"Hey Daddy, why did you marry Mommy if you're so scared of her?"
Shikamaru knew the right answer was love.
However, then he remembered all those moments where they had lost their sense of themselves, too tangled up in being together.
"Honey, you're not old enough to understand," he replied.
His daughter tried to understand but ended up just leaving the room with a pout on her face.
A smirking Temari watched the little girl go before settling herself into Shikamaru's lap.
"I understand," she breathed, guiding his hands under her shirt.
Shikamaru just smiled.