[Inside the Bedroom]
A few strands of silvery moonlight filtered through the gauze curtains, falling across Kurenai's smooth back.
At this moment, she was lying against Aoba's chest, breathing heavily. Her whole body was limp, and all she wanted right now was to stay quietly nestled in this little rascal's arms.
"You… why were you going so hard today? I couldn't handle it anymore!"
"It's because Kurenai-nee looked too beautiful in a wedding dress. I couldn't hold back."
Aoba gently stroked her back, his gaze drifting to the scattered white fabric on the floor.
Just now, halfway through, Kurenai suddenly wanted to try on a wedding dress, so Aoba used his eye technique to materialize one.
After she put on the wedding dress, her charm really rose several levels.
With the boost from that special "equipment," Aoba naturally hadn't quite controlled his strength.
Hearing this, Kurenai's lips curved slightly upward, her cheek pressed against his chest.
A thin layer of sweat still covered her face, sticking closely to Aoba's skin, but she complained while drawing circles on him with her finger.
"Even though what you said makes me happy, you can't keep going like that… I can't handle it alone, okay?"
"This… hmm?"
Kurenai's complaint made Aoba pause mid-sentence.
"?"
His sudden pause naturally made Kurenai feel puzzled as well.
As she shifted and raised her head to look at him, she found Aoba staring at her with an expression like he wanted to say something but was holding back.
Her heart tightened for no reason, and she swallowed.
"Y-you're not thinking up some bad idea again, are you?"
Last time, he had that exact same look, and then he tried that thing Anko had mentioned.
Although it wasn't as unacceptable as she had imagined, it still felt a bit strange.
"..."
Aoba was rendered speechless by her question.
'Am I really such a bad guy?'
'Why does she immediately suspect me of plotting something bad?"
'Hmm? I do seem to be plotting something bad…'
'Then never mind.'
But it wasn't actually that bad.
Aoba cleared his throat, putting on a concerned expression, "Kurenai-nee, what bad idea could I have? I'm just feeling guilty for not considering you just now."
"Cut it out. Like I don't know you."
Kurenai rolled her eyes at him, "If you've thought of some bad idea, just say it. Since I'm in a pretty good mood right now… I don't mind cooperating a little."
"Of course, if it's too much, then definitely not."
What this guy thought about was nothing more than this or that. Trying it occasionally wasn't a big deal.
Even if it felt a bit strange, overall it wasn't bad.
And on top of that, today she not only found out about the wedding, but also wore a wedding dress, so her mood really was quite good.
"Really?"
Aoba's eyes lit up immediately.
"..."
Kurenai twisted his arm, "And you still dare say you weren't plotting something?"
"Ahem! Actually, I don't think this is really a bad idea."
Aoba returned to a serious expression.
"Then what is it?"
Kurenai grew a bit curious.
Aoba leaned close to her ear and spoke in a low voice.
"Didn't you say just now that you can't handle it alone? So I was thinking, maybe it'd be better to find someone to share the burden…"
As he spoke, Aoba also carefully observed her expression.
But she remained completely expressionless the entire time, impossible to read.
"Kurenai-nee?"
Aoba couldn't help poking her cheek.
And received a pair of eye-rolls in return.
"Did Anko tell you to say this?"
"It's mainly because Anko-nee keeps nagging me about it. Every time I go see her, she brings it up, and then…"
"And then you wanted to help her come bully me together?"
Kurenai interrupted him with a resentful tone.
'Why is Anko so stubborn about this?'
'Is it because she can't beat me with raw strength, so she wants to find another way to win in a different area?'
She understood Anko's mischievous, bratty personality.
The way she acted all arrogant and provocative in front of her usually already made people want to smack her.
Under normal circumstances, Anko wasn't her match. She could beat her however she wanted.
But if it came to… that other area, just hearing the things Anko described was already enough to make her shrink back.
At that point, she'd definitely be bullied to death.
"How could that be!"
Aoba quickly denied it, "How could I let Kurenai-nee get bullied?"
"If you let Anko come together with me, isn't that just wanting to see me get bullied by her?"
Kurenai was quite aware of her own limits in this area. She definitely couldn't beat Anko.
If she ended up losing, wouldn't Anko lord it over her forever.
"If Anko-nee dares to bully you, then I'll help you bully her back as punishment."
Aoba said righteously.
"Hm?"
Kurenai paused. Being bullied by Anko was unacceptable, but bullying Anko together… that sounded pretty interesting.
"Then tell me, if she really tries to bully me, how am I supposed to bully her back?"
"Uh…"
Aoba really wanted to say that their years of friendship weren't for nothing.
"Hurry up and say it!"
Kurenai poked his head impatiently.
"..."
Aoba could only lean close to her ear again and speak quietly.
After all, it wasn't exactly something good, so he instinctively lowered his voice.
"When the time comes, we can… take Anko-nee… then make her…"
Aoba rambled on for quite a while, and Kurenai's expression gradually turned strange.
By the time he finished, it had already turned into disgust.
"Be honest! Have you already used these on some other girl?"
Kurenai grabbed his weak point and threatened fiercely.
The way he explained it so fluently made her start worrying whether he had some strange interests.
"..."
She really could change her expression in an instant. Aoba shrugged helplessly and honestly confessed.
"These were actually ideas Yugao-nee and Konan-nee came up with before, used as punishment for Yugito."
"Eh?"
Kurenai froze again.
She hadn't expected those ideas to come from Yugao and Konan.
"But if we do that to Anko, wouldn't she get angry?"
Kurenai felt that even Anko didn't deserve that.
"Ahem! That's why it's called punishment. If Anko-nee behaves herself, then naturally she won't have to suffer it."
And…
Aoba felt that for someone with Yugito's personality, it might be punishment, but for Anko… it could only count as a reward.
"..."
Kurenai silently shook her head. If Anko could behave herself, she wouldn't be Anko.
But if it really came to that, then she could only blame herself.
She imagined how flustered and miserable Anko would look at that time.
It didn't sound too bad.
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