Red Nara

- Che... ahem... in two days? - I coughed at the news.

- When you come back from a night out," Nara grinned, "you're glowing even through your mask.

By sheer force of will, I turned away embarrassed, keeping my face calm and hastily cutting off the blood flow to my scalp. A village! Konoha is one big village!

- And you didn't try to find out who it was? - I asked after an awkward pause.

- Well, at the family council it was decided that you're an independent and responsible guy, so you won't do anything stupid, that's why we didn't interfere, despite Imoto-chan's desire to "find a slut and tear her to shreds," Shenesu shrugged, "as you can see, it wasn't a mistake.

- Thank you! - I grimaced.

I wanted to fall through the ground, remembering my own unshakable confidence that I'd managed to fool the people around me.

- By the way, good decision with Hyuga," my uncle continued, "but I hope I don't need to remind you about the children. We can't quarrel with such a large clan.

- How did you find out these details? - I couldn't resist a facepalm.

I don't think it was Saya who blurted it out, she can keep her mouth shut.

- Ryo-kun," the head of Nara looked at me pityingly, "the men of our clan may be notorious for their laziness, but not officially, women are considered the biggest gossipers in Konoha, so it wasn't hard to get the full picture from Ryo's acquaintances and girlfriends, and then Settsura-chan filled me in.

- Well, well, well, don't intimidate Ryo-kun," the voice of the kunoichi mentioned above came from the doorway, making us wince and mention to ourselves the overly secure security of the office.

- Intimidate? I was only enlightening my nephew in a friendly manner," Nara pretended to be a jackass, slouching in his chair.

- A-na-ta (dear), - threateningly, almost sang the woman, sitting down on the armrest of my chair, - how long has it been since you practiced full contact with me? Enough with the stories.

- Problematic," Shenesu sighed, and immediately ducked under the table from the whistling senbon embedded in the back of the chair.

- What did I say about your favorite phrase? - Squinted her eyes at the kunoichi.

- I'm sorry, Setsura-chan, it slipped out," the uncle returned to his seat, pulling the spork out with a sad look.

Looking closer, I noticed a lot of very similar holes nearby.

- Men of Nara are also known to be terribly subservient, though that depends on the amount of laziness in each of them, which you are not," my aunt smirked, putting her arm around my shoulders, "I wish the rest of our men were at least a third as hardworking.

- It's physically impossible," the head of Nara mumbled, and ducked under the table again with foresight.

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