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Evil Genius: Chap. 5

Rated: M

Shikamaru tried to ignore the maniac, but it was hard when he was constantly near his side. He was used to this behavior at the house, not in school. It was hard to ignore him with all the stares and looks of horror at the one beside him.

He sighed loudly as he went into his first class. Hidan followed right behind. They both did have classes together, right? Halfway through the last period before lunch, Shikamaru was annoyed at himself for worrying. It was too much effort.

He shouldn't waste effort on the boy. He covered his head and tried to sleep again. He drifted off only to have someone shove his shoulder. He nearly tore off the guy's head, but stopped himself. He opened an eye at Kiba.

"Don't look now, but psycho dude, two o'clock, he's staring." Shikamaru shrugged.

"So?" He settled down to try to sleep. He couldn't for some reason. He turned toward where Kiba told him that Hidan was at. He caught the purple eyes. He froze. He didn't realize the bell rang even when Hidan stood up and came toward him.

Hidan stopped beside Shikamaru's desk. "Need me to carry you?" He smirked. Shikamaru was instantly standing with a scowl.

"Not even in a million years."

Hidan laughed, and Shikamaru felt a hand land on his hip. He shoved it away.

"Stop."

"Why? You seem to like it, at least when you sleep."

Shikamaru eyes widened. He tried to hide it, but the maniac seemed to see it. He was actually looking for it. He rushed off. He thought he'd be somewhat safer by the others. The good side to having friends. He made it to lunch and got his tray with Hidan keeping right behind him.

He sat down next to Kiba, closer than usual, but not that it was noticeable.

He put his head in his hand and yawned. Quite a few nights, and days, without sleep, especially for Shikamaru, was downright torture. "Troublesome." He mumbled as his eyelids drew close. He felt something slide along his body and push him slightly.

The table was silent. That was never good. Shikamaru opened his eyes. His stomach dropped. Hidan was right in between Kiba and him. Kiba's eyes were wide and then narrowed. "Who the hell invited you over here?"

Hidan glared back. "Shut the fuck up bastard. If you don't like it, find another spot." Kiba growled.

"This is where I sit. You sit at that table, where you belong. Alone." A noise rose from Hidan's throat. Shikamaru sighed.

"What a drag." He said while Naruto added.

"Maybe we should just let him sit here. It doesn't matter, Kiba." Kiba grumbled.

"He's the one that started it." It was a good thing that Hidan wasn't paying attention to the other boy. His attention was on the black haired lazy one, who yawned loudly. Shikamaru pretended to not notice the stare.

Naruto bit his lip.

"Hey, Hidan, maybe you should be a little friendlier." Hidan scowled.

"I am being friendly." Naruto blinked.

"Uh, okay-"

"You don't fucking believe me?" He hissed and clenched his fists. Naruto put up his hands. Hidan stood up, but stopped when he saw two pairs of eyes on him.

The eyes were black and a pale green color, both were glaring daggers at him. Hidan didn't know the pale green-eyed one, but he knew the black-eyed boy was Sasuke. Shikamaru yawned when Ino threw him a glance. She was clearly telling him to fix it.

Women. He thought with a roll of his eyes.

"Hidan, that's Gaara, and as you should remember, that's Sasuke."

He stretched a bit.

"You all should just relax." Or sleep. He thought. Hidan's purple eyes were locked on his face. He sat down slowly.

The two other boys also relaxed, but they were both clearly on edge. Silence came from the table. It seemed stressed and awkward. There's was no way Shikamaru would be able to sleep. He started to eat slowly, not bothering to push away Hidan's hands that stole whatever Shikamaru didn't get to.

It was much better than what he's been doing to him that day. Shikamaru felt Hidan's hand rest on his knee underneath the table. He didn't bother to push it away, since it stayed put, and it was unnoticeable to the others.

The talk started up slowly after Naruto started to talk about ramen, and Sasuke told him that ramen was really unhealthy for him. Everyone got into the debate, except Hidan and Shikamaru. Shikamaru rested his chin in his hand with a bored expression.

Hidan noticed the lack of emotion and glared a bit. He moved up his hand slowly. Shikamaru made no move. He didn't even look at the maniac. Hidan's fingers slid up Shikamaru's leg. Everyone continued talking, not knowing what Shikamaru was forced to deal with.

Hidan's hand was eventually stopped by Shikamaru's palm resting at the middle of his thigh, right above his own hand. Hidan smirked at the challenging hand. Both hands pushed at each other. Hidan nearly got to his destination. He was so close. Shikamaru had enough, so he shoved hard.

He received a harsher shove. Both teens pushed each other. No one even noticed until, that is, both boys ended up flipping backwards onto the floor. Hidan had got to close to a particular region. Shikamaru had jumped and thrown Hidan a bit. Hidan just brought him down with him. Gravity was also a help to Hidan.

Smash. Hidan laughed. Shikamaru glared at him. He mumbled.

"Asshole." Hidan winked.

"Yup." Shikamaru forced himself to his feet and back in his seat. He wanted to go home and be alone. He didn't want the people staring. He raised a brow.

"What?"

It just happened that Ino and Choji walked up in that moment. "Hey, guys." Crunch, crunch.

The whole table remained silent until Kiba basically shouted. "Okay, what the hell just happened?"

Shikamaru turned his head away. "Nothing of importance."

Hidan claimed his spot next to the Nara again. Sasuke and Gaara shared a glance because Naruto asked. "Something's up with you two."

Ino giggled. "That's because Hidan's been living with us. Right, Shika?"

Everyone's focus was brought to Shikamaru, and he hated it.