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When Morning Comes	By : PrplGrl Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1131 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: Sorry this took so long.� I was trying to figure a way to chop my next
idea into two chapters instead of one big one (I�m still burned out from the
last two *_*) and finally came up with this!�
Thank you so much for the reviews!!�
Please leave me more, as they are cookies for my muses� or maybe energy
shots would be the more correct term for this situation�.�� Prpl Grl

In A Time of Need

�Maybe this was a bad idea,�
Shikamaru noted, silently grateful he remembered to tighten his seat belt as
one hand clutched his seat.
�Don�t back out on me!� Naruto
begged beside him, hands on the steering wheel and determined blue eyes focused
on the road.� �You promised to come over
and talk to him!�
�I meant that I should drive,
Naruto!�� The Nara held his breath as
they turned sharply on the street.� It
was raining heavily; the wipers were having difficulty to keep the windshield
free of water as the blonde raced down the road.� �Could you please slow down!� The roads are fucking wet, idiot!�
�But we need to get to my house!�
�Damn it, Naruto, I doubt he�s gonna take off!�
Just� at least go five over
the speed limit instead of fifteen!� I don�t want to wind up as road kill!�
�Okay, okay, grandma!� Naruto
whined, finally slowing enough for the brunette to feel�� comfortable.�
�I really do appreciate you doing this, Shikamaru,� he added.� �It means a lot.�
The Nara sighed, trying to quell
the dread he felt deep within his chest.�
�I just hope you�re right.�
�I wouldn�t have bothered you
unless I was certain.� I mean, come
on!� I live with him!� I think I know when something�s bothering
him.�
�Yeah, sure,� Shikamaru whispered,
dark eyes looking through the rain drenched window to gaze at the passing
houses.� A slightly uncomfortable silence
floated around them for a few minutes, until the blonde pulled into the
driveway.
�Damn it,� Naruto complained,
coming to a stop just outside the garage, parking behind a candy apple red
colored convertible, which was parked nicely inside the garage.� �That old
pervert took my space!�
The Nara raised an eyebrow, but
didn�t comment.� He figured he really
didn�t want to know who the other was talking about.� He sighed softly and unbuckled his seat belt,
once the engine was turned off, and gave the blonde a concerned look.� �Naruto� are you sure about this?�
The Uzumaki pulled out his cell
phone and looked at the face, barely glancing at the brunette.� �Sure about what?�
Shikamaru looked at the carpeted
floor beneath his feet.� �Are you okay�
with me making up with your dad?�
It was Naruto�s turn to sigh as he
set down his phone on the dash.� He gave
Shikamaru a serious look, although the other couldn�t see it.� �Of course, Shikamaru.� I mean� you haven�t seen him like this.� I can tell that he thinks about you a lot and
this past month� has almost been like d�j� vu to me.�
The Nara nodded a little.� �Yeah you mentioned something like that.�
�Do you know what dad was like when
my mom died?�
Shikamaru turned to the blonde,
feeling a bit curious and empathetic toward him.� �No� I�m not even sure we knew each other
back then.�� He watched Naruto lean back
in his seat, blue eyes turning sad as he gazed at the windshield, the rain
tattering on the glass and the roof over their heads.
�I was ten,� Naruto started
softly.� �I barely understood what was
going on, ya know?�
It took a long time for me to realize that she wasn�t going to come home
anymore.� Dad� was devastated.� Of course, to me he�d be all smiles and
trying to make the best of the situation, but�.�� He sighed, blue eyes darkened with sorrow
shifting to his hands in his lap.� �After
he put me to bed� several times I�d wake up during the night and have this�
urge to check on him.� I always found him
in his room, crying, and drinking vodka and lemonade.� Sometimes, he�d drink two or even three full
glasses of it before falling asleep.�
The Nara nodded slightly,
understanding how tough it could be.� His
own father didn�t talk for several days and then went on a smoking binge, where
Shikamaru himself originally picked up the habit; sneaking a few cigs from
Shikaku�s stash.� �Did you know what
vodka was at that age?�
�No,� the blonde admitted.� �Dad actually had the bottles in the room,
which was the only way I found out what he was drinking.� I asked my godfather what it was.�
�Which I�m sure opened up a whole
inquiry about why a ten-year-old would need to know such a thing.�
�Yeah,� Naruto whispered, �and he
wouldn�t leave me alone until I told him why I wanted to know.� It took a few hours, but I finally spilled
the fact that dad was drinking every night.�
My godfather came out here the next day and the next thing I knew� dad
stopped.�
��until a month ago,� Shikamaru
mumbled, noticing the small movement of the blonde�s head as he confirmed his
suspicion.� His dark eyes glanced at the
convertible in the garage and nodded toward it.�
�And that would belong to your godfather?�
Again the Uzumaki slightly
nodded.� �He�s� supposed to send me a
text message when he�s done talking with dad.�
Shikamaru held back a groan; that
meant there was no need to rush over here.�
He had pissed off his dad and Chouji by following up on the blonde�s
�urgent� request.� Being as protective as
they are, they strongly insisted that he not go, or to at least have one of
them tag along.� The Nara knew, however,
that this kind of situation called for privacy, not vengeful fathers or friends
looking over the �victim�s� shoulder.
He squinted a bit at the license
plate on the red car, having a little trouble reading it through the rain still
pouring onto the windshield.� �What the
hell does that say?� he mumbled.� �Lover boy?�
Naruto chuckled.� �Yeah.� He actually has another car with plates that
say �Love Toad.��
The Nara raised an eyebrow.� �Love toad?�
�Well, he owns his own publishing
place, the same one that published the books he wrote years ago.� He bought out the company and calls it �Love
Toad Publishing.�� Although, all he
prints now is adult stuff.�
Shikamaru blinked.� That name did sound familiar�.� �I probably have a few items from that
company,� he murmured, trying to keep the blush from his cheeks.
The blonde chuckled again.� �Who doesn�t?�
A piercing ring sliced out the
silence in the car, both men jumping, even as Naruto grabbed his cell and
quickly reading the message.� Worried
blue eyes slowly rose to meet nervous dark ones.
�We can go in, now,� the blonde
whispered.
Shikamaru swallowed a bit and
nodded.� His heart started pounding as he
opened the door.� The rain didn�t even
bother him; the Nara actually cherished the time it took to walk to the
entrance to the house in the downpour.�
While the water drenched him, all he thought was that he was outside and
not dry inside, where the man who�d broke his heart
was standing.
He followed the blonde to the door,
but gently grabbed his arm before the other could open it.� The Nara gave Naruto a suspicious look as
blue eyes gazed at him with a worried curiosity.
�What?� the blonde asked, voice
sounding a little too small.
Shikamaru raised a curious
eyebrow.� �Exactly� what did that message
say?�
The Uzumaki blinked.� �What message?�
The brunette resisted the very
strong urge to sigh and gently smack the other.�
�The text message your godfather sent you.�
�Oh!� Naruto exclaimed, blue eyes looking away as he recalled no more than a few
minutes ago.� �Uh� �come
over now, I�m almost done.��
This time Shikamaru did sigh.� �Then he�s probably not expecting us to show
up for another ten minutes or so, right?�
He thinks you�re still at my house.�
The blonde took a moment to think
about it.� ��I guess.�
�Okay then.�� The Nara reached into his coat pocket and retrieved
his pack of cigarettes, lighting up a stick before putting them away again.
�What are you doing?� Naruto asked
in a whiny fashion, placing a hand on his hip and scowling at the other.
Shikamaru took a long drag.� �It will help calm my nerves a bit okay?�
�What�s there to be nervous about?�
He shook his head, rubbing his
temple a little too roughly before he locked gazes with the blonde.� �In case you�ve forgotten,� the Nara said, �the
last time I spoke with him, things� didn�t turn out so well.� And it wasn�t much different with you.�� He took another drag.
�Man, that
was a month ago!� Naruto argued.� �Things
changed!� �I changed.�
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow
again.� �Did you?� So this won�t bother you at all anymore?� Four weeks ago, you were pissed at the idea
of me dating Minato and now you�re pushing me to do it!� Maybe dad and Chouji were right� there might
be something else going on here.�
�That�s not true!� the blonde
almost shouted as the Nara inhaled more smoke.�
�I already told you, Shikamaru, I love my dad!� I will do anything for him!� I� want to see him happy,� he said in a more
gentle tone.
�You can�t be sure that I can do
that, Naruto,� Shikamaru whispered.
�Yes, you can,� Naruto said, a
smile pulling at his lips and determination shining brilliantly within blue
eyes.� �Ya know,
I almost had dad sober once� until he saw you at the restaurant.�
Shikamaru almost choked on the
inhale.� Minato had seen him there?
�I had him in a great mood, too,�
the blonde continued, �but then he noticed you leaving the building.� His eyes even trailed you down the
sidewalk.� It was then I realized� that
you�re the only one who can give me my father back.�
�Despite the fact that you love me,� Shikamaru stated, taking
another drag.
Naruto nodded.� �But I love my dad more.�
The sound of the rain still falling
around them filled the air as both men were silent, the Nara trying to figure
if the blonde standing before him really meant what he said.� Was he truly over Shikamaru enough to hand
over his father?� He figured in the
negative on that, but the fact that Naruto had gotten the Nara himself was all he really needed to know
that the blonde really wanted to see his father happy and alcohol-free again,
and was willing to go to any lengths to do so.
�Some sacrifice, though,� Shikamaru thought, taking the last inhale
on the cigarette and throwing the butt onto the water-drenched walkway they had
taken to get to the door.� �Placing his father�s happiness before his
own� that takes guts.�� He watched
the burning embers quickly fizzle out in the rain, then
turned back to the blonde.
�All right, Naruto,� he stated, �I
can�t make you any promises� but I will try� for both our sakes.�
Naruto gave the other a bright
smile before turning back to the door and twisting the knob.
�Here goes nothing,� the Nara thought, his heart starting a
franticly nervous pace within his chest as they stepped over the threshold.
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