A/N: I do plan on finishing this but I have been wrapped up in so much, sorry, anyway the next part.

Watching over his body carefully Neji sat checking over that dizzy body,blaming himself silently, he was too late. He would do anything to be the one in that bed right now. He hated sitting there feeling useless. He hated feeling useless anyway.

No matter what though he vowed to stay by Shikamaru's side. The hours seemed to drag and Neji's eyes were starting to get heavy however he didn't want to sleep till Shika woke up so he didn't miss him. well, know he's okay. Neji was failing now his eye's were beating him. How dare they betray him like this! He was drifting off slowly, trying to stay awake and still, failing.

The small chuckle woke him up a bit more. Shikamaru was now awake. Didn't surprise Neji, he always recovered quickly. Looking up to the doped up looking lazy ninja and chuckled lightly to the look of him.

"Are you tired, Neji?" Shika slurred a little but was still understandable.

"I- I'm okay" he tiredly stuttered.

"Come lay with me"

"W- what?"

"You heard me, quite clearly."

"But I-" Neji started.

"No buts" Shikamaru interrupted rudely but with reason. "Lay down"

"I" he tried to reply but interrupted yet again.

"What if i say please?" Shika asked though it sounded more like a statement.

"Fine I will lay with you" Neji gave up, which wasn't surprising, and lay with him.

Shikamaru was happy to let him lay with as he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, him being light was just a bonus. Shika admitted he like Neji there was no point it denying it. It was to bothersome anyway. He just lay with Neji drifting off himself after all, he WAS know for sleeping ANYWHERE. That was a common Konoha fact nothing to it.

Morning soon came and Neji shot out of bed before the nurses came in, it made Shika sigh.

Throughout the check up Shikamaru had caught a few glances of a very mean glare from Neji. He just chuckled it off then got scolded for moving from Sakura. She was shocked that he could move so much in a day. It was probably the most that Shikamaru had moved in the year. Well so she thought anyway.

It was to no surprise that he was now fully healed and no longer needed medical attention it made Neji wonder and Shikamaru stand.

"Good now I can go home" Shika stated.

"Wait, you can't be serious" Neji was the only one who sounded surprised but actually still looked straight faced.

"Yeah. Extremely, now could you please move?"

"Erm. Yeah." Neji stepped aside sorting his hair he never managed to do.

"Thanks" Shika left without a word swiftly taking Neji's hand and pulling him along as they left.

"Woah!" Neji was stumbling behind behind him trying to find his footing.

"Sorry should I slow down for you?" Glancing behind him to see Neji.

"N- no I've got it now" Neji smiled meekly.

They were sat by Shikamaru's tree, the one with Shika's permanent butt print relaxing, Neji leaning cozily on Shikamaru with a bliss tingily feeling, you know the one you get when you're with your crush and they still don't know you're crushing on them, cooling down from training and in hiding from any other person that annoyed them, but for how much longer?

"Nee Shika?" Neji muttered.

"Yes?" He halfheartedly replied.

"Would it be to much to ask for a- ... A kiss?" He carefully asked.

"A kiss?"

"Yeah ... You know what forge-" he was interrupted by a sudden kiss.

It lasted a short period of time but still it was bliss and seemed to last forever, Neji didn't mind as soon as he realized he had got his wish. Though he was blushing, as red as a tomato. When they broke apart Shika returned to his natural lean that seemed to be animal instincts now.

He was being cuddled into and slept on. Like he cared, he was comfy as hell. He found Neji to be adorable when he was sleeping. To be honest anyone would though Neji would complain if you said it to his face. In fact Shika had now got used to calling him 'my screw' which did follow by 'shut up.'

Shikamaru's nickname's were 'dear little deer' and 'Shika-kun' he didn't mind either of them, he just sat back and relaxed.

They had both had been through everything and were once rivals. After the chuniin exam Shika called Neji for beating up his little cousin, Neji regretted doing it after a while though he was drove to it. Shika called him a wuss and said even he didn't take on a girl. After that Temari took a rather annoying liking to Shika but he didn't take a liking to girls. They were way to bothersome, that included Temari.

A/N: yeah it isn't that long sorry i will try and finish it in the next chapter. Yes believe or not this isn't the end