It was noon in the Hidden Leaf Village. Ino and Choji were doing their own thing while Shikamaru decided to stay behind and do his usual cloud watching without being with his teammates, leaving him alone. You know, being the lazy ninja he is.

Shikamaru yawned, having his arms behind his head. “What a drag..” The tanned, quiet ninja muttered under his breath. Then, someone was standing above him, which blocked the sun beaming on his skin. He opened his eyes to see who it was.