AN: Hey guys ^^ this is my first story =D yay me. I wrote it in the middle of the night and just decided to put it up here.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does. (all the money would come in handy though)


"Shikamaru?"

A grunt came in reply, as if to say 'What?' but knowing Shikamaru he probably found it just too much hassle to talk.

"Why do you watch the clouds?" Temari sat up and focused her attention on the teen beside her in the grass.

Shikamaru blinked, he hadn't been expecting such a question. Not even his best friend Chouji had asked for the reason behind his favourite thing to do. Acctually he had been expecting a question why he was wasting his time like this instead of training like most shinobi would do in their free time.

"I do it because no matter how hard I think I won't be able to predict where the clouds are going to be in an hour or how the sky will look tomorrow. It makes me feel ordinary, just like everybody else. For just a few moments I can feel like people aren't expecting me to be a genius."

A silence fell between the two of them.

"Why were you asking anyway?"

"Because I would like to get to know you better Shika" Temari lied back down in the grass and joined Shikamaru in cloudwatching.

From that day on Temari joined Shikamaru whenever she could in his favourite thing to do. Just to understand him a bit better. Little did either of them know that one little innocent question had changed the way they felt about each other dramatically.


AN: That's it . I know it was short. Anyway tell me what you think about it and don't hesitate to tell me if it sucks