Prologue
Shikamaru sat down on his couch with a sigh and his cup of tea. Now he could relax.
Next thing, he heard an almighty crash and an unknown (rather attractive) blonde woman burst into his lounge, looking positively murderous.
"You bastard!" the stranger screeched, "How dare you?"
Then, she drew back her hand and slapped him across the face.
He looked at her in disbelief. What the hell?!
"You're sitting there, all smug with your stupid pony… ponytail…" the woman faltered and looked confused. Then she looked back out the (now broken) front door.
"Hey, Sakura!" she yelled, "Does he have a ponytail?"
"Doesn't have enough hair!" was the answering yell.
The blonde looked at Shikamaru. "You're not Sasuke," she said.
"No, I'm not," Shikamaru confirmed.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"Shikamaru," he replied, rubbing his cheek.
"Do you live here?"
"Yes."
"Oh. Ha," she laughed nervously. "Wrong house."
"If you're looking for Sasuke, he's right-" Shikamaru turned as he spoke and then stopped. Sasuke, who had been in the kitchen (why he was even there, Shikamaru would never know), was now… not in the kitchen. Shikamaru's eyes were then caught by the curtain over the (previously closed) window flapping in the wind.
"He went that way," he said, pointing out said window.
"Ah." She nodded, then gestured sheepishly towards his cheek. "Sorry about that, by the way. And the door."
He glanced towards the door, hanging off its hinges.
"Yeah. I'm going to need your name and number for insurance purposes," he told her candidly and straightfaced.
She arched an eyebrow at him, her lips curling into a smile.
"Are you hitting on me?"
Shikamaru shrugged, an imperceptible smirk flirting with the corners of his lips.
"How about I take you out for supper in apology," she suggested.
Shikamaru allowed a small smile. "I'd still need your name and number."
She laughed.
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Who would've thought that the love of your life would come busting into your world… and in my case, literally.
-TBC-
A/N: Hi. Yes, I am aware that I should be writing Oh, Baby, and I will… very very soon. This just couldn't be ignored (and will be updated highly intermittently). It was a prompt/challenge thing from Megami Ze- she gave me the general outline of the first chapter/ prologue, which you have just read, and I had to write it and will have to write the rest of the story. I really do hope you enjoy it and show interest. By way of review.
Oh yes, Megami Ze takes credit for the summary/ last line.