Pink Toothbrush and Little Panties

Nothing happened all night.

Even though Chishima Chiba had left his door open, Tsunade did not launch a midnight sneak attack.

That was... nice.

Early the next morning, Chishima Chiba knocked on Tsunade's door.

Tsunade seemed to be dawdling over something inside. Only after quite a while did she pull the door open.

Their eyes met. Chishima Chiba gave Tsunade, standing there in cute pajamas and looking utterly unremarkable, a once-over, and the restless heat from waking up in the morning vanished completely.

She was cute, but compared to sexy...

At that moment, Tsunade pouted and spoke. "Chiba, you got up way too early, didn't you?"

She rubbed her sleepy eyes twice, utterly unaware that Chishima Chiba had been looking her over. Without any guard up, she stepped aside. "Do you want to come in?"

"No."

Chishima Chiba still had some decency, and besides, going into Tsunade's bedroom in broad daylight was not exactly appropriate. It would be hard to explain if someone saw him.

"I'll go in tonight."

Tsunade did not seem to understand. Perhaps she was still groggy from waking up. Her usual impatience was nowhere to be seen, and she appeared unusually soft and adorably dazed.

"Mm, then do you need anything else? I'm going back to sleep for a while..."

As she spoke, Tsunade turned and walked into the room without any intention of closing the door, leaving Chishima Chiba only a small, lovely silhouette from behind.

"I wanted to ask if you have an extra toothbrush, cup, and toothpaste."

Chishima Chiba spoke again. Tsunade, who had only taken two steps, paused before continuing forward in a haze.

After wandering around the room twice, Tsunade tossed out a brand-new unopened pink toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste. "Find your own cup. Don't bother me again..."

The little girl threw herself onto the big bed and began snoring within three seconds, docile as a kitten.

"Ha, so this is what Tsunade looks like when she wakes up early."

Chishima Chiba shook his head with a smile, closed Tsunade's door for her, tossed the pink toothbrush lightly into the air, and caught it steadily.

Humming a somewhat strange tune, Chishima Chiba returned to his room and found himself a cup to use as a toothbrush holder.

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

While Chishima Chiba was washing up, Tsunade stormed in, transforming from a docile kitten into a lioness with her fur standing on end.

"Chishima Chiba!!!"

Her childish voice carried a uniquely sharp feminine edge. "Give me back my toothbrush!"

Chishima Chiba was completely baffled. He looked up at Tsunade in astonishment, a pink toothbrush still clamped between his lips.

"Didn't you give it to me?"

Chishima Chiba's words were muffled, but Tsunade heard them clearly. "I didn't! I don't remember! Who can remember what they did right after waking up?"

So you did not have morning grumpiness. You were just groggy.

Very cute, but...

Tsunade stepped forward, seized the Pink Toothbrush in Chishima Chiba's mouth, and yanked hard.

"Let go!"

Chishima Chiba shook his head, making Tsunade's little hand sway back and forth.

What strength!

Tsunade exclaimed inwardly, but the nameless fire in her heart only burned hotter.

This guy had actually taken advantage of her grogginess after waking up to steal her toothbrush. Damn it!

"Let go!"

Tsunade pulled hard, but Chishima Chiba did not want to give up either. He was only halfway through brushing his teeth.

After struggling over it for quite a while, Tsunade retreated in defeat, pouted, turned around, and ran off.

"Is this girl really angry?"

Chishima Chiba felt uneasy. Once Tsunade stopped bothering him, he quickly finished washing up, gathered his toothbrush holder and toothbrush, and chased after her to her room.

"Ah!!"

But the moment he pushed open the door, Tsunade's scream greeted Chishima Chiba, along with a green robe flying at him.

"I didn't mean to..."

Chishima Chiba immediately backed out of the room. He also tossed the green robe draped over his head back to Tsunade and thoughtfully pulled the door shut.

Phew...

Letting out a long breath, Chishima Chiba raised a hand to his chest and silently called himself sinful.

But the cartoon design printed on Little Panties lingered in his mind and refused to fade. It was truly his first time seeing it; it had not been there last time...

After finally steadying his thoughts, Chishima Chiba waited quietly outside Tsunade's door. Only then did he realize that he might have gone too far this time.

At breakfast, Tsunade barely acknowledged Chishima Chiba, while he could only smile along and did not dare speak carelessly.

His usual slick tongue seemed to have vanished, prompting Uzumaki Mito, who was eating with them, to cast frequent sidelong glances.

"Chiba, what happened between you and Tsunade?"

"Uh... maybe because I woke Tsunade up too early today."

Chishima Chiba could only brush it off like that. He could not exactly tell Uzumaki Mito that he had seen her granddaughter wearing nothing but panties, could he?

Even if it had been an accident, how was he supposed to say that?

"Tsunade, you tell me." Uzumaki Mito looked at Tsunade again.

"There's nothing to say!"

Tsunade bit angrily into a piece of sushi. Her attitude toward Uzumaki Mito was not great, and she treated Chishima Chiba with even more disdain.

She really was angry...

Chishima Chiba gave a bitter smile, hurriedly filled his stomach, and sat quietly nearby waiting for Tsunade to finish eating.

After only five or six minutes, Tsunade finally finished. But when she left the table, she did not even look at Chishima Chiba.

"Thank you for the meal, Grandma. Sorry for troubling you!"

Chishima Chiba gave a slight bow, then straightened and hurried after Tsunade.

He had to coax this girl properly, or even disaster would be getting off lightly.

"Tsunade, wait for me!"

"Hmph, go away. I don't want to go to school with you." Tsunade did not even turn her head. "And I don't want to sit with you anymore!"

Chishima Chiba did not answer immediately, nor did he mention his earlier mistake. He simply walked quietly at Tsunade's side.

"Tsunade..."

"Don't talk to me!" Tsunade was not so easy to appease. She also shook her fist in warning.

Chishima Chiba pursed his lips, his mind racing. "Tsunade, I only used half your toothbrush. If you want it back, I can return the unused half to you."

That was even possible?!

Tsunade had never heard such nonsense before. It completely refreshed her understanding of just how shameless Chishima Chiba could be.

She was so angry that she laughed. "Half? You put the whole thing in your mouth!"

"I didn't use the middle part of the handle."

"Chishima Chiba!!!"

Tsunade's fur stood on end again. Her little pink fist flew up and struck Chishima Chiba in the chest. "You shameless bastard!"

Chishima Chiba took Tsunade's punch squarely in the chest, but after that, it was not so easy for her to pull her fist back.

"Let go!"

"Two identical toothbrushes. Forgive me."

"In your dreams!"

"I'll cover all your toothbrushes from now on, and I'll let you look back too."

As he spoke, Chishima Chiba suddenly lifted his shirt in front of Tsunade's stunned gaze, revealing his pale stomach and slightly reddened chest.

"There, you looked too. Now we're even."

"Who's even with you?! Who said we're even?!" Tsunade was nearly losing her mind, her mentality crumbling badly. "Don't even think about being even with me for the rest of your life!"

"Then let's stay tangled up for the rest of our lives. I don't object," Chishima Chiba answered very seriously.

"I object!"

"Then you forgive me."

"I don't forgive you!"

"Then you want to stay tangled up with me for the rest of your life."

"I don't!"

"Then you..."

Under Chishima Chiba's endless looping barrage and shameless pestering, Tsunade yielded, but she felt wronged!

She truly could not outargue Chishima Chiba. And after he had distracted her like that, more than half of her morning anger had somehow faded. It was absurd.

Puffing out her cheeks, Tsunade decided she would ignore Chishima Chiba for the entire day!

Absolutely not!