The living room was finished quickly, but there wasn't enough time to decorate all the bedrooms.
There was no rush, though.
They weren't moving in right away. They had already bought everything they needed today, including the things for Hanabi's room. They could come back and decorate the next day.
After everyone had a lively dinner together, Aoba took all the girls home.
"Hanabi, you seem really happy today."
After saying goodbye to Aoba at the entrance to the Hyuga compound, Hinata held Hanabi's hand as they walked through the gate and couldn't help asking.
Hanabi was hopping up the stone steps while holding Hinata's hand. When she heard the question, she stopped, blinked, and answered as if it were obvious.
"Because I haven't been to Aoba-nii's house for a long time. I got to go today, so of course I'm happy."
"Is that really all?"
Hinata looked at her suspiciously.
It wasn't that she didn't believe her. It was just that Hanabi felt a little different today.
It was like the look she had after one of her little schemes had worked.
"Of course. Don't you trust your cute little sister?"
Hanabi hugged Hinata's leg and looked up at her with an innocent expression.
Talking about something like that herself would be a little embarrassing.
'Aoba-nii has already promised me. Maybe he will tell her later.'
She would just treat it as a surprise she had prepared for her sister.
That was what Hanabi thought.
"..."
There was no way Hinata would believe her clever little sister.
Hanabi's reputation with her wasn't even good enough to borrow a single kunai.
Still, whether she believed her or not, seeing the girl looking so cute, she pinched her little nose and didn't ask any more questions.
———
At Aoba's house, Fu followed Uchiha Hikari into her room and asked about what had happened before dinner. She wanted to find out what reward Hikari planned to ask Aoba for after graduating.
"What else would it be? Of course I'd ask for more good food than I could ever finish."
It was already almost bedtime, but Uchiha Hikari still took out a bag of potato chips from her snack cabinet and started eating.
She had kept this habit for more than half a year, yet somehow she hadn't gained any weight. It was pretty amazing.
"Huh? Just that?"
Fu was clearly surprised after hearing her answer.
"Of course just that. Is there a problem? Or do you have something even better that you want?"
Uchiha Hikari replied as if it were completely natural, then asked her in return.
"I..."
Fu opened her mouth, avoided her eyes, and said, "Well... I haven't figured it out yet."
"I see..."
Uchiha Hikari thought for a moment.
"Then why not ask for good food too, just like me?"
"Uh... I'll decide when the time comes. There are still a few years left anyway."
Fu immediately dropped the subject. Then her eyes turned as she suggested, "Now that we're all living together, should we go visit Karin and Temari's rooms?"
"..."
Uchiha Hikari only rolled her eyes and refused without hesitation.
"It's too late. No!"
'Visit them? At this hour? More like you want to sneak over and listen in.'
"Alright..."
Seeing how firmly Uchiha Hikari refused, Fu didn't insist.
"Then can I sleep with you tonight, Hikari?"
"Mmm... That's fine."
After thinking it over, Uchiha Hikari didn't refuse this time.
She also wanted to hear whether Fu would say anything else in her sleep.
———
Aoba didn't have super hearing, so he naturally had no idea what the girls were talking about.
After taking Tenten and the others home, he had been thinking about asking Yugao and the others if they wanted to try out the big room on the third floor ahead of time.
Instead, Kaguya got to him first.
And not in an ordinary way. She tied up his whole body with her hair and carried him into the room.
"?"
Aoba lay in the middle of the soft bed, unable to move, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Of course, he was only unable to move for the moment. If he wanted to, he could easily break free, because Kaguya hadn't used much chakra.
Kaguya herself sat beside him with her body turned sideways, staring straight at him.
Aoba couldn't figure out what was going on.
Kaguya soon gave him the answer.
"Today's task isn't finished yet."
"..."
Aoba naturally knew what task she meant.
They had spent the afternoon renovating the new house, so he hadn't had time to keep her company.
"You don't have to go this far, do you?"
He tried moving his arms and legs. Without using force, it really was hard to get free.
But Kaguya rejected the idea immediately.
"No!"
A gentle, proper smile appeared on Kaguya's face, completely at odds with what she was doing.
"I've decided what reward I want."
"What?"
Aoba asked curiously.
"Hehe! Starting now, you're going to lie there like this and you're not allowed to move."
Kaguya answered with a soft snort as she reached over and started pinching his face.
Before this, it had basically always been him.
But now she was going to get back at him properly.
"..."
Aoba didn't know what to say about her childish behavior.
Still, since she liked it, he decided to let her have her way.
He had promised her, after all.
Seeing how obedient Aoba was, Kaguya happily began poking and pinching him all over.
She mostly just pinched his face, squeezed his hands, pressed on his abs, and things like that. There weren't many strange ideas.
And by the end, Kaguya herself started to regret it a little.
Because it felt like something was missing.
In the end, she released Aoba, then had him help her finish the daily task.
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