Aoba took another bath and wanted to make breakfast.
But suddenly remembered, there seemed to be only noodles left at home.
Just went through a big battle yesterday, consumed quite a bit of essence blood, how can noodles be enough?
He planned to go to Tsunade's house, or Karin's house to borrow some ingredients.
But as soon as he pushed the door out, he noticed a sneaky, peeking Karin looking over this way.
His heart skipped a beat, 'The soundproofing of the house is pretty good, last night's affair shouldn't have been noticed by Karin, right?'
"Karin, what are you sneaking around for?", Aoba waved at Karin with a slight guilty conscience.
"Hehe!", Karin bounced over with a skip.
"I was just worried about Aoba-nii."
"Yugao-nee didn't do anything to you last night, right?", Karin blinked her pure, seemingly unpolluted big eyes.
'Very good, seems like she didn't hear.'
'Since that's the case,' Aoba also kept his expression in check, "What could Yugao-nee possibly do to me…"
He hadn't finished his sentence when he saw Karin lean in close, her little nose twitching slightly, as if sniffing something.
Aoba's heart tightened slightly, pushing her head a bit away.
"What are you doing?"
Karin's nostrils flared again, frowned and asked, "Aoba-nii, why do you have such a strong scent of Yugao-nee on you?"
"That's because we talked for a long time last night, and…"
Aoba dodged the topic and knocked Karin on the head, "You didn't even tell me Yugao-nee came over yesterday."
"Wuu~ wuu~"
Karin covered her head and put on a pitiful expression, "Because Yugao-nee yesterday looked too scary, I didn't dare say…"
"Forget it, I won't hold this matter against you," Seeing he managed to get away with it, Aoba didn't pursue further, and changed the subject, "Do you have any fresh ingredients at home?"
"Fresh ingredients? Yes, yes, Mom bought quite a bit today. Aoba-nii, are you going to cook?", Karin asked.
Aoba nodded, "Yugao-nee hasn't gotten up yet, I want to make something for her. But there's only noodles left at home."
"Then come eat at my house, Mom should be preparing lunch soon," Karin pulled Aoba's hand and led him to her house.
Seeing Karin pulling him, he followed, but shook his head, rejecting the offer, "Better not, Yugao-nee is still angry. I'll cook myself later, maybe she'll calm down."
"Alright then~", Karin showed a disappointed expression on her face, and at the same time, gave up the idea of mooching food.
"Aoba-nii, what exactly did you do yesterday to make Yugao-nee still angry now?"
In her impression, Yugao had never stayed angry for so long.
Naturally, Aoba couldn't tell her the truth, "You'll understand when you're older."
"Why? You can't tell me now?", Karin was a bit dissatisfied, thinking he was still treating her like a child.
'I am not that young anymore!'
"No way!", Aoba rejected flatly.
Seeing this, Karin could only turn her head away in anger to express her displeasure.
———
"Aoba, take some more meat with you," Kasui took out another pack of fresh beef from the fridge and put it into the bag in Aoba's hands.
"Aunt Kasui, it's already quite a lot. We won't be able to finish it, you all won't have enough later," Aoba couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.
He only came over to get some fresh vegetables and meat for cooking, not to do a wholesale run.
These big and small bags, it's almost like moving their whole fridge.
"It's fine, young people should eat more, Auntie will go buy more later," Kasui smiled warmly, though she was a bit puzzled in her heart, she didn't know why, but somehow felt that today's Aoba was a little different.
"This really is a bit too much… Then I'll go first," Seeing he couldn't win against her, Aoba had to leave carrying a big bag of stuff.
———
Back at his own house, Uzuki Yugao was still in the bedroom.
He cooked a big table of dishes by himself, even steamed rice and made porridge, so Yugao could have whatever she wanted to eat.
After finishing everything, he returned to the bedroom.
But Uzuki Yugao was no longer on the bed, and from the bathroom came the sound of water splashing.
His home had two bathrooms, one in his master bedroom, the other next to the kitchen.
"Yugao-nee, breakfast is ready for you," Aoba knocked on the bathroom door.
"Mm!"
"Okay! Then go find Ino later, but you must come home before dinner," Uzuki Yugao seemed startled, her tone slightly anxious.
"Yugao-nee, do you want me to come in and help you?", Aoba showed a mischievous smile.
"No! You can go!", Uzuki Yugao refused decisively.
"Alright then," Aoba smiled and left the bedroom.
He had already used his Byakugan to take in all the beautiful scenery inside the bathroom.
Hearing the door close, Uzuki Yugao finally let out a long breath.
She washed her fingers.
She had just used Water Style Ninjutsu(Mastu*bation) to finally get rid of the last bit of last night's "leftovers" in her stomach.
She hadn't expected Aoba to come over at this time, got startled.
'Did he notice something?'
She cleaned her body again, washing off all the sticky sweat.
Only then did she step out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe.
Came to the living room, seeing the full table of dishes and Aoba sitting next to it, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.
"You really didn't go find Ino today?"
"I'll go at noon, have lunch with Ino at that time," While answering, Aoba's eyes never left her.
At this moment, Uzuki Yugao looked like a fully blooming flower.
But hearing that, the smile on Uzuki Yugao's lips was instantly suppressed again.
After sitting down, she lightly snorted, then looked at him with a burning gaze, "Be sure to come back tonight~"
"…Okay," Aoba couldn't help but inhale sharply in his heart.
He recalled the tragic state of foaming at the mouth under her attack last night.
But upon seeing him dressed more tightly than usual, Uzuki Yugao's eyes also showed a trace of heartache.
"I won't bite you anymore in the future…"
"Hmm?", Aoba looked at Uzuki Yugao in confusion. In her eyes were 30% shyness, 70% guilt, and 90% heartache.
"But if that's the case, then Yugao-nee's combat strength is too low."
"I… I wasn't ready last night!", Uzuki Yugao puffed her cheeks, very dissatisfied that he dared to underestimate her combat power.
She was a Jonin of Konoha. How could her combat strength be low.
People say one matures after experience, but Aoba found that Yugao had become even more adorable.
Then he said seriously, "Actually, we could try another place…"
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