Throuple? Delphini Diggory

Naruto Masashi Kishimoto

note: I'm not a native speaker, English is my third language so forgive me if there are some grammatical errors here and there.

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It never occurred to both of Sakura and Shikamaru that someday they will be in a three-way relationship. And with their own genders, too.

The first time they went on a date with their lovers, they got really weird looks from the villagers. Some were surprised, some were disgusted. There were also those that gave them disapproving looks. But there were also a number of people who gave them encouraging looks by giving them thumbs up or simply just smile and nod at them.

Sure, it's rare to see girls date girls and boys date boys or to see three people dating each other. But it's not wrong, is it?

It was a surprise for Sakura and Shikamaru, too, since they began dating their lovers almost at the same time. They never really thought that someday they will fall in love with two people with same sex as them.

Sakura and Shikamaru are best friends. If someone told her that Naruto and Sasuke are her closest friends, she's going to laugh at their faces. Because, sure Naruto and Sasuke are her best friends, too. Brothers, even. But the one who knows and understand her is Shikamaru. And Sai. But Shikamaru is the closest to her.

And the two them always, always talk to each other about their problem. Or in this case, Sakura always pours all her heart's content to him. And Shikamaru will listen to her and give her reply, if necessary.

When Sakura went on a date with her girlfriends for the third time. Someone, a guy, came to their table when they ate lunch. And he told them that they're disgusting, which—at first—they ignored. He also asked them what's so good about dating your own sex? How do they even have sex when none of them have dick to put in their pussies. That already crossed over the line. So Temari, one of Sakura's girlfriends, who can't stand him anymore, tooke her fan, and blew him with her wind to the other shop. Because of that, they were kicked out from the restaurant for making a ruckus.

After that incident—which the whole village knew about—Sakura went to Shikamaru. And she told them everything while in tears. He, as her best friend, hugged her to calm her down. When she stopped crying and finished her story, she asked him: "If it were you, what would you do, Shika?"

Shikamaru only sighed. There were no problems with his love life. To be perfectly honest, the villagers accept them. Sure there were some that gave them disapproving looks, but never something like what Sakura and her girlfriends experiencing. It's sad how they accept gays but not lesbians.

So he told her the only thing that he'd do if he was in her place, "Nothing, Sakura. I'd do nothing. The kind of people like him is not worth of your time. You just need to prove them that there's nothing different with dating people with the same sex and dating people from the opposite sex." He looked at her big shiny eyes, and continued, "as long as there are people who support you, then nothing else matters. I support your relationship. Neji and Shino, too. Even Ino and Sai."

Sakura nodded. She wiped the tears from her eyes and then smiled at him. "Thank you, Shika," she said. He only nodded. "Honestly, what am I without you?" she grinned at him.

He chuckled at that. "Right. And what am I without you?"

They laughed. And then both lied down on the grass, on the hill where Shikamaru usually watches the clouds or where Sakura usually stargazes. He didn't like stargazing, he liked watching the clouds better. But tonight, they stared at the million stars in the sky.

Sakura sighed. "I always thought we're going to end up dating each other," she said, still watching the stars.

He tilted his head at her. "How so?"

"Well, you see…" she sat up and looked at him while grinning, "we're really close, like so close. Those who don't know us are surprised when they find out we're not dating. And the villagers were expecting us to date. Oh, not to mention we took each other's virginity, too."

He snorted. "As if we'd do what the villagers expected us to do." He lied on his side while looking at her. And then chuckled. "Well, that was a wonderful sex. We did all our first times together, it was nice, but don't we agree what we have is platonic?"

She rolled her eyes before she smacked his shoulder. He grunted. "Of course, baka! Besides, my heart belongs to Temari and Tenten. And our sex life is amazing, too. Though, I'd not deny that having sex with you is also amazing." She winked at him.

He laughed at that. "Same here, I'm content with Neji and Shino. Those guys are amazing. And I won't deny it either."

They looked at each other before burst into laugh. Sakura laughed until she cried. She wiped the tears after they stopped laughing.

"It's not fair you see, both of us," she said suddenly.

He raised his eyebrow, not sure what she's talking about. "What is?"

"You, for taking the prodigies and genii of their clans, and me, for taking the strongest kunoichi. Not to mention their intelligences are on par with you guys."

He chuckled before replying, "It's a given."

"How so?" she asked, confused.

"We look for someone—or in our case, people—who can stand with us. I look for someone who can match my intelligence and you look for someone who can match your strength. It's to be expected that we took the best."

"I guess so."

After that, they just talked about daily life. Their works and their last missions. Before Sakura asked him if he wanted to have a double date. He, with his usual trademark, only sighed and told her he'd have to ask his boyfriends.

So they agreed to tell their lovers and will inform about it next time they meet. Then they bid each other goodbye before they went back to their apartments where their lovers are waiting. And after they got home, they will tell their lovers about their meetings and what they talked about.

Sakura thought that one day she will marry her own teammate. If someone told her that she'd date Temari and Tenten when she was a genin, she would have punched them before yelling, "I'm gonna marry Sasuke-kun!"

But all in all, she's perfectly happy and content with the way things are.

Note: I honestly enjoy writing this. I love ShikaSaku so much, wheter its friendship or romance, they're just amazing. Should I write their double date scene? Anyway, so sorry for the grammatical errors and such!

P.S: I want to write a ShikaSaraIno three-way relationship, what do you think?