I really have to start writing longer one-shots...
Shikamaru would never had known what was waiting for him outside the door -- he really wished he had. Tenten's subtle smirks and fits of giggling did not go unnoticed by the perceptive genius. Not at all.
She had awoken before him, he knew. He'd been slightly annoyed by it...
Until he'd seen how cheery she was.
And this wasn't her usual cheery. It was some sort of insane cheery.
She'd asked him to go out and get something for her which struck him as odd; she usually liked to get outside and socialize with whomever she could.
Nonetheless, he could not say no to her.
He should have known that something unusual was going to happen to him, something to make him look like an idiot.
But opening the door, the sparkling white mass in front of him hardly registered in his mind before he took a step outside.
Like he'd said -- he should have known. She'd kept the windows shut this morning, when she'd usually have them open, letting in the light and sound of tweaking birds.
He slipped on the ice that had formed outside the door during the night, falling right onto his back. Naturally, had he actually been prepared that would never have happened.
Tenten burst into a fit of giggles again. Shikamaru smiled lazily at her in return.
The giggles were replaced with a squeal of protest as he pulled her out with him.
