Labor Force Liaison

((Sorry for the delay. Hope this chapter makes up for some of the wait. Will get something up soon. Don't fret. Kabuto will get his. Have fun. Review if ya feel the urge. Makes me feel special.))

Chapter 6

Shikamaru woke up to an unfamiliar place, and it took a moment for him to remember exactly what happened. The urge to laze around left him immediately. The technician got up, heading into Neji’s room. He froze at the doorway, staring at what he saw. Calling Neji cute was now the hugest understatement of his life. The Hyuuga was lying there with just a thin white sheet covering him. The sunlight from his window seeped through to highlight his body perfectly. Neji was on display. And Shikamaru couldn’t look away. And just like that, it was over. He shifted, starting to awaken.
“My head…” Neji groaned, sitting up.
The sheet covering Neji slid down to expose Neji’s chest, delaying Shikamaru’s response.
“You drank a lot.”
Neji’s eyes trailed over to the Nara before starting to snicker. Shikamaru’s eyebrow rose. What could possibly be funny enough for him to laugh with a hangover?
“I didn’t know you got bed head that bad.” The Hyuuga laughed, pointing toward the technician’s head.
Shikamaru looked at his reflection in the nearby mirror and his eyes widened a bit. His elastic band was gone and his hair was everywhere. He did his best to fix it, replacing the elastic immediately.
“I don’t remember shit…” Neji lied. He remembered a lot. He just wasn’t what was accurate.
“We didn’t do anything.”
Fuck. That asshole really read him that time. Shikamaru was getting good at that.
“You begged me to stay. I stayed. We finished the movie. You fell asleep. I put you to bed and went to sleep on the couch. That’s it.”
Neji looked dumbfounded for a moment. That’s it? That’s all that happened? At least he hadn’t embarrassed himself.
“I really look like a fuckin’ girl. Getting blackmailed into sex and accepting it, getting wasted and begging you to stay.” He said, gripping his hair in frustration.
Shikamaru missed most of that statement. He was watching the Hyuuga’s body. He was kinda flexing. Those muscles were visible.
“Whatever.” Shikamaru produced, shaking his head and those thoughts.
“I guess we could get breakfast, but I can’t cook.”
Shikamaru rolled his eyes, walking out of the bedroom.
“I’ll handle it. Just get dressed. And you peed the bed.”
Neji’s eyes widened and he looked down. Nothing was there.
“Fuck you.”

Shikamaru and Neji sat at the table together, eating the Nara’s breakfast creation. It actually wasn’t that bad. It was clear, seeing Neji wince while eating, that his headache was still bothering him.
“So you don’t remember anything?” Shikamaru smirked as he spoke.
“Not really.”
“Still think I’m a cute for a computer nerd?”
Neji’s fork froze, his eyes locked onto the computer nerd across from him.
“Cause I still think you’re cute for a boring grunt worker.”
The Hyuuga was just staring at him with a funny look on his face. Nothing was said for a while. Neji stood and walked away, putting his plate away.
“I’m taking a shower. Maybe you should go. We’ll talk later.”
It was Shikamaru’s turn to stare straight ahead at nothing. That didn’t go as he planned. The technician wasn’t sure what to do. He couldn’t just leave. He heard the water start in the bathroom and made up his mind. Shikamaru knocked on the door.
“I said we’d talk later.” Neji called out over the water immediately.
“I want to talk now.”
“I’d rather not.”
Shikamaru’s frown deepened. He opened the door to the bathroom, and walked in. That’s when rational thought started; Shikamaru really regretted the move.
“What the fuck are you doing?! Get out!”
Neji had a nice silhouette. All those muscles he saw behind that sheet were back on display. The details weren’t there, but the outline was enough of a turn on.
“I want to talk now. Look. I’m sorry. I was just joking out there. Don’t get all defensive. I’m not trying to embarrass you or make you uncomfortable. I was just making a joke.”
“I’m not comfortable with this gay thing, Shikamaru. Some sick fuck is blackmailing me after all. It’s hard to really give the thought a chance. What do you want from me?”
Shikamaru took a seat on the toilet, rubbing the back of his neck.
“Nothing.”
“Fine. We’ll talk later.”
The Nara didn’t immediately move. He sat there, not even looking at Neji. He finally stood up and headed to the door. He left silently, thinking everything over. He had way too much to think about at the moment. He needed to get to work.


Neji stared at his computer. Work apparently wasn’t happening. He had a bunch on his mind. There was the Shikamaru stuff and then there was the Kabuto stuff. He knew he couldn’t just avoid everything forever. Neji’s legs twitched a little and a familiar pressure near his stomach burned for attention. He had to go. He hopped up and headed to the nearest bathroom. And that’s when the avoiding stopped. He ran directly into Kabuto as he walked. The pervert smirked at him, remaining inside.
“Pleasure meeting you here, Neji.”
“You’re alone on that front.” Neji spat back, deciding he didn’t want to use a urinal with that asshole around.
“Woke up on the wrong side of the bed? Or the wrong bed?” He teased, slowly following the Hyuuga as Neji headed for a stall.
“Don’t worry about what bed I’m waking up on. In fact, don’t worry about me ever waking up near yours.”
Neji roughly closed the door to the stall.
“You do know what that means don’t you? You will be fired.”
The Hyuuga was silent for a moment. The toilet flushed and he emerged, glaring directly at Kabuto.
“I’ll quit. I’m talented enough to get another job.”
Kabuto looked impressed. He circled Neji slowly, licking his lips slowly.
“So that’s your plan? I thought of that. If you quit, I’ll make sure there won’t be a second job. Your reputation will not allow you another job. I would think this choice over first. We’ll talk later.” Kabuto said, ending his statement with whisper in the other’s ear.
Neji glared at the pervert as he left, his jaw tight in fury.
“Fuck.”

Shikamaru sat in his office, hard at work on his video game. Though he was playing, he was thinking over his situation. Did he like Neji? What was he going to do to Kabuto? Should he use magic or stick to weapons and brute force?
“Shika! What are you doing?”
Shikamaru easily pulled another window up as he looked over to his manager.
“Umm…working. That’s what we do at work.”
“Don’t be a smartass, Nara.” The man said, shaking his head.
Shikamaru’s boss put a sheet of paper on the Nara’s desk.
“You know what time it is. It’s time to check the company computers. Those are all the execs you need to check.”
The technician groaned, leaning back in his chair.
“I fuckin’ hate doing this. All the viruses and spam…they don’t do any kind of scans. Nothing.” Shikamaru seethed, picking up the list.
“I know, Nara. Just do it.”
The job seemed like the worst thing in the world until Shikamaru finished scanning the list. A smirk suddenly appeared on the Nara’s face. He got up suddenly and headed out of the office.

Neji looked into a mirror on his desk and raised an eyebrow. He turned around and looked Shikamaru.
“Yes?”
“Do you have the loaner laptop? I need to do a check on it.”
The Hyuuga forgot all about that thing. He reached over and handed Shikamaru the carrying case.
“Come with me. Bring your desktop. I need to check it.” Shikamaru said plainly. It didn’t seem like Neji and Shikamaru were friends at all from the way Shikamaru was talking. He was all business and Neji didn’t look pleased at all by the change. Maybe he really pissed him off after early? The Hyuuga had no idea how to unhook it so he decided to just stare at Shikamaru until he figured that out. Eventually the lazy technician figured it out and unhooked it for the other.
“C’mon.”
Shikamaru pushed the close button the elevator and all of a sudden, Neji had enough.
“What’s your problem? Why are you actin’ like an asshole again?”
The Nara stared at him for a moment.
“I just told you to get your computer.”
This just became more interesting to the young Nara. Was Neji really this upset about him not being friendly?
“I was—“
“Are you mad about earlier? Huh?”
“There’s a—“
“I’m not all that sure about this stuff. I have a lot going on, y’know. This is fuckin’ rough for me.”
“I’m just trying—“
“Fuck you, Shikamaru. What do you want me to say?! I might like you. Is that it?”
Shikamaru couldn’t get a word in at all. Neji was really pissed. His face was all red and the veins near his temple were very visible. The Nara, once again, tried to get a word in. His mouth opened and boom, he was cut off again. This was getting ridiculous.
“I’m sorry, ok?”
Neji shoved Shikamaru back against the wall of the elevator, forcing the technician to look at him. His thoughts shifted as he looked into those brown eyes. They seemed a lot less lazy and uninterested. Neji suddenly didn’t know what he was yelling about. Shikamaru tried one last time and, yet again, he was silenced. The kiss was rough. Neji had really dived into it, and he had the technician pinned tightly against that back wall. He pulled back from Shikamaru slowly, a look of shock on his face. He obviously didn’t plan on doing that.
“I was going to say...Kabuto’s computer is on my computer checklist. I might be able to get some information to blackmail him with. I’m not complaining too much about that interruption.”
The elevator binged and both separated stiffly.
“We can’t act like friends. Kabuto may get suspicious.” Shikamaru finished, leading the way to his office.
Neji nodded, following along behind the technician. Shikamaru had a nice ass.
Shikamaru took the Hyuuga’s computer, checking it over thoroughly. They were both avoiding that kiss now. Anything was more important to discuss.
“Are you going to hack into it or something?” Neji inquired finally, watching as Shikamaru checked over his desktop.
“Gonna try. If he doesn’t have anything, I’ll try something else. Not sure what…but something’ll work.”
Neji looked in awe of the technician. He really wanted to kiss the lazy Nara now.
“I was just gonna kick his ass…but that works.”
Shikamaru wasn’t impressed.
“Just take your tower and get out of here. I have a little more gaming time before have to work some more. I’d like to enjoy it.”
Neji smirked; grabbing his desktop tower while Shikamaru’s boss came storming down the hallway.
“You better get to work on the rest of those computers. Games can wait—“
“Games? Nara? What the hell are you doing? Get to work. You got a whole list to get through.”
Neji’s smirk transformed into a cocky grin.
“Good luck, Nara.”
Shikamaru shot Neji a cold glare, covertly flipping the Hyuuga off as the other headed out of the office.