a/n: Ahhh...ShikaChou. How...wonderful. I love the current Chouji eps, aren't they lovely? ShikaChou baby!

Best Friends (With A Little Something More)

They were strange.

One was tall and very thin.
He was smart, and yet, perhaps the most bored person alive.

One was short, and large.
He loved to eat, perhaps more than anything else.

Very different, yet always together.

They were friends when they started.
They are friends now.

They accepted each other at the beginning.
They still accept each other.

Shikamaru finds Chouji annoying.
But it's more of an affectionate thing.

Chouji finds Shikamaru strange.
But he understands him the best.

Their fathers knew, Asuma knew, everyone knew.
But it didn't really matter.

They were friends, and they still are now.
They are also something more.

It's Personal.
Beautiful.
Special.
And it's theirs, and they aren't very inclined to share it.

So whether their sitting,
or their talking,
or playing Shougi,
Or Chouji's eating,
Or Shikamaru's sleeping,
They are still together.

They'll always be best friends.
They were then.
They are now.

Except now, there is something more.

...your my best friend...
...and my lover till the end...