Last night, three rooms had been prepared for Naruto and his two companions, with Karin assigned the one in the middle. But Karin simply could not fall asleep. She had grown used to sleeping beside Naruto, and the sudden change left her unsettled. Besides, she felt that if she did not take the initiative now, she might truly lose her chance once Naruto's parents met Hinata. So, in the middle of the night, after everyone had fallen sound asleep, Karin slipped into Naruto's room as she always had before, crawled under his covers, and hugged him as she drifted peacefully off to sleep.
Kushina woke Karin when she opened Naruto's door. Thus, she and Boruto saw Karin in her pajamas, throwing back the covers and sitting lazily on the bed, while Naruto was still sleeping like a log. Reviving Kushina and Minato yesterday had drained Naruto immensely. Though he had suffered no physical harm, some mental exhaustion had been unavoidable. Combined with the extreme tension he had endured over the past four months, it meant that the moment he relaxed, all he wanted to do was sleep.
Kushina silently closed the door and murmured, "Right, I must have opened it the wrong way and started seeing things. All right, deep breaths, deep breaths." She took two great breaths, steadied herself, then turned back toward the door, ready to open Naruto's room again.
Watching Kushina from the side, Boruto thought to himself, Grandma really loves fooling herself. I clearly saw it too, which means what we just saw definitely wasn't a hallucination. Honestly, adults really love making up lies to comfort themselves. And Dad already has Mom, yet he's still flirting with other women. I look down on him.
Of course, for the sake of his own safety, Boruto only dared