My Brother's a Jinchūriki! EXTRAS

2021 Valentine's Special Part Eight

"It says that I... have to kiss Sasuke."

The group stared at Natsumi and she sighed heavily.

"K-K-Kiss him?!" Sakura stammered. "B-But why?!"

"W-Won't it wear off on it on its own?" Ino shook her head. "I-I object to a kiss! It's not necessary!"

"Are you sure?" Sena asked softly, looking at Natsumi. "Maybe you mistranslated it?"

"...I actually left out some details." Natsumi covered her face slightly. "I-I don't wanna explain the rest, though."

"Oh, come on. It can't be that bad." Kiri waved her hair, then picked up the book. She stared at the passage for a moment, then set it back down and shrugged. "Well, there's no understanding that." She looked over at the younger girl. "Just say it. No one can read it but you."

"I can't." Natsumi mumbled into her hands.

Sena bent slightly to meet her eyes. "If you don't want to say it out loud, then just tell me."

"O-Okay..." Natsumi nodded slightly and then leaned closer to Sena. She spoke quickly and in a whisper. Sena's own face blushed and her eyes widened. 

"Oh." Sena laughed awkwardly. "I-I see now why you didn't want to say that out loud."

"What?! Tell me!" Naruto waved his arms. "I'm dying here, ya know!"

"But you don't have to do the cure." Sena looked back at Natsumi. "It will take time, but he will go back to normal. You don't have to do that at all."

"I know, but..." Natsumi wrung her hands.  "The longer he's like this, the more opportunities there will be for him to escape. Then, he'll follow me around more or sneak into my house, or other weird things that I can't even imagine." She shook her head. "I wanted us to be able to go to the festival together as friends and have a good time, but we won't be able to if you have to stay here and babysit him, and I won't be able to enjoy myself if I'm constantly worried about him showing up and harassing me." She sighed. "I just want this to be over as soon as possible so that I can try to forget all about this."

"I guess you have a point." Sena sighed again and crossed her arms. He might continue to get more erratic and determined as time passes; getting worse before he gets better." She put her hand on Natsumi's shoulder. "Still, if the solution is that, I would prefer you not force yourself to do something so uncomfortable. I know you're worried about inconveniencing me, it's mine and Izumo's fault that this happened. Babysitting a lovesick Sasuke until tomorrow morning is our punishment."

"I don't like being punished..." Izumo mumbled, and Sena shot him a look. 

"My point is," Sena continued. "Let us handle our karma while you go have fun and don't worry about it anymore."

Natsumi puffed her cheeks and pouted. "I hate when you say something that makes sense and I can't argue it when I want to."

"Yeah I hate when she does that." Kiri huffed and crossed her arms, muttering to herself.

"But!" Natsumi clenched her fists. "I know it was you and Izumo's faults, and you're probably right about needing some kind of punishment, but I also really was looking forward to spending the Valentine's Festival with my friends. That includes you."

"Well... I can't really argue with that, either." Sena flashed a smile. "Alright, then. If you want to cure him, I'll help you."

"Thanks, Sena." Natsumi let out a breath. "The sooner this is over, the better."