I've been trying to write a story based on this coupling for quite some time, but for some reason, its been giving me a lot of trouble. And yup, it's another snippet of time kind of story, I am addicted.
Temari has half an hour left before the return to the Sand.
So unnaturally, she's already on time.
Shikamaru has about an hour left before the start of another day.
So naturally, he's already late.
And strangely, Temari knows the only other place where he could be (not because she bullied a certain Akimichi). But because he is, after all, a very simple person, very understandable when you study the facts:
Shogi is his game, lethargy his passion, and cloud gazing his life.
So, naturally, she doesn't understand him at all. But Temari is not a person to leave things unresolved.
"How long do you plan on lying on your ass?" She asks loudly, confidently and voice tinged proudly.
"How long do you plan on following me?" He answers gruffly, slowly and voice so distractedly.
"Until I find some answers." She takes the seat beside him.
"And how long will that take?" He keeps his eyes to the skys.
"...Might be a while..." But with the facts she's already gathered, it might just stretch forever.
"...troublesome." But with the time he doesn't have, he knows he'll be too unpreoccupied to mind.
Come watch the clouds with me.