I was having such a good streak with prompts I liked and this one came up on the list :/. So I apologize this one isn't the best but I wanted to do something that was through another character's point of view and I obviously did not accomplish that as nicely as I would have liked it to so yeah. See ya tomorrow
And Mystery
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It wasn't supposed to be like this. This was their day together as a team. How can they continue when the captain of Team Ten was missing? How were they supposed to function without him? More importantly; who was going to pay for Choji's half of the restaurant bill?
"Where's Shikamaru? He was supposed to be here twenty minutes ago. I'm starving!" Choji cradled his face in his hands and let out a defeated sob.
Ino looked up from the menu and rolled her eyes. "Like that's ever stopped you from eating. He probably slept in again."
"It's four in the afternoon!"
"He's slept in longer."
Choji rested his head against the glass window and stared out into the streets, hoping he would see his best friend taking lethargic steps towards the restaurant. When he didn't see a thing, he rested a chubby cheek in his hand and looked back up at his teammate. She let out a soft sigh and put her menu down.
"Choji, he probably forgot. He has been working a lot lately."
"Shikamaru's lazy, not forgetful! That's not like him. This is a mystery."
"The only 'mystery' we have is figuring out when you're going to stop whining and order your food. If Shikamaru gets here late then he eats late. Simple."
Oh no no no. It wasn't that simple. Not to Choji anyway. Sure, Shikamaru probably did sleep in. Sure, maybe he did forget. That didn't mean she wasn't going to work about him or get it off his mind. He thought of so many other possibilities as to where their captain could be. He was only snapped out of it when Ino spoke up again, this time with mischief in her voice rather than annoyance.
"He forgot. Definitely forgot."
"How do you know?"
"Look across the street."
What Choji saw said it all. There was Shikamaru window-shopping. Hand in hand. With Temari.
A smile took up Choji's entire face when he decided that this was a good enough reason to miss out on barbeque.