"Mmm~ my head feels so dizzy~"
"What's that sound?"
After who knows how long under Kurenai's drug, Anko finally groggily regained consciousness.
But before she even opened her eyes, she seemed to hear a familiar sound by her ear.
She quickly opened her eyes and looked toward where the sound was coming from.
Her eyes widened in disbelief.
"You… you guys…"
Right in her line of sight were her little boyfriend, her best friend, and her little sister.
Anko felt like she had been struck by lightning.
Because in her plan, she was supposed to be the one in Aoba's arms, and then… In the end…
But reality was the exact opposite of what she had planned.
She was about to take action when she suddenly realized she couldn't move at all.
"Wh-what is going on?"
Anko blinked, clearly still not fully processing things. She hadn't expected it to turn out like this.
Not only had her rightful place been taken by Kurenai, but also…
'What exactly is going on?'
Anko thought for a moment, and the memories from before she passed out slowly surfaced.
She had planned to restrain Kurenai first, but when she made her move, Kurenai suddenly burst into smoke and turned into a pillow.
And there had been something off about that smoke. In an instant, Anko understood. Kurenai had been pretending to be drunk.
At that moment, as if noticing she had woken up, the sounds beside her suddenly grew louder.
It made her feel a bit itchy inside.
"That's enough, you two!"
Anko called out with some dissatisfaction.
"Anko… mmm~ you're awake?"
It was as if Kurenai had only just noticed Anko waking up. She turned her head and smiled at her, "How are you feeling now?"
"You…"
Anko puffed up her cheeks, looking a little angry as she said, "I didn't expect you to set a trap and knock me out. That's just too much!"
"Heh!"
Kurenai let out a soft laugh.
"The guilty is complaining first. Sure, you fell into my trap, but I gave you several chances. You just didn't take them."
"I… I…"
Anko suddenly felt a bit guilty again. She averted her gaze, not daring to meet Kurenai's eyes, and muttered.
"Wasn't I just trying to help you…"
"On that point, I'll admit you're not wrong."
This time, Kurenai didn't refute Anko. Instead, she gave her a smile of acknowledgment, "So…"
"You won't need to keep worrying about it from now on."
"…"
Anko opened her mouth, glanced at Isaribi beside her, and didn't know what to say.
Knowing that being stubborn wouldn't help anymore, she blinked and then looked at Kurenai sincerely, pleading.
"Then can you at least untie me first? I…"
Even Isaribi blushed a little hearing that.
But Kurenai remained unmoved, "No need."
This girl simply never learned her lesson.
If she wasn't taught properly, she'd just keep pushing her luck.
"Aoba…"
Seeing that Kurenai really wasn't giving her any face at all, Anko could only turn to Aoba with a pitiful look.
"Anko-nee, you really did go a bit too far this time, so you'll just have to bear with it for now," Aoba was also a bit helpless.
Given what Anko had done today, letting her suffer a bit wasn't undeserved.
"Waaah~"
Hearing that even Aoba wasn't taking her side, Anko immediately got upset and started wailing like a child.
Kurenai couldn't stand it anymore and simply stuffed something into her mouth to shut her up.
"?"
Anko's eyes widened instantly.
She felt even more wronged.
'I am not even allowed to cry?"
"..."
Even Aoba felt that Anko looked a bit pitiful now.
Fortunately, Kurenai didn't actually plan to…
Once she saw that Anko had learned her lesson, she let her go.
But Anko clearly hadn't really learned her lesson, and even wanted to try again, only to be stopped by Aoba.
After all, Anko had been in the wrong first. Kurenai giving her a small payback was perfectly reasonable.
After that, with Aoba's efforts to mediate, the two girls eventually made up.
Although the process was a bit bumpy, at least, this matter between the two close friends finally came to an end.
And after the three of them moved in, the atmosphere in Aoba's home did become even livelier, especially with Anko.
Mainly because even though she wasn't young anymore, she unexpectedly got along very well with Karin and Uchiha Hikari, and as a teacher at the ninja academy, she also had plenty to talk about with Fuu.
On top of that, she would get dealt with by Kurenai from time to time. It could be said there was always something going on every day.
After a few more days of lively yet peaceful life, it was time for this rather unusual Five Kage Summit.
Whether it was the participants or the venue, it was quite unconventional.
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