Chapter 303: Abstracted
adj. lost in thought; deeply engrossed or preoccupied.
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"Hey you never told me your name, and how you know Gaara," said Naruto after he had finished his fourth bowl of Ramen. If she was going to demand answers from him wasn't it only fair that he return the favor? Besides Gaara fascinated him, in a sort of twisted way. Gaara was crazy and unstable and Naruto wasn't, but what separated them in the end? Naruto wasn't Gaara and Gaara wasn't Naruto, but... Naruto could not help but think about if something had changed, that he would have ended up just like Gaara.
"My name's Kagome Higurashi," the pretty girl introduced with a sheepish smile. Naruto thought it was a pretty name. "Gaara is… he… rescued me once, and he kind of… keeps saving me, and the most ridiculous part is he doesn't even know that he's doing it." The sheepish smile that she had before sort of morphed into something fond. Naruto felt a sting of jealousy that whispered to him, telling him that no one had ever talked about him like that. The jealousy lasted as long as it took her to look up at him, her smile still fond as she said, "Kind of like you."
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