Author's Note: There is a time skip of almost a month here.
"Here."
"Huh?" I looked up to see Naruto holding a cup of noodles, "Oh, thanks."
"Um, so how have you been?"
I shifted a bit, trying to get comfortable. "Good, I guess."
"Hey, I um, I have to go. Grandma Tsunade asked me to run some errands." He leaned down to give me hug, "Are you gonna be okay?"
I nodded, "Yeah, I'll be fine." He looked at me for a few seconds before he stood up and walked to the door. "Hey Naruto?"
He stopped, "Yeah?."
"Thank you."
He smiled brightly and then he was gone.
"There," I said to myself as I continued to put more designs around the cake I had made. I was so invested on what I was doing that I barely noticed someone was knocking on the door. When I went to open the door I saw Shikamaru standing there, "Oh, hey."
"Hey," he said. "Uh, is Naruto here?"
"He had some things to do."
"Oh."
I smiled at him, "Yeah, but he shouldn't take too long. Why don't you come in?"
He hesitated a minute before nodding and stepping inside, "So, how come you're here?"
I went inside the kitchen to grab turn of the food I had on the stove and then went back to the living room. "Well, after the whole thing with Kiba I didn't have anywhere else to go."
He nodded, "That's good."
"Yeah," I took a seat in front of him. "Hey, can I ask you something?"
Shikamaru looked at me then nodded.
"Have you seen Kiba lately?"
He looked at me then answered, "Yeah, I've seen him around."
"How is he doing?"
His frowned, "To be honest, he looked like crap." When I said nothing he kept talking, "If you don't mind me asking, what exactly happened with you guys?"
I sighed, "I was no longer a priority to him. It seemed like no matter how hard I tried, I could never get his attention anymore. I didn't want to be stuck in a loveless marriage."
"I'm sorry things turned out so bad."
"Yeah, me too."
Shikamaru looked around, "What smells that good?"
"I can't imagine just how bad of a roommate I've been, so I decided to cook Naruto some food. Why don't you stay with us for dinner?"
"Yeah, that sounds fun."
