"Kurenai, you're finally back in the village. You have to go shopping with me today!"
Chio Kurama hugged her best friend's arm and finally dragged her all the way to Commercial Street.
Ever since that incident a few years ago, her best friend had been gloomy all day long.
Although it was hard to get over the fact that the man she liked had a boy he liked, she couldn't spend her entire life wallowing in sadness.
She had to move on eventually, didn't she?
Over the years, Kurenai Yuhi had either been out on missions or numbing herself with frantic training.
Chio couldn't even remember the last time the two of them had gone shopping together.
"Mm."
Seeing this, Kurenai Yuhi stopped refusing. She had only just returned home from a mission when her best friend dragged her out.
Since she was already here, it wouldn't be right to go back.
She couldn't spoil her best friend's fun because of her own issues.
Speaking of which, she hadn't heard anything about Jin in a long time. Apparently, Jin and Shisui had had a disagreement, and the two had left the village one after the other and never returned.
It seemed a rift had formed in their relationship.
That made sense.
After all, that sort of relationship wasn't something they could openly announce.
Given enough time, conflicts and arguments were inevitable.
If Jin and Shisui really did go their separate ways one day, would she have another chance to pursue him?
Ever since Kurenai Yuhi had learned about Jin and Shisui's relationship, she had resigned herself to being the loser and stopped disturbing their lives.
She rarely stayed in the village, either going out on missions or devoting herself to training at her clan's compound.
The main reason she avoided