Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Shakespeare in Love ❯ 21 ( Chapter 8 )

So is it not with me as with that Muse,

Stirred by a painted beauty to his verse,

Who heaven itself for ornament doth use

And every fair with his fair doth rehearse,

Making a couplement of proud compare

With sun and moon, with earth and sea's rich gems,

With April's first-born flowers, and all things rare,

That heaven's air in love, but truly write,

And then believe me, my love is as fair

As any mother's child, though not so bright

As those gold candles fixed in heaven's air:

Let them say more that like of hearsay well;

I will not praise that purpose not to sell.

 

-Sonnet 21

 

Tsunade had always thought that Jiraiya was kidding when he claimed that he loved her. After all, he never expounded her virtues. In fact, he was much more likely to point out her flaws. However, Jiraiya thought that she should have already known that he thought she was beautiful. Why should he mention it if it was that obvious?