Hey, sorry for the late update! I've been working a lot. But here's the second chapter.

I don't own Naruto, just this story and the crappy plots.

How to swim?

Temari woke up to find herself being stared at by a dark eyed someone. She wasn't the type to scream, but yet she did when she realized who it was. Where were her clothes! She rushed up into a sitting position just to see that she was wearing her dark blue kimono. What a relief!

"What's with you?" he asked in his slow manner. "I just thought.. Oh never mind that, what are you doing here? She asked. "I heard you almost drowned yourself at the onsen today. You shouldn't go in alone if it's your first time you know." Almost drowned? Who saved her then?

"Sakura was just going in when she saw you in the water." It was almost as he could read her mind. This was sort of freaking her out. "Amm, yeah I guess I'll go back to my place then" she was currently staying at a smart apartment provided to her by the city, for her stay during the chuunin exam. "I'll walk you there." Suddenly she felt annoyed. "I can take care of myself you know, I'm a big girl." He gave her a small smirk, and simply followed her out the door. He didn't say that much this guy, but when he did it always seemed to be a hidden meaning behind it.

Shikamaru didn't want to show that he was worried about her. The exam had been really stressful, and what if she blacked out again? He tried to shrug off this feeling, but it wouldn't go away. "Well, here we are then." He jumped. "What's with you and that world of yours?" Temari held back a laugh. He jus shrugged and gave his good byes, and was glad that she couldn't read his mind. That would have been embarrassing.

She watched his back as he left, heading down the street towards his own place. She didn't want him to leave.. He was the most familiar thing in this city, and she was kind of homesick. But she couldn't tell him that. Then he would take her for a whiny little girl, and a weak one. A shinobi doesn't do weak. Temari started to make herself some tea, a special kind of tea from the Suna, that contain among other ingredients, cactus. It made her feel a bit better and a little less homesick.

(A/N) Eheheheee.. A little filler chappie. But I will get to the point. And I promise a bit more fluffiness, and a game of shougi