"Aoba-nii!"
Karin's voice immediately carried a bit of indignation. She had clearly already tried very hard, used all kinds of methods, yet no matter before or after, it was still just so-so.
Only a little better than Sakura.
But Sakura had already learned the Strength of a Hundred Seal, and in the future she might even become a monster like Lady Tsunade.
Thinking of this, Karin couldn't help clenching her small pink fists, wanting to punch the bad guy who suddenly brought this up, but in the end she only pinched his shoulder.
"You want to be mean to me."
Aoba realized this and said with a smile, "But you can't bear to?"
"Mm~", Karin unhappily pinched him again.
"Karin really is very cute," Aoba said with a smile.
"Hmph! But Aoba-nii really is a meanie."
Karin puffed out her cheeks, simply closed her eyes, pressed her cheek against his shoulder, and brazenly rubbed against him, feeling the warmth coming from his back. She suddenly revealed a strange smile and twisted her body a little.
"Aoba-nii, how about you pinch a bit more?"
"Hm?", Aoba was slightly startled.
Karin blushed, saying awkwardly, "I read in a book that if you can do it more… maybe it can still grow."
"But I tried it myself, and there wasn't much effect, so I can only rely on you, Aoba-nii."
"…", Aoba was a bit stunned. However, he had said something like this to Shizune before.
Shizune did seem to have grown a little.
Maybe it really worked.
Thinking this way, he went along with Karin's suggestion.
After feeling it out like this, it wasn't completely without effect. The feel was actually pretty good.
.
.
.
"Alright, we're home."
Aoba stopped at the entrance of Karin's house and said to Karin, who had been lying on his back the whole way.
"Mmm~"
Karin responded in a voice as soft as a mosquito, then directly jumped down from Aoba's back, didn't say a word, and ran straight into the house.
Her head stayed lowered the whole time.
Aoba looked at the door that had already closed, then at his own hand, and fell into thought.
The clothes on his back also seemed to be soaked, 'Is it sweat?'
Click!
The sound of another door opening brought Aoba back to his senses. He subconsciously put his hands behind his back.
"Aunt Kasui," Aoba looked at Uzumaki Kasui coming out of the house and smiled as he greeted her, "Is Karin alright?"
"About that question…"
Uzumaki Kasui, who had just walked out, was slightly stunned when she heard this, then smiled and said, "I was just about to ask you."
"What's wrong?", Aoba asked in confusion.
Uzumaki Kasui pressed her index finger against her lower lip and frowned, "I'm not too sure either. That girl rushed straight back to her room as soon as she came home, then took clothes and went into the bathroom. When I asked her what happened, she wouldn't say anything."
"This…", Aoba thought about it. His back had been soaked with sweat earlier, so Karin rushing to take a bath after getting home was a normal reaction.
"Aoba, did something happen?", Seeing Aoba's reaction, Uzumaki Kasui immediately looked at him suspiciously.
"Uh… nothing really, just a small thing."
Aoba scratched his head a bit awkwardly. How could something like this be told to the girl's parent?
He couldn't exactly say Karin was like that because he pinched her… right?
"I see…"
The suspicion in Uzumaki Kasui's heart still hadn't completely faded, and she tentatively asked again, "Then did today's date go smoothly? Karin didn't cause you any trouble, did she?"
"Of course not."
Aoba replied decisively, "If anything, you could say our relationship has moved a step further."
'A step further?'
Uzumaki Kasui carefully pondered those words.
Aoba and Karin were already a couple. Normally they were inseparable, wishing they could stick together all the time. So how could it go even further?
Then, as if she thought of something, her eyes suddenly widened.
'Could it be…'
'Between lovers, if the relationship goes a step further, then it probably only means that one thing, right?'
She then thought of the private conversations she usually had with Yugao and Konan.
Aoba's ability seemed to be especially strong. Even when several of them went at it together, they didn't seem to be his match.
The shock on Uzumaki Kasui's face quickly turned into shyness, her face turning completely red.
"Aoba… as for Karin, she's still y0ung, some things aren't very convenient. If you really want to… actually… actually…", Uzumaki Kasui's face was red, and she seemed unable to say the rest no matter what.
"Cough! Cough! Aunt Kasui, you misunderstood."
The moment Aoba saw her reaction, he knew she must have misunderstood something, and quickly spoke up to explain.
"We didn't do that kind of thing."
"Ah? I-is that… so?"
Hearing this, Uzumaki Kasui realized she might have misunderstood, and couldn't help feeling a bit ashamed. Her face grew even redder.
Seeing her shy appearance, Aoba couldn't help taking a few extra looks.
Although he had gotten used to seeing Uchiha Mikoto being shy during this period, different wives really did show different expressions when they were shy.
For example, even when Seramu was shy, she would deliberately act like she wasn't, and would turn around and tease him instead. When Uchiha Mikoto was shy, she would directly reach out and pinch his face to cover up her own embarrassment.
But Uzumaki Kasui, this bashful appearance of hers, was practically carved from the same mold as Karin.
She looked somewhat well-behaved and cute.
Looking at this wife who resembled Karin by ninety percent, Aoba subconsciously reached out to brush aside the red strands of hair hanging in front of her face, then patted her head. With a serious expression, he made a promise.
"Aunt Kasui, don't worry. I will absolutely never do anything that would hurt Karin, or hurt you."
"Ao… Aoba…"
Uzumaki Kasui stared at him blankly, momentarily losing herself.
And when she came back to her senses, she only felt that her face seemed even hotter.
Aoba also withdrew his hand a bit embarrassedly, not knowing where to put it for a moment.
"Aunt Kasui, I'll head back first."
After saying this, without waiting for Uzumaki Kasui to react, Aoba awkwardly walked toward his own home.
What made him awkward was naturally not touching Uzumaki Kasui's head, but, this hand had just...
In any case, he needed to hurry back and wash his hands before Uzumaki Kasui reacted.
Meanwhile, Uzumaki Kasui was still standing there, gently stroking her still tender face, her gaze fixed blankly on the direction where Aoba's figure disappeared.
"Could it be that Aoba also feels that way about me… hiss!"
As she was thinking this, a gust of cold wind interrupted her thoughts, pulling her out of the state of being filled with pink bubbles.
She then shook her head, patted her face, and sighed somewhat despondently.
Aoba probably wouldn't be able to accept it either, otherwise why would he leave so decisively.
That's true. She was already a child's mother, after all.
'Hm?'
Just as Uzumaki Kasui was still feeling down, she suddenly caught a strange scent. She sniffed again at the strands of hair in front of her and couldn't help frowning.
She was very sure she didn't have this smell before going out.
'It seems a bit familiar…'
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