The light shone through the window of the bedroom, peering through the curtains and stung his still-closed eyes.
He rubbed them in frustration, as he began to wake up, he could hear her speaking on the phone.
"I know, just tell them I am sick," she said, sighing softly. "Like you always do."
Shikamaru walked up to her, she gasped as he snaked his arms around his waist, burying his face into the nape of her neck.
"N-no, I am just here by myself," she tried to contain herself as he began to press kisses at the back of her neck and shoulder. "I-I have got to go, thanks."
She hung up and turned around, glaring at him. Shikamaru smirked as he pressed his forehead against hers.
"Why did you do that," she hissed. "You know I have to make sure…" He leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers. Temari's eyes widened as his tongue invaded the cavity of her mouth. Her back was against the wall as his hand began to wander across her body.
Temari broke the kiss and held her hand up, her finger against his lips.
"Who told you to sneak up on me like that?" Temari bit her lip, her hand travelled down his naked upper torso and rested upon his rock-hard manhood. "I am going to teach you a lesson."
She stepped forward, forcing Shikamaru to step back until he fell down onto the bed.
Temari crawled up onto him, grinning as she pinned him onto the bed.
"Do you just have to be so aggressive, troublesome," he muttered, his complain soon turned into soft moans,as Temari began to tease his earlobe with soft nibbles and licks.
"That is for you sneaking up on me like that," she chuckled softly, she pressed kisses across his chest, letting his hand go in the process.
He seized the opportunity and flipped her over, she gasped as she found herself beneath him, Temari pouted as she stared at him straight in the eye, his dark hair cascaded across his face, as he raised one of his hands and caressed her face.
"You know what," he smiled as he did. "I never said this before."
Shikamaru leaned forward, his forehead touching hers.
"You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen." Temari refused to look at him, turning away her head with a flustered face.
"Yeah right," she said, her gaze darting nervously, her face red like an apple.
"I am serious," Shikamaru said, as his hands began to trace the curve of her body; Temari moaned as he did.
"Every inch of you, it drives me crazy when I think of you," he said in between the kisses he pressed against her neck. He helped her up as he tugged and pulled the t-shirt off over her head. She lowered her head as her naked body revealed itself in front of her.
He cupped one of the breasts gently and began to massage it, Temari threw her head back as he did, she encircled her hands around his neck and pulled him closer.
Temari returned the favour as he loosened a little, she lied on the bed as Shikamaru stood there, her hands and mouth serviced him as he moaned, pressing her head closer to his groin.
As he unleashed himself, Temari swallowed what he had to offer.
Seeing that he was rock hard, Temari smiled as she moved towards the bedside table and passed him a condom. He put it over his erect manhood, and laid in bed next to her.
He moved his hand downwards to her nether region, probing with his fingers. She moaned as he did, biting down onto his shoulder as he gently probed and retracted his finger from her.
She arched her back as he entered her, throwing her head back in pleasure. He kept himself busy as he kissed and caressed her breasts; she clawed across his back and moaned ecstatically. He moved forth and back, it almost seemed like a trance until he climaxed and laid down next to her.
"I am serious," he wrapped his arms around her, slightly panting. "Don't you believe me?"
"When you're in showbiz," she said, turning around and pressing herself against his chest. "You hear compliments so often your brain learns to filter it out, so half and half."
Shikamaru raised his hand and cupped her face. "I mean it, truly."
Temari blinked, smiling at him."Hmph," she muttered as she buried her head against his shoulder.
He said nothing as she did, pulling the blankets and covering their naked bodies.
"Is this your plan - kidnapping me here and have sex with me all day?" Temari smirked, biting on her lip as she slapped his chest playfully.
"I don't want to spend my life in some troublesome jail," he rolled his eyes. "We can do something else, if you want to."
Temari blinked again, stealing a kiss on his chin. "You know what, let's nap for the time being, we will see what we can do later."
Shikamaru smirked as he closed his eyes.
"I am really sorry, she is really not feeling well today," she said hastily. "Sorry for all the inconvenience."
Tenten sighed loudly as she shot her head up and glared at the ceiling, wondering why she still had not quit her job.
But then she remembered - Temari was there when she was at her lowest, if it had not been for her, she would still be waiting tables at the restaurant.
She was almost like her knight in shining armour, well, if you could call a designer black dress with sequins a shining armour.
One of the customers were hurling abuse at her when Temari stepped in.
Shining from her blonde sandy hair to her pitch dark, glittering dress and strappy heels, Temari looked down at the amazed man like a golden goddess.
"I will not tolerate as she abuse someone like that, it is not a matter of customer being always right," she said, calm yet stern. "You are only doing that because she refused your advances, it was dead obvious."
Tenten felt like the man wanted to crawl into a hole right on the spot - there is no worse way to tarnish your reputation by getting scolded in a fancy restaurant by a drop dead gorgeous woman.
"What's your name?" She found her emerald green eyes mesmerizing as she stared at him.
"Tenten, miss…" She said as she lowered her head.
"What did you study in college?"
"Erm, business," she shrugged as she answered. Temari eyed her for a second.
"Do you want a new job?" Temari arched an eyebrow, smiling at Tenten with interest.
"Sure… wait what?" Temari placed a name in her open palm.
"Come find me at the address tomorrow," she said with a smile, before she left with two other men, whom she will later know are her brothers.
Tenten sighed again as she pressed her hand against her forehead, the phone rang again.
It was a familiar number, that had not called her for quite some time.
She hesitated as she stared - it was not like she was completely oblivious - the flowers he sent Temari, the way he danced with her last night …
Tenten bit onto her lip as she answered the call.
"Hi Neji," she said. "It's been a while."
"Hello," his voice was cool like an autumn breeze, Tenten gulped as she heard his voice through her phone.
"Is everything alright?" He asked. "I mean, Temari left last night so abruptly with that strange man, and now he is missing that shoot with our company's clothing brand, I heard from our promotion colleagues."
"Oh she is fine," said Tenten, fidgeting with her finger as she spoke. "She just doesn't feel that well today."
"Ah I see," said Neji.
There was an awkward silence that lingered as Tenten held the phone next to her. She took a deep breath and sighed.
"You seem to care about her quite a lot, Neji." Tenten smiled painfully as she spoke.
"I do," he said, there was an uncomfortable pause. "Well, it's good to hear that she is fine, I will send her some flowers and a get well soon card."
"Sure," Tenten said, trying to sound a bit more cheerful. "I will make sure she gets them."
As he hung up, Tenten sunk herself into the armchair.
Temari is just so perfect, she only seems to beat her in every single thing.
Tenten never did care, she was always the busy brunette running around, sorting things out for her when she dazzled everyone on and off the silver screen.
But this made her ache a little inside because even if she did not intend to, Temari has outshone her once again.
The man that she had a crush on for so many years finally found someone that he likes - and it is not her.
"So this is your family's other house?"
"One of the few," he said. "We used to come here for weekends, my dad would go fishing and then we would eat what he caught for dinner."
"Sweet," said Temari as she curled herself on the sofa. Shikamaru sat down next to her, his arm slung across her shoulder. He switched on the television.
"Oh, this guy," she said, almost mindlessly. "His lips are chapped as fuck, thought I'd cut myself when we kissed on camera."
Shikamaru arched an eyebrow, Temari was completely unaware of him looking at her.
"I was wondering," he suddenly said, Temari turned around and looked at him, arching an eyebrow.
"In movies you know," he looked away, scratching the back of his head. "In movies, you kiss a lot of other guys right?"
"Are you going to jealous about that too, hmm?" Temari chuckled, she raised her hand and pinched him at the nose. "You are quite cute when you are jealous too."
"Troublesome," he sighed as he looked up at the ceiling. "Do you ever watch the movies you starred in?"
"Seldom," she replied. "It's just weird." She took the remote from him, as she switched to entertainment news.
"I wondered if they caught us on the news," Shikamaru sighed as he lied down and rested his head on her lap.
There was no sign of them on the entertainment news - the Hyuga were notoriously famous for their ability to keep themselves out of the public eye, and he played it to his advantage.
"What are you smiling about?" He found Temari looking down at him, with a seductive smirk on her face.
"You hungry?" He asked as Temari nodded.
"A little."
He sat back up and smiled at her. "Let's go grab a bite, and then I will drop you off home."
"So soon?" Temari arched an eyebrow, pouting a little. Shikamaru reached over, wrapping his arm around her neck, he pulled her close and pressed a kiss onto her forehead.
"I heard you on the phone, you have to get up tomorrow at 5 am for the shoot," he held her hand in his. "You should get some sleep."
Temari smiled, standing up, she stretched.
"Alright then," she smiled. "I will go get our stuff and then let's go."
Shikamaru stared as she walked away, the t-shirt barely covering her butt as her body swayed.
He gulped, biting on his lip slightly before sighing.
It was something that he had never felt before - it was a very, very troublesome feeling, and he thinks he know what it is.
He had lost to her, entirely.
He loves her.
Author's note:
Another update, just got struck by a great stream of inspiration and decided to write up another chapter (I hope you guys enjoyed this ... and the lemon (i am not very good at it)) ... anyway, despite it being (mostly) a rom com, I will introduce more drama in it... just to spice things up :)
Anyway, enjoy! Thanks for the love xoxo
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