DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters involved in Naruto, (if I did shika and ino would be totally a thing by now.)

QUICK AUTHORS NOTE: This is my very very first fanfic and I'm hella nervous about it so please please pleaseeee let me know what I can do to improve or if you have any other comments, thank you!

Chapter 1

Dim morning light in the Leaf Village woke Shikamaru in a haze.

"Damn… I knew this party was gonna be a drag," he groaned.

Shikamaru wasn't exactly sure whose house he ended up in. After a successful mission, the crew decided to throw a big party in celebration. Shika wanted nothing to do with it, but Chouji insisted (or, more realistically, forced him.) He must've been on his 7th or 8th drink before he-

Wait.

To his left in the bed he assumed he passed out in lied a bare Ino Yamanaka, soundly asleep.

Oh god, oh god oh god, thought Shikamaru frantically.

The way he saw it, he had two options: he could wake her and try to bullshit some excuse of what happened, or sneak out and leave her dazed and confused. Either way, Ino would not wake up happily. Before he had a chance to decide, a shuffling sounded from the bathroom connecting his room to the other, and a nude Naruto and Hinata emerged, frantically covering their bodies and searching for an exit. Naruto glanced over.

"You too, huh? Haha, it happens!"

"No no no, it's nothing like that!"

"Ahuh, sureee sure. Too bad for you though, I made things way more exciting with my Shadow Clone Jutsu...hehe."

Shikamaru twinged a little. "Wow, okay I did not ever need to know that, thanks Naruto. Look I think it'd all be best if you two got dressed and we-

Shikamaru was interrupted by an ear-peircing scream from the platinum blonde in bed next to him, and Ino quickly yanked the covers to cover her exposed chest, her face as red as ever.

"What are you doing?! WHERE ARE MY CLOTHES?!" yelled Ino, as she scanned the room trying to process all that was happening.

Fuck, thought Shikamaru. "Look, Ino, let me explain, this is all just a huge misunderstanding"

"Oh I think she knows exactly what happened, eh Shika?" chuckled Naruto, who returned with a pair of boxer shorts on and a t-shirt.

"Naruto, shut up. Ino listen I'm sure this is noth-"

"I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED, GO GO GO GET OUT!" yelled Ino, still bright red and hitting Shikamaru off the bed.

Shikamaru scurried out of the bed, thankful he was still wearing underwear, and managed to find the rest of his clothes around the room before apologizing to Ino one last time and heading out the door. He knew he was gonna have to deal with all this tomorrow, but for now, it's best he got home and had some real rest.

ALLLLLRIGHTY that's the end of Chapter 1! I know it's ridiculously short but it being my first fanfic I thought I'd keep the first chapter short to get some critique and comments from you guys before I dive into the rest of the story, so let me know what you thought below!