Left y'all on a cliffhanger there now didn't I? Haha, hope you guys like the story so far.
CHAPTER 13 - Mental Relaxation
Heavy footsteps emerged up the stairs, and into the hallway. After finally snapping out her attitude, Shikamaru and Temari decided to work on some homework together considering Temari had been slacking a bit in her physics class. Of course, her attitude couldn't have been healed without Shikamaru deciding to buy her a sweet iced coffee. The two entered the apartment, surprisingly quiet.
Temari slipped off her shoes, and switched into her house slides. "I'm going to go ask Kankuro for my deodorant back."
Shikamaru followed behind her, oddly raising an eyebrow. "You.. share deodorants?"
"Psh, no. He ran out last week and decided to use my spray deodorant. Gotta hand it to him, he smells like roses."
Shikamaru laughed, plopping himself down on the living room couch. Temari approached Kankuro's room, turning the doorknob open and swiftly opening the door.
"Kankuro! I need my- AHHH!" She screamed, seeing Kiba and Kankuro on the bed, making out with their privates practically exposed.
All things happened at once. Kankuro and Kiba let go, immediately trying to cover up. Temari turned around, desperately trying to get the image out of her head as she closed her eyes. And Shikamaru jumped out of his seat and ran into the hallway as he heard Temari treacherously scream. To his surprise, Temari was alright, but he didn't care look at what was going inside in that room. Instead, he closed the bedroom door and brought Temari into his arms.
"T-Temari?! What's happening? What's going on? Shikamaru worriedly asked.
"They were making out! And-and they were giving each other handjobs!"
Kiba and Kankuro came running out of the room. "L-Listen, you guys," Kiba spoke. "Please, this has to stay between us!"
As he said that, Gaara came out of his own room. He yawned, fresh out of a nap. He rubbed one of his eyes, asking, "What's going on here?"
"Gaara!" Temari exclaimed, going towards him and pointing to the couple in front of Shikamaru. "Kankuro and Kiba, they're dating!"
"WHAT?!" Kankuro and Kiba said in unison. "We are not dating! I-It just happened, that's all!" Kankuro said, waving his hands in defense.
Temari took a deep breath. She knew that Kankuro was bisexual, however she didn't know that Kiba was. She then felt Shikamaru's long hands on both of her shoulders, massaging them gently. "Calm down, Temari," he told her, giving a sweet smile. "I'm sure we can all talk in the kitchen, considering Kiba here isn't really out yet."
The girl could of melted right there. She loved the way Shikamaru calmed her down. Even if he did smoke a lot worse than the guys at her old school, he still never did anything to encourage her to smoke as a way of relaxing. He did it naturally, through his own mind. She nodded at him, giving a smile back.
On the kitchen table, Kiba and Kankuro nervously stared down, Gaara was peacefully eating a bowl of cereal and milk, and Shikamaru and Temari looked at the pair as if they were two parents about to scold their child.
"So, who wants to start?" Shikamaru asked.
Kankuro and Kiba glanced at each other, in which Kiba spoke first. "Okay well..." he scratched his head, preparing to stumble on his words. "I came to show Kankuro some magazines of s-s-some girls and.. well.. we were both in the mood so.. it just happened."
Shikamaru and Temari completely understood, and Gaara still continued to eat regardless of how disturbing the topic was. Nothing really bothered Gaara, afterall.
"Alright, then. Seems simple enough. Well, to be quite honest, I have been aware of Kiba for swinging both ways for awhile now." He looked over to Temari, who was still looking at Kankuro with worried eyes. "What about you, Tem?"
"Of course. Gaara and I have known for awhile too. But firstly, I didn't even know Kiba and Kankuro knew each other." Temari said, still looking ahead.
Shikamaru blinked into his own realization. "Me neither."
"Well no shit! We're a bit closeted here." Kankuro exclaimed.
Shikamaru and Temari nodded, noising an. "Ohh."
"So, do you guys continue to keep it a secret? Or is this all an experimental phase?" Temari asked the two.
The pair looked at each other again. They both didn't know where to go from here, however they both knew what they wanted.
Kankuro shamefully was about to speak, until Kiba shared his feelings. "Yeah I like him. Wasn't intending to take an experimental route or whatever you call it, but that's between us."
Temari smirked, nodding. "Very well." On the other hand, Shikamaru also smirked. He nudged Temari to get out of the dining room, and by then, Gaara also came out since he was finished with his cereal.
When the three exited the dining room, Kankuro looked at a small milk spill on the wooden table to distract himself, until Kiba turned his face completely again and kissed him on the lips. Kankuro, surprised, broke away but Kiba wouldn't let him. And there they were, having a long kiss again.
"I.. think.. we.. should.. make.. it.." Kiba said between kisses, completely getting engaged in them.
Kankuro paused them. "Official?"
Kiba nodded, smiling. "Yeah."
The new couple shared their merciful signs of affection in the dining room, while Shikamaru leaned against the wall next to the dining room door and Temari bent over to press her ear to hear what was going on inside the room. However, after a bit, she gave up after hearing only a bunch of lips smacking together but gladly was proud of Kankuro to be in a relationship with Kiba.
The blonde smirked to herself, "I'm proud of him."
Shikamaru laughed quietly to himself. He took out a box of cigarettes and a match in one hand before looking up at their living clock. "I'm gonna smoke for a bit before we do anything with your physics homework."
Temari whined. "Do you have to? I want to be able to have some me time later and not do homework."
"Then looks like it's going to be more of us time today."
Temari rolled her eyes, acting as if she wasn't having butterflies in her stomach. "Mhm. Go ahead. As if we're never doing everything together. I'm going to go change out of my uniform then."
"Do what you gotta do." He said, approaching the balcony as he slid open the glass door, preparing to relax himself.
About two hours have passed. Gaara was in his room doing his own homework, which he really didn't need help considering he was really smart, and if he did need help, he always depended on online videos. Kiba decided to stay for the night, and Temari and Shikamaru were in her room trying to figure out physics equations.
"BAHH! I DON'T GET ANY OF THIS!" Temari screamed out, grabbing a handful of hair in both hands.
Shikamaru sighed, a bit annoyed. He looked at the scrap paper, seeing a bunch of numbers in the wrong spots. "Temari, think. If the total amount of distance is 1000m in an obstacle, and you need to find the distance of the first leg of the obstacle, what equation do we use?"
"Ugh, I don't know." Temari told him, clearly frustrated. She was about to slam her forehead into the table, until Shikamaru extended an arm to prevent her from getting hurt.
"Stop it, Temari," he told her, grabbing the pencil away from her fingertips. "Here, I'll do your homework for you, but only this time. Just to give you some time to catch up with the class."
Temari let it happen, it was out of character for her, but she couldn't deal with math. She laid back on her desk chair, allowing Shikamaru to do the word problems in a breeze. Once he finished, he looked at her, seeing that she was clearly out of it.
Shikamaru looked at her, smiling as he thought she looked quite adorable when she was frustrated. He then wondered, when were they ever going to get together? He hadn't expected Kiba to find someone before he did, according to how things were going on, at least. He hadn't realized he kept staring at her, until she fluttered her eyes open.
He turned red and looked to the papers on the table. He organized them in a neat pile. "H-Here. It's getting late, I should get going."
Temari stared at him as he got up from his chair. She tiredly squinted, but forced a smile to him. "Alright, I'll be seeing you, Shika."
"Yeah..." He began to walk away, but he turned to see her not budging away from her Quinn styled spinny chair. He walked back to her, sucking up the courageous, and bended down to plant a kiss on her forehead. "I'll see you tomorrow."
Temari didn't open her eyes again until she heard the door slam. She opened her eyes, straightening herself up, and scanning the room to see nothing but herself. She squealed to herself, before keeping her cool.
She touched the spot in where he kissed, smiling to herself. "He's different."