Shikamaru X Reader

Chapter 5:

The sun's rays leaked into my room through the window and shined in my face causing me to stir awake. I sat up with a yawn and stretched my limbs cracking them in all the right places. I swung my legs over my bed and got ready for the day. Before running off, I grabbed my headband from the counter and tied it on. I quickly ran through town, bumping into people and apologizing on the way. As I bumped into a person and turned to apologize, I did not see the person behind me that I crashed into. I groaned and felt something squishy in my hands. I squished it a few times only to receive a massive blow to the head. I flew off of whatever it was and smashed into a wall.

"Pervert!" A girl squealed as she covered her boob.

I took a moment to realize what had happened and looked at my hand doing a squeezing motion. As it settled in, my eyes widened and my face lit up.

"Oh my god! I am so sorry!" I shouted as I looked her in the eyes.

Her face was covered with blush. She had short pink hair, mint green eyes, and she was wearing some free moving red outfit. I did not quite understand what it was, but I did not question it. She was about to fight back with something, but walked over to me with a sigh. She looked away and held out her hand. "I forgive you, but don't you ever do that again!" She growled in annoyance. I nodded ferociously and grabbed a hold of her hand. She pulled me up and I dusted myself off. "Thank you.." I muttered. She blushed deeply and mumbled a,"You're welcome.." She looked me up and down with confusion. "Are you new? I don't think I recognize you.." She said with an eyebrow raised. "Yes, I am, actually.." I admitted shyly. "Well, perv, what's your name?" she asked with a smirk. My eyes widened. "That was an accident! Anyways, my name is [Name]," I shouted in embarrassment. "You have a girl's name," my breathing hitched,"-but you're cute so that covers up for it," she said with a wink. I shyly thanked her and she grabbed my hand. "Since you're new, how about I show you around?" I nodded in agreement, stumbling behind her trying not to trip. As we past a boy with duck butt-looking hair, she just waved. "Oh hey, Sasuke-kun," she said rather quickly and continued. I noticed Naruto was talking to him and his blue eyes widened at Sakura's words like she has never done that before. Before he could say anything, we were already gone. We continued walking until a boy came walking up to us on his hands. He had black hair cut in a perfect bowl-cut, dark black eyes, big eyebrows, and a green, tight outfit. He jumped back doing a back flip and got into a fighting stance.

"Who is this youthful man you are with, Sakura? A challenge, I see! Come and fight me!" He shouted holding his wrapped hand out with his four fingers up and his thumb facing his palm. Sakura sighed and looked at the bushy brow-ed boy. "I'm sorry, not right now, Lee. I'm showing him around since he's new."

"Ah! So he is not challenging me to a youthful battle? Fine, then. My name is Rock Lee!" he said holding a hand out towards me. I grabbed it and shook it. "[Name]. Just [Name]. Nice to meet you... youthful.. person.." I said with confusion. He smiled widely, showing his white teeth. He gave me a thumbs up and his teeth did a shine.

'Whoa..' I thought to myself.

I felt Sakura tug lightly on my hand and I apologized to Lee before bidding myself a good bye. He waved and we were off again. Before I knew it, a small huddle of girls were following us.

"He's cute."

"Sakura, who's your friend?"

"Is he single?"

"Is he new?"

Sakura was heating up in anger and turned on her heel to glare at the girls. "He doesn't care! Leave! I'm just showing him around town!" She shouted. The girls began to yell and shout back until I cut them off. "Sakura, it's okay.. Umm.. excuse me, ladies, but could you please leave? I'm going to be living here for now on so it's not like you have to follow us on first day," I said in a calm tone unaware as to why they were following us. The women sighed and agreed before leaving. Sakura crossed her arms and tapped her foot. "I have no idea why you were so sweet with them. They are just going to bug you anyways." I shrugged my shoulders in response. "At least, they went away.."

She hummed and grabbed my hand again, pulling me elsewhere. By the end of the day, we had finished the whole village. My feet ached once we finished. I saw a barbecue place and my mouth began to water. "Can we go in? I'm really hungry.." I admitted as my stomach growled. She blushed deeply and nodded hesitantly. I looked around until I saw a familiar person sitting in a booth with a blonde and a chubby brunette. "Shikamaru!" I called out, catching his attention. He looked over the booth and saw me. I smiled widely and walked over to where he was sitting as my hand unknowingly unlatched with Sakura's, unaware of how Sakura felt her hand grow cold. The blonde looked bored from watching them eat, but as soon as her eyes met with mine, they widened as hearts filled them.

"Oh! You know him, Shikamaru?" She asked dreamily causing smoke to blow out of Sakura's ears in anger and jealousy.

"Yeah, this is [Name] or whatever. He's new to the village.." Shikamaru replied in a lazy tone.

"My name is [Name]. Just [Name]. You are?" I asked with the tilt of my head. "M-My name is Ino Yamanaka!" she said in a stutter. I smiled, "That's a beautiful name. Quite unique, actually." Her face blew up in smoke as she blushed intensely. My attention turned onto the brunette eating the barbecue wings. "And you are?" I asked him. He looked at me and raised an eyebrow. "Chōji Akimichi," he replied quickly then went back to eating. I laughed and nodded. "Cool chat. Okay, so what's up, Shika?" I asked, leaning against his booth. "Shika?" He raised an eyebrow at my nickname I gave him. "Yeah, Shika. Do you not like it?" I tilted my head as I questioned him. He shook his head and pursued his lips. "It sounds weird, but I guess.." He muttered which I heard. "Okay, cool. Anyways, you didn't answer my first question."

"How's today? A drag. It's been a long boring day. What about you?" he asked looking over his shoulder at me.

"I was literally dragged!"