July

Shikamaru x Sakura

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

"You meddle with too many troublesome guys Sakura."

"Ow, Shikamaru stop that hurts!"

"Shut up Sakura, just stay still troublesome woman."

"I can't when my skin feels as if it's about to fall off."

"Then you should have worn sun screen you idiot, now stay still and let the aloe vera do it's work."

Sakura cringed at the burning sensation on her back, cursing the hot sun at the resort. She whimpered as the gel began to cool off her heated body, and she shivered.

"I can't wait to start peeling, I'm going to look like a reptile."

Shikamaru sighed, "Thanks for the mental picture."

Sakura remained quiet, lying on her stomach. She closed her eyes and let the comfy feel of Shikamaru's house fill her senses.

"So besides the heinous sunburn, how was your vacation?" Shikamaru plopped down next to her and looked at her pained pink face.

"Pretty good. I drank, read, shopped a little, oh and got three degree burns." Sakura shifted her gaze to the handsome brunette laying next to her.

Shikamaru's nose tinged a light red as he nervously looked around the room. "You, you meet a guy?" He stuttered slightly, avoiding Sakura's curious gaze.

"What?" Sakura asked, clearly amused.

"I was just wondering, you're a single vulnerable woman alone at a resort, there's bound to be one guy who wanted to get in your pants." Shikamaru blew a strand of hair out of his eyes.

"Well since you put that so eloquently," Sakura's eyes narrowed, "However yes there was one guy named Suigetsu that I met." Sakura muttered the man's name and turned her head away from Shikamaru.

"Ah I knew it. So what was the guy like? Smart? Crazy? Moody? You've never exactly had a type."

Sakura shrugged and fingered the comforter. "He was just kind of a flirt, but he was sweet and funny so we just talked a little."

"And by talking you mean shoving your tongues down each other's throats?" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow.

Sakura's blush increased tenfold. "That's not all we did, it was just a nice change of pace that both parties knew that this would be strictly a summer break romance. It was completely natural, no strings."

Shikamaru smirked in response.

"Bullshit."

Sakura's mouth dropped open in shock. "That's not bullshit!"

"Yes it is." Shikamaru replied.

"And why do you think this all knowing one?" Sakura replied snobbishly.

"it is a proven fact that any man who has had any type of relationship with you has completely fallen in love with you."

Sakura rolled her eyes, "Those are just flukes, and they did not fall in love with me, they just wanted a more serious relationship."

Shikamaru snorted in response.

"Itachi Uchiha wanted you to move in within a few weeks of dating each other."

"That doesn't mean he lov-"

"Even you can't deny the fact that Naruto has been in love with you since middle school."

"Alright but his feelings have chang-"

"Gaara bitched and moaned about you breaking up with him."

"He doesn't take change well."

"Sasuke moped around like a emotional teenage girl."

"Sasuke isn't exactly used to girls rejecting him."

"You got Kiba fucking Inuzuka to want to commit, try to rebuff against that one."

Sakura paused momentarily. "Kiba just wanted to experiment, knowing him he wouldn't have liked it and it would have been over before it even started."

Shikamaru rolled his eyes and sighed. "Whatever you say Sakura."

Sakura glared at her handsome companion. "Well then, since you apparently know everything Shikamaru, how about you tell me what happened?"

Shikamaru looked at the pinkette and began to speak. "Things were going casually, the two of you shared mutual lust and agreed to be casual, not limiting yourself to other people."

Sakura nodded.

"However when guys started flirting with you, he'd make subtle gestures. He'd spill a drink on them, distract you with rambles, drag you away, threaten the guy slightly. To put it bluntly, he was jealous."

Sakura looked away and gave a slight nod. Shikamaru continued.

"So when it was time to leave, he drove you to the airport, gave you a kiss that was too gentle and a hug that was too long. He said he'd miss you and he'll never forget you, but then he gave you a look, as if he didn't want to let you go."

Shikamaru stared at Sakura.

"And that terrified you, so you didn't respond and basically sprinted away." Shikamaru finished, his eyebrows raised in question.

Sakura sighed, "Damn Nara, you really are a genius."

Shikamaru hesitantly moved closer to Sakura and grabbed her hand. "Sakura," he began, "You meddle with too many troublesome guys. I don't want to be some casual relationship but I know that's inevitable because you're scared shitless of being committed." He looked into her green eyes, "However it'd be too troublesome to fight you about it so I'm just going to go with it."

Sakura gulped audibly, and found herself getting lost in Shikamaru's deer brown eyes.

"Sakura you're ridiculously troublesome, but worth it."

All thoughts of her burnt back were quickly replaced with the feel of Shikarmaru's lips against hers.

R&R

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