•Honesty•*
Shikamaru had his back turned away from the door but he felt an intense chakra raging close to the room. Knowing what was about to come he sighed and waited for the nagging to start. His arm was in a sling, his shoulder was bandaged up and Temari, loudly entering the room, did not like this sight one bit. Extreme madness wanted to come over her. Shikamaru was there, looking like complete shit and she wasn't there to protect him. But she had no clue who to be mad at; herself for breaking a promise that she'll always be there to protect him, the people who did this to Shikamaru, or Shikamaru himself for being a complete idiot.
"NARA SHIKAMARU"
'And it's starting' He wasn't quite ready to actually face her, which didn't work in his favor because it gave her a view of gashes that was on his back. This really made her go ballistic because the gashes on his back had already scared up which meant that he was in pain for sometime and she did nothing about it. Her emotion changed from angry to distress in a matter of seconds.
"Look at me now!"
Shikamaru knew better than to make Temari more upset than she already was and plus Kiba, Naruto and Neji were in the room with him so he didn't want them to see him getting his ass handed to him. So He slowly turned towards her and reached out for her hands when he noticed the worried look on her face.
"Tem, I'm sorry"
"Sorry isn't going to cut it. You send me a letter saying the mission was a success, and as I was on my way here, a messenger hawk delivered a letter to me saying how you was in the hospital"
"Why were you already on your way here if I said everything was okay. You didn't trust me"
"Why should I if you lied to me."
"I didn't lie, everything was a success"
"Okay, then tell me this genius. If everything went okay, why the hell are you in a hospital bed!"
Shikamaru heard snickers from Naruto and Kiba and pretty sure Neji was also engaging in their enjoyment. He knew he couldn't tell her to keep her voice down because that would only make her raise her voice more. And plus he did lie, not just to lie, but so he wouldn't worry her. In his opinion he deserved this.
"Fine. Tem I lied. I just didn't want you to get upset and worried. Can you just not be upset anymore"
"You think it works like that. You say sorry and I just forgive you. What if I just lied to you about me being in the hospital. You wouldn't like it"
Of course he wouldn't like it. Shikamaru would want to be by her side during while she was in pain, and he realized that she would want to do the same for him. So maybe lying wasn't the way to go and he was starting to regret it.
"I was a lying asshole, who is untrustworthy. And I don't deserve to have a woman like you"
Temari stared at him for a second before giving him a kiss which he happily accepted. She was glad he finally understood where she was coming from but just to make sure he wouldn't do it again, she left him with a message.
"I know you don't deserve me. But we need honesty in this relationship and the next time you lie there will be hell to pay. Got it"
She left out the room and Shikamaru was content with the result.
"Shikamaru better not lie again" Kiba and Naruto began to laugh hysterically.
"Shut up"
They could continue to laugh all they want. But Shikamaru knew she had the right to yell at him. He lied but based on how this encounter went he knew that he was never going to do it again.