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The stats for how many hits this story has gotten! WTF is wrong with you all? Stealing my heart with your wonderful patience and reviews! You're all amazing.

And perverts. Because the most hits were for chapter 25. You should all be ashamed.

I'm telling your parents.

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ShikaNaru Drabble #28

Jungle Swing

"What do you mean, 'it broke'?" Shikamaru drawled, opting to sigh in annoyance rather than get upset. He would have crossed his arms if he could, but Naruto straddling his waist after a rather vicious tackle not only knocked the wind out of him, but also pinned his arms to his sides. Go figure.

"Exactly what I said!" Naruto yelled, looking angry and sad at the same time, "It's completely broken."

Shikamaru rolled his eyes, shifting a little to see if Naruto would take the hint and get up. He didn't.

"You still haven't told me what it is." Sometimes he amazed himself with the patience he'd acquired after years of dealing with his loud blond companion, Shikamaru mused. On top of him, Naruto looked exasperated.

"Duh! The jungle swing!" He scowled, giving Shikamaru a look that made the pony-tailed man wonder if he wasn't going crazy. He was usually the one who gave those looks to Naruto.

"You're a nuisance." The dark-haired shinobi said, sitting up and knocking Naruto off. He got up and made his way towards the bathroom, remembering the earlier need to drain his bladder. The hardest thing about being a shinobi was finding safe places to go to the bathroom. When one was being chased by S-class ninja, stopping for a potty-break wasn't exactly on the agenda.

"Don't walk away from me!" Naruto called after him, socked-feet slipping on the linoleum in his scramble to get up.

From his place in front of the toilet, pants around mid-thigh, porcelain pot being put to good use, Shikamaru ignored him, silently humming a tune that had gotten stuck in his head half-way through the mission. As he was finishing the last couple of notes, Naruto growled from the doorway.

"You jerk, this is important."

"How so?" Shikamaru replied, looking over his shoulder as he zipped up and headed to the sink.

"'How so?' Do you remember how much that thing cost us? It took us forever to save up enough!" Naruto shouted, stomping into the bathroom and getting in his boyfriend's face. "And it's all your fault!"

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow.

"It is!" Naruto's cheeks were blotchy and red as he poked Shikamaru in the chest. "If you hadn't of gotten carried away the other night this never woulda happened!"

It was times like these that made Shikamaru really appreciate having such a dense boyfriend. Really, the words that fell from Naruto's mouth sometimes were ridiculously spontaneous and uncensored. Shikamaru couldn't help the lecherous grin that spread over his face.

"I don't recall it being me who was the one carried away." He said quietly, leaning down to silence his boyfriend's obnoxiously loud protest with a kiss and the promise of shopping for sex-toys later.

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This ridiculous drabble was brought to you by 38 hours of no sleep, six cups of coffee, and a disgusting organic sandwich made by my roommate. Bleh.