OMIGOSH. Sorry guys. I don't know what happened to the formatting. Here's the proper. It'll be easier to read. Sorry bout that.

Temari was not happy and everyone could see that. The people of Konoha only hoped that her lazy boyfriend would realize the same before their village got blown down and the sand princess' brother decided to turn the town genius into a literal puppet.

Twenty-year-old Temari walked through the village seething like snakes under a glass dome on a summer day.

It was a beautiful day in Konoha but she couldn't enjoy it. All she could see was red, imagining it was the blood of the person that she sought out. She cracked her knuckles for the umpteenth time, preparing herself for her up-and-pending fight. Her fan swung violently on her back as she stomped through Konoha, threatening to hit anybody that got too close.

"Hey! Watch where you... Temari-chan?" A loud, friendly voice inquired, pausing Temari's murder-filled thoughts for an instant.

She turned around to meet flowing blonde hair and bright blue eyes staring at her in concern. Standing beside said person, was another pretty woman with cotton candy hair and green eyes that were gazing with equal concern but quickly morphed into something close to curiosity. Temari was tempted to tell them off but she forced herself not to think irrationally.

It would only make it more obvious.

"Hello Ino-san, Sakura-san," Temari hastily bit out. But Ino just smiled good-naturedly and hoisted her medic bag further up on her shoulder. Sakura smiled as well though her eyes continued to reflect her evaluating of the wind chakra user. Temari did her very best to avoid her gaze while looking as calm and normal as possible though she was feeling far from.

"Here to see Shika-kun, I believe," Temari tensed at the name and nodded sharply, "And I take it that you aren't too happy with him at the moment?"

Temari nodded again and looked away from Sakura's medic eyes.

She knows, she knows...

As if reading her thoughts, Sakura immediately looks into her eyes and puts on a friendly smile.

"Well, you know where to find him Temari-chan," Sakura exclaimed, giving her a knowing and supportive smile.

Temari wanted nothing more that to crawl under a rock and die (or at least, that's what her body was telling her). She could feel tears coming on and bashed herself mentally for being so temperamental.

But above the sadness and anger. She felt fear. Fear as to how her boyfriend of almost 4 years would react.

Shikamaru was so lazy that emotion tended to be a waste of time to him. Not to say, that he didn't show her some, once in a while. But not to extremes. And she didn't think she could handle not getting a reaction (correction: a good reaction) this time. He didn't even bother to remember anniversaries or birthdays because it was too troublesome. But he somehow made up for it in the laziest of ways.

Don't even get her started on the sex...

She snapped out of her haze and looked at the two women in front of her.

"We better get going. Good luck Temari-chan! Put the man in his place," Ino encouraged. She turned around and walked towards the shopping district, yelling for her best frenemy to catch up.

Sakura took a small step towards the Suna Ninja, "Congrats Temari-chan. Shikamaru-san will be so happy. You two will be wonderful parents," and with that, she turned to join her other friend.

Sakura was the best of the best. Of course, she would know. She herself had just found out 4 days ago and had spent the last three days traveling to Konoha in a blind fury. She wanted to kill him for putting her into this... This... This position. She wanted to see what he would do to fix this and get him to face what he had done to her.

But in all nervousness. Now that she was here, she didn't think that she could do this.

What would he say? Who am I kidding?! He'll probably give a glance and go back to counting his stupid clouds. He probably won't even have a reaction and be coming up with some sort of strategy to "take care of it". Her mind told her frustratedly.

Her feet blindly took her up to the place where anybody could find the lazy genius. She climbed up the hill, feeling her mind reject every step and her legs turning to mush. Her anger has been effectively been replaced with terror and uncertainty. Her body shoved her forward as though she was in her boyfriend's shadow possession jutsu.

Or worse! What if he asks us to abort! Oh, Kami-sama this was a bad idea!

She didn't realize that she had reached the top of the mountain until a lethargic voice drawled.

"What are you doing here?"

She glanced down shocked at the voice she had been so prepared for.

Shikamaru was confused as to why she was here. He would've been the first to know if she was coming under official pretenses. He made sure the Hokage told him before anybody so he could meet her at the doors.

He looked up at his girlfriend with one eye that he begrudgingly cracked open. She looked like pissed with him as usual.

No. When he looked into her eyes, behind that layer of anger and the forced platonic-facade he saw fear.

Genuine fear that he had had yet to see on his tough girlfriend's beautiful face.

He wasn't too sure what brought the fear but he knew that he had to do something about it. Of course, he couldn't look overly concerned when he did.

"What's wrong Temari?" He asked while resuming his sleeping position. He sighed not-too-softly when he didn't get a reply and spoke up again.

Is he hadn't said anything, Temari would have guessed that he had gone back to sleep, "Are you going to stand there all day? You're blocking out the sun."

Temari was going to snap back but she couldn't find it in herself to do so. She stiffly lowered herself to the ground while keeping a bit of distance between their bodies.

Shikamaru frowned as he felt her presence further than normal and he finally decided that he would take this seriously.

He turned to his side with a little groan so that he would be facing Temari, "Are you ready to tell me now?"

Temari knew she couldn't keep this a secret forever, especially with her genius boyfriend so she took a deep breath before speaking, "This morning I woke up and hurled almost 3 times," Shikamaru turned to lie back down while listening attentively, "It had been happening for a few days now. One of the elders came to me and told me that I should get it checked and..."

Shikamaru's eyes snapped open as he heard a small sob coming from the powerful girl beside him. He turned to see Temari fighting to hold back tears.

"I'm Pregnant Shikamaru!" She cried covering her eyes with her hands, waiting to hear his reaction.

But she didn't hear anything, "Aren't you going to say anything?"

"Is it mine?"

Temari wasted no time in taking out her fan and knocking him back through a few of the trees, "Of course it is yours, asshole. Do you think I'm not faithful?"

Shit. Girls and hormones. Shikamaru groaned as he pulled himself up from the wreckage to face the seething ninja, "Calm down, woman. It was just a question."

"A shitty one," she grumbled. After a few more seconds of silent, she spoke up again, "Shikamaru what will we do?"

"I don't know what you're talking about?"

"The baby you idiot. We aren't even married for Kami-sama's sake. Oh, my gods, I don't even want to know what Konkouro and Gaara will do to you! I cannot have a baby alone. With you here and with me in Suna..."

"So let's do it," Shikamaru spoke up. Temari looked at him confused, "Let's get married, you troublesome woman."

Temari stared at him blankly like he just asked her to kiss Naruto, "what?"

Shikamaru sighed, "I can only guess that you are literate so you should know what I am trying to say."

"Shikamaru. I don't want you to marry me for convenience. I don't want this child to be the reason that you want me to stick around and I certainly do not want a second rate proposal. I may not seem it but I am a girl damn it," she scowled darkly at what she thought to be his version of a joke.

Shikamaru silently slipped a hand in his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. Inside he fumbled around until he seemed to find what he was looking for.

A small, simple delicate ring. It was silver with a purple diamond adorning the centre. It was surrounded by smaller, purple diamonds that gleamed in the sun.

It was ideal for a kunoichi to wear on a regular occasion and even into battle. It was the perfect colour and exactly her style. She stared at it for a good few moments before speaking up.

"H-how long have you had that?"

Shikamaru just shrugged uncomfortably. Damn him if he let her know that he had bought it last year and been carrying it around until he felt ready to propose. Damn him if he had gotten her brothers' blessing so often that they almost went to her themselves to propose on his behalf.

"A while," he muttered trying to avoid her scrutiny. He scowled when he realized how corny he was being, "You want it or not?"

Temari couldn't help but let out a watery laugh, "What? You're not going to get down on one knee and say those magic words?"

Shikamaru didn't get it. She was angry one moment, crying the next, angry again, now close to crying once again.

"Look if you don't want it then..." His sentence was cut off when he looked up at her beautiful face.

She was looking at him with so much hope and euphoria. Like he would actually be willing to get down and propose to her the way a boyfriend should. He'd rather die than break the heart of the mother of his child and the love of his lazy life.

With a few curses and swear words, he lowered himself onto one knee and stuck the ring out towards her. With a yawn, he spoke, "Temari. Will... you marry... me?"

Though it wasn't completely orthodox, Temari nodded and allowed her new fiancé to slip the ring onto its rightful finger before pulling Shikamaru to his feet and wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Yeah. I will," and with that, she pressed her lips to his in a soft gentle kiss. Shikamaru automatically wrapped his arms around her waist to pull him flush up against her. He deepened the kiss for a brief moment before pulling away to rest his forehead against hers.

"Troublesome woman. You need to get all your stuff from Suna moved into my apartment. We'll begin planning the wedding later. Right now, I am exhausted."

Temari laughed, "aren't you always?"

They both lay down in the soft grass holding each other and imagining their future.

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