Shikamarus pov
I walked alongside ino and choji with butterfly's in my stomach. Today I was introducing them to neji. I just hope they accept him.
"hmm so we finally get to to meet your partner. This should be exciting" choji said as he crunched on crisps.
"Umm yeah" I muttered trying to hide my nervousness.
We finally reached my door and I paused. Do I really want to do this? Do I want to risk losing everything? Ino noticed my hesitation and nodded encouragingly. I smiled at her and opened the door.
"welcome home shikamaru-Sa-" he stopped when he saw ino and choji "I didn't know we were going to have guests"
"sorry sweetheart it was kinda last minute" I muttered which choji and ino stared at him in disbelief "neji these are my teammates and best friends choji and ino"
Neji gasped "shikamaru told me so much about you guys. Its an honour to meet you both" he bowed politely.
"may shikamaru you never told me that your partner was a cute high-school boy"
Neji blushed slightly "I'm not that cute"
"oh yes you are honey your adorable" ino said hugging him close. I couldn't help but feel a ting of jealously.
"oh where are my manners. I must bring you out refreshments" neji ran out to the kitchen leaving me, choji and ino alone.
"shikamaru you never told me you were into younger men" choji muttered.
It was my turn to blush "Well I never really thought of it like that"
"it's fine shikamaru I'm happy for you" choji patted me on the back "I was worried you'd never fall in love"
I smiled back at him. They accept me. They really accept me-
"shikamaru are you aware that nejis family is out there looking for him"
I was taken aback by inos statement. I'd almost forgot that she'd figured it out.
"I'm aware but honestly I don't really care" I said coldly.
"but shikamaru that's borderline kidnapping!" choji yelled "you could get in serious trouble"
"do you plan on telling on me choji?" I asked.
"I- of course not I'd never do that to you shikamaru"
"good" I turned to ino "I thought you said that no matter what you wouldn't judge me"
"I'm not judging you shikamaru but there's a little girl out there who's dieing to see her cousin again. Don't you think you should at least tell her that she's ok?"
I paused as I felt a slight ting of guilt. There's a little girl out there looking for neji? I want to ease her mind but what if she tries to take him away from me?
"I'm back. Sorry for the wait" neji came in with a tray of tea and cake.
"whooo cakes!" choji cheered "Your definitely in my good books now kid"
"hehe I'm glad" neji smiled sweetly.
He took a seat beside me. I could feel the guilt eating away at me. I'm keeping him away from his family. That's selfish. You shouldn't do that to the person you love. I should at least give him a choice.
I turned to him "hey neji how would you feel about seeing your cousin again?"
"hinata" neji teared up slightly "I would love to see her and hanabi again but I have no idea where they could be"
"I do" ino spoke up "I have her phone number and everything! We can arrange for you two to meet up tomorrow"
"really?" neji gasped.
Ino nodded "that's why we met up today. Shikamaru wanted to give you the chance to see your family again" I looked at her in disbelief. She's really giving me all the credit?
Neji teared up and hugged me "thank you shikamaru. I couldn't have asked for a kinder boyfriend"
"it's nothing sweetheart" I said hugging him back "I just want you to be happy" ino and choji both gave me a thumbs up. I rolled my eyes at their cheesiness.
I just hope I'm making the right choice.
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a little sweet (shikaneji) (book 1)
Fanfiction(loosey based off of the anime happy sugar life) Shikamaru is a twenty-six year old man who has never truly fell in love. He's had older people say that they loved him but that was only abuse and munipulation. It was never love. He's always felt num...