A/N: Idea from Jim Toomey's Sherman's Lagoon.
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Shikamaru and Neji sat under a tree.
Neji looked relaxed, but his nonstop twirling of a kunai was wearing on Shikamaru's nerves.
"Alright, Neji, what is it?"
"Tenten thinks I shouldn't call her 'dear' yet," said the Hyuuga jounin. "But I don't know what else to call her."
"Hmm." The Nara Chuunin quirked an eyebrow.
"What do you call Temari?"
"Bossmaniac, control freak, ball-and-chain, tyrant-extraordinaire, dictator…"
Neji cut in hastily. "I meant to her face."
"Those are what I call her to her face."