Chapter 198: Chapter 198: Human Nature
"Then I'll just suffer a bit and be teacher's punching bag."
"Hmm? Suffer?", Tsunade, upon hearing this, glanced at Aoba's serious face with hazy eyes.
She couldn't help but find it funny and raised her exquisitely beautiful foot, like a work of art, to kick at his face.
Aoba reacted quickly and caught Tsunade's incoming foot.
'That... was now just less than a…'
But probably because it had been exposed to the air the whole time, when Aoba caught it, it felt ice-cold, like something just taken out of a refrigerator.
"Mmm~", Tsunade subconsciously let out a light sound.
"You little brat...", Before Tsunade could finish her sentence, Aoba directly put… into his arms.
Realizing Aoba's rude behavior, Tsunade frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.
Instead, she kicked over again.
Only for it to be caught by Aoba again and similarly tucked into his arms.
Tsunade widened her eyes, "Brat, is this how you act as a punching bag?"
Aoba pressed down a little.
Which made a blush appear on Tsunade's face again.
He smiled and explained, "Teacher, your feet are too cold, that's not good for your health. I'm warming them up for you."
Tsunade, hearing this, pouted, "It's because of you, little brat! Now I'm even angrier!"
While… Aoba asked, "Then what's making you angry, teacher? There shouldn't be anything in the village lately worth making you this angry, right?"
"Hmph! In the entire village, the one that makes me the angriest is you, my disobedient disciple," Tsunade snorted discontentedly.
"Huh? Teacher, when have I ever disobeyed you?", Aoba looked completely innocent.
"Ha!", Tsunade was so mad she laughed, 'How many times has this little brat deliberately pissed me off?'
"Then tell me, teacher, in what way exactly have I been disobedient?", Aoba asked back.
"You…", Tsunade only said one word before stopping.
Thinking back, although Aoba did often irritate her, it didn't really count as being disobedient. At most, it was just some minor things where he deliberately teased her.
But thinking carefully, that couldn't really be called disobedience, it was more like… flirting.
Tsunade couldn't find the words to reply.
Thinking even more closely now, ever since they established a teacher-disciple relationship, this little brat had never treated her like a proper teacher.
'He is clearly a rebellious disciple.' [T/N: Isn't there a manhua about rebellious disciple with similar plot? It is pretty good.]
Tsunade closed her eyes, not wanting to speak.
"You still haven't said… Alright, I'll shut up," Feeling Tsunade begin to struggle, Aoba obediently shut his mouth.
The atmosphere suddenly turned quiet.
Aoba focused on massaging Tsunade.
On the other side of the sofa, Tsunade's facial expression became somewhat unnatural.
Because Aoba's movements weren't exactly honest.
She bit her lower lip tightly, her cheeks flushed.
This wasn't helping her vent at all, this was pure torture.
'This brat, could it be he is using the same tricks he used on Yugao on me now?'
'Wait!'
Tsunade's thoughts were suddenly interrupted.
A toe bump made her suddenly realize something unusual on Aoba's body.
Tsunade instinctively kicked again.
"Hss~"
Aoba drew in a sharp breath.
Tsunade immediately pulled her feet back.
Aoba hadn't even reacted yet.
"You perverted little brat!", She roared in anger.
Aoba looked completely innocent, "Teacher, this is human nature…"
"Tsunade-sama, Aoba, what's going on?", From the kitchen, Shizune heard the noise and rushed out, still holding a spatula, her face full of worry.
But just as she came out, she saw an extremely furious Tsunade and an innocent-looking Aoba.
With her understanding of Tsunade, this was real anger.
Immediately, Shizune became even more anxious. This was the first time she had seen Tsunade lose her temper like this at Aoba.
"Tsunade-sama, Aoba, you two…"
"Shizune! Go back and cook!", Before Shizune could finish her sentence, Tsunade cut her off coldly.
"Tsunade-sama…"
"Shizune! Are you disobeying me too now?"
Shizune still wanted to say something but was once again loudly interrupted by Tsunade.
"Shizune-neechan, I'm fine, go cook first," Aoba also gave Shizune a reassuring look.
"Tsunade-sama, Aoba is… still just a kid," Shizune hesitated for a moment, sighed, and then tried to persuade Tsunade again before returning to the kitchen.
'A kid?'
Tsunade's mouth twitched.
What she had felt just now with the soles of her feet was not something a kid would have.
"Brat! I'm your teacher! And you dare have such thoughts about your teacher?", Once Shizune was back in the kitchen, Tsunade lowered her voice and said viciously to Aoba.
"Teacher is the most beautiful person I've ever seen, so it's only natural that I'd fall for you," Aoba hit her with a straight confession, which was pretty much a face-to-face declaration.
"You!", Tsunade was momentarily speechless from the sudden confession.
Although Aoba had indeed often sneaked glances at her before, she had always assumed it was just youthful hormones, perfectly normal to have thoughts about attractive people at that age.
But she hadn't expected that he'd actually have such rebellious thoughts.
He really wanted to be a disobedient disciple.
Just as Tsunade was still frozen in thought, Aoba once again took back the… she had pulled away.
"What are you doing?", Tsunade instinctively tried to struggle and pull her foot out of Aoba's arms.
But Aoba obviously wouldn't let her get away so easily.
He gripped her foot tightly, making it impossible for Tsunade to pull away.
"You perverted brat, are you trying to rebel now?", Tsunade was getting anxious. She worried he might use her… for some weird purpose.
After all, this little brat really was a pervert.
"Teacher, I'm just giving you a massage," Aoba gave a wry smile, his face showing just the right amount of dejection, "If teacher hates it, I'll leave right now."
"...", Tsunade originally wanted to yank her foot away directly, but upon seeing Aoba's expression, she didn't know why, she put it back.
"Brat! After you're done, go back to Yugao!", After speaking, Tsunade said nothing more, falling into silence and allowing Aoba to massage her.
Aoba also stopped teasing Tsunade and simply helped her relax and soothe her mood properly.
The atmosphere in the living room suddenly quieted again.
[T/N: Tch! Got blue balled again.]
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