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"You can't be serious right now" Shikamaru says exasperatedly as he runs his hand over his face.
"Im sorry Sir, we only have one room with one bed" the clerk gives you both an apologetic look.
"And there are no other hotels?" You ask even though you already know the answer.
"The other closes hotel is a days walk from here"
This wouldn't be that big of an issue if all your supplies weren't destroyed by some enemy Ninja. It was the middle of winter so there was no way either of you were going to sleep out in the open with only your clothes and a fire to keep you warm. So here you are tired and sweaty at a old run down hotel in the middle of the forest.
You've stayed here before when you were still a genin with your squad and you know for a fact the beds are small as hell here so even if you two wanted to share the bed to be most comfortable you would have to be so pressed into each other you would basically be cuddling.
The thought of that made you face flush.
"How are all the rooms filled up?" Shikamaru questions while picking up the key and reading the door number on it.
"Oh my family is here to visit so they are occupying most of the rooms and there's a young couple like you boys. And I know the beds are small but they should still fit both you so no need to worry about that" now Shikamaru joins you in being flushed at her misconception of your relationship.
"Oh- we aren't-"
"It not like that-"
You both speak at the same time trying to correct her but she just swats her hand dismissively "you boys have nothing to worry about no one here will care that you two are a thing" the look she gives you both leave no room for you to argue anymore, so Shikamaru picks up the room key and you both make your way over with red faces and embarrassed looks to each other.
The room looked exactly how you imagined it to for such a small hotel. There was a small table and chair set in the corner the bed was in the middle of the room and there was a even smaller counter top with nothing on it in the other corner. The exact same as it was when you were last here.
"I'll just take the chair" you say plopping down into it while dropping your pack down next to it, the thought of going into the bathroom that's connected to this room and having a shower sounded like to much work for your exhausted body.
"Nah" he says placing down his bag next to the door and stretching his arms above his head with a groan.
You give him a confused look "what do you mean 'nah'" you question tilting your head at him.
"We can just share it" he says absentmindedly, sitting down on the bed and flopping back with a relived sigh.
"I don't think there's enough room for that" the bed nearly didn't fit him as he moves to be properly laying back on it his feet just barely not dangling off the edge and his arms both being at the very edges as well.
"If we lay back to back it should be fine" he states closing his eyes with a sigh.
"That won't be very comfortable for you" it wouldn't be that nice for you either since both of you would be right on the edges of the bed not being able to move in one direction or the other. But you cared less about yourself then you did him.
"And it wouldn't be comfortable for you to sleep in that chair. I'm fine with being a on the edge if it means you won't wake up with you entire body hurting" He counters and it becomes apparent from his tone he's not going to let it go till you say yes.
With a sigh you agree, soon after getting up to go have a quick shower getting all the sweat and grime from the past two days off and finally being able to change into the one set of clothes that you had that was still clean. After getting out Shikamaru did the same though he took longer then you did.
You were standing at the window looking out at the forest when he came out, you had nothing better to do while waiting then to watch time pass.
"Feels like it shouldn't be this late already" you hum to him keeping your eyes trained outside.
"Yeah" Shikamaru agreed as he continued to use his towel to dry his still damp hair. "Think we should go ask about food?" He asks tossing the towel onto the chair.
"You can if you want, I honestly just wanna sleep. Today has been exhausting." You reply finally turning to look at him again.
And… he looked nice. You don't know why but recently you have been thinking that he looks extremely good after getting out of the shower. You've always know he was a handsome guy, people had to be blind to not realize. There's nothing out of the ordinary with that you're just appreciating his best friends beauty.
"Yeah, sleep is the only thing that sounds good right now" he agrees moving to lift the blanket off the bed and lay on his side on the bed.
While you did agree to laying with him and had done so, so many times in the past when you would sleepover at his house this had you heart pounding so loudly and quickly that you could hear it in your ears. You were hoping that he would go get something to eat after he brought it up, giving you a chance to fall asleep before he got back and in bed with you.
Taking a deep breath in through your nose you move to join him on the small bed. It's a little awkward getting on but you manage pressing yourself against his back feeling the warmth of his skin through his shirt. The beating of your heart only gains in speed as you try and relax without showing your unreasonable panicking to Shikamaru.
"Calm down will you? I can feel your heart through your back" he mumbles already half asleep despite just laying down. "Not like I'm gonna bite"
"Right sorry…" you mumble back face flushing.
You really don't understand why you're feeling like this now. Even just a few months ago you could lay like this with Shikamaru with no issue, but now? It feels like you're going to implode. There's no way you could be into him, that's just not something that you have ever considered. Sure he's one of your best friends and you have always thought he was one of the more attractive men around and he is always taking your feelings into consideration and- you like a lot of things about him. But you don't love him that's not… that's not something you can let happen. Not if you don't want to fuck up what you have.
laying there you can't seem to fall asleep. Any time you got close something would jolt you back to your censes. Shikamaru moving a little, a noise outside, someone from one of the other rooms dropping something. Shikamaru on the other hand is long asleep and lightly snoring beside you. You have always felt envy towards how easily he could fall asleep now even more then normal.
Sighing you're tempted to get up and go lay in the chair like you had thought of originally.
Though in the few second you were considering it Shikamaru suddenly moved in a way that let him not fall off while turning towards you so his chest is pressed into your back now. Tensing up you take in a sharp breath having not expected him to do that.
"Go to sleep" he mumbles groggily burying his face against the back of your neck while pulling you closer.
Even if you could you don't know what you would say back to him now that his arms are around your waist and face pressed into the crook of your neck.
You really doubt you could sleep now that he's like this so instead you close your eyes and lie to yourself about how much you are enjoying having him hold you so close