Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

I didn't know if I had done something wrong, so I decided to ask Shikamaru about this.

"Shikamaru, can I always stay by your side from now on?"

Shikamaru looked at me in surprise, then frowned: "What do you want to do?"

"I'm testing whether there's anything wrong with this sentence."

"Why? Who did you say this to, and did the other person misunderstand you?"

"So what will this sentence lead people to misunderstand?"

"That... depends on the context."

I recalled, "We were watching ants together, and then I asked him this question, and he ran away."

"Aburame Shino?"

"you know?"

"I know. I saw you squatting with him and I don't know what you were doing. I was wondering why you weren't hanging around Naruto anymore."

"So what I said was wrong?"

"This sentence might be mistaken as a confession... but it's also possible that he is just simple-minded and has few friends, so he is embarrassed."

"So when I told Shikamaru just now, did Shikamaru misunderstand the confession?"

"...No way! How is that possible!"

"But Shikamaru hesitated for a moment."

"Because of you - suddenly saying this, any normal person would think about it inexplicably!"

"I see... I was just asking, Shikamaru is so excited."

"...Tsk."

Shikamaru turned his face away, looking sulky and not wanting to pay attention to me.

But when I opened the "Ninja World Bloodline Genkai Encyclopedia" that I borrowed and prepared to continue reading, Shikamaru turned his head again, frowned and asked me: "Why are you interested in Aburame Shino?"

“I want to know what it’s like to be a friend, so I want to make friends.”

His frown deepened, "Isn't Naruto your friend? Am I... not considered your friend?"

I stared at him, eyes wide, "Shikamaru... is my friend!?"

"?!" Shikamaru looked even more shocked than me: "What's the matter with your reaction?"

"But--but I didn't tell you that?"

"What?"

I was confused and said, "It's 'Can I stay with you forever'. Don't I have to say this sentence and you can answer me, then we can be considered friends?"

"…Then what am I to you?"

I hesitated: "Just an ordinary acquaintance?"

Shikamaru seemed to be amused by me. "Forget about acquaintances, but why add 'ordinary'? Are there special acquaintances?"

I looked at him blankly, feeling that my worldview was crumbling.

Seeing this, Shikamaru sighed: "What a hassle..."

He patiently taught me: "The relationship between friends... sometimes comes naturally and can be established without any special explanation."

I thought this was important knowledge, so I asked carefully, "Then how can I be sure that I have become friends with this person?"

"A friend is someone you can get along with easily and happily. You trust him and he trusts you. You have common topics to discuss and the same feelings to resonate with. When you are alone, you often think of him and want to play with him. You don't feel awkward when you are with him. If you have this feeling, then you are a friend."

"But I can only know how I feel. How can I confirm that the other person feels the same way?"

Shikamaru looked at me speechlessly, and then he said unhappily: "Forget it, then go find a few more people to feel it yourself. But - don't say that casually!"

I obediently put the book away and went to practice.

Originally, I was only close to Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, and Aburame Shino in my class. I didn't remember the appearance of most of the other classmates - except Sakura, Hinata, and Sasuke.

But now, in order to learn how to distinguish friends, I greeted most of the students in the class.

Some of them expressed dislike for me because Naruto and I were so close.

Some people were a little surprised. After a brief contact, they advised me to stay away from Naruto.

Finally, a small number of people didn’t care that Naruto and I got along well. They would ask out of curiosity, but they didn’t have any objections to my answer and accepted it normally.

But among this group of people, there is a small group with whom I have nothing to say.

The other party was not interested in what I said, and the topics he raised made me feel confused and I didn't know what was interesting about them.

Although both of us tried hard to respond, the conversation ended abruptly, and it made people feel that there was no need to speak again in the future unless it was necessary.

When I sat back down next to Shikamaru again, I said respectfully, "I understand, Master Shikamaru."

He said helplessly: "…Why are honorifics coming back again?"

“You can’t have friends just because you want them. There is an indescribable, inexplicable, yet real force interfering.”

Shikamaru sighed, "Why don't you just say 'fate'?"

"It's a magnetic field! I prefer to call it a magnetic field! Fate is too illusory, it's just an excuse for fate."

Shikamaru knew that I hated words like "fate" and "destiny", so he said tolerantly: "Whatever you want."

"Now that I think about it, I'm so lucky to be friends with Naruto." I breathed a sigh of relief, not daring to think about how terrible it would be if Naruto and I could only face each other in silence. "I thought it was easy to become friends... I was so ignorant."

"After all, you've lost your memory." Shikamaru held his chin and looked at me: "It should be that your brain was injured. Common sense and other things are missing."

I looked at him, full of gratitude, and said, "Besides, I can actually become friends with Master Shikamaru and receive so much guidance and instruction from you. This must be a gift from God."

Shikamaru didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Your choice of words is getting weirder and weirder."

"No." I shook my head. "At first, I always thought it was natural for me to stay with Naruto and be close to Shikamaru-sama. But now I realize that my desire to stay with Naruto and Shikamaru-sama was a one-sided desire on my part. But Naruto and Shikamaru-sama both allowed me to stay by their side and treated me as a friend. They felt that being with me was easy, happy and trustworthy... It's actually a miracle!"

Shikamaru suddenly asked, "Are Naruto and I on the same level?"

"Ok?"

"You said you wanted to stay with me—longed to stay with me, didn't you?"

"Yes! Seeing Shikamaru-sama, I feel relieved." I took a deep breath: "Although I know that Shikamaru-sama is still young, and it is inappropriate for me to rely on Shikamaru-sama and want to get close to him, I still can't help it..."

Even though I know that Shikamaru is not the brain of the resistance army in the future, but as long as I think of their same person...

I just couldn't help but feel that he was trustworthy.

"Wait, wait," Shikamaru interrupted me with a red face, "Take out the honorifics!"

I said it again obediently, "I feel relieved when I see Shikamaru. Although I know that Shikamaru is still young and it is inappropriate for me to rely on Shikamaru and get close to him, I still can't help but want Shikamaru's support. If Shikamaru stands by me and helps me, I feel that I can do anything. If Shikamaru disagrees with or embarrasses me with something, I feel that it must be wrong to do so. I want Shikamaru to always be by my side and show me the way, because Shikamaru is like a father to me."

As I spoke, Shikamaru's face grew redder and redder, but when I finished my last sentence, his expression froze.

"……dad?"

By the way, if Orochimaru is the father, then Shikamaru can't be the father. But mom has Kabuto again.

I hesitated and said, "...Brother? Big brother? The kind of elder brother who is like a father?"

Shikamaru:"……"

He pushed my face away, his expression looked very disgusted with me: "Go away, I don't want to talk to you now."