Thank you to all the reviewers and readers! I am glad that someone is reading this!
Sorry for the quick update... again...
I like this one a bit better than the previous one... for some reason.
Hopefully you guys will know what I mean with the last line... (wink)
Motivation
Word Count: 285
Summary: As he moved his pieces, she saw him smirk, frown, and was even to the point of grinning like her blonde teammate... Then she figured it out...
He was troublesome.
Heck, he'd even admit it because it was troublesome to argue.
He was always uninterested in everything, never wanting to do anything out of his routine.
Considering his routine only included daily meals, showering, sleeping, and watching clouds (sometimes training, but he'd never been enthusiastic for that), it was hard to get him to do anything with interest.
He was never excited about anything. It's not that she wanted him to squeal like his kunoichi teammate, but she wanted him to show some eagerness for once.
He'd always have same bored expression on his face. Maybe it wasn't considered "poise" (she never considered it as such), but he never lost his bored composure.
In one of those few moments in which he was about to, he'd regain himself, and assume that pose of his.
Even if he joined social gatherings, he wasn't so excited about it.
It took her a long time to figure out how to get him motivated. Even with her analytical brain, she couldn't figure it out.
His sensei knew, but he wouldn't tell. He told her to figure it out herself.
The Hyuuga prodigy knew, but he wouldn't tell either. From then on she deemed Hyuuga Neji "sadistic".
Then she found out, when both of the people mentioned above were on missions.
He asked her for a match, because he couldn't think of any other candidates. He thought the "others" would lose too easily.
As he moved his pieces, she saw him smirk, frown, and was even to the point of grinning like her blonde teammate.
Then she figured it out.
Nothing could get Shikamaru enthusiastic like a game of shogi.
But she's going to change that.