AN: Well, I'm back with chapter two and I 'm pretty satisfied even flattered by my reviews! I believe this chapter is longer than the last and believe me, they well get longer! I gotta learn how to make line breakers, but I think I'm getting it! FN deletes whatever I use and I didn't know they make your text smaller…thanks a lot…. But I'm cool! Hope you enjoy! Oh, I am little late on the update but oh well, sorry!
Before I start, I'd like to thank those that reviewed, thanks: BrevityofWit (She's kick-ass with her NejiShika stories!), Pickle-Kitten, Shikalover365, Akatsuki-NIN-itachi, dark-night-sky (Ya, I did go with the idea of Shika being a tease! XP love you for seeing that! and the people who put me on their alerts!
I've talked too much sorry! Here the story….
Disclaimer: Honey, if I owned Naruto….you would know! Less fighting, More skin, baby!
Warnings: Cursing (My Shika has a bit of a potty-mouth!), blaming, and a tad bit OOC
What They Don't Know
A Neji x Shikamaru story
Chapter two: So close yet so far
"Shika, honey? Is that you?"
Yoshino Nara ran up to give her son a loving hug and kiss which he returned slightly awkwardly.
"You're just in time for dinner. Are you hungry? How'd your studying go with Neji?"
Just fine if you skip the part where we nearly fucked. Shikamaru sighed quietly and began upstairs to his room, where he could take a nice hot shower.
"You know what, mom? I'm not hungry and I really don't what to talk about that asshole Neji right now." Not ever…He noticed how hard it was to say the Hyuuga's name.
"Did you guys have a fight?" Yoshino asked worriedly.
"No, see you in the morning." Shikamaru closed his door and left his mother very curious of her son's weird attitude. Upstairs, Shikamaru dropped his books and flopped down on the bed.
Stupid. Stupid. STUPID.
Why the hell did he provoke him?!
He could have easily pushed me away. Gods, this is way too troublesome for my likings.
Shikamaru pulled off his clothes and got into the shower, letting the steaming water wash away all of his tensions.
Where does this leave us now, I wonder?
The next day
Okay guys, it's time to pull out your major grade projects." Kakashi-sensei exclaimed, his eye crinkling into a smile.
Neji and Shikamaru stiffed immediately, remembering the forgotten project in Shikamaru's haste to leave Neji's house.
Neji glared furiously at the tense back of Shikamaru, hissing, "This is all of your fault, Nara!"
The brunette lazily stared back.
"How? It takes two to tango."
"Well, you provoked me! What did you expect me to do bastard!?"
Blah blah blah...Shikamaru thought. You wanted it just as much as me.
He turned away and proceeded to ignore the Hyuuga. Neji proceeded to try to not tear his hair out in frustration when Kakashi stood in front of their desk.
"Sooo….?" The silver haired man asked cheerfully.
"Well," Neji began, "You see, my partner here was being a slacker and delayed us from finishing our project."
Shikamaru almost choked on his spit in disbelief. The nerve of that pale-eyed perverted lecherous bastard!
Kakashi-sensei's smile faltered a bit before Shikamaru spoke out, surprisingly without thinking.
"Well, you see, sensei. My partner here felt the need to oogle me instead of working."
Kakashi's disappointed frown transformed strangely into a gleeful grin.
"Oh, do tell! This is better than my Icha-Icha Paradise yaoi edi--..."
Neji cut the teacher off, his ivory eyes burning into Shikamaru's brown eyes.
"Whatever, last night, you did the perfect impression of a hooker at a one-night stand," he said coolly. "Ever thought bout going out for drama?"
Neji's statement brought awed-amused silence in the classroom, also turning all attention to the bickering pair.
"Neji," Kakashi approached reprimandingly. "Hooker is not a very nic—..."
"Well, if you weren't silently fantasizing about me, like you always do, I wouldn't have considered acting!"
"I recall one fantasy about Iruka-sensei about a whip and hand—…"
"Fuck you, Nara!"
Shikamaru bristled and was about to beat the living shit out of Neji when Kakashi finally stepped in.
"Guys, we all have out lover spats but you don't see Sasuke and Naruto failing major grades." Said dark haired boy glared while his blonde boyfriend sputtered embarrassingly.
"And I have to say, for one that I'm very disappointed in you both in comparison your grades."
Neji's glare dropped the temperature a few hundred degrees.
"I'm sorry but I'll have to give out detentions at 4:00. Don't be late."
He ignored the indignant protests and turned to the lesson.
"So, who can tell me about the Big Bang Theory? Yes, Kiba?"
The messy short haired boy grinned.
"Does this have to do anything about getting laid? (1)
Kakashi buried his face into his palm and said something about perverted teens today relating anything knowledgeable to sex
In the cafeteria
"You know, Shika. If you glared at that soda hard enough, it might burst!"
Shikamaru looked up and rolled his eyes.
"Huh."
Naruto sighed, "So c'mon, ya gonna tell us or not?"
"Nothing to tell." Shikamaru placed his arms behind his head and stared some more around the cafeteria.
"Leave it alone, dobe." Sasuke growled and grabbed some of Naruto's fries.
"Look, Shikamaru, whatever it is or isn't, you need to resolve it with Neji."
"What do you say I do, Uchiha?" Shikamaru asked sarcastically. "He won't even talk to me."
Naruto chuckled lowly. "Well, he sure is staring at you."
He turned and sure enough Neji was.
"So, he always does that, what's new?"
Naruto screamed, "Arghhh, you guys are hopeless! And you, bastard, stop stealing my fries!"
Shikamaru stood. "Look, I'll see you all tomorrow; I've got a detention later."
"Hn, see. It's like trying to convince two stubborn bulls. Now, let's go make out or something." The Uchiha wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and wrapped an arm around Naruto's waist.
"Gah! You perv!"
End of chapter!
There I'm done! I don't think it's that much longer but the next one is and some smut, too!
(1) I actually thought that when I was learning this lesson. Yes, yaoi was corrupted me in a crazy way! XP
Likey or no likey? Another update next week!
Midnight Kyuubi