The Way Things Were and Are

Oh my gosh, could it be!? Yes! It's an update in my side fics! lol Let's dance everyone! *snickers* It's another Shika/Neji focused one and I was in the mood for some more...smut. :P You can't hold that against me right? lol And if the characters are OOC, I'm sorry. I tried to keep them as in character as possible...

REVIEW REPLIES:

Admiral ShadowWolf: I suppose it could be considered a promise. I'm sure I'll think of a way for Shikamaru to use up that promise of Neji's. haha Happy reading. :D

Prism0467: I'm very happy you feel that way. haha

Tori: I don't think mine can compare to pen_name's, but I thank you for the compliment. :) It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. haha And yes, I totally understand. I made him exceptionally kinky in that story. *blush*

Mina: lol I doubt it's the hottest thing, but thanks. :D I'm glad you liked it that much! *hugs*

yuurimaoh: The uniform will be glad to retire whenever it does. XD lol And yes. Tip toes, Neji, or you'll be sexed to death! haha

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TWTAS 9

Neji was furious. It had been five days since Shikamaru had disappeared without a word. Four days since he had learned of the mission Shikamaru had not told him about. Two days since he had heard of the dangers of this mission from his ANBU captain and one day since Konoha had had any connection with his lover and spouse. Yes, he was worried, but he was more pissed then concerned. After all, the Nara hadn’t said one word to him about it.

He knew Shikamaru was safe. After all with himself being an exception, there was very little that could surprise Shikamaru and that calculating brain of his. The man was a genius and men with brains like his own simply weren’t surprised by much. Now for some reason, Neji was able to throw Shikamaru around for loops and twist his brain into knots. Whether that was because Neji was complex or because the Nara loved him, the Hyuuga wouldn’t ever really know.

Huffing as he sat in his chair, Neji decided that he needed to make dinner. Who knew if Shikamaru was going to show up tonight? It was supposed to have been a four day mission and it had been five. One day wasn’t enough to make him really worry as it was possible with any shinobi mission. It was just a factor that you didn’t know about until you arrived at your destination. That was true in most of life’s cases, but at the same time, it wasn’t an excuse.

The Hyuuga pushed himself to his feet and headed towards the kitchen. Although he wasn’t a master chef like some of the people he knew, Shikamaru had taught him how to make a few meals that would pass as excellent in most households. And seeing as there was a roast in the fridge (he hadn’t bought it, that’s for sure) that would go bad soon if he didn’t use it, Neji knew exactly what he was making. Fortunately, there was plenty of time left in the day for him to slow cook the meat. He prepared it and left it to sit, going upstairs to his room.

Frustration with Shikamaru or not, Neji was still one of Naruto’s bodyguards and had a duty to uphold.

The day went by slowly, much to his distaste, but there was little the white-eyed man could do about it. When the day was over, Naruto and Sasuke invited Neji to join them on a walk, which he politely declined. He then invited them over for dinner, knowing that there was no way he could eat the entire roast himself and that there wasn’t a lot of room left in the refrigerator for leftovers. He was going to have to do some cleaning soon.

“You’re making a roast?” Naruto asked wide eyed, only to be smack in the back of the head by his lover. “Ow! Teme! What was that for?”

“Don’t insult him after he’s invited us for dinner,” Sasuke growled, glaring at the blonde.

“No offense to Neji, but I don’t want to be eating a charcoal black meat that tastes like ash!” the Hokage frowned.

“I understand your concern, Naruto,” Neji stated, slightly put off, “but I can guarantee you that it will not be burned.”

Nodding his head towards the blonde, as if to say ‘See?’, Sasuke turned his attention towards Neji. “Would you like for us to bring something?”

“If you wish,” Neji replied. “I’ll have everything for a full coarse meal ready to go when you arrive.” And with that he was gone.

Dinner approached swiftly and it wasn’t long before the three males were sitting comfortably around Neji’s living room. They talked of several things, which Neji was thankful for as he didn’t want to keep his mind focused on Shikamaru’s absence for too long. As upset as he was with the other, he missed his presence more. After all, he loved Shikamaru. When the other was gone, he was terribly bored and sometimes he was even miserable.

When it came time for the couple to leave, Neji was actually slightly sad to see them go. They had helped him clean up his kitchen, despite his insistence that he do it himself, so he wasn’t upset about being left behind with a large load of dishes. In fact, he was more upset that he didn’t have them. They could have proven to be a distraction for him. As he waved farewell, it hit him that he had simply enjoyed the company of his companions and to see that time end was a little sad.

Shaking his head, Neji made his way up to his bedroom. With nothing better to do, he started to fold some of the clean clothes Shikamaru had thrown across the room in his haste to leave. Shaking his head, Neji started to put them away as well. He would have picked them up on the day Shikamaru had disappeared, but he had left them out, hoping that the other would return and then realize that Neji wasn’t his housemaid. Unfortunately it was bothering the Hyuuga and here he was cleaning up his husband’s mess.

He smirked. Figures.

Although neither of them had ever discussed it, as the uke in their relationship, Neji had immediately started taking on the chores of any housewife. He was certainly more concerned about cleanliness then Shikamaru, but at the same time, he enjoyed cleaning. There was something about looking in a room after the job was done that made him feel good. That and having been pampered for the first part of his life, Neji was more then glad to do something other then sit and look pretty.

Standing in front of their shared closet, Neji lifted the last of Shikamaru’s clothing, which happened to be a shirt, to his nose and breathed him. H really did miss his spouse. It was a like a switch had been flipped all of a sudden. Neji started to grow hot as he put the shirt away and when he had gotten back to his bed he was slowly getting an erection. Grunting as he got to his bed, the Hyuuga stripped off his shirt, hoping that the action would cool him down.

It didn’t however. Instead he got even hotter. He flopped down on his bed, having no clue what was going on. He was now very aroused and it was starting to become very urgent for attention. He grunted as he started to grind against the comforter of his bed, hoping to find some sort of relief. It didn’t do a thing and before he knew it, he was lying naked on his bed, his clothes thrown haphazardly around the room and his hand was racing up and down his swollen member.

His own touch wasn’t doing the trick, however, and when he had managed to bringing himself to a painfully hard state, Neji had to wonder what had happened to bring him here. He had so many sudden urges and it felt like Shikamaru would be the only one to help him finish. He didn’t have any idea when Shikamaru would be home, and he whimpered at the thought. How long was he going to have to be like this? Maybe he’d have to go get some help from his Hokage and his family rival.

The slam of a door caught his attention however and Neji stilled as he sent his chakra out to touch the invader. When he recognized the other as Shikamaru, the Hyuuga nearly broke down in relief. He so needed to come and now that his lover was here he could find the relief he desired. The Nara seemed to sense that something was off and was heading directly towards their room, something else that Neji was praising the heavens for.

“Neji, is everything-“

The older shinobi didn’t give his lover a chance to finish a sentence before he had pulled the other’s pants down, underwear included. His hands immediately wrapped around the base of Shikamaru’s limp member and his mouth was started sucking on the tip as soon as it touched it. Caught off guard by the sudden movement, Shikamaru hadn’t been able to do anything but stare at the quick movements. It took a moment before his brain could register that something had happened.

Not willing to give his spouse a chance to refuse his advances, Neji continued to lovingly suck and moan around the other’s hardening member and he positioned one of the Nara’s legs in between his own. Once he was sure it wasn’t going to move, he started to grind up and down against it. He moaned deeply and he felt the organ in his mouth twitch at the sound and vibrations it created. The Nara’s breath hitched in his throat and his hands flew to Neji’s head, fingers curling into his hair.

“Neji,” Shikamaru gasped, “what are you do-ngh!”

The Hyuuga wasn’t going to lose this now. He wanted to suck the other’s cock and he’d die fighting if someone tried to change that. He pulled more of the pulsing member into his mouth as his tongue played with the vein that was practically throbbing at his touch. The fingers in his hair would twitch sporadically and he would moan appreciatively every time they would. His own member wasn’t getting the relief it wanted, but he could care less at the moment. He had a cock in his mouth and he was happy.

They sat there for a moment, Shikamaru resting against their bedroom wall with Neji’s head in between his legs, giving him the best head he had ever received. He wasn’t sure how much longer he could last with the way the other was sucking on him. It didn’t help when the Hyuuga deep throated him and his head flew back against the wall. His hips were bucking constantly and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get the other to back off or to let go.

“N-Neji! Stop! I’m g-going to come!” the younger male panted, his legs trembling.

Encouraged, Neji pulled back for some air before he deep throated the other once more, sucking as hard as he could and swallowing around the hot, thick, pulsing organ. The Nara couldn’t take it anymore and he cried out as he released his load into Neji’s mouth. The Hyuuga moaned appreciatively and continued to swallow, pulling more from the spewing cock while he didn’t stop rubbing himself against the younger shinobi’s leg.

Once finished, Shikamaru slumped to the floor, gasping for air as his hands dropped to his sides. He simply sat there for a moment, dazed and unfocused until a whine caught his attention. Neji was desperately rubbing himself against Shikamaru’s leg, like an animal is heat. His eyes locked with his lovers and Neji whimpered again, crawling towards him before he nestled into Shikamaru’s chest, still rubbing himself against the Nara’s leg.

“What’s going on Neji?” Shikamaru asked quietly, pulling the other’s hips to a stop.

Neji whined again as his hips struggled to create the friction he so desired. “I-I don’t know!”

“Neji-“

“Please,” Neji sobbed, which was so unlike his long haired lover that the Nara was definitely worried. “We’ll talk…later, just…please!”

Shikamaru sighed and wrapped and arm around the other’s waist, pulling him close, and away from his leg, before he pressed a tender kiss to Neji’s neck. He continued to distract the Hyuuga as his hand reached down to cup the red cock jutting away from his lover’s body. Neji mewled so loudly that the younger nin wasn’t quite sure what to think of it. It was almost as if Neji had turned into a giant kitten. A giant sex kitten that is.

The Hyuuga’s fingers curled into the fabric of Shikamaru’s ANBU clothing as his lover slowly stroked him, bringing him closer and closer to the edge. He wasn’t sure how much longer he could take it and he begged the other to move more quickly with his needy moans and the thrusting of his hips. Seeing the look of absolutely urgency on his lover’s scrunched face, Shikamaru couldn’t help but giving in to the sounds and started to randomly squeeze in his strokes.

“Ooh…Shika…” he moaned deeply. “Feels…so good. Harder!”

“What do you say?” Shikamaru asked teasingly, smirking as he licked the shell of Neji’s ear.

“Please!” The white-eyed nin begged, more wanton then the Nara had ever heard before. “Please, do i-it harder and…faster!”

As much as he enjoyed teasing his spouse, Shikamaru had questions that he wanted answers too and he was very tired. He’d rather get the whole night done and over with as soon as possible. With that in mind, he did as his lover begged him to and soon had Neji writhing in his lap. If he hadn’t been so tired, he might have actually encouraged the feeling as the older nin was rubbing his groin in a very attractive fashion. As it was, however, he continued to make his lover writhe and squirm, delicious cries spilling from his mouth as he drew nearer to his climax.

Neji bit down on Shikamaru’s shoulder as he came, a muffled scream reaching Shikamaru’s ears. He watched as the other’s seed shot from his cock till it was spent, the member falling limp in his hands. Finished, the Hyuuga slumped in his husband’s arms, exhausted and relieved. He was so glad that the other was home and all of his previous anger towards the other had simply vanished. He simply sat there gasping for breath, eyes closed and body limp.

“Now,” Shikamaru stated matter-of-factly, clearing his throat, “what brought that on?”

“I…I honestly don’t know,” Neji said softly, panting heavily.

“Well, why don’t you tell me what you’ve done today?” the Nara stated. “Maybe that will give me an idea.”

Neji frowned slightly. “It wasn’t any different today then it was any other day. I got up, went to work, came home and had dinner, and then came up here to clean up the mess you made.”

“You just barely cleaned it up?” Shikamaru blinked. “How could you stand it?”

“That’s not the issue here,” the Hyuuga stated, scowling.

“Right, right,” Shikamaru nodded. “When did you start to get aroused?”

Neji blushed and didn’t answer for a moment before he let out a soft, mumbled, “After I smelled your shirt.”

Shikamaru did his best not to smirk. “As flattering as that is, akanbou, no one can get so hard from simply a smell.”

Neji’s blush grew darker. “I…I played with myself too…”

The Nara was having a difficult time not laughing. “Alright, what happened before you smelled my shirt?”

“I had dinner, which Naruto and Sasuke,” Neji stated, glad that his lover wasn’t going to tease him. At least, not yet.

Shikamaru frowned. “You had dinner with them? If Sasuke drugged you again-“

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Neji scowled. “I was the one that made dinner. There was a roast in the fridge that was going to go bad if I didn’t use it.”

When the younger nin stilled, Neji was sure that something had just clicked in Shikamaru’s mind. He waited for the other to say something and his patience didn’t go unrewarded. “You…cooked the roast?”

“Yes,” Neji said skeptically. “Why does that matter?”

“No reason,” Shikamaru coughed, clearing his throat.

Neji glared. “Nara Shikamaru, you will tell me what you did to that roast and you will tell me no-…You drugged it!”

“What?”

“You drugged the roast and hoped to get me to eat it!”

“No, that’s not-“

“Has it really come to that? That you’d need to drug me before we could have sex? I can’t believe you would do something like tha-“

Neji’s mouth was promptly covered by his husband’s hand and he glared as his sentence was effectively stopped. Shikamaru sighed, let out a muttered ‘troublesome’, and then turned his full attention to his lover and spouse.

“I did nothing to that roast because it wasn’t meant for us,” Shikamaru stated.

The older nin pulled away from the other’s hand and frowned. “What do you mean?”

The Nara sighed. “The labs have come up with a new drug like powder that they wanted to test. It’s supposed to release hormones that will induce good feelings when you think about your lover, spouse, etc. I was supposed to get the roast to Ino and Chouji as they agreed to help my dad with the experiment. I got called on a mission however and didn’t have time to deliver it. Dad figured that the roast I was supposed to give to them would go bad and so he sent another. I never got the chance to tell you about it or my mission. Satisfied?”

Neji snorted. “No, but that explains my sudden…desires. I suppose that-…oh no…”

“What?”

“I-I have to tell Sasuke and Naruto about the roast! Otherwise they’ll think I purposely drugged them, again!” Neji moved to get up but was stopped by Shikamaru’s arms. “Shikamaru-“

“You expect me to let you go after the welcome home I received?” the younger nin grinned lecherously. One of his hands slipped to start stroking the other’s member once again, immediately pulling a gasp from the Hyuuga’s lips. He was almost instantly hard again. “There was probably enough of that drug in there to get a hundred men aroused. I am not letting you free, akanbou.” With that said, Shikamaru left no room for an argument and carried an extremely aroused lover to their bed, where they spent the entire night having sex.
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Hee hee. See? There you go. A reason for Neji to act like a wanton whore. :P Not that he hasn't done that before, but yeah... lol