Mai waited for his answer.

"Well?"

Naruto's eyes darted to the blade at his throat then back at Mai.

"Ho...sorry."

Mai pulled the kuni away and Naruto thanked heaven. Mai looked at him with saddness in her eyes, she didn't bother hiding it, after all, this boy could see through her emotionless mask. He'd do it now, and she didn't blame him.

"I'm sorry I threatened you, its just...its just I want you to stay. I hate being alone so much I'd do anything to avaoid that again."

"Heh. That's it? Ha! That was all you had to tell me, but to be honest this wasn't the first time having a blade to my neck." Naruto said as he thought about his childhood, all those mobs of villagers trying to kill him becouse they thought that it would rewrite time and keep the nine-tailed fox trapped inside him from even showing up at all, The effects of going through all that until he was a Genin and had to have Itachi have to be his self-proclamed personal bodyguard until he went nuts and killed everyone in his clan except Sasuke had on Naruto were enough to help him explane Mai's seemingly bipolor-behavior.

"Sorry." Mai winced, she tried sounding nonchalant, but he was use to things like that? What kind of messed-up village was he from?

"So...which do you want first?"

"Huh?"

"What you said earlier. Do I start with licking or massaging you feet?"

Mai smiled a bit, he was going to stay! She wanted to hug him.

"Alright start with...