Mask Boy

some truths, some untold

They stared at each other, Naruto was still smiling at him while Shikamaru stared confusingly back.

"Sorry, my place is kind of dirty so we'll have to talk in my room. It's more decent there" Naruto said before walking further inside the dirty apartment.

Shikamaru continued so follow silently, exmaning around the apartment.

When he entered inside the supposed bedroom, it was a lot cleaner then the entrance but still, the bed looked stiff and there were many papers scattered around the room alongside with a few scratches on the walls and floor.

He then looked back at Naruto.

Naruto was standing, waiting patiently for him to come closer inside.

"It's still messy, isn't it?" Naruto commented.

Shikamaru seemed to be back and realized that he was just judging Naruto's living conditions, he shook his head to get rid of the thoughts.

"Sorry... sorry"

"Nope! It's fine, I would be thinking like that too but I'm used to it being like this" Naruto excused it off.

He sat himself down on the apartment floor.

"You have questions don't you? Well now is your chance to ask me anything and this time, I won't be running away"

Naruto patted on the floor, signaling to Shikamaru to take a seat in front of him and which Shikamaru took it.

Complete silence surrounded them.

To Shikamaru, the air around them felt tense and anticipation, so he was getting a little nervous for whats to come. While Naruto looked at ease, as if it was a normal meeting that they usually do.

Raking around his brain, he prepares everything in his head. "About the guys back there.. why did they uh well attack you?"

"You heard most of the things they said right? About being a devil spawned and whatnots?"

Shikamaru nodded.

"Well that's your answer! Heh" Naruto chuckled dryly.

Shikamaru didn't know how to feel, Naruto being his carefree self is honestly getting on his nerves. Not in a very bad way but this is serious, Shikamaru is being serious.

"Explain more in details, I'm not understanding"

"It's really not that hard, I'm hated by everyone here. No one likes me, they remind me everyday of it" Naruto's smile was shifting into a slight smiling scowl.

"But why do they hate you?? I've known you long enough to know that you're not anyone who could harm-"

"Aaah but I apparently I have. I'm a monster, a beast, a killer, hence why people have been calling me these titles, remember when we went to eat out at the ramen restaurant?"

Shikamaru flinched slightly at the memory. He remembers the whispers that were around them, he remembers hearing about an evil-

"After all, no one likes someone who carries around a curse with them" Naruto said, cutting his thoughts completely.

"Curse..?"

"Yeup! Fun isn't it? Ever since birth, I was hated. Hated me so much where the point they all planned out someone to set a curse on me" Naruto gulped down and continued, " They are all still waiting for the very day for me to set it into motion and activate it"

Shikamaru needed to take a quick breath in, this was a lot to take in already.

"And what is your curse..?"