Vocaloid X Naruto One Shots

Shikamaru x Gumi Part 2

Gumi's POV

'They actually did it.'

I bitterly thought as I kicked a pebble along with me.

My teammates finally got me out of my room.

I buried my hands in the pockets of my black shorts and blew a strand of hair away from my eyes. I had dark circles under them, no makeup could cover that up. My hair just as dry as my lips and as lifeless as my skin tone. I was so upset, I wasn't even wearing my signature orange and green attire. 

I was angry at myself for letting his words get to me, but I couldn't help it. In fact, I'm still sad.

And I still love him.

My fingers brushed against paper and a small sealing scroll resting in my pockets. I poured my heart onto these pages. Almost using my blood as ink.

"I'm so pathetic." That frown will never get off my face if I continue like this. It's getting way out of hand.

Where was I even going? I walked through the streets of Konoha without a certain destination.

The smell of meat invaded my nostrils as the BBQ restaurant slipped into my field of vision. I smiled weakly and entered the place.

At my usual table, I took my paper stack out of my scroll and started scribbling more lyric ideas on them. I had about 106 pages worth of lyrics. Damn, a heartbreak can do wonders. I snorted at the thought of heartbreaks caused by lazy geniuses.

Just as I was about to tear up again, team Asuma walked through the entrance of the restaurant. I prayed to any god there is that they wouldn't see me. But I supposed that's inevitable. So I opted to ingnore them as best as I could. To my bad luck, the Nara sat on the side of their table, where he had a perfect view of me.

I pinned my gaze to my paper and continued writing. 'Don't cry' I scolded myself, 'Not in front of him. Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't-'

"Hey, Gumi!"

My head instinctively snapped towards the direction the voice came from. Ino, who's sitting next to Shikamaru, waved, inviting me to their table. I sealed the loose paper back into the scroll and stood up.

'Don't show weakness.' I chanted in my mind, as if it were a prayer, as I stalked towards their table. My left hand was wrapped tightly around the scroll sitting in my pocket. Their eyes widened as they saw my horribly groomed state.

"Hi, everyone." I said in a neutral tone, the only thing I have absolute control over is my voice. The Nara lifted an eyebrow at my odd behavior.
And the rest of the group was shocked, they've expected me to run over to them and shout a cheerful greeting.

The blonde seemed confused by my manner of speaking as well. "Um, we came back from a mission last week and we didn't see you since we arrived. What have you been up to? Were you on a mission as well? Why didn't you tell anyone?" She was obviously concerned, that's the only time she askes so many questions at once. "I wasn't on a mission, so there was nothing to tell anyone."

The Yamanaka heiress easily catched how I avoided her first question and chewed her bottom lip in thought. "Then where were you?" Her blue eyes hardened and wouldn't let any detail of my body language escape. A vague answer will only make her more suspicious.

"I was in my room writing songs" I shrugged.

"For three weeks?" Choji slowly spoke, testing the waters.

"I had... inspiration." I said, looking straight at the Nara.

His brows knitted together as he seemed to be scanning his brain for an answer to his unasked question: 'what do you mean by that?'

The team, exept Shikamaru, shared confused looks.

"If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna leave now." I walked to the exit, trying with all my might not to run like I wanted to, and like I eventually did.

"Gumi!" Ino yelled after me, but she couldn't run after me since she sat by the wall and Shikamaru was blocking her way.

3rd Person POV

"Shikamaru! What are you waiting for, you idiot?! Go after her!" Ino kicked his side which made him fall out of his seat. He lifted himself from the ground. "Why me?"

Ino looked at him as if he's gone crazy. "You're her best friend!"

Shikamaru seemed to ponder on that for a split second before taking off to find the green haired girl.
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'I should have known that she would come here.' The Nara scolded himself as he approached the girl sitting under their tree, hugging her legs to her chest.

"What's wrong?" He asked, taking a seat next to her.

Gumi exhaled sharply, a humorless smirk hanging on her lips. "You have the nerve to ask me that?"

"I honestly don't know what you're talking about." Shikamaru leaned his head against the tree trunk and sighed.

"Are you serious?!" He quickly turned towards the green haired kunoichi, surprised at her outburst.

'Gumi never gets angry...' he thought to himself.

"So you don't remember that three weeks and two days ago, you treated me like shit?! That you threw all the things I'm insecure about back in my face?!" She stood in front of him with a furious expression. Shikamaru only watching her, speechless. Astonished by hearing Gumi swear so naturally.

"You know how I always smile and ignore anything hurtful you say to me? Well, let me tell you something incredible, Shikamaru Nara. I'M ONE HELL OF AN ACTRESS!" The girl was sobbing uncontrollably at this point, hugging herself in a desperate attempt to feel comfort.

'Gumi never cries...' His thoughts seemed like fantasies. Everything he thought he knew about the girl turned out to be a lie, a shell.

Gumi Megpoid. The perpetually happy girl, is crumbling right in front of him. He stood up and approached her cautiously. The lazy genius wrapped his arms around her shaking frame, trying to hold her pieces together, fearing she'd fall apart at any second.

"That day, when I left for my mission... What were you going to give me?" He asked in a quiet voice.

The green haired girl chuckled dryly and lifted her head to look the Nara in the eyes. "I should probably slap you and walk off crying to make you feel guilty, but I can't do that." She gave him a teary eyed smile. And reached her hand into her pocket, fishing out a small scroll. She placed it into his palm and lightly pushed him away from her.

Gumi wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. "Have fun reading!" She chirped, still with a sad smile, at the confused chūnin before walking down the little hill on top of which her favorite tree stood.

Shikamaru stared at the object in his hand as if it were about to explode. He gingerly unsealed it's contents as over a hundred papers dragged his arms down like weights. 

"This'll be a long afternoon." He sighed heavily and started reading the first page.

To be continued...

*sheepishly pokes her head through the doorway* Hi~ ^_^

This is pretty awkward, I don't know what to say.

School started! I have classes from 7:30 to 16:00 every day :'v
So please have mercy on my tired soul.

I'm working on a lot of things but school's just taking all of my time away from me. Please understand!

Thank you for reading and stay tuned!

Aoki~