"At least wait until others see you and won't think of the Two-Tails, right?"
"This…"
Yugito's expression was a little awkward. After all, it was she who had involuntarily transformed into the Two-Tails at the Chunin Exam venue.
"I… I know," She took the cat ears, cat tail, and bell collar and returned to the sofa. She put them together with the kimono on the coffee table, hugged them, and headed outside.
"I'll put these at my place first, then I'll come back later," Yugito's steps were a bit lighter as she ran home; the chance to see her sisters again made her much happier.
She suddenly felt that Aoba wasn't so unbearable after all.
Although he liked to pester her, at least he wouldn't do anything too extreme.
As for those weird lovesicknesses. She wouldn't lose any flesh from indulging him a bit, so she might as well let him be satisfied.
———
Standing in her bedroom, Yugito looked at the kimono in her hands and the cat-ear headband on top of it, stunned.
On a whim she took off the cat ears she was wearing now and put on the new pair.
She stood in front of the mirror and inspected them left and right for a while.
Yugito felt this new pair really did look better than the old ones.
Fluffier, cuter.
"That guy actually has decent taste… huh?"
Just as she felt satisfied, her expression froze, and she quickly took the cat ears off and threw them onto the bed.
'Damn it! After being around that guy for a while, my aesthetic has gone wrong; I have been corrupted.'
Yugito slapped her face hard.
"This is all for Samui and Mabui!"
———
"Why is your face so red?", Aoba looked at Yugito's slightly flushed cheeks and asked curiously.
Yugito kept a straight face and glared at Aoba angrily, "None of your business!"
"?"
"That expression doesn't look like it's none of my business."
"Hmph!"
Yugito said no more, turned her face away, but still shot Aoba the occasional glare.
That made Aoba want to laugh, 'Where did this little kid come from?'
"Get ready to eat."
"I'll call Kasui-san," Kin got up and went next door.
"Karin isn't here; Kasui has been coming to eat with us lately," Konan told Aoba.
"Kasui?", Aoba was a little taken aback.
"Any problem?", Konan's relationship with Uzumaki Kasui had warmed a lot recently. After all, both Kasui and Nagato are from the Uzumaki clan and have red hair, which made Konan feel naturally closer to them.
"No, it's just…"
Aoba's expression was oddly blank, "If you call her Kasui 'Kasui-nee,' so what should I call Kasui-san? Aunt?"
"Just keep calling her 'Aunt,'" Konan said.
"Then should I call Konan 'Aunt Konan'…?", Aoba teased.
"Hmm?"
Before he finished, the previously amiable Konan's eyes suddenly hardened.
Aoba clearly felt the air around them drop a few degrees and immediately shut his mouth.
"Am I old?", Konan demanded.
"No, Konan-neesan looks like she's in her twenties," Aoba answered at once, then glanced at Yugito, who was hiding a smile, "Not like Yugito, she looks almost thirty."
"?", A question mark popped over Yugito's head as the smile froze. Her look toward Aoba turned colder.
'You bastard, don't you dare look at me in a maid outfit or wearing cat ears.'
Konan couldn't help but chuckle when Aoba suddenly turned his barb on Yugito; her earlier irritation vanished.
Still, age really was a threshold in her heart.
Maybe one day Aoba would still be in his prime while she'd already have gray hair, she could only cherish the present.
Thinking that, Konan sighed again.
"Konan-neesan, do you want to learn Yin Seal?"
Aoba naturally saw what Konan was thinking.
Konan froze, "Yin Seal is the S-rank jutsu your teacher developed, right?"
Aoba smiled, "It's fine. If I ask my teacher, she'll probably be willing to teach you after some persuasion."
"Wouldn't that be… odd? After all, I don't have a deep relationship with your teacher."
Konan's relationship with Tsunade was indeed not very close — mostly just polite greetings when they met.
Aoba frowned, "What do you mean not deep? You're her student's wife and will be the one to look after her in the future."
"…"
Konan didn't know how to respond, but thinking about the age gap between her and Aoba, she still nodded.
"If there's anything you want, I'll try my best to help."
"I'll ask the teacher tomorrow," Aoba made an OK gesture.
As he spoke, he glanced at Yugito and caught the hopeful look in her eyes.
Yugito noticed his gaze and quickly looked away, afraid he'd notice.
Aoba didn't say more, but he felt he'd gained another person he could… cultivate methods on.
Before long, Uzumaki Kasui arrived.
———
They all had a lively dinner and chatted about family matters.
When Kasui was about to leave, Aoba walked her to the door.
"Aoba, want to come in and sit for a bit?", Kasui asked with a smile.
But Aoba shook his head and took out a gift box, "Aunt Kasui, this is a present I brought back from outside."
"A present?"
Kasui took the box curiously and smiled, "A present from Aoba, that's surprising."
"A kimono," Aoba blurted out.
Kasui's first reaction was the same as Kin's.
She looked at Aoba stunned.
"Aunt Kasui…"
Aoba subconsciously started to explain, but before he could finish, Kasui, as if after some mental whirlwind, spoke up, "Although this would be unfair to Karin…"
Kasui's tone was full of conflict, "But you saved both Karin's and my lives. If you really have that idea, you must keep it secret from Karin…"
As she said this, she moved aside as if inviting Aoba in.
"?"
Aoba was dumbstruck, 'What the f*ck just happened?'
To prevent Kasui from saying something she couldn't take back, he hurriedly interrupted her.
"Aunt Kasui, please listen—"
He explained the whole situation. After listening, Kasui stood frozen for a long time, unable to come back to herself.
"Ahaha! So it was a misunderstanding by you, Aoba, you really scared me," Kasui forced a smile awkwardly.
Aoba played along, "Yeah, I only realized it just now too."
"…"
Silence fell.
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