Drabble 010: Rude awakening, Sasunejishika

a/n:

Hey y'alls. This is a shikaneji drabble, but Sasuke just happens to be mildly important to the plot. Disclaimer on my profile, no warnings…enjoy! AU.

Neji darted out from the Hyuga compound and hit the busy streets of Konoha, anxiously glancing over his shoulder. He was running away from his paranoid uncle who was sure that Neji was going to elope with someone before college, and Neji had no intentions of humiliating himself in front of the entire main branch in the compound. Hence, he was running so that he could move the scene to a more private section of Konoha. As in, the surrounding forest where no one would hear his crazy uncle except for some deer.

He was so panicked, he wasn't looking where he was going until-

"Oi! Watch where you're going Hyuga!"

Neji stifled a shriek of terror, only to realize that it was Sasuke who was yelling at him. "Sorry."

Sasuke fumed. "You just squished all of my groceries, bastard!" Especially the tomatoes! Why the god damned tomatoes?

Neji sighed and picked up the grocery bag lying on the ground before checking the contents. "None of your groceries are particularly damaged, Uchiha. Now, if you'll excuse me-"

"I'm not excusing you Neji. Buy me tomatoes, since you squished them while you were carelessly running around without looking where you were going!"

Neji glanced behind him and blanched at the sight of his Uncle searching the street for him. "Can I give you a rain check on that? I'm in a hurry." Without waiting for a reply, he promptly ran down the street, leaving Sasuke fuming, and his uncle hot on his tail.

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A week later, Sasuke opened his door to find a paper bag with tomatoes in it and a note from Neji.

Sorry about crashing in to you that time. I hope this makes up for it.

-Hyuga Neji-

Sasuke paused as he wondered why Neji had been running in the first place. Shrugging, he went inside to wash the tomatoes.

Meanwhile, Neji was cuddling with Shikamaru on his bed when he heard someone running towards the room. He barely had any time to stuff the sleepily confused Nara in to the closet before his Uncle burst through the door.

"Uncle, you'll have to replace that door again-"

"What were you doing at Uchiha Sasuke's apartment an hour ago?"

Neji blinked, and then understood. "Uncle, I'm not…ugh. I damaged his groceries last week, so I was dropping off an apology gift."

"That's all?"

"Yes."

Hiashi Hyuga deflated with relief and patted Neji's head before leaving the room with a comforted expression on his face.

The moment he was gone, Neji pulled Shikamaru out of the closet and pressed an apology kiss to his forehead before lying back down on the bed again.

Shikamaru lay down next to him and propped his chin up on the palm of his hand. "You know, we are going to have to tell your uncle that we're dating, eventually."

Neji grimaced and sighed. "Troublesome."

a/n: Wasn't that cute? Anyways, hope y'all enjoyed…don't forget to review!