Although Aoba's task was basically just planning the future new house, the planning obviously couldn't be done carelessly, nor could he decide everything by himself.
First, it would be better to keep the layout of the original house.
After all, they had lived there for more than ten years.
Then he also had to ask for the opinions of the future mistresses of the house.
So after careful consideration, once work was over, a group of girls of all ages gathered at the Senju clan grounds.
They started discussing what the future house should look like and what decorations they wanted in their own rooms.
Besides a large room that could accommodate everyone, there would definitely still be separate rooms for each person.
After all, while sleeping together under one blanket was nice, they couldn't do it every day.
And having separate rooms would also unlock different combinations.
As for that, Tsunade and Shizune both felt that any arrangement was fine, while Uzuki Yugao and the others who already lived here said it could stay the same as before.
Then Karin suggested simply moving their house over and connecting the two houses together. For Aoba, that wasn't difficult at all.
Only Uzumaki Kasui hesitated slightly.
'Because if that happens, doesn't that mean I will be moving in too?'
'Is that really appropriate?'
But after looking at Aoba and seeing that Uzuki Yugao and the others didn't seem to have any objections, she didn't say anything else.
'It's just living together. It's nothing...'
Uzumaki Kasui comforted herself beneath.
Yugito saw that this was possible and decided to do the same.
Since moving the whole house over was so convenient, she couldn't be bothered to move anymore.
After living there for two years, she had already gotten used to the original layout.
Then Tsunade and Shizune, along with Kurenai, Anko, and Isaribi, also decided to move their houses this way.
With several houses joined together, there was no need to think about expanding because there seemed to be more than enough rooms already.
Next naturally came room assignments, decorations, and planning the interior areas of the house.
Ino wanted a room with better sunlight because she liked growing flowers, and then she could keep them in her room.
Aoba said he could directly make her a balcony specifically for growing flowers.
That made Ino happily hug him and peck his face several times.
Aoba pinched her cheek and then asked Tenten and the others what else they wanted.
Tenten wanted a workshop for making ninja tools.
Although she no longer needed to go out on missions like before and rarely used ninja tools now, making them was still her personal hobby.
And when she had nothing to do, she could make other things as well.
Kazahana Koyuki, meanwhile, wanted a movie screening room.
Not just watching television in the living room, but a room with the same atmosphere and professional equipment as a movie theater.
That way, she could watch movies alone or together with the family.
At the same time, Kurotsuchi suggested building a larger hot spring pool.
She still couldn't forget hot springs.
After all, a lot of things had happened because of hot springs.
This happened to match an idea Aoba had already considered.
The two suggestions immediately caught the interest of many of the girls present.
Other than that, Sakura, Hinata, and several others didn't have any special requests. They just hoped that the rooms of their close friends would be a little closer together.
Of course, that didn't mean everyone else had no requests.
For example, the thing Yakumo secretly whispered in his ear was temporarily rejected after Aoba pinched her cheek.
Now was the time to discuss serious matters. They could discuss the not-so-serious matters later.
Yakumo merely stuck out her tongue at him before joining Sakura and the others in discussing how to decorate their rooms later.
Compared to having Aoba directly materialize everything, they preferred buying things themselves on the streets.
After seeing that everyone else had no objections, Aoba looked toward Kaguya.
Their relationship had already become increasingly close, and they would definitely be getting married together in the future.
"Kaguya, then you... uh."
He had originally wanted to ask whether Kaguya had any ideas for the new home, but then he noticed two other people standing beside her.
Naturally, they were Fu and Uchiha Hikari.
Uchiha Hikari was simply standing there quietly with a lollipop in her mouth, looking very well-behaved.
As for Fu, she was looking at him somewhat expectantly. But when he looked over and their eyes met, she shyly stuck out her tongue at him and then looked away.
Her darker skin tone made it impossible to tell whether she was blushing.
"...",. Aoba didn't even know what to say.
When Kaguya saw him stop halfway through his sentence, she tilted her head in confusion.
"It's nothing. I just wanted to ask whether you've gotten used to your room."
"Mm... it's okay."
Kaguya nodded and continued, "I'm pretty good at adapting."
She didn't have many requirements for a room. No matter how bad it was, it couldn't be worse than the sealed space. Compared to buildings from a thousand years ago, it was also far better.
And she had been thinking about when this discussion would end because she and Aoba had more important things to do, so she hadn't noticed Fu's unusual behavior.
"In that case, how about moving your house as well, just like the others?", Aoba then looked at Fu and Uchiha Hikari.
"Fu, Hikari, would you mind moving in together with us?"
"Well..."
Uchiha Hikari didn't really care. She didn't think there was anything inappropriate about living with Aoba.
But someone else clearly cared more than she did.
"Eh? Is that okay?"
Fu's gaze, which had just moved away in embarrassment, immediately turned back and lit up.
But she quickly realized that her tone seemed a little strange and hurriedly explained.
"Um... I just think that if everyone could live together, we'd definitely be happier."
Fu was obviously not a tsundere. Tsunderes were people like Yugito and Kurotsuchi, who often carried pride and confidence while also being a little willful.
Fu didn't act like that. She was simply... thin-skinned, you could say.
Even though she could be very loyal as a friend and was quite outgoing, she became unusually sensitive and reserved when it came to special relationships.
That was also a fairly classic personality type.
"What do you think, Yugao-nee?"
Aoba looked toward Uzuki Yugao and the others, who were still chattering while discussing things.
"..."
Uzuki Yugao and the others naturally stopped talking.
After giving him a speechless look, they all said they had no problem with it.
They had long since become one family. How could they possibly say something hurtful like refusing?
"Then should Rin move in too?"
Kushina, who had come over to join the excitement, suddenly said.
"..."