She woke up only know that much of the dream, she was quite upset, for one reason, she hardly got any sleep when she looked at the clock, and secondly, she wanted shikamaru, she wanted him, there, in person, she wanted him to want her, she wanted him to ask her out, but that was apparently too much to ask for, and she had relieved this, but she could still hope, right, maybe he was just as depressed as she was, and that gave her hope, hope that maybe, just maybe he still wanted her like she wanted him and she smiled at this, she realized that she hadn't eaten anything for about 4 days, and when she stood up she felt dizzy and couldn't see straight. She sat down immediately, and she knew she had to eat something, even though she didn't really want to, she wasn't hungry, and she didn't like this feeling, feeling dizzy and weak. So she picked at a little bit of food, which hurt at first, probably because she hadn't eaten in a while, and this wasn't like her she normally ate about five time a day, being what ever food she desired the MOST, but everything for the past few days hadn't looked appetizing, just the thought of her eating had made her stomach ache, so she picked at so food, after about 10 bites worth, she couldn't eat anymore she felt slightly sick-ish but she didn't feel weak anymore, which helped, a little, so she went outside to try and occupy her mind, so she decided to help with her grandparents garden, she pulled the weeds, raked away the leaves, and watered the plants. At this she did accomplish her goal
of keeping her mind distracted of him so, she went back home and stared at her ceiling but, now she had nothing to distract her mind, she thought about calling shikamaru and asking to talk to him in person instead of over the phone with these things, and then she decided to call.
The first time she called it rang until it went to voicemail. Then about thirty minuets later she called again, and shikamaru answered the phone, but not in his normal slightly confused voice, this time he sounded excited, after a long awkward silence.
"Umm...this is shikamaru, right?" she asked very nervously
"Yeah" he replied
"Well...I was wondering...um...well..."she started to studded a little
"I was wondering if we could talk in person," she said too fast
"What" shikamaru said sounding confused (for once)?
Temari breathed in and tried to concentrate on saying each word slowly.
"I was wondering if we could talk in person" she said slower and easier to understand
"Well...why can't you say it on the phone" this time shikamaru sounded more nervous
"Oh, ok then, well...um" she was now hoping that she could have just left a message.
"How long were planning on...doing that" she didn't like saying that he dumped, and she, again, rushed her words out
"I didn't understand that, say it again" it was amazing how much patients he had
"Well...um...how long were you planning on...doing it" she said slower
Thankfully for Temari, he understood exactly what she meant "a little after the last time we talked in person"
"Well that's good," she said under her breath
There was another long awkward silence.
"And, I...well...um" she started to stutter again "was wondering, well...um...do you still like me as a friend?" she practically yelled the last part
Shikamaru sighed, as if trying to teach a two year old something "of course I still like you, I'm not gonna hold a grudge against you"
At that last part 'I'm not gonna hold a grudge against you' confused her but that couldn't bring her down
"He still likes me!!" she practically yelled in her head.
"Well...by talk to you later" he said about to hang up the phone
"Ok...by" she said so excited, she knew that he could tell the difference in her voice, because she could, it was so obvious
She couldn't stop smiling now, she was actually hunger (this wasn't necessarily a good thing seeing the last time she ate something decent was five days ago) she was looking forward to actually looking forward to dinner, and she thought of ways to make him a nice birthday present, and she knew exactly what to do for him (there was only eighteen days left till his birthday...
She decided to call him later to see if she was aloud to get him a present, as a friend
But when she called he didn't really answer her, he just said that she could stop calling everyday as a gift, she knew that it wasn't the fact she called everyday that bothered him, it was the fact that she still had feelings for him. Why did she still have to like him SO much, I mean he dumped her and put her into a depression, how couldn't she be mad at him, she didn't know how, but she couldn't.