Afternoon the next day wasn't any easier for Shay, not when it seemed that every shinobi and citizen in the village- friend and otherwise- knew about her forced upcoming marriage to Naruto and Kakashi. Iruka had come by her tent bright and early that morning, waking her from a sound sleep for a nice lengthy talk on how Naruto had grown up.
But he ended their talk with a nice, "But he's a good kid deep down."
Next had been a group of guys that she had been sure were going to kill her, their demenor wasn't the slightest bit friendly at first. But after the leader of the group, a fellow named Shikamaru introduced himself and asked what she thought of the village- that sparked a whole another visit. The group all sat down with her and talked about some of the missions they had taken with Naruto and Kakashi.
But stopped speaking when she started to cringe upon hearing certain things. Shikamaru sighed and quickly changed the conversation to lighter things. Starting with some of the village traditions that he thought she might like.
One guy named Neji told her that if she ever needed a babysitter that he'd watch the little one for her and Shay blanched a little bit, unsure about how to react to the fact that he knew she was pregnant. So she politely thanked him before the conversation moved on.
By the time they decided to leave, Shay had a pounding headache and her morning sickness was starting to hit her hard since she had to run for the sink and dry heaved for several minutes before her next set of visitors, a group of pre-teen kids with a man dressed in black appeared, carrying several baskets of fruit, crayon colored papers and other things for her.
Curious about what some of the stuff was she sat down for lunch and started to go through some of the pictures. From the way they looked they were drawn by young children. Each picture was brightly colored with flowers, animals, a stick person likness of Naruto and a few of his friends. Some of Kakashi and one or two of her wearing a wedding dress with silver swirls and lace.
The pictures were adorable.
But somehow it felt like they were being used to sway her from fighting Tsunade further by giving her a glimpse into the lives of the people of the village. Meeting them, learning their feelings about her marriage to Naruto and Kakashi.
It was obvious that they looked upon these things in a favorable fashion. Which was frustrating in itself since Shay didn't look upon the union in such a way.
Pushing aside her lunch plate she lightly banged her head on the table before deciding that she needed some air. Sighing she got up and took her plate over to the sink and set it down then went and grabbed some shoes and slipped them on and headed outside where several guards were posted.
"I'd like to go for a walk." She said, half expecting them to force her to stay put. However one of them fell into step beside her while the other one disappeared. Presumably to hide himself just in case they were attacked.
Shay sighed tiredly, hating all the attention and hype that came with Tsunade's decree because it meant that everyone in the village would be imposing themselves on her and watching her when she just wanted to be left alone.
Feeling like she was about to suffocate she grasped her guards arm and said in a somewhat strained sounding voice, "Could you please take me to see Gaara?"
Her guard must have realized that she was starting to feel overwhelmed by everything because he slipped an arm around her waist and said in a low tone. "Miss, I can summon one of your betrothed here. Would you rather I do that? You aren't looking very well."
"I- No. Don't summon anyone. Just take me to Gaara. He'll make sure that I rest until I feel better."
"Very well." The guard said as he started walking again, noting that Shay was having some trouble. She kept stumbling and would have fallen a number of times if he hadn't been there to partially support her. He thought she was wrong about not wanting one of her betrothed by her side at the moment but let it slide so that he could focus on getting her to the Kazakage's tent so that she could rest.
