The string that binded us||ShikaNaru

Chapter two: Stuck together

Previously-

The Uzumaki's cheek dusted lightly on red. A challenging grin formed on his lips as he blurted the words..

"You bet!"

Naruto's POV

I gazed over the carved faces of the previous rulers of this tiny villagers only for my eyes to stumble upon my father's face.

Shikamaru's blabber and the dins of the villagers wandered away from my thoughts.

Reminiscing the moment I spent with my own parent; Minato Namikaze, I stopped my tracks.

'I understand you now... Tou chan.. I promise, I won't disappoint you'

Snap.. snap.. snap!

"Oi Naruto!" I was brought back unto perception, Shikamaru tilted his head, it was clear that the Nara was wearing a mask behind his true emotions, his face showed none while his tone showed anxiety.

The raven adverted his hand back to his pocket while locking eyes with me. "Is something bothering you?"

I could see a light blush of embarrassment rushing ontop of the Nara's cheek. "A-ah, nothinh is wrong really.. I just remembered my father."

Grinning in brittle while waving my hand as a sign of 'shrugging' the conversation away, still, I could tell the Nara's confusion and worries.

"You met the yondaime?" I froze. Ofcourse.. He would figure it out.

Shikamaru unenthusiasticly smiled "I saw pictures of the Yondaime from my fathers time capsule, he kinda looked like you so I assumed he WAS your father."

"Well, ofcourse, what do you think of him?" I glanced at Shikamaru's now reddened face.

Shikamaru placed a hand on his chin, his face cooled down after. Judging by the raven's body language he must've had an encounter with the Yondaime. But how?

"W-well Uh- Mendukosē.. Well, he did have blonde hair, blue eyes like you and he looks like you- the color looked nice and he looks like a nice sweet guy and he does kinda looks good."

Doing the wigwag pose (Crossing arms) a hum of analytical process departed from my lips.

"Ah, I get it! If he's good looking then I am too right?" Accomplishment of my dumb resonating accumulated on my tone as Shikamaru stood there frozen and dumb founded.

"Baka, I only said that you'r father was good-looking, I never said anything about you being good- looking."

"Teme..! What did you say! You're the one who to talk pineapple head! -ttebayo!" I blurted getting the attention of everyone around us.

The Nara huffed akimbo posing whipping his head away from me. "Teme! Didn't your dad teach you to-!"

My speech was interrupted when I felt the grasp of soft palms and fingers wrapping around my index.

I looked down to see the small silhouette standing infront of me and Shikamaru. What a small child.

Glancing over at Shikamaru, our eyes met both in confusion. Seems like they're holding him to.

"Love, love, love.."

"Love.. Love.. Love?" I spoke timidly to not scare the child. The child nodded with such hyperactivity with a big grin plastered on it's face.

"Mendokusē.. Oi, Naruto, Hokage-sama will eventually throw me out of the window again if we don't go there now."

"Ne, Shikamaru, can't you just wait for a second? cold-ass shadow user." Giving him a warning glare I turned my attention back to the kid who has dispersed upon the air.

"GyAH-!" Being shocked by the sudden discovery I fell down on my bottom.

Shikamaru was no differ, his lazy gaze, gaped with his lips parted halfway in surprised. "Don't tell me I'm the only one who saw that-"

"Iie (no).. -ttebayo, you aren't the only one" The raven's hand blocked the sunlight from my eyes as signature of help.

I held his hand and stood up only to stumble upon a red string tied on both of our index fingers.

"Eh? What's this?" I pulled the string connecting the two of us only to have hauled the raven closer to my chest. "Hngh-!"

The soft, and pale skin of the raven's cheek landed on the cloth of my jumpsuit while I caugh his light weight on my arms. So light..
His blood rush ascended beyond red. "N-Naruto-"

Realizing our position, I quickly placed Shikamaru back oh his feet steadily. "S-sumimase..-ttebayo.."

"What is this anyways?" I clasped the red string by the middle with both of my hands.

I stretched the string to try and break it with full force but gave up panting in the end. What the heck is this?

"Naruto.. We need to go to your baa-chan Tsunade now. If we don't we're gonna be stuck together forever."