RECAP: Temari stay out too late and decide to stay with Shikamaru and Kankuro and Matsur talk and sturf. oh and you guys I have a feeling someones gonna try and get me for this but I said the only SHOWER was off of Gaara and Naruto's room not the only bathroom mmkay?

Temari woke up. She looked around the room confused as to how she got there. She looked across the room and saw her clothes. Then she looked down at herself and saw she was only in her underwear. She realized she wasn't anywhere in Naruto's apartment. Just as she came to that realization she noticed someone's arm around her. Shikamaru was waking up.

"Morning."

"Morni-wait-SHIKAMARU?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"HOLY SHIT! D-Did we?"

"No, don't freak out, I'm pretty sure if we had you'd remember it well. It was too late for you to go out alone so you just stayed here."

"Oh. Oh yeah, ha sorry."

"It's OK. Wait. Would it really have been such a tradgedy to sleep with me?"

"That's not what I meant. I've just been making a point to Kankuro and Gaara that I wouldn't."

"Speaking of which, shouldn't you be getting home, ya know before they wake up?"

"Oh, you're right."

Temari jumped out of the bed and put her clothes back on. Shikamaru was still drowsy but he got up and out fo bed. Temari was getting ready to leave.

"Bye"

"Bye Temari."

She gave him a hug goodbye and started to walk away. He still had a hand on her arm.

"I gotta go."

"I just figured I'd get more than a goodbye hug."

Temari giggled and kissed him goodbye. She left reluctantly and started for Naruto's house. She started stresing out about what they would say when she got home. She was sincerily hoping they would believe here but she knew that was very unlikely. She got to Naruto's place fairly soon. She went through the door and saw Kankuro and Matsuri watching TV.

"Where have you been?"

"I went to meet Shikamaru and we ate at his house. By the time we were done it was too late to be walking home so I slept there."

"Already, eh? I believe you've proven me right."

"NO! Nothing happened! Why can't you believe me?"

"It was just a joke."

"Whatever. Hey where are Gaara and Naruto?"

"Still asleep."

"Still? It's almost noon."

"Well they had a big night."

"...ew..."

"Yeah, and apparently the walls here are paper thin. I'm scarred for life Temari, scarred. By the way Matsuri, Temari, we never speak of this ever again. No matter what."

"I am terribly sorry you had to suffer through that...ew..."

"Yeah."

Matsuri had gotten up half way through this conversation. Temari waited until she was gone to ask about it.

"Was it that bad? Matsuri seems pretty embarrassed by the whole thing."

"Well it was extremely awful, I mean we could hear everything...everything. It was horrifying to say the least. I really don't think we'll be able to look at them again. Anyway I'm pretty sure Matsuri still has kind of a crush on Gaara. Hearing all of that...ALL of it...I think she's just been giving a much deeper mental scar."

"Wow...that's gross."

"Yup. Anyway we're supposed to be leaving today so get packin'."

"WHAT!"

"What? It's been three days."

"N-No it hasn't."

"Uh yeah, it has. Geez you're losing it Temari. We have to be on the road by say 4 so get movin'."

"I'll be right back."

Temari left Naruto's apartment, running to Shikamaru's house. She made it there in only a few minutes. She knocked on the door and caught her breath.

"Oh hey. Did you leave something?"

"I have to leave at 4, today."

"Oh...that sucks."

Temari still trying to catch her breath kissed Shikamaru. He was enjoying it, although he felt it was kind of overwhelming. She led him inside and shut the door behind her. He didn't think much of it until she pushed her tongue into his mouth, at that point he broke the kiss.

"What are you doing?"

"Kissing you."

"A little extreme don't you think."

"But I'm leaving later. I probably won't be back for a while."

"I can wait. And it won't be that long before you come back, Gaara lives here now."

"B-but...I don't think I can keep up a relationship from so far away."

"So what exactly did you come here to do?"

"Finish things up."

"So you were going to 'finish things up' then just go back to the Sand like nothing happened?"

"...basically..."

"Are you saying you don't wanna see me anymore? Cause I'd much rather you just tell me that instead of sleeping with me to 'get it over with'."

"No that's not it...I do want to be with you still but I live so far away...I think that kinda of forgetting about this in a way is the only thing we can do..."

"Are you serious? You're not even willing to try?"

"Shikamaru, I can't just up and leave the Sand to come visit, and I don't expect you to do that for me either. The thing is I'm not good at regular relationships, I must be complete crap at long-distance relationships and I'm sorry."

"So that's it! This is ridiculous, Temari. You know that right? I get that maybe you don't want to come and visit all the time, but I can visit you too. It doesn't matter whether or not you're 'good at relationships', I lo-really like you. I really don't want this to just be done, just like that."

"I'm sorry, Shika."

"You should be! I can't even-"

Temari's was looking down, she didn't want to meet his eyes. Shikamaru sounded furious but he was just frustrated, had she looked up she would've seen his eyes filled with tears. All she could see right now were his clenched fists.

"Shika I'm sorry."

"No! I'm sorry, sorry I ever took on that date."

"S-shikamaru!"

"Just leave!"

Temari stormed out, starting to cry. Once she had gone Shikamaru was pretty close to bawling. He had sat down, put his elbows on the table and his head in his hands. Temari was back at Naruto's in no time. She didn't want to go in so she put her back against the wall next to the door and slowly slid down the wall until she was sitting. She started crying harder but not hard enough for her breathing to be affected, even a small amount of tears was very rare for her.

MEANWHILE

Kankuro wasn't sure where Temari had gone but he didn't really care at this point, he had to pack. He went into the room with Matsuri and they both started packing their things. Naruto and Gaara woke up, Naruto before Gaara. Their arms around each other, naked.

"Morning."

"Morning."

"What time is it?"

"A little after noon."

"Wow. I've never slept so late."

"I have, lots of times. You should do it more often, it's fun."

"We should get up, though."

Gaara pulled the covers off of himself, noticed he was naked and pulled them back on. Naruto laughed a little and stood up to get dressed. Gaara was eyeing him as Naruto walked across the room. Naruto noticed and smiled at him. He got dressed and tossed Gaara some boxers. Gaara put them on fast and proceeded to finish getting dressed. The two walked out of their room and into the hallway where Matsuri and Kankuro were moving bags out of the room. Matsuri saw them, although she didn't turn a lovely shade of crimson until she met Gaara's eyes, the cherry on top being her averting her eyes from Gaara's to Naruto's. She picked up speed and moved the bags to the front door. Kankuro was right behind her, hoping he wouldn't ever have to look at them again.

"OK. Matsuri could you get the last few bags. I'm gonna go and see if Temari's anywhere near."

"Are you seriously suggesting I go back over there?"

"Please Matsuri. I'll make it up to you I swear. You can maneauver around them without getting into a conversation."

"...Fine but you owe me. ALOT."

"I know. I'll make it up to you I swear."

Matsuri put her head down and ran into the guest room. Kankuro, relieved, went outside to look around for Temari. He didn't have to look far. She looked up at him and quickly looked away, no one was ever supposed to see her cry. Kankuro sat down next to her and put his arm around her. That simple gesture made Temari start sobbing.

"Temari what's wrong?"

"...Nothing...I just didn't know we were leaving today..."

"Is it that big of a deal?"

"Yes*sob*..."

"Why's that?"

"It doesn't matter anymore...I sorted it all out...why don't we get going early..."

"Temari what happened. Where did you just go?"

It was getting harder for her to talk, seeing as she wasn't used to crying she hadn't had any practice talking and and crying. Kankuro knew that. He still had his arm around her, Temari put her head on his shoulder. Kankuro wasn't used to her being so vulnerable so he wasn't going to try and forced anything out of her. He kept his arm around her and she kept crying. After a while the tears stopped. She picked her head up off of Kankuro's shoulder. She kept looking down. Kankuro brushed the hair out of her face, making her look up at him. When she did he just smiled at her. Temari hugged him tightly, it was her way of expressing her gratitude. He hugged her back and helped her up.

"You ready to go inside?"

"Yeah I think so...thanks..."

"What are brothers for?"

Temari smiled and they went inside. He walked her past Naruto and Gaara and into the guest bathroom. He knew Temari would want to compose herself before seeing anyone else. She calmed the puffyness in her eyes and walked into the guest room to pack. Kankuro made the mistake of walking into the living room, Naruto and Gaara were in the kitchen, the kitchen with a clear view into the living room. Gaara said good morning, Kankuro didn't respond and sat on the couch. Gaara looked at Naruto and called Kankuro over. He reluctantly came over and kept his head down. He did his best to have a normal conversation, neither of them noticed anything was wrong even though it was a very horrifying experience for him.

Later that day the three of them were packed up an ready to go at the gates. Naruto and Gaara hadn't told them about the engagement yet, they'd just told Matsuri they were gay, marriage might be too much to handle at the time. They were leaving for the Sand, Temari was constantly looking over her shoulder for Shikamaru, hoping he'd be there. She thought about it and realized she'd made it incredibly clear that she couldn't be with him, no matter how much she wanted to. She figured not seeing him was for the best. They left.


BOTTOM NOTE: So yeah probably no what you wanted in relation to Shika and Temari but I'll fix it but I wasn't just gonna ignore the fact that they live in different villages although I did kind of do that with Gaara and Naruto but he's the youngest and he's not responsible for anything anyway BOTTOM NOTE OVER AND OUT