•GAME•*

Shikamaru clearly remembered the day his Sensei knocked on his door at seven in the morning and practically dragged him out the house. Even the silent pleas to his parents didn't get him out the so-called punishment that was waiting for him on his back porch.

As he walked out the door, he noticed a game that was patiently waiting for him. He known it to be Shogi, A game that required logic and strategy. To him the game was simple, after reading a book Asuma gave him, he became a master. But even a master couldn't find a way to beat the Shogi board he met a few months later. She was known as Temari.

If he knew how fucking tough this board would be, he would've given up from that start. But he was always was grateful that he didn't. This still doesn't change the fact that it was impossible to win this game.

By time they were actually dating, he had already surrendered a ton of pieces from her saving him twice, her slapping him on multiple occasions and the ass beatings with her tessen that came every once in a while.

He also took some of hers. He saved her once. Well he has one of her pieces but that doesn't mean she easily gain his players. What it does mean that sometimes there is a long pause in the game. The long pauses mean a decision has to be made which only two results can come from it.

Either Temari gets pissed or She gets really mad and turn his life into a living hell.

One day he was sitting in the living room with his three year old son, watching cartoons. And all of a sudden, things turned for the worst.

"Daddy can I have ice cream?"

Now he could follow Temari's rules and say no because it's before dinner or say yes. He quickly came to the realization of who was more powerful.

"Not right now, after dinner"

"Please daddy"

To Shikamaru this was unfair. The world gave him a Shogi board within a Shogi board. How he dealt with Shikadai would result in how Temari dealt with him. But the kid was making it hard. He had the same exact eyes as Temari and even when a single tear would build up, in his mind, he failed. Plus the cuteness of his voice and the pout that resembled his own, the word 'NO' couldn't come out of his mouth.

"Fine let's go"

He was so focused on his sons happiness, that he hadn't noticed the tub of Ice cream was fresh, but an hour later he soon realized his mistake.

"SHIKAMARU, SHIKADAI. GET YOUR AS-BUTTS IN HERE NOW"

As they got to the kitchen, his poor son trembled behind him gripping his pant leg as his wife stood with a hand on her hip, showing them the ice cream with missing scoops. 'Another piece gone'

"I thought to myself, 'My boys has been good all day, maybe I should reward them'. But nooo, you guys go and disobey my rules."

"Tem, we're sorry. Right Dai"

"Yes, we're sorry mommy"

"See, we won't do it again"

Temari walked closer to her son and kneeled down so that she was now eye level. "Go watch Tv for a bit okay"

The kid left, and now Temari was close to him, staring in his eyes, but to his surprise there was no sign of anger.

"You need to learn how to say no"

"Huh"

"I know that you were being 'the world best dad'. But no is healthy"

"You're not mad"

"No Shika, I'm not mad. I'm actually happy because the two of you just apologized."

"Is that unusual"

"For you yes, for him no. But the kid is a clone of you so shortly in my future I bet I'll hear troublesome fly out his mouth"

She smiled at him and that was the sign that everything was alright. This was a rare moment and in all his complaining he realized that this game isn't as hard as he makes it out to be. It was in fact very enjoyable.