Evil Genius: Chap. 2

On To the Story:

Shikamaru couldn't think about how he ended up on the bed, especially with Ino complaining about having to wait for him to get his "lazy butt" out of Naruto's room. She wanted to get a shower because something was stuck in her hair, and she just noticed, since she wasn't in the right mental state last night.

Shikamaru shared a building with his friends Ino and Choji. Having to live in the same place as a few others had its perks, as well as its disadvantages. Ino and Choji claimed to know so much about him, yet they didn't really know. Shikamaru thought friends weren't necessary; therefore, they were unneeded, but it did help to have them around from time to time, just not at the moment.

With Ino's complaining and yelling about a headache and Choji's constant pampering, Shikamaru thought he'd go insane. Instead of helping his friends, he went directly to his room. He didn't want to hear it. A knock sounded at his door after a while. "Shikamaru, we need to get ready for school." Crunch, crunch. It was Choji, clearly.

He groaned. He didn't want to.

He didn't want to even move, let alone go to school where they just bore him to sleep anyway.

Despite his groaning and protests, he found himself at school. School went extremely slow that day. Eventually, lunch arrived, and Shikamaru slumped against the table, awaiting the sure-to-be explosive behavior of his friends.

Lunch dragged on and on until Shikamaru heard Kiba say, "Ey, Shikamaru, someone's staring at you. It looks like a pretty girl." Something nudged him, and a few snickers sounded.

That didn't sound good. Shikamaru gave a pathetic sound of acknowledgement with a weak, "Hm."

"Isn't that Hidan?" Naruto had noticed the stare now. "Sasuke, isn't it?"

Sasuke nodded once. Shikamaru groaned inwardly. He wanted nothing to do with the known psycho, definitely not after last night.

Other than that incident, the school day was almost Hidan mentioned free, except the occasional stare from the said boy. Even his friends caught onto the random gaze, and they all gave him a look. He felt like he was under a microscope. If he thought he felt like a specimen today, just wait for tomorrow. No one would expect what happened.

Before the next day, after school and dinner, it was time to sleep, which Shikamaru gratefully welcomed. The day had been awkward, and it was only Thursday. He wished that Hidan would target someone else. Why me? Shikamaru questioned as he stared up at the ceiling.

He found that he could barely sleep that night. He tossed and turned. Saying he was nervous was an understatement.

A beam of sunlight hit his cheek, making him groan and bury his face in the pillow. He should get up, he knew for certain that it would be a horrible day. He debated on staying home for the day, but decided against it. Ino or Choji would come barging in anyway.

He forced himself up, hands on either side of his body. Strange, the whole bed was warm. He typically didn't move too much in his sleep, but it wasn't unlikely. He eventually got dressed and glanced to the clock. He could have slept more, at least an half an hour, which he desperately needed.

Despite the time, he found himself wide awake. He contemplated about his room just to keep him busy. Shikamaru snorted. Well, here he was staying awake and trying to banish the psycho from his mind. He shook himself and went to their kitchen, down the stairs and to the right.

He heard soft footsteps and deemed them as Ino's. Turning, he witnessed Ino scream and drop her brush. "Wh-Why are you- you're up?!" She gasped at him, causing him to lift a brow.

Of course he was. He didn't bother to answer, instead he started to drink his coffee.

Ino's blue eyes widened, just as Choji practically barreled down the stairs. "What's wrong?"

"Shika-" Ino started, unable to form other words.

Shikamaru hadn't realized that rising early was a crime, but clearly it was, since his friends spread the news among the others. Kiba stared at him until Shikamaru scowled. "Just say it."

Kiba narrowed his eyes. "Where's Shikamaru, and who the heck are you?" He poked the other's cheek.

Before he could answer the dog-lover, Naruto questioned. "Did you sleep well?"

He didn't understand why it mattered so much; it wasn't the end of the world. The fact is that he was exhausted from almost no sleep for the previous nights, two to be exact. However, for some reason, he dreamed of someone hugging him last night. It felt foreign to him, and that was the only thing keeping him from passing out.

So badly did he need to, but he didn't want another peculiar dream. He'd have to stay awake as long as he could, it seemed. He held out until lunch. This time, at lunch, he didn't care enough to eat or get anything, since he barely made it to his seat. He collapsed into it, instead of sitting.

He folded his hands underneath his head, and his eyes automatically slid closed. Everyone let him be, since this was actually a regular occurrence, that is, until someone sat next to the Nara and silence fell onto the table. He opened his one eye, which happened to be his right.

His luck couldn't be that bad! He studied the person next to him, who in turn glared. "What the fuck are you looking at?"

He just glared. "An annoying psycho, nothing too extreme." He rose his head off his arms as Hidan growled at him. He knew he wasn't helping his situation at all, but he was trying to take a fricken nap. He didn't like interruptions.

Everyone at the table was watching with expressions that were in between worried and confusion.

Naruto just happened to bring everyone's attention to himself, luckily diverting their attention from Shikamaru for a second. "Wait, you know him?"

Shikamaru's face sculpted into a bored one. "No."

At that, Naruto laughed. "Fine, then." He outstretched his hand across the table to the newcomer. "I'm Naruto."

Sasuke's dark eyes burned into Hidan, who seemed unfazed. Hidan just stood up and glared at the Nara. After the glare, Hidan walked off.

"You have such great taste in friends, Shika," Kiba snickered.

"Isn't that why I have you?" That shut Kiba right up.

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