Cherry Lip Gloss

Summary-Is Shikamaru going through an identity crisis? Ha, he wishes it were that simple!

Hn. Disclaimer, too troublesome. You already know it's not mine.

The infamous pineapple headed wonder's eyes widen as he realized just where his meandering legs had taken him,"No I didn't just, how did I…"

How the hell had he gotten to Kohona's All Purpose Store? He didn't even remember walking there. True, usually while walking he'd be a little too engrossed in cloud watching to look where he was going, much to the annoyance of the people walking around him, but he usually got to his chosen destination without much trouble. His legs always seemed to know the way. He had supposed to have been going home, it was getting close to dinner time and his mom got pretty pissed when he was late. So why had he come here? And why was he in this aisle…….He needed a razor (too bad he didn't shave) He needed some toothpaste (like Shikamaru would buy his own toothpaste if he could get his mom to buy it instead) He needed…hair ties? (He….ok I'll let that one slide)

That's it! He needed hair ties! He was going to get some hair ties…except he was in the wrong isle…You see, hair ties were in the hair care isle five isles to the left, the isle he was in…

He had already noticed he was in front of a large display of various lip glosses…he just hadn't wanted to admit he knew. It was an accident you see! There was absolutely no reason he was in that very lip glossy spot, none at all. There hadn't been any particular reason he had ended up in this very spot three times already this week. Just an accident. Unintentional.

So many lip glosses, wonder how many of them are cherry…

His "innocent" contemplating was interrupted by a sharp howl. Oh…it was Kiba; well obviously it was Kiba who else would howl but a member of the Inuzuka clan, trying to make Hinata laugh down by the comic books. Yet another male letting his hormones control him. Idiot. It was pretty obvious that Hinata liked Naruto, but Kiba wasn't one to give up. Instead he bombarded the Hyūga heiress with big grins and boisterous antics meant to impress her.

Ok, he needed hair ties; he needed to get away from the lip glosses, buy some hair ties, and then get the hell out of the store before someone saw him. It would be very troublesome if Kiba and Hinata came across him in his current location. Hinata wouldn't say anything of course, but Kiba well he would probably…too troublesome to think about.

After sneaking another peek at the feminine lip coaters, Shikamaru touched his own lips and wondered for what seemed the millionth time in the space of two hours what kind it was that Ino was wearing when he had kissed her. He was pretty sure he had tasted cherry, but cherry seemed to be a very popular flavor. Was she wearing Cherry Lip Gloss Delight, or Rock Your Socks Off Cherry Lip Balm? Was she wearing Cha Cha Cherry Lip Enhancer, or Shooting Star Cherry Gloss (with lip plumping enhancers)? Her lips had been tangy yet sweet; could she have been wearing Ninja Girl's Cherry-Vanilla Extreme Lip Gloss? He picked up the tiny tube of pink studying it.

"Hey Shikamaru!"

Shikamaru's eyes widened slightly in fear, as he hastily shoved the offending lip gloss in his pocket. Putting his other hand in his other pocket, he tried to force his face into his usual expression of boredom, while his mind feverishly hoped that the owner of the voice hadn't seen what he had been holding.

"Hn," his voice came out surprisingly calm, while his heart ran rapid. He looked up at the ceiling. Yeah he probably looked crazy; it wasn't like he could pretend he was cloud watching, he was inside after all. Yeah the bright florescent lights were starting to really hurt his eyes, but it was better then letting anyone see the sweat that was currently beading on his forehead.

"So what are you up to?" Shika knew without even looking that Kiba had a big smirk on his face, "I needed to get some…hair ties." More smirking from the tattooed dog boy, "Aren't they in isle twelve? This is isle seven."

"Yeah but first I wanted to get…" think Shikamaru what did you want to get that's close to here. Come on they're waiting! Damn it! Some genius you are. Just say something! Anything! Anything would be better then what they're probably thinking," con…doms." Ok, yeah that might just be worse…

Kiba and Hinata stared at the blushing boy in shock for a minute before Kiba's face broke out in a huge raunchy grin and Hinata turned five different shades of pink.

Shikamaru almost toppled forward when Kiba smacked him on the back hard, which of course forced him to see Kiba's lecherous smile and Hinata's frantic fight to look at anything but him. "Wow, damn Shikamaru! You're more advanced then I thought! Who's the lucky girl, or should I say the girl you're getting lucky with."

Shika was really starting to hate that smile Kiba was giving him. "Uh wow, 5 o' clock all ready. I better get home or my mom's gonna kill me, " it wasn't a lie; he was a half an hour late. His mom really was going kill him….

Kiba watched the stumbling boy's departing flak jacketed vested back, as Hinata continued to look at the ground blushing. Akamaru barked in his jacket and he smirked, "Yeah, I saw him put the lip gloss in his pocket too."