My College Life (a NaruHina AU fanfic)

Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

Shikamaru suddenly stop his motorcycle in front of a small childrens' park slightly far from where he supposed to bring me tonight. I am so confused but still follow his tracks. He climb down his bike and look back to me, as if saying that I should follow him.

He sit on an empty bench facing the small lake and the beautiful moon shining above us. He tap the empty spot on the bench, giving me the gesture that he wants me to sit next to him. I did as what I was told, taking my place beside him with a decent distance between us.

With the silence hugging us as we both watch the dancing reflection of the silver moon on the sparkling lake, my heart goes wild inside my chest. My stomach feels like flying, and my breathing became unstable. I still manage to look presentable thou, even I could feel I will collapse anytime soon.

I wait for him to speak as I watch the traces of moonlight dancing in his face. He just sit on the bench lazily, looking straight to nowhere I know. I was about to ask him why we stop here, but Shikamaru broke the killing silence first.

"The moon is so beautiful, I cant help but stop our way here. I'm sorry" He said, turning his piercing ivory irises into my milky white ones. His face is so majestic under the sparkling silver dim light caused by the reflection of the moon into the water. I could feel my cheeks burn all the way to my ears, yet I can't stop my self from staring into his marvelous countenance.

"It's okey." I said back, trying my best to hide every bit of my trembling emotion deep down inside of me. I still can't stop my self from looking at his face, and I know that he does, too.

His eyes feels like impaling my skin, sending me shiver down to my spine. The feeling I got from when I hold tightly onto his back seem like grow more stronger, It feels like I will explode.

To my surprise, he hold my hands with those he have, then pull me to stand up. I do as he told me, making us both standing face to face with each other. He put up his left hand and brush his finger thru my hair. I jumped a little from his action, but still keep my cool.

"Thank you for trusting me." He whispered, loud enough so I can hear him, kissig the end of my locks before he let it flow back dowm. My lips part a bit, surprised from his word. I cannot reply from them, yet he looks like he doesn't need it too.

With our hands still connected, he lead me back to where we left his bike earlier. He put up the lock on my helmet for me, then do it again with his. We ride back to the road we take earlier, now with much slower phase. He clearly said I should still hold into him tightly, making me hug his warm back again.

We barely talk, yet I could feel something inside us that feels happy and contented. The road we took earlier looks like brighter than before, making the ride more enjoyable. Also, I couldn't feel the cold breeze anymore, thanks to the heat caused by our body touching each other.

We arrived at the dorms and took up the elevator together. We still haven't talk since from the park, yet his hand firmly holding mine is enough to make me hear wild music inside my head.

Given that our rooms are facing each other, he insisted to send me to my door. I chuckled to his small joke, yet it makes me quite excited.

I pull out my copy of the keys from my pocket then grab my notes on Shikamaru's arm. He give them to me with his small smile, and hand me a palm-sized chocolate bar. My eyes grew big as I look at the eye candy laying on my hand.

"That's for making you starve. I'll treat you to dinner some other time." He said, romantically. Before I could answer back, I feel his right thumb slowly brushing my lower lip as he hold my chin. My widely opened eyes grew more bigger, and all the trembling I keep deep down escaped out of my being. My body start to shake nervously as I look at Shikamaru's face, slowly closing it's inch towards mine.

Every second passing makes me more nervous. I can see Shikamaru's eyes are clossing and I can feel his warm breath brushing my cheek.

His aiming for a kiss!!!

I close my eyes, not knowing what to do anymore, but then, I heard a door open violently not far from where Shikamaru and I are standing. Eyes close, I could feel Him remove his hand away from my chin and lips.

I open my eye and saw Shikamaru turned his head towards to where the loud sound came from. I follow his gaze and I feel like frozen and out of air.

In front of an open door, Naruto is standing there with a shocked face, mouth agape. His wide eyes sways back and forth looking to Shikamaru then to me. I cannot point out the look painted into his eyes and face.

Shikamaru then tap my head with hid palm, "I'll see you around. Good night." He said, then quickly stride his way inside their room. I just nod as a response, watching his back as he disappears behind their door.

I look back to Naruto on my right to greet him properly, but his stoic face makes me stop my action. He suddenly look different from the usual, as if black aura starts to immerse out of his body.

Before I could try to speak up again, he close the door from his room, looking away from me, then walk his way to the elevator. I watch him as he disappear from my vision, feeling a bit guilty, even I don't know why I feel that way.

With a confused head and a slightly clinching heart, I enter our flat and head straight to my room, flipping my self down my soft bed.

I could hear Sakura's saying something from the other room, but I could not understand it as I contemplate everything that happened to me today.

'So much happiness has a sad price', they say. Now I understand the saying completely.