My Pet Peeve
Disclaimer: Naruto isn't mine.
Five minutes. He'd left him alone for five minutes. Shikamaru thought it would be ok to leave his strange little stalker in the living room while he went to find some towels to dry him up. There was no way he was going to have him dripping all over the floor if he was going to stay the night.
"Hey Shika, you might want to come down here..." Choji sounded like he was trying not to laugh. Now that was worrying.
"...What's wrong?"
"Just come and see." Choji was standing in the doorway sniggering and gesturing for him to come over. He almost dropped the towels when he saw. The silver haired boy was sitting cross legged on the sofa, completely naked. His sodden clothes were in a pile on the floor.
"Oh my god." It got a lot worse when the boy realised he was there and stood up smiling at him and looking like an excitable child. "No! Sit back down!" His face dropped and he sat down again.
"Here." Shikamaru dropped a large towel on the boys head and gathered up his clothes. "Cover yourself."
He wasn't sure how long the boy had been on the streets so he just tossed them in the washing machine and went back to make sure the guy's dick was no longer on show. There had been no movement; he'd just sat with the towel draped over his head. Obviously he'd misunderstood.
"What do you think is wrong with this guy? Do you think he might have some kind of disorder?"
"I don't know..." The guy was pretty pitiful. He'd probably escaped from some kind of institution.
"I'm gonna go see Ino." At least she wouldn't be getting in the way. Although he felt pretty awkward being around someone so odd. There was nothing wrong with not talking if you didn't want to. It was more the lack of reactions to anything that worried him.
"Err... You should really wrap that round yourself so you don't get hypothermia or anything like that. I'll go get some food." He didn't know what to get so he just grabbed a few random things and dumped it on a plate. No way in hell was he cooking anything when he was this tired.
As he came back into the room he realised that the boy had done exactly as he'd said and seemed to be looking at him with an expectant look like he was waiting for something. Until he noticed the food. The second Shikamaru was close enough he practically leaped at the plate and began cramming everything in.
"Stop that! You'll make yourself sick if you keep doing that." He hesitated a little, then resumed eating albeit a little more slowly.
...Well this is interesting. Autistic maybe? There was something off about the guy but it was hard to tell what. Clearly he could understand what he was saying.
"Ok, you can sleep here on the sofa." The boy looked up at him with a hurt look on his face. He was also covered in crumbs. "I'll be in my room if you need me... G-goodnight!"
It was pretty cowardly to just run away and he hadn't specified which room was his. The guy would be fine though. He wasn't completely stupid and he'd been fed. As he went past Ino's room he could hear Choji and Ino talking. In some ways there was no point in them having separate rooms as they both slept in one or the other. But that was their business.
His room was at the front of the house and far away from the others. Not that he minded. They made so much noise sometimes it was good to have a bit of space. Despite the fact that it was only early he felt absolutely exhausted and practically collapsed into bed. Luckily he only had an afternoon lecture the next day so he could enjoy himself. It wasn't long before he'd fallen into a dreamless sleep.
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It was so nice to have no alarm and no Ino forcing him out of bed in the morning. There was quite strong sunlight pouring through the crack in the curtain by the time he was halfway conscious. Quite a change from the monsoon conditions of last night but he wasn't going to complain. After lying in a slightly comatose condition for a while he decided it was time to get vertical. He went to swing his legs off the bed only to find his way blocked by the naked idiot sleeping next to him. This took him by surprise so he did what anyone would do. Shrieked and leapt back. The boy's eyes snapped open and he jumped up, lost his balance, and tipped off the bed.
"What are you doing you idiot?!" It was kind of his fault the fool was naked as he'd forgotten to lend him some clothes but he was still weirded out. The boy looked up with a hurt expression on his face. "You don't just get into someone's bed without asking!"
At least he had the decency to look partly ashamed. The nudity was increasing the awkwardness though. Grumbling a little, Shikamaru marched to the drawer on the other side of the room and pulled out a pair of boxers. He threw them at the other's face.
"Wear those so I can least look at you while I'm talking." Why the hell did I let him in anyway? It was a majorly bad idea. When he was partway clothed, he decided he would have to really work out what to do. There was no way the man could stay here and he had no idea where he came from.
"Right you, do you have a name?" A blank stare yet again. "You do know what I'm saying so don't play stupid. What are you called?" The boy looked thoughtful. He had to be patient with him but when he was this tired it was hard to deal with anyone.
"...Nnn..." It wasn't exactly speech but it was more than he'd had so far.
"Sorry I didn't get that." He looked nervous so Shikamaru decided to try sounding less angry. "You don't have to be scared, I'm not angry or anything like that."
"...Hidan." His voice sounded a little rusty from lack of use.
"Hidan?" He nodded. "Is that your name?" Another nod. "Well nice to meet you I guess... I'm Shikamaru." Hidan smiled.
It would be a little harsh to kick him out when he'd just woken up so he thought he'd at least make the guy breakfast first. He left the room and Hidan quickly followed. There wasn't much left in the kitchen and he knew he'd have to go shopping later but he had a little bacon and some eggs so that would do.
After they'd finished eating Shikamaru felt he should sort this problem out sooner rather than later. Hidan must've come from somewhere and he must have some kind of family or friends. He'd possibly had some kind of head trauma and didn't know where he was supposed to go.
"Hidan?" The boy's head snapped up. "I have to ask, why were you out in the rain last night? And why did you follow me?" Shikamaru wasn't surprised when there was no reply. However the boy looked away and refused to meet his eyes.
"Look I let you stay last night because of the weather but you're going to have to leave, and I'd feel a lot better about kicking you out if I knew you had somewhere else to go." This was what finally got a response.
"No." It was a little faint but there was a lot of force behind that word.
"What was that?"
"No. No, no, no!" Hidan was practically shouting it now looking absolutely miserable. It was quite scary and he wanted to run away but Shikamaru knew that might just make things worse. Besides he didn't want to get the other two involved.
"No to what? Just tell me." The silver haired boy moved closer and sat on the floor by his feet. It was almost like he was begging. "I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong." So troublesome... Why did this have to happen to me?
"Don't throw me away." That was an interesting thing to say.
"Throw you away? What are you talking about?" He gripped Shikamaru's arm.
"I want to stay."
"Stay? You mean stay here? I can't let you stay here, I share this house with other people and it's only a rental! Besides-"
"Please." Those violet eyes were staring right at him, pleading. Although he knew the best thing to do would be to kick him out right now or call the police he just knew he was going to cave.
"I'm probably going to regret this but alright. But only until you find somewhere else, ok?" Hidan nodded and wrapped his arms around Shikamaru's shoulders practically pulling him over.
Oh good god, what have I done? I can't take it back now. I made my bed; I'll just have to lay in it...
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If Shikamaru thought just allowing the man to stay in the house with him was his only problem he was mistaken. Hidan seemed obsessed with him and followed him everywhere he went. It was lucky that the bathroom had a lock on it otherwise he wouldn't have been showering alone.
Why does he keep following me? This is weird. Sitting at the desk, he could feel those eyes on his back while he worked. He didn't mind the man being in his room so much but he would've preferred it if he could find something else to do other than just watching him. It wasn't like he was doing anything interesting either. He tried to ignore it but after a while it was too much.
"Don't you have anything better to do?" Hidan looked confused. "Why are you staring at me?" He shrugged. That one gesture had Shikamaru grabbing the nearest book and throwing it at the annoying creature. Luckily the boy ducked and it just missed his head. "Read that and stop staring at me!"
Hidan picked up the flying object and scowled at it. He seemed a little confused and even disgusted at the thing in front of his face. Flicking through the pages didn't seem to give him any good ideas either. It seemed to be a pretty long book and those things hurt his head. At least Shikamaru knew he could escape to his lecture. With a yawn and a stretch he sat up and started packing his bag while Hidan watched intently.
"I need to go to my lecture now. Don't make a mess while I'm gone." Although he went to leave Hidan gripped his arm and gave him the kicked puppy look again. He seemed to be a master of pitiful looks.
"I need to go." Admittedly he loved to skive but it was awkward being home at the moment.
"Stay." It seemed the strange one only said the bare minimum.
"I can't." The boy looked thoughtful for a moment before walking over to the cupboard and rifling through Shikamaru's clothes. "What are you doing?" Ignoring him, Hidan started pulling on a pair of jeans and a shirt. "Wait. No! You're not coming with me."
Hidan sent him another pleading look causing yet another feeling of guilt. But he couldn't bring this man with him! No one would notice an extra person and the lecturers never really cared but it would still be weird. Sasuke would certainly want to know who this was. Knowing his friends they would all think he'd found a boyfriend and they'd start congratulating him and giving the silver haired psycho ideas.
"You won't like it! You'll be really bored." Hidan had a determined look on his face. It was clear that the boy would be coming no matter what he did. "Fine. But if you cause any trouble I swear I will tie you to a tree and leave you there."
I've really been in a writing mood recently so I'm writing more than usual. Hidan seems very weird and quiet atm, but he'll be a little more Hidan-like from next chapter :3 Thanks for reading and please review.