𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐬. ┊𝘯. 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘪 𝘹 𝘺𝘰𝘥𝘰

𝟭𝟬 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙊𝙉𝙎

WARNING : Slight intimate moment but no smut.

Shikadai and I are pretty good-no, we're best friends. Sure, we fight or argue sometimes but only playfully and yea, it's true, we met under bad circumstances 'and I may have insulted him and his mother...'. However, when we met again because we were both ambassadors of our village, we may had different opinions at first but then we hit it off quite well.

We helped each other out, listened to music while watching clouds, he saved me and I saved him though he saved me more times 'not that I'd tell him though, he'll just rub it in my face, cocky bastard. I'll get him back one day' and worked together like a lot of times. And not gonna lie, there were times where people thought we were dating but obviously we denied because it's true! We were best friends and nothing more. We never were and never will be more. Both of us only thought each other as friends and we agreed.

It's been a few years since we've been friends. We're practically young adults now. A lot of things can change like feelings. I admit I've grown to love him. How I know? Lately, my heart beats rapidly whenever he touches me and I get this tingley feeling just by being near him. How troublesome. What's worse is that he has more fangirls now than he used to. Most of them are really pretty. They're always eyeing him and all, it's wonder why he never has a girlfriend? Oh wait, nevermind. It's Shikadai. He's Nara for god's sake. Everything is a drag for him.

The thought of confessing to him always crossed my mind. But, I can't just say it straightforwardly and I'm really scared of getting rejected. It's not because I'll get sad that he won't accept me, it's the fact that what will happen afterwards. Will we still be best friends? Is it going to be awkward between us? That's why I always end up not telling him. However now, I've already set up my mind. I'll stay strong no matter what happens.

I was brought out my thoughts when someone pulled out my earphones. "Hey-!" I looked up and saw Shikadai.

"Don't hey me, troublesome woman. I'm the who's supposed to be pissed right now. I called your name a lot of times but you didn't hear me" he huffed.

Oh whoops. My bad. Ah. That's right. I was waiting for Shikadai this whole time. We're gonna hangout today since it's been a while. "Eheh. Sorry".

He rolled his eyes and said "Let's go before it gets dark". I nodded.

We went to his favorite cloud watching spot aka our hangout place. I still remember a few years ago, back when I didn't like him more than a friend, Chocho told me that I was special to Shikadai because he never brings anyone else here besides me. There was a little sense of hope because of that. I sat under the tree and leaned on it while Shikadai layed down. There was a few minutes of silence and while that I thought of a way to know if he likes me back. Man, it would be great if I could just ask him. Aha! That's it! A game!

"Since it's so quiet, why don't we play a game?" I suggested.

"A game? What game? Does it involve moving?" he groaned.

Lazy idiot. Why do I even like you? "Tch. Lazyass. No, it doesn't"

"Ok, what's the game?" he asked.

"10 questions"

"Ugh. I have to answer questions. What a drag" he groaned again.

"Shut up, I bet you don't have anything better. We're playing whether you like it or not" I huffed.

"Alright, alright. What are the questions gonna be about?" he asked.

"Geez, you ask so many questions" I pressed on the word questions. He rolled his eyes.