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CHAPTER 30 - Through Text Message?!
Temari dialed her brother's phone number as Ino powdered her face. "Kankuro! B-Bleh!" She noised, as the brush past her lips right when she opened her mouth.
"Yo, sis, how are we getting there?" Kankuro asked, already dressed up along with the rest of the guys.
"You guys can go right ahead," Temari spoke through the phone. "The rest of us will just be arriving there gradually, meaning we won't come in as a group. I'll be arriving with Choji, but you can see Shikamaru, the rest of the gang, and lover boy before me."
Kankuro hummed. "Got it, see you."
"See you," Temari then hung up.
Ino would finally do the finishing touches, applying lip gloss to Temari's lips. "And.. Finished! You can go get dressed now."
Temari rolled her eyes, seeing the pieces of wardrobe Ino chose laid out on Sakura's bed. "Do I really need to wear all that?"
"You SAID you didn't want to wear a dress or a skirt, so I don't understand how a cropped zip up and baggy joggers are a terrible idea!" Ino exclaimed, a bit agitated by the picky Temari.
Temari raised her arms up, taking off the robe from her body, revealing a matching red set. "Alright, alright," she told her, obliging. She inserted her arms through the cropped zip up hoodie, letting the zipper rest half way to have one of the sleeves slide off one of her shoulders, and put on the baggy pants, making the lower half of her body look bigger than it already was.
Ten Ten then came in the room, slapping Temari's ass jokingly. "Damn baby, lookin' thick."
Temari rolled her eyes, smiling. "Oh, you do wonders for my ego."
Outside the door, Choji politely knocked. Ino would allow him to come in, and he peeped his head through the door while still holding onto the knob. "Temari, I'll be down in the parking lot whenever you're ready."
Temari smiled, grabbing her small wallet and phone. "Alright, see you there!"
As the evening began, the row of cars traveled through average suburban neighbors in the deep night. The stars glistened as all that could be seen was estates and large mansions. Choji followed Shikamaru's Jeep ahead of him, eventually slowing down as they parked on the curbside in front of Kin's mansion.
'Damn...' Temari looked up, immediately feeling overwhelmed by the size of the house.
Choji placed a calming hand on Temari's shoulder. "Hey, you alright?"
Temari smiled innocently, placing a hand on his that was rested on her exposed shoulder. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine."
The large guy smiled, taking a sip of his energy drink. "That's how I first reacted when I saw Shikamaru's house for the first time."
The blonde's eyes widened. "Really? You're poor too?"
Choji let out a laugh, placing his drink back in the cup holder. "No, not exactly. I mean, my house has a pool and all if that's what you're saying, but never can I imagine living so freely, so stress free, so much space."
"I wish I had a house sometimes," Temari turned to him, lifting a leg up on the seat. "How do you think I feel? I'm probably the only one in the school who doesn't own a designer bag or drives a decent car. Hell, I don't even own a car!"
"Well, at least you're thankful. Spoiled rich kids like Kin cry over receiving the wrong colored pairs of shoes for Christmas. You? Well, you're different." Choji explained.
Temari blinked, ultimately feeling a sense of uneasiness that had been present ever since she moved to this school. She always though this place was going to be worse than Suna, considering she didn't want to hear the yapping of rich kids all the time. But after all, all she ever hears is Ino's, and finds it quite funny. The girl never expected that a place with kids of such a different social background would have the most compatible personalities, along with her.
However, one thing she wished all of them would get a hang of, is that she wasn't like them.
She didn't own a pool, nor has she even gotten close to having a bare toe touch the water of one. The outfit she was currently wearing made her move with caution, fearing that the expensive fabrics could be ripped or stained in any sudden movement. The car she was in? Although Choji didn't have the most luxurious of cars, it still was enough to have her slowly rest upon the seat, not wanting to indent the material in any way.
"I'm poor," Temari said bluntly. "That's how I'm different."
Choji turned his face to her, about to say something until the digital screen in his car lit brightly, viewing a message from Shikamaru.
'Alright, come in.' - Shikamaru
In one swift movement, the two came out of their car doors and stood on the sidewalk. They both walked side by side, quietly following another group in front of them, who seemed to be approaching Kin's house as well.
'Why am I so nervous?' Temari thought to herself, repeatedly tugging on her top in nervousness.
"DAMN! T-These really taste like jolly ranchers!" Naruto shouted, leaning on the cherry red Hinata, who was desperately covering her ears from Naruto's loud voice. Sure, Ino's screams were bad, but Naruto's were deafening.
Sakura slapped Naruto on the backside of his head, causing him to rub on the bruising spot. "OW! What the hell was that for?!"
"WE'RE NOT HERE TO GET WASTED, YA' HEAR ME IDIOT?! CONTROL YOURSELF!" She shouted at him, just as loud.
Shikamaru sat on the patio chair, texting Choji on his phone to make sure Temari was alright. He hadn't even realized Naruto was already starting to get drunk, he was way too worried about Temari.
What if...
The screen on his phone then brightened, seeing that Temari had texted him. When he read the message, it warmed his heart.
'Hey, stop fiddling you. You look like you're about to piss yourself when you do that.' - Temari
Without even thinking, he texted something momentous.
'I love you.' - Shikamaru
Temari and Choji were chilling inside of one of the main bathrooms of the living room. Inside, was a large bathtub in the center, with some slabs surrounding it. Of course, there way a toilet and a sink, but that didn't even catch their attention.
"I..I didn't know there could be such a beautiful bathroom," Choji commented, totally mesmerized.
Temari stared, raising an eyebrow, unimpressed. "Yeah, it's nice, but why is it carpeted?"
Choji sat on the covered toilet. "What's wrong with that?"
"Choji, it's a carpeted bathroom, literally sewed into the floor."
Choji shrugged, causing Temari to roll her eyes as she wasn't about to have a whole conversation with Choji about how that was unusual. She then saw a curtained window in the bathroom, pushing the fabrics aside, in which she saw Shikamaru sitting near the pool in a shaded area with Naruto, Sakura, and Hinata.
She squinted her eyes, noticing that he had been staring at his phone very intensely. The blonde smirked, figuring he was probably just nervous. She would reach into her deep pockets, taking out her phone and texted immediately. She looked out the window again, seeing the brightness of his phone immediately turn on, and her eagerness didn't even realize that he had texted her back.
A knock then abrupt on the door, causing Choji and Temari to look at each other frightfully.
"Hide!" Choji mouthed, in which they both scanned the room in under a matter of seconds, and immediately ran into a built-in closet that came with the bathroom.
Inside, Temari turned the knob to lock it. They were then greeted with shelves full of feminine products, making Choji plug his nose.
"Ugh, seriously? It reeks," Choji coughed out loud.
Temari crossed her arms. "It's called having proper hygiene."
Before the big guy could even say anything, they then heard voices on the other end of the door. It didn't only sound like one person who had to use the bathroom, nor did it sound like a couple trying to hook up, but it sounded like multiple people meeting up in the large bathroom.
What was going on?
"Shit," Shikamaru cursed to himself. "I fucked up, didn't I?"
He stared at the screen, where the unanswered message stayed there in a totally awkward atmosphere. He punished himself by tapping his temple harshly a couple times, before glaring at the screen again.
Sasuke pressed two fingers into Shikamaru's forehead, something his older brother would do to him often. "Hey, you good?"
"I fucked up, man." Shikamaru stood up, totally in a panic which surprisingly startled Sasuke a bit. "I fucked up!"
Nonetheless, Sasuke sat down on the chair next to his friend's. "Why?"
The illuminating screen then was inches away from the dark haired guy's face, he struggled to read the message clearly as it was very close to his eyes. As his eyes readjusted themselves, Shikamaru's supposed three-worded mistake then grew clear to Sasuke's ponders.
Silently, Sasuke took a sip of his glass, nodding his head coolly as he realized what his friend had done. "I get it, but knowing her, I doubt it's anything to worry about."
"Still, what if she thinks I'm moving too fast?!" Shikamaru panicked, causing a rare, amused, Sasuke.
"Never acted like this when you were with Tayuya," Sasuke commented, taking another sip of his glass. "I guess it is true love."
Shikamaru sighed deeply. "Once I become an app developer, I am so adding a unsend option."
In the small closet, Temari opened the only window inside of it, breathing in the fresh air. She placed a finger on her puckered lips, signaling Choji to stay quiet. Along came another single, where she would grab her phone, wave it slightly in the air, and text Choji a message.
Choji looked down to his phone, and a ring then beeped. Quickly, Temari bent her knees to hurriedly muffle the noise of the ringing, and Choji did the same as he pressed his stomach against the speaker of the phone. They both stayed quiet, looking at the door as they heard the group in the bathroom still discussing their conversation as usual.
Temari sat on the floor, in which Choji did as well, but gently. Because...
The blonde then texted him.
'Just communicate this way, that way, they'll think nothing about the closet.' - Temari
'*Sends thumbs up emoji*' - Choji
'Oh my gosh.' - Temari
'What?' - Choji
'Listen.' - Temari
A flirtatious giggle noised in the bathroom. "Oh, Hidan, you're so silly!"
"Anything you for, babe." Hidan winked at her.
"Hey! Are you bitches going to fuck? Or are we going to discuss what you want to do with Zaku and your lover boy Shikamaru." Karin, Kin's best friend, exclaimed, evidently annoyed.
Hidan's eyes rolled back into his head. "You're still onto that guy?"
Kin glared. "What? I like him. But he's too busy being with that blonde Suna bitch that looks like a boy, doesn't have manners, and can't even fight for shit!"
Dosu laughed, "didn't you lose that fight?"
"SHUT UP, DOSU!" Kin screamed.
Temari looked down at her shoes, trying to hold in her laugh by submerging her face into his knees. Choji glanced at her, smiling in delight, as they both realized that fight was all about Kin getting beat up.
"So, what am I doin'?" Hidan asked Kin.
Kin tapped her fingers together excitedly. "You wanna know?"
Hidan rolled his eyes again. "Just spit it out already."
"Mhm! Alright, so," she stated firmly. "I need you to get into Temari's pants, spike her drink if you have to! Obviously Shikamaru is head over heels over her, for whatever fucking reason... if he won't go away, then she'll have to, perhaps!"
Temari's smile then faded, and so did Choji's.
Hidan sat on the slab surrounding the bathtub. "Oh yeah? And what if none of that shit works?"
"Well, if she doesn't oblige or decides to break up with him, then something bad is going to happen to Shikamaru," Kin grinned evilly. "But of course, we can't let that happen, so do a good job, Hidy."
The guy with slicked-back and silver hair stood up. "Fine, I'll do what I can."
While they were talking, Temari and Choji were mass texting each other. Within their conversation, Choji was begging Temari to tell Shikamaru, but on the other hand, Temari was being way too practical and realistic.
Perhaps, she had to do what she had to do.
"Say, what are we going to do with those two in the closet?" Dosu said.
Both Choji and Temari's blood went frozen and their heart dropped.
How did they find out?