authors note: here is the first chapter! And Asuma comes to the rescue! Yay! I love Asuma! …not as much as Naru…or Shika…or Ita….but above all others I love Gaara best! Ha!….sadly none of them belong to me…enjoy!
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Not enough
Chapter one : A Beautiful Guilt
Shikamaru heaved a sigh as he stared at the sleeping blonde. It had been three weeks since the incident and ,as it had become routine, he sat in his chair on the right side of the hospital bed waiting for Naruto to wake.
Of course, the blonde, continued to slumber.
He studied the blonde.
His lithe body was covered in healing wounds and some newly shaped scars.
His right eye was bandaged as well as left hand and his throat.
The doctor had told Shikamaru that the chances of Naruto regaining his sight or even his voice were slim.
But physical damage heals.
Shikamaru truly believed that.
It was the mental damage that worried Shikamaru and the others
He sighed again and rubbed his face in frustration. This was his fault. All of it. Surely if he hadn't allowed Naruto to go after Sasuke or if he had ordered the blonde to wait just a few minutes longer, for back up … maybe… just maybe …everything would have worked out for the best.
But he hadn't.
In the end he knew that all the scenarios were just speculation. Because even though he was a genius, he had never been able to predict the blondes actions.
" Tch, you must really like him," a voice chuckled as the a door slide open.
"No," a tall brunette with a unlit cigarette hanging from his mouth snickered and slid the door close behind him, "you must love him to carry such a troubled look in your face"
" Asuma sensei ," Shikamaru groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose.
The older man walked over to Shikamaru and patted his back.
"And here I thought you'd end up with Chouji." he sighed dramatically, "Oh the hearth broken he will feel!"
Shikamaru shrugged off his sensei's hands.
" Idiot, " he mumbled under his breath.
Asuma frowned and sat on softly on the occupied bed.
"cheer up kid, " Asuma looked over at the blonde, "he's gonna be fine"
Shikamaru looked at his teacher wanting to believe but his rational mind would not allow him to. Instead he changed the subject.
"Chou doesn't swing that way, by the way"
Asuma smiled sadly understanding the sudden change in conversation.
"Really? Since you two are inseparable…" he raised his eyebrows suggestively.
Shikamaru smirked. This conversation was better. Even if it was just superficial.
"Yeah, we're as close as you and Kurenai sensei ,"
The older man blushed,
"Uh …I … um…" he stuttered and stood up quickly facing the blonde "Well would you look at the time!"
Shikamaru laughed.
The relationship between Asuma sensei and Kurenai sensei had been obvious form the start yet for some unknown reason neither of them acknowledged it.
"Got to go!"
Asuma started backing out of the room mumbling about meeting with the elders and other nonsense.
"Yeah," Shikamaru chuckled, "later, you old fart"
Asuma glared at Shikamaru and as if he were six years old again: he stuck out his tongue and slid the door shut behind him.
Shikamaru gave an airy chuckle as he shook his head.
This was how it had been for the past weeks.
He would mope and Asuma would cheer him up, if only for a few brief moments.
He stood up and stretched lazily.
"Well Naruto, " he said ruffling the others soft hair, " guess I got to get going too"
Naruto remained still.
Shika sighed and then jokingly added;
"if you wake up ill treat you Ichikaru's"
He started to leave when suddenly he noticed Naruto's hand twitched.
He stopped dead in his tracks.
"N-Naruto?"
Again the blondes hand twitched.
Shikamaru laughed nervously.
"h-hey Naruto can you hear me?"
Was this really happening?
Was the blonde actually waking at the mention of ramen?
Why the hell didn't he think of this sooner?
"Hey wake up" he called out desperately fighting the urge to shake the blonde in to consciousness.
"please you loser!"
Then slowly … one melancholy blue eye opened….
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authors afterthoughts: well I hope you all enjoyed this cause I had fun writing this simply because the relationship between Shika and Asuma remind me of me and my teacher…although….I am totally in love with my teach…totally in love! … talk about inappropriate relationships! Lol. Never the less i await for your feed back and yeah I know i'm kinda slow on updating but I am working 14 hours a day and coming home to three children (highly dependent cats) so please bare with my slow and incorrect typing.
Love MLC
Ps. I justify my love for my teacher by saying he looks and acts like House ….drool prologue
