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Chapter 1: Troublesome
The first time Shikamaru Nara realized that he was in love with Temari was when he was walking back from the hospital with Konohamaru and his team-mates out of all people.
"Man, that Suna nee-chan was super strong!" marveled Konohamaru as he went through the fight he brought upon Temari when she was on her way back to Suna, "If you hadn't stopped me I would've totally beaten her!"
Shikamaru sighed and peered over the cobbled up Konohamaru, "If I hadn't, you'd be staying a night in the hospital."
"Yeah, he's right Konohamaru-chan!" nodded both Udon and Moegi, "I'm glad Shikamaru nii-san could come and help you."
Shikamaru smiled as Konohamaru tried to form words to spew back to them, "She insulted Naruto nii-chan though!"
"Still!"
The children kept bickering on and on, until Shikamaru let out a small groan that stopped the talking, "You guys seriously stop."
"Do you know that person by the way?" asked Moegi perking up, "I've seen both of you walking around town."
"Yeah, it's troublesome but I was put down as her guide," said Shikamaru shoving his hands into his pockets, "Which isn't as bad as it sounds."
"Really? She seems like a real mean person," retorted Konohamaru putting both hands behind his head as they walked, "I mean come on, she was all ready to kill me."
Shikamaru chuckled, "Well, that's the way she is. A troublesome woman."
"You keep saying that she's troublesome but you don't seem bothered by it at all," mumbled Udon too quiet for Shikamaru to hear but loud enough for Moegi who giggled.
"Udon-chan, that's Shikamaru nii-san's way of saying that he likes her," whispered Moegi into Udon's ear who's face blew up in red from the information. Konohamaru overheard this and looked at the side profile of Shikamaru who was staring at the stars as they walked down the sidewalks.
"Alright, I'm done babysitting you three," sighed Shikamaru and scratched his head, "I hope you won't cause anymore trouble because that's going to be a drag."
"Hai!" nodded Udon and Moegi but Konohamaru stood there scratching his chin in confusion
Shikamaru's eyebrows were raised up in question as he stared down at Konohamaru whose head immediately shot up, "How would you define troublesome?"
There was silence until Shikamaru scratched his head again, "Something that I'm too lazy to deal with?"
"That doesn't make sense though," sighed Konohamaru
"What doesn't?" asked Shikamaru getting slightly irritated
"It just doesn't!" groaned Konohamaru pulling his hair
"Can you just say what you want to say, your making everything so troublesome," said Shikamaru already annoyed
"See! You used it again because you're annoyed!" pointed out Konohamaru while his teammates looked at him in total confusion
"So? I say it all the time," said Shikamaru with a shrug, "This kid is seriously just like Naruto."
"You say troublesome when your annoyed or don't want to do anything but whenever you talk about that woman, you're not even troubled at all! Not even an ounce of annoyance comes from you," blurted Konohamaru slightly red
Shikamaru blinked once, twice and at the third blink, he laughed with his ears slightly red, "Well you're the only one who noticed."
"I heard Moegi say that that's your way of saying you like that woman," admitted Konohamaru fiddling with his fingers, "I-is that true?"
With a sigh, Shikamaru looked away from Konohamaru, "You shouldn't be running around asking other people about their love life kid."
"Fine," said Konohamaru and stomped away with his teammates, "Bye Shikamaru nii-chan!"
He waved a soft goodbye and was about to turn to leave when he noticed Moegi running up to him, "I know Konohamaru-chan didn't make sense just now and he just kept asking questions, but I think you like her and you guys look cute together."
His eyes were slighty wide and staring at her but composed himself almost immediately. He kneeled down so that he was eye to eye to the girl and gave her a wink, "Don't tell Konohamaru that okay?"
She gave him a big grin and nodded continuously, "I promise! Bye Shikamaru nii-chan!"
He got back up to see her getting pestered from Konohamaru about what she said. Shikamaru shoved his hands into his pocket, and then a sudden realization slowly hit him, "Wait, I'm totally going to get beat up by Kankuro and Gaara if I date her."