So Much for No Consequences

Temari was trying her best to look alert during her meeting with the Hokage but her mind kept racing elsewhere. Could she really be pregnant? What is she going to do now? Better yet, what is Shikamaru going to do? They had a good thing going; they agreed that it was going to be just sex with no feelings or consequences. Now this is just going to ruin everything.

"You got that Temari?" Tsunade said

"What? Yeah. Sure. I understand." Temari replied after being brought out of her inner world

"Ok, that would be all. Thank you for coming by." Tsunade said

"Thank You Lady Tsunade, I'll will write to my brother and come back with his answer when I get it." Temari said before leaving.

As soon as the Hokage door closed after her, Temari slid against the wall and let out a sigh. As much as she wanted to avoid it, she had to go talk to Shikamaru. Suddenly, it seemed like her life was starting to fall apart again.

"Hey Temari? I didn't know you were back in Konoha."

Temari looked up to see who greeted her and saw two pairs of white eyes staring back.

"Oh hey Hinata, Neji! Yeah I've been running back and forth Suna and here a lot recently." Temari said chuckling, trying to hide her nerves.

"You feeling ok?" Hinata asked worryingly, she sensed that something was off about her.

"yeah, I'm fine. What are you guys doing here anyways" Temari asked, trying to direct the attention away from her.

"We just got back from a mission, so we were going to report to the Hokage." Neji explained. "Is she available?"

"Yeah she's in there. Anyways, I got to go. So see you guys around!" Temari got up and left the Hugas quickly.

"Say Hinata, did you notice something strange about her chakra?" Neji questioned his cousin

"Yeah, I don't know why, but there's something different about her chakra. I hope it's nothing serious." Hinata said before entering Tsunade's office with Neji.

"Whew! That was close" Temari thought as she left the building. She knew that if she stayed around the Hugas too long, they might sense something different in her charka. Especially Neji and Hinata, who were well known for their sensing abilities. Even though most of the village already suspects something was up, she was not ready for the rest of the world to know about her and Shikamaru just yet, especially their kind of relationship.

"Ok time to go talk to Shikamaru." Temari sighed. Then out of nowhere, the sweet smell of dango hit her nose. "but first I'm gonna get some dango"

10 mins later, with her dango in hand, she arrived in front of Shikamaru's place. She knocked once, looked around to see if anyone she knew was lurking, before walking in. She found Shikamaru taking a nap on his couch. She closed the door behind her, then sat down next to him.

She then decided the best way to wake him was to dangle a stick of dango over his face. Within a few seconds of inhaling the unfamiliar sweet sent, Shikamaru opened his eyes to see what it was.

"here." Temari said handing the dango to him.

"Thanks." Shikamaru said, taking the stick from her. They ate their snack in silence.

"So. What's going to happen to us…" Temari said finally. "If I'm pregnant I mean."

"I really don't know. I mean we don't know if you are for sure. We should probably get you checked out just to be sure." Shikamaru said scratching his head. He really wasn't sure of what to say. In his mind he knew that he was not going to let Temari walk away with his child. Heck he wasn't even against the idea of the possibility of them giving a relationship a try. But he wasn't going to outright say that to her, as it was against their agreement.

"Yeah I know." Temari said. She really wasn't sure if she should tell him how terrified she was. She really liked the arrangement they had going on. And now, this was not part of it. She wasn't sure if she wanted to have a child. She definitely didn't feel ready. She really wanted things to remain the same between her and Shikamaru, but it doesn't look like that was going to stay that way.

"So much for no consequences, no catch," Shikamaru muttered under his breath while thinking, not realizing he had accidently verbalized it.

"Hey! Don't make it sound like it was my fault! After all, this happened because you didn't put on a condom those few times!" Temari snapped at Shikamaru

"Excuse me, if I do recall, those incidences happened because YOU didn't let me. You told me to hurry it up and get in you. And if I remember correctly I did pull out those times." Shikamaru explained. Truthfully they both played a part in this, but neither one of them wanted to admit to that.

"UHHH! Forget it, if you're not gonna fess up to your part, then we're done here. I'll handle this issue myself!" Temari said before angrily storming out of his apartment and into hers before Shikamaru could say another word.

"Temari wait!" Shikamaru said before hearing her door slam shut. "Dammit, why does she have to be so troublesome."

Shikamaru knew better than to go over to her apartment right then. Knowing her, she needed some time to cool down before she could think rationally.

"Uhhh! How dare he blame her!" Temari thought as she paced back and forth in her apartment. She couldn't believe this was happening. Just earlier today, they were still going about their day, having mindless sex. And now she's suddenly stuck with the possibly of being pregnant with their child. She knew they were careful with their encounters for the most part, except for those select few times. But even then, she knew they were careful. She knew that was probably their careless mistake. But still, how dare his act like it wasn't his fault! The longer Temari thought about this, the less mad she got. It was his fault that she might be pregnant, but she also had a play in that. Was she really against having Shikamaru's kid? The answer she determined, was no. But what would he think about it? Would he even want a child? She didn't know. She took a deep breath. "Why am I even thinking this hard? I don't even know if I'm pregnant for sure." She decided to get that part checked out first, and then she would deal with Shikamaru later. "Man I'm hungry. I should make dinner."

Meanwhile, Shikamaru was doing his own thinking. He knew he was going to have to apologize to Temari sooner or later. He really didn't mean to make it sound like he was blaming her and he really didn't. He knew for a while that their encounters were becoming more intimate and less "casual sex". He really wasn't against the idea of them becoming something more, but never wanted to say anything because he didn't want to lose what they had. And he knew that she probably felt the same way.

Later that night, Shikamaru tossed and turned in his bed. He had turned in early with the intent of sleeping off his thoughts, but his body had other plans. It was nights like these that he would go over to Temari's or invite her over and they would spend the night screwing each other until neither one of them could walk normally the next day. But tonight definitely wasn't a night to do that. After tossing and turning for another hour though, Shikamaru gave up and tossed the covers off of him.

He put on his shoes and walked straight over to Temari's place. He unlocked her front door, walked in and locked the door quietly behind him. He found her curled up in bed with her back to him. He carefully slid into bed and spooned her from behind. Sensing that she was still awake and not resisting him, he began to talk.

"Look Temari, I'm sorry for making it sound like this was all your fault. I really didn't mean it. Seriously. We both had a play in this." Shikamaru said before wrapping his arms around her stomach and burying his head into the back of her neck. "I know when we started this arrangement; we agreed that there was going to be no feelings or consequences in this. But as hard as we tried to push it out of our minds, I know this has become more than just sex. Don't try denying it. So what's going to happen now that we might be having a baby? I will honestly say I am scared out of my mind about being a father. But I know I want to be there for him/her." He rubbed her belly gently "where does that leave us? I don't know. I'm not against giving our relationship a real chance, but its up to you if you want to give it a shot too." Shikamaru finished his speech by placing a kiss on the back of Temari's neck

Hearing Shikamaru talk really calmed her down. And he was right about everything he said. She turned so that she was now snuggling into his chest. "I know this has become more than just the sex, I just didn't want to admit it. I liked what we had going and I was afraid of losing it, as messed up as our agreement was." She shed a single tear into his chest and hugged him tighter. "I was afraid you didn't feel the same way. I'm so glad I was wrong." Dammit, she hated being so vulnerable in front of people.

Shikamaru placed another kiss on top of her head to comfort her. "Hey, let's go get you checked out tomorrow okay?"

"Okay…" Temari said hesitantly. "But who though? I don't know if I'm ready to tell the entire world about us just yet."

Shikamaru thought about it for a moment. They definitely shouldn't go to Ino, she was the queen of gossip in Konoha. Sakura was a bit better but usually can't keep quiet if Ino manages to pry it out of her. "We could try Shizune; she's a trustworthy medical nin who trained under the Hokage. She just got back from a mission yesterday so she should be around."

"Ok, sounds good to me. Thank you Shikamaru." Temari said before falling asleep

And for the first time, they two of them actually got a full nights rest in each other's arms.

Ok that's all for now. See you in the next chapter! Thanks to those who reviewed, faved, and/or followed my story!