Ok. Here is my attempt at a Shino X Naruto song fic. The idea for this pairing was given to me by XxTaintedxDaggerxX

Hope you all enjoy. Disclaimers at the end :)


What hurts the most

Shino X Naruto

Naruto woke up in his little apartment the day after getting back from his latest mission. He didn't mind being on missions with Sakura and Yamato, but Sai was infuriating. Still the fake smiling Sasuke replacement was not what made this morning so bad. He had been having bad mornings for a while now ever since that day. Ever since he had unintentionally hurt the one he had secretly loved by taking so long to remember who he was even though he recognized everyone else so easily. He looked out at the bright sunny day but in his mind he was stuck in darkness.

I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house,

that don't bother me

I can take a few tears now

and then and just let them out

I'm not afraid to cry

Every once in a while

even though goin on with you gone

still upsets me

There are days

Every now and again

I pretend I'm OK

but that's not what gets me

That day played in his mind as if it were yesterday instead of a few weeks ago.

He had been looking for someone to become the third member of team Kakashi since his sensei was in the hospital after using his sharingan too much. That was when he had approached him. Naruto couldn't recall the things that he said all he knew was that he couldn't remember his name right away. He did finally remember Shino's name and said it was because he was dressed different that he didn't recognize him. That excuse had seemed to work just fine before Kiba showed up. Naruto remembered the sad voice Shino made as Shino pointed out that he had remembered Kiba right away but not him. The blonde hair ninja had frozen. No... He could tell that he hurt Shino's feelings and immediately ignored Kiba turning to him.

"Shino, I-", Naruto started.

"Don't. Just don't speak to me Naruto. You couldn't even remember me.", he said glancing back at the nine tailed demon container.

What hurts the most

was being so close

And having so much to say

And watching you walk away

Never knowing

what could have been

And not seeing that loving you

Is what I was trying to do

Naruto had called after him but Shino had just kept walking away fron him. He wouldn't talk to him at all. Naruto had sighed figuring he needed a moment and then things would be fine, then he could tell Shino how he felt about him. After about an hour and a half, he went and found Shino sitting alone and went over to talk to him. Before the other teen could react, Naruto yelled out his feelings to him.

"I'm in love with you Shino. Please talk to me.", Naruto said to him only to be glared at by his heart's desire.

Shino spoke in such a low angry voice that it would've scared even the bravest ninja. "You don't forget people you love Naruto Uzumaki. If you really were in love with me as you say then you wouldn't have forgotten me. Now leave me alone.", he said and with that he left leaving the shocked blonde there with nothing to say.

It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you

everywhere I go

But I'm doing it

It's hard to force that smile

when I see our old friends and I'm alone

Still harder gettin up, gettin dressed, living with this regret

But I know if I could do it over

I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart

that I left unspoken

What had been worse was the fact that all his friends knew about his crush on the bug controlling ninja. Most had figured that they would have been together by now as Shino had had feelings for Naruto as well. Though the news spread (mostly from Sakura's big mouth) that Naruto had completely messed up things with Shino and there was probably no way the two would get together since Shino took it pretty hard.

Naruto would hang out with his friends in his spare time though he hated the sympathetic looks that they gave him all the time for his mistake. Even Neji gave him sympathetic looks which made him feel even worse. Of course Shino had been avoiding him, so he rarely, very rarely got to see the one who still had his heart.

What hurts the most

was being so close

And having so much to say

And watching you walk away

Never knowing

what could have been

And not seeing that loving you

Is what I was trying to do

It wasn't until he had come back from this last mission, that he had seen Shino with someone else. He didn't even get a good look at the other person's face before running off his face full of tears. Why hadn't Shino listened to him all that time ago? How had he forgotten the one he loved? It had not only ruined his chance to be with him, but it had also ruined their friendship and he didn't even think it could be fixed.

I'm not afraid to cry

Every once in a while

even though goin on

with you gone

still upsets me

There are days

Every now and again

I pretend I'm OK

but that's not what gets me

Naruto laid back down on his bed. He would not be going out today. The others could give the report to Granny Tsunade and he was just going to lay here and think about what he had lost for one simple mistake. He was slipping back into unconsciousness when he heard a knock at the door. Who could be bothering him now? It was probably his team mates and he would have to tell them that he wasn't going out today. He got up not bothering to throw a shirt on and walked to the door.

What hurts the most

was being so close

And having so much to say

And watching you walk away

Never knowing

what could have been

And not seeing that loving you

Is what I was trying to do

Opening the door he looked in shock at the person standing outside it.

"Shino...", Naruto said voice barely above a whisper.

"Naruto", Shino said and they both looked at one another knowing all the other wanted to say.


AN: Song is "What hurts the most" by Cascada. I believe the original is by Rascal Flatts.

All Characters belong to Kishimoto not me.