A/N: I just had a fight with my mom so if the chapter sucks, please feel free to let me know.


"I'm not going." I told her truthfully. I finally had the courage to confront my mom. She was trying to get me to go to my stepdad's stupid karate tournament and I didn't want to go. I stood tall and told her how I felt.

"You have to go Temari. We need you." I just stared at her not daring to say another word, scared I would give up from the fight. I wasn't going to back down now that I finally could stand up to my mother. Every since the divorce started I was living a lie. I would tell people how I couldn't stand what my mother was doing, but I loved her too much to tell her the truth and hurt her.

"Temari you made a promise that you would help." I never remember that. I tried to think back. "He asked you and you said yes." My eyes widened as I remembered that talk we had in the kitchen. "So are you going?" My mom asked. The tears were evident on her face, her eyes were really red and puffy, and she was angry.

"No." I stated and with that I walked up the stairs. Once I was in my room I cried. She never takes my feelings into place. All she does is care about him and try to make him happy, even if it means hurting the people around her. I went to my bed, pulled the covers over my head, and cried, while my entire mom did was leave with Gaara.


"Oh I love you so much." They embraced in a passionate kiss. I gagged at the movie. Sakura, Hinata, Ino, Tenten, and I were all at my house watching a sappy romance movie. It was so stupid.

"That will never happen." I said out loud. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy.

"You mean love?" Ino asked, scoffing.

"Yes. There's no such thing as love." I told them. That was my opinion and I stood by it. I didn't believe in love because I saw it crash before my eyes.

"How can you say that?" Sakura asked me. It was obvious she was a big believer of love.

"Well when you think your parents love each other and then watch them go through a divorce you kind of don't believe in that crap anymore." I said matter of fatly, turning back to the movie which was getting worse by the second.

"You just haven't met the right guy yet. Your soul mate is out there." Tenten said. I smiled a little. She still believed in that stuff. I just decided to ignore as they continued to complain on how 'love is real' and 'how can you say that' oh and don't forget the 'soul mate' crap. I pulled out my phone and checked my email, being completely bored.

"Temari are you even listening?" Sakura practically yelled at me. I looked up from my phone.

"What?" That pissed her off. She groaned in annoyance and turned back to the movie pouting. Ino did the almost exact thing. Hinata and Tenten just shrugged and we all turned back to the move, well all of us except for me. I put my phone under the covers and was searching the internet for something to do. My phone made a little ding, indicating I had a text message.

Sup.

I smiled at Shikamaru's plain text. My fingers flew over the keyboard, replying with a 'whets up.' As I waited for him to text back I looked up at the movie and watched as the main character got her heart smashed by the heartless bastard she 'loved' because he was just using her. Ha-ha. That's what you get bitch. Yeah I know I'm a soulless monster, but would you still believe in love when the two people you thought loved each other didn't and one of the had an affair? I didn't think so.

Nm, you?

Watching a stupid movie with the girls.

What's it about?

It's a romance.

Oh that sucks.

Yeah I know. Want to come over?

Sure be there in a sec.

I smiled at my phone before turning my attention back to the movie, the smile still on my face. "Look! She's getting into the movie." Ino observed. I rolled my eyes at the stupid blonde.

"I'm not getting into the movie. I was just thinking about something." I tried to keep the details as small as possible, so my friends wouldn't think something was up. I couldn't stand it when they would constantly question me about stuff, and when Shikamaru was involved they wouldn't shut up with the whole 'he's your boyfriend' thing.

"What are you thinking about?" Hinata asked shyly. I groaned. I was trying to avoid talking about anything to them.

"Just stuff. Drop it." I said venomously. I know I was being rude, but they should stop pestering me and trying to get into my personal life when I knew they really didn't care at all. After that they all shut up and watched the movie, scared I would rip their heads off if they did talk.

The doorbell rang and I stood up. "I'll go get that." I said before heading downstairs and to the front door. Without hesitating I threw it opened to reveal a tired looking Shikamaru. I quickly stepped outside and slammed the door behind me.

"Someone's in a bad mood." Shikamaru stated.

"Good observation Captain Obvious." I growled at him. Calm down Temari. He's just stating facts. Just breathe and don't bite his head off. I took a deep breath. "My so-called friends won't stop bugging me." He nodded as if knowing exactly what I was going through.

"That sucks. How's the movie going?" He asked with a smirk on his face. He must be enjoying my pain.

"Fantastic!" I stated sarcastically. "If you hurry you can catch the rest of the make out scene. Probably by the time you get there it'll already be at the good stuff." He laughed.

"That bad?" I nodded my head. "So…" He seemed to not to want to continue.

"What?" He sighed and sat on the grass.

"How's everything? With your parents and stuff." He seemed hesitant to talk about this subject. I smiled at him and sat beside him.

"Oh the usual. Going back and forth, living a lie, being used, and no one caring about my feelings. Also, I got into a fight with my mom, she's not here now and that's why my friends are over. They know they have to leave soon." I sighed. Shikamaru placed a comforting arm around me. "Don't worry I'm not going to cry."

"I know. That doesn't mean I can't comfort you when you're not feeling good." I smiled at him and placed my head on his shoulder. This whole situation sucked, but what could I do? I just had to stay tough and deal with it.

"Temari!" I looked up to see all my friends standing in the doorway. I raised an eyebrow at them. "Sorry to ruin your moment, but it's almost nine." Sakura said. I sighed and stood up, walking over to my friends.

"Did you call your parents?" I asked them. I didn't even care if my mom was about to be home. What more trouble could I get in?

"I called my mom. She's just right around the corner." Ino said. I walked over and hugged them all, thanking them for coming, the usual goodbye stuff. Once that was done, everyone was inside the car, and they were all gone, that I finally relaxed.

"So what do you want to do now?" Shikamaru asked. I stared at him and really thought about it. What do I want to do? We could watch a movie, talk, play on the wiki, kiss, or watch TV. I thought about it. Hold on. Did I just say kiss? Oh my God I'm losing it.

"I'm going crazy." Shikamaru looked at me like I actually was crazy. I shook my head, telling him not to ask. "Want to watch a movie?" I asked him while walking to the door.

"Don't tell me it's that movie you were talking about." I gagged at the thought of re-watching that movie. Then I thought about watching that movie with him and I blushed like crazy. That would be way too awkward.

"No. I don't want to go through that torture again." I walked over to the movies near our TV and looked through the many movies in it. Most of them were stupid movies my stepdad watched, but there were a few that were really good. "Want to watch Vampire's Suck?" I asked, turning to show him the case. He shrugged. I placed the DVD in the DVD player and went back to the couch, sitting next to him.

After hours of the hilarious movie, my sides were killing me, I was filled on popcorn, and I was enjoying it all.

"That was a good movie don't you think?" I asked him with a smile on my face. He looked at me and shrugged.

"I was asleep through most of it." I slapped him on the arm.

"How could you sleep through that? It's the funniest movie there is. What is wrong with you?" I mumbled the last part while pouting and crossing my arms.

"A lot of things are wrong with me. One is that I'm still your friend." I gave him a warning look. He took the chance to hide behind the couch. "Don't kill me troublesome woman." My disbelief turned into anger as I glared at him playfully.

"I'm troublesome now. First I'm the source of your problems and now I'm troublesome?" I asked yelling slightly at the end. "That's it." I jumped over the couch and tackled him to the ground.

"Get off me!" We wrestled around playfully.

"Take it back jerk!" I was smiling through the whole thing.

"No." We rolled back and forth, both of us really wanting to be victorious in the battle.

"Take. It. Back." I enunciated my words.

"Nope." He said with a smug smile on his face.

"Jerk!" I pouted. He had just pinned me down to the ground and I wasn't happy. He gave me a cocky smile, not getting off of me yet.

"Okay I take it back." He sighed in defeat, giving me the victory. I smiled in triumph.

"Thank you. Now get off me." He started to stand up, but before he could stand up fully I swept his legs from underneath him and he fell back down. I pinned him down before he could get up.

"I win!" I had a huge grin on my face while he looked at me, annoyance obvious on his features.

"Troublesome woman…" He muttered under his breath. Unfortunately for him I heard. I thumped his chest.

"Don't call me that." I said harshly, but playfully at the same time.

"Fine. Will you get off of me?" I put a finger on my chin and pretended to think about it.

"Him… I don't think I will." I said while placing my elbows on his chest and my head on my hands. I stared down at him with a happy smile on my face. If anyone walks in they'd think something was up. Since I had pinned him down, I was straddling him, while resting my head in my hands staring at him intently.

"Whatever." He said, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me closer to him. I gasped in shock as I laid completely on him.

"Let go Shika!" I said sternly, struggling to get out of his grips. He pretended to think about, mimicking me from earlier.

"I don't think I will." I rolled my eyes, but still held my pissed face. "I thought you didn't want to get up. Why do you want to now?" He brought his face a little closer to mine. "Too close for you." I didn't move or flinch at the close proximity we were in.

"Nope." I said getting closer. On the outside I was calm, but inside I was going crazy. HOLY SHIT! He's so close. REALLY close! Kiss him already! No! Yes. No. And the internal battle was on while we continued to stare at each other.

Just then my mom and stepdad walked in on us and gasped. Our faces, which were mere centimeters apart, turned to look at them. "Temari!" My mother exclaimed. I smiled at them as if nothing was wrong.

"Yes mother?" She looked at me shocked as I continued to give her my sweet smile.

"What are you doing?" I gave her a questioning look.

"You remember Shikamaru?" She nodded, mouth still hanging open out of shock. "We were watching a movie and hanging out. That's it." I shrugged as if it was nothing.

"Temari maybe you should get off of me." Shikamaru whispered to me. I ignored him.

"You know not to have friends over when were not home, especially boys." I rolled my eyes.

"It's Shikamaru mother. It's not like we were going to do anything." That didn't seem to get her to cover from shock. She was always so strict when it came to me being alone with boys.

"I don't care Temari. You're not allowed to be alone with a boy." That infuriated me. I gave her a glare before turning back to Shikamaru, who was scared to say something. Without thinking I leaned down and kissed him on the lips right in front of my mother. I heard her gasp and I smiled in the kiss. I pulled back after a few seconds, then stood up. I helped the shocked Shikamaru stand up and turned back to my mom with my hands on my hips.

"Temari!" She said still in shock over everything. I gave her a smile.

"We're going to leave now." I told her, grabbing Shikamaru's hand, and pulling him out of the house. I closed the door behind me. I turned to Shikamaru with a smile on my face, but all he did was glare at me.

"Why did you do that?" He asked me.

"To piss her off. I'm tired of her crap and I wanted to be rebellious." I continued to smile as I remembered her shocked face. "It was awesome."

"Temari you shouldn't have done that. Your mom was already mad at you and now she's going to be-" I cut him off.

"I don't care anymore. I don't care about anything anymore." I told him. I was so angry at everyone and everything I stormed off. I started walking down the street, not knowing where I was going, but I didn't care. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I looked back at Shikamaru.

"You can't just run away." He told me calmly.

"I'm not running away." I shrugged his hand off my shoulder. "I'm just taking a walk." I continued walking and Shikamaru followed. I came across a bench and sat down. Shikamaru followed suit.

"You don't have to follow. I'll be fine." I told him, but he continued to sit beside me.

"So what are you going to do now?" I sighed and reclined on the bench.

"Probably sneak in through my window. I don't want to deal with her tonight." This night was getting so troublesome. All I wanted to do was hang with some friends and watch a movie with Shika. My friends left earlier than planned and Shika and I had a wrestling match, which led to our current predicament.

"Won't she worry?" He asked concerned. I looked at him and scoffed.

"Yeah right. She'd probably be glad I'm finally out of her life." My mother didn't care about me anymore. She loved Gaara more than she loved me. Now she doesn't even care about either of us thanks to her new husband.

"You don't know that Temari." Shikamaru placed an arm around me.

"Yes I do." I told him. "I'm sorry." He looked at me confused.

"For what?"

"For dragging you into this mess and- for kissing you." I told him quietly. He just wrapped me in a hug.

"It's okay. Even though this whole thing was a drag I had fun." I blushed. Was he talking about hanging out or the kiss? I scoffed to myself. Of course he wasn't talking about the kiss.

"Yeah it was fun. I especially enjoyed beating you." I told him with a satisfactory grin. He scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"I let you win."

"Then I beat you again."

"And because of you, your mom saw us."

"We wouldn't have been like that if you hadn't called me troublesome."

"Are you saying I started it?"

"Yes." I shoved him playfully.

"Do you want a rematch?" He asked confidently. I smiled and stood up. I hovered over him with a smile on my face.

"You can't beat me." He raised his eyebrow.

"You're on." And we started wrestling, again. I was on top of him, attempting to completely pin him down when he turned us over and tried to pin me down. We kept going back and forth. I hooked my legs around his and wrestled with his arms. He was being stubborn unlike his normal lazy self.

After a long match, Shikamaru turned out victorious. He was currently holding my arms down and straddling my torso. I glared at him. "I win." He told me with a smile on his face. I looked away from him and pouted. "Don't be a sore loser Temari."

"I'm not a sore loser." I looked back at him and glared. "I just don't like losing."

"Same thing."

"Shut up." He was still smiling with that stupid grin on his face. "Stop smiling." He did as I said, but raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Because you look stupid." I told him smugly. He leaned closer to me.

"I look stupid. You're the one who is sitting there helplessly." I glared at him. I tried to get my arms loose from his grip, but he was too damn strong. I looked up at him and pouted.

"Shikamaru?" I batted my eyelashes at him. "Will you please get off of me? I'll love you forever!" I told him sweetly.

"I don't feel like it." I stopped acting nice and gave him my 'what' look.

"You better."

"Or what? What'll you do?" He asked. I looked at him, unable to come up with a good enough threat. "You can't do anything while your laying there helplessly." I wanted so badly to kick him, hard, but unable to do so because our legs were entangled and I couldn't get them lose.

"Fine. I don't care. We can stay here all night." I told him, letting my body relax. He knew I was giving up because of the way I stopped struggling.

"You're no fun." He told me and gave a little pout which I had to admit was adorable. I stared at him, taking in his cute little pout. I leaned closer to him, still staring at him. Our faces were so close I could feel his breath on my lips. I wanted to stay like that, being able to stare at him all day. I didn't care if we kissed as long as I could stay close to him.

Shikamaru closed the gap between us and put his lips on mine gently. I was shocked he actually did it at first, but then I ignored that and kissed back. It was really soft and sweet. He let my arms go and I wrapped them around his neck. I'm kissing my best friend. I'm kissing my best friend. Then it dawned on me. I was kissing Shikamaru, my best friend. I pushed him away, my face totally flushed.

"I have to go home." I told him as I pushed him off of me and stood up. I scurried off without chancing a glance back at him. I reached my house and went to the backyard. I climbed up the roof and into my room quietly. When I was safely secured in my bed I brought my hands to my lips. I can't like him. He's my friend and that's all. I turned over and closed my eyes, trying to drift to sleep.

I don't believe in love.