Nice use of a recession theme! For these two, it fits them. Boom and bust, indeed. You captured an excellent look into Shikamaru's mind and how it works. And, well, the Shikamaru/Naruto element just made it cute and lots of fun and it was handled in a very sweet, spur of the moment way. Unpredictable is definitely a Naruto trademark and you did well with this. Thanks for writing and sharing it!

I love this pairing and I absolutely loved how you showed the beginning of their relationship. This was just so enjoyable and funny and an absolute must-have for my (or any Shika/Naru fans) favorites list. Great job!

Oh this was perfect! I LOVE this pairing! : )

Lovely. Very sweet. I love the idea, Boom and Bust, and how you kept saying it over and over in the story.

...wow. Wonderful. I loved this.

I started a piece of fanart from it...it's really, REALLY a work in progress, but if you want to see the sketch, it's here:

Hopefully I'll be done with it in a couple days!

Again, this was...wow. Really good. _ I hope to see more from you!