--The next day--

--The next day--

That next day Temari tried to get happier, but nothing would get her happy, she tried everything she could think of, she tried going on the computer, she even tried reading a book that she had just got, and had been waiting months to get, she only read I little of it, that didn't even make her, she thought back unwillingly to what shikamaru had said to her, "Temari...I'm breaking up with you". It kept echoing in her mind.

"Shut up." she told herself, wanting to forget what had happened, she waited a few hours later, around 5:40pm she walked outside and called shikamaru, she heard it ring twice, she thought they weren't going to answer, so she was about to hang up when she heard an unfamiliar voice.

"Hello?" the person said, sounding in a strange voice she thought sounded depressed, but couldn't really tell

"Umm...is shikamaru there?" she asked, almost scared to her the answer which was going to be most likely a 'yes'

But the Person on the other line interrupted her thoughts

"You're talking to him," he said in a slightly 'duh' way

"Oh...um...shikamaru, it's me, Temari" she said feeling awkward

"What do you want" he said in a way that made her want to cry again, he said it in a way that seemed like he was almost fed-up with her, and this made it hard for her to think.

"Umm...well...I was...ahh...wondering...well...why..."she said almost scared

"Come on Temari, you can do this, don't brake out in tears again" she thought to her self

"I was wondering why you broke up with me!!" she said rushed

"I already told you, because I can't do it anymore" he said as if that made any sense

"What can't you do?" she asked

He didn't say anything, so she asked again.

"What can't you do?" she said slightly acidic, and trying to hold back the tears.

Again he said nothing, so this time she raised her voice, almost yelling which had became unlike her, when they started dating, she had become less violent

"What can't you do!?"

He finally answered this time, and a part of her was happy to hear his voice again, until she heard what he was saying

"I can't date yo..."he broke off, as if he said the wrong thing

"I just can't do it anymore"

When she realized that she had only got the same answer, she asked him the same question, again, three times, and again on the third time he answered

"I just can't do it anymore, ok? By" he answered her, in an almost soothing voice. And this only made her want to cry more, and she felt the tears about to come out, so before she could say goodbye, tears started coming out, and she slammed the phone shut, shikamaru didn't call back, he could tell that she needed some space. She went into her bathroom, and cried, again, she was so confused, how could the person who had brought her so much joy, comfort, and happiness, be the same person who is now making her cry so much? Again, this made no sense.

The next day she tried calling him about five times, but every time it went to voicemail after the four rings as it about half the time did, she had practically memorized the answering machine "hello," Shikamaru's mother would say "you have reached the nara's please leave a message after the tone, thank you"

Every time (that day) she would sigh, part of that sigh would be thankful no one would answer, but the other part of her yearned for his voice to comfort her (but she knew that it would only end up in her crying again)

She then ate something for the first time since shikamaru broke up with her, not because she wanted to eat, but because she knew she should eat something and because she felt dizzy, and like she would fall over everywhere she got up, which she did a lot, because she was trying to not mope around the whole day, which she did anyway.

She started listening to random music that would purposefully get her depressed mainly love songs, like "lips of an angel", she didn't know why, but she like get depressed, maybe this was turning her into a emotional maschachis (sp?). She sighed at this thought.

After listening to music for a while she decided to try and get some sleep, but she kept thinking about shikamaru, she was slightly upset she could get him out of her head, was this because she really liked him, maybe even loved him, or was it because he was her first boyfriend, so of course she would like him. What ever reason, she couldn't get him out of her mind, and then again, that line kept running threw her head "Temari...I'm braking up with you" she cringed at these words running threw her head, she wished it was all a dream, "no" she corrected her self, "it wouldn't be a dream, it would be a nightmare" anyway you looked at it, she wished it weren't real, but she knew it was as real as she was. It took her a while to fall asleep as it always did, so since she couldn't keep her mind distracted it wondered back to the man, the first boy to make her cry, the first person she held hands with, the first man she hugged (that meant something) her first kiss, all the thoughts at first made he so happy, until she got to the part where he wouldn't hug her anymore, he would hold her hand anymore, and he definitely won't kiss her anymore.

She called a friend (who she had a major thing for, before her and shikamaru went out, and for a while he had a thing for her, sometimes she thought he still did, but he would never admit it) and he actually made her smile for a second, she was happy again, but only for a few seconds.

This thought made wish she could get to sleep faster, but she couldn't...so she lied there only able to think of shikamaru.

Then, again, she had remembered her dreams

--Temari's dream--

She was at Shikamaru's work, not knowing why, she knew she wasn't there to see him, though seeing him wouldn't be a bad thing. So she was wondering around aimlessly, and she bumped into shikamaru, she was so happy to see him, she was about to give him a hug like she always did when she saw him, but then when she looked at his face she was shocked, he didn't look happy to see her he looked more like he was regretting being there. She knew that he wasn't happy to see HER; he didn't say anything to her just gave her a glare and walked past her. Temari then tried everything she could to get him in a happier mood, she over heard shikamaru talking to the manager.

"So what are we going to do with her" shikamaru said in his normal tone, but slightly acidic, which she had never heard before, she was also confused by the fact that she didn't work there, but then an idea came to her, maybe she could work WITH him and get him to talk and maybe they could get back together. She was happy by this idea.

--End dream--