~In Your Eyes~
The Prolouge
A/N: Hello! First fic here, and a Shikamaru one at that. I luff him so much. This chaper is a bit OOC, and keep in mind that this is semi-AU, it's in the future. I don't know if I'll continue this for sure, it may just be a one-shot, depending on the response to it. Still, I have the next chapter planned out ^-^.
Pairings: ShikaTemari, ShikaIno. Pairings will change
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, the plot would be SO much better than this.
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Opening his eyes to form a sleepy glare, Shikamaru sighed, was it really morning already? Vaugely, he noticed he wasn't in his room, this room had much more decoration than his plain beige apartment. Ah, that's right, he was at Ino's. Sure enough, looking down, he sawthe blond snuggled safely into his arms. So that's why he was so warm. Shifting slightly, he noticed that sometime during the night his shirt had come off. Oh well, he mentally shrugged, it's not as if he was lacking heat. When he tried to remember why he was, in fact, in Ino's bed, his sleepy mind failed to answer. Was it just another random sleepover? Sometimes he just stayed at Ino's for no other reason than to enjoy her company; they hadn't been seeing eachother much recently, not usually getting assigned missions together anymore, and Shikamaru had his reationship with Temari. Oh, that's right. Temari. The events of the previous day flooded back to him and he bit back a groan. Today was going to be a very long day. Sure, he only had one misson to complete (and he being a jounin, the B-rank task wouldn't even take the three hours it would take him to sucessfully get out of bed), but then he had the momentous task of trying to go back to his apartment. Therein was the problem. Having crashed at Ino's house last night, he had so far avoided any contact with Temari at their house. Knowing he had to go back, though, put quite a damper on the day. Normally he could have gotten in a few hours of cloud watching after work, but he knew that was now impossible.
Sure, for a while the two geniuses seemed to be the perfect couple. Both of them understood each other perfectly, but soon the relationship disintegrated. They had met years before, at the first chuunin exam. At the time, neither thought much on one another, other than that the other was a very worthy apponent. A two years or so after, they had met again in the Jounin exams. Casually, they had met a few times, Temari mentioning in passiong that she was thinking of moving to the leaf. Six months later, she had, and they had started dating. To Temari, Shikamaru was someone to spend the time between sleeping and working with, just a distraction for the most part. This situation suited Shikamaru fine; after a time of being enemies, who expected them to really fall in love? So things were all right for a time, nothing really emotional, but there was some form of connection. The sex? It was great and all, but nothing personal; Shikamaru almost always left right after. They did lust after one another to an extent, but it was really to bothersome for both of them to really put any effort into it. But still, it wasn't all convenience, they both cared for one another, just not as much as most people would expect. In the mornings, she would cook him breakfast, before he went out on missions, he would kiss her and say 'be home soon,' they'd wish each other a good day. In some ways, they were closer to a married couple, one that had lost it's newly-wed sparkle but that still held affection.
Two months into things, Shikamaru suggested she move in with him. Things were a lot less troublesome that way, he said. Now, in retrospect, that's when the whole thing started to go bad. Temari started to care much more, she saw herself as in love with him and she became more dedicated to the relationship. When Shikamaru's attitude remained the same, the relationship hit the rocks. When Temari tried to talk to him, he just ignored her, not willing to put the effort into apease her. She'd try to make herself look nice, to show that she cared, but it had no effect on him. It wasn't that he no longer cared, or even that he wanted out of the relationship, it was just that he wasn't going to try to change himself for her. He was lazy, a genius who didn't even have enough incentive to move unless his life depended on it. He knew this, he accepted this; Temari did not. She began to try to make him a different person, the person she wanted him to be. This, of course, led to arguements. She'd tell him to go to Hokage to get more missions, that he didn't become a better ninja by sitting on his ass. He'd tell her she was becoming a nagging old lady that didn't know when to mind her own business. This got her riled up like nothing else, she didn't move to the hidden-leaf to be called such degrading things. The fights gradually became worse and worse (when Shikamaru actually roused into conciousness enough to verbally attack her back) until he just walked out, saying he was going to Ino's. He left Temari crying on the sofa, her head in her hands, trying to decide if she shouldn't just go back to her brothers in the sand.
That had only been last night. When he showed up at his teammate's doorstep and requested her couch Ino just shrugged vaguely, when he had started to explain she stared at him with sleepy eyes and tried to whap him in the head, but missed. Finally allowing him to pass, Ino watched blearily as he made his way to her couch; she was tired, but not all that suprised. When he had finally reached the sofa, mumbling all the way, she had let out a sharp sound of annoyance and promptly dragged him to her bed, muttering something like 'If you woke me up, you sure as hell are going to keep me warm' and snuggling into him like he was a personal Ino-teddybear. Not that he minded, as much as he hated to admit it, he would have missed sleeping next to someone. Remembering that this was Ino and not Temari, he realized that he really didn't feel all that different. So instead of complaining half-heartedly that she was smothering him when she cuddled him closer and sighed contentedly, he wrapped his arms lazily around Ino's waist and gone to sleep.
So there he was, embracing the bossiest girl he knew in the bed she had thrown him in, smelling her peach-scented hair with each breath, and wondering if the mission was all that improtant or if he could just stay here. It was calm, and Ino was cute when she slept, was there really anything worth rousing himself for? It was nice to have someone to wake up to once in a while, Temari usually woke early in the morning and he woke up hugging a pillow and somewhat wishing it was her. So he guessed it wouldn't hurt to stay here a bit longer and enjoy Ino's soft, warm form next to his; he would go and reconcile with Temari later (if she would even have him back, that is), but now was time for comfortable rest. He hugged the sleeping woman closer and closed his eyes again.
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Next Chapter: Fast-forward to the end of the day, Shikamaru is going home to Temari, but something stops him. What is it? And dies she take him back? Fell free to vote!
The Prolouge
A/N: Hello! First fic here, and a Shikamaru one at that. I luff him so much. This chaper is a bit OOC, and keep in mind that this is semi-AU, it's in the future. I don't know if I'll continue this for sure, it may just be a one-shot, depending on the response to it. Still, I have the next chapter planned out ^-^.
Pairings: ShikaTemari, ShikaIno. Pairings will change
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, the plot would be SO much better than this.
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Opening his eyes to form a sleepy glare, Shikamaru sighed, was it really morning already? Vaugely, he noticed he wasn't in his room, this room had much more decoration than his plain beige apartment. Ah, that's right, he was at Ino's. Sure enough, looking down, he sawthe blond snuggled safely into his arms. So that's why he was so warm. Shifting slightly, he noticed that sometime during the night his shirt had come off. Oh well, he mentally shrugged, it's not as if he was lacking heat. When he tried to remember why he was, in fact, in Ino's bed, his sleepy mind failed to answer. Was it just another random sleepover? Sometimes he just stayed at Ino's for no other reason than to enjoy her company; they hadn't been seeing eachother much recently, not usually getting assigned missions together anymore, and Shikamaru had his reationship with Temari. Oh, that's right. Temari. The events of the previous day flooded back to him and he bit back a groan. Today was going to be a very long day. Sure, he only had one misson to complete (and he being a jounin, the B-rank task wouldn't even take the three hours it would take him to sucessfully get out of bed), but then he had the momentous task of trying to go back to his apartment. Therein was the problem. Having crashed at Ino's house last night, he had so far avoided any contact with Temari at their house. Knowing he had to go back, though, put quite a damper on the day. Normally he could have gotten in a few hours of cloud watching after work, but he knew that was now impossible.
Sure, for a while the two geniuses seemed to be the perfect couple. Both of them understood each other perfectly, but soon the relationship disintegrated. They had met years before, at the first chuunin exam. At the time, neither thought much on one another, other than that the other was a very worthy apponent. A two years or so after, they had met again in the Jounin exams. Casually, they had met a few times, Temari mentioning in passiong that she was thinking of moving to the leaf. Six months later, she had, and they had started dating. To Temari, Shikamaru was someone to spend the time between sleeping and working with, just a distraction for the most part. This situation suited Shikamaru fine; after a time of being enemies, who expected them to really fall in love? So things were all right for a time, nothing really emotional, but there was some form of connection. The sex? It was great and all, but nothing personal; Shikamaru almost always left right after. They did lust after one another to an extent, but it was really to bothersome for both of them to really put any effort into it. But still, it wasn't all convenience, they both cared for one another, just not as much as most people would expect. In the mornings, she would cook him breakfast, before he went out on missions, he would kiss her and say 'be home soon,' they'd wish each other a good day. In some ways, they were closer to a married couple, one that had lost it's newly-wed sparkle but that still held affection.
Two months into things, Shikamaru suggested she move in with him. Things were a lot less troublesome that way, he said. Now, in retrospect, that's when the whole thing started to go bad. Temari started to care much more, she saw herself as in love with him and she became more dedicated to the relationship. When Shikamaru's attitude remained the same, the relationship hit the rocks. When Temari tried to talk to him, he just ignored her, not willing to put the effort into apease her. She'd try to make herself look nice, to show that she cared, but it had no effect on him. It wasn't that he no longer cared, or even that he wanted out of the relationship, it was just that he wasn't going to try to change himself for her. He was lazy, a genius who didn't even have enough incentive to move unless his life depended on it. He knew this, he accepted this; Temari did not. She began to try to make him a different person, the person she wanted him to be. This, of course, led to arguements. She'd tell him to go to Hokage to get more missions, that he didn't become a better ninja by sitting on his ass. He'd tell her she was becoming a nagging old lady that didn't know when to mind her own business. This got her riled up like nothing else, she didn't move to the hidden-leaf to be called such degrading things. The fights gradually became worse and worse (when Shikamaru actually roused into conciousness enough to verbally attack her back) until he just walked out, saying he was going to Ino's. He left Temari crying on the sofa, her head in her hands, trying to decide if she shouldn't just go back to her brothers in the sand.
That had only been last night. When he showed up at his teammate's doorstep and requested her couch Ino just shrugged vaguely, when he had started to explain she stared at him with sleepy eyes and tried to whap him in the head, but missed. Finally allowing him to pass, Ino watched blearily as he made his way to her couch; she was tired, but not all that suprised. When he had finally reached the sofa, mumbling all the way, she had let out a sharp sound of annoyance and promptly dragged him to her bed, muttering something like 'If you woke me up, you sure as hell are going to keep me warm' and snuggling into him like he was a personal Ino-teddybear. Not that he minded, as much as he hated to admit it, he would have missed sleeping next to someone. Remembering that this was Ino and not Temari, he realized that he really didn't feel all that different. So instead of complaining half-heartedly that she was smothering him when she cuddled him closer and sighed contentedly, he wrapped his arms lazily around Ino's waist and gone to sleep.
So there he was, embracing the bossiest girl he knew in the bed she had thrown him in, smelling her peach-scented hair with each breath, and wondering if the mission was all that improtant or if he could just stay here. It was calm, and Ino was cute when she slept, was there really anything worth rousing himself for? It was nice to have someone to wake up to once in a while, Temari usually woke early in the morning and he woke up hugging a pillow and somewhat wishing it was her. So he guessed it wouldn't hurt to stay here a bit longer and enjoy Ino's soft, warm form next to his; he would go and reconcile with Temari later (if she would even have him back, that is), but now was time for comfortable rest. He hugged the sleeping woman closer and closed his eyes again.
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See the little button there? Reviews help the lazy author to get some motivation ^-^.
Next Chapter: Fast-forward to the end of the day, Shikamaru is going home to Temari, but something stops him. What is it? And dies she take him back? Fell free to vote!