Yakumo's Artwork-It Feels Like Worrying Yourself Sick Over Your Daughter (Continued)

"All right. If you like them, I'll bring you some more."

Seeing the smile on Kurama Yakumo's face, Naruto Uzumaki couldn't resist reaching out and pinching her cheek.

"Ah!"

The sudden intimacy startled Kurama Yakumo, and she instinctively pulled back.

Thud!

She knocked her drawing board to the floor.

"Um... Naruto-kun, I—I didn't mean to."

Kurama Yakumo came to her senses and hurried to explain herself to Naruto Uzumaki.

She was afraid.

If Naruto thought she had pulled away because she disliked him, that would be terrible.

"It's okay."

"I was a little too forward."

Naruto Uzumaki gave her a gentle smile.

Given Kurama Yakumo's life so far,

it was perfectly natural for her to be startled.

He understood.

After reassuring Yakumo, Naruto Uzumaki crouched down to pick up the drawing board she had knocked over.

But the next moment,

his hand froze in midair.

The collision had knocked

the cloth covering the board off to one side.

On the board

was a rather provocative portrait.

"Ahhh!"

Kurenai Yuhi's scream rang out behind him.

Then

she rushed over and clumsily tossed the board onto the bed.

"Um... Naruto, you didn't see anything, did you?"

Kurenai Yuhi forced a smile as she asked.

"Heh... Kurenai, you and Yakumo both have great figures. You should make more paintings like this."

At Naruto Uzumaki's words, Kurenai Yuhi gritted her teeth.

That bastard!

Instead of pretending he hadn't seen anything to spare her the embarrassment, he had shamelessly commented on it.

He was doing it on purpose.

Kurama Yakumo, meanwhile, quietly took note of what Naruto Uzumaki had said.

If Naruto liked them,

she would ask Kurenai to paint more with her.

"Oh, there's one more thing."

Under Naruto Uzumaki's teasing gaze, Kurenai Yuhi forced herself to calm down and regained her usual mature