𝓓𝓮𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓭 •

𝓗𝓮 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓼🥀

7:00 am. Shikamaru knocked on each door, waking up each ninja to get ready for the day. He was the leader of this mission and simply wanted to get everything done as soon as possible.

Walking up to one door in particular, he noticed that the light was on signaling that she was already awake. Shikamaru knocked on the door before slowly opening up the door.

"It's me.."

"I know" the girl answered quietly, her voice slightly raspy.

Shikamaru closed the door and laid back on the bed. "Good morning." He yawned

"Morning.." Y/n rubbed her eyes. "You wake Naruto up too?"

"Yeah.."

"Did you go in there or just knock on the door?"

"Knocked"

"Yeah..that boy still sound asleep" Y/n giggled a bit.

"Damn...you right" Shikamaru groaned

The room filled with silence. Shikamaru looked at her as she shifted around the room, grabbing items that she'd need for the rest of the mission. He could tell something was wrong. From the way she moved to the way she spoke. He knew.

"What's wrong, n/n?" He said sitting up, his eyes still on her.

" M' just tired. " Y/n said while putting a series of ninja stars and kunai in her pouch.

Shikamaru analyzed her once more. She hasn't looked him in the eyes since he stepped foot in the room.

"Don't believe that.."

"Don't have to believe it for it to be true, Shika." she glanced at him with a slight smile on her face, hoping that he would give it up. But of course, he could see right through her. Her boyfriend just had to be the one with a 200+ IQ. Y/n was used to getting away with lying about her feelings since she was good at concealing them. But Shikamaru? Yeah, he had seen right through that. Especially when he got to know her more.

Shikamaru's gaze softened when he noticed the slight plumpness of her eyes. Something he knew only happened after she cried or if her eyes were bothering her from the use of her dōjutsu. But seeing as though he had been with Y/n for about a year, he knew it wasn't ninja-related.

The boy sighed softly. He held his pinky out and looked a Y/n. "Promise me you'll talk to me later about it?"

The girl looked at him letting out a small, defeating sigh. She walked up to him a hooked her pinky around his, connecting their thumbs to "seal the promise".

Shikamaru placed a small, comforting kiss on the girl's lips before looking into her eyes once more. "You have to stop bottling up your emotions, N/n"

"You're one to talk, Nara."

The boy chuckled in a low tone. "Yeah...but we can get better at it together"