"Babe. This isn't my first mission you know?" I say as we walk up to the main gate of the village.
"Just let me nag you. It'll make me feel better." He says as he stops, pulling me against him.
I hear the sound of footsteps against the gravel and I look over Kakashi's shoulder to see Shikamaru sluggishly walking up the path.
Kakashi glances over his shoulder and then turns back to me. His hands come up and he flattens down the collar of my ninja vest.
I slap his hand away.
"I know what you're trying to do." I whisper through gritted teeth.
He gives me a playful smirk in response.
My hand comes up and rubs the bright purple hickey that he left on my neck earlier. I roll my eyes at him trying to expose it.
But I rather like it.
I won't give him the satisfaction of knowing that though.
"Text me as soon as you guys get to your hotel tonight. If not I won't be able to sleep." He grabs my chin in between two fingers and brings his lips to mine.
He deepens the kiss, placing his hands on the small of my back and pulling me flush against him.
I fight the urge to let out a moan as his tongue swirls over mine.
He pulls away from me, amused by the dazed look that he leaves on my face.
"I love you. Invite over Asuma and Iruka to keep you company." I tell him.
He smiles down at me.
"I will. I love you more."
Shikamaru stands a couple of feet away from us and clears his throat.
"Ah. Shikamaru." Kakashi nods his head at the Nara.
"Kakashi Sensei." Shika nods back.
I turn to Shikamaru. "Okay, let's go." I say.
We walk through the main gate as Kakashi stands there and watches me leave.
I turn around to wave to him, feeling like four days won't go by quickly enough.
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We travel until about two in the morning. We talked the entire time, making the hours fly by. I forgot how easy it was to talk to Shikamaru.
By the time we make it to the village we're meant to spend the night in, we're an hour ahead of our schedule.
"That gives us an hour of extra sleep." Shikamaru says, the happiest I've seen him all night.
We walk through the dimly lit streets until we see a sign for the Village Inn. This village is rather small so I doubt they would have any other inn except for this one.
"I'll grab us some rooms." He says as we walk in through the front entrance. I nod and head in the direction of the waiting area to rest my pounding feet.
I pull my phone out and see three unread messages.
Two from Kakashi and one from Asuma.
Asuma:
Your boyfriend is annoying & sulky w/ out u
I giggle trying to picture Asuma having enough patience to deal with a sulking Kakashi.
I close out of Asuma's message and open Kakashi's.
Kakashi:
Come back. I miss you already.
I smile to myself and scroll down to the next one.
Kakashi:
I can't stop thinking about earlier when you were cumming on my di-
"Okay, so bad news." Shikamaru interrupts.
I close the screen and shove my phone face down on my leg. I feel heat sweep over my face and I know I'm blushing.
He cocks an eyebrow at me but doesn't ask.
"What happened?" I ask him.
"They have only one room left for the night. And they're the only inn in the village." He explains.
"Oh." I say trying to sound like it doesn't bother me.
"But it does have two beds." He adds quickly.
"Perfect. See? No problem." I say relieved. I pick up my small backpack and throw it over my shoulder as we make our way to the elevator.
When we get to the third floor, I follow Shikamaru to the room number the man at the front desk gave him.
He puts the key in the door and opens it, walking in and flipping on the light switch.
When the light turns on we both stop in the doorway and stare at the one bed that fills the room.
"I can go back down and ask if it's the right room." He says, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. A blush creeps over his cheeks and I can't help but laugh.
"It's fine. I can sleep on the floor." I offer.
"Don't be dumb. I'm taking the floor. What kind of man would I be if I let a woman sleep on the floor." He scoffs.
"Are you sure? I really don't mind." I say, walking in further and placing my bag down on the floor.
"Of course." He says. "Is it cool if I take a shower first though?" He asks.
I motion towards the bathroom.
"Be my guest." I say, smiling at him.
He nods and disappears into the bathroom with his bag.
I sit down on the bed and take my phone back out, dialing Kakashi's number.
The phone only rings once before I hear his warm voice on the other end of the line.
"Hello love." A tiny smile spreads on my lips. I wish I was there with him.
"I miss you too. And I can't stop thinking about it either" I say in response to his earlier text messages. He lets out a soft chuckle.
"So you got my messages." I can almost hear his shit eating grin through the phone.
"Mhm. I definitely did. I also got one from Asuma saying that you're annoying." I tease.
"Fuck Asuma. Back to us. What are you wearing?" He asks with a low and raspy voice, sending a pleasurable wave through my system.
"Kakashi." I hiss quietly.
"Um. I'm not alone." I say.
"Are you not at the hotel yet?" He asks, confused.
"We are. Just- Um, they only had one room left this late at night." I whisper into the phone. I hear the shower running in the bathroom but I keep my voice low just in case.
"You're killing me. Let me guess. One bed?" He asks.
I don't answer, biting my bottom lip in hopes he won't be too irritated.
"Is he taking the floor?" He huffs.
"Yes." I squeak out.
"Well. At least he's a gentleman." He says chuckling. My anxiety immediately eases.
I've been so on edge with his reactions today. I should know better than to think that Kakashi would get angry with me for stuff like this.
"I really love you." I hum into the phone.
"I love you too beautiful. You should get some rest." He suggests.
"What time will you be leaving the hotel in the morning?" He asks.
"I think we'll be heading out around seven. We're ahead of schedule right now and we'd like to keep it that way." I explain.
"Okay, well text me tomorrow when you can? I'll be home all day waiting for the furniture to be delivered." Excitement rises in me knowing all of our new stuff will be there when I get back home.
"I will." I respond.
"Goodnight. Sweet dreams baby." He says softly.
"Goodnight my love." I take the phone away from my ear and hit end.
I hate sleeping away from Kakashi. The few times that we have slept away from one another since we've started dating, I either can't sleep for shit or when I can, have horrible nightmares. I'd much rather be in his arms. Safe and secure.
I dig through my backpack and find the melatonin that I brought, placing the bottle on the nightstand. Hopefully that shit will knock me out for the night.
Shikamaru opens the door to the bathroom. His hair hangs down to his shoulders, still dripping from his shower leaving damp spots on his tshirt. His sweatpants hang loosely from his hips making me avert my eyes. It almost feels wrong to see him like this while we're alone in a hotel room together.
I stand from the bed and grab my backpack to take my turn in the shower.
I turn on the water and wait until I see steam coming out from behind the shower curtain to strip and step into the tub.
The hot water is an instant relief to my muscles. I let myself soak for several minutes before I even think about washing my hair.
Once I finish showering, I wrap myself in the short white towel sitting on the shelf and get my pajamas out of my bag.
I dry myself off and pull on my yoga shorts and Kakashi's black tshirt that I stole to sleep in.
I use the towel to squeeze some of the excess water out of my hair and then hang it up to dry over the shower curtain rail.
When I come out of the bathroom, Shikamaru is sitting crisscross on a makeshift bed that he set up for himself out of extra blankets from the closet.
I put my back pack on the ground again and crawl into the bed with my hairbrush in my hand.
"You know that shit won't actually help you sleep good." Shikamaru says, pointing at the bottle of melatonin I left on the nightstand.
I look down at him and see the tray he has in his lap as he rolls himself a joint. I chuckle as I drag the hairbrush through my wet hair.
"This will work much better." He says before licking the rolling paper and sealing off the small joint.
I haven't smoked in months. But he's right, without Kakashi here, it'll probably be the only thing that'll help me sleep.
I've smoked with Shika more times than I can count. The only difference between this time and all the others is that we're not going to be having high sex right after we're done.
I blush at the intrusive thought.
My mind wanders off to what high sex with Kakashi would be like. We've smoked together plenty of times too. But we weren't together like that during those times. I mentally put it on my to do list as I watch Shikamaru flick on his lighter and inhale deeply.
He exhales and blows out a big cloud of smoke as he reaches over and passes me the joint.
I place it against my lips and take a deep breath in. I feel my throat burn instantly and fight the urge to cough.
I take one more hit before passing it back to him, feeling the immediate relaxant of what I just smoked.
"Hits better than any sleeping pill, doesn't it?" He asks, smirking at me. I nod my head, already feeling my eyelids grow heavy.
"That it does." I say before breaking into a fit of giggles.
He lets out a small sigh before taking another hit.
"You always were a lightweight when it came to smoking." He gives me a small smile as I lay down and get under the covers.
"Did you tell Temari we made it safely to the inn?" My voice comes out softly as I start to close my eyes. I feel my high pulling me into a deep ass sleep.
"Not yet." He says.
"You should. She'll sleep better knowing you're safe. Trust me." I suggest.
He looks down at his phone and shrugs his shoulders.
"I guess you're right."
I close my eyes and hear his fingers typing away on his phone.
"How'd Kakashi take the same room, one bed thing?" He asks me. I can hear the tinge of amusement to his voice.
"Eh. He didn't really give a fuck. He's not the jealous type." I open my eyes to see Shika laying on his back, looking up at the ceiling.
I reach over to the night stand and shut off the lamp, leaving us in the darkness.
"Could've fooled me with the way he left that mark of territory on your neck." He says chuckling.
"He didn't do it on purpose." I mumble, trying to defend Kakashi.
I know he did though.
"All I'm saying is it wasn't there when I saw you this morning." He says.
I roll my eyes in the darkness, knowing he can't see me.
"He was just a bit overzealous in bed today." I laugh, feeling the full effects of the weed. He laughs too.
We stay in a comfortable silence for a few minutes before he clears his throat.
"Were you fucking us at the same time?" He blurts out.
I prop myself up on my elbow, looking down at the spot he's laying in on the ground.
"Do you honestly think I'm like that?" I whisper.
"No." He sighs. "I don't know. I don't think so." He takes a quick pause.
"No." He adds again softly.
"But you had those hickeys the day after and... I don't know." He trails off sounding a bit ashamed of the question.
"It just... happened. That night. I didn't know him and I were gonna, you know.."
He stays silent.
"You and I had gotten into that argument and I was already drinking so I called him over. I didn't know him and I were going to go as far as we did." I try to explain.
"Do you regret it?" He says after a pause.
I really don't even have to think about my answer.
"No." I say bluntly. "Do you?"
"No. I wouldn't be with Temari right now if things didn't turn out how they did." He says. I can hear the appreciation he has for her in his voice.
"Exactly. I wouldn't be with Kakashi." I say, agreeing with him.
He doesn't respond and we lay in silence for several minutes.
I close my eyes again, feeling like I can't stay awake any longer.
"Night Ari." He whispers from his spot on the floor.
"Mhm, night Shika." I respond as I let myself drift off into a peaceful slumber.
Authors note:
How many shots would you need to hook up with Shikamaru y'all??
I feel like I would need 2 or 3 because I would need the liquid courage cause he's so perfect 🥲
I kinda had a rough day today and it made me feel better knowing I was publishing a chapter for you guys today. I hope you all had a wonderful day. Thanks for being here ❤️❤️❤️
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