Tiptoe, tiptoe!
“Hong, are you home? It’s Asuma!”
Asuma, holding a bouquet of flowers, slightly adjusted his collar. A hint of nervousness colored his somewhat prematurely aged face.
This was the 48th time he had asked Kurenai out for dinner. Asuma believed that this time, Hong would surely be moved by his sincerity!
Even though he thought the same thing for the previous 47 times.
Tiptoe, tiptoe!
“Hong, aren’t you home? It’s me, Asuma!”
Inside the house.
The little loli Kurenai covered her ears with her small hands and said to the gentle man sitting in a chair drinking tea, “Lin Yu… Teacher! Look, Asuma is bothering me again, it’s so annoying! I don’t even know how many times this has happened!”
Lin Yu put down his teacup and chuckled, “Mm, dating too early isn’t good. Didn’t Hong reject him?”
Kurenai pouted her rosy little mouth, a hint of annoyance in her ruby-like eyes.
“How could I! I have to pretend to refuse him very subtly every time, it’s so tiring!”
Kurenai trotted to Lin Yu’s side, linked her arm through his, and said with watery eyes, “Lin Yu, can you help me? Look at Asuma’s face. If I walked with him, people would think he was my dad!”
“How many times have I told you, you should call me Teacher Lin Yu!”
Lin Yu ruffled the little loli’s head and laughed, “You’re being too harsh on Asuma! Hmm… at most, he’s at uncle level, hahaha!”
“Hehehe!”
Kurenai also burst into tinkling laughter, pulling Lin Yu’s arm and acting spoiled, “Teacher Lin Yu, just help me get rid of him! I can give you a reward!”
“Reward?”
Kurenai fidgeted, her face reddening, “Reward you… how about Hong becoming your girlfriend?”
This time, Lin Yu wasn’t surprised. Joke! Even Konan, who was only five, could flirt with him. Not to mention Hong, who was now over ten years old. It was a piece of cake!
But despite the surprise, Lin Yu was a righteous man and would naturally refuse sternly!
Besides, Lin Yu could tell that Hong was just having fun and didn’t have the same look in her eyes as Konan. After all, Lin Yu hadn’t received any love-at-first-sight buffs from the system!
“Hong, you’re still young. You can’t date early!”
Kurenai, however, pointed her finger and said softly, “But… you’ve already seen everything about me, so I have to be, whether I want to or not!”
“Huh? When did that happen!”
Lin Yu was a bit baffled. For the past ten years, he had been the epitome of a gentleman. Let alone peeping!
He hadn’t even looked at the one at home who openly offered herself to him! And now, little loli Kurenai?
“It’s… it’s when you were treating me, you also… also touched me!”
Kurenai’s little face grew hotter and hotter, not the flush of Hinata, but a rosy pink, as if a natural blush had been applied to her face, incredibly alluring!
What the hell!
Lin Yu was greatly shocked. Hong was only one or two years old back then, and she was already remembering things? This wasn’t normal!
Kurenai rubbed her little face and raised her small head, saying seriously, “Moreover, Aunt Kushina likes me very much. I often go to play with Aunt Kushina when you’re not in the village!”
“Kush… Aunt Kushina?!”
Lin Yu stammered, seemingly afraid to utter the words, lest a fiery “blood-red chili pepper” appear behind him.
Kurenai tilted her head and blinked her big eyes, saying, “Yes! Is there something wrong?”
Lin Yu looked Kurenai up and down. He didn’t find any signs of her being beaten and relaxed, “This… Hong, when you call Kushina ‘Auntie’, didn’t she say anything?”
A hint of slyness flashed in Kurenai’s eyes, and she giggled, “Of course not, Aunt Kushina even praised me for being sensible!”
“Is… is that so.”
Lin Yu stroked his smooth chin, pondering: Do girls like this kind of address when they get older? This shouldn’t be the case at all!
Lin Yu had little dating experience, both in his past life and this one. Any he had heard from others. However, Lin Yu was sure that no girl would like being called “Auntie”!
Even little loli Hong! So she must be lying to me!
But… perhaps customs are different in the ninja world. After all, the system is so strange, and there are so many other “strange” examples.
It’s possible, but Lin Yu would absolutely not step on this minefield. Never!
“Teacher Lin Yu, have you considered it? Hurry and help me drive away that uncle outside.”
Kurenai shook Lin Yu’s arm, her big, watery eyes reddened, “Lin Yu, you don’t want cute Hong to be harassed all day, do you?”
Lin Yu nodded. It made some sense! But why did this sentence feel so familiar! (Readers comment similar things to me in the comment section every day!)
“Hong! Are you home? Did you faint? Then I’m coming in!”
Asuma, standing outside the door, knocked for a long time and no one opened it. He was worried. Did something happen to Hong!
“No! Hong must need me now. I have to go in and check!”
Just as Asuma was about to break down the door, the originally locked door creaked open, and a familiar voice to Asuma came out.
“Hong doesn’t need you, but I know Jiriku must really need you!”
Asuma’s heart leaped when he saw the door open: Did Hong finally melt at my sincerity?
But the striking red hair that met his eyes stunned Asuma. Why was Uzumaki Lin Yu at Hong’s house? What were they doing?
And! Who is Jiriku?
“Lin Yu… Teacher, why are you at Hong’s house?”
“I came to…”
Before Lin Yu could finish speaking, little loli Kurenai trotted to Lin Yu’s side, linked his arm, and said, “Teacher Lin Yu is my boyfriend! Asuma, don’t bother me anymore!”
Asuma stared dumbfounded at Kurenai, who was clinging to Lin Yu like a little bird. He felt that that position should have belonged to him.
No!!! My Hong!! My first love!
A bouquet of flowers dropped to the ground, scattering everywhere. Asuma’s heart also scattered. He desperately needed some time alone now.
Kurenai looked at the dejected Asuma leaving and wrinkled her small nose, saying, “Is what I did a bit too much?”
Even so, her hand holding Lin Yu didn’t loosen.
Lin Yu smiled and comforted her, “Don’t worry, Asuma will thank you later. Because he will meet his true love soon!”
Kurenai’s big eyes were filled with confusion, “Really? Then anyone who would fall for Uncle Asuma must be quite old too, right?”
Ugh… has calling him uncle become so natural already?
Lin Yu ruffled Hong’s head and said, “Never mind him. Shall we go play with your Aunt Kushina… Sister?”
“Hehehe, okay!”
……
As the sun set, on the streets of Konoha Village, two figures resembling small tornadoes dashed through the crowd, heading towards the starting point!
Whoosh! They crossed the finish line at the same time!
But neither of them relaxed, because the real show was yet to come!
“Rock, paper, scissors!”
Kakashi: Paper!
Might Guy: Rock!
“Damn it! I actually lost! Kakashi, I’ll challenge you again tomorrow!”
Kakashi’s dead fish eyes couldn’t be maintained: So… what was the point of us running so many laps around Konoha?