ShikaSakuNeji 4
The alarm went off at later than usual and I remembered that I had a later shift than usual. The boys weren't up and I couldn't help but to feel that I should be the one to cook. I sat up in bed and gazed at the men lying on my floor sleeping. I had the day off today and i honestly didn't really have much to do so I guess I can sleep in today. I closed my eyes and tried to go back into dreamland, but after a few minutes of listening to the slow breathing of the two men sleeping I gave up. I got up and stepped over Neji before making my way to the kitchen. I contemplated cooking before shaking my head to myself, I'm not much of a cook honestly.
I walked towards the closet stepping over Shikamaru this time to get where I needed to be; Yeah we're definitely going to check out those apartments today. It's way to cramped in here with three of us. I looked through the closet and found a dress Ino bought me that I never wore before. It was a green that matched my eyes. I haven't dressed up in a while so I figured why not. I grabbed the dress and before there was a light knock at the door. I opened the door to find Ino there dressed the way I was getting ready to be. I let her in and she looked at the two men sleeping on the floor before shaking her head and saying what I was feeling.
"You need a bigger apartment forehead." She said in a quiet voice I forgot she sometimes possessed
"Tell me about it" I said just as quietly as she did but in vain since both men stirred and sat up. Both looking at us like we were crazy for being up this early. " So I'm guessing we both had the same idea today." I said looking her up and down. "Your looking hot."
"Thanks I found this at the back of the closet and guess who it's from."
"Me…" I said remembering where I picked that dress up from. It was blue and a curve hugger it enhanced the breast and the hip area and it really looked great on her she had added a pair of leggings because it is winter and I never realized how long her legs were but that was probably the heels.
"Yes and I felt the need to wear it today, go go go. Get your butt in the shower and let's get going. I know it's your day off." I smiled and gave her a quick lift of the eyebrow and looked towards the kitchen before looking at the two men sitting on my floor looking annoyed and staring at us in disbelief. Then I walked towards the bathroom.
I showered quickly and put on the short dress that barely covered half my thighs I also added a pair of leggings before i curled my hair into long luscious curls that went just below my upper back and put my go get'em face on. Meaning I lined my yes put some mascara on painted my lips come hither red with lipstick and blew myself a kiss in the mirror before opening the door to have ino hand me a killer pair of black stiletto heeled ankle boots that made my already long legs longer before making my way into the kitchen.
I sat right in between Neji and Shikamaru ignoring the lift of the eyebrow from Neji and the slight expression on Shikamaru's face. Yes I look good, yes I clean up nice and yes I know I got it. Confidence took me a while to gain but once I've gained it I know what I'm capable of. Ino set a plate down infront of me and I was hit with the smell of chocolate chip pancakes and strawberry sryup. I looked up at her and I knew why I ket this girl around.
"Ino."
"Hm."
"Have I ever told you I love you?" I said before taking a bite and really savoring it ignoring Shikamaru's snort beside me.
"Only every time I cook." I smiled at her as she sat across from me next to Shikamaru. "But any way please tell me that you guys are looking for apartments."
"That's top prority." Neji said quietly taking a sip of what I'm guessing is tea.
"I wanted to go and check out the apartments Shikamaru scoped out." I said. "Neji would you like to come as well?"
"Mm." he said and I guessed that was a yes. He stood up grabbing clothes before heading towards the shower.
"Shikamaru write down the addresses unless your tagging along." Ino said to her old teammate. Their was an very audible sigh and I couldn't resist the smile that lit my face as I looked over towards Shikamaru. "Shika… what's the sigh for lazy ass"
"Nothing Ino nothing… I have work so unless you guys reschedule for later then I guess I'll just have to write the addresses down their literally in the same place." He responded as I finished the last of my pancakes and began sipping my tea.
"Same place different buildings huh, You really are something. " I said watching him write the address.
"How late will you be?" Ino asked after taking a sip of tea.
"I'd get out around four."
"Yeah, we're not waiting for you." She said in a matter fact tone that caused me to roll my eyes and Shikamaru to mutter his famous catch phrase.
"Ino don't be such a pig." I said as the bathroom door opened up and Neji walked out in Jonin Attire that Shikamaru would usually be wearing. "Ready to go Neji?" I said before drinking the last of my tea. He looks really good outside of his usual Hyuga attire by the way. My eyes lingered a little to much on his hair. I had the urge to pull his hair.
"Neji your hair is gorgeous." Ino said and I had to 'mhm' in agreement. Neji eyed us silently before speaking.
"Thank you, I'm ready whenever you guys are."
"Well then lets hit the door." Ino said with enthusium as she collected our dishes and set them in the sink. Shikamaru sighed yet again getting up and walking towards the sink turning the water on and beginning to wash the dishes.
"Thanks shika." Ino said and Neji and I uttered a thanks as well before heading out the door. I could've sworn I heard a muttered troublesome before I closed the door behind me. Ino and I strutted down the stairs Ino chatting about how we should go hit the club later tonight. I looked at Neji who had on what rookie nine referred to as his 'ice look' I had no idea what was going through that sexy intelligent brain of his. I looked at the 1st address listed on the paper as she rambled on. Until she said something that caught my intrest.
"Wait, wait what?" I asked and she covered her mouth in shock like she realized she said something she hadn't meant to say. "Spill, you and Kiba are talking?"
"Hey, HEY this goes to both of your graves until we see fit to come out and tell every one we want to see where things go." Ino said with a slight blush on her face… 'OOO' time to tease her…
"OHHH I knew you liked the rowdy boy type."
"Sakura!" Ino said in her warning voice.
"I didn't know you were into mutts Ino." From the corner of my eye I could see that even Neji was smirking.
"Hey hey hey I could be talking about how you can't help but almost catch noise bleeds at the sight of wet male. Or the fact that watching men kiss each other turn you on…"
"Hey that was only once and that was years ago, I was young and innocent OK." Neji had a calculating face on as he gave me a look that read me a little too much for my liking. I gave Ino a hard look and just as I was about to throw something else at her Neji noticed the first apartment. Instead of saying anything he lightly tapped my shoulder and pointed to the building; and so the apartment gazing began.
"My favorite was the second apartment." Ino said and I had to agree. The first apartment was great and all but I don't want to pay that amount of money. The third one was decent but I want to furnish my own place thank you.
"I thought the first one was nice but I wouldn't mind the second choice either." Neji said.
"Good because that's a bit pricey for me. I'd go with the second choice as well."
"Don't bother asking Shikamaru he already knew which one would have been picked he just threw the third option in just to make it seem like he was still trying." Ino said and I kinda felt that she was right.
"Well then Neji would you mind making the call tomorrow? I have to work pretty late and I won't have much of a break."
"Sure." He said and that was that.
"Alright now that that's over lets go shopping." Ino said and I saw a light frown mark Neji's features. She walked with a whole new pep in her step and I waited till she was a few paces ahead of us before speaking.
"I promise it's not that bad as long as I'm tagging along." I said with a smile.
"Hn." He said and I was suddenly reminded of Sasuke I shook my head with a smile. Before wrapping my arm around Neji's and strutting briskly catching up to Ino and wrapping my other arm around hers. I never found shopping that interesting but there were so many new looks out lately and I actually bought a few pairs of clothes and even picked out a few things for late gifts. Ino and I found a cute outfit for Neji and somehow persuaded him to try it on for us. As he tried on the outfit I purchased a different outfit that I thought would look great on him after we found out his size. I also bought an outfit for Shikamaru.
Neji came out of the fitting room and I had to catch my breath he had a form fitting shirt on that strained against his muscles his hair a was slightly astray and the slightly annoyed look he held turned me on to no end. The pants weren't too tight nor to loose just perfect. The boots that we picked out went with the outfit just great, he looked real badass and we loved it. I had the urge to push his ass back in the fitting room right against the wall shut the curtain and have my way with him then and there. Ino coughed lightly and I shook myself free of the thoughts before putting a smile on my face thinking 'If only you knew the things I'd do to you'.
"Neji… you have got to buy that… seriously." Ino said and I nodded my head fiercely in agreement. He gave us a look that screamed your crazy before shutting the curtain. He changed back into his jonin outfit and attempted to out the outfit on a random rack. Ino grabbed it when he wasn't looking and purchased it while I smirked and acted like there was nothing going on. We went to a few more stores and got him to try on a few more things. Both of us smiling as we got him to bend to our will. After a few stores we got tired. I bought some hot chocolate and headed over to my friends before handing them their hot chocolate when I noticed something funny.
Neji is a choco holic. I thought about how whenever I buy chocolate deserts they barely last to the next day like the ice cream I bought a few days ago. I only had a few bites of it. Or the chocolate cake that I had bought for desert that was demolished. I watched and got Ino's attention as we watched him savor his chocolate not paying us any attention until we started giggling.
"Well we know what to give you for holidays." Ino said as I let loose a full blown laugh.
"Neji that is too cute." I said and watched as a deep blush covered his face. Ino and I laughed more and I patted his shoulder as we continued to walk. I was exhausted and I think we were all feeling the same way since Ino was starting to have a hard time in her heels.
"Alright lets skip the club scene tonight." She said and both Neji and I grunted an agreement… Well as much as I could grunt anyhow. Ino was pretty close to her house so we walked her there and I waved at her father who was in the window watching us. He smiled and waved back at me. We turned and started walking and I began to feel the toll of wearing these heels. It was dark outside and there weren't many people outside Neji picked me up so suddenly I didn't even comprehend until we were on the roofs traveling fast that he had did so. I was so impressed that I all I could do was stare up at him as I clutched on to my gifts and bags tightly.
"Thank you Neji that's pretty sweet of you." I said.
We got to my apartment pretty fast and he set me down as I handed a few bags to him to grab the key out from my purse. I opened the door to find Shikamaru yet again knocked out on the bed with the a movie on watching him rather than him watching it. I smiled in his direction as I took my shoes off and placed them in the closet. I grabbed another huge T-shirt that I used for sleeping as well as well as a pair of shorts. When I came out the bathroom Neji was also changed and was watching TV on the couch. I got in the center of the bed and before I fell asleep felt Neji lay on my right side. The bed was huge so I wasn't touching either man and so I fell asleep.
When I woke up the next morning I found myself in a very compromising situation. I found myself entangled between two men and in a very sensual position. I had my arms over my head and both men had laid their heads on one of my breast. Thankfully neither of them drooled, both of them had a hand wrapped around me and both had thrown a leg over one of mine. And I was trying hard to ignore what people would call the morning wood. I must say both men were very well endowed and I wouldn't mind waking up to be sandwiched between these men naked… cough cough. I laid there and thought about how I should try to get myself out of this situation. Then I was saved by my alarm clock.
As they stirred I forced my self to breath an even breath and pretend as if I were sleeping. I felt Neji rub his face back and forth over my breast and so much for sleeping because I breathed in a sharp intake that stirred them both fully awake. The situation dawned on them and both men were fully awake within seconds staring at me like they couldn't fathom what was going on. I started laughing at the irony of it all and before I knew it both of them were smiling along with me. They got up and Neji turned off the alarm clock.
I got up after them and went straight for the closet grabbing my work attire hating the fact that it was a Monday. Sundays were my only days off. I went for the bathroom and showered getting ready for the day. When I came out the bathroom Neji was setting the plates of food down in front of Shikamaru. They stopped talking as I came out the bathroom causing me to wonder what they had been talking about as I was showering.
"I heard you picked the second apartment on the list." Shikamaru said and my thoughts of what they were talking about ceased.
"Yeah, but you already knew I would go for that one didn't you. Thank you Neji." I said giving Shikamaru the look that said 'Don't get smart smart-alek.' He smirked at me and I resisted the urge to swat him. As I sat down and ate the French toast Neji set in front of me. I said the normal saying before digging in. When I noticed something that I hadn't noticed last night, Shikamaru had put the tree up. He decorated it with the decorations I normally had but he put them up in a more strategic way and the tree looked better than it had ever looked before. "Awe Shikamaru that's so cute." He placed the tree near the window not where I would have put it but it gave him good reason to be sleeping on the bed from now on. I shook my head eating my French toast before heading out the door.
"Have a good day." Neji said surprising me, before I caught my self and smiled back at him.
"You too Neji." I gave Shikamaru a look before I was on my way. But not before noticing the smirk written on his face as I closed the door.
Shikamaru's Pov.
Waking up in the position we were in was a bit of a shocker for me. In fact if Sakura didn't laugh the way she had things could have been a little to awkward for us to handle. The last thing we need is an awkward relationship between us. She headed for the bathroom an Neji went towards the kitchen. I followed his league and sat at the table.
"So how it go yesterday?" It was pretty easy to talk to Neji since we had to work together on multiple missions since we've been Anbu, not to mention he wasn't that troublesome to deal with,
"We found the apartment that we're going to move into."
"What choice was it?" I asked already knowing the answer.
"She chose the second choice on your list."
"I knew she would." I said he shook his head and there was a glimpse of a small smile. "So what else did you guys do?" He went on to tell me how the rest of the day progressed.
"They dragged me to store after store after store." He said with a light grimace I let out a small chuckle I could imagine his signature ice look now. "They even had me trying on stuff. You could have warned me about them.
"I could have but when Sakura's around things go a lot better than if it were just Ino then you'd really be depressed." I said with a dark look before the rest of the sentence caught up. "Wait you actually tried things on?" he nodded. "Neji that was the worst thing you could have done. No wonder you were out longer than I anticipated." The last part I muttered to myself.
"Again thanks for the late warning" he said as the bathroom door opened cutting the conversation short.
Sakura came out looking hot in her doctor garbs but not as hot as yesterday in that short dress. I hated those leggings yesterday because the hid the skin that I would have saw if they weren't in the way. I began to talk before she got suspicious.
"I heard you picked the second apartment on the list." I said and watched as her brows unwrinkled and any pre suspicious thoughts evaporated.
"Yeah, but you already knew I would go for that one didn't you. Thank you Neji." she said giving me the look that said 'Don't get smart smart-alek.' I smirked at her and wondered if she'd hit me for it. She sat down and ate the French toast Neji set in front of her. She ate in silence before she seemed to notice the tree and the décor I put up. "Awe Shikamaru that's so cute." She seemed to contemplate something before shaking her head and finishing the food. She left out and Neji wished her a good day.
"You too Neji." She said to him before giving me a look before she left for her day at the hospital I smirked as she shut the door. I got up from my seat and grabbed clothes before heading to the showers. As I showered I thought about how it's been a little over a week since we moved in and we got along pretty well with each other except for compromising situations here and there. And the ever present sexual tension that comes up often. I don't think I'd mind sharing an apartment with Neji or Sakura. I just have to suppress the need of wanting to screw her brains out. 'Well at least I'm not the only one who wants to screw her brains out.'
I sighed at the thought and turned off the shower and began to get dressed. I didn't have anything to do today as of yet it was too cold to go wandering around anywhere so I should probably finish Christmas shopping I usually just give out herbs to every everyone except Ino and Choji so I guess I'll have to add two more people into the exception. Ino and Choji's gifts were locked away, and everyone else's gifts were already wrapped up as well all that was left was Sakura, and Neji's gifts. Neji has a really crazy addiction to chocolate. He probably thinks I haven't noticed but he scarffed down half the chocolate cake in one sitting the other day when he thought we were asleep. So I already planned on getting him a gift certificate to the candy store. Sakura was harder I came out of the bathroom and sat next to Neji on the couch.
"Did you get Sakura a gift yet?" I asked quietly bored already by his interest in the discovery channel.
"No but she has a secret love of shoes apparently, she eyed two pairs yesterday so I figured I'd buy her one of the set of shoes that she took interest in."
"Well then I'll buy the other set if you'd show them to me." I said taking a mental note of it, I wonder how I never noticed that as much as Ino dragged me along with them. He gave a slight nod and got up proceeding to the bathroom. I got up put my shoes on and went down the street where the candy store was conveniently located and purchased a gift card. Now all that was left was Sakura's gift. I bought a little box and had them gift wrap it for me since I hate wrapping. They put Neji's name on it like I asked them to and When I got in the house I placed it under the tree where gifts from Sakura had magically appeared underneath as well. As I sat back down Neji appeared fully clothed and asked if I was ready to leave.
I stood up with a sigh since I had just sat back down and out into the cold we went. We walked in companionable silence and after about fifteen minutes we reached the first store. The shoes he showed me had a break neck heel that made me cringe to think about women walking in. How the hell do women find these shoes worthy to be walked in. I have no idea. They were red which didn't surprise me since she seemed to wear a lot of it. I looked at the price and couldn't help but frown at the price. No wonder she hadn't bought them on the spot. They were damn near 80 dollars I sighed checked the shoe size to make sure it was her size and walked to the register and paid for them. Neji had a smirk on his face as he saw me frown even more at my wallet. I'm a saver, I like to save money and I don't like to waste it so she had better wear those damn shoes often. Neji smiled at me as if he knew what I was thinking.
"Sakura is pretty sensible I'm sure she'll love the gift."
"She better, that was a pretty penny I just wasted."
"Wait till you see what I'm going to spend on the next pair of shoes." He said as we walked in the next store. He picked up a pair of white shoes and I've got to admit Sakura has a great taste they were alright. The design was interesting and had lace flowers and It was kind of a platform shoe with a killer heel like the last one and it was an ankle boot. I looked at the price and almost blanched.
"You're going to buy these? That's 120 dollars." I said frowning and making sure it was her size before handing them to him.
"It's not like we're short on money. We make decent money." He said with a shrug. I sighed and let him pay for the shoes before checking my watch. We still had a few hours until 3 which is usually when Sakura came home.
"Yeah.." I said in a dismissive tone. "Should we grab food the fridge is looking a little bare"
"Yeah, but I don't want to cook. So I'll get the bill for the groceries."
"Troublesome." I really didn't feel like cooking. "Fine."
Later Neji's POV
It had been hours after Sakura was supposed to have been home and I was getting a little worried. Nar- Shikamaru said that she sometimes has double shifts when someone calls out, according to yamanaka; But this was too late it was close to eleven. I was sitting in front of the couch and Shikamaru was half asleep from the looks of it when I finally got fed up with waiting up to train.
"Shikamaru. We should check on her."
"Fine." He said with a sigh as he got up and tossed his shoes and things on. Before heading towards the door and opening it. We walked the few blocks over to the hospital.
"Hello, we're looking for Haruno Sakura." Shikamaru said dully.
"She's in surgery right now but she gets off after it." She said just as Lady Tsunade came into the reception area.
"My office." she said looking at the both of us and we followed her to the Hokage tower. After the door shut and she made the Anbu guards go out of hearing range she spoke. "When Sakura has double schedules there will be no training or you will train by yourselves, because she will be too depleted." Shikamaru face was expressionless but there was a tilt if the shoulder that led me to believe that bothered him.
"How often does she get over time?" he asked.
"Very often, but not usually during the winter season; though she does come in and stay longer here and there. Understand her skills are on par with mine so she's a valuable asset to the hospital." Shikamaru's usual frown deepened. "As long as she gets enough rest she'll be fine, though she has the problem with being a workaholic."
"Workaholic?" I asked.
"Yes, a workaholic Hyuga Neji. She'd work herself ragged if I don't force her on vacations sometimes. But go back to the hospital and make sure she gets home and eats before she passes out." And with that we were dismissed. I walked out the door Shikamaru behind me and wondered just how bad could Sakura get. We've seen her come home from a regular shit at the hospital an conk out. That being just one shift she probably walks home half a sleep after working a double. Shikamaru's face looked grim and I knew he was having a bad thought just from the sight of it.
The walk to the hospital was short and all the while I was curious about what kind of Sakura we'd be greeting when she got out of work. We had barely got in the building when the receptionist told us Sakura should be getting out of the surgery soon. She told us where her office was and asked that we waited for her there. We both headed towards the elevators and went to her office. I honestly didn't know Doctors had an office, I never really thought about it.
Her office was medium, it wasn't huge but it wasn't small. She even had her own bathroom in it which made me curious. I walked in and saw that there was even a shower in it. I waved Shikamaru over and he lifted his eyebrows slightly and just as he was opening his mouth to speak the office door closed. We weren't really paying attention to the chakra signatures walking around the building and hadn't noticed when hers came into close range. We turned to see a pink eyed sakura wearing a deep set frown that was a bit out of character and she looked beat. She looked at us then walked over to her desk sat at her chair took out a file wrote some notes before falling asleep.
"Well." Shikamaru started. "We now know why the hokage said she doesn't need to train and she has to be forced to eat."
"I wonder if she naps here and then drags herself home after she gets enough energy to do so." I replied thinking out loud.
"She probably does." He said walking over to her desk and picking her up. "Your getting her to eat, I cooked." He said as he began to climb through the window. "And you should probably tell the woman at the reception Sakura went home for the night."
I poofed to the reception area and told her that Sakura was taking off for the night before leaving through the front door and taking to the trees and roofs. I caught up to Shikamaru who was going at a slow rate probably so I could catch up. I had the key today. We picked up speed and made it to the house fast. Shikamaru walked in first placing her on the bed while I tried to wake her up.
"Sakura, you have to eat." Neji said slightly shaking her. She opened her eyes looked around and sighed. Before kicking off her shoes and crawling deeper into her bed.
"Too tired for food." She said in a whisper tone, before turing onto her stomach notifying us that she was about to go into a deep sleep.
"I'll bother you until you eat." I said persistently. She sighed and rolled over taking the bowl Shikamaru had made in advance. She ate the food in seconds leaving me curious yet again on how she could possibly eat so fast. She handed the bowl to Nara and off to dream land she went…..
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