A/n: When I wrote this, it didn't have a fandom. I just wrote it for the heck of it. Then I thought, this could work for Shikamaru. So I posted it, hope you like it. No Beta.
Dreams.
He lay on his back, fingers clasped on his stomach, staring at the stars. Stars had this effect on people, made them think about how small they really were. No excessive amount of wealth could make you any bigger under the stars, no matter how large your ego was. You'd look up, and actually feel how massive the world was, you were insignificant, unimportant, not special at all.
Of course, some people liked this way, the feeling that they weren't expected to own up to anything. They weren't big dreamers, didn't have out-of-this-world goals. They were just content to lay on their back, fingers clasped on their stomach, staring at the stars.
Expectations.