Falling All Over Again
By KawaiPanda
Chapter One
A Shika Tema Love Story
Today was going to be great. It was going to be absolutely fucking amazing.
Shikamaru was currently on his way to the village, and hopefully in a couple of hours, I would have him wrapped in my arms, never wanting to let him go back again. If I could, I'd just sleep the time away until he reached the gates, as I was going to loath every second that stood between our reunion.
The thought of seeing my lazy genius had my lips stretched clear across my face in a shit eating grin as I sat up. Soon, lover boy, soon. Ridding myself of any lingering sleepiness with an overenthusiastic stretch, I slipped out of the bed without any more hesitation because I had to make sure I looked great. It wasn't just for him, though that was mostly why. I had to give him a reason to feel like shit for leaving me here, almost never writing in fear that my brothers would hunt him down and cause bodily harm had they found out about our relationship. I still needed to tell him that they already knew…. But I liked seeing him squirm whenever my brothers were in the room. I also liked whenever I caught his eyes lingering over my curves, the swell of my breasts or down right ogling my behind if I just so happened to drop something at the right time.
Of course, it didn't take me too long to get ready in the morning. I did linger a bit longer than usual because today was a special occasion, of course, but I made sure not to linger too long in case he happened to arrive early. Picking up my fan from beside my bedroom door and strapping it to my back, I headed to the kitchen. I was starving and the delicious aroma of Ino's cooking assaulted me almost as soon as I closed the door behind me.
It didn't take me long to navigate my way through the halls, since I'd lived here most of my life, and with Ino's cooking permeating the air, I could just smell my way to the kitchen had I the inkling to. As I walked into the room, she caught sight of me, and smiled.
"Morning Temari!" I watched as she took out an extra plate for me wondering briefly what had caused her to be so damned happy, before shrugging it off and taking a seat. She continued, "I wasn't sure you would be up this morning."
Surely I didn't sleep that late? I wanted to ask her what time she'd been getting up, because nine in the morning wasn't late. Hell, I work up earlier than Kankuro most mornings! Instead, I replied, "Yeah, I have to meet Shikamaru at the gates this morning."
"Really? How long is he staying?" Forever would be nice.
"Around two weeks."
"Ah," she murmured as she finished up the flapjacks. At the tone, I found myself curious, but all too soon, she had a plate in front of me, and my hunger overrode any curiosity. She took a seat next to me, cutting her own fluffy pancakes into pieces while I smothered my own in syrup. "Have you and Shikamaru ever had sex?"
Had there been anything in my mouth, it would have been sprayed all over the table from her remark. "EH?!" Her giggled rang in my ears as my face began to burn like an open flame.
"Is that a yes?" She inquired, a small smug-looking smile on her face. After a moment of silence, she sighed and shook her head before turning to look at me. "I was asking because I've been wanting to know for the longest time now how far you guys have gone."
"N-no." What the hell kind of question is that? You don't just randomly ask people about their sex lives. I wasn't a girlfriend of hers…. Not really anyway. Not enough for me to tell her that. So, instead, I fibbed. "N-not really."
"Not really?" She looked thoughtful for a moment before responding with, "So, no intercourse though?"
"No." It slid right off of my tongue. I was a little surprised at how easily I could lie, but I didn't put too much into it.
"Ah." At that, I thought I was in the clear and had finally taken a bite out of my food when she asked, "Why not?"
She had what looked like a small smirk on her face when she hit me between the shoulder blades. When I could finally breathe again, I could only repeat her question, "W-why not?"
"You two have been together for almost four years now, right?"
"Y-yeah." I eyeballed her, wondering where she was going with this. Why was she asking me about this?!
"Surely you guys have had ample opportunities?" She asked, just as my brother walked into the room, straight for the fridge.
"Opportunities for what?" Kankuro asked, his voice still thick with sleepiness. Before I could answer him, and lead him away from this topic of my sex life, Ino beat me to it.
"Shikamaru and Temari to have sex." She caught him as he was drinking from the carton of orange juice and I watched in horror as he choked before spraying it everywhere.
"WHAT?!" I resisted the urge to sigh, and bit back a groan as he rounded on me, scowling. "You guys are having sex?! I'll kill him!"
Shaking my head, I stood from my seat. Forget trying to eat now that he was ranting about this. I was sorely tempted to kill blondie, but it seemed like Gaara was beginning to take a liking to her, so the hairs on her head were safe. For now. "I've got to go. Don't want to be late." Ignoring Kankuro's outraged protests, I left the mansion and headed for the village gates. It was about time for Shikamaru to arrive anyway.
My trek to the village gates didn't take too long, but it felt like it had taken me hours to reach the towering gates. As it came into view, I walked up to the scene of Leaf Ninja being escorted into the gates, looking immediately for his familiar pineapple spiked hair, feeling my heart catch in my throat when I did. But I wouldn't allow anyone to see the sheer joy that radiated through me. I wanted to throw myself into his arms, but I didn't. Couldn't. It would set back years of work trying to get equality for the female ninja of this village. The council had spies everywhere. So, I casually walked towards the group instead.
"Shikamaru." He was the only one I greeted by name, as I didn't know the names of any of the other faceless drones Naruto had sent with Shikamaru as backup. And right now, they didn't matter.
He looked tense, his dark eyes unreadable as he replied in kind. "Temari."
"Lady Temari," at the voice of the guard, I tore my eyes from my lover to him. "They need to be debriefed."
"I'll escort them," I informed him, and he nodded his consent. One less duty for him.
I'm sure people were curious about us, but they were wise enough to keep their thoughts to themselves. Most in Suna knew nothing about our relationship, and I planned on keeping it that way for a long time. The only ones who knew for a certain fact were my brothers, Baki, and Ino. I ended up blurting it out to Gaara when he started inquiring why Shikamaru was requesting to come to the village so often. Once he knew the truth of the matter, he allowed it, as surprised as he was. Kankuro figured it out when he burst into my room and caught us in the middle of stripping off our clothing. Ino, well, she was on his team, and we didn't have to be as secretive in Konoha as we had in my own village.
"So I trust the trip went well? No troubles?" I asked as I lead them through the busy streets of the village.
"Your presumptions are correct."
"Ah." It fell silent then. I didn't push for more because of the others, and maintained a certain distance between me and him. "Well here we are." Finally reaching the office, I informed Matsuri of their purpose who announced their arrival to Gaara.
I patiently waited out in the hall as they were being debriefed.
When all was said and done, the men split up and Shikamaru and I walked back to the rooms he'd been assigned for the duration of his stay. I knew the layout of every single one as the years went by. It was a long walk before we were inside of the building. We walked side by side, careful to keep any contact from occurring between us before we were safely encompassed in his room.
I had to fight the pep in my step as we walked up the stairs to the floor he was stationed on. I didn't even get a chance to pull the fan off of my back before Shikamaru was pressing me into the door, his mouth enveloping mine in a searing kiss.
Once we'd reunited, I let out a bark of laughter at the mess we'd already made. Clothes were strewn across the floor and a lamp had been knocked over in our rush for the bed.
"I missed you," Shikamaru muttered as he kissed a lazy trail of kisses down my shoulder.
Shivering at the desire that was assaulting me once more, I gave him an apologetic smile. "I missed you too. Sorry I missed your birthday."
He shrugged. "It's fine. We're together now, aren't we?"
"That we are."
