Part 2

Once again I'm in the glass house to help out. I had some time of and I like botany so that's why I decided to spend my time here. Of course I preferred to go to Konoha to visit my troublesome boyfriend, but Gaara wanted me to stay in Suna in case of emergency.

The atmosphere in the glass house makes me feel oppress, so I'm always wearing a short skirt and a sleeveless shirt. In the past this lead to curious watchers, most of them being manly teens. This was until my little red-haired brother came to visit and 'requested' them to stop acting upon their manly hormones. Ever since then it has been quiet around.

I wouldn't mind though, if something would happen to make things livelier again. Or to be more specific, if a certain lazy crybaby would come to visit me. Though I wonder if he will. Even though we haven't seen each other for 49 days, the journey from his home village to mine is about three days and that might be too much for him. I sigh. It's troublesome having a boyfriend living in another village.

Suddenly I hear a sound from outside as if someone fell down. I turn around, just in time to see familiar tied-back black hair and blue sandals disappear behind one of the few trees. I smile. There's no mistake in it, it's him.

I turn back to the plants I was tending. I try to finish up dunging the plants, but I can't. I suddenly notice how its sprouting leaves resemble his hair. This is no use. I take my fan and hold it in a way that he can't see it from outside and walk up to a cactus. I kneel down and put my fan in the back of the pot along with some kunai that were nearby.

I walk up to the other side of the cactus, pick up the pot and carry it outside. Of course I can just walk outside hug him and tell the crybaby how much I missed him, but there's no fun to that. Besides I really need to show him that he can't mess with me.

By now he probably figured out what I was up to, so I have to act quickly, before he catches me. I drop the cactus, take my fan and send a big gust of wind his way. Then I take out the kunai and throw it right after. I smile when I see him being blown against a tree pinned by the kunai. I hit the target.

'Looks like I caught something very nice' I smirk as I'm walking towards him, meanwhile noticing a sandpit, over which he probably tripped.

'So troublesome' He says.

I know that he can easily get out of his confinement. It only takes a little push and of he is. But it might be too troublesome for him and besides he knows I like to take the lead on my own terrain. So if he really is as smart as everyone tells he just stays were he is now. Sometimes I wonder though if his IQ is really high. The way I noticed him was very dumb from his side.

'It's not very smart to fall over a sandpit, you know' I say standing in front of him.

He might be very smart, but he really needs to work on his stealth.

'Yeah, yeah' He says.

'Don't double yeah me!' I get my head closer to him. 'Kiss me instead'

He smiles. As if it was that order that he was waiting for. He brings his head closer to mine and then we kiss.

'Welcome back in Suna, crybaby' I say as soon as our lips are apart.

I smile. Sure he is lazy and a clumsy smartass. But he is the sweetest man around. And there's no desert or big forest that can keep us apart.

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Author's note: It's been almost a year since my last update! I feel a bit of ashamed now. But finally here's part 2b of this ShikaTema piece. I do have ideas for a third part, but I'm not going to make any promises. Anyway I hope you liked it!

Disclaimer: Shikamaru and Temari are mine:-) ... I wish .. But they're not.