Let me tell you some gents. You can hide behind diplomatic overtones; you can hide behind a screen of arguments, you can feign ignorance about the invasion she's waging on your sovereign apartment. However all bets are off when she gets sick.

You would have thought that a 19 year old woman would have known better not to go running out into a rainstorm for the fun of it. Granted, she came from a desert region where rain was very rare thing but good thing. Also there she was always under the scrutiny of the general public and what they thought she should act like. Still, I have no idea what possibly possessed the Suna princess to go frolicking in the rain like a child.

I suppose I really should be happy that she felt safe enough on my family property to drop her tough act and run around like a little kid. Of course one of the consequences is that you run the chance of coming down with a cold or pneumonia. Luckily she didn't get pneumonia, just a really bad cold since she wasn't inoculated to the Leaf strain of the cold.

So when Temari got sick it hit her like a freight train. And let me tell you something fellas, you are completely in love when you take off a few days to take care of a girl who's sick. And from my understanding, girls have to either be related to you or really love you to let you see them in such a state of mess. Turns out they actually put an effort into looking nice. Even Temari, who knew?

Now taking care of a sick girl does put you in a no win situation guys. First off, even if it goes unsaid everyone knows that you love each other. That's okay because it's an equal exchange of horror. What is not equal is the fact that you will go fetch anything she wants and do anything she wants to make her feel better. I would say there are some potentially fun things that could be done (like sponge baths) but the snot, phlegm, mucus, coughing, hacking tends to kill the mood.

Also her mussed up hair, inflamed red nose, puffy eyes, general mood (constantly pissed off that she's sick) also does not make for a very romantic environment. Granted you really shouldn't try to do anything anyway, you are taking care of a sick person after all.

Now that you have completely been turned into her lapdog, there is the plus side that now she does owe you a favor. It might not be fair, society today makes a big deal out of guys taking care of people while girls are just expected to do it. Granted in order to get her to owe you that favor, the same society has now dubbed you whipped.

Oh my goodness, I've become my father…

A/N: This is a pseudo companion piece to Invasion that I posted the other night. You don't have to read that to enjoy this but if you are trolling through the Shikatema fics and enjoyed this, you might want to give my other Shikatema fics a chance. Now click the little review button. You know you want to.