awwwww :'(
I had to write a team 10 fic. And I figured that since the challenge is pretty convenient, I'd put it up at naruto100 too :)
enjoy!
Nobody said anything as Shikamaru lifted the cigarette to his mouth and lit it. Nobody ever did. His hands didn’t shake anymore. Over the years he had gotten used to it, the flick of the lighter, the acrid smoke that rose and still burnt his eyes. He took a shallow puff, then passed it over.
Ino didn’t look up from the grave, just reached over, clasping the cigarette in her slim fingers, raising it to her mouth and inhaling slowly. She coughed slightly on the exhale, still not used to it. She passed it to Chouji who smoked quickly, dropping it on the ground and squashing it underfoot. No one spoke for a long time.
Ino left first, embracing her teammates quickly and fiercely, she would have stayed but she had two children to go home to. Chouji left soon after.
But Shikamaru stayed longer, until the sky deepened. He stood there, staring at the grave and wishing, as he did every single year, that he had been stronger.
He wasn’t startled when someone came up behind him and warm hands grasped his shoulders. He knew who it was. He turned around and Temari smiled gently at him. “Are you done?” She asked. He reached out to her, taking the sleeping baby from her arms.
“Yeah.”
He turned back to the grave briefly, and Temari came up next to him, wrapping an arm around his shoulders.
I understand now Sensei. Thank you.
TFR.
enjoy!
Nobody said anything as Shikamaru lifted the cigarette to his mouth and lit it. Nobody ever did. His hands didn’t shake anymore. Over the years he had gotten used to it, the flick of the lighter, the acrid smoke that rose and still burnt his eyes. He took a shallow puff, then passed it over.
Ino didn’t look up from the grave, just reached over, clasping the cigarette in her slim fingers, raising it to her mouth and inhaling slowly. She coughed slightly on the exhale, still not used to it. She passed it to Chouji who smoked quickly, dropping it on the ground and squashing it underfoot. No one spoke for a long time.
Ino left first, embracing her teammates quickly and fiercely, she would have stayed but she had two children to go home to. Chouji left soon after.
But Shikamaru stayed longer, until the sky deepened. He stood there, staring at the grave and wishing, as he did every single year, that he had been stronger.
He wasn’t startled when someone came up behind him and warm hands grasped his shoulders. He knew who it was. He turned around and Temari smiled gently at him. “Are you done?” She asked. He reached out to her, taking the sleeping baby from her arms.
“Yeah.”
He turned back to the grave briefly, and Temari came up next to him, wrapping an arm around his shoulders.
I understand now Sensei. Thank you.
TFR.