It took all of Shikamaru's strength to pull himself up from his desk in his office after he heard a hesitant knock on the door of his apartment. He forced his legs to take him to the front door and he forced his arm to reach out and open the door. Shikamaru stood there staring at the woman in front of him, she was drenched head to toe in water, her bag of clothes she'd brought was also drenched. Her hair was soaking wet and her bangs stuck to her beautiful face, she was shivering, one hand clenching her bag and her other arm was wrapped around herself in a futile effort to get some kind of warmth.

"Sorry, but can I come in?" the woman said. It was odd, he wasn't expecting her to say that, he was half expecting her to shout at him for staring at her. Wordlessly Shikamaru stepped to the side to let Temari pass and into his apartment, tracking water in behind her, "I uhh, wasn't expecting it to be raining so hard, I'm sorry about this I'll clean it up," Temari said gesturing behind her at the puddles of water, she was staring at the ground, refusing to meet Shikamaru's eyes. By the time she realized Shikamaru hadn't responded and finally looked up he'd already grabbed a few towels and knelt down to clean up the mess. When he was done he stood up and approached Temari, she stood there frozen as she watched him get closer, still he said nothing. He looked down at her hands, and reached down to grab the bag she was still clenching, he did it from her and placed it on the ground, he grabbed her shoulders and turned her around and gently nudged her to make her walk.

"What are doing?" she said trying to turn back around to face him but he just pushed her forward out of the living room and down the hallway. At the end of the hallway there were two rooms, one right at the end and the other on the right, Shikamaru opened the door to the right and pushed Temari inside and turned away closing the door behind him. Temari stood there in the bathroom, stunned, not knowing what to do or why he'd pushed her in here. A minute or so passed and Shikamaru opened the door again this time he walked inside and placed what looked like a towel and some clothes folded up on the bench beside the sink. He walked over to the shower and turned it on, he checked the temperature and when he was satisfied he headed for the door again, he stood in the the door way and opened his mouth to speak for the first time tonight.

"Your freezing. I'll wash the wet clothes in your bag, you can wear those for now. They'll be to big for you but it's all I have." Temari watched as Shikamaru attempted to force a comforting smile but failed and settled on a nod instead, with that he walked out of the bathroom and closed the door behind him.

25 minutes later Temari finally emerged from the bathroom, after spending 15 minutes in the shower mostly just appreciating the hot water, and then 10 minutes pacing around the bathroom blushing and mumbling to herself about the clothes she was being forced the wear. She walked into the living room finding it empty, the kitchen was empty as well and seemingly unused, she walked back down the hallway heading for the room at the end of said hallway but stopped as she heard some rustling from a room she hadn't noticed before. About half way down the hall way there was a small room on the left with the door left open only a tiny bit, she peaked inside finding it to be a small office with shelves full of books and files and scrolls, sitting at the desk mulling over paperwork was Shikamaru. He looks stressed, Temari thought to herself, she looked up to the wall beside the widow at the clock, 9:33.

"Have you eaten?" Temari asked pushing the door open some more so she could lean against the door frame. Shikamaru flinched, obviously startled by the sudden break in the silence he'd be quietly enjoying for the past 20 minutes. He turned in his chair to look at Temari, he opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out, he wasn't sure if that was a result of being extremely exhausted and unmotivated or a result of the half naked woman standing in his office.

"The pants didn't fit. Shirts really comfy though heh," Temari said while tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, an obvious blush creeping across her face.

"Well... have you eaten?" Temari asked again, this time in a tone that demanded an answer. Shikamaru just shook his head and turned back to his desk, once again focusing on his paperwork.

He'd eat once he was finished, after all tomorrow was his only day off and there was no way in hell he was going to spend it doing paperwork at home, he wanted to get all of this done before his first day off in what felt like years. When he didn't get a response from Temari he turned to look at her but she had already left to room, he figured she'd probably go read a book on the couch or something.

Another hour passed and Shikamaru was finally finished with all this paperwork, leaning back in his chair he looked up at the clock, 10:38. He sighed through his nose but made no move to get up, he didn't have the energy to move right now, so he just sat there staring at his desk.

Another few minutes passed and Temari suddenly reentered the room, once again startling Shikamaru, he didn't make a move to look at her though, it's not that he wasn't glad to see her, this just wasn't a good time.

Temari walked into the office and toward Shikamaru, when he didn't look up at her she took it upon herself to get a reaction, she used her foot to kick the leg of his chair to spin it so he was facing her. She grabbed both his wrists and pulled him to his feet, earning a grunt from Shikamaru, she led him back into the living room and practically threw him onto the couch. Shikamaru was about the protest when he noticed the plates of food sitting on the table in front of the couch. He looked up at her with a raised eyebrow, questioning her.

"You said he haven't eaten, it's late but you need to eat something. Please." Temari said taking a seat beside him, as he started at her he realised the look in her eyes, she was worried, really worried.

Shikamaru picked up one of the plates and started eating, and Temari did the same. After a a few minutes Shikamaru finally spoke up, saying only the second sentence since she'd arrived.

"Why are you here?"