[[A/N]] Ok, it's been a while, this is something that popped into my head randomly this morning so I figured I'd get it down and out to you all so you can accept the fluff too.

Indifferent. That was the word Shikamaru would use to describe himself. He didn't care about anything much and was quite happy to relax and do nothing.

"Shikamaru, what do you think of Temari now?" Ino asked him as he lay on a bench watching the clouds.

"What do you mean?" he asked, not moving his mouth too much. Moving any part of his body right now felt too troublesome.

"Do you like her?" Ino's face cast a shadow over his own and he closed his eyes against her studying look.

"She's alright, I guess," he replied. He would have shrugged, but shrugging is moving. Unseen to Shikamaru, Ino rolled her eyes.

"Well, what about…" she paused, thinking about it hard for a moment, "Kiba?"

"Eh… He's alright too, I guess," came Shikamaru's reply.

"What about –"

"What's with all the questions all of a sudden?" Shikamaru interrupted her as he opened his eyes. Ino stopped leaning over him and looked away, Shikamaru closed his eyes in response to the glare of the sun overhead.

"I'm just trying to figure out your tastes," Ino replied after a short while.

"My tastes?" The shadow-nin sat up abruptly. "What do you mean 'my tastes'?"

"You know…" Ino replied, trailing off slightly with a 'Don't make me say it' look on her face. Shikamaru continued to stare her down. "Hetrosexual? Homosexual? Bisexual? Pan –"

"All right I get it," Shikamaru snapped, waving her down. "Why?"

"Because you've never shown interest in anyone. Like ever. I got curious."

She and Shikamaru were interrupted from their quiet conversation by the sound of someone interrupting them.

"Curiosity is good, Ino. It shows that you burn with the fire of youth!"

"Hi, Gai-sensei, Tenten, Lee, Neji." Ino said, waving to the newcomers although slightly disgruntled that her conversation had been interrupted.

Shikamaru stared off, seemingly into space, as Ino spoke to Gai and Lee about their new training, but really he was watching Neji.

What would Ino think, he thought to himself, if she knew just how much I thought about him. Thoughts that are not suitable for any company and make me glad that my head is private. Gods knows what would happen if anyone found out the person they rely on to get them out of all their problems dreamt about using his jutsu for nefarious purposes. Really though, he can't have been the first Nara to think this about their powers. The shadow techniques were just too perfect for it. It was almost as if they had been invented specifically for this. Disrobing someone, binding their hands, spreading their legs, tickling erogenous zones with shadow hands. My ancestors were kinky bastards.

He looked over to Ino, she was looking at him with a smile on her face, like the cat that got the canary.

"What?" he asked, slightly on guard.

"I've figured it out," was her reply. "You're Neji-sexual."

Shikamaru looked at her with a quirked eyebrow, inwardly he smirked, his team mate knew him better than most. "He's alright, I guess," was his reply.