Rain drops in Konoha

Anime: Naruto

Pairings: Shikamaru X Naruto and Shino X Kiba

Genre: Romance

Warnings: Yaoi (Shonen-ai maleXmale), OOC-ness, and swearing

Personal thoughts: Would you believe I got stuck five times on this chapter? Sometimes writing can be so hard… --

PS.

"Talking"

'Thinking

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Chapter three

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"Ugh…"

Kiba rolled over in bed, he felt miserable and right now he didn't care if Shino heard him. Which he had been worried about for the past few hours. He hated being sick, it made him dizzy especially since he had heightened senses. The rain was still pouring down and it was driving Kiba nuts. His head was throbbing and he felt like it would explode! Kiba groaned again and rolled over. Then his stomach growled… this was just perfect! Now he had to get up and eat! Kiba opened his eyes to notice Shino wasn't in bed… he looked at his alarm clock to see that it was eight in the mourning. Shino got up at sunrise so of course he wasn't here.

"You should stay in bed."

Kiba moved his head to look at Shino, who was leaning on the wall beside the door. Kiba blinked at him.

"How long you… ugh… been up?"

"Two hours and a half."

"You could have told me you were up! I could have got some Aspirin or something!"

"… Stay in bed."

Shino left the room right after that. 'Is he getting me some Aspirin? I sure hope to God he is…'

Shino left the door and headed to the kitchen and started digging through the things, he needed to fix Kiba something. Kiba was letting him stay here… he should repay the favor. He pulled out a pot and a few ingredients, he was going to make him some soup. He poured water into the pot and began to let the water boil. As it was boiling Shino headed to the Inuzuka's bathroom. He opened a small cupboard on the wall and pulled out the medicine that Kiba had requested.

Shino headed back into the kitchen and grabbed a cup to fill with water. He took the cup and the two pills back to Kiba's room. Shino walked over and waited by Kiba's bedside. Kiba rolled over and sat up slowly. He rested against the bedpost for balance as he took the pills and water.

"Thanks Shino."

Kiba swallowed the two pills without the water but he knew why Shino brought the water. It was important to keep hydrated and so he began to drink the water. As Shino left, Kiba got the message that he would be right back. So he continued to rest against the bedpost as he waited for Shino to return to him. Shino had gone back into the kitchen and waited for the water to boil. When the bubbles arose from the water he plopped in his ingredients and covered the pot.

Shino waited there for five minutes before removing the lid and pouring some of the soup's contents into a bowl. Shino pulled out a spoon from the utensil's draw and then headed back to Kiba's room. He had no clue where the Inuzuka keep his trays so decided that he would just have to use the small dresser beside Kiba's bed. Once there, Shino pulled the dresser forward and put the soup bowl on it and looked at Kiba expectantly. And Kiba just had to laugh at Shino's behavior.

"Geeze, just because you're feeling better then me doesn't mean you get to boss me around."

"Same goes to you."

Kiba just smirked as he began to drink the soup, it was hard to keep his dominate personality with someone else who was just as dominating. But he had to say, even if Shino got on his nerves a lot, he still liked having him around. It made things interesting and Kiba always loved a challenge and Shino sure was a challenge. He was something Kiba was not used to seeing in a person. After all when he was younger, he was friends with Naruto, Shikamaru, and Chouji.

Shino had left Kiba after he was done eating, he had token the bowl away. Shino also gave a message to Kiba that he would make sure that Naruto didn't destroy anything or was too loud. Shino sat down and waited, he just watched the rain hit the window, most people would find rain insignificant and pointless. But they were much like bugs, no one likes it but it's indeed very useful. Hours went by until someone stirred inside the guest room.

Shino glanced at the clock. '1:34.'

Naruto yawned lazily, he liked sleeping in truthfully but he never got much time with wanting to train. It was a good rest but now he was ready to go outside… if only it wasn't still raining. He didn't want to catch a cold because then he would be delayed from training longer! Even Naruto had some sense to stay inside when it was raining. Naruto had dreaded the fact that he only saw Shino sitting there.

"Where's Kiba?"

"…"

Naruto cleared his throat "Ahem."

Shino turned to look at Naruto "He's sick. Keep you're voice down."

Shino then nudged Naruto really hard in the stomach. "Don't yell out 'he's sick!'…"

Shino then nudged him really hard in the stomach again. "Don't yell out 'what was that for!'…"

For the third time, he nudged Naruto hard in the stomach. 'He just doesn't learn.'

"Don't yell out 'well I didn't deserve that!' because you did…"

Naruto twitched visibly, Shino was so freaking annoying! And he wasn't going to yell that out… okay… maybe he was… but still! Naruto huffed, Shino was no fun, Shino never did anything fun and not to mention Shino gave him the creeps! He appeared out of nowhere and always gave freaky speeches about bugs. Naruto looked around and quickly got an idea that might help him get out of this mess.

"I'm going to go wake Shikamaru up."

Naruto darted back to his room and flung open the door and ran over to Shikamaru's bed. Shikamaru lay there motionless, still sleeping peacefully on his bed. Shikamaru looked so relaxed. 'Well it's time to ruin it.' Thought Naruto.

"Hey Shika, Shikamaru."

Naruto pushed him slightly. "Wake up sleepy head, it's time to get up."

Shikamaru didn't move and continued to rest there. Naruto pouted as he shoved Shikamaru and then proceeded to go shove him off the edge. A hand went up and grabbed Naruto's shirt as Naruto got pulled over the bed and off it with Shikamaru. Shikamaru groaned at Naruto laying on him, he was supposed to stay up and he wasn't supposed to fall off the bed.

"Baka. I was awake… let me rest, getting up is too troublesome."

'Geeze, he's so lazy!'

"Shikamaru, you should eat breakfast with me!"

"Eating is troublesome."

'Geeze! He's REALLY lazy.'

Naruto pouted as he got off of Shikamaru who continued to lay there. A hand reached up as he grabbed the pillow and brought it down to rest on. Apparently he was too lazy to even get back onto the bed. Naruto glared at Shikamaru.

"Come on you lazy ass, get up!"

Shikamaru merely grunted and continued trying to rest some more. Naruto sighed as he grabbed Shikamaru's arm and started to drag him out of the room. Shikamaru let him, being dragged was much easier then walking… now what else could he get away without doing? Naruto dragged him back to Kiba's living room and laid him down at his normal seat. Naruto had to laugh at Shikamaru who was still clinging to the pillow from the bed. Naruto huffed and grabbed at the pillow which successfully got it away from Shikamaru. It also woke him up because his head hit the floor rather fast since there was nothing to support it. Shikamaru groaned and sat up groggily.

"I thought you said you weren't asleep."

"Yawn. Doesn't mean I wasn't tired." He rubbed at the back of his neck.

Naruto admitted that Shikamaru looked rather cute when he was tired, even if his laziness was annoying. He looked sort of dumbfounded when he was like this and it was something he didn't see in Shikamaru much. Naruto just laughed at Shikamaru more as he looked over at Shino. "So what are we doing?"

Shino just shrugged. "You mean you have nothing planned?" Naruto asked.

Naruto sighed… this was going to be so boring, but being bored with company was better then being bored alone! Naruto glanced over to see Shikamaru resting his head on the table. He was falling back asleep and with the soft breathing, he probably did. Naruto sighed as he went beside Shikamaru to make sure he was asleep, he stared at him for a bit but Shikamaru didn't stir. Naruto sighed.

'What was I thinking? Shikamaru can be just as annoying as Shino! Especially when he's tired…'

Naruto walked off into the kitchen to get himself some breakfast when he noticed the pot, he picked off the lid to see what was inside. 'Soup?'

Naruto shrugged, he actually wanted ramen but why let the soup go to waste? Even if it was quite cold. Naruto grabbed a spoon and tasted it, quite good for something that was cold. Naruto looked at the pot, Kiba wasn't going to have any, Shino didn't seem to eat, and Shikamaru was asleep. So he grabbed the small pot and took it back to the table.

"Want any Shino?"

He got no response and Naruto took it as a no. Naruto began to drink the soup, it really was quite good and he'd never had something like this before. Naruto slurped loudly on the soup. He was happy and content until someone decided they wanted some soup too. Shikamaru had turned Naruto's hand towards himself and took the spoon into his mouth.

"Mmm. Quite good."

Naruto stared at Shikamaru. "That was my spoon!"

Shikamaru just shrugged lazily. "What's your point?"

"Well! Go get your own spoon!" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at Naruto. And then Naruto remembered who he was talking to.

Naruto huffed, well then he'd just have to keep his spoon away from Shikamaru. Naruto pulled the next spoonful into his mouth which Shikamaru made no objections to. But he really thought the second one was going to go to him. Shikamaru frowned when Naruto put the second spoonful in his mouth. Obviously this was going to be harder then expected. Shikamaru sighed as he crawled over to Naruto and rested himself against him. He was now the same level which made it easier to steal bites, he had waited to do this when Naruto went for the third spoonful.

Naruto, being caught off guard, let Shikamaru have another spoonful when he leaned forward to capture it. Naruto huffed at Shikamaru and took the next one without any problems. The next one Shikamaru had tapped on Naruto's opposite shoulder and when Naruto turned to look and when he realized it wasn't Shino he turned back to glare at Shikamaru who had token the next one. Shikamaru had to smile lazily at Naruto this was a bit fun… a bit.

Naruto sighed and took the next one easy, Shikamaru had pushed down on Naruto's shoulder when the next one came. He was attempting to lean over far enough that when Naruto went to drink the soup that he could catch it. Shikamaru only frowned when he missed it. Shikamaru retracted but returned shortly after the next spoon made it's way up. Shikamaru leaned more into this one but soon regretted it. He had to shift his position quite a bit to get at the spoon better.

Shikamaru ended up one leg on Naruto's lap while the other was still off. His left arm was warped around to Naruto's shoulder from before, while his other hand was on Naruto's lap. Naruto was sitting cross legged so Shikamaru was on one of his legs while his other right arm leaned on his other leg. Shikamaru was facing Naruto and their faces where so close that they could feel each other's breaths. Shikamaru had followed the spoon and the only reason their lips weren't together was because of the spoon.

Shikamaru was thankful Naruto stopped from putting it into his mouth because of the action he had decided to take. Their lips where both placed on the spoon and their eyes had now just meet. Both were frozen in spot, Naruto couldn't figure out why he couldn't move. His face was flushed, but it was an accident, so why was he frozen!? Shikamaru didn't mean to do this… both boys pulled away from the spoon and Shikamaru removed himself from the other boy's lap.

Shikamaru scratched the back of his neck nervously, why did he do that!? He should have realized what the situation would have turned out to be… but he didn't. Now here he was blushing like mad… he needed to calm down. Shikamaru didn't have much time as the spoon got shoved in his mouth with the soup. Shikamaru blinked as he stayed still dumbfounded and then looked at Naruto. He was looking away blushing and was glancing only slightly at Shikamaru every so often.

"You… wanted it didn't you?"

Shikamaru blinked at him as he removed the spoon from his mouth and Naruto's hand to stare at it. "Uh… yeah… erm… thanks."

Shikamaru looked away from Naruto as finally moved back closer to the boy. "We'll share."

Naruto stood up. "I'll get my own spoon."

Shikamaru felt disappointed and chewed himself out for it, why would he be disappointed that he and Naruto would no longer be sharing? He should be grateful… shouldn't he be? Shikamaru sighed as he stared at the soup… maybe he wasn't as hungry as he thought he was. No he had to be hungry, why else would he be eating? There was no other reason to eat besides the fact that he was hungry.

Naruto wandered to the kitchen but moved to the kitchen sink instead of the utensil drawer. He splashed water on his face… that was weird, he had never gotten that nervous before. He never froze in the moment, what was so weird about that moment? It's not like it was on purpose. None of his kisses with other guys were really on purpose. He's kissed Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Shino. So why did this time with Shikamaru make him nervous and what's worse was that they didn't even kiss! Naruto sighed and grabbed a spoon and returned to the kitchen happy and normal. There was silence as the two boys finished off the rest of the soup. The silence was broken by a loud brown haired boy.

"Hey guys! How you been hanging out?"

Kiba's voice was a bit rough from the cold. Shino looked over at Kiba quite confused. 'What is he doing out of bed?'

Naruto smiled at Kiba, he wouldn't have to be bored anymore! "Kiba!"

Naruto hoped up and ran over to Kiba throwing an arm around him friendly. "So what are we going to be doing?" Naruto asked cheerily.

Kiba didn't have a chance to answer Naruto as Shino had shoved Kiba away from Naruto. Shino sent a stare at him.

"You know… it would be better if you would actually say what you're feeling instead of staring at me and having me guess." Kina stated.

Shino narrowed his eyes at Kiba. "You're sick."

"What's your point? It's a little cold, I've walked around with them before."

"The more rest you get, the faster you'll heal."

"Well… it's not like it matters if I'm going to heal fast or not, I'm still going to be stuck in this house."

"…"

"I'm pretty sure it's not going to end anytime soon Shino."

"Go back to bed."

"I thought I told you not to boss me around! This is my house!"

"…"

"You just don't care do you?!"

"Go back to bed."

"You want to fight over it? I'll kick your butt any day!"

"…"

"No! We're not talking this out! Come on! I'll show you whose top dog."

Shino turned away from Kiba and walked off into the kitchen. "Hey! Get back here you little!"

Kiba chased after him. Naruto stared. "Those two don't really get along now do they?"

"They're just like you and Sasuke."

"Hmm? Heh… I guess you're right."

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"Why are you walking away from me!?"

"…"

"Geeze Shino, I can take care of myself!"

"…"

"Why are you being so silent!?"

Kiba couldn't read Shino right now, he had no clue what the bug boy was thinking about. Why wouldn't Shino answer him, it's not like he could read Shino perfectly, he wasn't perfect and neither was Shino. Why wouldn't he talk to him? Granted they got in fights a lot but normally Shino would be more playful in fights and rather forceful. This was different… Shino seemed different.

"You need to rest up. That stranger could come back at any moment."

"Is that really all?"

"…"

"It's not is it? So…?"

"I've got a bad feeling…"

"…?"

Shino turned around to look at Kiba.

"I got a feeling that this is going to be large. You need to be prepared… I don't want you to get hurt."

"I can fight with a cold."

"Your scenes will be dulled… you rely on your scenes a lot… it's important to keep them sharp."

"… Yeah… I guess… but I hate sleeping! It's so boring and I have nothing to do."

"…"

"You'd do that?"

"…"

"Yeah, it would be better then hanging out with those two." Kiba laughed at that. Well looks like him and Shino were going to do some more bonding.

CRASH!

Shino and Kiba both looked towards the doorway where that came from… the living room… that was where Naruto and Shikamaru were.

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"So what do you want to do?" Naruto questioned.

"Nothing."

Naruto pouted at that answer. "How bout a game?"

Shikamaru shrugged. "You like Shogi right?" Naruto questioned.

"Yes…"

"Okay! Then it's settled." As Naruto stood up, Shikamaru gave him a strange look.

"Do you even know how to play Shogi?"

"No… but it can't be that hard."

Shikamaru had to smirk at him and then realized that he would have to teach him. Shikamaru sighed as Naruto went to go for the game cupboard he found his pant leg get stuck on something. In an attempt to pull his pant leg free he ended up tripping himself. His eyes lit up in surprise but he landed on something rather warm. There was a crash as he turned his head to look at what happened. His pant leg must have gotten stuck on the handle of the pot and when he went to move free, he must have flung it.

It had just hit a free things off of a dresser, thankfully nothing broke… it was just loud. Naruto clued in that he had his arms around something and that he was in a knelling position. He looked up to find Shikamaru staring back at him, he was in front of Naruto. Naruto realized that the warm thing he tripped into was Shikamaru. They were both wrapped in each other's arms and Naruto was sitting in-between Shikamaru's legs. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah."

Naruto straitened himself and looked over at the mess again. Kiba and Shino were looking at that and looked over at the two for an explanation.

"I tripped." Naruto said scratching the back of his head and started nervously laughing.

Kiba had to laugh, those two where quite troublesome indeed and they were probably going to ruin his house. "Try not to destroy my house too much you two. Especially since Shino won't be babysitting you anymore."

"Hey! I'm not that destructive!"

Kiba had to laugh at him and grew a grin. "Yeah… Suure!" He gave in a very sarcastic tone.

"Why won't Shino be here?" Shikamaru questioned.

"He's coming to bed with me… he'd rather hang out with me than you two."

Shikamaru shrugged as he laid down. "See you two later."

Kiba and Shino walked off back to Kiba's room. Naruto looked behind him at Shikamaru. "So? Still up for that game?"

"Hn… too troublesome."

Naruto sighed as he got up and went to get the game anyways. He'd force Shikamaru to play if he had to. Surprisingly the lazy nin did sit up when the game was over. 'Guess he's bored too.' Naruto mused to himself.

Shikamaru began to teach Naruto how to play… sure playing a novice really wouldn't be fun but granted it would be an interesting style of playing. It wouldn't make much sense but it could provide a good chuckle or two. Shikamaru often stared into Naruto's blue eyes when he was trying to think of his next move. Shikamaru guessed that the reason he was watching Naruto was to figure out what he was going to do. Why else would he be looking at him? Shikamaru felt like he should shudder… a feeling of intense distress. Naruto was focused on the board heavily so Shikamaru turned to have a look over his shoulder. There was a slight noise heard as suddenly everything turned pitch black.

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Personal thoughts: Poor Naruto, this chapter was not very good for him, he was attacked by Shino for trying to talk… that's all I have to really comment on besides the fact that I'm FINALLY done chapter three! Yays! I'm actually going on a long trip soon and that would have meant no update. I thankfully realized so that's why I'm leaving all you guys with chapter three. I could have waited longer but nah, let's hope this isn't horrible. I don't really like this chapter, didn't turn out the way I liked it but oh well, maybe the other chapters can make up for it… when I write them. Anyways I'll hopefully start working on chapter four when I get back.

Anyways enjoy, don't review if you don't want to… I really don't care.

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