Chapter 14
He glanced at the small mirror on his table that he never used before. Sweats start forming in his temples as he tries to remove them while fixing his hair. He put his hair in his usual ponytail but before that, he did a few attempts to change his style. Eventually, he returned it to a ponytail.
Shikamaru didn’t know why he was doing that, it was his first time to be that conscious of his looks, and It’s very unlikely of him. He admits that he doesn’t have the charm like Sasuke does but he’s trying.
He palmed his face in frustration “Why am I doing this?”
A knock was heard on his door and he immediately fixed his posture and cleared his throat.
“Come in” he said and starts pacing across his room
Temari walked inside his room but her gaze was fixed on the wooden floor “Omoi said you asked for my progress report”
“Ye-Yeah, Uhm. How’s your practice?” he stutters
“I’m…good. Sasuke is really a good mentor, especially in his craft”
He tried to laugh but a fake chuckle escaped from his mouth “Ofcourse, he’s the master of Kyudo. He’s better at teaching it than me” He walked in front of her
She nodded and smirked but her eyes were focused on other things, other than the man in front of her “He is”
Shikamaru released a heavy breath and turn away, he walked to the table where the teapot was sitting “I’ve seen your practice. You’re really doing a good improvement in Kyudo now. Excellent, if you’ll ask me. You might surpass everyone in it….Do you want some tea?”
“It’s alright, I’m good Lord Nara” she shakes her head as a decline to his request “..and thank you. I’m glad that someone really appreciates my progress. Especially in Kyudo, I’m so eager to learn it”
Did she just address me as Someone? He said to himself
He furrowed his brows and clears his throat once more “Yeah, you’re doing great” he poured the tea into his cup “Do you want me to ask Kiba to teach you how to fight while riding the battle horses? Kyudo is the perfect attack for that” Shikamaru was trying to test if she would agree that someone will teach her other than Sasuke.
“I saw Kiba earlier and he’s busy teaching his samurais. Sasuke said that he’s teaching 30 of them in one day, I think he got a lot of things in his hands now. But uhm, we could ask Sasuke since he also offered it to me. I think----”
Sasuke
Sasuke
Sasuke
Sasuke
Nothing irritates his ears more than hearing his name coming out of her mouth. He gripped the cup that he was holding and throws it to the floor. Unconsciously, Shikamaru found himself pinning Temari to the wall.
Temari’s eyes widened after her back touched the cold wall. Shikamaru loosened his grip after his senses came back. His head starts to slide down and rested on her shoulder.
“What’s going on Shikamaru?” she asked in his low and gentle voice
He sighed
“Tell me that you still like me”
“Temari”
“Please tell me that I’m still the one that you choose” he said in his pleading voice without removing his head from her shoulder.
Temari cup his face and tilt it up, their eyes met and she saw his tears falling down in his cheeks.
“Are you…….are you jealous of Sasuke?” she asked
“Should I?”
There’s a moment of silence before she speaks
“No” her eyes stared at him longingly
“No?” Shikamaru never thought that a No could be this sweet “So…does that means you still like me?”
She smiled “Always”
His lips formed into a smile after hearing that, he couldn’t take it anymore. He cannot bear to shut his heart from screaming her name. This time, he didn’t listen to his mind and let his heart lead all his actions.
“I didn’t know you’re such a crybaby” she mockingly said
“Shut up” he smirked
He kissed her while sliding his hands up to her neck. Temari kissed him back and wrapped her arms around his shoulder. He strokes his lips to her like he was longing for it for a long time and he could feel that she’s longing for his lips too. They both moaned under their breath while exploring each other’s lips.
Shikamaru’s hands start pulling her obi that holds her Kimono and glide his fingers inside her kimono, to her soft skin. Temari didn’t wear the sarashi anymore since the day they found out that she was a woman, she didn’t have to. She could feel his hands starts caressing her, slowly, gently, up to her breast without breaking the kiss.
Temari released a faint moan when he starts rubbing his thumb in her breast which made him aroused, craving for more. He unwrapped her Kimono and starts kissing her neck and downwards. She holds his hair tightly while he sucks the soft flesh in her chest. A soft moan escaped from her mouth that night and tried to bite her lip to shut herself up.
Shikamaru has a mission that night, to give his best for the princess in front of him.
He returns back to her lips and kissed her passionately. The feeling inside of him is too much that he couldn’t handle, his hands immediately unwrapped his kimono and they were both now standing in the middle of his room, naked and kissing each other.
He lays her on his futon and starts removing her undergarments while still kissing her.
“I don’t think we will be needing that” he said under his breath
She just follows him; she has no idea what they’re doing but it feels right.
He starts slipping his fingers inside her while she’s making eye contact with him. He made a few thrusts just enough to make her overstimulated, she released a sharp moan after feeling something bursting inside of her.
Shikamaru starts removing his undergarments and starts sliding his erection into her slit. Temari covered her lips before releasing another moan, afraid that someone might hear them from his thin wall. He thrusts her into his futon while her hands gripped his arms for support.
When all the feelings start building inside of her, she whined his name.
Shikamaru
His hands gripped her legs tighter after hearing his name. He kissed her neck up to her lips while his right-hand holds her neck.
“I don’t want to hear any man’s name out of your mouth. Only my name” he whispered in her ears then continue kissing her.
They shared the night making love until the sun peeked at the horizon. Shikamaru didn’t want to leave his bed after waking up next to her. It was a bizarre experience that he felt inside him when he saw her face first thing in the morning.
Before he met her, he didn’t care about dying in the war. He has nothing to look forward to once the war ended, no one was left for him and he accepted it. For him, it was an honor to die in the war. But that morning, after seeing her face, breathing gently while the rays of the sun kissed her cheeks. He was afraid to die.
He’s afraid that he might not experience growing old with her, bearing his child, raising them, and sharing their story. There’s something he looked forward to that day. Everything shifts in his perspective; his goal was to end the war to protect her and let her experience a peaceful life. He promised to himself that he will marry her, he wanted to tell everyone how deep his love for her, and it will be marked in people's hearts for centuries.
His thumb rubbed her cheeks, caressing them while admiring her beauty before her teal eyes slowly opens. That morning, they start to hide their relationship from everyone. Shikamaru starts sharing baths with her in the private bathroom that he provided only for her and she sleeps in his bed every night. But in front of the young samurai during their training, they’re comrades.
They don’t want to make a suspicious move that will cause some conflict in the camp, and in the war. Especially in the eyes of the Suna samurais. Rasa would definitely go for a kill if he discovers that his daughter was defiled inside the camp.
