They fell silent again, watching the sky and enjoying each other’s company. Temari found it peaceful in the shadows underneath the trees. There weren’t many trees back home. Even the shadows were dry and hot. Sometimes The Wind Country wasn’t the most pleasant place to live.
“I should return.”
Her voice had a slightly sad tone to it as she spoke. The smile on Shikamaru’s lips slowly faded. Now that she was here he didn’t want her to go.
“It’ll be dark soon,” he stated. “You won’t make it back in time.”
“I’ve traveled in the dark before.”
She noticed that he hesitated for just a second before speaking again. Someone slower would not have noticed.
“You can stay here.” A short pause. “At my place…if you want to.”
He felt like a twelve-year-old boy again, hesitating and speaking in a low voice. Well at least he didn’t blush, for some reason that would’ve been embarrassing. Temari felt pretty much the same way, like a thirteen-year-old girl worrying about staying at her boyfriend’s place for the first time. Only this was not her boyfriend, she was too old to worry about boyfriends, this was merely a ninja who offered her a place to stay the night. It was the fact that he was the man who had occupied her mind ever since she was fifteen that complicated it all.
“Alright.” The word left her before she was aware of what her decision was. “Alright.”
The smile returned to Shikamaru’s lips. He feared what would happen, what this could lead to, but when the chance of a lifetime appeared you ought to take it. This was definitely one of those.
Not surprisingly Temari was the first to stand up. Offering her hand to the slacker-nin she smiled slightly.
“I don’t know the way.”
He took her hand, enjoyed the feeling of closing his fingers around hers.
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Chapter notes: Chapter six, last one for now. I need to go to bed, and I really need to study for the next couple of days. I'll write more when I can. Knowing myself, some smut might be coming into this now... We'll just have to see. Enjoy.