Tsunade couldn't shake the pleasant realization. He wanted her... He wanted her, even despite his age and everything else. In the past, these feelings appeared shortly before the war, but she considered them mere nonsense and did not even pay attention. But every year everything changed and nothing was forgotten, and then he got married. Naturally, Tsunade didn't do anything and couldn't help it... It wasn't normal!
But... This time, Naruto did exactly what she definitely could not fight if she was even a little drunk and, if not for Hinata, Tsunade had no doubt that she would have succumbed, even as a virgin. In the past, having drunk many times, she imagined something like this, but she could not even imagine that this could actually happen in reality.
"Why me? I do not understand!"
He couldn't have known the truth, could he? Who was then under his table? And why did he even start acting so weird?
All these questions and feelings in the end left her no choice ...
After a series of intense thoughts, Tsunade got a headache and hesitantly agreed:
- Okay...
- Truth? Shizune was overjoyed again. Like a girl who found out that her best friend decided to accept her relationship with a guy...
- Stop being so happy! This annoys me…" Senju turned around and grumbled:
"Just let me take a shower, I'm not going to go to him in such a ..." She broke off abruptly and hurried to explain:
It's not for him, you understand? I always take a morning shower!
"Um…" Shizune nodded calmly, "Okay.
This woman's behavior was already starting to bother her...
— Hmph! Tsunade turned away and cursed to herself.
"That's stupid! Why am I making excuses? I still won't let him touch me! It's humiliating, and in general ... "- She suddenly froze, imagining something terrible:
"What if he confesses to me? What if I don't care about him? What to do then?!"
Tsunade once again covered the dark shadow of his own insecurities...
Did she make a mistake that day? And knowing Naruto's impudent nature, she could misunderstand his harassment. What if he did not know about the feelings, but experienced the same thing?
"Oh my God..." Waves of fear and hidden joy swept over her. But they quickly crashed against the cruel reality driven by panic. Her cowardice and many phobias associated with relationships, including virginity, as well as her long and languishing feelings. But, the scariest thing is Hinata and his children! Naruto was married, so even if somehow, even in the most fantastic way, he fell in love with such an old woman...
Tsunade gritted her teeth. She suddenly wanted to kill someone!
"If he finds out what I really am… If he sees me without Henge and realizes what a pathetic virgin I am, doing this for years…"
Tsunade again decided to run away and hurried to choose another door...
That's just...
"Tsunade-sama?" Shizune's calm voice suddenly rang out.
- Are you okay?
"Wh-what?" - The girl's heart trembled, she almost jumped off the spot ...
The corners of her lips twitched nervously. She simultaneously experienced joy, disappointment, fear and contempt for herself because of all these naive girlish thoughts. After all, it's certainly not the case! How could she be interested in him? He definitely screwed up! With Sakura, he also began to behave differently ... This is some kind of cunning plan, not otherwise!
Shizune narrowed her eyes. It became clear to her...
"You're not going to run away, are you?"
"T-this is… I…" Tsunade tensed up and was immediately confronted by the student's stern reply.
- Enough already? I don't know what happened between you and why you feel this way, but ... - her lips were stretched in a wry smile: - In fact, this is the first time I see you acting like this because of some guy. But, you know what... Anyway, you are Tsunade Senju!
Shizune abruptly grabbed sensei by the shoulders and resolutely looked her straight in the eyes.
— Look at you! You were Hokage too! You are one of the strongest kunoichi in the world! You are so good that you were able to keep your virginity for years. Yes, all these miserable women are no match for you!
"Um…" Tsunade was pleased with such words, but at the same time somehow uncomfortable…
"Stop running away already!" I know you too well, you were going to do that right now, weren't you? The time you found out about his wedding, you ran away too. They disappeared for so many years and then returned, and now again ... - Shizune no longer pretended to be a naive girl, this time she spoke coldly and sincerely:
Do you think I don't understand anything?
Her insistent tone was starting to scare...
- BUT? Tsunade's eyes trembled, she wanted to retreat, but the student held her too tightly.
"Well, here we go again…" Shizune clenched her fingers on her shoulders, "Don't even try. Now I will say everything that I think, and you will listen to me!
"No… Don't you dare…" The princess panicked. In her eyes, she understood everything that she was about to say!
- Do not dare! Her face suddenly turned pale, and fear was reflected in her eyes.
If anyone says it out loud, then she... Then she won't be able to live anymore...
But Shizune struck without any mercy!
Are you in love with Naruto Uzumaki?
"Ah..." Tsunade recoiled. Tears welled up in her eyes. The lips never stopped trembling.
- How could you...
Like a blade to the heart...
These words have never been spoken aloud. At that moment, it seemed to her as if the most terrible secret had become a reality for the whole world ...
Hearing this from the outside was unbearably painful. Tsunade wanted to fall through the ground, not because of shame, but because of her own contempt...
To fall in love with a guy who is good enough for your grandchildren ... To endure and hope for something, and then find out that he is getting married ... How could she stay? It was unbearable...
Also his harassment... Naruto only made it worse. Tsunade's heart was not made of steel, no matter how hard she tried to convince everyone of it.
The more she thought about what had happened, the worse she got. But the most ridiculous and vile thing is to continue to stay here in Konoha and continue to hope for something, even when all is lost. She hated herself more than anything for it.