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"Shut up, Lee…" Neji glared at his friend. He was making a hell lot of noise. Why did you HAVE to come, Gaara? That would make him even more inquisitive and to Lee's small mind, inquisitive equals to asking more questions equals to annoying Lee. Hyuuga looked up at the clock. It wasn't even close to the end of the party and already so many things have happened. What a day.

Lee has been asking his boyfriend about his new green suit he wore to the party and loads of other things. He also filled him in on the party so far. Gaara looked a tiny bit bored, sitting at the end of the chair. But I don't think Lee saw the expression on his face. Gaara didn't want the boy to think he didn't like his company, but… face the fact; he wasn't as good as Neji in covering up his emotions.

Shikamaru and Neji both sat on the same sofa but the two were sitting on the opposite ends. Both were doing their own things, Shika was trying to get some rest while Neji was looking around the beautifully decorated living room. But I think his attention was all on Lee, whom he found very, VERY irritating. Sometimes, when Nara was out of his usual daze, he would look over at Hyuuga and a smirk would curl up on his face.

"That's was… Interesting to hear, Lee-kun…" Gaara inwardly sighed. It was pretty much the same old thing with those two over there. Nara and Hyuuga were both very good in faking emotions and it wasn't a big surprise that the two were denying the fact that they liked each other. Besides, this wasn't the first time. He remembered when the both of them nearly fell on each other. Gaara and Lee were there and they could tell they were at least a little embarrassed. But they didn't mention anything to them, lest they came killing them.

Finding yourself in the worst situations was the only absolute flaw he has, when living as Hyuuga Neji. He was always with Shikamaru whether or not he liked it. He had believed in destiny, but wanted to defy destiny for once. Yes, for once. He tried to think that fate was playing with him, messing with his life. But you know how it was. Maybe he was just thinking too much. Maybe this world is made for the word 'ShikaNeji'.

For Shikamaru, he wasn't having the best of times either. He didn't know when it started for him, but he didn't want to admit he liked that bastard of a Hyuuga as well. His mother's voice echoed in his head once again, "You better give me a good future son-in-law for me by this year! Yes, I am talking to you, Shikamaru!" He shook his head as he thought of it. His mother was so troublesome, though he could swear she wasn't as troublesome as tonight. Ah, but who the heck cares? As long as he's around, everything he ever does is troublesome in some way or another.

Naruto suddenly appeared back in the room. "I'm back!" His ever enthusiastic voice was there was he shouted to the excited crowd. Sasuke stood behind him, raising an eyebrow, thinking why the hell he was so lively. But hey, that's Uzumaki for you. Sasuke thought as he grinned. Uchiha rested his slender hands on his boyfriend's shoulder as Naruto patted it, softly kissing him gratefully on the hand.

"Okay! Guys! It's time for the next game!" Sasuke shouted to the crowd, while Naruto was behind him, making sure everything was in order. At least, for now. They needed the place to be a little messy afterwards… You'll find out soon enough. But for now, just sit back and relax.

"We're going to throw pies at a random person!" Naruto chuckled. Neji tilted his head in curiosity. What a random game… But oh well, both Sasuke and Naruto ARE random. Shikamaru scratched the back of his head. How troublesome… I pity the poor person who's going to get thrown at. It's so troublesome to clean up after that.

Sasuke put his hand into a box. You would have thought it's just an ordinary box. Oh no, it wasn't. It had everybody's names on a piece of paper. Whoever got picked, will be the 'victim' for the game. Neji was pretty sure it wasn't going to be him. I mean, come on, he's been picked for so many games just now; he didn't think it would be him. He wouldn't be that unlucky to have Nara throwing pies at him… now would it?

"Who I have here is… Nara Shikamaru!" Sasuke shouted out. Shikamaru groaned while Neji turned his head back to look him at and smirked. "Good luck, Nara." Neji mouthed his words. Shikamaru shot back a glare but later he smiled at the Hyuuga, yelling back, "Good luck to you hitting me!" Neji shook his head. He could still joke at a time like this. Neji figured he was going to have some fun hitting the guy. Poor Shika. He's in for a lot of hell.

Shikamaru groaned, "I give up, I don't want to do this!" Naruto gave him a slap on his head. "Just shut up and get on with it! It's for your own good!" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at the boy. For his own good? What exactly did Naruto mean? Sasuke tied both of Shika-kun's hands and legs on the crimson coloured wall. "Good luck, you love fool," He grinned as he patted the pony-tailed Chuunin on the head. Shikamaru swore he would have cursed if he had actually had a chance to. Before he knew it, he was being thrown into a mess of pies.

Hmm… Blueberry pie. It's not bad… Shikamaru thought as he saw the Hyuuga out of the corner of his eye. The latter just smirked, totally enjoying the humiliation the Nara was getting. At least until he felt a small nudge. Kiba was standing just beside Neji, licking a small strawberry ice-cream cone at the same time. "Yo," He waved at his friend. Neji simply lifted his hand to say 'hi'. Kiba looked around the room, "Hey, can I ask you something?" Neji stole a quick glance at Shikamaru and looked back at Inuzuka. "What?" Kiba, patting Akamaru on the head, sighed deeply. Neji tilted his head in curiosity.

"You know that Shikamaru likes you, don't you?" Neji stiffened and his pale lavender eyes momentarily had a shocked look in them. But he quickly dismissed his emotions. "No, he doesn't." He replied as calmly as he could. "You're just oblivious now, aren't you? Shikamaru has liked you since who-knows-when. Don't tell me you've never had the feeling that Shikamaru was crushing on someone?" Neji rolled his eyes. This was such a waste of time. This simply wasn't true. "Oh yeah? Remember the time we played with each other? Remember that we asked him who he had a crush on?" The Hyuuga remembered it alright. They had a sleepover when they were younger at Nara's house. He even still remembered the answer to the question.

"I can't tell you much. Just so you know I like someone who has waist-long hair. He also acts as if he's the best. But he's kind of cute that way…"

It then hit him. It was Neji. Nara Shikamaru has always liked Hyuuga Neji. "Now you get it? I just wanted to tell you that since Shikamaru is too afraid to admit it himself." Hyuuga cringed. Why was he so stupid? Only until Kiba mentioned it, he had no clue to who the Nara was talking about. He turned his head to find himself face to face with Shikamaru. The two of them remained silent for a while- until Shikamaru broke it with a kiss on the Hyuuga's lips.

Without warning, Neji felt the other man's hand holding on to his shoulder tightly, his long hair trapped in Shikamaru's grasp. The former suddenly woken up from his senses and gave Nara a good push. "What the fuck are you trying to do?!" Shikamaru still had that dreamy look in his hazel eyes, "Kissing you, asshole. What does that look like to you? Giving you a mind-transfer Jutsu or something?" Neji sighed. "Very funny, Nara." Shikamaru ran through his hair with his hand and shot Hyuuga a serious look. "I just need you to know I love you. I just hope you love me back."

Neji glared at him. "Ha, you think I'll love you? Not a chance. Who do you think you are?" He tried to hide his true feelings for the Nara. He found pieces of his heart breaking one by one. He has been hurt before. He didn't want to be hurt again. He needed to make sure Shikamaru wouldn't do the same thing again. "I need time to think, excuse me." Hyuuga walked past the crowd and brushed past Nara. I'll definitely need Naruto's help on this one… Neji smirked, cooking up a plan at the same time.

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