[He wanted to say something, to assure her that he knew he couldn't make it right, couldn't step back and just declare it all better because he saw it for the mistake it was. But he'd said enough, and he didn't try to cut across her, instead looking into her face.
He'd told her more than he'd told Naruto, but he wasn't sure he should mention that either. After all, Naruto had the overall... frame of what he'd told Kushina, but the details were different, colored in a way that was changed because he wasn't, currently, so fixated on trying to be right.
What he didn't expect though... was her offer to be there.
Somehow, even with the new memories, he hadn't expected her to do that, to even want to. He gave her a slightly quavering smile and broke eye contact, ducking his head as one hand came up to brush across his eyes. They were dry, but he was worried that might not hold.]
I- You really are a wonderful person Kushina, and Naruto is just like you.
WELL I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT THEN!
He'd told her more than he'd told Naruto, but he wasn't sure he should mention that either. After all, Naruto had the overall... frame of what he'd told Kushina, but the details were different, colored in a way that was changed because he wasn't, currently, so fixated on trying to be right.
What he didn't expect though... was her offer to be there.
Somehow, even with the new memories, he hadn't expected her to do that, to even want to. He gave her a slightly quavering smile and broke eye contact, ducking his head as one hand came up to brush across his eyes. They were dry, but he was worried that might not hold.]
I- You really are a wonderful person Kushina, and Naruto is just like you.