Hello, friends! I apologize for not writing in so long. Blame life! It's all his fault!
I'm excited I got this much done. I know it wasn't a lot, but i don't think I would add more even if I could. Enjoy!
Disclaimer:I do not own Naruto. There would have been romance by now and I would have been rolling in money instead of typing a story on FF.
There was one thing Nara Shikamaru was sure of and it was this: he wasn't stupid.
He knew that he thought about her too much. The more he resisted, the more he failed. Who could resist doing that one thing they shouldn't be doing?
He would be sitting by himself, minding his own business, when she pops into his head. It just wasn't normal to have a girl occupy your thoughts at random times of the day. That much was obvious to him.
And God forbid even the slightest things remind him of her. That's been happening a lot, too. It was obvious things like when someone brings up the relations with Sunagakure, but it was also little things like the sand beneath his feet and the wind brushing by.
Her face is the first one to show up in his head every day. Everything about her just burst with confidence: her cocky smirk, her arrogant "I'm-better-than-you-and-I-know-it" postureā¦He didn't really know what to feel about it. He's worried he might begin to like it. A lot.
It gets worse when she is with him, though. Oh, it gets much worse. He thinks too much about every little thing she does and worries about if one of his actions will be taken the wrong way.
She is coming this way. She made eye contact with him. When she knows she has a good comeback to his argument, her eyes twinkle. Every single moment is documented in his head, down to the exact miniscule detail.
The toughest times were when she touched him. If people couldn't tell already, Shikamaru wasn't exactly a touchy-feely guy. Hell, he can't even remember the last time he hugged his mother. Frankly, he'd prefer not touching people at all. Most of the times he did were when he fought people for missions, anyway, and those never really ended too well.
When she hugs him, though, he feels a spark. He remembers each and every one of them (well, there were really only a few times, when they were saying farewell to each other at the end of her ambassador's missions, but that's missing the point). And, know what? It doesn't even have to be a hug. It could be a mere brushing of the fingers when they hand each other paperwork or walk next to each other, and it sets off this switch in his brain. It's hard to describe, really. Troublesome.
Shikamaru is normally a calm, relaxed person. He does well under pressure. Then, why is it that he sometimes doesn't know what to say? Why do his hands get clammy? Why does he fidget with the blades of grass at his feet when they sit and talk together outside?
He saw this coming a while ago, but he hadn't predicted it would get this bad. He was a man, dammit! Shouldn't he toughen up and be able to deal with things like this? He was acting like a little cry baby.
Crap. Now her voice is appearing in his head, too. It's a Goddamn takeover, and she's the dictator!
It was too late now. He was attracted to her. He liked the Kazekage's sister. Heh, wouldn't it be great if that news got out?
