Although Temari stayed with Shikamaru for a couple of months during the chunin exam, she wasn't an official citizen of Konoha. It's not like she wanted to leave, but she had to. So like always, right after the sun had risen, her and Shikamaru made their way to the gates.

"Well..." Temari huffed, trying to save the dramatic feelings that would naturally occur when they were in this situation. But the harder she tried to hold these feelings back, the more they were uncontrollably being expressed. "Shika..."

Temari was thankful that no one was out, because it allowed her to be romantic with Shikamaru instead of expressing their usual playful banter. Not that she felt something was wrong with that, in fact she enjoyed that. But she wouldn't see Shikamaru for a few months, so she wanted to open up to him.

"When are you coming back?"

Shikamaru asked, nervously rubbing the the back of his neck while placing the other hand in his pants pocket.

Usually when they got to the gates, Shikamaru was always calm and nonchalant. But Temari noticed how jittery he was, and it was worrying her a bit.

"Why the hell are you nervous, you were never like this before." Temari skipped his question, trying to make sure everything is alright with him before she takes off on her journey.

"Well Tem...before we were dating, I would put on a facade, but now that we're actually together, it's harder to not show my feelings."

"Awww...The lazyass is showing his soft side." Temari teased, gently placing her face on his cheek, showing that her gesture was genuine.

"Whatever Troublesome" Shikamaru scoffed, but he had to admit that her hand actually calmed him down. "You know that you're feeling the same way I am, so don't even front."

"You're right, maybe it's harder because we've been together for all this time. I don't know, when I'll be back but, we'll see each other at the allied meeting."

"I guess"

"I know it's not exactly the same as being together, but at least we'll get to talk."

Temari tried to make him feel better about the situation. But she knew what Shikamaru wanted. And that was for her to officially move to Konoha. Being in a relationship with him, Temari realized how selfish Shikamaru was. He wanted her all to himself. And her being gone for however long was hard for him.

"I guess." Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders, knowing that he was acting unreasonable. But he didn't care, he just wished things weren't as complicated as they are.

"STOP SAYING I GUESS, YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF!" Temari yelled, really wanting to punch him in the face. But she couldn't blame him for how he felt, because she felt the same way.

"I'm sorry Tem, but it's hard. I know Im acting like a complete asshole, I'm just going to take sometime for me to get use to you not being here."

"I'm going to be back before that can even happen. Okay?"

Temari grabbed his face, before standing on her tippy-ties and placing a kiss on his lips. And before she could break away, Shikamaru placed a arm around her waist, closing the gap between them, while deepening the kiss.

Temari knew the longer they stayed like this, the harder it would be for her to go. So she gently broke away, choosing to stare into his eyes.

"I love you Shika"

"I love you too."

Temari took off, but before she got too far, Shikamaru heard her say one of her feisty comments that he was coming.

"I know you can't function without me but don't miss me too much Nara."

Shikamaru watched as she purposefully swayed her seductively, and he could only watch in amazement before he could no longer see her in the distance.