Warning! Lemon, swearing
Chapter 3 Playing
Shikamaru woke up early at the morning, before the sunrise. He didn't sleep well, thinking of the immortal guy he had found in the forest the day before. How can that guy be immortal? And what the heck he was doing, buried in the familial forest? So many questions... but the man's amnesic, just like him... That sound like a new challenge: find the link between the forest, the lighter and the immortal guy.
"Hi mom!" Shikamaru says as he enters the kitchen.
His mother looks at him, surprised. It's really his son, waking up
early and
joyful? Something must be wrong... "Are you alright?" She asks, worried.
"A little sleepy, but I have things to do. I'm going in the forest, it help me remember." That was not a lie. If the immortal guy is in the Nara forest, he surely knows the Nara and will probably help him remember something. Two heads work better than one, even if one of them isn't really bright... At least, he can think as he looks at the clouds, unlike training.
The young man takes a bagel and holds it between his teeth as he takes another bagel for Hidan and takes his vest. He leaves the house in hurry, trying to put on his vest with one hand and waving his other hand at his mom, still puzzled.
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Hidan didn't want to kill him yet, he wants to play with the bastard who had blown him in pieces and buried him. His wounds are already healed. Dear lord Jashin, it feels good to be back in one piece again! They sit at the base of a large tree, looking at the sky between the dark green leaves. Looking at the sky between the leaves isn't like looking at the clouds, it much more boring...
"I can't watch the clouds here; you should come with me into the village. I just have to say you're a traveler." Shikamaru says nonchalantly, it would be a good idea if Hidan wasn't the s-rank criminal who killed a jounin a few weeks ago...
"I don't think it's a good idea..."
Hidan's reply make Shikamaru confused "Why? I'm sure it will work; they don't know you and you're amnesic anyway."
Hidan retains a laugh. The deer boy really believes he's amnesic? Well, it helps him when Shikamaru asks him why he was buried and he replies he doesn't remember. Now, how to persuade him that going to the village isn't a good idea without saying he's a criminal who killed his teacher?
He thinks a moment before he replies "Exactly. I don't remember. So what if I was a criminal? I don't remember it, but they probably do. I will get punished for something I don't even remember? That's not fucking fair, don't you think?"
Shikamaru is amnesic, so he can easily imagine himself in Hidan's situation. What if he woke up in the enemy's village, what if they tortured him to get information he wouldn't remember? That would be hell...
Shikamaru sighs. "Alright, so try to remember..." He pulls out the metal lighter he had found a few moments before he found Hidan's head. At the sight of the 'deadly weapon' used to bury him, Hidan froze.
"Do you know what it is?" The younger man asks as he approaches the metal lighter near Hidan's face, who moves back by reflex, exactly knowing what that Jashin-damned thing is. "You look afraid of it." Shikamaru remarks and he frowns.
"No no no... It's just... you almost fucking put it in my face!
Play the amnesic, Hidan...It's a lighter, why do you ask?" Hidan give him a faintly fake smile, nervous.
Shikamaru, still lying on his back, pulled back the lighter, this time holding it near his face to examine it. "I found it buried with you, there should be a link between that lighter and why you were buried."
That damn brat... "You think too fucking much! You believe somebody buried me with a lighter? What if you had found a Jashin-damned bento box? I got buried because I finished somebody's food? It just a fucking coincidence." Hidan laid back, his arms under his head. Shikamaru acts like if he doesn't notice the nervousness on Hidan's voice. It's almost like if he's afraid of a simple lighter... They stay silent a moment, looking at the tree above them. Shikamaru cannot see the clouds as much as in the village... "It's boring here..."
"If you was buried for Jashin-knows-how-long, you would be able to appreciate being free. Feeling the wind on your skin and the grass beneath you." Hidan smiles, closing his eyes just have a better feel of freedom and brush the grass under him with the back of his hands. Damn he missed how good it feels to be free.
The young Nara smiles. No, Hidan can't be hiding something, he's way too simple minded... "I bet you missed the sun too..."
"I fucking hate the sun. I always get sunburns, sunstroke or sun-whatever, that fucking hurt." Hidan's replies making Shikamaru laugh.
The immortal dude has a crude language and isn't really a good role model for Shikamaru, but he's funny... and pretty good-looking...
"
What am I thinking about? Men shouldn't be good-looking, I'm straight!" He quickly look at the man lying by his side, his silky silver hair was well combed, as always, a serene smile on his soft lips, his beautiful captivating amethyst eyes and his fair smooth skin... "
Well... I think I am straight... was I? I don't even remember if I was straight or not!" Shikamaru held his head between his hands and growls in frustration.
Hidan looks at him, perplexed. "Are you alright?
Does he notice something?"
"Hun? Oh... yeah, don't worry! Just... thinking too much..." Shikamaru gives him a fake smile to reassure him. "
He worries about me..." The deer boy thought, as he laid back, his arms crossed behind his head. Instead of trying to look at the clouds between the leaves, he decides to looks at the leaves moving in the wind. It almost likes looking at the clouds...
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When he returns at home, late in the evening, Shikamaru go straight to his room, ignoring his mother questions. She's troublesome. Why does she always have to know where he was, what he was doing, why he doesn't come back for supper? That's none of her business, he's sixteen years old! He can do whatever he pleases without informing his mother of all his deed; he's old enough to decide by himself.
He doesn't really know why he cares about an amnesic random dude; maybe it's because he seems like the only one who doesn't bother him with 'you were not like that before' or 'I can't believe you don't remember that', always accompanied by sad looks or sobs. He continues to watch clouds and play shogi just like before, so it means his behavior hasn't changed just because of his lost memories, right? Maybe they don't know him as much as they think... or maybe they want to make him believe he's someone else... "
No, no, why they would do that? There's no purpose..." He undressed and untied his hair, letting his dark raven locks fall on his shoulders as he lies down on his bed, his arms crossed behind his head and he looks around him. His room is really clean, everything has its place; his kunai on his commode, his jounin vest and backpack on his chair, a picture frame of his team on his end table... His team... This picture is a proof they didn't lie to him...
He takes the photo and examines it. The boy on the left is himself; he has the same hair style since he was young and the same bored look on his face. Yeah, that's definitely him. The girl in the middle is Ino for sure, she's still wearing purple but her hair is longer. The chubby kid on the right is Choji with shorter hair. What the fuck is on his head? Look like underwear... Shikamaru sighs. The only one he never saw is the bearded man behind them, who he assumes to be their sensei: Asuma.
"What the fuck happened to you?" Shikamaru asked the picture, almost expecting an answer. Unfortunately, inanimate objects don't talk. He places the picture on his end table.
The metal lighter, the bearded man who died for his village, the amnesic dude buried in the forest, the mission... what a drag... and who the fuck is 'Jashin'? Why can't thing be simple? If only he had written a personal diary or something like that... Maybe he should start... but tomorrow, now it's time to do his favorite thing: sleeping.
It's a beautiful hot and sunny day. This forest is his favorite place now; he can be quiet and look at the green leaves dancing in the wind with a guy as lazy as him: Hidan. He's lying on his back with his arms crossed under his head, like usual, and Hidan's sitting by his side, looking down at him, a smile on his face. "Why are you looking at me like that?" Shikamaru asks, curious.
"You're cute when you're thinking." Hidan laughs.
Shikamaru blushes. Is he just laughing at him or is it a real compliment? He really thinks he's cute? Shikamaru shook his head and resume looking at the leaves. Hidan can't possibly think he's cute, they're both men. He's straight... well he should be straight...
It's starting to get cold, even if it's a beautiful summer's day. "That's weird..." He mutters.
"What?" Hidan asks, still looking at him with his beautiful amethyst eyes.
Shikamaru tries to ignore the weird feeling on his stomach. "The weather... it was hot and sunny just a second ago, and now it's cold... but still sunny..."
"I can heat you up..." Hidan offers as he gets on top of him, his face just an inch away from the younger's man's face.
Shikamaru blushes but didn't pushes the other man away from him; the albino's body is so hot. "What are you...?" He doesn't have time to finish his sentence, because Hidan kissed him.
He doesn't react; his mind is still trying to understand what's happening. Hidan deepens the kiss, earning a moan from the younger man as he lets his hands explore his body, hands sliding under his shirt.
"You like it?" Hidan whispers in his ear with a deep husky lust-filled voice. His hot tongue played across Shikamaru's torso and it tickled when he licks his belly button. Hidan gently pulls down the deer boy's blue boxer above his knee as he licks his hipbone, making Shikamaru shivers in anticipation. He knows what will happen next. He grasps the grass under him as he feels Hidan's wet tongue sliding along his member before he takes him in his mouth.
He remembers what Hidan told him earlier about the grass. Yeah, freedom feels good and Hidan is a part of his freedom. With him he doesn't have to worry about the village and nobody told him how he should act to be 'like before'. With Hidan, he can simply be like he wants to be and nobody will scowl him or make him feel bad about not remembering his past life. Hidan's his own freedom... the air is cold but Hidan's mouth around him feels so God damn hot. He bucks up his hip and Hidan sucks him vigorously.
He was about to come when the cold wind woke him up, he forgot to closes the window.
A dream... Shikamaru sighs. It will never happen, dreams are made for sleeping. He mentally curses himself as he stand up to close the window. He lazily returns to his bed, this time pulling a blanket over him. At least he's fixed now, even if maybe in his 'past life' he liked girls, now it's pretty obvious he's not straight...
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The day after, Shikamaru was about to leaves his house when the door bells ring. He grabs his bento and his backpack, ready to leave once he answered the door. "
It's probably Choji or Ino's father coming to talk and drink with my 'father'..." To his surprise, it's not the friends of Shikaku, but his own 'friends' Choji and Ino. He doesn't have time for this, he almost didn't sleep last night because of his dream... the only thing he wants is to be with
him.
"Shikamaru! What where have you been these last few days? We haven't seen you! Where were you?" Ino questions him. She reminds him his mother...
What a drag... Before he cans reply, Choji asks him if he wants to look at the clouds with him.
He thinks for a moment, what he could say to make them leave? "Hum... I have... I want to be alone for a moment, to think about all that, you know... it's very difficult for me, I have to try to remember my past." He lied, clearly not trying to remember anything now that he has tasted the happiness that Hidan brought him.
"We can help you?" Ino offers cheerfully.
"NO!" Shikamaru says a bit too harshly, but he calms down. "I mean... no. I think way better when I'm alone in a quiet place."
They seem disappointed. How sad... Just kidding, he doesn't mind. "I have to go." He replies before his teammate could think of another reason to keep him in the village.
Once he finally joined Hidan, he gently laid his backpack on the ground.
"You bring me food? I'm so damn hungry!" Hidan says happily, a smile on his face.
"You're always hungry!" Shikamaru laughs as he hands him his bento box. He blushes as he remember his dream, but shook his head, he can't think about that right now. He opens his backpack and takes out a shogi table.
Hidan winces "You remember how to play this?
Damn I hate this game..." The younger man smiles. "Yeah, it's one of the few things I remember, I used to play with my sensei..." At the mention of Shikamaru's teacher, Hidan froze. "But I don't remember him." Shikamaru's continue. Hidan sighs. Few...
The first game was quick and as expected, Hidan lost. He blames the birds for distracting him, cursing them for being so loud and threatening that he will eat them if they don't shut up. It has been a long time since Shikamaru laughed that much... Hidan simply smiled, the younger man is a much better companion that Kakuzu, who was always insulting him when he would lose a game of shogi...
"Did you remember anything new?" Hidan asks as he replaces the pieces of shogi on the game board.
Shikamaru thinks a moment before he replies: "I found the picture of my team on my end table. Maybe they were not lying to me after all; I'm really a part of this village."
Hidan smiles and he put his arms behind his head. "Maybe it's an illusion; don't forget you are in a ninja village."
"Why would they do that?" Shikamaru frowns.
"I don't know, but it's weird, don't you think?"
"What?"
"You remember how to play shogi, but you don't remember the person you play with."
That's true, it's weird... but at the same time, he slightly remembers the bearded man explaining something about the king... Protecting the king on the shogi game and protecting the king in real life, but the king in real life isn't the feral lord... He sighs... What a drag...
The day passes calmly, playing shogi and looking at the leaves dancing in the wind. When he returns home after the sunset, Shikamaru see his 'father', waiting for him in the front door. "Having fun playing shogi alone in the forest?" Shikaku asks, with his deep masculine voice.
Shikamaru looks at him a moment, examining him. What tells him that he's really his father? Sure he looks like him, but nothing assures him that he's really the person they affirm he is... The picture on his end table can be a fake; after all, it's a ninja village...
"It more calm in the forest than here." He replies, distrustful. Shikaku frowns but didn't replies as he watches his son go to his room.
To be continued...
Thanks to dark-angel-I for beta-reading!
