Title: Shadow
Author: Simply Kelp
Pairing: not focused on any one ship, but there may be background ones.
Rating: pg
Summary: Shikamaru discovers that he has two shadows now: his own, and Konohamaru. Little vignettes about the evolution of their friendship.
Disclaimer: It doesn't say "Masashi Kishimoto" on my underwear, that must mean that I don't own Naruto... merde.
A/N: The most amazing-est thing happened today! I saw my car's doppelgä nger! Normally this wouldn't be too exciting, but my car is a purple Mercury Tracer; I've never seen a second one before today! It was so cool!!! Ahem, anyway, hope you enjoy the fic.
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Sleeping
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"I think she likes me," Konohamaru said definitively. "Moegi, I mean," he added to clarify. They were watching clouds again; or rather Shikamaru was watching clouds, while Konohamaru let his mind wander. Konohamaru had gotten off practice a short while ago; he closed his eyes, and tried to ignore the ache in his muscles.
Shikamaru didn't respond; he hadn't expected him to.
"The thing is: she kind of scares me," Konohamaru continued. He didn't quite mind Shikamaru's silence. He was more thinking aloud than anything. "Today during practice, she hinted that she wanted to go out-- what does that even mean? Where would we go?"
Shikamaru remained silent.
Konohamaru folded his arms over his chest petulantly. "Are you just going to ignore me? I'm in deep emotional turmoil." He opened his eyes, and looked over to Shikamaru. The other boy's eyes were closed. "Are you asleep?"
Shikamaru's silence was enough of a response. Konohamaru sighed, and began tugging at the loose string on his scarf. That gave him an idea! Gingerly, Konohamaru rose to a sitting position, and raised his scarf directly above the Shikamaru's head. He lowered it until the loose string tickled at the sleeping boy's nose.
Shikamaru twitched. This could be fun.
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Kind of silly, but I just wanted to have Konohamaru say 'I'm in deep emotional turmoil'... Hope you liked it; as always, I would love to hear what you thought!