Chapter 157 Her Silly Son

“That’s absolutely true! Fugaku won’t let me go out, and he won’t give me any pocket money!” Haruko retorted confidently.

"I don't let you go out because I'm afraid you'll catch a cold. All I do with the pocket money is buy candy. Have you forgotten how you cried and screamed when you had a toothache before?"

"But... Fugaku is just not good!"

After listening to Fugaku Uchiha's explanation, Obito Uchiha roughly understood what had happened.

Haruko was naturally frail and couldn't stand the cold, so even in hot weather she had to be wrapped up tightly, and her face was usually covered with a white veil. Because she had been taking medicine since she was a child, she developed a love for sweets, until Fugaku Uchiha unknowingly developed a toothache from eating too much, at which point Fugaku Uchiha began to strictly control her allowance.

"I've been completely fooled..." Obito Uchiha's lips twitched.

He started out with a sense of heroism, wanting to save a pitiful girl, but now staying here only makes him look more foolish!

Obito Uchiha stood up angrily and apologized, saying he had to go back. Haruko quickly grabbed him.

"Silly...cough, aren't you going to stay and play with us?"

Did she say "stupid"? What was she trying to say about stupidity?

Seeing Fugaku Uchiha go to the kitchen, Obito Uchiha's face darkened, and he stubbornly replied, "I won't play with liars!"

Seemingly hurt by his words, Haruko lowered her eyes and loosened her grip on his hand.

Obito Uchiha felt a strange sense of guilt. After all, he was the victim. Although his tone was harsh, he softened his voice and said, "I... I mean you didn't mean to apologize at all!"

"I'm so sorry." Haruko raised her other hand and wiped her eyes with her sleeve. "I don't have any friends, so I don't know how to get along with others."

"What... You're saying things that don't make anyone angry at all." Obito Uchiha scratched his head in frustration.

So, because of her health condition, she, like me, had no friends...

The shared understanding between them made Obito feel a sense of closeness, and the fact that he had been deceived by her was completely forgotten.

"Fine, seeing how sincere you are, I'll generously forgive you."

Obito Uchiha, who was naturally soft-hearted, was easily fooled by her pitiful actions and forgave her immediately.

"Yay!" Haruko cheered. Seeing that he was no longer angry, she asked the question that had been bothering her all along, "So what did you say your name was again?"

"...I'm going back!!!"

...

Recalling their first meeting, Obito Uchiha, somewhat annoyed, wrapped his hands around her long hair, letting the soft strands dance on his fingertips.

"Why is Obito suddenly unhappy?" Haruko asked him, her mouth full of candy.

This was their secret code: if Haruko upset him, Obito would grab her hair.

The reason was that after Obito Uchiha learned that she couldn't go out and had no friends, he generously offered to come and visit her often. Haruko felt that she had found a powerful patron who would give her pocket money, and she cheered for him.

Unexpectedly, she was so happy that Obito Uchiha became friends with her. However, Haruko Uchiha was really good at teasing people and often made him sulk.

Haruko said that she had no idea why the silly boy she had tricked kept looking at her with resentful eyes, and later she realized that Obito Uchiha was actually angry.

Haruko: ...Don't the Uchiha clans have mouths?

Once again noticing that Obito Uchiha was ignoring her, Haruko reluctantly moved closer to try and catch his gaze, but Obito kept turning his head away and wouldn't look at her.

Haruko preemptively said, "Obito is so mean, ignoring me."

Obito Uchiha immediately turned to look at her, his expression incredulous. "You were the one who made me angry first! How can you say I went too far?"

“I just mentioned a kid I knew before, and you got jealous.”

"What jealousy! I'm not jealous!"

Uchiha Obito blushed and tried his best to refute, but when he met the suspicion in her eyes, he finally raised his hands and covered her eyes in anger and annoyance.

Feeling the warmth of the darkness before her, Haruko continued her accusation undisturbed: "Obito likes to sulk so much, it's so annoying."

When he gets angry, I can't even trick him into buying me candy anymore, which is really annoying.

Obito Uchiha was secretly pleased, but he still showed his displeasure on the surface. "You clearly said that I was your first friend, but you lied to me again."

“But you really are my first friend.” Haruko grabbed his hand and looked at him with sincere eyes.

Feeling her grasp his hand, Obito Uchiha awkwardly lowered his eyes and whispered, "Then you just said that you lied to other children before you met me..."

Haruko:?

No, is being fooled by me something to be proud of? Why are you so stubbornly insistent on being the only one who can be fooled?

Haruko didn't understand, but she still had to keep her legs in check. "The kids I tricked before all look like I've ripped them off, saying they never want to see me again."

That's why people say Obito is such a kind person. Which kid would still want to play with her after she tricked them out of their pocket money?

Hearing the explanation, Obito Uchiha's mood improved, and he couldn't help but feel happy that he was the only one who stayed by her side.

Haruko sighed again, lamenting that the Uchiha clan was full of tsundere characters, and said helplessly, "If I ever make Obito unhappy, then Obito can pull my hair."

"Why?" Obito Uchiha was taken aback.

Haruko's almond-shaped eyes curved slightly as she placed a strand of her long hair into his palm.

"I have to feel the same pain as Obito for it to be fair, right?"

Obito Uchiha touched her gently with his fingertips and subconsciously followed her instructions, picking up strands of hair. She said she liked long hair, so she had never cut it short. Now, sitting upright, her hair was scattered on the ground like blooming, intertwined flowers.

As if lured by the fragrance of flowers, Obito Uchiha tightened his fingers, feeling the coolness of her black hair, but did not pull it. He simply stared straight at Haruko, who was now connected to him.

...

Obito Uchiha ruffled her hair at various angles, "It reminded me of the first time you tricked me into coming home."

"I really miss those days. Obito was so easy to fool back then," Haruko said wistfully.

Unlike now, they have gradually become immune to her rhetoric and have been given the arduous task of controlling the candy by Fugaku Uchiha.

"..." Obito Uchiha released her hair speechlessly.

So why did he initially choose to be friends with her?

Suddenly, a gasp came from the classroom, drawing their attention.

"It's Kakashi!"

"Kakashi is so cool!"

"Kakashi, sit next to me!"

A silver-haired boy wearing a black mask stood in the center of the gradually closing crowd at the entrance. He seemed a little annoyed by their noise, and his gaze drifted into the distance, but he unintentionally met the eyes of the two curious people.

Obito Uchiha frowned. "What? I thought he was someone really powerful."

"Does Obito know him?" Haruko became interested in fellow enthusiasts whose faces were covered by masks.

"Hmph, anyway, he's not as good as me." Obito Uchiha turned his head away disdainfully, not wanting to talk about his so-called genius rival in front of her.

"Oh~" It seems he's even more powerful than Obito.

Haruko became even more curious. After all, as a member of the Uchiha clan, Obito's talent and hard work were not to be underestimated, but to be even better than him, it seemed that this masked boy was a genius among geniuses.

But... genius, aloof, popular, doesn't that sound a lot like someone else?