"First, Rin had a normal childhood, and she had liked Kakashi for more than a year or two."
"She clearly understood that she liked Kakashi, and she even chose to die by his hand."
"After being resurrected, her feelings never changed."
"Kakashi had always held Rin in his heart too. It was just that Rin had been dead for so long, and the gap in 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 only felt inferior because he liked Rin?"
Natsuki nodded. "That's right. When someone truly likes another person, they can feel inferior."
"Kakashi killed Rin with his own hands back then. Now Rin was in the prime of her youth, while Kakashi was already thirty-three. It was perfectly normal for him to feel inferior."
"In other words, they liked each other. They were only stuck because they couldn't handle those feelings properly."
"The reason I gave them a push was because, given enough time, they would still end up together."
"Rather than getting together late, they might as well get together early."
Tsunade nodded repeatedly as she listened. She had not expected Natsuki to understand this so well.
"Your actual age is older than Dan Katō's too."
"That's because both of you are adults and have a fairly clear understanding of love."
"But your feelings for Dan Katō have remained unchanged."
"Whether you were ten, twenty, thirty, or forty years apart, the two of you would still be together."
Tsunade coughed. Although they were discussing something rather serious, having the topic turn to her still made her blush slightly.
"You brat, are you using me as an example?"
Natsuki smiled faintly. "With Orochimaru's biological science, everyone