Chapter 12
Temari got all her stuff ready for the sleepover.
"Sleeping bag? Check. Flashlight? Check. Pjs? Check. Random shit that I need? Double check." She smiled and exited her house. She started to walk to Ino's house but then stopped.
"He's probably sleeping." She sighed and walked to Shikamaru's apartment.
She knocked on the door to find it was open. She stepped inside. She found him sleeping on the couch. The TV was on, it was playing a channel about... Clouds.
'Seriously?' She shook him and he groaned.
"Come on lazyass, the sleepover is soon." She said
"Fine fine. Man this is troublesome." He said
He grabbed a bag that he prepared and headed out the door with Temari.
They walked down the dirt road talking about the sleepover.
"You know Ino is the queen of gossip, right?" Shikamaru asked.
"Well, yeah, that's obvious" Temari said, rolling her eyes
"She might find out about us."
"So?"
"She'll tell everyone in the village."
"Damnit"
"..."
"Just act."
"Well, this is my last chance before then."
"...?"
He dropped his bag and pulled Temari in for a kiss. She pulled him closer and kissed back. They pulled away before anyone could notice.
"Satisfied, lazyass?"
"A little."
She smiled, looking at him. He smiled back.
They arrived at Ino's house and rang the doorbell.
"Hey! Temari? Shikamaru! Come on in!" Ino screamed at them.
They both winced. They walked in, but Ino pulled Temari back.
"Hey, did Shikamaru pick you up?" Ino grinned knowingly.
"No, we met on the way here." She said.
"Oh, okay."
Temari turned back to the room. Sakura, Sai, Sasuke, Neji, Chouji, Karui, and Tenten were already there.
"KARUI?!" Temari screamed
"TEMARI?!" Karui screamed back.
"Oh my god! When did you get here!?" Temari asked.
"Just this morning!" She responded and they hugged.
"Oh, I missed you so much!" Temari said almost with tears in her eyes.
"I know, me too." Karui said and they walked together with their arms over each other's shoulders. Shikamaru couldn't help but feel a bit jealous. Temari and Shikamaru put their stuff down. Temari and Karui were talking so fast to each other nobody could understand what they were saying.
Hinata and Naruto walked in.
"Hey, Naruto" Sasuke said, very emo like.
"Heyyyyy, Sasuekeeee!" Naruto replied.
"Did someone give him sugar?" Chouji asked.
"No, he's just like that. Sometimes he can be on permanent hyper mode." Sasuke explained.
"Oh." So Chouji kept eating his chips.
"Hello, Sakura." Hinata said shyly.
"Hey, Hinata! Sit here!" Sakura motioned for the spot next to her.
They sat and chatted about boys. Mainly Sasuke and Naruto.
Soon, Shiho walked in.
"Shiho?" Shikamaru said stunned
Ino just smiled.
'Finally, I can get Shikamaru and Shiho together!' Ino thought evilly. It was all going according to plan.
"H-hi, Shikamaru!" Shiho said, smiling.
"Hey..." Shikamaru said lazily. Temari just stared at her then went back to chatting away with Karui.
They all went to do their own things for a bit.
-Temari and Karui-
"So do you like anyone?" Karui asked
"Nah, never." Temari said waving it away. "Have you gotten with anyone yet?"
"Haha no, but the kid over there is cute" Karui said pointing at chouji.
"Oh my god, you should talk to him! He's really nice!" Temari pushed Karui towards him.
"Ahhhhh... Hi!" Karui said
"Uh, hi. What's your name?" Chouji asked
"I'm Karui, what's your name?" She said
"That's a pretty name, I'm Chouji. Nice to meet you!" He said happily.
Karui blushed at the comment. She looked at his bag of chips and gasped.
"Is that the exclusive beef and chicken flavored chips?!" Karui asked excited
"Yes, it is! Do you like them? Do you want one?"
"Actually, I love them! I have a package of exclusive pork and ham flavor right here!" She pulled out the bag of chips. Chouji gasped.
"Oh my god! Wow! I thought they all sold out!" Chouji said excited
"Well, I got the last bag." Karui explained
"Wow, wow. It's such an amazing flavor!"
"Yeah, it is!" She looked at the chips then to him.
She held out the bag to him.
"I want you to have it." She said smiling.
"What? Really? I can't take something so precious from you though!" Chouji said
"Please, take it!" She said
"Oh, you're too kind!" He said starting to cry. He hugged Karui and the bag of chips.
Temari just sat there extremely confused.
"They became friends, through chips?" She looked around to see if anyone felt the same way she did.
"Guess not..."
-Sasuke and Naruto-
"Heyyyyy sasukyyyyyyy" Naruto yelled
"Shut up, Naruto."
"Nuuuuuuuuuoooouuuoo."
"Ugh. You're giving me a headache."
"Hooooooraaaaiiiiyyyyy"
Sasuke pushed Naruto to the other side of the room and sat back down in his seat. Naruto stayed where he was and grinned.
Another Naruto came slowly up behind Sasuke.
"What?!" Sasuke flipped at the surprise
"Shadow clones, mothafuka" Naruto said and disappeared behind the couch.
"SHANNARRO" Naruto went flying across the room.
"I can't believe how stupid that was, Naruto." Sakura said dusting off her hands.
"N-Naruto!" Hinata ran over to Naruto and fell down to her knees.
"Are you alright?"
"Now I am." He said, and kissed her on the cheek. She blushed violently and fainted.
"OHHHHHH NO I KILLED HER AGAIN!" Naruto freaked out.
Sakura and Sasuke face palmed.
-Sai and Ino-
Feeding Sai chocolates. That's all the explanation you need.
-Shiho and Shikamaru-
"So s-Shikamaru, I find your technique q-quite interesting. Could you please tell me more about it?" Shiho said stuttering and blushing.
"Sigh, it's troublesome. I use shadows to either strangle or take possession of a person. I can use my shadow to make a person mimic my moments. I can also use it to choke people or hold them in place. I can also make showdowns within shadows." He sighed after the speech.
"I see, that's very useful." Shiho said while slowly getting closer to Shikamaru.
"Yea, but it's a waste of chakra. I'd rather be sleeping. Or kis-uh, um, killing time by, uh, watching clouds." He said blushing at the last part.
"What was that last part? I couldn't quite hear it." Shiho said, more determined.
"Huh? Oh it's nothing." He said avoiding the subject, and Shiho was getting quite close
"I don't think it was nothing." She said and kissed him on the lips. It's caught him by surprise and couldn't move. Temari looked over to the nearby couch to see her so called boyfriend kissing another girl. Tears stung at her eyes, but she closed them shut and got up.
She walked over to the other side of the room and watched Sai and Ino laughing with each other.
'What a jerk, a cheater, a liar. I don't what to see him ever again!' Temari thought
Suddenly Shikamaru's senses kicked in and he pushed Shiho off of him.
"Uh, sorry, I don't like you" Shikamaru said trying to be as polite as possible.
"Oh, do you like someone?" She asked sadly.
"Uh, no, not right now." He said, lying through his teeth.
"Oh, okay, I hope we can still be friends." She said almost pleading.
"Sure, I don't mind." He said sighing deeply.
-Neji and tenten-
They were talking about school projects and training, how boring. Get real guys! (Lol jk)
-back to normal-
Ino suddenly got up
"Hey! Let's play games now! " Ino said
"YEAAAAHAAAAAHAAAA" Naruto screamed. Sasuke slapped his hand over Naruto's mouth, and everyone applauded.
"Shut up." Sasuke said, annoyed.
"Mmmmfhfg" Naruto said.
"Let's play truth or dare!" Karui said excited.
"How bout it, Temari?!" Karui said looking at her best friend.
"Sure..." Temari said quietly.
They all gathered in a circle. Shikamaru sat next to Temari but she got up and moved to the other side. Shikamaru smirked.
'Good acting' he thought.
"Ok! I'll go first!" Ino said.
"Sai, truth or dare?"
"Truth." He said
"Do you love me?" She asked
"Yes." He said plainly, like it was a fact.
Ino hugged him tighter.
"Thanks, babe" she said smiling.
"Okay, Sai, go." Chouji said.
"Hmm, Shikamaru, truth or dare?"
"Truth" he yawned
"Do you like someone?"
"No."
Temari scowled at him. And not in a good way. He didn't notice
"Sasuke, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"Uhhhhhhh, someone think of a dare, it's too troublesome to do." Naruto suddenly piped up.
"Sasuke!"
"No."
"I dare you to kiss Sakura!"
"Okay." He leaned over and kissed her. Sakura blushed like a tomato.
"Ok, Neji, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Do you like Tenten?" Neji and Tenten blushed.
"YES, HE DOES LOVE OUR YOUTHFUL TENTEN"
Everyone, EVERYONE, groaned. Lee had crashed through the window and was in a crane position in the middle of the circle.
"MY WINDOW!" Ino screamed
"Oh, I am sorry my youthful Ino, I shall use my youth to pay for the poor window." Lee said disappointed.
Suddenly,
"LEE WE MUST RUN 1000 LAPS AROUND KONOHA!" Everyone groaned again.
Gai was standing outside the window and looking inside.
"OH HOW YOUTHFUL! A SLEEPOVER! HAVE YOUTHFUL FUN EVERYONE!" Gai said leaving the window.
"YES! I WISH ALL OF YOU MUCH YOUTHFUL FUN!" And out the window Lee leapt. All of them stared in disbelief and shock.
"But, my window..." Ino sighed.
"Back to the game." Sasuke said.
"So Neji likes Tenten, huh.." Shikamaru said.
"I'm h-happy for you Neji-san!" Hinata said quietly. Neji smiled at Hinata as she smiled back.
"ONWARD." Ino yelled.
"Truth or dare, Sakura." Neji said.
"Truth!" She said
"Do you still like Sasuke?"
"Of course!" Sakura replied happily
"Okay! Truth or dare Temari?"
"Dare." Temari said in a low voice, sending Shikamaru a death glare.
Tenten leaned over to Sakura and whispered something to her.
"Mmmmm, okay, Temari! I dare you to go into that closet for 7 minutes with Shikamaru!"
"What?! NO WAY, NOT WITH THAT UNGRATEFUL JERK!" Temari said standing up and pointing at him.
"Troublesome"
'Why'd she have to say ungrateful? Troublesome' Shikamaru thought
"It's a dare, you have to."
Temari glared at Sakura, giving her shivers.
She walked into the closet and slammed the door. Shikamaru slowly got up and walked over to the closet and opened the door and went inside.
"Aww, Sakura, Tenten, you should've put Shiho with Shikamaru! Not Temari!" She whispered to them
"No, you idiot, he doesn't like her. I saw Shikamaru and Temari kissing a few days ago on my way to Neji's house." Tenten explained.
"1st, THEY KISSED?! 2nd, what were you doing with Neji?" Ino and Sakura asked.
"1st, yeah, they did. 2nd, we were working on a school project."
"Rightttt, sure you were working on a project, a very sexy project." Ino said grinning
Tenten gave her the "are-you-fucking-kidding-me?" look. Ino just laughed
-inside the closet-
"Nice acting" Shikamaru complimented
"How do you know if I was acting or not?" Temari said growling and turning away from him.
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying maybe I didn't have to act, after what you and Shiho did together." She said in a low growl.
'Shit, that was a mistake' He thought, sweating.
"That was an accident though!" Shikamaru tried to explain.
"Oh, then, how come you didn't move or push her away? I'm pretty sure you like her!" She said getting angry.
"But I'm telling the truth, she was the one who-" Shikamaru started
His cheek started to turn red as a hand mark started to appear. Temari had slapped him hard.
"Don't bother explaining!" Temari almost screamed. She whipped the door open to everyone's surprise.
"Hey Temari it hasn't been 7 min-" Ino started
"Bathroom break." She said angrily walking towards the bathroom quickly.
Shikamaru walked out holding his cheek. They all stared at him.
"I can't believe you! You horrible, despicable, monster!" Karui ran after Temari.
"What did you do now?" Ino asked.
"Nothing really..." Shikamaru sighed and laid down on a couch and turned away from the group.
"Troublesome."
-in the bathroom-
"Temari?!" Karui asked
"Leave me alone, Karui." Temari whimpered.
"You've never been like this! What the hell happened in there?! Oh wait. Don't tell me. He tried to hit on-"
"No. No. No."
"Then what did happen?" She asked, sitting down.
"Well, I just slapped my boyfriend because he cheated on me." Temari said, not bothering to explain the whole story.
"YOUR BOYFRIEND?!" Karui screamed. Everyone could hear her now.
Ino, Hinata, Tenten, and Sakura shot up and ran towards the bathroom. The boys just sat agape and shook their heads.
"SHIKAMARUUUUUU! WHAT ARE YOU HIDINGGGGGGGG FROM USSSSSSS?!" Naruto yelled
"None of your business, Naruto." Shikamaru muttered.
Shiho looked down.
'I didn't realized that he had a girlfriend. He must have been hiding it, so nobody would make a big deal about it. What have I done?!' Shiho started to sweat.
Back in the bathroom, the 4 girls had barged in.
"Temari?!" They all screamed, except for Hinata who was in the back murmuring things like,
"I hope she's alright."
"SHUT UP, WOULD YOU?!" Karui screamed.
The boys sweated, and Shiho made her way to the bathroom
Temari was hugging her knees to her neck and crying. The girls gathered around her and sat next to her.
"Mind explaining?" Tenten said softly.
"He cheated on me." Temari muttered.
"She just keeps saying that over and over." Karui said.
"Shikamaru?" Ino asked quietly.
Temari nodded her head softly.
"With who?" Sakura asked patting Temari's back.
Shiho suddenly walked in. Ino suddenly got it.
'Shiho is the only person here who likes Shikamaru other than Temari. They must have kissed or something. Yikes. This is gonna get messy.'
Temari looked up and saw Shiho standing at the door. She suddenly stood up.
"Get out! Get out of my sight!" She yelled at Shiho.
Shiho was surprised and took a step back as Temari stepped forward.
"You took him! You kissed him! You fucking kissed him!" Temari screamed at her. Shiho yelled and backed out of the room and back into the game room.
Shikamaru heard Temari screaming nonsense and watched Shiho come out of the bathroom, horrified. He sighed and got up and walked the direction of the bathroom.
Shiho saw Shikamaru coming and tried to apologize.
"Shikamaru! I'm sorry I didn't kno-"
"It's not your fault, just stay out of it." Shikamaru said firmly.
Shiho nodded and backed up, still staring at the door.
Shikamaru walked inside to see Temari covering her face and crying, while the 5 girls looking at each other not knowing what to do, and also horrified.
When the girls saw him walk in they all gave him a death glare. He ignored it. He walked over to Temari and grabbed her arms and pulled her in for a rough kiss. She was silenced immediately. They both closed their eyes and kissed each other.
The girls just stared at them like 'WHOA WELL THAT HAPPENED'. They pulled away after a while and she leaned her head against his chest crying silently. Shikamaru looked at the girls staring.
"Do you mind?"
They all stood immediately and left the bathroom.
They exited to see Shiho in horror. Karui was the first to react.
"You're so dead now." Karui said as she cracked her knuckles
Ino stopped her.
"She didn't know, none of us knew, it's not her fault." Ino said blocking Karui.
Karui glared at her then sighed.
Back in the bathroom Shikamaru was rubbing Temari's back and she made his shirt wet with tears.
"Shhh, it's okay now. Everything is alright now." He said softly to her.
She whimpered and her tears started to fade away.
"Why did you do it?" She asked her voice cracking
"I didn't, Shiho did. Nobody knew we were together, so she just went for it. I didn't move because I was shocked. It's not everyday a co worker comes up to you and kisses you." Shikamaru explained
"Mm hm..." She sighed
She soon fell asleep in his arms.
"Troublesome."
He carried her out of the bathroom and to a guest room where they both kept their sleeping bags. Thank goodness there was a bed.
'I'll thank Ino later for the nice housing' he laid her down on the bed.
He tapped her awake.
"Hmm?"
"You might want to change before you sleep."
"Mmright" she said sleepily. It was only 8:30 pm but due to her crying and fits it was like 2:00 am for her. She changed and so did he. They slipped into bed and snuggled next to each other listening to each other's heartbeats in sync.
Ba bum, ba bum, ba bum, ba bum...
-back in the game room-
"Soooooo, are they coming back?" Neji asked.
Ino snuck into the bedroom to see them sleeping. She came back and sat down.
"Not for a while."
"Ewwww." everyone went
"No you idiots, they're sleeping!" Ino shook her head in disgust.
"You guys have horrible minds" Ino said, sighing.
"Weeeee knowwww" Naruto went.