"Oi! Shikamaru!"

A single black eye opened and the teenager saw an orange blur standing over him. "What do you want, Naruto?"

The chuunin plopped down in the grass beside Shikamaru and asked, "What are you doing here? Don't you have a mission? Or are jounin allowed to piss around and blow off their jobs?"

"I declined the mission today," Shikamaru replied, closing his eyes once more and attempting to go back to his nap.

"Now why would you do that?"

"…" Shikamaru shrugged. "I didn't feel like it."

"What, did the clouds call to you or something?"

"You could say something like that." Realizing that he would never get to sleep as long as Naruto was there, Shikamaru sat up and looked at said blonde. "I repeat myself – What do you want? And if you say 'to bug me' I'll kick your ass."

Naruto gave Shikamaru a blank look before sighing and dropping his head. "Have you ever liked anyone?"

"Oh god," the lazy boy grumbled. "You're still not on about that Haruno–girl, care you?"

"Her name is Sakura–chan!" Naruto snapped. Then he sighed. "No, I learned long ago she would never like me back. And answer my question, damnit."

"'Have I liked anyone'?" Shikamaru repeated. Naruto nodded and the brunette let his gaze drift to the sky as he thought. Finally, he mumbled, "I did. A long while ago."

"What happened to them?"

Shikamaru groaned and collapsed back into the grass. "Same as you and Haruno – I realized I never stood a chance and gave up."

"And you never said anything?"

"Not a word."

"Then how did you know you never had a chance? I told Sakura–chan of my love every day."

"Yeah, and you kept coming to me with black eyes and dislocated joints."

Naruto gave a sheepish grin and lay down on his stomach next to Shikamaru. Folding his arms, he buried his face in the crook of his elbow. Just as sleep was caressing the jounin's eyes, Naruto's muffled voice sounded with, "Who did you like?"

"It doesn't matter, now be quiet." Shikamaru felt the coldness of shadow fall over his face and he looked up in a glare. "What now?"

"I want to know who it was?"

"I'm not telling you who it is–was!"

"So you still like this person?"

"Shut–up!"

"C'mon, tell me."

"Fine, then do you really want to know?"

"Yes, I– mmph!" Naruto's eyes flew open as Shikamaru reached up to fist a hand in his hair and pull him down to crush their lips together. He put his hands down on either side of Shikamaru to push away, but the brunette draped one arm about the chuunin's neck and the other about his waist. A soft tongue nudged his lips and they parted in surprise. Naruto moaned softly as Shikamaru invaded his mouth and the blonde relaxed against the other boy.

Then, all too soon, their lips parted and Naruto was left to look down into Shikamaru's flushed face, panting lightly.

"Well?" Shikamaru murmured after a moment. "Do I still need to tell you who I like?"

A smile played on Naruto's lips and he said, "No, but I'd like it if you showed me again."

Shikamaru smirked and pulled Naruto down for another, longer kiss…

… Now I wanna write a NejiNaru fic.

Naruto: Could you please not make me into the little whore of the series?

Angel: No. Anyway, I don't own Naruto, so, till next time!