Shang: Yeah.

Shang says while he monitors the flame in the stove.

Koharu: But why?

Shang: Hiruzen says something like this…

Shang tells Koharu everything that happen in the meeting and only excludes the part where Homura and Hiruzen have a fight that involves her.

Koharu: If what Hiruzen says is true, he might be right about the problem if we are together. Hmm… Should I quit instead?

Shang: ...Why do you say so?

Shang is actually waiting for an excuse to quit the council so that his existence will not change the plot he knew from the manga and his relationship with Koharu now provides him the very excuse he needed. After that, he planned to live indoors as a househusband till the birth of Naruto. Right now it appears fate will not allow him to run off easily as Koharu suggests that she quit instead.

Koharu: This job is tiresome and I don’t like it. I feel that being a housewife who can chatter about things without worries is much better than being a councilor who has worry this and that about the people and village. I want to experience the happiness which every married woman should have!

Koharu says with a cute expression.

Shang: Aren’t you experiencing it everyday?

Koharu: We are not married yet, so that doesn’t count.

Koharu’s eyes sparkles.

Shang: … even if you want to quit, I don’t think your clan will allow it.

Shang shakes his head.

Koharu: Oh, you are right… my clan will not allow me to quit.

Koharu’s pink expression disappears.

Shang: Throwing that aside, have you thought going anywhere for our honeymoon?

Shang says, changing the topic about him quitting to the topic about what to do after the wedding.

Koharu: Honeymoon? What is that?

Shang’s thoughts: Right, there is no such wedding custom in Narutoverse.

Shang explains honeymoon as one of Maniwa Clan’s wedding custom.

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Koharu: Ehhhh… I did not know there is such a wedding custom.

Shang: So is there any place you want to visit?

Koharu: There are some places in mind that I want to go but are you sure we can do that? As part of the Konoha Council, Hiruzen will not let us leave that easily. We could be branded as Missing-nin.

Koharu says with a concerned expression.

Shang: Well, we can leave our forehead protector here to show them we are just leaving for a while.

Koharu: Just like that? Should we at least leave a note or something? You know Hiruzen will be forced to employ mercenary ninja to search for us if he realises we are gone.

Shang: Let him employ! He owes one for the quiet wedding.

Koharu: You are so bad. Using our honeymoon excuse to get back at Hiruzen.

Koharu giggles.

A few days later in the Hokage’s Office after the quiet wedding…

Danzou is stunned at the skyscraper pile of paper which is Shang’s workload.

Danzou: Hiruzen.

Hiruzen: What is it?

Hiruzen looks up from his workload with two black circles around his eyes.

Due to the reason that Koharu is currently unavailable for a month and Homura has to be the one to cover up for her, Hiruzen is given more workload than usual.

Danzou: Are you sure this is the same workload that Shang is doing everyday?

Danzou is suspecting whether Shang is human or not. No human is sane enough to face this kind of workload everyday.

Hiruzen: Yeah.

Hiruzen is too overworked to explain and replies with one word answer.

Danzou: I can guess you are regretting your decision about Shang.

Hiruzen:...

Hiruzen’s thoughts: Don’t remind me. I am regretting it already.