"So like this, as long as I marry you, Aoba, and set an example for Sasuke, then Sasuke… hmm?"
At first, Uchiha Mikoto didn't react. She repeated part of what Shirogumo Aoba had said in a slightly dazed, cute way.
But once her mind caught up, the words she had been mumbling suddenly stopped. Her eyes widened unconsciously.
You could even see the three tomoe appear within them.
That alone showed just how stirred her emotions were at this moment.
It was something she had never dared to think about again.
Right now, her brain was already running at full capacity because of Aoba's words, practically entering a crashed state.
Even Sasuke's situation was temporarily thrown to the back of her mind. All that remained in her thoughts were the key words from what Aoba had just said.
'Marriage…'
'I… am going to get married?'
"Aunt Mikoto?"
Seeing that Uchiha Mikoto had even activated her Sharingan, Aoba was a bit stunned.
But after activating it, she just started spacing out again, leaving him unsure how to continue the conversation.
So Aoba could only poke at Mikoto's "restart switch" to bring her back from her daze.
"A-Aoba…"
Mikoto, who was usually so good at getting shy, didn't even have the mind to feel embarrassed right now. She looked at him nervously, so tense that her voice came out a little dry.
Aoba smiled helplessly, then held her waist and adjusted her position slightly upward before looking at her seriously and asking, "Aunt Mikoto, did you hear clearly what I just said?"
"Mm…"
Uchiha Mikoto nodded hesitantly, then asked nervously, "Aoba, what you said… was that you want to marry me?"
"Mm…"
Aoba nodded, then added, "But not just you, Aunt Mikoto. There's also Yugao-nee and the others. I'm planning to have everyone hold the wedding together."
"Phew—"
"I see… that's good… that's good…"
But what surprised Aoba was that Uchiha Mikoto let out a long breath. She patted her full chest as she revealed a relieved, relaxed smile.
As if this was the answer she was most satisfied with.
"Why does it feel like, Aunt Mikoto, you actually want everyone to get married together?"
Facing Aoba's question, Uchiha Mikoto simply cupped his face and kissed him with a blissful expression.
When they parted, her pretty face was flushed from lack of air, and she was breathing lightly in small breaths.
She gently bit her moist red lips before finally speaking.
"Because you treat me too well, Aoba. So just the way things are now, I already feel more than happy enough. If something even happier like getting married alone were to happen, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to bear that happiness and would collapse."
"Being able to get married together is already enough."
As she spoke, her eyes were already shimmering with tears. These were tears of happiness.
After all, back when she had pushed Aoba down under the influence of alcohol, she never thought about making their relationship public.
She only thought that being together in secret, with him coming to see her when he had time, would already be enough comfort.
But ever since then, Aoba had come to see her every night. You could say that the overflowing happiness of this past year was almost enough to drown her.
"Aunt Mikoto…"
Seeing her thoughts, Aoba was momentarily at a loss for words. He raised his hand to wipe away the tears at the corner of her eyes, then the two of them embraced quietly for a while.
"Has Lady Tsunade also agreed to the marriage?"
After Uchiha Mikoto calmed down a little from her earlier excitement, she suddenly thought of Tsunade.
After all, even if it was a group wedding, the pressure would still be great.
If Tsunade wasn't there, she would be the oldest among them.
Then she would definitely attract the most attention.
But if Tsunade was there, at least someone could share the burden with her.
"Sensei has also agreed."
Aoba naturally saw through her little thoughts and couldn't help but find it both funny and exasperating. He gave her round, pert backside a light slap, then said in a very assertive tone, "But Aunt Mikoto, you don't need to worry too much. The wedding will be held after I unify the ninja world. No one will dare gossip about you."
"Unify the ninja world?"
Uchiha Mikoto looked at Aoba somewhat blankly.
As the Hokage's secretary and someone who had managed affairs of the Land of Fire for a time, she naturally knew what Aoba planned to do next.
But knowing it and hearing him say it out loud gave a completely different feeling.
"Alright, that settles our matter."
Aoba pinched Uchiha Mikoto's cheek and said with a smile, "Then about Sasuke and Naruto… uh!"
He had only gotten halfway through his sentence when his voice got stuck in his throat.
It wasn't that he didn't want to continue, but that someone didn't want him to.
Uchiha Mikoto suddenly grabbed him, not letting him go on.
"Aunt Mikoto?"
Aoba was a bit surprised. This wasn't something gentle Aunt Mikoto would usually do.
"At a time like this, let's not talk about Sasuke and Naruto."
Uchiha Mikoto looked at him with a slightly resentful gaze.
As if blaming him for lacking any sense of romance.
Even though she wasn't young anymore, she still wanted to be a little romantic sometimes.
Aoba blinked, "Then what does Aunt Mikoto want to talk about?"
"Well… Auntie doesn't want to talk right now."
Uchiha Mikoto became a little shy, then pressed Aoba down, using her soft chest to squeeze against him, her cheeks flushed.
"Auntie right now wants… to go a few more times…"
Sure enough, compared to talking, this was more suitable.
Since she had already decided to get married, she had to work a bit harder too, to see if she could...
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