Chapter 2: Fix
"Just fucking apologize, prick!" Sakura and Shikamaru heard them whispering now, they assumed their arguing would be over soon.
"Fuck, ugh I hate apologizing!"
"Do it or I'm not smoking you out today!"
The two walked towards the room the rowdy guys were in, Sakura had her new bandages hidden secretly under her sleeve.
Kiba was sitting on the couch with his arms crossed like a little boy and glaring to the corner of his eye. Neji gave him a slight nudge.
He spoke as if he were a bad actor reading from a script. "I'm sorry, Sakura-chan. That was very rude of me and it was uncalled for. I should not have been so inconsiderate."
She eyed him for a moment, Shikamaru adjusted his ponytail.
"Oh, Kiba-kun, don't get so butt hurt over nothing." she strutted right past him and flopped down on Shikamaru's bed, kicking the blankets to her feet. This pillow felt so... reassuring. It was just the hangover speaking.
''I need coffee'' she thought aloud
She stared up at the ceiling, Shikamaru sat back down at his spot next to the shogi board.
Sakura zoned out for a second and Kiba's whining faded out for a moment. Her eyes scrolled over the acoustic ceiling, finding little pictures of birds, and rabbits along the bumpy texture. She wondered if any of the guys had ever found little mind images on the ceiling. Probably not. It was lame anyways, if it even made sense at all.
She shook the thoughts from her mind and sat upright.
"Ew," she looked down at herself. She had fallen asleep the night before in her jeans and ratty sweater. She looked like shit and smelled like beer.
"I need a shower."
"Hell yeah you do, lookin' crazy with that new 'hair-do' of yours!" Neji laughed,
Sakura fidgeted around in some dresser drawers for some clean clothes and started back to the bathroom,
"I'll be out in a bit guys." the door closed behind her.
The guys waited to hear the starting of the water before they began to talk.
"Ahhhh.." Shikamaru stretched out onto the bed that has lacked attention from its owner. His back hurt from the couch.
"I went out of my way to buy this special bed for my back, just so I can sleep on the couch." He sighed. "Women.."
Neji chuckled, "Your bed is big enough, just share it."
Kiba gave him a look of agreement, "Aye, maybe he can get some while he's at it."
He stood up and started thrusting his hips jokingly. "Oh Sakura! Your so good!" He moaned. They both laughed at the idea, but Shikamaru wasn't too happy.
"Oi, knock it off! It's not like that." He jumped, now leaning on his elbow, "She needed a place to stay for a bit. Not to mention, she just got out of her relationship."
"AAAHHHHHH rebound!" They both shouted at the same time and continued laughing.
A few minutes later, there was a knock at the door. You could hear the obnoxious voice from down the hall. Naruto.
"Shikamaru, why do you always have to lock your door, might as well just leave it unlocked, you don't have anything people want to steal." He babbled
Shikamaru lazily got up off of his bed to answer the door. Naruto was wearing his bright orange t shirt, of course.
'How many does he own?' He thought to himself.
"Oi! What are you guys laughing about?"
Shikamaru plopped back on his bed
"They insist on talking about my sex life."
"or lack thereof!" the crazy brunettes continued to laugh hysterically, and Naruto decided to add his two cents.
"Come on, Shika-kun." Kiba teased. "You have a chick living in the house for Christ's sake, why not try and get a little nookie?"
'Oh God, they're gonna do this all day.'
"How long have you and Temari been broke up? 3 months? That's a long time, bro! You need to get back in the game! Your dick is probably dying for some head."
"Naruto, do you guys mind? I don't want to hear about that troublesome mistake! And Sakura is not an option yet."
"DUDE HE SAID 'YET!'"
Shikamaru rubbed his temples. All this talk was stressing him out.
'I don't want another relationship based on just sex like THAT one... yeah, it was good sex, GREAT sex and God, she gave amazing head in fact. I was in love with her. But after a while, she just wanted to get her high.'
"After Temari Literally fucked me over, I was absolutely broken! I can't stand these promiscuous women, they'll fuck anyone and everyone for drugs!"
He rolled over, turning away from the stressors
"Shikamaru, lighten up. Everyone's made a mistake or two." Naruto reassured
"I just don't.. want to talk about it, is that too much to ask for?" Shikamaru's face started tensing up.
Naruto, Kiba and Neji realized that he was still feeling that hole in his heart he had mentioned back when it happened.
Sure Shikamaru would do a few lines every once in a while, but Temari couldn't go for more that 2 hours sober. He couldn't take it anymore. She got so skinny and her skin was a pale grey. Shikamaru walked into his apartment one day to find her on his bed with someone else, doing unspeakable things to his long time girlfriend. He beat the guys ass and threw him out and Temari ran off with him. He was alone now and had to go through the pain of letting go of the girl he loved. The girl that he hated. And as much as it hurt him he never said a word about it. He became a recluse, he cried every night. The depressed boy thought the guys didn't know, but they did. They knew how much it destroyed him, You could see it in charcoal eyes as they grew dark and tired with loneliness. Getting drunk was his only escape and his mission was to drink it all away. He would have done anything to get her back. He didn't host parties like he used to and Naruto noticed that he called Gaara over more often, Shikamaru was always broke. One day, Naruto came to check on him and walked in on him doing a line. Shikamarus had his hair down and he looked like he hadn't left the house in days. Naruto watched as he formed a line took a swig of the tequila, held his nose against the drug and snorted. His head fell backwards and he was so gone he didn't even notice the blonde was there. It was clear he had been having more than just one bump of the white powder. The worried boy rushed over to him, swiped the dust back into the the baggie and helped Shikamaru lay down. There was nothing he could do but just spot him until his high went away, so he did just that and sat on the end of the bed. Shikamaru had tears in his bloodshot eyes.
"I want to die.." Shikamaru murmured. "I'm hurting so bad, how could she do this.."
It wasn't him laying there, this was an emotional wreck. But its been about a month since he acted like that they had no idea he was still hurting.
"Ohh, heheh, Ahh I didn't mean any disrespect." Naruto said, he sat down and for a moment was quiet with guilt. He changed the subject.
"Hmmm.. Where is Sakura anyways?"
Neji motioned his head to the direction of the bathroom.
The bathroom door opened and out came Sakura, looking absolutely nothing like the way she walked in. She was wearing grey shorts and a red sweater, her hair was wet and tossled looking. She greeted Naruto with a hug, while began asking her qurstions about how she was feeling and if things were going smoothly.
"Whats wrong with Shika-kun?" Sakura whispered to the blonde. Shikamaru was too deep in thought to pay attention, still rubbing his temples.
"Accidentally brought up Temari, now he's all stressed."
"Goddammit Naruto, they were together for 4 years, what do you expect? ughh.." Sakura sympathized with Shikamaru, her and Sasuke had been together for 2 years until that asshole turned around screwed Karin. She crawled up on the bed next to Shikamaru with her head propped up on her arm watching him try to relieve his own tension. She gave him a quick hug and went into Shikamaru's bed side drawer, pulling out a blue and green pipe.
"Shika relax, she said handing him the piece and a yellow lighter. Shikamaru lit the bowl and inhaled as deeply as possible. He decided that he was going to get at blown as possible and forget about it. They passed the pipe around the group, but Naruto denied it.
"Aye! Someone call Gaara! I need my fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiix." Naruto sang as he skipped over to the fridge and pulled out a Corona.