A long scar decorated her left thigh, but she didn’t bother to cover it with clothes it seemed. Her eyes told of many fights over the years.
“I hear you made Jounin.”
“I hear you didn’t. Too troublesome?”
His time to chuckle, or snort in a positive way rather.
“Definitely.”
“So you do what, teach at the academy?”
“Chuunin get missions too.”
They fell silent for a while. Temari was the first one to turn her eyes to the sky, watching the clouds wander by. Shikamaru followed her example, finding an incredible peace in having her by his side. She was not the ‘neither beautiful nor ugly’ woman he had always pictured himself with. Temari was one of the scariest females he had ever encountered, worse than his mother even, but whenever he met someone else the mere memory of her had killed off all competition.
“I think I understand now…”
His eyes were still turned to the sky as he spoke, but a small askew smile had appeared on his lips. She liked it.
“Understand what?”
“A long time ago, before I went out on that first mission, I asked my father why he married such an overbearing woman as my mother. He said ‘she has days when she has a kind smile on her face’.”
He turned to meet her eyes again, finding just such a smile on Temari’s face.
“That’s all?” she said in an amused voice.
“That’s what I said too, it just sounded so…small…”
He looked into her eyes, a small smile on his lips as well as hers.
“But now I understand…”
His eyes said the rest, and it caused Temari to turn her eyes away for a minute. She just so nearly blushed, but she was so not the blushing type of woman. Finally she returned her gaze to meet his.
“Are you saying that I’m bossy?”
“You’re scary!” he confessed and caused them both to laugh.
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Chapter notes: Fifth one. I hope I'm not abusing the characters too bad. They are older, how old I don't even know myself, so I guess that could excuse a bit of a change... Whatever, read on if you can accept they way I portray them I guess. :)