T for Teen!
KankuChou.
One-shot?
Warnings: Relationship confession, BL
Disclaimer: You should know who owns Naruto. Sadly, it's not me.
Shikamaru sat on top of the hill looking down at the field below laying in the shade that the tree behind and above him provided. Chouji wasn't here yet so the sixteen year old allowed himself a little time to think and sort out his thoughts. His narrow black eyes stared up at the clouds, some of them having golden tints to them because of the sunlight watching as birds flew near the fluffy looking, white puffs of rain. For some reason, they never seemed to fly through the clouds, just near them like they were afraid. It wasn't like it was going to rain or anything. Today just so happened to be a beautiful day with the right amount of sun shine beating down on the villagers of Kohona. His eyes closed as he finally began thinking.
Chouji.
The teen had been acting very strange the past few months when Shikamaru had come back from the B-ranked mission. There hadn't been anything to difficult about it, fortunately. It had been a simple escort-random-person-and-kill-those-who-wanted-to-stop-them mission.
For the past few months, the redhead's head had been in the clouds more than Shikamaru's for once! He hardly ever heard a word anyone said anymore which was not like Chouji at all! Sometimes he could see just-barely-there blushes on the teen's cheeks when he was far away. Other times, when Temari was over on business, the blonde and the redhead would actually walk around and converse for a while before Temari would hand Chouji something, a scroll, or Chouji would habd Temari a scroll. Yeah, he spied, but he had good reason too! There had to be something going on between those two! The sad thing was that Chouji hadn't even bothered to tell him anything! Today, however, was going to be different! He was going to get to the bottom of this whether the redhead liked it or not no matter how troublesome it was...And it was very troublesome. They were best friends, weren't they?
His brows furrowed when he heard familiar footsteps come near and opened his eyes to see a slim teen sit next to him. Almond eyes looked down at him and Shikamaru smiled, poking the teen's belly which was still a bit round.
"Hey!" Chouji exclaimed, puffing out his cheeks. "See anything interesting in the clouds today?" He was soon grinning, the poke forgotten.
"Not really," was the other teen's reply. "What's going on with you Chouji?" He frowned a bit worriedly.
"N-Nothing's going on," Chouji replied. "I-I don't know what you're talking about!" His cheeks turned pink and he looked down at his feet.
"Chouji, I just want to know what's going on! Look, you're my best friend! Is it so horrible that you can't even tell me about it?" He stared at Chouji's face, his eyes narrowing.
"I-You'll get mad at me!" Chouji ducked his head, hoping that the other male couldn't see his face. It was like an open book most of the time.
"I promise not to get mad and even if I do, I won't stay mad if you convince me as to why I shouldn't be. Chouji….You're being troublesome about this. We tell each other everything!"
Chouji looked over at Shikmaru, staring into his eyes for a moment, until nodding a bit. Taking a deep breath before exhaling, he spoke. "I'm dating someone…"
"Dating s-someone?!" Shikamaru's eyes widened, but he began smiling. "That's good! I'm happy for you and Temari even if she is a troublesome woman."
"Temari? I'm dating….a guy, Shika." Tears began to well up in his eyes and fall down his swirled cheeks. His best friend was going to yell at him any minute now. This was what he feared. This was why
he hadn't said anything!
"Chouji…"
"CHOUJI?" a male voice said, concerned.
The redhead looked down, his eyes widened as he stared at the person at the bottom of the hill.
"What's he doing here?" Shikmaru muttered, frowning at the person. "It's okay, Chou, I don't care if you're dating a guy." His brows furrowed as he stared down at the Suna ninja.
Kankuro stared at the two, his normal smirk in place before making his way up the hill, but he was concerned on the inside. Chouji seemed to be crying...
"Troublesome," Shikamaru muttered. "Who are you dating?" He looked over at Chouji, surprised to see the redhead smiling brightly.
Hearing the question, Kankuro responded before Chouji could once he wason the hill. "He's dating me…" Sitting down next to Chouji, he wrapped an arm around the smaller teen, glaring at Shikamaru with piercing, pupiless emerald eyes. "I'll kill you if you try to break us up." Glancing down at Chouji, who looked scared, he then glanced at Shikamaru before placing a kiss on his hair, wiping away the tears. "You okay?"
Chouji blushed pink when Kankuro kissed his hair before looking over at Shikamaru. "I'm fine, Kankuro. He-He's kidding! A-Are you okay with me dating Kankuro, Shikamaru?"
Shikamaru glared back at Kankuro. "If you hurt him, I'll kill you." He then shrugged at Chouji's question. "You should be asking your Dad this Chouji, not me, but it's okay with me as long as you're happy. Why were you and Temari exchanging scrolls?"
"You spied on us?!" Chouji looked slightly shocked at this. "We write to each other, me and 'Kuro. I asked him to come here in one of them. I didn't think he would and get here so soon…"
"Temari isn't the type to do that sort of thing, so Chouji bakes her favorite kind of cookies," Kankuro added. "She quickly agreed. Chouji…I'll always come when you want me to. You're my little chunin!" He then suddenly glared at Shikamaru, daring him to say anything.
"I was going to tell you first before I told my dad, Shika. 'Kuro…" He smiled cutely, his face brightening and he placed a sweet kiss on Kankuro's right cheek. He laughed when Kankuro's face turned pink.
The older male ducked his head, scowling with embarrassment.
Shikamaru was about to make a smirking reply, but soon frowned. Kankuro was a higher ranking ninja. Higher ranks meant very dangerous missions. Very dangerous missions meant higher chances of dying.
Kankuro, obviously seeing what was going through Shikmaru's mind, smirked at him. " Don't worry about me. I'll always come home to Chouji. He's who I fight for now…"
Chouji blushed a bit darker at the confession and hugged Kankuro. "I love you, 'Kuro…" He was still smiling, and he laughed again when the other quickly kissed his hair again before continuing to scowl, his cheeks red.
Shikmaru was now scowling. "You guys are mushy." He then smirked lightly when Chouji pouted and Kankuro glared. "Try to control yourselves around me…Geez…"
"Come on 'Kuro!" Chouji stood after having removed his arm from around his waist. "Let's go talk to my dad."
"Do we have to?" Kankuro said this in a whining tone. The older male really wasn't feeling up to meeting the younger teen's father. From what he heard from Temari, Chouji's dad was big and scary when he was angry. He soon stood, yawning.
"Don't worry. If dad doesn't approve, I'll just have to convince him and you'll help! Maybe you can show him you cooking skills." He started down the hill carefully pulling Kankuro by the hand.
"My skills are reserved for you and you only!" He pouted. The only person he would make sweets for was Chouji.
"Well, you'll just have to deal with it!" He laughed at the older male's pout.
Shikamaru watched the two go, smiling to himself. Well, they seemed like a good couple and Chouji was happy, so what the hell. Staring back up the clouds, he closed his eyes again, smiling lightly as he prayed silently for the couple. Life was good.