"Um..."
Naruto looked at the classmate in sunglasses before him. After thinking for a while, he finally remembered his name. "Shino, if it's like you said, then show me your sincerity and be friends with me fairly and honestly."
After saying that, Naruto noticed something strange.
That was...
Why Shino Aburame was one of the classmates whose names he could remember, yet had still not become his friend.
Shino Aburame had too little presence and was very mysterious. It seemed that, aside from Kiba Inuzuka, he had never interacted with anyone else in the class. He rarely spoke during lessons, and vanished as soon as school was over.
Thinking of this,
Naruto could not help but let out a sigh of relief. Good thing he had noticed early. Otherwise, wouldn't he have lost a friend?
That would have been far too regrettable.
As Naruto's pectoralis major began to twitch, Shino Aburame wore a resentful expression. Fine, there was no way he could avoid this beating.
He could only say dejectedly, "All right, Naruto. I'll spar with you."
"Mm-hmm, Shino, well done. I can see your sincerity." Naruto revealed a satisfied expression. Then, suddenly frowning, he said, "But why do I feel like you're a little down?"
"No, absolutely not. You saw wrong. Hahaha..." Shino immediately changed his expression and put on a happy face.
Shino: This is too hard for me.
"That's good, then. I must have seen wrong. How about this, Shino? I need to talk to Iruka-sensei after school this morning, so let's handle our friendship thing after school this afternoon."
"See you this afternoon, future friend, Shino Aburame!"
Naruto flashed a brilliant smile, waved, and entered the school first.
As soon as he entered the classroom, Choji, Shikamaru, Sakura, Ino, and Naruto's other friends all came up