Title: Shikamaru-Sakura
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Sakura/Sasuke, Shikamaru/Sakura
Warnings: none, hints of spoilers through Sasuke retrieval arc
"Please," she begged him and Sakura was a strong woman these days who shouldn't have been begging.
"Um." Shikamaru tried to think of response that wouldn't get him punched through a few walls. Maybe that was what she needed, but he sure didn't.
"For Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke. It was always Sasuke. Why did women want to chain themselves to such disagreeable men? He never wanted to understand women. What did anyone see in Sasuke to like?
"You're the most troublesome woman I know."
She laughed wetly through the tears. "Is that a proposal?"
"Yeah, I'll do it." Shikamaru wondered how he'd gotten talked into this again.