Confession

Process And End

Naruto hummed happily to himself, quickly walking down the hallway and towards one specific locker of a very special someone. He stopped by once he scanned the familiar name he found comfort in.

Nara Shikamaru.

Grinning stupidly after a quick scan, he quickly placed down a box full of chocolate and bolted away, hiding against one of the corner walls. This was very cliché of him but there's nothing wrong with that right? Being a little cheesy would surely spice up this process of his a bit.

After three years of pinning for the lazy genius, Naruto finally grew the balls to tell him how he actually felt for all these year.

He still held close to the memory of when he fell for the lazy genius's charms, the said boy stayed by his side when he was at his lowest. Covering him with his umbrella and sat next to him without uttering a single word. Although, not a lot of words were spoken to each other, the comfort he felt when they were together was enough to make his heart flutter.

That was the day he fell for him at first interaction.

Ever since then, he's been very affectionate towards the Nara. Any chance he got, he would always try to get closer to Shikamaru and be with him whenever he can or wanted him.

Thus those years build up to today where he will become more advance with his feelings and be a little more open about it.

He was feeling jittery all over again just thinking about his whole scenario and how it would end. He planned on giving him three small hints to Shikamaru before the biggest surprise!

He just hoped that he will return the feeling.

There were of course some doubts in mind but he shouldn't think of the negatives. He believed wholeheartedly that Shikamaru will return the feelings since it seems like he was also interested in him as well. Even his friends told him that they believed Shikamaru liked him.

His train of thoughts came to an instant stop when he heard a quiet, and familiar, "hm" came from the direction he was previously standing earlier. He calmed himself down by slapping his cheeks lightly before taking a brave peak from behind the wall.

There stood the man he was just thinking about, holding the box he left as a starter for this whole thing. He watched as Shikamaru turns it around a bit, scanning the item closely before quietly putting it inside his shoulder bag. He soon closed his locker shut and headed the opposite direction from Naruto without sparing another glance.

Naruto pouted a little at the lack of reaction but soon shook his head to stop himself. It would made sense though, the lack of reaction. He didn't put any notes from who it was from or why it was there in the first place and knowing Shikamaru, he won't try to figure it out.

He stayed at his spot for a while longer, pondering on what he should do next after this. His hand on his chin as he thought long and hard.

"Yo"

He flinched when a hot breathe made contact with his neck and quickly covered that spot with his hands. He was soon shocked once he recognized who this person was.

"Shikamaru! What? How? Huh? Weren't you just walking down there? How did you get here??"

"Hm? Were you watching me?"

Naruto grew a little flustered at his question. The way Shikamaru asked the question made him feel embarrassed, he didn't want to be looked weirdly. His hands began to flail around in panic while forcing an awkward laugh.

"What?! Of course not! I just happened to spot you when you were at your locker and saw you picked up that box of chocolate placed right there"

"That's basically watching me, even so, how'd you know it was a box of chocolate?"