Disclaimer: I do not own any piece of Naruto, its production, or characters.
Author's Note: Yea, I finally started a book of drabbles. It's all ShikaTema, but eventually I'll put one up of random Naruto pairings. Oh, and none of these chapters are connected unless I say otherwise. Enjoy!
It was a Sunday afternoon and after long hours of almost nothing, hunger was digging at Temari. And there was almost no food to eat. Just great. For the past half hour, she had seriously considered running to the closest store and buying whatever she could get a hold of. But of course, it was Kankuro's week with the money and he was nowhere to be found. Bastard.
"How about a sandwich?"
Temari gave Shikamaru a look and he dove back into the cupboards, searching for something else. He had wandered over not too long ago and agreed to help her find something to eat. But so far, he hadn't helped in the least. In fact, he was only making it worse, running around suggesting random things that she didn't have in the house.
Drawn from her thoughts, she looked down in front of her where Shikamaru had just placed a jar. Well, it seemed like the only thing he could find was pickles.
"Well… What do you expect me to do with it?"
"Eat them."
"It's not open though."
He growled and mumbled a few words, which she chose to ignore. Grabbing the jar again, he clutched it and twisted the top. Apparently expecting it to come off easily, he looked down when the lid refused to budge. Trying again he held his breath and pulled a little harder. Looking at Temari, he turned away from her and heaved some more. But the top just didn't want to come off.
Looking around, Shikamaru tried to find something that might help the stubborn lid. Nothing seemed to pop out. So he went for the next best thing he could think of; slamming the jar against the counter repeatedly.
"Stop it! You'll break the jar and then I'll have a huge mess to clean up!" Temari snatched the jar away from him and placed her hand on the top. Twisting, there was a familiar 'pop' and the jar was open. Setting it down on the counter, the two of them watched it in silence, as if it would come to life and hop away.
Finally, Shikamaru broke the silence. "Well, I loosened it for you."
Temari smiled and grabbed a pickle. "Suuuure."