Hey! So sorry for not updating this for -counts- 10 days! Have been busy with homework and projects. For Singapore, school just reopened and we're being given a ton of projects on the first day x.x Am going to die soon... Anyway, hope you enjoy this! Please review! I will really appreciate it!

And special thanks to Winterblazewolf, Asphodel Winter and FullMetalSweety for the encouragements and rushing me to finish this chapter. Yosh! Oh yeah, and to xxToxicbutterflyxx too, for giving me an idea for this chapter! Let's get on with the show (:

Shikamaru could only stare at the one he truly loved as he walked away. He expected that cold, hard stare he always got from him… but for once, couldn't he just cry and hug him like the last time? Shikamaru could only wait until the right time.

"Wow. Interesting fight…" Kakashi nodded. That was when he needed anything but Iruka around.

"What interesting?! They just fought for goodness' sake!" Iruka retorted.

"Iruka, couldn't you see that Shika-kun whispered something into Neji's ear earlier on? And Neji somehow displayed some sort of affection?" Kakashi grinned. Iruka stood there shocked by the ninja's words.

"Huh?"

Kakashi sighed. "Remember Neji said 'I'll see about that' just now? I bet Shika-kun has something up his sleeve."

Kakashi grabbed another serving of punch. "That is why I am a Jounin and you are a Chuunin when we are only of 2 years difference…" Kakashi said it slowly and softly, not wanting to let his boyfriend hear what he had just blurted out. But… Iruka caught it, unfortunately.

"What did you say?!" Iruka was outraged. He grabbed Kaka-kun by his vest and shook him.

"How could you say that of me?! I'm your boyfriend for Pete's sake!" Iruka then from there went on blabbing and ranting about how wrong it was for his lover to do that when he loved him oh so much.

Gai and Lee couldn't help it but laughed as Gai watched his self-proclaimed eternal rival getting ordered around by his boyfriend. And to think… I thought he was the seme! Gai grinned. (A/N Seme meaning he/she is more dominant in a relationship. Uke is the other way round.)

"Aw. Sensei, aren't they sweet?" Lee giggled at the two.

Kakashi's eyes pleaded for lenience. Let me go, PLEASE! He kept on saying in his head over and over again.

Shikamaru felt a small smile curl up. Neji and I will be like that someday… no! Not someday! By the end of today! He looked at his watch. Hmm… Wah! After all that has happened, it's only nine in the night? But that means he has more time. He grinned. Isn't dancing going to be fun?

0oo0oo0

"Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! Gaara just came in!" Naruto grinned at the door, where the three sand ninja stood. He had been wondering where they were.

"Hey Naruto." Gaara felt a small smile curl up his lips when he saw Lee.

"PANDA-KUN! I missed your youthful self!" He ran up to his boyfriend and hugged him. Gaara patted his head. "Silly boy. I missed you too."

"Hey Naruto, why don't you ever do that to me?" Sasuke pointed at the two.

"Err… Is somebody jealous?" Naruto smirked.

"No. Just wondering." Sasuke shrugged. Yeah, like real he wasn't.

Just then, the youthful man (guess who it is) walked into the living room. "AH! Panda-kun! How good it is to see my apprentice's partner! How are you doing?"

Gaara received yet another hug, only this time it hurt much more.

"Urhh… Gai? Gai, Gai. It… hurts… I… can't… breathe…"

"Oh sorry, must have been a little over excited… Hehe. But I'm sure you loved my youthful embrace! Don't you?"

Gaara sweat dropped. Me? Like your youthful thingy? (Fine, I forgot what the name was…) I would rather like Sasuke…

"Panda! How was the trip from Sand Village to Konoha? Was it tiring?" Lee then started bombarding the boy with questions excitedly.

Meanwhile, Temari and Kankuro ran to the table to get some punch and food. It was a really long way from the Sand Village, so I can't blame them.

0oo0oo0

Neji washed his face. He couldn't believe what Shikamaru just said.

"I…I love you!"

It still floated in his mind, completely unclear about what to do. He sighed. If only things were that simple…

Neji closed his eyes, shook his head and walked out of the bathroom… only to find Shikamaru standing outside the door. Both men found themselves staring at each other, with no idea what to say.

"What is it?" Neji asked, breaking the silence.

"Washroom." Shika said simply, not wanting to cause a big fight.

"Che. What? You just went only a while ago… Are you a grandma like Chiyo who can't control your bowels or something?" Shikamaru playfully slapped his hand.

"Not funny." But Neji could see a small smirk across the Chuunin's face.

"Hee Hee. I don't care! It's funny to me. What are you going to do about it?"

"Nothing." Shika paused, his smirk turned into a curious look. His eyes traveled down… Until something caught his eye.

"Eh, Hyuuga Neji wears red polka dot boxers?" Neji, expecting the worst, looked down slowly, to find…

"Yeah, dumb ass. Your zip's undone." Shikamaru smiled. Hehehe. Pay back time!

Neji glared at him before turning it into a fake smile,

"Why are you so interested in my balls?"

Awkward silence ensued.

"Why the hell will I look at your balls? Unless, you don't want anybody to know you're a girl…"

"Who the fuck said I was?!"

Shikamaru shrugged. "You look a hell lot like one, I must say. I have a confession… the first time I saw you, I thought you changed sex…"

"WHAT?!"

"Everybody told me you were a boy! How was I supposed to know you looked so much like a girl? Especially during the Chuunin exams, where you fought Hinata and talked all about destiny."

"Is anything wrong with being sexy?"

Shikamaru coughed, "When did I say you, of all people, are sexy?!"

"Destiny said it." Neji paused before he smirked, "It's destiny that I'm naturally sexy. Too bad you don't appreciate it."

Shikamaru blinked. He had no idea how to continue because the freaking Hyuuga WAS sexy. No one could deny that, especially Shikamaru.

Neji just laughed with glee. Then, he hesitantly leaned forward and whispered into his ear, "I think you're sexy too."

After that, he placed a soft kiss on his cheek. It may have appeared not too sexy (like how we want them to kiss! Right, readers?), but that kiss meant a lot to the both of them.

As the saying goes, "Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder."

Neji ran away to the living room in a flash. Shika just stood there, completely shocked.

"I think you're sexy too."

Shikamaru laughed and shook his head, following Nature's call and on to the bathroom.

"PANDA!" Lee's cries could be heard down the hallway.

"Gaara's came… Urgh… Must be the curse of the panda that made Lee shout so loud…" Shikamaru looked down at his shoes, shaking his head.

Wait.

Gosh, that panda is really cursed.

What happened to my zip?

(A/N Yes, Neji pulled the zip down while he kissed him XD Hee Hee.)