I'm alive! Sorry I've been so MIA guys! You have know idea the last few months I've been having, tests, concerts, friends ( Who like to be that annoying couple that don't understand when things are suppose to be a group thing and not a date), and well lets just say a lot more. :p Good news: there are 3 days left of school for me. Bad news: then the exams start. Oh joy! I'm not sure if I mentioned this since it happen a while ago but I broke up with my boyfriend, who was, is and shall remain just my best guy friend :]. So I'm single… while the rest of my friends [except my favorite short one] have significant others. *sigh* This is sometimes depressing. Well anyway I'll stop talking since you guys have been waiting for this for waaaaaayyyyyy to long!

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This was the weirdest thing I think I ever saw in my life. I glance up again after rubbing my eyes a second time in disbelief. Yes, yes this was defiantly weird. I couldn't believe what I was seeing as it seemed so implausible, yet, here it was right in front of me.

Temari and I had gotten back to Suna two day and a half ago, which is another time that I saw the weird scene. Temari had somehow acquired a gentle expression and had hugged both of her brothers who also looked nice and not murderous for once in their lives. This fact kind of scared me until they saw me and then grunted in unison and returning to their expressionless ninja faces, all three of them.

Anyway things had been ok the last few days. I was stuck to Temari like glue as she slowly started training to regain back her strength by, I might add, pushing herself a little to hard as demonstrated now in this weird [how many times will this word reoccur in my head?] and uncharacteristic act.

Temari was standing in the kitchen. Ok that doesn't sound so strange but it was more than that. She was cooking, which wasn't that odd either. It was just the getup she was wearing that was so strange, not to mention her smile that was only interrupted when she move slightly the wrong way and agitated one of her bruises on her midsection causing a wince to occur in her features. The getup, it was… well… normal, just not for Sabaku no Temari. She was wearing a short white dress, strapless, a small half apron of checkered red tied to her waist. She was wearing jewelry too, sparkling earrings and a necklace. Her hair was done differently too, down with curls swirling throughout it, somehow causing her hair to look even lighter than normal. See, it was ordinary… for a western housewife.

I had been staring at her in disbelief for at least ten minutes in the doorway and I was still unnoticed as she busied herself with her lunch of rice, shrimp, snow peas, and soy sauce which smelled delicious by the way.

Finally I cleared my throat and saw her jump and the turn her head toward me. Her look of surprise quickly became a smirk as a light blush touched her cheeks and she finished putting the food on the plate she was holding and then turned toward me fully.

"What are you wearing?" I said suddenly as the thought past through my head.

"What you don't like it? I thought I looked rather nice."

"It's fine but why are you wearing it exactly?" I ask utterly confused and slightly dazed as I my eyes traveled the line of her tan legs that looked completely healthy compared to her stomach and a bit of one of her wrists.

"Oh come on you're the smart one you can't figure it out?" I shook my head from side to side once slowly continuing ogling her legs. She sighed. "What's today?" she asked.

"Saturday?"

"Yes, Shikamaru I got all dressed up just because it's Saturday." She replied sarcastically. And stared waiting for another answer before angrily sighing once more. "Trust Shikamaru Nara to forget his own birthday." She muttered as she tried to control her anger.

I paused. "You did this because its my birthday?... Why didn't you just buy me something and be done with it, you didn't have to force yourself so shortly after what happen. I don't really ca-"

She cut me off by yanking my collar and making our faces eye level to each other before hissing. "Listen. You were the one that wouldn't let me leave the house for more than a minute the last few days. You were the one that didn't inform me that it was going to be your birthday today; I had to find out from my brother late last night. So no, I couldn't just go get you a gift. Also I'm fine! I don't need you helping me every to seconds I'm not that weak! I wanted to do this so just suck it up and enjoy it Lazy-ass! This is your present, a day with me, doing what you want me to do and not getting mad at you for bossing me around!" She ranted. By the end of her long monologue she was breathing heavily in me face, then she let go and turn back to the food grabbing the dishes and roughly placing them on the table. "So sit down, lunch is served!"

I sighed and sat down, "I didn't tell you cause it's not a big deal when you were just though being kidnapped so I-"

Again I was cut off. "Shikamaru things like that happen all the time! It should just make you realize that you should live life better so you don't miss anything! I'm not just going to sit back and neglect the things going on around me. Now eat before I stuff the food down your throat!"

I sat in silence for a moment thinking of what she said before starting to eat the food in front of me. After a few bites I spoke again, "Fine, your right I wouldn't want that either for you. I'm sorry."

She looked up at me from her own food before swallowing. "Good."

I nodded and continued to eat with her before I realized something. "What exactly is my present again?" I said smirking, "I get to order you around?"

She nodded before looking at me and seeing my smirk and smirked back. "And I won't, or I'll try not to, get mad at you for it."

By now my face had broke into and outright grin. "Then I think I have a few ideas for you then. But I have one question."

"What's that?" she asked

"Can I rain check until we get back to Konoha?"

She nodded quickly before stopping to ask, "Wait, why?" Her eyes narrowed at me.

"No reason." If possible my smile got bigger at the scowl on her face. Wait, me smiling? I guess Temari wasn't the only one doing uncharacteristic things today.

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Hee hee! Fun, I like it! Btw this chapter is 1039 words! I'm proud. I wonder where I'm heading now. [I seriously don't know] Anyway, bah-bye until next time!

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