i need a shikasaku icon
title: lolokay
note: this is verrry old. like last october. yeah. and the fluff will make you vomit. just saying.
ALSO: pandreaa THIS IS NOT OTP. DON'T GET EXCITED BY THE UPDATE. I REPEAT: THIS IS NOT OTP.
disclaimer: i do not own naruto
summary: shikamaru told her he loved her. and she said okay. OKAY. she said okay. wtf.
It was evident that the feelings were there. They, Shikamaru and Sakura, had been something of an item for the past ten months. There was no doubt in his heart. Whatever he felt for Sakura Haruno was strong and intense and sent his heart rate speeding. When she smiled, he couldn’t help but do the same, though he tried hard to hide his minor grins. Simply put, he loved her.
So he told her. And she said okay. OKAY. He confessed his love and she said okay. He was positive there was something wrong with that.
“I love you,” he tried once again, hoping to spur a more detailed response. He wasn’t trying to be needy and he didn’t enjoy saying the l-word so often, but there was something about her simple ‘okay’ that bothered him. Sakura smiled back at him and he fought hard not to copy her grin. She pecked him on the cheek and took his hand in hers, squeezing it, silent. Shikamaru frowned at her, shaking his head. “I don’t get it - I tell you I love you and you say ‘okay.’ Now you won’t say anything.”
She didn’t even reply. Instead, she chewed her bottom lip, still having the gall to smile. “Oh, I didn’t realize you felt so strongly about it,” she said lamely.
He snorted. “No shit I do, Sakura. I don’t get it...” Shikamaru shook his head utterly confused. “What’s your problem?”
“I don’t have a problem,” she replied, slowly growing agitated. Sakura sighed. “Look, I really like you and you really like me - why should we have to give that affection... words?” He raised an eyebrow and she sighed once again. “Shikamaru, I’ve confessed love before,” she began, ignoring his look of ‘that was not what I wanted to hear’, “and both times - BOTH TIMES - I was rejected.” Sakura laughed mockingly. “That sort of traumatizes a girl...” She shrugged and looked down, letting go of him. “I just... it wasn’t fun, you know? Putting everything on the line and being shot down. Not only does it totally screw with a girl’s ego but... well it kind of hurts, okay. I don’t want that to happen again.”
“But it won’t, moron,” Shikamaru muttered, rolling his eyes. Understanding what bothered her - well sort of - he decided to let it go. Wrapping his arms around her, he rested his chin over her head. “You’re an idiot. I told you first, remember?”
“Yeah...” That was true, Sakura noted as she returned his embrace. “Okay. I guess I you-know-what you, too.”