Naruto opened the door to his and Shikamaru's room and he slipped in. "Shikamaru?" he called. Naruto was answered by a grumble that came from a ball under the sheets of the bed and Naruto knew that it was Shikamaru.
"Do you still like Temari?" he bluntly asked. Naruto didn't like to beat around the bush, well, either that or he didn't know how.
"Not when she's acting like a bitch," Shikamaru answered in a grumble under the covers.
"So I'll take that as a yes then," Naruto assumed. The Naruto turned back to the door. "Well, see you later," Naruto called as he started walking.
Shikamaru shot up and pulled the covers from his face. His hair was kinky and he stared at Naruto puzzled. "Where are you going?" he asked.
"To go Temari that you like her so that we can get this solved," Naruto shrugged. Shikamaru shot up to his feet and stared wide eyed at Naruto.
"What the hell are you doing?" he snapped. Naruto just retained his calm composure and batted his eyes to side in disinterest.
"Well, it will never be solved unless we tell her," Shikamaru took an ominous step towards Naruto. "Unless you want to do it yourself," Naruto slyly suggested.
Shikamaru momentarily weighed his options. If Naruto told Temari, he could screw everything up and make her even madder. And if he told Temari, then she would surely reject him, but at least he could finally say what he's wanted to say for such a long time.
"I'll tell her," Shikamaru mumbled. Then he started to march towards the door.
"Great, she's in the lobby waiting for you," Naruto told him as Shikamaru slammed the door shut.
Naruto chuckled to himself then whipped out his phone to text Karin and tell her that he had already provoked Shikamaru and that she better have Temari ready at the lobby.
"Temari?" Karin walked into their room, where she found Temari sitting cross legged on her bed and staring down at her lap.
"What?" Temari sadly answered. It was clear on her face that she was crying, but out of anger or sadness, Karin did not know.
"I told Shikamaru that you like him and he's waiting in the lobby for you," Karin lied. Temari jerked her head up and stared at Karin in disbelief, Karin just shrugged and sat down at the edge of her twin bed.
"What'd he say?" Temari demanded. Worry painted her face and she could feel her heart beating faster and faster.
"Well, he said that he wants to see you down in the lobby, so I'd suggest going," Karin reinforced. Temari got up and ran a quick finger through her hair.
"Do I look okay?" she quickly asked. Karin looked at her hair and nodded.
"Okay, I'll see you later," Temari breathed. She rushed towards the door and slammed it on her way out.
Karin chuckled to herself, much like Naruto had done earlier and then she checked her phone. A text from Naruto had just come in, Karin texted him telling him that all systems were a go and suggested that they go down to the lobby and watch the scene.
"Shikamaru?" Temari unsurely asked. She rounded the corner to find Shikamaru sitting in a rocking chair by the fire.
Shikamaru jerked his head up and saw Temari. The dancing flames made her sandy blonde hair come to life and it made her blue eyes shine brightly. Shikamaru sighed, "Will you sit down on that couch?" he pointed.
Temari nodded and sat down on the coach, for someone who was supposedly going to talk to her about her crush on him, he seemed very distant and exasperated. Temari took this as a sign of impending rejection and mentally braced herself.
Shikamaru leaned over and planted his elbow on his knees. Temari waited in silence as he sighed and stared at the fire before speaking.
"You piss me off," he began. Temari prepared herself further; this didn't seem like a nice rejection. "you piss me off a lot," he turned to Temari.
"But for some reason, every time you piss me off, I can't help but like you more," Shikamaru confessed. Temari felt her heart skip and beat and her expression softened into a relieved smile.
"And I know that you hate Arisu, and I don't really like her that much either," Temari felt herself smile a wide smile. "But I just wanted to let you know how it feels when you screw me at parties and then go around flirting with every guy you see like it meant nothing," he informed her.
"But the point is, that I like you, and I know that I screwed up whatever we had between us this week, and I'm sorry," Shikamaru finished. The two sat in silence for a while and Shikamaru stared at the fire, not wanting to look at Temari's expression and feel the pang of rejection.
Temari placed the hands in her lap and she shook her head, it was now or never. "I'm sorry too; I didn't mean to be so mean to Arisu. I guess that I was kind of jealous because I like you too," she confessed. Shikamaru's head shot up and he stared at her in disbelief.
"And I also hope that I didn't screw anything up, either… And I'm sorry about flirting with all of those guys after us…" she didn't want to say the word in such a formal setting to ruin the mood so she just nodded. "I just thought that I was being stupid for liking you, and I thought that you didn't feel the same way," she finished.
"Well I do," Shikamaru paused and then turned his attention back to the fire. "So what do we do now?" he blankly asked.
"Well I guess if you like me as much as I like you, we date," Temari replied. Shikamaru turned to her and smiled.
"That'd be nice," he softly spoke. Shikamaru motioned Temari over to him and she complied. She stood in front of him and he grabbed her waist and pulled her onto his lap.
"Temari," he began. "Will you be my girlfriend?" he asked with conviction. He stared into her eyes and Temari just smiled and kissed him, this time for real. All of those other times that they made out, she hadn't really kissed him, but she kissed him this time, and it felt amazing.
Shikamaru broke the kiss for a second to ask Temari a question, "No more flirting with guys at parties right?" he asked, studying her face.
Temari smiled and kissed him once more, "No more flirting," she assured him when they broke apart again.
Then Shikamaru smiled and kissed her, then he pulled away quickly, "Are you sure?" he asked solemnly.
Temari threw her head back and laughed and then leaned in to his face again, "I'm positive," she reassured him once more.
"Good," Shikamaru grinned. Then he kissed her again and again like he really meant it and like he wasn't going to ever let go.
Meanwhile, a crowd had gathered around the corner where Karin and Naruto were hiding together. Karin and Naruto high fived each other as they watched Shikamaru and Temari kiss and the crowd just silently clapped and jumped up and down.
"Finally they're together!" Hinata whispered to her three other friends.
"Took them long enough," Tenten acknowledged.
The group of friends saw Temari and Shikamaru get up and walk hand in hand towards the elevators and they almost ran over one another trying to duck for cover.
"Hey Naruto," Shikamaru called. Naruto swore under his breath and then nonchalantly walked from behind the corner to the open hall way and he scratched his head unsurely.
"Oh, hi Shikamaru," Naruto greeted. The other members of the crowd tried to hide against the wall and make themselves unseen.
"You might want to bunk with Kiba and Kankuro again tonight," he smirked. Naruto shot him an exasperated look and he turned to the snickering group behind him.
"Hey, Kankuro and Kiba, I'm going to stay in your room again tonight," he told them. A series of groans came from the seemingly hidden group of people against the wall.
Temari giggled and then moved to see everyone who was hiding behind the corner. "Oh hi Karin, Hinata, Tenten, Ino, Sakura, Neji, Kankuro, Kiba, and Rock Lee," she waved.
The group pressed against the wall waved in embarrassment and Hinata started to giggle, not out of the excitement of getting caught, but because she was so close to Kiba's face.
Shikamaru gave Temari's hand a slight tug and cleared his throat. Temari looked at him and he batted his eyes in the direction of the elevator. Temari giggled and waved to her friends as she stepped into the now open elevator.
"Bye guys, sorry about your room Naruto!" she laughed. Naruto waved slightly after her and then turned to Kankuro.
"You need to control your sister more," he demanded. One by one everyone peeled off of the walls and when Kankuro could safely speak, he did.
"It's not my fault that she's a slut. She gets it from Gaara," Kankuro joked.
"I'm just glad that they're finally together!" Ino groaned. "They've liked each other forever and now they decide to do something about it!" she finished.
Rock Lee just laughed and kissed her, now everyone could really enjoy their vacation.