Traveling through Naruto: I am Haruno Sakura

Sakura narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Hinata who looked a little shy and nervous.

Then she rolled her eyes slightly, and then slowly moved her gaze to Shikamaru who was standing behind her with his head down in thought. She playfully blinked her big, lively eyes, and her pink lips slightly opened like flower petals. She said softly, "I suddenly remembered that there seems to be something very important left at the place where the banquet was just held. Shikamaru, could you trouble me to go and get it back for me?"

Shikamaru raised his head and met Sakura's eyes in the mirror.

He naturally understood Sakura's intention, and nodded without hesitation, and responded softly in his usual low and gentle voice: "No problem, leave it to me."

After saying this, he turned around and gracefully straightened the slightly wrinkled corners of his clothes, then walked towards the door with steady steps.

When he walked to the door, he gently closed the door of the lounge with a slight "click".

Perhaps he took into consideration that the topics of conversation between girls might involve some private matters, so he was so considerate to reserve a space for them to belong to each other.

After the door was completely closed, Sakura faced the mirror, picked up the powder puff skillfully and began to touch up her makeup. After she touched up the makeup that had just been rubbed off, she turned around, looked at Hinata, and asked gently, "Is there something you want to tell me?"

While Sakura was concentrating on putting on her delicate makeup in front of the mirror, Hinata beside her seemed a little nervous and shy.

She pursed her lips slightly, sorted out her thoughts, and then, as if she had mustered up her courage, she said softly: "Well... Actually... I have something I have always wanted to ask you, Xiaoying..."

However, when the words came to his lips, he suddenly became hesitant.

Sakura seemed to notice Hinata's strangeness. She looked at Hinata gently and asked with a smile, "Is it about Naruto?"

This sentence struck Hinata's heart like a bolt of lightning, and she was stunned. Because she hadn't even had time to say what she wanted to ask, how did Sakura guess it? "Eh? Sakura, how did you know?"

Hinata widened her eyes and looked at Sakura in surprise. Her surprised look was simply adorable.

Seeing this, Sakura couldn't help but chuckle and explained, "The thing that made Hinata so entangled and hesitant is most likely related to Naruto."

After hearing what Sakura said, Hinata was silent for a moment, as if thinking about how to continue expressing her deepest feelings.

After a long while, she finally mustered up the courage and stammered, "Well... yes... I... actually have liked Naruto for a long, long time... but... it seems... that Naruto likes you more... so... I... I don't know what to do..."

At the end, Hinata's voice became smaller and smaller, and her head gradually lowered. She didn't dare to look at Sakura's expression at the moment, because she knew that Sakura had married Shikamaru, and even if she and Naruto had something, it would not be that kind of relationship...