Shikamaru lay in bed, glaring at his alarm as it continued to blare at him. He had woken up 20 minutes ago, but he was not bothered to turn off his alarm. Ever since he had become a father his life had become so much more difficult. Before all of this had started Temari was the sweetest lady he had ever met, she'd make the best meals for him, they'd go out on romantic walks every week and in general act like the cheesy romantic couple in any movie. Now that they had Jinto she had turned into a crazy psychotic woman with PMS issues every day.
As the alarm continued to ring Shikamaru could vaguely hear the sounds of Temari bustling around feeding Jinto his breakfast. Shikamaru tried to glare through the paper door, once upon ago he had been the one with the breakfast yet now here he was, lying in bed like a passed out drunk man with no job and wife. Begrudgingly Shikamaru made his way out of bed and into the brightly lit kitchen where Temari bent over Jinto feeding him an 'aeroplane' of food. Shikamaru smiled at the sight, he had a bit of a soft spot for the boy ever since he'd called him 'papa' the night before.
Just as Shikamaru sat down to enjoy his breakfast the phone began to ring, causing a groan from Shikamaru as he'd just settled down and he did not want to get back up. Slowly he moved his body towards the phone and ever so exaggerated the movement of picking up the phone. Temari sat at the table watching her husband was an amused look on her face.
"Hello?" came the voice of Naruto through the receiver.
"Naruto?"
"Hey Shikamaru! Just calling to ask if you could possibly look after Jinto for another 2 weeks or so, Hinata and I are having a blast here!"
"Wait Naruto when are yo-"
Click
Before Shikamaru had had a chance to ask Naruto when he'd possibly be returning or why they were the ones who'd been 'forced' to look after their son, Naruto had abruptly hung up the phone.
Shikamaru gradually made his way back to the table where Temari and Jinto were both happily eating their breakfast.
"What was that about?" Temari questioned while gesturing towards the phone.
"Naruto asked us if we could look after Jinto for another fortnight or so"
"Oh…" was all Temari could say. While she loved the boy she wasn't sure if she could look after him for another 2 weeks, the past week and a half had been bad enough. Surely another 2 would kill the couple from sheer exhaustion.
"Well at least we have Neji and Lee coming to save us" Shikamaru said with very little confidence.
"Yeah, they'll help" Temari replied sarcastically.
It couldn't have been more than 10 minutes after Neji and Lee's arrival that the screaming and yelling began. Apparently the two had had a fight over who would watch guard over Jinto and had begun to throw various things lying around the apartment at each other, something that Shikamaru and Temari obviously did not enjoy watching, resulting in a huge mess and a crying Jinto.
Temari rushed over to Jinto as soon as the wailing began and quickly rushed out with him into a separate room to try and calm him down, which left Shikamaru to 'train' the pair on how you were supposed to act in front of a two year old baby.
"Neji I thought you were supposed to be cool and collected 24/7! What happened to your whole 'Neji Aura'!"
"I thought the same" Neji said, referring to the previous comment about being cool and collected 24/7, while gesturing towards Shikamaru's messy hair and dirty clothes.
Shikamaru gave him a don't-you-dare-even-try look before turning towards Lee who stood looking rather agitated.
"LEE!"
"YES GAI-SENSEI!" Lee shouted instinctively, "Erhh I mean Shikamaru"
"Just.. stop with all of the youth chanting" Shikamaru said shortly, "Please."
"YES SHIKAMARU-SENSEI!" Lee yelled while standing at attention.
Shikamaru just slowly walked away from the pair and onto the balcony, regretting the decision of ever inviting Neji and Lee over.
Would just like to thank all of the helpful reviews I got for the last chapter. They really helped and although I haven't exactly answered some of the questions I will try to in the next few chapters.
Random Fact: Chapters 2 and 3 had the same amount of words.