Title: The Quiet Times
Pairing: ShikaxTema
Words: 119
The quiet times when cicadas were chirping outside or rain was pattering against windows in rhythmical patterns, when the night was as dark as it was going to get and the only light came from the faint glare of the moon, when they weren't fighting or calling each other names and he held her so close they could feel each other's heart beats through their clothes; those were the times they cherished.
He could look down at her sleeping face and know that what his father had said so many years ago was true.
She could feel his warm breath on her skin and know that there was so much more to life than being a shinobi.
A/N: I realize I haven't updated in forever and this hardly compares to my other chapters. Really, I wrote this a while ago and just now thought that the story was getting dusty so I updated regardless of crappiness. Next chapter: sufficiently longer, I should hope.