Dedicated to SpammishRice (for her amazing ShikaHina fanart, long live the 'Godparents' series!) and BlueQuartzFoxy (for her incredible ShikaHina fanfics that got me addicted to this pairing...)
Disclaimer: Pffft... yeah right people, please.
Warning: Well... sad attempt at humor and it's rated T for a reason, but if I told you anymore I'd give it away...
"Please, Shikamaru-san?"
"Tch, troublesome. Why do you need me?"
"I-I can't do it by myself."
"So? Why don't you ask Kakashi-san or Asuma-sensei?"
"Oh! I couldn't! I don't know of either of them. I'd rather d-do this with you."
"…Ok. I can understand why you'd want someone from our generation to help you, but that didn't really answer my question: 'why me?'"
"W-well, ano, you are v-very i-intellig-gent and p-patient. A-And you have a lot of experience. Please t-tutor me, Shikamaru-san!"
Pause.
Sigh.
"Alright, Hinata-chan. This is a 'knight'-" Shikamaru pointed to a tile on the shoji board in front of him. 'At least tutoring Hinata how to play shoji will be a lot easier than teaching at the academy…'