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The Things That Don't Match	By : writeaddict Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1411 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 24

Naruto relaxed on the couch, his arms behind his head before looking sideways at Shikamaru, “So what did you guys talk about?”

Shikamaru stiffened before he sighed and relaxed on the couch beside his friend, everyone else had finally left, “So you noticed that?”

Naruto scoffed, “Of course I did. Don’t avoid the question.”

“You. What else would we talk about?”

Naruto frowned at him, “And you couldn’t just...not? I don’t want my best friend and my boyfriend to be fighting.”

Shikamaru pulled Naruto closer to him and looked up at the ceiling, “I know you still think about Sasuke,” Naruto tried to pull away but he didn’t let him go, “Even with all of these distractions around you, even with all of your friends and even your new boyfriend- you still think about Sasuke. Do you realize how much that relationship wrecked you? Of course you do, you lived through it. And even after all of that you still want and think about him. If I didn’t at least try with this relationship I’d be a really bad friend.”

Naruto stared at him for a few moments, blue eyes penetrating him, “Sasuke wasn’t your fault.”

Shikamaru laughed and looked at his friend, “You have no idea.”

Naruto shrugged, “As you said earlier, it was my choice.”

“Are we done with me for now?” Shikamaru asked.

Naruto winced, “Yeah.”

Shikamaru turned to look at him, “What was up with that earlier? When Kiba said he thought you and Sasuke would kill each other.”

Naruto shifted against him, “I thought it was funny.”

“No you didn’t. And if you really did then your humour leaves something to be desired.”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Shikamaru felt his eye twitch, “It doesn’t matter, huh? Is that how you really want your friends to find out about your second occupation?”

“No, it doesn’t matter. You stopped me from doing something stupid, you always do.”

“Do you want me to stop? If you don’t want me to help you I won’t go out of my way to do so. Naruto, our friends are good people but everybody has flaws. I’ve had a while to get used to the practicality in what Kyuubi does, what he’s trained you to do- they won’t be like me.”

Naruto closed his eyes and leaned against his friend, “I’m sorry.”

Shikamaru sighed and pushed some of his hair back from his face, “It’s fine.”

***

Naruto downed the shot of vodka and slammed the shot glass to the counter before looking into the red eyes of his friend, “Fuck, Itachi. I didn’t expect it to be this stressful coming back. I’m actually surprised you didn’t pay me a visit earlier, thank you for that.”

Itachi poured him another shot, movements graceful, “What seems to be the problem?”

Naruto sighed and took a sip of the drink, “I can’t stop thinking about Sasuke even now but I already know it won’t work; eight years has shown me that. I actually sort of hate your brother, no offense. Shikamaru’s been acting all weird around me even though he’s still so fucking sharp and seems to know everything going on. It’s like he knows me better than I know myself, and he’s always making sure I don’t do anything stupid and it just makes me feel dumb! And I’m sure he doesn’t mean to but I don’t need this right now and lately Kimimaro has been bugging me for sex!”

A fine black brow rose, “Then why don’t you have sex with him?”

“Because I don’t want to right now!” Naruto blew out a breath of air before softly saying, “I don’t want to mess this up. I’m not a slut or anything but I don’t really hesitate to jump into bed with people and once I do I have a hard time saying no to them. Maybe that’s where I go wrong, maybe I should get to know them more before I sleep with them. I like Kimimaro and the very least he deserves is my full effort, but he’s not making this easy!”

“Have you told Shikamaru how you feel about all of this?” Itachi asked.

“Why should I, he knows everything. And it certainly wouldn’t help me, Shikamaru has been most adamant about his dislike of Kimimaro. He even stopped talking to me for a couple of days, do you know how awful that was?”

“I can only imagine,” Itachi said dryly.

Naruto glared up at his friend, “Don’t be condescending. His opinion means a lot to me, he’s been there for me through a lot and he knows me, knows everything important. We are together so much that it’s almost like we’re attachments of each other. I trust him completely.”

“Then why didn’t you just say so?”

Naruto looked up sharply, “Say what?”

Itachi looked at him out of the corner of his eye and claimed a stool across from Naruto, “Naruto, none of your friends are stupid. We know you hold something back from us, we know you don’t trust us completely like you expect us to be snatched away or betray you or something. That you trust him completely says a lot. You didn’t trust Sasuke all that much, I think it pissed him off almost as much as it pissed him off that you trusted Shikamaru more.”

“I’m afraid Shikamaru is going to be right about Kimimaro,” Naruto whispered, “He’s right about almost everything and it would suck if he was right about this.”

“Do you really think you and Kimimaro won’t last? 

Naruto shrugged, “I don’t know.”

Itachi sighed, “Naruto, the relationship between you and Kimimaro is between you and you alone, Shikamaru isn’t in it nor should he dictate it. It will only work as much as you both want it to.”

Naruto smiled up at him, relieved, “Maybe it will work, we’ll see. I’m trying and so is Kimimaro.”

“Alright then, I’m afraid my time is up. Time is money. I’ll be stopping by for dinner some time soon.”

Naruto stood up and waved at him, “Fine, fine. Thanks, I’ll see you later, ‘Tachi.”

***

Shikamaru was woken up from his nap by his cellphone ringing. He searched for the annoying device and finally answered, “ ‘Lo?”

“Shikamaru.”

Shikamaru automatically sat up when he heard Itachi’s smooth voice, “What can I do for you, Itachi?”

“You’re in love with Naruto.”

Shikamaru sighed, “I know that and so, it seems, does everybody else.”

“He trusts you completely.”

“Yes? Would you care to tell me something I don’t know or even the reason of your call?”

“I can help you get him.”

Shikamaru nearly dropped the phone, “What?”

“Would you like my help in getting Naruto?”

“You know I would never refuse your help but why are you doing this?”

“Because indecision leads to failure the same way trying does,” Itachi hung up.

Shikamaru stared at the phone emitting a dail tone for a while before disconnecting the call and putting the phone down. Itachi was always puzzling. It did make him curious about what occurred at Itachi’s house with Naruto though.

Shikamaru closed his eyes and fell back to the bed, it took him a long while to get back to sleep and it was long after Naruto had arrived back home. He had a feeling he and Naruto needed to have a conversation, Itachi’s words had set off a lot of his Naruto triggers.
A/N: A few revelations and we introduce Itachi. As usual review responses can be found here: http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/index.php/topic/20447-the-things-that-dont-match/page__gopid__227671#entry227671
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