Bang! Thud!
"Hit it! That was amazing!"
The cork in front of the air rifle precisely knocked down a stuffed doll. Tenten immediately turned around in delight and threw her arms around Aoba.
She really loved this shooting game. Being taught hand-in-hand by Aoba how to shoot made her recall the feeling from when she was little, learning throwing techniques from him.
"Mm."
Aoba hugged Tenten back, then indulgently kissed her on the forehead.
Out of the corner of his eye, when he noticed Karin beside them looking a bit sulky, he also felt somewhat helpless.
He didn't even know whether Tenten had been led astray by Karin and Sakura.
But then again, it didn't really count as bad.
After all, the one earning money was him.
After playing the shooting game with Tenten, Aoba was dragged by Karin to ride the carousel.
Maybe the three of them hadn't brought quite enough money. For the carousel they could only buy one seat, and even the ice cream had to be shared, eating from the same stick.
After that came the roller coaster, and then intense rides like the giant pendulum.
Of course, for Karin and Tenten, who were already roughly at jonin-level strength, this kind of intensity really didn't count for much.
Their usual sparring was far more thrilling than this.
But the two of them seemed to get addicted to acting it up, screaming nonstop the whole way, their heads constantly burrowing into his chest.
Aoba cooperated the entire time as well, endlessly comforting them.
Lunch was also taken care of at a snack shop inside the amusement park.
It wasn't until evening, when they were getting ready to leave, that the three of them finally started the last activity and boarded the Ferris wheel.
This was the main purpose of this date.
Aoba looked at Karin, his expression somewhat speechless.
And the reason he was speechless was because Karin had taken off her shoes. Her small feet in white stockings were pressed together and tucked beneath her little bottom.
This was a four-seat cabin. Aoba sat on one side, while Karin and Tenten sat opposite him.
At the moment, Karin was kneeling on the seat, holding onto the railing by the window. The setting sun shone through the glass of the Ferris wheel, casting light onto her pretty face.
She and Tenten had calculated this on purpose. This attraction, known as a holy place for dates, took fifteen minutes from the lowest point to the highest point.
Judging from the time they got on, when it rose to the top, they would be able to see the entire amusement park beneath the autumn sunset.
Tenten, on the other side, was also holding onto the railing of the opposite window. There was anticipation in her eyes as well, but her sitting posture was much better than Karin's. Her smooth, fair calves were neatly held together.
Still, the expressions on their faces were very similar right now, both like little girls riding a Ferris wheel for the first time.
With eyes wide open, looking down from the highest point of the Ferris wheel at the scenery of the entire amusement park, there was a strange glimmer of light shining in their gazes.
Aoba, on the other hand, didn't have much interest in the view outside. He had been hesitating over whether to remind Karin to behave properly, at least put her feet where they were supposed to be.
Strangely enough, even though they had been playing in the amusement park for almost the whole day, when Karin took off her shoes, there wasn't the slightest trace of any odd smell in the air. There wasn't the faintest sign of dampness on her snow-white thigh-high stockings either.
'Chakra really is amazing.'
Aoba couldn't help sighing inwardly, his gaze occasionally sweeping over the white-stockinged jailer trapped beneath Karin's bottom.
First came the elegant arch of the foot wrapped in white silk.
Then the soft curves extended up to the delicate ankle, further up to the full, plump calf, and finally to the stocking opening slightly biting into her snowy thigh.
"Really beautiful," Karin murmured as she looked at the scenery outside.
At this moment, the Ferris wheel reached its highest point. The orange-red sunset didn't just envelop the amusement park, but the entire Konoha.
On the other side, Tenten nodded as well when she heard that.
Aoba also subconsciously brought his gaze back to Karin's profile at this moment.
Usually, Karin was always noisy and restless, rarely ever calm. But when she did quiet down, she looked even more well-behaved than Hinata and the others.
The sunset spilled over that delicate, lively face, as if coating her entire being in a layer of gentle radiance.
The scene before him suddenly made Aoba think of a poem.
"Aoba-nii?"
It was just as Aoba was lost in thought that Karin, who had been looking outside, suddenly spoke.
"What is it?", Aoba froze for a moment.
"What do you mean, 'what is it'? Aoba-nii, you've been staring at me this whole time, haven't you?", Karin's clear eyes turned to look at Aoba. Then, as if she'd thought of something, a mischievous smile suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Don't tell me you were so mesmerized by my profile that you spaced out?", At some point, Tenten had also pulled her gaze back from the window. With equally dark eyes, she stared at Aoba, wanting to see how he would answer.
Aoba pursed his lips, "I mainly wanted to remind you to put your shoes back on."
"Really?", Karin was suspicious.
"Really," Aoba's expression was sincere.
Karin puffed her cheeks in dissatisfaction, but then seemed to think of something. She raised her brows slightly, and a hint of a smile appeared on her face again.
Then she lifted both hands and gathered her straight red hair behind her head, tying it up into a high ponytail. She turned her profile toward Aoba, tilting her head slightly upward and fully revealing the slender, graceful curve of her neck.
Her whole body seemed to glow beneath the sunset.
"Aoba-nii, does this look a bit better? I see Kushina-nee often ties her hair like this."
Karin shifted her gaze back out the window and even tilted her head, letting Aoba see her more clearly.
To be honest, even if Karin weren't this pretty and cute, even if she were just an ordinary girl, striking this pose would still easily draw people in.
Let alone Karin. She wasn't ordinary at all. Even Aoba, who was already used to seeing her in all kinds of states, was stunned by her sudden appearance.
Aoba answered without thinking, "It looks good."
A faint blush immediately surfaced on Karin's pretty face, along with a smile of success at getting away with mischief.
"Aoba!", Tenten's voice sounded faintly, "If you keep staring, your eyes are going to pop out."
"Uh…"
Aoba didn't know how to respond, so he simply reached out and rubbed the bun on top of her head.
"Tenten's buns are really cute too. The kind of cute you never get tired of looking at, even for a lifetime."
"Hmph!"
Tenten just snorted lightly and shot him a glare, but didn't say anything more.
She actually knew why Aoba kept his gaze on Karin.
Her eyes inadvertently glanced at the small feet pressed under Karin.
Honestly, Karin really only knew how to play these little tricks.
After Aoba withdrew his hand, Tenten bent down and took off her shoes as well.
Then she crossed her right leg over her left and, right in front of Aoba, tugged at the small white cotton sock on her foot.
The stretched white sock took on a translucent quality, making the slightly curled toes inside and the pink sole faintly visible.
Until there was a "pa" sound, the sock snapped back to its original shape under its elasticity, and the fair little foot appeared like a freshly peeled bamboo shoot.
Immediately after that, a faint milk-and-flower scent quietly spread through the cabin.
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