Chapter 4

Toushiro POV

I could feel someone shaking me from my sleep…as I opened my eyes I see a pair of bored eyes gazed back at me. As I yawning I then stretched my body as my body felt rigid as I sleep on my chair in my private study and after I done stretching out I then look up to the person who woken me up from my sleep.

In front of me is a man that taller than me that have same height roughly around naruto's height with few inches taller than her as he is a man, he had a pair of warm brown colored eyes that always and constantly in a bored and irritated like expression, and his black colored hair always in a ponytail that almost if not resembled of a pineapple shaped style he also have a tanned skin color that have always have some males jealous as they can't have the same color as his.

As I continue to stares at him, he then decided to cut of my staring by saying "Toushiro-sama, here's today share of paperwork and also there are some of marriages offers for you to skimmed on" as he finished the last sentences while putting down the scrolls and the paperwork, I then twitched for a while when I heard the 'marriages offers' word. After I putting some strings of cursing out loud that met with some shaking head from him I then said "Shikamaru…please do me a great favor by throwing those offers to garbage bin or somewhere….or rather you can just burn them out! And it's just Toushiro for you I don't need you to call me 'sama' seeing as that you are one of my best friends" with sigh and small smile he then keep pouring out some scrolls which I presumes that it's the said marriage offers "right…and I just can't do that favor as you should know better than me, if you don't rejected them by yourself…they will just offered again in few weeks in a false hope that you will just change your mind…at least if you rejected them personally by replying with a NO then they will backed out for by half of year if you are lucky" as I heard my best friend who also my advisor said that, I then banged my head on my desk as hard as I can with a groan while hopefully and wishing that I could escapes by having a conclusion which I could feel that Shikamaru giving me a disapprove look.

"And here I though I could relying on my best friend! Some kind of friend you are!" I said in a whining tone that I rather die than being heard by my family and other people other than Itachi and Shikamaru. As Shikamaru heard my whining he then hit me with one of the scroll and then walk toward one of the shelves and taken out some documents and then said "you better stop your whining and start working on the paperwork so that you can have more time later when Itachi visit in 3 days" as it perked up my motivation I then started to pick up my feather pen and started to working on my paperwork.

As the past 2 hours passed…I then directed my gaze from one of my endless paperwork to Shikamaru who writing and calculating the taxes and write it on the tax books that will be presented to uncle Urahara in 2 days. As I keep staring, Shikamaru then let out a sigh and said "why you keep staring at me? Is there something you want to say?" with a sideway glance, I then say "say…when are you going to stop avoiding Neji? It's been 2 months already…isn't it time to give him a break already?" after hearing what I said, I then heard a snapping sound and then I noticed the brush that he holding snapped in two…letting out a sigh I then continue "aside from your avoidance from Neji…isn't about the time that you already told him about the truth? I mean sure...that you already tell about the truth to both I and Itachi, but it will have no meaning if you don't tell it to Neji too, I mean he is your lover and one day he bound to know about the truth. I think its better and I am sure that he will be happy to hear the truth from your own mouth and not from other people or from some unexpected events"

After I finished I know by now even without having my gaze at him that Shikamaru right now twitching and frowning with a displeasure aura leaking out of him that letting me know that he started to pissed off and also frustrated. Noon soon come both I and Shikamaru finished our today share of works in silent not that I minded the silent, as both of us walked toward my room…Shikamaru then cleared his throat and say "you know, about this afternoon…" "Hmmm…?" "I will think about it…telling neji I mean" when he say the last words I then raise my eyebrows in surprise and then smile "is that so? Well take your time...by the way, maybe you should stop avoiding Neji starting tomorrow" as I said that I entered my room of course without giving a smirk when I see him frozen like that.

Itachi POV:

Ah…Konoha…it's been quite sometime I visited this country and visiting my friends. As I musing about what kind of reactions that I will received today when I giving my cute little Shiro and my little Shadow their presents, I then saw my foolish little brother fidgeting his clothing every 5 seconds while muttering 'if its good enough' or 'is my choice of clothing presentable enough' and no matter what kind of assurance I giving him, he still fidgeting or muttering to himself and after 2 hour of fruitless attempt to calm him down I then giving up.

As I opened my eyes…I then saw the grand castle that just as grand if not much bigger than the castle at Uzugakure, as the carriage stopped…both I and my brother then stepped down only to have a certain yellow blob to tackle my brother to the ground. As I watched my brother fighting the yellow haired princess in order to free himself, i then watch one of my best friends standing near the stairway while watching her sister cling to Sasuke and Sasuke fighting to free himself with a hidden amusement along with the orange head princess who started to walk toward the two teens that still fighting in order to stopping them to go any further than wrestling.

After having lunch with both King Urahara and Minato-sama, then both I and Toushiro sit in her study while hearing about what happen during my 6 months of absents and what she said to Shikamaru yesterday. After she finished her story, I then say "well…I guess it solved the mystery why Shikamaru didn't greeting me at the front gate this morning like he usually did when I visited" "hmm….did you think Shikamaru will go to Hyuuga house and tell the truth?" ask Toushiro as he moving another pawn and defeat my other pawn "I bet he will…I mean Shikamaru may seems lazy but he always fulfill his promise…." I said as I moved my general as I started to thinking my next move to beat Toushiro " and I bet he won't do it…he will only go to halfway to Hyuuga house before turning back" she said as she moving her own general…after I move my other pawn and said " I bet 1000 Ryos on my bet of Shikamaru will go through to stop avoiding Hyuuga Neji" "and I bet 1500 Ryos on Shikamaru will chicken out and by the way that is a check mate for you" as she said the last word I then saw the shogi board and then I groaned and letting her to draw my face who already full of her drawings.

Shikamaru POV:

Why I decided to do this again? I blamed that damn Toushirou to be able to talk me out of this. As I thinking of curse words that directed toward my so called best friend and then think some sort of ways to tortured her later on, I then snapped into reality when I heard the door sliding open and then entered Neji who brought some what seems to be like a tray that contained a bowl of cookies and a pot of tea and as he put down the tray he carried and then sit down on the opposite of me while having his eyes gazed at his lap and I can even see that his hand fidgeting.

As we eating and drinking the cookies and teas in silence…and after 30 minutes passed and its seems like he couldn't take the silence anymore he then opened his mouth "umm….shikamaru, can I ask what I have done wrong to you for to avoiding me? if so please forgive me" as he said that he bowing his head much lower then before to the point that almost become a dogeza already which it put my mind ito a frenzy as the usually proud Hyuuga Neji right now is bow down before me.

After few seconds which seems like hours to me…the gears in my head started to move again after being freezed after seeing the bowing form of Hyuuga Neji and after I tell him to sit down and stop bowing. After he stopped bowing, I then take a deep breath and then said "No…you didn't do anything wrong, well the faults are in me for not telling you in the first place, for that I am sorry" seeing that I bow down seems like make hi8im more nervous seeing as his first word are in shuttering "P...Please…don't bow down! How about you just tell me what you have been keep secret, if you want to tell me…please"

As I heard his plea I then started to talk after few hesitations "first why I avoiding you is because you entered my room and to tell you the truth… well…ACTUALLY I AM A WOMAN!"