When Shikamaru came downstairs, his eyes never left her. When she acted, normal as if what had happened earlier had never happened, his eyebrow rose, yet he didn't say a single word.

Temari pushed some bangs out of her eye and noted his normal attire, complete with ponytail and Chuunin outfit. Keeping her sudden shyness out of her voice she asked, "Prepared to leave now?"

Was that even a question? It sounded like more of a demand to him but he was going to assume it was a question, "Not quite, but I'll do."

Shikamaru sneaked a glance at her to see if she was even partially affected by that passionate kiss. He felt awkward and he stifled a yawn and cautiously opened the door. He looked left to right and when no one was in sight, he was surprised.

"Maybe it's just a one day only," he suggested his voice doubtful.

"I don't think so," Temari blurted out as she attempted to hide her blush as her thoughts fell back on that kiss from earlier.

"What makes you think that?" he questioned not even noticing the heavy blushing of her cheeks.

"You're a hot guy with actual feelings. Not to mention truthful to the point of bluntness," Temari answered distracted by his deep meaningful gaze.

Shikamaru lightly blushed and stared deeply into her eyes and leaned in closer and closer until a stone out of nowhere came flying.

"Oh no! I missed! I was only trying to stop them not hurt them!" a hysteric voice rang out.

The pretty good-sized rock had slammed into Shikamaru's side and had knocked him down, so that his head fell back on the concrete sidewalk.

The pain dealt to his head, caused him to lose focus and his eyes began to blur. He blinked and tried to keep them open as Temari reached forward and knelt by him to check his condition.

Softly she mentioned, "Are you all right that was a nasty blow."

He moaned as the pain racked through his head. He could hear her loud voice began to fade as his eyes weakened and began to close. But not before he heard her cry out not to go to sleep and began shouting to keep him away as she held his hand to feel his pulse. But before she began to completely fade away he saw her tears fall and land on his cheeks. They were cold and he fell into a void pit of darkness as she shouted for help and demanded from him not to die on her. . .

His dark eyes slowly flickered open and he soon closed them as pain racked through his mind as the lights blinded him for an instant. He blinked a few times to get his eyes to focus and he concentrated on pulling his body upright. Yawning Shikamaru examined the room and spotted a golden-haired girl sitting in hardback chair in an obviously uncomfortable position with her eyes closed and her head leaning on her arm. Her huge fan leaned against the door.

He smirked and soon discovered he was in a hospital room after he considered the fact that the fierce fan-wielding Kuniochi had been worried about him enough to stay with him. Wobbling slightly as he stood up, the Shadow Nin glanced outside and felt disappointed that he had missed his daily cloud watching. It was already dark and only stars covered the night sky along with the moon that gave off reflected light. He headed closer to Temari, tripped over a pencil, and gasped as he regained his footing.

"Hey, Crybaby are you feeling all right?" the unusually soft voice of the anxious Sand Nin asked in a concerned tone. Strangely Shikamaru didn't even notice the old nickname she used.

"To some degree," Shikamaru answered still feeling a slight pain at the back of his head. But he easily ignored it as he pulled a hair tie from his pocket and put his hair up into its usual high ponytail.

She smirked and he felt uneasy. What was she thinking about? He didn't know and he knew it must be something to get her to smile like that.

"Since I told the front desk we would be leaving once you awakened I think it might be best if we left via the window," Temari suggested reaching for her fan.

"Why?" he asked feeling like such an idiot when he heard female shouts from the other side of the door. In horror, Shikamaru jumped out the ground floor window and landed on his feet. He watched Temari come out and her face lightened up with her eyes sparkling with hints of laughter. He couldn't take his eyes off her and she felt stunned when she saw the look in his eyes.