Author's Note: I know… This is so fluffy and mushy… It popped into my head when I was thinking about my husband. Yeah, I'm a sap and a half.
"You and Me" is the song I listened to as I wrote this story... I adore Dave Matthews, and this might be one of the sweetest songs he's ever written.
Anyway, if you like this, please read/review my other stories.
Language advisory - nothing too explicit, but some swears peppered in.
I don't own any part of the Naruto universe – just what I make up about it.
Edit: mari-ness pointed out that technically, Temari did beat Shikamaru in that fight, but I don't really count it because he forfeited.
Home
"Shikamaru! I'm home!" Temari called out when she entered the house.
All she got in return was silence.
She set her grocery bags down on the kitchen counter and climbed the stairs. 'Just as I suspected,' she thought upon seeing the prone figure spread across the bed. 'The lazy bastard's asleep.' She laughed in spite of herself. 'Those academy kids must wear the poor guy out.'
She slowly lowered herself to rest beside her husband. An unconscious arm instinctively wrapped around her and pulled her into a spooning position, even though she was so careful not to stir him.
"Hey there, princess." Shikamaru muttered into her ear with a drowsy smile.
"Hi, handsome." Temari grinned wistfully, remembering a time when she despised his pet name for her, back when they thought they hated each other. 'If only 14-year-old me could see me now,' she mused. 'She'd realize that smartassed Leaf brat isn't so bad.'
She turned onto her back to look at him. "Shika?"
"Yeah, babe?"
"You remember when we first met?"
"Oh, God, yes," he chuckled. "You were terribly bothersome. I thought you were gonna beat me in that chuunin exam fight… for a minute or two, at least." He pressed himself closer to her, tucking her head between his chest and chin.
She shifted and threw a leg across his hips. "You were so obnoxiously cocky… I wanted to take my fan and send you across the globe."
They laughed together in their nostalgia the way only the best of friends and the most intimate of lovers can.
"Well, y'know something?" he whispered.
"What?"
"I'm glad you didn't." He traced his hand down the leg that was entwined with his. "I'm really glad you didn't send my smug ass halfway around the world… because I'd never have found another troublesome woman like you."
"Me too," she replied as she closed the gap between their faces, kissing him sweetly.
"I bet this one's glad of it, too." Shikamaru gently rubbed Temari's still-not-quite-showing belly.
"I can't believe we're going to be parents."
"I know… Gaara and Kankuro are gonna shit when they find out, aren't they?"
"Yeah." She giggled as they kissed again.
