My Lazy Butler!

Chapter 4 is up!

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Chapter 4

Encounter #3: My House

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Ino immediately pack all her stuff, wave goodbye to her classmates and headed straight to the door. After pointing out to Shikamaru her big refusal to the arrangements of her father, she felt that the heavy boulders on her shoulders disappeared. She happily took the shortest way to get to her condominium.

She went to the nearest convenience store to buy some snacks before going home. After greeting the old guard on the entrance, she quickly rummaged her bag for her unit's key. Entering the elevator and hitting the floor button, within a minute she arrived at the 15th floor of the condominium.

She arrived at the doorsteps of Room 1523. Unlocking the door, she slowly opened the door only to drop the plastic bag she was holding.

Her eyes widen, Ino tried blinking a lot of times, rubbing her eyes, clearing her eyes. As she open her eyes again, the figure was still there.

Inside Ino's unit was the tall and lanky figure of Nara Shikamaru. As if sensing her presence, he turned his head towards her direction. Silence!

"Yo, Okaeri." he nonchalantly greeted.

From the two words he spoke, Ino felt that was the final trigger for her to explode. A loud scream was heard afterwards. Shikamaru barely made it into covering his ears.

"Hey, there's no reason to scream, you know." He said to the still stunned girl in front of her. He quickly shoved her inside and shut the door to avoid unnecessary problems.

"What's your problem screaming like that?"

"W-wha, w-what's m-my p-pro-blem?" She stuttered as her eyes are focused on the floor.

"IT'S YOU, IDIOT!!!!"she yelled back. Giving the man in front a deathly glare.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!!? AND WHAT'S WITH THE OUTFIT" she asked and pointed at him.

The boy raised a brow. "As you can see, I'm moving in." he replied then carried the boxes nonchalantly. "And I suppose, this is my uniform. I found it on the couch."

"THAT'S THE PROBLEM HERE!!! WHY ARE YOU MOVING IN HERE!?" Ino gasped for air, she grew tired from yelling.

"My parents' also kicked me out from the house. When I came back from school, all my things were packed and my idiot father gave me this paper with your address." He explained and pulled a paper out from the pockets of his jeans. He handed the paper to her which she read.

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Shikamaru-kun, as of now this will be your new home, so take care of my darling for me, okay!?

-Yamanaka Inoichi-

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Ino crumpled the piece of paper and immediately threw it in the trash bin. She faced the guy who was fumbling the boxes. "You can't seriously stay here!!! So can you go home now, please." she ordered.

Shikamaru gave her a scowl. "Didn't you hear me? I was kicked out in my own house because of your father." he said. "And it is your duty to provide your butler a shelter, oujo-sama."

"Don't call me that!" she yelled. She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him to the door. "Get out!" They were in a heated battle of tug-of-war but instead of a rope, it was Shikamaru's arm being pulled. "Get Out!!!!" she repeated. Shikamaru was a guy after all so Ino was having a difficulty of pushing him out.

"Your efforts will be futile, you know." he said while standing still on the same place. Grr!! Why can't I push him!? He's not even muscular enough to have such strength.

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After an hour of useless effort, Ino surrendered. She sat flatly on the floor gasping for air. "You're stubborn, aren't you!?" she muttered between her breaths.

"I guess I can take that as a compliment since I won over." He sat on the floor facing her. "Look. Your father instructed me to live here to take care of you. So I guess we can't do anything about this." Ino looked at him. "Truce?" he said and extended his hand for a handshake. Ino can't think of anything else decided to take the extended hand and return the handshake.

"But I'm surprised for an ojou-sama to live in a condo. Very unlikely." he said while rubbing the back of his neck.

"I told you, moments ago that we occasionally change residents." she replied. "Hmm. Oh well, this is an advantage since it's pretty close to the school." Shikamaru got up and made his way to the boxes again. "Can I take the guestroom?" he asked.

Ino only nodded. She was frozen, initially processing the following things that had happened to her in only a day. Her father really likes to meddle with her life. She let out a sigh.

She entered her room to change into her favorite clothes. She got a tube top and a mini-short from her drawer. She was on the process of changing when she automatically stopped. She held the clothes and looked at it.

And it only spelled, "TOO MUCH SKIN WILL BE EXPOSED."

A low grunt escaped her lips as she immediately got another article of clothing.

Grr. This sucks! Now I can't even wear my favorite clothes. I can't possibly wear revealing clothes while I'm staying with a guy and specifically an idiot guy. I hate you, Nara Shikamaru.

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In the other room, Shikamaru sneezed. Geez, Did I get a cold? Oh man, getting sick will be such a nuisance.

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A knock waked Shikamaru from his thoughts. He opened the door to see the newly dressed Ino. "Since you're already here, you better prepare dinner." she ordered.

He raised a brow. "Eh, already using your butler into good use, ojou-sama?" he teased.

"Well, you did tell me that you'll take care of Me." she replied.

"Hai! Hai! I'll be making you dinner later, I need to unpack my things first, why don't you do the homework's given as a past time."

Ino's face turned sour just hearing the word homework. And before she could reply, Shikamaru slam the door shut.

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Ino stifled a yawn. She glanced at her wristwatch only to find that it's almost 7 past. She stretched her numb arms. She took a final glance at her notebook. She really hated Math and can't understand a thing about it.

Now she wondered why she's having a hard time in this subject whereas her father was a businessman himself.

After finalizing everything, she arranged her stuff and stood up. As she left her room, she smelled something good.

At least he can cook. Ino was never good in the kitchen. No matter how hard she studies, the kitchen just hates her.

She entered the kitchen to find Shikamaru wearing the pink apron that her Daddy owns. She tried not to burst out laughing. No matter how you see it, pink aprons are not for guys. The pine-head was busy chopping stuff and alternately stirring the pot. So we're having soup. Not bad.

Shikamaru sensed her presence and turned towards her. "Dinner will be ready for a few more minutes." he said while pouring some oil into it.

"Nice apron, you got there." Ino replied giggling. "Shut up! I never thought you're Dad's reference to clothing is bad." His face flushed a light pink shade.

"Ah! Don't insult my Daddy, shitsuji-san." Ino defended. "And it looks good in you anyway." she added and now bursted into laughter. She can't really help but laugh at how Shikamaru looked like. It's like a giant pineapple dressed in a pink apron. It was wrong but then again he looked cute while flushing around.

"Tsk. Troublesome."

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Dinner was ready at exactly 7:45 p.m. Ino's mouth watered at the delicious food around her. Thankfully, he remembered that she was a sucker for Japanese food.

"Itadakimasu!" Ino quickly shove the food on her plate into her mouth.

"Uhm, aren't you girl's supposed to be on the age of dieting?" Shikamaru asked, bewildered by the sudden food-in-take of the girl in front of her.

"Well, I somehow forget that word whenever I see Japanese Food. It's only sweets that I don't eat a lot since it'll really get you fat." she stated.

"Hmm." Shikamaru muttered while taking a bite. With nothing to talk about they silently ate dinner. After finishing his share, Shikamaru was already washing his dishes and is patiently waiting for her to finish.

"That was delicious. If you cook like this everyday, I wouldn't mind having you here." she said and smiled. "Hn."

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Ino returned to her room to use the computer. She began chatting with Sakura and visit sites that catered the latest fashion clothing in town. Ino was too pre-occupied and didn't notice the time. When she accidently glanced on the time in her computer, she halted.

"Oh my. I didn't notice the time." It was 11 p.m. and she hasn't prepared to go to bed. She said her goodbye's to Sakura and immediately changed into her nightgown. She got out of her room to go to the bathroom.

As she was about to grab the knob the door swung open to reveal the figure of Shikamaru. Ino froze.

He was only wearing a towel tied around his waist. His hair was down and damp and droplets were sliding to his chest.

"Ino!? You're still awake?" he asked.

Ino felt a bucket of water was poured on her. "KYAAAHH!!!" she screamed.

Shikamaru was taken aback with the scream. "Hey! You're screaming again!!! What's wrong with you!?" he yelled.

"PUT SOME CLOTHES ON, IDIOT!" she replied and hurriedly went to the bathroom.

Shikamaru heard the loud slam of the door. He smirked upon remembering how she reacted upon seeing him.

You're really interesting, Yamanaka Ino. And he returned to his room.

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Ino was leaning on the door. Her heart was beating very fast. Yes, her Daddy sometimes walks in the room like that. She was already immune to it but upon seeing a guy, especially a guy she didn't even know walk in her house like that. Then I'll be damn! Her face was red as a tomato.

DON'T TELL ME I NEED TO SEE HIM NAKED...I MEAN TOP-LESS FROM TIME TO TIME!!!

She needed to cool herself. She went to the sink and washed her face. When she looked around her bathroom, before it was only filled with her things but now it shares space with Shikamaru's things.

She finally concluded that her space and privacy is not her own anymore. And as the lady of the house, she needs to make some RULES.

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To be continued…


Yo! Purple Hale here. Another chappie had ended. I hope its still interesting... Finals are up and is killin' me... ;A;

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