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Shikamaru takes his responsibilities as heir to the Nara clan very seriously. So seriously that he is willing to deny himself what he wants most in the world.

#shikanaru #shikamaru x naruto

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Shikamaru tags along with Iruka-sensei to check on Naruto when he's absent from class, and learns a lot of things about his classmate for the first time.

#shikanaruevent2025 #shikamaru x naruto #shikanaru

“Look, I can’t tell you how I know, but I know what you overheard that day, and I know how it sounded, but I need to explain. It wasn’t what it sounded like.”

Naruto froze, all of his muscles tensing like he was preparing for a fight. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Naruto said breathlessly, eyes wide and staring straight ahead, unseeing.

“Yes, you do,” Shikamaru refuted. “But what you heard was only part of what I said, and I completely understand why you took it the way you did, but if you just let me explain, it’ll… well, it might not make everything better but I think it’ll help a lot. Your people miss you, Naruto, everyone’s worried about you, and I promise it wasn’t what it sounded like.”

Naruto crossed his arms, and in that moment he looked so young and hurt. “I’ll let you explain, but I don’t know what you can say that’ll make a difference.”

Shikamaru breathed a silent sigh of relief. At least he would get to tell his side. At least Naruto would know that nobody thought he was a nuisance, or wanted him to stay away. Even if Shikamaru lost him forever (and the very thought felt like a chakra-infused kick to the sternum), at least Naruto could reconnect with the other people he had pushed away. “That’s all I ask,” he told Naruto, then walked to an isolated bench along the street and sat on one end. Naruto followed him reluctantly and sat as far away as he could, and Shikamaru took a second to breathe through the pang that sent shooting through his chest.

“Okay, I’m listening,” Naruto said after a tense moment of silence. He still wouldn’t look at him.

“I can’t deny that I said what you heard,” Shikamaru started, and studiously ignored the flinch Naruto gave at that. “But you didn’t hear everything. I… I’m….” Shikamaru’s voice trailed off, his mouth going dry. “Goddamnit,” he muttered, trying to gather the courage he needed to keep going. Naruto, surprisingly, remained silent, waiting for him to gather himself and continue. “Before you started listening,” he continued, deciding to take a less direct approach than he had with Kiba, “Kakashi-sensei had asked me about a suspicion he had about the way I feel about you. He had noticed that I had been acting differently, especially in respect to you, and he called me on it. What you heard was me trying to explain why I was behaving strangely, why it was that my feelings were so chaotic.”

“Shikamaru,” Naruto said, now looking more confused than hurt or wary. “What are you saying?”

Shikamaru took a deep breath through his nose, let it out through his mouth. “I’m trying to tell you that what I said, what I was trying to explain to Kakashi-sensei that day, is that I’m in love with you.”

(For the prompt misunderstandings.)

#shikanaruevent2025 #sneak peek #shikanaru #shikamaru x naruto

evartista

then Shikamaru got no sleep overthinking that

leozitic

This is the most homoerotic piece of literature I've ever read. Shikamaru please listen to yourself speak man you're so whipped….

gainahan

naruto driving headcanons

Naruto - definitely not licensed. debatable whether he actually knows which one is the brake pedal. as long as Sakura is alive he will not be allowed behind the wheel of a car. unknowable/10

Sasuke - also not technically licensed, but all things considered a pretty decent driver. probably started driving well before he was legally old enough to. 7.5/10

Sakura - road rage extraordinaire. swears up and down she goes the speed limit but in truth goes at minimum 10 over. “speed limit is a suggestion” more like speed limit is a challenge. at the very least she gets them where they need to go. 5.5/10

Sai - never learned to drive until he met team 7. between Naruto and Sakura’s influences, he won’t be getting licensed for at least the next 6 years. good luck/10

Shikamaru - truly cannot be arsed. if asked to drive he claims to not have a license, but he definitely does. another unknowable/10 but I like to think in a pinch he’d be pretty good at it.

Choji - reliable driver but has a tendency to be late. gets stressed out when he has more than a few passengers. 6/10

Ino - wants to be a passenger princess soo badly. unfortunately for her, she’s the best on her team. being good at driving is her curse. woefully, 10/10

Kiba - team 8’s designated driver, believe it or not. he is…not good at it, per se, but better than the rest of them. having two sets of eyes on the road tends to help. 6.5/10

Hinata - gets so stressed out she forgets how to brake. she’ll be white knuckling the wheel going 50 in a residential while her passengers pray for their lives in the backseat. -2/10 her dad’s insurance is through the roof

Shino - morally opposed to driving. he hasn’t confirmed why but the running theory is that a swarm of his bugs faceplanted into the windshield once and traumatized him. unknowable/10

Neji - doesn’t believe in right-of-way. refuses to use his mirrors. whole heartedly believes he is god’s gift to the interstate. by some miracle has never gotten into a crash, but if any of his passengers are sensible people he is banned from the wheel. 0/10

Tenten - makes Sakura’s road rage look like divinely inspired patience. honestly she’s not even mad she just enjoys it. has to be actively talked down from brake checking people. banned from the wheel 0/10

Lee - while technically a perfect driver (obeys every speed limit, never makes an illegal turn, maneuvers like butter), having him in the front seat is such an intolerable experience he’s also banned from the wheel. those unfortunate enough to have witnessed it don’t speak of their experience, but rumors involve something along the lines of a custom-made Gai inspirational quotes driving playlist. 0/10

Temari - grew up driving her brothers around. Absolutely hates it. when she’s in a car she’s got her feet up on the dashboard and always has the aux. if she were to drive again, 9.5/10

Gaara - an…extremely calm, level headed driver? side effect of RBF is that everyone is always waiting for him to snap and run someone over. he never has. probably listens to calming classical music or something while in traffic jams. 10000/10

Kankuro - I find it funny to believe he’s the actual passenger princess. unknowable/10

finebella

Shikamaru Nara and Hinata Hyuga are absolutely wild to Naruto.

They are both stalkers, but while Shikamaru is an information gatherer and knows everything, Hinata is a physical stalker.

Shikamaru "imprinted" in the early days of the academy, but no one knew about it until he filed for registration of his fixation

("A fixation on a person? Are you sure that-" "It's been going on for 6 years. I'm sure" "…oh")

Well. About "nobody knows".

Chouji knew about the obsession, but doesn't connect it to the fixation and thinks that his friend is just like that™. It happens. After all, Hinata is the same (and she doesn't have the excuse of "Nara fixations")

The Nara love to gather information.

For Shikamaru, the unpredictable and mysterious Naruto is bait. Hook, line and sinker.

Shikamaru wants to know everything about Naruto - not a single detail will be insignificant He learns more and more about him, without noticing how he becomes obsessed.

He knows everything, like in the song with which this idea was started

I name your mother and your father and the first pet that you keep I know your favourite place to dine at when your cheque comes in each week I know you do your wash on Sundays and you separate your whites And that your car needs a new tire 'cause last week I laid those spikes I've got a million polaroids with all the dates penned in red ink I sneak a walkie-talkie in your room to listen to you sleep

the first pet can be either "Kyuubi" or someone Naruto got. In any case, Shikamaru knows about the jinchuriki status

And even more. He also knows that Hinata is watching him from afar. (He has photos of her rummaging through Naruto's trash, for possible blackmail)

They eventually team up after the Chunin Exams. It's too late to kill or blind the princess, Naruto took her under his wing more consciously. Hinata could never fully get rid of someone who truly became Naruto's friend They can only team up

When Shikamaru realizes that Naruto thinks Hinata is afraid of him because of his stuttering and fainting, he introduces them so that he won't be sad anymore (Hinata is horrified that she hurt him with her behavior and ecstatic that he cares about her so much)

They both dislike Sakura. Moreover, Hinata was irritated by Sakura until Shikamaru pointed out a more serious problem.

Sasuke.

………………………………….

I think it will be really funny when the older generation realizes that the Nara and Hyuga heirs are crazy about one (1) fox boy.

I was thinking up some possibilities how this will be revealed to the older generation

For some reason, there is a temporary reassignment of teams (like an exercise or something). And Asuma gets our trio

And at the end of the training week, the senseis (and some parents) are gathered at the bar, while the other senseis are discussing the kids, Asuma is just drinking and looking into space

“Tough week?” “You have no idea”

You would think that among the three of them, the loud blond one would be the problematic one, but no. He is surprisingly easy to be around if you pay attention to him. He is the only ray of light in all this nonsense, whom Asuma fiercely defends when someone implies that he is the one making the week tough.

It is the “quiet and calm” ones who are absolutely crazy.

It's always the quiet ones.

(just imagine Hizashi and Shikaku aging before our eyes when Asuma describes their children as wild gremlins whose brakes are a ninja without brakes.

I admit I'm a big fan of Shikaku, who panics over his son because he knows it's a disaster waiting to happen.

Hizashi doesn't know the scale yet, but he'll learn)

xreyyart

Shikanaru because who never kissed their best friend after all

leozitic

dalniente

it is honestly amazing how much of writing and editing is just. logistics. like... do i use a name here or a pronoun? if i move this dialogue tag to the middle of this line and break it in half, does the end of the line hit harder that way? what if i move the tag to the front? what if i remove it entirely? ...wait, whose point of view am i in; can i reasonably say this character is appalled, or must i say they look or seem or sound appalled? is this a deliberate action or a step-removed one; is her hand closing on his shoulder, or is she closing her hand on his shoulder? environment environment environment, we need to break all this dialogue up with some narration, the scene is coming untethered. what! are! they doing! with! the rest of their bodies that are not hands! fuck fuck fuck FUCK i forgot we covered this two chapters ago and now i either need to cut this whole chunk or find a reason to reprise the conversation from earlier. name or pronoun? name or pronoun? name or pronoun? move this clause around in this sentence? oh i'll add this phrase-- nope, never mind, past!me added the same phrase two lines down. okay, if i add too much environmental narration it's going to take away from this bit, but not enough and it won't feel grounded. what if i move this to its own line? where the FUCK are their hands?

whattarush

Where’s Buck?

waxanie

”my life, it doesn’t work, nothing has ever fixed that.” © show: “the magicians” [fanart]

pukotort

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bakwaaas

sicklesium-moved-deactivated201

i dont get offended at white people jokes even though im white because:

i can recognize white people as a whole have systemically oppressed POC in america, which is where i live

most people when they make white people jokes only mean the shitty white people and i am not a shitty white person

im not a pissbaby

damncommunists-deactivated20180

my white friends that have reblogged this give me life

zelda-tempest

4. Sometimes I am a shitty white person and the jokes remind me to FUCKIN STOP

lallamariamhabibi

If ur white and like this post I fux with u

birdpapi-deactivated20171121

^absolutely

verdant-witch

5. It’s hard to be offended when white people jokes involve bland food/tourist dads in socks and sandals/white girls in yoga pants obsessed with pumpkin spice/suburban PTA moms and other harmless and mostly true stereotypes while jokes about POC involve them being called thugs/criminals/slurs/uneducated/illegal immigrants.

blackpoeticinjustice

i fucks with u heavy if ur white and you reblog this

sm0k3-ring-deactivated20160109

6. They’re usually really fucking funny and don’t perpetuate stereotypes that will ever affect me economically, politically, or cause me any true harm, let alone create risks that “justify” my murder and/or death