“no wonder” she chuckled.
She raised an eyebrow at the smirk he showed and realized she didn’t put on the seat belt until he mentioned. “oh yea” Shizune did as told and something was telling her that well…something was gonna happen.
Fortunately, that something was likely a smooth, trouble-free ride to the Hakuba Estate. Hakuba was a good driver, even though he… pushed the speed limit here and there. Just a tad. Or a lot. Either way, he made small chat along the way, elbow out the window, hand casually on the wheel.
“So I suppose we’ve never had you over… unfortunate, really. My father loves entertaining guests when he has the chance… but no one will be there today except for Baaya.”
He shrugged.
“It’ll be nice to have company. And the pie is very quick and easy…”