"?"
Kushina's comment immediately put question marks over quite a few people's heads.
The reason they agreed to let Fu and Uchiha Hikari move in was because both of them clearly leaned that way.
Uchiha Hikari wasn't very obvious about it, but Fu practically had it written all over her face.
But Nohara Rin... although she had been living here for quite a while already, she felt more like a very close neighbor... sister?
But it wasn't just them. Even Nohara Rin herself hadn't expected Kushina to suddenly say that.
"Kushina-nee..."
Nohara Rin quickly tugged on Kushina's sleeve. The two of them had only come to join the fun, so how had they suddenly become part of it too?
"Oh my, I just thought that if everyone is going to live together, then having you live all alone outside would be too pitiful. Besides, you're already basically always coming to Aoba's place to cook and eat anyway, so wouldn't it be nice if you just moved in too?"
Seeing Nohara Rin anxiously pulling at her clothes, Kushina immediately gave her reasons.
Mainly because she had already realized that Kakashi and Nohara Rin were completely impossible now.
She had once thought about bringing the two of them together. After all, she had even managed to bring Mikoto and Aoba together, so these two should have been even easier.
But Nohara Rin herself had refused.
That was the result of several reasons.
First, Kakashi didn't have those kinds of feelings for Nohara Rin. Maybe he once did, but after killing her with his own hands and being trapped in a nightmare for nearly twenty years, whatever little feeling remained had long been worn away by self-blame and guilt.
Although Nohara Rin's revival and her guidance had helped him wake up from that nightmare, when Nohara Rin was revived, she was only twelve or thirteen years old.
She was even younger than Aoba, things were much simpler on Nohara Rin's side.
The good friends who had once been her peers all seemed to have become different people after she woke up.
They were still the same people, but they were no longer the people in her memories.
There was even less possibility of that happening.
So it was better for everyone to live their own lives. After finally getting a second chance at life, and in a peaceful ninja world without war, she wanted to enjoy life properly.
Being alone was actually quite nice. There were so many friends at Aoba's house, and she had her own work every day at Konoha Hospital, so she wasn't bored.
Kushina's view was that if you were going to enjoy life, then you should do whatever made you the most comfortable.
"Aoba, you wouldn't mind preparing one more... oh, wait, two more rooms, right?", Kushina blinked at Aoba.
"Two?"
Aoba had already been thinking that having Nohara Rin move into such a large house wasn't really a problem. After all, the situation was already pretty much the same, with food, clothing, housing, and daily life all shared together.
But Kushina suddenly adding another person left him stunned again.
"Of course. You have to prepare a room for your big sister too. That way, next time I come over, I won't have to go back alone in the middle of the night or squeeze into Rin's room."
Kushina said it as though it were only natural.
She hadn't had many close friends in Konoha to begin with, and now all of them were moving into Aoba's house.
No matter what, Kushina was going to join in too.
"Kushina, you..."
As soon as Tsunade heard that, the corner of her mouth twitched. Then she said expressionlessly, "In that case, there's no need to prepare a special room. There'll definitely be spare guest rooms. If you don't want to go home, just sleep in one of those."
"Mmm~"
Kushina immediately puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction and said sadly, "So in Tsunade-nee's eyes, I'm just an outsider who only deserves a guest room?"
"..."
Tsunade rubbed her forehead after hearing that pitiful-sounding complaint and couldn't be bothered dealing with her anymore.
"Kid, what do you think?"
"Uh, well..."
Aoba spread his hands.
"What else can I say? Then we'll prepare two more rooms. Kushina-nee, Rin, do you have any requests for your rooms?"
"Nope, nope. I'll decorate my room myself when the time comes."
Now that Aoba had agreed, Kushina happily waved her hand.
As for Nohara Rin, now that Kushina had even gotten herself a room, how could she refuse?
So she simply said, "Then how about moving my original house over too?"
"That works."
Aoba nodded.
"..."
When Tsunade and the others saw Aoba agree, they only rolled their eyes at him and said nothing.
To be honest, Nohara Rin came over every day to help prepare breakfast and dinner anyway, and the number of times Kushina came over to play meant she already treated this place like a second home.
Only Hinata blinked.
Kushina and Nohara Rin both had rooms now, so...
She tugged lightly on Aoba's sleeve.
"Aoba..."
"Hm?"
Aoba immediately looked at her curiously.
"What is it, Hinata?"
"Um, how about preparing a room for Hanabi too? I told her before that if she ever felt lonely at home, she could come stay for a few days."
Hinata was still a good older sister.
Even though Hanabi often got on her nerves, she still thought of her first whenever something came up.
"Of course that's fine."
To be honest, Aoba had originally planned a room for Hanabi anyway.
In any case, although Kushina's interruption had caused a detour, they still managed to come up with a rough plan for the new house.
But construction couldn't start immediately. There were still some details that needed further design.
Naturally, that became Aoba's job afterward.
Once the discussion ended, Tenten and the others stayed for dinner before heading home.
It wasn't that they didn't want to stay.
It was just that the wedding was coming soon, and after getting married, they would have less time to spend with their families.
Just like Hanabi now.
There was no need to wait until later.
She was already feeling lonely.
After dinner, she sat alone on the wooden hallway outside. Her small legs dangled in the air, gently swinging back and forth as she stared blankly at the dark night sky.
Her small figure looked somewhat thin.
Watching from inside the house, Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Ayako both felt helpless.
But there was nothing they could do.
These past few days, Hinata had been busy with wedding preparations and had been coming home later than usual. Normally she still made it back before dinner, but today she was especially late.
Even Hyuga Natsu had gone with her.
After coming home from school, Hanabi immediately became bored being by herself.
And when she thought about how Hinata would get married and stop coming back afterward, she felt even worse.
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