December 12th.
A week earlier, Konoha Province had already been flooded with people from other provinces.
They had come here for one purpose only: to attend a wedding.
Even before dawn, Uchiha Street and Hyuga Street, both decorated in celebration, had already been packed with crowds.
Except for the large, simply styled house at the intersection of the two streets.
It was a house jointly designed by Shin and Nao, and it was also where the wedding would be held.
From eight o'clock onward, familiar faces that were rarely seen on ordinary days began appearing one after another on the lawn outside.
The formally dressed legislators politely set down their respective gifts.
The current Five Kage and three other high-ranking officials did the same.
Today, everyone here had but one identity.
A room inside the house.
As a bridesmaid, Kaoru kept pestering Nao with questions.
"So you two got married once already last month?"
"Mm."
"You exchanged rings too?"
"We did."
"Did you kiss?"
"We did."
"What about after that? Did you..."
Nao looked at Kaoru, who kept raising her eyebrows, and answered as coldly as ever, "No."
"Huh? Don't tell me you turned him down?"
"He didn't say anything."
"There's a problem. A huge problem!"
Pretending to be experienced, Kaoru immediately launched into a lengthy speech about what would not do and how all men were wolves.
Nao looked at Kushina, who had lowered her blushing face, and Tsunade, whose ears had perked up despite the disinterested look on her face.
"You three haven't tried it either, have you?"
"Uh..." Kaoru did not know how to answer, but she seemed to have realized ahead of time just how great the distance was between girls and women.
The usually carefree Tsunade had returned to the dispirited state she had