Warning: AU cause I can't write stories like in cannon ToT, ooc, Amnesia Shikamaru!
Disclaimer: No one owns Naruto —not even me—, only Kishimoto-dono did
PROLOGUE;
5 Years Ago
"Shika! We're going to be late! What's taking you so long?" Narumi whines as she had her final glance over her reflection from the mirror. She was elegantly dressed in a maroon halter dress and her golden blonde hair with a streak of crimson at the tips falling in silk reaching her bubble butt with some naturally waved curls that she took effort in on the ends of her hair. Glancing over her shoulder she saw her husband walking out from their shared walk in wardrobe struggling with his tie.
She smiled in amusement. 'Lazy Husband.'
She walks over making him stop in his way. Shikamaru averted his gaze towards his wife.
"Why is it that you're always taking longer than I do? Who's the girl here?" Narumi creased her golden brows as she took the tie that were in his hands and began tying it for him instead. Her husband smiled lazily instead taking in the beauty in front of him.
"You look very attractive today." He commented ignoring whatever she said a while ago with his gaze on her. Narumi returned the gaze with a small smile forming on her lips.
"Tell me something I don't know, handsome." She tiptoes to whisper in his ear before pulling back with a sly smile and properly placing his tie in place.
The brunette returned the same smile before placing his arms around her and pulling her closer to him closing in whatever gap there was between them. But a frown soon followed.
"What?" Narumi couldn't help but blurt out upon noticing his expression changing significantly over a second.
"You know how I hate you wearing dresses with holes in them." He didn't hesitate to comment upon coming across her bare back.
"Should I change then?" She shrugs not finding it a problem at all.
"No, you look good in it." The genius commented whilst his hand began to play with her two - colored hair with the other remaining around her slim waist.
"You're not making sense at the moment, do you know that?" Narumi ridiculed her husband's contradictory statements.
It sometimes baffled her how intelligent her husband was and yet can say some none sense at the same time.
"Anyway, we really should get going. Your best friend is going to kill us if we run late." She reminded him but as always Shikamaru prefers having things his way.
"Troublesome. Choji is a good guy, he'll understand."
The pale male lean in to kiss her instead —giving her small pecks which soon evolved into kisses that neither can get enough of.
It drew a smile on her face. Her hands that were on his chest had made their way around his neck instead.
With their forehead against each other as they catch their breath, the newlywed couldn't help but to just smile at each other upon their gaze meeting.
"I love you." He muttered in his deep voice, their lips barely apart from each other and holding her close with his eyes on hers.
"I love you too." She whispers back sweetly brushing over his lips before subtly rubbing off her lipstick marks that were on his lips, emitting her soft chuckle at the sight.
At that moment it felt like they were the only ones in this world.
The Present
He woke up with a sharp pain on his head making him groan with his vision blurred. He heard a few voices and gasps around him before finally making shape of what he was seeing. He saw his mother, his best friend and his wife looking worried and relieved at the same time.
Even when he thought the ones closed to him were here, something was missing.
He heard Ino rushing out to call the doctor whilst his mother was softly calling for his name with tears at the rim of her eyes.
His grey eyes wondered around the unfamiliar room which had beeping of machines everywhere. He wasn't sure what had happened but every limb of his body seemed to ache a lot.
Troublesome.
"Hey, are you alright?" His best friend —Choji approached to his side.
Turning to his friend, the emptiness started to fill in again. And that was when he realised what he was missing. Or to put it better, who was missing.
Grabbing onto his mother's hand in which she paid extra attention to, the brunette tried hard to speak as his throat was definitely drier that it had ever been.
"Narumi...w-where is she?"
Instead of an answer, he spotted the surprised faces clearly drawn on everyone in the room.
"S-Shikamaru, why are you asking for-" Ino's words were cut off immediately.
"Where's my wife? Narumi, where is she?" Shikamaru asked tiredly as he used all the energy in him.
The male forced himself up with the help of his friend next to him.
Not getting any answer, he turned to look at his mother in the eyes.
"Mom, where is Narumi? Why is she not here?"