When Temari awoke, Shikamaru was asleep next to her hospital bed. She didn't have enough strength to hit him, but she managed to poke him in the forehead.

"How long have you been here?" she asked.

"As long as you," he answered simply.

"Been using me as an excuse to slack off, huh?" Temari retorted. "How many days, Shikamaru?"

She softened when she saw him wearily rubbing his eyes.

"A couple," Shikamaru shrugged.

"Get back to work," she told him. "I'm fine, idiot."

It was only later that she found out she'd been in the hospital for three weeks.