[[A/N]] Ok, this is one of my favourite Naruto pairings and I had an idea that I just couldn't get out of my head.

Two-Shot ShikaNeji possibly lemon in the next chapter. I suppose I could have posted it all in one chapter but the next one is gonna be hard for me to write and may take a few days and I wanted to post something today. Enjoy =]

Shikamaru sighed heavily. It was 9pm and he was sat at a table in a local bar. Naruto had finally been made a Chuunin and almost every member of the Konoha 11 had decided to make a big deal out of it. He, however, just wanted to go home and sleep.

Looking up at the door, he saw the procession make their way in, led by Naruto and brought up from the rear by Rock Lee. He waved them over and watched as Ino went to buy them all drinks.

Naruto sat down opposite Shikamaru with a smile.

"You managed to convince everyone then," Shikamaru said.

"Yep!" Came Naruto's too cheery reply. "You and Neji were the hardest to convince," he added glancing over at the long-haired Jounin, who scowled in response.

Shikamaru grinned lazily as Ino walked over carrying a tray of drinks. She put the tray in the middle of the table and sat down next to Shikamaru, ruffling his hair with a grin.

"So you came?" she said handing out drinks and smiling.

"Yeah, Hinata told me she'd block my tenketsu points if I let her down," Shikamaru answered, taking a sip of whatever Ino had bought him before swallowing with a grimace. "What the hell is this?"

"It's whiskey and water," Ino replied. "We've all got one; except Lee of course."

"It's disgusting," Shikamaru retorted. "I'm getting some sake. Does anybody else want some?"

Three other hands were raised in response to Shikamaru's question and he made his way to the bar.

Naruto's loud voice carried to the other side of the room and Shikamaru rubbed his eyes wearily. He hadn't wanted to be a part of this stupid celebration but after being confronted by Ino then cornered by Sakura and Hinata, he had given in. The argument was too troublesome for him to care about.

Four hours later, Naruto was falling asleep on the table and he, Shikamaru, Neji and Lee were the only ones left.

"I think I'd better take him home," Lee said. "You guys can get yourselves back, right?"

Shikamaru nodded and smiled lazily; Neji simply waved him off.

"I think we should set off soon," Neji told the Nara, taking a sip of his drink.

"Yeah yeah," Shikamaru replied, glancing over at Neji. Neji was gazing at him intently. "What's up, Hyuuga?" he questioned before swallowing a mouthful of sake.

"Nothing," Neji replied before picking up a bottle of sake and refilling Shikamaru's cup. "Why do you ask?"

Shikamaru looked up at the Hyuuga. "You're being uncommonly polite and quiet."

"Would you rather I be loud and rude?" Neji countered.

"No, I'd like a nice mix between the two," Shikamaru retorted causing Neji to smile.

"I think you've had enough to drink," Neji said, putting his hand over Shikamaru's to stop him raising the cup to his lips.

"On the contrary, I don't think you've had enough," Shikamaru said raising his eyebrows.

"It is not becoming of a Hyuuga to be seen drunk in public."

"Then how about if you're not in public?" Shikamaru asked without thinking.

Neji raised an eyebrow before smirking slightly. "What are you suggesting, Nara?"

[[A/N]] Thanks to Lilith Rhiannon who has unwittingly inspired me to write a lot of stuff over the last few weeks (this is the first thing I've posted from the many ideas she has given me) if you like Naruto or FMA fics go check out her profile [/shameless plugging].

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