Chapter 35: Kurenai: Guy wouldn't really feel that way about you, would he?
After they finished eating, Asuma was the first to leave.
Kakashi also wanted to slip away, but Kurenai Yuhi saw through her intentions with a single glance and followed up with: "I know where you live."
That successfully cut off her thoughts of escaping.
With no other choice, Kakashi had to let Kurenai Yuhi follow her home.
On the way back, Kurenai Yuhi could clearly sense Kakashi's nervousness and shyness, which she couldn't help but find quite amusing!
After all, the old Kakashi would never have shown such nervousness or shyness!
"Kakashi, your reaction right now is so cute. Maybe you were always meant to be a girl!"
Kurenai Yuhi looked sideways at Kakashi, her eyes sparkling with a hint of amusement as she teased her.
"Huh?" Kakashi instinctively turned her head and looked at Kurenai blankly.
"Even this slow reaction is adorable!" Kurenai Yuhi covered her mouth and chuckled softly. Who would have thought that the cold-blooded Kakashi of the past would become so cute now?
If Kakashi had turned into a girl sooner, maybe they would have been very close best friends by now!
Among the girls of their generation, she rarely even got the chance to walk down the street and chat like this.
Everyone was so busy!
"By the way, Kakashi, have you seen Guy lately?"
At that moment, Kurenai Yuhi suddenly remembered something. A while ago, she saw Guy walking around the Village on his hands, but his expression wasn't his usual shouting about youth and hot-bloodedness; instead, he looked completely crestfallen.
"...I've seen him, I think?" Kakashi wasn't sure exactly when Kurenai meant, but she had indeed seen Guy a while back.
"I see." Kurenai Yuhi thought to herself that Guy was probably so gloomy because he couldn't accept his best friend turning into a girl all of a sudden.
Wait, could someone really have absolutely no thoughts about it after their best friend turned into a cute girl?
"Did that Guy ever take the initiative to come looking for you afterwards?" Kurenai Yuhi asked curiously.
"No." Kakashi shook her head. Rather than saying he didn't, it was more that she didn't want to see any acquaintances. During this time, aside from taking her students on missions every day, she hadn't gone anywhere.
"Could it be that Guy became shy facing you? Is that why he doesn't dare come find you?"
Kurenai Yuhi looked at Kakashi, offering a tentative guess.
"Impossible. He's been very busy since he started leading students too," Kakashi retorted without a second thought, giving a logical reason. After all, with a blockhead like Guy, would he even know what being shy is?
Kurenai Yuhi didn't think that was the reason. At this moment, her gossip soul was burning with a fierce flame. Could Guy really be shy?
Could it be that Guy actually had some feelings for Kakashi? Otherwise, why would he be too shy to seek her out?
Now that Kakashi had become a girl, did she like girls or boys?
Kurenai Yuhi was extremely curious about a whole heap of questions in her heart, but these weren't things she could easily ask.
And so, she arrived at Kakashi's house while wrestling with these thoughts.
"Make yourself at home, I'll go pour some tea."
After entering, Kakashi told Kurenai Yuhi to sit down while she headed to the kitchen to boil some water.
Just as Kurenai Yuhi sat down, she saw the clothes Kakashi had hanging on the balcony.
There was a whole row of various cute women's clothes hanging there!
Seeing this, her interest was immediately piqued. She stood up quickly and trotted over to the balcony.
"Wow! Are all these clothes yours, Kakashi? They're so beautiful!" Kurenai Yuhi's eyes were full of curiosity, especially since there were some styles she had never even seen before.
"This skirt is so short!"
"But it's so cute!"
Kurenai Yuhi found it somewhat unbelievable. She hadn't expected Kakashi to be so bold! But then, why hadn't she seen her wear them?
All she ever saw her wearing was that Konoha Jonin flak jacket.
Hearing the noise, Kakashi's face turned red. She rushed out of the kitchen, but she was a step too late—she'd been seen!
And when she saw the skirt Kurenai Yuhi was staring at, she felt incredibly embarrassed.
That was exactly the JK uniform she had obtained earlier. Because it could increase the recovery speed of Chakra, she would put it on every time she came home.
"Sorry, it was just so cute I couldn't help myself."
Hearing the movement, Kurenai Yuhi turned around and saw Kakashi standing there in a daze. She realized that staring at someone else's clothes like this was quite rude.
"It's... it's nothing." Kakashi snapped out of it and immediately turned back to the kitchen.
A moment later, when she came out with the brewed tea, Kurenai Yuhi had already returned to the table and was sitting obediently.
Kurenai Yuhi picked up her teacup, lowered her head to blow on it gently, then looked up at Kakashi. "Um, so you weren't lying before, Kakashi. You really have bought a lot of well-fitting clothes!"
Judging by her visual estimation of Kakashi's current height and measurements, the sizes of those clothes and the underwear just now seemed to be a perfect fit!
"So, what you said earlier... there's no need for it anymore, right?" Kakashi turned her head toward the window, feeling a bit embarrassed.
A physical exam and measuring her three sizes... she really didn't want to do that!
"That won't do," Kurenai Yuhi retorted instantly, but then her tone shifted. "However, if you put on that cute outfit outside and show me—if it fits well, then we won't have to."
Kakashi: "..." How was she supposed to refuse this?
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