Horizon

The unfocused gaze of the newborn is a window into eternity. It would be easy to fall in and get lost.

He looks up at his son hovering nervously near Temari who holds the baby. Shikamaru looks shell-shocked. Temari just seems tired.

Shikaku glances at Yoshino who pronounces for both of them, "She's beautiful Temari-chan."

"Thank you," Temari answers as she stifles back a yawn.

"Come on Yoshino, she's tired, we'll come back later," Shikaku instructs.

Wistfully, she says goodbye. As the door closes behind them she turns to her husband.

"We were never that nervous and clueless were we?"