly had a mental breakdown and started hurting herself, I had to bring her to the hospital but then I do not have her family's contact information." Naruto saw Hinata's confusion at first, she still doesn't believe me. "Hinata, you know me, I am a jerk, but I am not a liar."

I know. Hinata want to believe him, really, but it was still hard on her part, so she kept her silence. She waited for her husband to tell her more.

"You can ask Sasuke," Naruto supplied, "it was him who contacted your Aunt Kaguya," he sighed. This is harder than he thought. Well, he deserved this, after everything he put Hinata through, this is nothing. "I can call him for you." He dialed his best friend's number without waiting for any confirmation from Hinata.

"Teme," Hinata heard Naruto say on the phone, "my wife wants to talk to you." My wife. She suddenly felt proud, he called me his wife.

Naruto handed her the phone. She reluctantly received it, and she heard Sasuke say "about time you ask about what happened, Hinata," Sasuke said over the phone. She was confused at what he is saying, but then Sasuke gladly obliged without needing the push "this is about what happened with Shion, right? What Naruto probably told you was the truth. When he called me that night, he was panicking saying that he needs to get back to you so he asked for my help-which is rarely-to call for your Aunt Kaguya because your great cousin slashed her wrist." Sasuke continued, "I really don't know what you Hyuuga has seen in Dobe. He's a jerk," he scoffs, but then also added, "but he is not a liar. That I know."

There was a long pause. She doesn't know what to think anymore, but she knows in her heart that she believes her husband, "thank you, Sasuke-san."

"Sure," and the line was dead.

Naruto didn't know what his best friend told his wife and Hinata is not showing anything in her face. She looks like she is in deep thought. He waited. Then, he heard her sigh, "Hinata?"

"Just promise me one thing, Naruto-kun," Hinata said, now with conviction he has never seen before, "you will always make our child your top priority."

He knows what she is asking.

She may not be his top priority, she may not be the love of his life, but she wants their child to be the most important person in his life.

"I promise." Naruto said with finality, "and I never go back on my words."

Naruto can still remember how it made him feel that night. He felt elated and accepted and forgiven. He did not stop himself from kissing his wife on her lips before they returned to their meal. Now with more liveliness. They ate as they talk about the past two months they were not really talking. They talked about school, about their home, their plans after graduation, their future. It was a nice evening for the both of them.

Hinata went straight to her shower after their dinner. She wanted to wash away everything that happened today, except maybe for her moments with Naruto tonight. For the first time in two months, she felt herself relax and smile genuinely, we're finally okay. Though, I really have to talk to Shion one of these days. Hinata mused.

After Hinata's shower, she wore her pajamas and got herself ready for bed. However, when she walked out of her closet, she saw her husband sitting at the edge of her bed. She looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to say something.

Naruto hesitated at first, but he really wanted to sleep with his wife tonight, "I'm here to fetch you."

"Huh?" Hinata asked, dumbfoundedly.

Naruto cleared his throat and rubbed his nape, as if trying to hide his embarrassment "I want to sleep with you, would you move in our room, now? Please, Hime?"

"O-oh." Hinata did not expect that coming, she felt like her mind stopped working, "Okay?"

Naruto's face lit up and he excitedly held her hand and dragged her to their room. "I am so excited, Hinata! I missed sleeping beside you! Oh, I missed you so much!" He kept on rambling as he guided Hinata to the master's bedroom, he didn't even notice how Hinata's face reddened at his sudden admission.

When they entered the room, Hinata stood by the bedside and smiled at him, "I missed you, too, Naruto-kun."

He didn't know what it made to him, but he felt like his heart was lifted and he just had the urge to embrace Hinata tightly in his arms, and so he did. He kissed her forehead, her nose, her eyes, her cheeks, her chin, as he says sorry for every peck, and he kissed her lips and say, "thank you".

That night, they both sleep peacefully in each other's arms with smiles on their lips.

"Dad!" Boruto suddenly called him, pulling him out of his reverie, "when are we going to start looking for Mom? And was that little kid really my sister?"

"I believe so, Boruto" Naruto answered, he knows that Himawari is his. He can feel it in his heart. "We will look for them later. Why don't you take a bath now, then we will ask around about them? Okay?"

"Sure, Dad!" Boruto replied with so much enthusiasm. He, too, is excited. And he has a lot of questions for Hinata, like why did she pretend not to know them, and how did she survive giving birth to Himawari? Her heart must be that strong to survive giving birth to two angels.

He felt his body tensed with another memory of their past.

They both decided to visit his grandmother the following day for Hinata's check-up. They have to make sure first of her health as she conceives their child.

"What a pleasant surprise, my dork grandson and my beautiful Hinata-chan," Dr. Tsunade smiled to both of them as she kissed their cheeks, "what brought you here in my clinic?" she asked the question now as she looks at Hinata. "Is there something wrong?"

Hinata looked apprehensive as they all settled down in their respective seats. She knows that her grandma slash doctor told her not to get pregnant and here she is, showing herself with a baby growing inside her. She swallowed the lump in her throat and tried to open her mouth, but she can't find the courage to tell her condition. Naruto noticed this and he held her hand. She breathed in, and said, "Grandma, I am pregnant."

Silence. No one spoke a word after that. Tsunade leaned back in her seat. She put both her hands together under her chin as she looked at the couple in front of her. "Hmm. I see."

Both Naruto and Hinata waited for Tsunade to say anything more, but it was followed by a long silence once again. Naruto can no longer stand the tension, "Isn't it great news, grandma? We're going to be parents!" Naruto said, failing to hide his excitement for Hinata's pregnancy.

Tsunade sighed again, before she leaned to her table, facing the couple, "I am very happy, Naruto," she smiled, sadly.

This is a joke, right? "Why the long face, then?" He can not feel any excitement from his grandma, even an ounce of it. "You're not. Don't lie to us." Naruto can no longer contain the irritation from his voice, "I thought you would be happy, and here I thought you have always wanted me to have my own family," he almost walked out of the room to sulk, but Hinata held him back, shaking her head. He slumped back in his seat and waited for Tsunade to speak.

"I believe Hinata did not tell you anything." It is not a question. Tsunade is certain that Hinata did not tell him about her condition.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked his grandma, looking at the two women facing him, both with sadness in their eyes. "What are you not telling me, Hinata?" he demanded.

Hinata cannot speak. She doesn't know where to start. She just shook her head and looked at her hands lying on her lap.

The agonizing silence is too much for Naruto. He cannot stand this anymore, what is she hiding from me? Before he could ask once more, he heard the answer from Tsunade, "I told Hinata that she cannot get pregnant. It will kill her."

"What?" His mind went blank. What do they mean? And as if answering his silent question, Tsunade supplied the answer, "Hinata has cardiomyopathy, as you are very aware of. Where sex is okay for her, as it helps build her heart strength and stamina, conceiving and giving birth would kill her," a pause, "her body is weak as it is and added another burden of raising a child inside her would eat the remaining fifty percent of her life, as it would be given to the baby."

Naruto stood up. Ran his hand through his hair, and with finality in his voice, he said, "abort the baby, Hinata"

"No!" Hinata vehemently answered as she wrapped her arms protectively on her belly. Naruto tried to hold her hand but she moved backward, "No, I will not abort this baby, even if I have to offer my life."

"Hinata, please" Naruto felt the tears in his eyes, "you promised me that you will never leave me."

"And you promised me that our baby will always be your top priority!" Hinata raised her voice.

"Not when your life is on the line!" The tears fall from his eyes. "I can live with only you in my life. Just please."

"Naruto, this baby is our blood and flesh. Mine and yours!"

"I want the baby gone, Hinata." He said before storming out of the room.

Looking back, he was the biggest jerk for making Hinata choose between him and their son, Boruto. But at the moment, all he wanted was Hinata. His wife. His partner. His lover. His Hinata.

It took Hinata an hour before she was out of the clinic. Even in his anger, he cannot leave her alone. The silence in the car was deafening as he drove back home. Kurama was waiting for them when they arrived. Hinata was too silent, and he doesn't know what to say either.

It was later that night when he decided to talk to his wife. He found her in their bedroom sitting at the far end of their bed, good. She hasn't left. "I'm sorry," he started. He kneeled in front of his wife and held her hand "I'm sorry", he repeated as he kissed her knuckles in both hands, "I was a jerk for saying that, and I regret it. I never wanted you to abort our baby. I already love him or her, it's just that I can't lose you, Hinata."

Hinata, then looked at him, she sadly smiled at him and she touched his whiskered cheeks, "I know," she kissed his forehead, "but I cannot lose this baby either. Every mother would always choose their child over anything else, and I want you to understand that." Naruto just nodded his head as tears started flowing down his cheeks. Funny enough, there are no more tears from Hinata, maybe motherhood really changes a person, "but, it doesn't mean that I am not also choosing you, Naruto-kun," she caressed his cheeks once again as she continued "I talked with Dr. Tsunade earlier, and she told me that I could carry this child and have a safe delivery through a caesarian section as my mom did. She also told me that if ever that there is a heart donor at the time of my birth, they could also do the operation."

"What shall we do, then?" Naruto asked, "What can I do to help you?"

"Just stay by my side." They shared a kiss and a sweet smile then.

Naruto could only tear up with the memory. It has been almost eight years since that night. They really had a bumpy start but he is glad that they were able to make it work. Sure, there are times that they would still fight, but they would always talk it out before they sleep.

After six months from that night, Hinata gave birth to Boruto and they were the luckiest. Although, there was still difficulty in finding her a heart donor by then.

Now, as he looked at the half-empty cup of coffee in front of him, he realized how much they have been through, but through all of it, they managed to still smile at the end of the day. That is why he will do everything in his power to find Hinata and Himawari.

As he was about to stand up, his son came out of the bedroom fully dressed. "I'm ready, Dad! Let's find Mom and little sis!"

Naruto can only smile. He ruffled his son's hair and told him that he will just also prepare.

The first on their list was the airport. They requested for the flight details of Hime Ame or Himawari Ame, despite the difficulty, because it was a confidential file, they managed to have a peek to the files with the help of the Hyuuga patriarch, but to no avail, there was no detail on the two. So, they must have just fetched someone at the airport. But, who? Naruto suddenly felt tense as he thought that a boyfriend must be involved, but he just pushed the idea aside. No, Hinata is mine.

The father and son was walking down the crowded street as they ask people for the woman they are looking for, but it was almost sundown and they still have no clue where they could find Hinata and Himawari. Boruto is starting to get restless with all the walking and asking. It was then that Naruto decided to just return to their hotel room to rest and dine.

They may not have been lucky today but Naruto will make sure that tomorrow they will find Hinata. He has difficulty sleeping that night. He kept thinking of his lost wife, of how life must have been for her. He recalled how he saw her earlier, she was even more beautiful than the last time he saw her. She changed and her simplicity earlier just highlighted her beauty even more. He slept with her image on his mind.

The following morning, Naruto woke up early. It must be his body clock. Boruto was still asleep beside him. He decided to buy a freshly baked bread on the shop they saw last night on their way to the hotel. The bread store was just walking distance from the hotel. When he reached the store, he observed that the owner must have liked flowers because of all the flowers in front of the store. He can already smell the fresh goods inside.

He went inside and notice a single glass panel which stores the bread and three two-seat tables in the area. The whole place is cozy. Naruto approached the counter and saw no one. Weird, there is no one. But the store is already open. He saw the bell on the side which says, "ring me" and so he did. As he waited for the person that would accommodate him, he tried choosing what to buy. He settled for some bun for him and ham and cheese for Boruto.

"I'm sorry, I was busy inside," Naruto couldn't believe his senses, the woman he is looking for is standing in front of him, "Oh! It is you again, mister. What a small world! Where is your wife and kid?"

"You are my wife."