Hi everyone, welcome to my Shikamaru x OC story. Please let me know what you think after you're done reading. I would greatly appreciated, especially if its to encourage me and/or help me correct something.

Do feel free also to leave your thoughts on what you think will happen, I would always like to know your thoughts.

Anywho, here it goes! Remember that this will now be in 3rd person's POV!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruro. Shoot.

Lazy day

It was just the perfect temperature: not too cold, not too warm. It fit perfectly fall, Sora's favorite time of the year. But the temperature wasn't the only factor of her good mood. Her birthday was coming up soon. She was wondering if anyone would remember this year. Ever since her parents died in a mission, there weren't too many people giving attention to Sora.

That's where her team came in. Thanks to Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, and Asuma, she felt like she found a second family which she could feel happy around. Although, six years later, she still missed her parents awfully a lot, she tried to concentrate on what she had now.

A little "tic" sound brought her back to reality. She looked down at the board on the table in front of her. Her opponent had finally made his move. She studied carefully the pieces while gently biting her thumb, like she always does when she thinks. After a moment, Sora let out a small discouraged sigh. It was no use. He outsmarted her…again. She looked up at her opponent to see a small smirk painted on his face.

"Looks like you win again, Shikamaru".

"Which means that…?" the black hair boy asked.

"I have to help sensei pay the barbecue supper tonight. I know. I didn't forget it," she answered in a desperate voice.

"Maybe I could let you win next time," he said while breaking the girl's eye contact to analyze the board game once more.

"Hey! That wouldn't be fair play! The day I beat you, I want it to be a game I win fair and square" she said all while faking an outraged expression.

"You're right. It would be too much of a drag to cheat," he said looking up again.

Both Shikamaru and Sora smiled at that statement. When they first started being a team, Shikamaru was surprised to find someone else than himself that was interested in shōgi. Thus, he took advantage of this discovery and thought her everything he knew on the game. However, not once had she managed to beat him. It's like playing against a god, she often thought.

"I guess the student didn't surpass the teacher yet." She got up and stretched. While quickly passing a hand through her hair, she started looking at the beautiful view around them, lost in thoughts once more. Shikamaru looked once more at the board while admitting mentally: It was a close one.

Then Sora suddenly broke the silence. "Hey Shika, isn't your birthday soon?" she asked out loud as the thought popped up in her mind.

"Yeah, September 22nd. In roughly a week, I'd say."

"Thought so…" she said.

"Why are you asking?" he asked her, looking at her aqua blue eyes.

"I was just wondering…" she said quickly. Wiggling around uncomfortably, she quickly broke eye contacted and looked at her hand like it was the most interesting thing in the world. She then managed to change the subject by asking: "Do you remember when our sensei wanted to meet us?"

"Nope. Usually, I let you remember those things" he answered stretching lazily on his spot.

"Thanks, that was very helpful," she said sarcastically.

He let out a sigh as he got up. "How about we go see Ino? Maybe she remembers."

"Sure, I think she's still working right now."

"Yeah, let's go," he said putting his hands in his pockets and starting to walk away, leaving the game behind.

Sora followed quickly behind him.

On the way, neither of them spoke. Part of the reason was because they couldn't find any interesting topic to talk about. The other part was because the silence was just comfortable.

Finally, they entered a flower shop. As the door opened, they heard a small bell ring over their head.

At the cash in front of them, they saw a blonde hair girl talking to an older man with black hair. The man was holding a big bouquet of red roses freshly cut.

"So who are the flowers for, sensei?" the girl asked on this really annoying tone that always made Sora frowned. Looks like gossip queen was at it again.

"Nobody," the man answered much too quickly.

All three teenagers now had an amused expression on their face since they all knew who the flowers were for. They just found it really funny how their teacher was trying so badly to hide it.

"Sorry to interrupt your little trip to see Kurenai, Asuma-sensei" said Shikamaru, deciding to rub it in.

The man turned and finally saw two other of his students standing at the front door.

"How do you guys know?" Asuma asked.

"Well, it's really obvious?" answered the blonde girl.

"Ino's right. The flowers, the mysterious 'rendez-vous'… who wouldn't guess?" pointed out Sora.

Asuma sighed. There was obviously no way to hide his secret anymore.

"Wait until you guys fall in love for real," mumbled the grown man.

"Does she knows, at least?" asked the black hair girl curiously.

The man suddenly knew how to finish this awkward conversation for, at least he'd hope, today. Taking this window of opportunity, he answered with another question:

"Why do you sound so interested suddenly, Sora? Do you like someone and want some advice?" he asked with a wink.

The question caught the girl by surprise. Her face turned red in a matter of seconds. It did not help either when she noticed that everyone in the shop was staring at her. When she realized that she looked like a fish out of water as she tried to find something to say, she decided that it was better to avoid their questioning looks the best she could by staring at her feet, realizing at the same time that she might need to clean her shoes. Asuma suddenly felt bad. He hadn't thought that his question would put in her in such an awkward situation.

"Really? So who is it?" asked Ino with a huge mischievous smile, using that same annoying voice that she had used earlier with Asuma.

Seeing that she wouldn't talk, thus, meaning that the conversation was going straight for a wall, Shikamaru decided to jump in and change the subject.

"Anyway, we came here to know when you wanted to meet us at the barbecue restaurant."

Sora thanked in her head Shikamaru for his initiative. She really didn't want to talk about how she felt with her teammates. Why tell them when she didn't even know herself how she felt? Honestly, it made her want to cry and scream out in anger at the same time.

"What? You guys don't remember when? You both are really unbelievable!" Ino shouted. It seemed like she had already forgotten the previous hot topic, thankfully.

"We're sorry! It slipped out of my mind…" tried to explain Sora.

"Its okay Sora. In half an hour, that's when our meeting time is set," Asuma informed her while ruffling her hair.

"Good, I'll go get Choji then" said Shikamaru as he opened the door.

"And I have to go get my wallet at my house for tonight's supper" said the black hair girl in a desperate voice, suddenly remembering her deal with her friend.

They both walked out of the store as the bell over their heads rang again.

"She lost another game against him," chuckled the man.

"Shouldn't you hurry up and give your flowers, sensei?" suggested Ino.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm going Ino".

Asuma then left the store as the blonde girl was starting to close her shop. Outside, Shikamaru and Sora were both walking their own ways lost in thoughts.

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