It was a quarter past 7 in the Nara home...
"Shikaku, get your ass up this instant! You'll be late for your meeting!"
Shikaku, the man of the household, was tormented enough by his lovely wife, Yoshino, to get his ass out of bed but he being used to it had its advantages. He did indeed get up, planted a soft kiss to Yoshino's lips then smirked as she was immediately silenced.
Tch! I still got it. Shikaku thought.
Moments later, Shikaku was greeted with an unexpected pinch of the ass that was followed by Yoshino's mischievous giggling.
"Careful, Yoshino. That's how you pregnant the last time," Shikaku warned, grinning.
"What's the matter? Lost your spunk, honey?" Yoshino challenged.
"I'll let you find out later. Too early in the morning," Shikaku yawned, walking to the bathroom to shower.
Shikamaru, son of Shikaku and Yoshino, was busy tending to a troublesome deer that simply would not let him bathe it. Formulating an idea, Shikamaru left the deer and tended to the others. The little one didn't like being ignored so it followed Shikamaru until he was through with each one except for it. It kept following him until he sat down at a table in the backyard to take a break. It whinnied some to get his attention but to no avail, Shikamaru wouldn't even look at it; instead, he sent a text message to his friends then laid his head down to block the wretched sun's beaming. It whinnied again and still nothing. Shikamaru turned his head to let out a rather obnoxious yawn then laid back down. The little deer was beginning to get upset and whinnied as if it were crying, which earned a small smile from Shikamaru, then it laid its head down in front of Shikamaru.
"All right, enough of the cold shoulder bit. Are you going to let me bathe you now?" Shikamaru asked, pouting at the deer.
The deer whinnied its response.
"Good girl," Shikamaru said, patting the deer's head. "Let's get you over to the tub then, okay?"
The deer whinnied again, trotting over to the rather large tub.
"Note to self: never turn your back on a woman," Shikamaru suggested.
"Fuck off, douchebag!" a woman shouted.
Shikamaru and the deer looked in the general direction of where the voice was coming from. The little deer was the only one curious enough to lead Shikamaru to the hedges. Shikamaru looked in the hedge to see a very pretty red-read, but he turned his head to the general direction of where she was looking to see some white-haired teen narrowing his eyes at her.
"I'll say it again, Tayuya. The boss called for us...so...let's...go!" the boy commanded, harshness in his voice.
"I said this once and I'll say it a-fucking-gain, Kabuto! I have a doctor's appointment. I...can't...go!" Tayuya fired back.
"Hey!" Shikamaru called out, standing in front of Tayuya. "The lady said she couldn't make it so scram."
"Who the hell are you?" Kabuto questioned, glaring at Shikamaru.
"Hey, I can handle myself. I don't need your help," Tayuya said, trying to push Shikamaru aside.
Shikamaru walked forward to avoid Tayuya moving him then responded, "I didn't ask you if you did. You're disturbing the peace of my business so go on. Leave!"
"You and what army, bitch?" Kabuto threatened.
However, Kabuto was immediately silenced by a group of deer bumrushing him and clotting him in the face. Seconds later, the silver-haired teen ran away with his arms above his head to cover his face. A few of the neighbors heard the commotion and began to laugh at Kabuto's hasty retreat. Shikamaru left the scene and was about to climb the hedge until Tayuya stopped him with a gentler voice.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Tayuya called, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Hm?"
"Um, thank you," Tayuya said, kissing Shikamaru's cheek.
"N-no thanks n-nec-cessary," Shikamaru reassured, blushing. "The deer were being disturbed is all."
The group of defensive deer trotted over to Shikamaru, seeking a reward for their work. One wanted to be petted, others wanted a treat from one of his pockets. Shikamaru dug in his pocket for the snacks and produced two for each one of the defenders.
"Thanks, guys," Shikamaru said. "Okay, back in the hedges. You know how the folks are when there's deer missing in the yard. Come now. Go hither!"
The deer obeyed Shikamaru and jumped through the open hedges. Shikamaru was about to join until Tayuya interrupted the progress once more.
"Wait, I didn't catch your name," Tayuya said.
"Why?"
"I think it was kinda cute the way you handled the deer so I'd like to put a name to the face that helped me and cared for them."
"Trust me, you don't wanna know."
"Ask for his number!" a neighbor shouted.
"That was embarassing. I'm gone. See ya!"
"Wha--?"
Before she knew it, the boy disappeared into the hedges.
Yoshino was walking outside to give Shikamaru a grocery list until she saw a young woman poking her head out of the hedge. Apparently, the girl had never seen so many deer in one area so Yoshino called Shikamaru away from the feeding machine to escort the girl to the shop since he has to run it as part of his punishment from the school brawl.
"Shikamaru!"
"Yeah?" Shikamaru responded.
"There's a girl in the bushes looking at the deer. Can you take of that?"
"Do I need the shotgun?"
"Are you crazy? You can't go around shooting people!"
"Sorry!" Shikamaru said, turning off the feeder.
He turned to look at the hedges to find this girl and quickly noticed it was the girl he had seen not too long ago.
She's certainly persistent. Shikamaru thought. Although, under better circumstances, I probably would've asked for her number.
He quickly erased the thought from his mind then proceeded to walk over to the hedges. Tayuya was so busy with the deer, she didn't realize the woman was referring to her. A little deer stood in front of her, whinnying like a happy camper. It was running around, implying that it wanted to play and was inviting her to enter the yard, but she didn't want to intrude.
"Taken a fancy to Aoi, have you?"
Tayuya looked in the general direction of the familiar voice then smirked at her finding. "So I take it you're Shikamaru? Kind of sexy for a name. It matches, especially the 'shika' since that character means deer."
"Uh..." Shikamaru blushed. "Thanks. Don't think I would've looked at it that way, though."
"I was gonna call you Forest Nymph, but Shikamaru sounds a lot better," Tayuya teases, winking. "With that in mind, I'd like to thank you for your help today. So thank you, Shikamaru."
"In that case, your welcome, Tayuya."
"How'd you know--?" Tayuya questioned, surprised.
"I heard Kabuto say it. Well, you know my name now, so do you need anything? I'll walk you to the shop if you want."
"No, thank you, Shikamaru. I'll come by later to see Aoi. See ya, sexy," Tayuya teases.
I think now would be the time say... Dammit! Why couldn't I get her number!? Oh, I know why... Because stupid Naruto and stupid Kiba had to get themselves in a mix and drag me in it so now I have to suffer for it! Dammit it all!!! Shikamaru furiously mentally screamed.