Temari was expecting to be woken rudely, but she hadn't expected the warmth of the covers to disappear. In hindsight she knew that she should have expected it. Temari would have done the same to someone she found sleeping in her bed. Then again that person may or may not have lived till the next morning. Sitting upright she grabbed the covers off the edge of the bed and looked at the confused party in the room. She sat there waiting for him to speak but words never came, just a lot of air sucking. Temari chose to speak first. "Surprise." She said with a little wave. She watched as Shikamaru who now looked even more confused backed up and shut his door, to make sure Choji stayed asleep, and then sank against it. He couldn't understand what was going on. Why was she in his bed? "There's no point in shutting the door he sleeps like a dead man. I made enough noise in the kitchen to wake the whole neighborhood, and he never once stirred." She had been in his KITCHEN! He could come up with no logical explanations for her to be at his home and in his bed.
"Why are you here?" He asked finally.
"He speaks! About time I thought I was going to have to teach you."
"Why are you here?" He asked again this time stronger, his words were returning.
"Seems to be stuck on parrot though," Deciding to get serious she spoke, "Tsunade sent me here, and apparently I have to marry you." Temari offered her best smile, fluffed the pillow, pulled the blankets up to her neck and went back to sleep.
Shikamaru sat with his back against the door for hours in confusion. Tsunade sent her here. Was the only explanation he had, but Why? Then he remembered, The boob incident, this must be Tsunade's form of a joke. All he had to do was make it through the night, but why add the part about marrying him. And why had Temari agreed to do it? He decided to ask her in the morning, he was too tired to analyze the situation any longer. Finding another blanket and snagging one of the unused pillows off his bed, Shikamaru made a pallet on the carpet.
Temari was in a dark mood as she sat on a chair outside of Tsunade's office. Not only had she been awaked at the first sign of light, but she had practically been drug to the hokage's office. Sitting across from her Shikamaru was in an equally black mood, he hadn't sleep at all. The woman who had been in his bed kept distracting him. What in the world had Tsunade offered her? He was determined to get to the bottom of this. Last night at the party Temari hadn't stayed long enough to talk to Tsunade. They must have spoken sometime after Tsunade left. But even he knew that wasn't a possibility. Tsuande had been one of the last to leave, and he had no doubt that by that time Temari had already shimmied her way into his bedroom.
The door opened and Shizune stuck her head out to speak to the two unhappy parties. "Tsunade will see you know." Pushing the door open completely, she let them in a told them to sit in the chairs in front of Tsunade's desk. "She'll be in shortly."
Shikamaru was sure he had heard Shizune laugh lightly as she shut the door. What in the world was going on? He wondered if Temari would tell him the real reason she had been in his house and bedroom. He had no idea how to start the conversation, but they'd been sitting in the chairs for about ten minutes in dead silence. He didn't know too much about the woman next to him. The few encounters he had had where mainly on the battle field, there she was sharp and dangerous. That was the only reason he hadn't put her out last night. It would have been way too troublesome to even start with the stubborn woman. Angling his head, he watched her out the corner of his eye, she seemed calm enough. When she stood and walked to look at the window he took notice of what she was wearing.
Temari had decided to put on an outfit she would wear for a regular day in Suna a long black loose dress. Instead of her regular burgundy she had used forest green ties over her shoulders and under her chest.
Shikamaru came to the conclusion that she was not going back to her village today. How troublesome. After he got her out of his house he would still have to escort her all over the village. When he sighed loudly, she turned and looked at him sideways.
Smirking Temari said, "No patience.", and turned back to the window leaning her hip on the sill. Shikamaru had never looked at Temari's figure in any other way than he looked at Ino or Sakura's, they just were what they were. Looking now in her current position, he decided she wasn't overly hippy and had nice shape.
Tsunade was very pleased with herself as she opened her door and spotted her current project, one standing by the window the other sitting in a chair. They both watched her with the same bothered expression as she made her way to the desk to sit down.
Smiling she made eye contact with each of them. "What can I do for you two?" Tsunade was pleased with herself. This would be a million times better than paperwork! The look Shikamaru gave her was priceless. His eyes held disbelief and his mouth hung open. She had to look at Temari to keep from laughing out loud. Temari's eyes also held disbelief but it was mixed with annoyance. Her mouth remained closed, but she had tensed he stance and had lifted herself off of the wall. Yes ,Tsunade decided, this was going to get very interesting.