Rustle... Rustle... Hearing the incessant rustling beside him, the Orange Cat, sprawled across the table like a flattened cat pancake, suddenly opened its eyes.
Following the sound, it looked at Uchiha Asuka, who was drawing a character, and said softly,
"Asuka, how many years have we known each other?"
Asuka's brush paused as he replied,
"Many years, since we graduated from the Ninja Academy."
At that, the Orange Cat got up and jumped onto Asuka's head. Gripping his hair with both paws, it craned its neck to look at the figure on the paper.
Hmm. Exquisitely lifelike, vividly rendered, practically real... a reflection of reality. "This one."
After studying the somewhat familiar character for a while, it blinked uncertainly.
"Why does this female lead look familiar?"
"Oh, this one?"
Asuka lowered his head to look at the red-haired beauty on the paper and said with satisfaction,
"She's a beauty I imagined by combining the traits of the Whirlpool Clan.
After all, members with pure Whirlpool blood all have red hair. It's normal that she resembles Kushina somewhat."
After looking at the Whirlpool Clan beauty a few more times, the Orange Cat glanced at the safe in the room and asked curiously,
"Asuka, since you've already included the Whirlpool Clan, why not just add a Senju? The Senju and Uchiha used to be mortal enemies. A love story between mortal enemies would not only be compelling, but it would also show outsiders that the Uchiha Clan is capable of deep devotion, wouldn't it? Besides, we've known each other for so many years, yet I've never seen a character here who resembles Tsunade even a little. That old hag has such a great figure—use her as reference material.
Your relationship isn't exactly good anyway.
When I sleep here at night, I can