Yugito still hadn't noticed that someone had appeared in front of her.
It wasn't until she had completely beaten the eggs and was about to pour in the flour and milk, that when she slightly lifted her head for a moment, she realized that somehow, at some point, someone was standing in front of her.
The light humming that had been on her lips instantly stopped. Staring at the larger Aoba before her, she froze.
"Ahem!"
Aoba lightly coughed, pulling Yugito back to her senses, then said,
"Sounded pretty nice…"
But before he could finish, Yugito had already thrown the bowl full of egg mixture at him.
Aoba's expression flickered in surprise, but he reached out and caught the bowl, not a single drop of egg spilling.
Before he could speak again, Yugito rushed at him with a kitchen knife.
He had only been away a few days, and now the little wildcat wanted to bite him?
Though this method was a bit too childish.
Aoba simply raised his hand, knocked the knife out of hers, then grabbed the back of her neck, lifting her up.
Before, he wouldn't have been able to do this, height alone made it impossible.
But now, lifting someone like this actually felt pretty good.
"You… let me go!"
With her neck pinched and held, Yugito couldn't move, even her words came out unsteady.
"Yugito, it's only been a few days, and you've gotten a lot bolder."
Aoba narrowed his eyes. For a disobedient little cat, a little discipline was necessary.
Yugito froze at his words, "You… you're really Aoba?"
Aoba: "…"
"If it's not me, who else could it be?"
Yugito's expression grew even more humiliated and angry, "You bastard, eavesdropping is bad enough, but you even used Transformation Jutsu to scare me!"
At this moment, Yugito's eyes looked like she wanted to eat him alive. Originally she was alone at home, that's why she...
Who would have thought this guy would suddenly come back, and even use Transformation Jutsu.
Being seen in such an embarrassing state, she'd rather die.
Aoba's lips twitched as he realized. True, compared to three years ago his appearance was indeed different. Tsunade and the others could recognize him instantly only because they had lived with him so long.
They already knew him inside and out.
For Yugito not to recognize him right away was normal.
"First, I wasn't eavesdropping. I came back using Flying Thunder God, and just happened to hear you."
"Second, I didn't use Transformation Jutsu. Because of certain special reasons, I've grown up."
Aoba patiently explained, and even added praise in the end, "But it really did sound good. You could even add lyrics next time."
Yugito's face turned red, biting her lips, unable to speak.
Then she suddenly realized she was still being held up, and grit her teeth to say, "You… at least put me down first."
Aoba shook his head, "No can do. You just tried to attack me, so I have to punish you a little."
"I didn't mean to! How was I supposed to know you suddenly looked like this?"
With all the strange situations in the ninja world, Yugito no longer doubted his identity. So annoying, it had to be that bastard.
"But the fact remains, you did attack."
"Th-then at least change your hold! My neck's about to break!", Yugito, seeing no escape, shouted loudly.
"Oh?"
Aoba nodded, then released her neck, instead wrapping his arm around her slender waist.
"Mm!"
Yugito's body was pulled tight against his, pressed completely against him.
His overwhelming presence and the odd friction made her blush all over again.
Face-to-face, she realized that this perverted brat really had grown much taller. He couldn't be called a brat anymore.
"Could you… at least change the way you're holding me again?"
She couldn't stand this strange feeling of rubbing against him.
"Change? What position do you want to switch to?", Aoba asked.
Yugito pursed her lips, silent. She didn't know herself.
Seeing this, Aoba chuckled, no longer in the mood to tease, and let her go.
As soon as Yugito was free, she immediately rubbed her neck.
She had really thought her neck was going to break just now.
"Are you the only one home? Where's Kin?"
As Aoba spoke, he glanced at the ingredients in the kitchen.
Eggs, flour, milk, sugar.
Was she planning to make a cake?
"She went out to buy something. Konan won't be back until tonight after work."
Yugito explained, but when she noticed him inspecting the kitchen things, she hurriedly started tidying them up.
"Are you learning how to make desserts?"
Aoba even spotted a dessert recipe book.
"So what if I am?"
Yugito glared at him. She had planned to practice in secret, but now he had discovered it.
"Nothing wrong with that. I'm just curious, why suddenly learn desserts?"
Aoba asked.
"None of your business."
Yugito quickly packed everything away.
Aoba smiled, "Of course it's my business. After all, you're my maid."
"..."
Yugito was speechless.
After hesitating, she still took out a small cake she had already baked from the oven, and handed it to Aoba.
"For you to eat…"
"For me?"
Aoba blinked, taking the cake, looking it over. Seeing Yugito's nervous look, his head was full of question marks, 'Why did this girl suddenly change her attitude?'
"You didn't poison it, or make it deliberately disgusting, did you?"
"Heh."
Yugito only let out a cold laugh, then said coldly to Aoba, "You guessed right. Not only did I poison it, I also made it especially disgusting. If you eat it, you'll die a horrible death."
"Uh…"
Aoba had only been joking, but she actually seemed really mad.
So without another word, he shoved the small cake into his mouth.
After tasting it a while, he gave his verdict, "You put a little too much sugar and milk, the taste is overly sweet. The cake itself also lacks some fluffiness."
"But overall, not bad."
"Hmph! So it didn't kill you."
Yugito still sneered coldly, acting like she didn't care, but she secretly noted down his feedback with pen and paper.
'What a tsundere.'
Aoba was even more surprised, and asked, "Why did you suddenly think to make me desserts?"
Yugito didn't hide it, "Didn't you say before, as long as I behaved well, you'd let me meet with Samui and the others?"
"Hm?"
At that, Aoba froze, but quickly remembered.
After all, to Yugito it was something he had said not long ago. But for Aoba, that had been three years ago.
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