A most mediocre person can be the object of a love which is wild, extravagant, and beautiful as the poison lillies of the swamp
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It's been a week since Hari and teddy had arrived at Konoha and things have been running smoothly. The house elves and Harry have finally finished redecorating the house. The walls downstairs were painted a creamy color and each room was painted different colors. The kitchen was painted a light brown. Hari's room is painted an emerald green like his eyes. Teddy's room is a soft pastel green.
Hari hired a team of goblins right after settling in his new home. He had them setup wards all over the house and lands he owned over his own wards so that his house would be safe from anything and everything. He also had hem build a huge gate in front of his house with a head of a lion And a lioness in front that talks much like the portraits back at hogwarts. The lions will only open the gates if Hari tell them to do so. If a person tries to enter force fully then the wards will take care of them.
The greenhouse has been setup and all of the seeds have been planted. Next to the big greenhouse is another smaller greenhouse which Hari used to grow medicial herbs that he will use for tea's and other things, and he grew spices to use for the food he cooks. It took awhile for the Hari to get the land in front of his house ready for a garden but he got it ready and already planted different flowers rangeing from roses to chrysanthemums. He used some special potion that he put in the soil to make sure that any type of plant could grow in the soil.
The Unicorns, Threstrals, and Abraxan horses have gotten settled in nicely and spend the days running around just basking in the sunlight. Hari has been planning to use some unicorn hair and Hedwig's tears for some healing salves and drinks that he will sell later in his café.
The green eyed beauty decided that even though he has enough money to last nine lifetimes he should still do something to keep occupied. Cooking is one thing that Hari loved doing and the only good thing that came out of his stay with the Dursleys.
While he was shopping in the market a week ago he spotted a nice place that was for sale right in the center of Konoha. It was a nice place with a lot of windows, large space inside, and a big kitchen. It already included the thing used to display desert so he didn't have to go through the trouble of putting one in there.
It took Hari three days to get the place to look presentable and he has to say that the place turned out quite well. The house elves were to busy and he didn't want to bother the poor tired creatures so he worked on the cafe all by himself while having Missy, one of the older house elves, look after Teddy.
Hari made sure that the windows were big enough that ninjas could jump out or in if there was an attack on the village. Hari wanted to crater to both ninjas and civilians but mostly to ninjas. Because of this he made sure that there was a lot of space between tables so that the shinobi could move around freely. There were also private booths if they wanted privacy.
Hari wants a classy yet homey sort of cafe. He had the walls painted into a magical forest with a variety of magical creatures in it. It was a beautiful forest. There were large glittery trees with multicolored leaves. There was a big lake on one of the walls where the mermaids splashed around with the water nymphs. On another wall there was a night sky painted on it with the constellations and everything. The centaurs were there looking up at the sky while discussing something just like the ones in the forbidden forest. The saytars played beautiful music on their flutes while leaning against a tree. There were unicorns, phoenixes, pegasuses, fairies and more that were playing around in the forest. There was magic in the painting so all of them moved around like the portraits in the wizarding world. They actually saw you, waved and played with you. The painting was for decoration but mostly for the children since he thought that the children might like to look and chase the paintings since they moved around.
The glass display area will soon be filled with deserts from Hari's homeland. There would be a menu at each table that will be changed each week. Drinks like tea, latte, coffee, butter-beer, and sodas will be served. There would also be an area to the side where herbs and healing salves would be sold.
The temperature inside the café would be cool because of the runes that Hari set up around it. It won't be cold but it won't be cool enough so that they don't sweat from the heat outside. There was a fireplace in the corner which Hari added there himself. That area was warmer than the rest of the cafe but isn't warm enough to make you sweat. In the winter the fire would get warmer.
The fire place was furnished with comfy sofas, a fireplace chair, and a rocking rocking chair. There was a small library filled with children's books. There were books like Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Three little pigs, and Sleeping Beauty.
The rest of the cafe was furnished with wooden square tables and comfertable leather tables had purple colored crystals floating I front of the chairs close to the center of the table. The crystals were there because when their order was ready all Hari had to do was but the dishes on the right number of the table on the transport runes on the kitchen counter and the food will take place of the purple crystal. After they are done with their food the plates will disappear and the purple crystals are back. There were also cylinder lights with designs handing from the ceiling giving the cafe a serene look. The cafe was finally finished. Now only the opening was left.
"Cafe Lily is ready to be Open!"
Next morning Hari was running around shooting cleaning spells everywhere. He knew that he cleaned the cafe yesterday but a little extra cleaning wouldn't hurt right? So here he was panicking because his cafe was due to open in an hour.
Hari baked various pastries. Chocolate chip cookies, brownies, croissant(Butter and chocolate), èclairs, cinnamon buns, at least 10 different types of cakes, and 20 different tarts. The smell of chocolate,cinnamon, and fruit blended together to create a heavenly smell.
Today Hari was dressed in a emerald green silk kimono decorated by silver designs. How ironic for him to be wearing slithering colors. The kimono really did bring out his eyes though. His hair was done in a French braid bun with two golden chopsticks with violet gems all over them.
"Let's do this" he spoke to himself in encouragement and fliped the closed sign to open. Not even five minutes later, people started to pour in. It started with a few people and then a whole crowd came. It seemed like for every one person that left, five more would come in. The desserts were gone in the blink of an eye. Hari had Mipsy,who was in a glamour, handle the customers orders while he went to cook and bake again. Sippsy,Kibby, and Dizzy were in charge of making the drinks while Nippy,Uzzy, and Frappy were in charge of watching over the deserts while he cooked.
Before he knew it the day was over and it was time for the cafe to close. The cafe had been a huge success. Although most of the men came to stare at Hari they quickly had another reason to come. Rumors of the emerald eyes beauty and 'her' cafe spread across Konoha faster than a wild fire.
Hari's life would get even more complicated with the appearance of a certain ninja coming back home from a mission.
Team 10 along with Team 7, Team 8, and Team Guy returned from their mission from Suna to save Gaara. They sighed as they watched Lee and Guy race. They were up to their usual antics again.
"Poor Kakashi-sensei" Tenten muttered making Sakura nod looking on with sympathy at her sensei being carried by Maito Guy.
"First Place !" They heard Guy sensei shout with his hands up in triumph.
"Second Place!" Lee shouted after stopping right next to his sensei. Guy turned to look at lee with a exaggerated sad expression.
"Lee you did not come in second-" Guy Sensei started and was cut off by a dramatic gasp by lee whose eye was twitching.
"You came in THIRD! Kakashi who I was carrying came in second, you are one lucky man Kakashi" Guy spoke to his ETERNAL rival who was knocked out on his back.
I will do better next time guy sensei!" Lee yelled with fire in his eyes. Guy got tears in his eyes.
"LEE!" Guy ran toward his student with open arms.
"GUY SENSEI!" Lee yelled running towards his sensei. They both met halfway, embracing each other with a sunset in the background.
The rest of the teams were looking at them with different expressions. Neji's left eye was twitching madly. Tenten had a huge tick mark on her forehead. Hinata was looking away with a blush on her face. Shino was stareing passively at them. The rest were just looking at them with jaws wide open. The shocked silence was broken by the two chunin guarding the gate.
"YO! Back already? How was the mission?" Izumo asked while walking towards them. The shinobi snapped out of it and looked towards him.
"It went great dattebayyo!" Naruto said with a grin remembering Gaaras welcome back at suna.
"That's goo-" Izumo was cut off by a guy that bumped into him running in what looked to be in a hurry towards the center of the village. The other ninja looked at Izumo who looked like this was a normal occurrence which was by this point. Izumo and Kotetsu both knew where the guy was running off too clutching his paycheck like a lifeline.
"Ah that's right, some interesting things happened while you were on your mission" Kotetsu said. The young shinobi looked at him waiting for him to continue.
"While you were on your mission the village got an addition. The reason why the guy was running was probably to go to her cafe. It's quite popular around the village especially among the males." Kotetsu explained with a dreamy look on his face. Izumo rolled his eyes as the ninjas curiosity grew.
"The owner is quite beautiful, she moved here with her son about 2 weeks ago." Izumo said before dragging Kotetsu off to their post with a wave which was returned.
"Hm a new cafe we should go" Ino said to Choji who nodded eagerly.
"Anyplace with food is good" Choji said as Shikamaru nodded his head lazily.
"You can guys can come too" Ino said turning to the rest of her comrades who agreed enthusiastically except for Naruto who wanted to get ramen but was shut up by Sakura with a punch to the face.
"Tch, troublesome"
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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Shikamaru was walking down the battered road to the market. His mother, Yoshino Nara, had sent him off to buy some things for dinner tonight. Honestly the woman seemed to try everything to get her son and husband to be a little active.
"Troublesome woman" Shikamaru muttered in annoyance. He looked around the village while he walked. The sun had just begun to rise and the owners of the shops were opening for another day. As lazy as he was, Shikamaru loves his village as much as any devoted shinobi. It made him happy to see the villagers happy and content.
Shikamaru turned his head to look at the Hokage monument and marveled at the beauty of the sun rising making a beautiful scene. A small breeze passed by and ruffled his loose hair. He had no time to tie his hair up today seeing as his mother kicked him of the house as soon as he woke up.
Shikamaru felt a small body collide into his and looked down. He saw a lithe body on the ground with a basket right next to the body. Shikamaru kneeled down to help the person up and came face to face with emerald green eyes.
"I'm sorry for bumping into you" Hari said looking up at the figure that towered over him. He stood up and starred at the dark blue eyes that looked over him. Hari blushed delicately and bent down to reach for his basket only to find that the other man had already had it in his grasp.
"Let me carry that for you, it's the least I could do for knocking you down" Shikamaru said while looking at the emerald eyes beauty. And he was truly a beauty. Long dark hair fell to his back in silky curls. Smooth milky unblemished skin. Big green eyes that resembled an emerald that were framed by long dark eyelashes. High cheekbones that were flushed with color. A small delicate nose. He had a small frame. Small waist and wide hips. Most people would assume that the long haired beauty was a girl but Shikamaru's IQ wasn't over 200 for nothing. He was simply an extremely beautiful male.
"You don't have to" Hari said his cheeks getting redder as he shyly looked at Shikamaru. Shikamaru looked at Harry with a soft gaze. He found himself wanting to make the ebony haired beauty blush even more.
"I insist, I am Shikamaru Nara" Shikamaru introduced himself wanting to know the strangers name. Hari was sure he was redder than George's hair by now with the way he was blushing with embarrassment.
"I'm Hari Potter-Black pleasure to you" Hari said looking up at the teenager with a timid smile. Shikamaru found the smaller male endearing with the way he looked up at him with a small smile. He gave a small smirk and let Hari lead the way to the direction he was heading.
He and Hari eventually ended up at a classy yet homey looking cafe. Hari opened the door and entered, motioning for Shikamaru to enter as well. Hari took the basket from Shikamaru with a thank you while telling him to sit down at one of the tables. He gave the basket with the ingredients for tea to Misty who was wearing a glamour. The glamour was held by the necklace that she was wearing. As long as she and the other elves were wearing the necklace the glamour would stay and be undetectable. So to others misty looked like a looked like a woman in her late twenties.
Shikamary watched as Hari handed the basket to a woman and entered one of the doors. He looked around at the cafe in amazement. The paintings were beautiful and one of the fish like women actually waved at him! The decorations and furniture were wonderful and the chair he was sitting on was actually the most comfertable chair his bum has had the pleasure of sitting on.
Hari came back five minutes later with a cup of tea in one hand and a slice of cake in the other. He set it down I front of Shikamaru and told him to eat it as a thank you for carrying his basket. Shikamaru took a bite out of the cake and was surprised at how good it was. He finished the rest of the cake in seconds while sipping the tea which was equally as delicious. He voiced his opinions as watched as the blush he was slowly beginning to adore dance across the feminine males cheeks once again. Hari looked down shyly at the unexpected compliment and thanked Shikamaru.
"So I've never seen you in Konoha before, have you just recently moved here?" Shikamaru asked with curiosity.
"Yes, I felt like my son and I needed a change of scenery and so here we are" Hari said to Shikamaru making him surprised that the teen already had a child at such a young age.
"Your son?" The Nara asked.
"Yes my son teddy, he is almost a year old and I adore him" Hari said with his eyes twinkling while he gushed about his son. His love for his son made the genius smile while listening to the bell like voice of Hari which he felt he could listen to for hours.
All too soon it was time for Shikamaru to leave to buy the supplies his mother needed. Harry was sad to see the handsome male leave but brightened when Shikamaru said he'd come again. Hari packed some sweets for Shikamru to take home and waved to him as he left.
After Hari closed the door, he leaned on it with a wide smile. Something about the tall handsome male drew him in. He grinned as he danced his way to the kitchen. He couldn't wait to see Shikamaru again.
Shikamaru and his father sighed in unison as they listened to his mother gush about the wonderful sweets he brought home.
"My son has finally got some sort of sense!" Yoshino said as she praised her son for getting sweets that actually tastes good while throwing a dirty look at her husband. The last time he bought her sweets they tasted bland and mushy. Her son had brought some sweets home for her and they actually tasted good!
"Where did you get these anyway?" She asked curious about the place where he bought the wonderful sweets, she would make sure to visit the place as soon as possible.
"I met the newest addition to our village awhile ago and helped with some stuff and was given these as a thank you gift" Shikamaru replied to his mothers question and watched as her eyes grew wider.
"You mean Hari-Chan's cafe? I have been meaning to go there but the place is always full" Yoshino said while looking at her son in disbelief.
The Nara heir nodded while a small smile played at the corner of his lips at the thought of Hari. The enticing male had been on his mind since he left the cafe. The mere thought of the blush spreading across Hari's pale cheeks made him want to ravish the smaller male. The thought was weird since he never expressed any sort of interest at the same sex or the opposite sex infact. The fact that this complete stranger had him lusting after him was strange.
"You do know he is male right?" Shikamaru asked his mother. He and his father watched as a teacup dropped from her fingers and crash to the floor as her eyes got impossibly huge. She stood there with her mouth open in shock.
"WHAT?! NO WAY!
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"Boom!"
The door of the Nara families main house burst open. At once Team 7,8,10 and team Guy entered the Nara house. Neji and Tenten apologized for the intrusion while the rest just entered as if they lived there.
They walked in to see Shikamaru and his parents having breakfast. Shikamaru's mother ushered them to sit at the table and asked them if they were hungry, all of them shook their head negatively. Shikamaru didn't even spare them a glance and drank his miso soup.
"Hurry up and eat Shika-Baka! We are supposed to go to that Cafe remember?!" Ino yelled irritated. Shikamaru sighed and got up knowing that ino would keep nagging at him until he was finished. He gathered his dishes and put them in the sink.
"Kaa-San! Old man! I'm leaving" Shikamru said and walked out yawning.
"Bring back some sweets Shika!" He heard his mother yell and lazily raised his hand showing that he heard her. Shikamaru and the gang left the Nara compounds and walked to the center of the village.
"Neh what do you think the mysterious beauty will look like?" Naruto asked breaking the silence.
"I bet she is curves with big boobs and loves dogs" Kiba said as if it was the truth.
"No way! She must be a plum women who has a love for food" Choji said while munching on his chips. More predictions were spoken and Shikamaru just ignored them already having met the beauty. Tch, wonder how they'll take it once they find out Hari is male.
They finally stopped in front of the distinct looking cafe. Shikamaru was eager to see Hari again. It was a good thing they came early because the place wasn't as busy as it usually is. This morning it was filled with shinobi and two or three civilians.
They entered the cafe and the beautiful face of Hari greeted them. Today he was wearing a red kimono with flower designs on it. He had his hair down and braided with jewels woven into it.
"Goodmorning! Welcome to Cafe Lily please allow me to escort you to you table" Hari spoke with a cheerful smile on his face. Hari began leading them to their table with the strange floating purple crystals that Shikamaru had seen last time and it was then that he noticed Shikamaru's presence. Hari's face flushed a bright red and he offered a small smile and walked away quickly.
"Wow" Kiba said with a dreamy smile as the other boys even Neji nodded. The girls looked on in jealousy.
"She is most youthful!" Lee said with hearts in his eyes.
Shikamaru just sighed and looked at the menu, the others soon did the same. A few minutes later Hari came to take their orders.
"So what would you like to day?" Hari asked./p
"I would like Swiss roll with a cup of jasmine tea" Ino ordered
"I want three èclairs with Darjeeling tea" Sakura said. The others followed their example until it got to Naruto.
"Do you have any ramen?" Naruto asked
"No unfortunately we do not" Hari said with an amused smile. Naruto pouted before ordering a Chiffon cake and a butter beer, because it was a funny name. Hari finally turned to Shikamaru and shifted nervously. Shikamaru smirked obviously enjoying how shy Hari was around him. Ino and Sakura stared at them along with Neji and Tenten.
"W-what would you like?" Hari finally got out tucking a loose strand of hair behind his ear. The motion made Shikamaru want to touch Hari's hair.
"Opera cake and earl gray tea" Shikamaru ordered watching Hari write it down on a pad.
"Your orders will be here in a moment" Hari bowed slightly and walked away. Shikamaru stared at his back before turning around only to find four intense pairs of eyes on him. Ino,Sakura,Neji,and Tenten were stareing at him. He looked at them strangely before shrugging.
A couple minutes later the strange purple crystals that were I front of them were replaced with delicious looking desserts and tea. The others were just as startled as he was but forgot about it after their hunger got to them. They moaned as the sweet flavor hit their tongue. As expected they finished rather quickly and sadly they had to go train. They walked up to the counter to pay the bill.
"That will be 2413.37 yen" Hari said and they all payed their share of the bill. Has Shikamaru haded over the money their hands brushed together and Hari's ears turned red at the tips. Something seemed to click in Inos head and she whispered into Tenten's ear who giggled with her.
"My youthful flower you are the most beautiful woman I have ever met ! PLEASE GO ON A DATE WITH ME!" Lee shouted while holding Hari's hand and kneeling. Hari looked at Lee a bit bewildered at his confession.
"Woman? I'm sorry lee-san but I'm male" Hari said while slyly pulling his hand away from lees grasp as he stared at her gobsmacked. The rest of the cafe heard him and turned to look at Hari in shock.
"NANI?!"
"NO WAY! YOU'RE PRETTIER THAN SAKURA CHAN!" Naruto shouted and Sakura promptly smacked him up side the head.
"Surprise?"