Shikamaru woke up feeling hot and heavy, not to mention very sore all over his body though the noticeable pain came from his head which felt like his brain was being pounded with a hammer, he tried to move wondering what troublesome situation he'd gotten himself into last night, but found that he was unable to do so.
He blinked in surprise when he felt the weight on top of him shift and he was assaulted with a smell of apple flavored shampoo, he looked down to see blond hair on his chest. He forced his brain from their still sleepy state as he tried to process what his eyes was seeing, but he only managed to further worsen his headache. 'Okay Shikamaru, relax and think, you've got someone lying on you' which explains the extra weight on his body and by the feel of curves digging in his side his bed partner was female and naked and so was he. A sense of foreboding filled him when he remembered that he and Temari broke up so whoever is lying on him was not her and it doesn't help that this person has an awfully very familiar hair color. 'Let's just hope it's not who I think it is'.
He took a deep breath knowing that panicking wouldn't help in any way. 'Focus Shikamaru and do what you do best. Think and analyse the situation.' First he needs to make sure that it is not her, hopefully it's some hooker that he picked up on his way home at least that will save him the embarrassment.
He shifted slightly so he could better see her face, he let out a sigh when he saw the hair color was wrong and it couldn't be Ino , this girl was more sunkissed gold than Ino's pale blond. 'Wait what-?' his head snapped back down but he could only see the side of her face but that was enough because as soon as he saw the whisker marks, he knew that he was doomed.
'Oh shit' was the only thought going through his mind as he sat staring at Naruto lying there in all her naked glory for several minutes, his brain still having a hard time to understand what his eyes were seeing.
And just like that last night's memory came rushing back to him. Memories of him and Naruto talking and drinking and of them having sex- though those are a bit hazy.
He closed his eyes as a sense of guilt and shame filled him, and also anger at himself for losing control. He got up careful not to wake Naruto up and made his way to the bathroom.
He ran his hand in his hair In frustration as he paced the bathroom thinking of what to do now, Naruto is going to wake up at any moment now, how is he supposed to face her after taking advantage of her? Because that's what he did, he used her to distract himself from his break-up. He froze when an image of a heartbroken Temari appeared. 'Stupid, stupid stupid!'
He let out a frustrated growl before smashing the mirror with his fist only to hiss in pain afterwards. He cursed, stepping under the shower to wash himself and the blood from his knuckles. Instantly he felt himself relax as the warmth of the water seeped through his body loosening his tense muscles. He closed his eyes relishing into the sensation while trying to think of what he's going to do when Naruto wakes up.
He grimaced, totally not looking forward to the conversation. But he knows that it has to be done, hopefully things won't get too awkward between them; he'd hate it if his lack of control over his hormones messed their friendship.
One thing he was sure of is that Temari should never know what happened, even though they're not together anymore. He still feel guilty for sleeping with someone else, one of his friends no less, not long after their break-up.
He sighed tiredly as he got out of the shower, he made his way to the little cabinet above the sink to look for a band-Aid he always keeps there, bandaging his hand with it. He wore his towel on his waist as he got himself ready for the upcoming confrontation with Naruto, troublesome.
He opened the door to his bedroom expecting to see Naruto still sleeping on the bed, but it was empty, he walked over and found Naruto bending down her head was under the bed seeming to be looking for something, probably her clothes. She was wearing the bed sheet around her body.
Shikamaru couldn't help but stare at her behind, his eyes traveled from the curve of her back to her ass, Naruto has a nice ass, he decided before slapping himself mentally for the thought which got him in trouble in the first place.
He took a deep breath as he steeled himself, 'this is going to be so troublesome but...'
He cleared his throat and she gave a startled cry knocking her head in the process. She came out from under the bed cursing and rubbing her head, she opened her mouth to speak when she caught sight of him standing in front of her wearing only a towel, her face turned red and she looked away.
There was a moment of awkward silence before it was broken by Naruto.
"So uhm..." her blush deepened further as she played with the hem of the sheet. She looked up before averting her eyes again and she closed her eyes willing the embarrassment away. She took a deep breath before trying again, "so you...I mean w-we..." if possible her face got even redder, right now she was doing a perfect imitation of Hinata.
Shikamaru decided to put her out of her misery, even if watching her squirm is amusing, she looks so cute and innocent. He felt bad crushing the little hope that's written on her face.
"Yes. We slept together," he watched as her shoulders slumped at his admission.
"Oh" was all she said, as she looked at her hands trying to think of something else to say to break the silence but she can't get herself to look at him without feeling embarrassed. How could she have let this happen? What must he think of her now?
"Naruto, I...I'm sorry." She looked at him with confusion written on her face.
"I'm sorry for what happened last night. It was my fault, I just had a nasty break up and I was hurt and angry. I guess I just needed a distraction to forget and you were there willing to listen to me whine and I got carried away; and I didn't mean to use you like that and you were drunk but I still took advantage of you." By the end of his speech he was a little out of breath, he blinked as he saw Naruto gaping at him in shock.
And she then laughed, Shikamaru frowned in confusion. Confused as to what she found so amusing though he already had an idea.
"Wow... I mean, wow! That's the first time I've ever heard you talk so much, and not once did you say the word Troublesome. I'm actually impressed."
Shikamaru rolled his eyes at her as he made his way to his dresser to look for clothes, he was a little annoyed at her, who wouldn't be? Here he was trying to apologise for sleeping with her which he recalled was her fault too, flirting shamelessly with him, he immediately felt bad for having that thought. He sighed tiredly rubbing his throbbing temple, it's not like he did anything to stop her at the time, if he recalled right he actually enjoyed it; the way her body was pressed against him, the way her inexperienced hand had run on his body, the way each kiss seemed to send sparks of fire throughout his body leaving him wanting for more, so different from kissing Temari yet she's the one he loves.
Shikamaru shook his head bringing himself out of his thoughts. What is wrong with him? This is Naruto he reminded himself and last night happened because he was drunk so anything he must've thought he felt was just the influence of alcohol.
Naruto bit her lip as she watched Shikamaru's back which was tense and she felt bad for laughing, how could she be so insensitive? He obviously put some effort to apologize even though it must have been troublesome for him to do so; he even decided to take all the blame even though they both know she had a hand in it too.
"Shikamaru I...I'm sorry," she said as she stood up walking over to him, she stopped two feet away from him still grasping the sheet around her. "I didn't mean to ... I was really nervous and embarrassed, still am. When you apologized I was surprised and mortified that you'll take all the blame for something I had a hand in... so I just laughed to mask my real feelings I guess." She finished in shrug.
Shikamaru turned to face her if he had a pocket he would've put his hands in them posing as nonchalant instead he opted to just cross his arms.
"And I'm sorry, it was my fault too," she continued when he didn't say anything, "I guess I was still upset about what Sakura said and I wanted to prove to myself that I could be a girl too, so I used you just as much as you used me."
They fell into silence after that, Naruto looking anywhere but him as she tucked her hair behind her ear, missing some strands which refused to join the others and she blew an irritated breath. She was about to smooth them back when a hand reached across to do it for her, the action surprising them both. She looked up at Shikamaru who gave her a faint smile in return.
"You don't have to prove anything. I think you're fine the way you are."
Naruto's eyes widened, it wasn't a compliment, not really yet, she couldn't stop the warmth of his words to spread all over her body as she smiled back shyly.
She blinked only now realizing that his hair wasn't in its usual ponytail. She could see droplets of water falling from them, her eyes followed them as they traveled to his chest all the way down to his well defined abs joining more drops of water and disappearing under the towel. She swallowed as she suddenly felt hot, licking her now dry lips she looked back at him and her breath hitched when she saw his dark eyes looking at her with an unreadable expression on his face. She felt exposed under that expression. She wanted to turn away and step back but for some reason she couldn't, his gaze seemed to freeze her on her spot. She licked her lips again and his eyes followed the movement as if entranced. She was now aware of how close they were and it seems like the space was decreasing between them or was it him closing in on her, he was leaning down towards her. A wave of panic washed over her, what should she do? Should she step back and run? Maybe she should-
Her thoughts were cut off by two pair of lips capturing hers.
She froze at the contact, confused as to what was happening. Shikamaru was kissing her, his arms around her waist. And it was sending sparks of electricity throughout her body that left her feeling weak and lightheaded.
Slowly, inch by inch she relaxed Into his arms and started kissing him back, opening her lips to give him access to her mouth which he gladly took as he slid his tongue exploring the sweet cavern that is her mouth.
Naruto moaned clutching at his shoulders, as much to hold herself upright.
Shikamaru groaned and pushed a thigh between her legs. Her body pulsed. Her blood thickened. Her breathing became nonexistent.
She should probably stop him before it went too far, before they did something they would both regret later just like last night. But she can't bring herself to, this felt so good, too good. It felt so right to be here standing in his arms. She liked this, whatever this is, it felt incredible...to feel so wanted and she recognized a small part of her that still craves for acknowledgement and attention. Not the same kind as when she was younger, no. This is different, more...intimate, and she can't help relishing into the pleasure it's providing.
She let out a surprise gasp as she was backed against the closet; the sheet must have fallen down at some point because his hands found their way on her ass squeezing it occasionally, each time sending waves of pleasure throughout her body.
She bit her lip as he trailed little kisses down the side of her neck as she ran her hand in his wet hair, sending shivers down her body.
She broke the kiss, pushing him away from her so she could think clearly.
"I-we shouldn't... I mean-" she stammered blushing furiously, "I- I've gotta go...I just remembered I have a mission with my team." She mumbled without looking at him she grabbed the sheet to cover herself and lifted her hand for a shunshin.
That seem to snap him to action he quickly grabbed her arm to stop her from leaving.
"Wait, don't go...I'm sorry I don't know what came over me. I wasn't thinking," he said running his hand into his hair.
Naruto snatched her arms from his hands glaring at him, "Do you kiss anyone out of the blue without thinking?"
Shikamaru was taken aback by her tone. "Uhm no...It just happened. One moment I was fine then the next I just had the urge to kiss... you."
Naruto forced herself to calm down, what was she expecting? That he actually wanted her, pff, yeah right. He was probably thinking of Temari when he kissed her. She knew she was being ridiculous for getting upset because of it, since she knows that he loves Temari but she can't help feeling like she's been mislead. The thing is, yesterday she wasn't entirely drunk. After seeing the way he was looking at her, as if she was the most beautiful thing he's ever laid eyes on, it felt...nice. The alcohol just made her more bold leading to the sex happening. Obviously Shikamaru was under the influence of alcohol, that he didn't mean any of the things that he'd told her. To him all of it was just one huge mistake, he just needed to relieve his frustration and she was there willing to let him use her. Aggh, she felt so dirty right now and it was her first time too! She closed her eyes so that he wouldn't see the emotions in them.
She opened them again and gave him a smile, which obviously looked forced to him.
"It's fine, I understand. If you'll excuse me." She was about to leave again when Shikamaru stopped her again he was studying her face. Now she just felt annoyed.
"What!" She snapped.
"You're upset." He stated and she rolled her eyes, "Look if it's about last night we can just forget about it and act like it never happened and I said I was sorry for kissing you like that."
If looks could kill, Shikamaru's body would've already been six feet under, buried and forgotten. He shuddered at the thought.
"People don't just have sex and forget about it, and if you're used to casual sex while you drunk I'm not. That WAS MY FIRST TIME DAMN IT!" Her voice had been rising by the end of her sentence as she grew frustrated with him, why can't he just let her go? "And you had no right to kiss me!"
"But you kissed me too."
She blushed but the glare didn't lessen in fact it intensified if possible it's obvious she's been hanging around the Uchiha a bit too much if the glare was any indication. "So?"
Shikamaru blew a breath, "I don't know why you're so upset with me about it. We were drunk, we did something we both regret. It's not like I can give you your virginity back, so the obvious solution is to forget it happened. I apologized already for both so stop being so troublesome and let's get pass this, arguing won't help either of us." maybe he shouldn't have said that, the punch he got was enough to send him knocking back against the closet. He should have expected the punch just from the way she was glaring at him, now the headache he'd forgotten he had came back at full force. 'Troublesome,' he thought as he slumped on the floor.
"YOU-YOU JERK! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT!" She shrieked. She took a deep breath to calm herself. When that didn't work, she threw her hands in the air with a frustrated cry. "Fine, you want to forget about last night? Then stay away from me asshole!" She said before giving up on the shunshin and teleported using the haraishin, straight to her home.
Shikamaru groaned in pain struggling to stand up, he looked at where the raging blonde had been standing, confused as to what just happened. "Troublesome," he muttered massaging his temple as he got up. He's going to talk to her later after he deals with his headache and maybe sleep a little it should give her enough time to cool down. It's just his luck to get involved with a troublesome girl.
Though the blame is on him, he didn't handle things as well as he should have. In fact he probably made things worse, he thought of the kiss. He shouldn't have done that, not after apologizing for last night, he acted like an asshole. Like he said earlier, he doesn't know why he did it, one moment he was just looking at her adorably flushed face and the next thing he knows he was leaning in to kiss her and before he could stop himself she was kissing him back. He stood in front of the sink with a cup of water in one hand and some tablets in the other, 'hopefully this will be enough to lessen the pain.'
Still... he can't deny that he might be attracted to her at least physically, troublesome hormones.
...
"That good for nothing son of a- agh!" Naruto fumed as she stomped her way in the bathroom, kicking the door closed behind her.
When she was done, she came out feeling less angry. Now that she was calmer she regretted punching him even though he deserved it. And what's up with that kiss? Why kiss her then apologize for it? Is it because he felt sorry for her that he thought kissing her will make her feel less self-conscious? Or he was just being a jerk? She thought as she got herself ready for her mission.
She sighed, it's not like she can do anything about it what's done is done and now she just have to forget about it. Now only if it were that easy, she thought as she made her way out of her apartment on her way to meet her teammates.