Clouds
Week #16 - Blend
Disclaimer: Naruto's not mine.
"What is that?" Temari asked, glaring fiercely at something behind Shikamaru's head.
He followed her gaze, frowned when he realized what she was talking about, then turned back, retort at the ready, "I thought that after all this time you'd be able to recognize clouds, Temari."
She turned her hard gaze on him, eyebrow raised, "Do you really want me to respond to that?"
Her tone said that the clear answer was no.
Shikamaru rolled his eyes and muttered something under his breath before trying again, "So what - you have a problem with clouds now?"
She shook her head, "Not if they're the usual, wispy things I see here but this block of white practically taking over the sky - I can't stand it. I wish it would just rain and get on with it."
Shikamaru almost laughed at the bitterness in her voice - all that resentment stirred up by some clouds? Ridiculous.
Instead he turned and trained his eyes on the sky above them, studying it carefully. Gradually, his eyes narrowed as he noted the way that his beloved clouds had merged, blending together to form this ominous, hulking mass of blinding white above them and effectively hiding the actual sky with all of its varying shades of blue from view.
After a minute of deliberation, he spoke again, intent on voicing his realization, "You know what, Temari?"
She turned to watch him expectantly.
"You're right."
Her grin could be seen from a mile away.
A/N: That is exactly how the sky looks here. It's been raining a lot lately - Forks' weather, I call it - and the rain makes me want to read Twilight (or should I say Eclipse) which is bad because I've got exams now. That should explain my absence these days. Don't worry - they'll be over soon and I'll be back with a vengeance. Happy reading!