The Self-Sacrificing Personality

"First of all, Rin had a normal childhood. She'd liked Kakashi for more than just a year or two."

"And she understood clearly that she liked Kakashi. She had even chosen to die by Kakashi's hand."

"After being revived, her feelings had never changed."

"Kakashi had always held Rin in his heart too. It was just that Rin had been dead for too long, and the gap between their ages had grown too wide."

"Kakashi felt inferior. He thought he wasn't worthy of Rin."

"Not worthy?" Tsunade had clearly studied this sort of thing before.

"You mean Kakashi feels inferior precisely because he likes Rin?"

Shamu nodded. "That's right. Real love can make people feel inferior."

"Kakashi personally killed Rin back then. Now Rin is in the prime of her youth, while Kakashi is already thirty-three. It's perfectly normal for him to feel inferior."

"In other words, they both like each other. They were just stuck because they couldn't properly deal with those feelings."

"The reason I gave them a push was because, given enough time, they would still end up together."

"Better sooner than later."

Tsunade nodded repeatedly as she listened. She had never expected Shamu to understand this so well.

"Your actual age is greater than Dan Katō's too."

"That's because you were both adults and had a fairly clear understanding of love."

"But your feelings for Dan Katō had always remained unchanged."

"Whether the age gap was ten years, twenty years, thirty years, or forty years, you would still end up together."

Tsunade coughed. Though they were discussing something rather serious, having the topic turned toward herself still made her blush a little.

"You brat, using me as an example, huh?"

Shamu smiled faintly. "With Orochimaru's bioscience, everyone will live a long time."

"Couples with even greater