Chapter 4:

"Hey where do you think you're going?" The young boy questioned the dark haired pony tailed styled male. Naruto carried a confused filled face he had his bags and papers and everything and was getting ready to fulfil his casual school day. He held his hand and twirled him around facing him. "Hey" He smiled down at him. He smiled back. "Naruto…I gotta get to class" he smiled at him. He smiled back "Shikamaru, we can always have a break once in a while you know" He joked nudging his shoulder playfully. Naruto scent a tempting look to Shikamaru, one of those daring looks that tempted many to stay and skip class, Shikamaru scent him a scolding look. "NARUTO, stop that if I'm planning on going to College I have to stop skipping!" sternly he spoke as he gave him a playful tug attempting to push him away.

He laughed as he kept his daring look. Unfortunately, Shikamaru had fallen for the daring glaze that Naruto had kept and tossed his bag over his shoulder "fine just this once!" The dark haired male, flattened the cresses on his mesh shirt and over beige over coat that came with it. The two exchanged eyes and soon enough walked off pass the crowd. Shikamaru was Naruto's child hood friend ever sense the beginning of their grade 5 year. Now finally the two comrades were going through their senior years in high school. Naruto carried their friendship in the palm of his hand and planned to graduate with him. However…

BRING

"Hi can I speak to Shikamaru" The sobbing of his mother's voice cried on the other line as Naruto waited for the response. No response had been answered "Hello? Anything wrong? Setsuna?" "…Sorry…he left" She gave his answer. An answer that caused his jaw to drop and his heart to freeze in place. "Gone?" He questioned. Setsuna was the only one that had to answer to his question "Yes he left, he isn't coming back…I don't think you should be calling here for a while." And without a bye the elderly lady from the other line hung up.

CLICK

This left him no other choice but to hang up as well. He sat on his sofa wide eyed shock that his best friend had abandoned him cause of family issues. He rested a well shaped hand against his forehead trembling in pain as he released a single breath that called out to Shikamaru "…Shikamaru…" He caressed his pillow biting back the tears that stained the trimming of his eyes. His best of friends, the one who taught him how to be popular how to fit in with the rest and not act so much of a dork abandoned his family…and him. He left them for good. A feeling he wished never to feel. His heart was ripped out, held in the claws of the very beasts of the demon that had caused such pain, the demon was a man he cared for.

The man was Shikamaru. And now here he was on the sofa of his very own home. With an answer stuck in his head of the man he wished not to hear him speak of anymore. A man he wished he could forget about. But all that lingered in the depths of his thoughts was him. No more will he ever hear the funny remarks that him and his friend had made, the jokes they cracked up saying…the friends they shared, the friendship they bore and at the end all that came out of it was pain. He was gone for good.

"SHIKAMARU!" He sat up with a sudden scorch filled shout, of the boy he once was in the past. He hyperventilated as he looked around his side hoping to find him on the couch that was next to his purple draped bed. Unfortunately, he saw nothing on the plaid sofa he wasn't there, all that Shikamaru was now to him was but a figment of his imagination. He ran his hand slowly across his face removing the cold sweat that had been dripping from the side of his face. He thought about him deeply. He tried to forget about the event that he had done to him. He tried hard…but still like always he failed. He sighed and hugged his pillow as he looked to the side of his bed pillow still around his arms.

He tightly held it pretending that it was actually Shikamaru…yes the friendship he bore for him was more then just friends secretly he bore a crush on this guy. Trying his hardest to let it go the phone rang giving him a sudden startle.

RING

He had no choice but to let go of the pillow and answer the phone that was next to his bed. "Hello?" His voice horse like and tired, he was exhausted. Before he knew it the picture of Shikamaru vanished into the man he had encountered Sasuke. "…Naruto?" Tsunade's voice was heard in an anger filled panic. "Tsunade what's wrong?" He asked, Tsunade cleared her voice "do you think I can come over?" a pause was created and Naruto knew he couldn't refuse the question "I don't mind come on over" "…I'll tell you all what as happened…" she didn't say bye but he heard her complain about objects missing and if she were to find him she was going to break their necks but that's all he heard before she hung up. He hung up and soon in his blue boxers headed towards the bathroom.

He grabbed his house coat wrapped it around his body sitting down as he looked at the door before he turned on the plasma screen television in his living room. He sat down waiting for the woman who raised him.