I'm enjoying Shikakos complete inability to understand the idea of someone liking her and Sasukes whole "well thanks for pointing out all the logistical problems, but I didn't decide to have feelings on purpose and can't stop." They're both so cutely bewildered.

I love this story... These nerds give me life and I love how you portray their awkward romantic proceedings because it feels so real to me. I can't wait to read more of this

I wanna see them as adults soooo bad. The teenage awkwardness is cute tho. I'm so waiting for the other shoe to drop with Itachi the war and all the messiness.

Thanks for the great work !

Ahhh okay I just finished it! I really like the winding down to acceptance in this chapter, and "One Hundred and One Ways Clans Will Endeavor to Take Advantage of You and How to Stick It To Them" had me cackling. Such a Kakashi thing to say, and having Sasuke repeat it with airquotes was priceless. Tsunade did have cause to be concerned but after she figured it out she was totally poking at it for her own amusement a little. It's nice to see Shika and Kako having a calm moment together. I'm looking forward to the next chapter, as always. Thank you for taking the time to write and share! I really love this fic. :)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH UPDATE I CANT WAIT TO READ IT AHHH im so happy thank you

this fic got me on the edge of my bed I swear! the tension got me giggling like a school girl a couple chapters back my god! This is going so well honestly, well done honestly your work is amazing, I hope you're staying safe and good OP!

This is so good!

Yay! I’m so happy you updated! I went back and read the whole story again to make sure all the tension would have the proper build up! Poor, poor Sasuke. And poor shikako just wanting to keep a friend and have him accept just being friends...I can’t wait to read more 3

Awwww Hermoso! Me encanta esta historia, muchas gracias por actualizar. No sabes cuánto espere un nuevo capítulo. Leí de nuevo la historia una y otra vez.
Por favor, no tardes en escribir más...

Omg yessss it's back!
Tbh, and really no pressure, since DoS likely isn't coming back I consider this the unofficial sequel so I'm very excited to see where this is gonna go.

Just lovely, enjoyed it a lot! I also enjoyed how you took and built upon the plans in the works that Shikako already had going on

Oh my gosh that was the cutest thing, I love it

Ooh I like the concept so far

And the pairing~

Oh I missed this! Awkward teenagers ahoy! And I love that Tsunade was suspicious of them being compromised, excellent! And I really wish we could've seen Kakashi and Sasuke's talk! Oh, and Shikamaru's pov of finding out the elders are trying to get things set up for Shikako to marry Sasuke! I want to know what he thinks of it all! I can't wait to see more! Welcome back!

my god this is beautiful. glad I found this fic