Fugaku wondered how to politely warn Adela is she showed up with gifts, then the neighbors would begin to think and hope she was courting (or being courted by) one of his sons and might find herself the victim of a little too much friendly scrutiny. Genetics generally was a casual hobby of most Uchiha, and he could see his family breaking down Adela into a pros and cons list and presenting it to Fugaku at the next meeting.

It seemed cruel to subject people not in the family to his family when they were only trying to be nice.

Also telling her she needed to sneak in the back and avoid letting anyone see her, or come disguised as a boy would probably send her running the other way, and he didn't want to be stuck on kitten duty every time Mikoto went out.

Fugaku looked at the girl seriously. Dear gods, he's just invited a red-head to his house basically whenever she wanted to show up. You would think after all these years of knowing Kushina, he would know better than to do that. Manners aside, Fugaku had yet to meet a red-head who didn't have a hot streak in them.

"I can't stop you from bringing anything," Fugaku admitted. He wasn't sure her logic balanced out (she would already be doing him a favor, after all), but it wasn't as if tea wouldn't be appreciated and drunk in his house.