Something Else, Shikamaru/Temari,PG13
Have some shikatem fic XD
Something Else
1. So you were born in an electrical storm, took a bite out the sun and saw your future in a machine built
for two. Now your rays make me kind of go crazy, shock and awe and amaze me.
She was as far from the average woman he had envisioned himself with as anyone could be. She came with fire in her eyes, and a snap in her hands. Her face, so bold and beautiful and alive was enough to keep him interested. She was the desert, scorching and stark, unfailingly hot and ultimately, unforgiving. Until she came, bursting into his life at full throttle, he had never known how exciting a woman could be. Like a battle, except that his strategies never seemed to work on her.
He had never really wanted to bother with taking her out to dinner, or going on long walks or anything of the sort. Instead they played shogi(the first time they played he beat her soundly, the second time she brought a pitcher of sake and neither of them know who won), they watched the clouds(although she usually got bored and ended up kissing him, which led to him trying to make out with her and watch clouds and the same time. Which led to him getting beaten up.). They sparred sometimes, or, rather, she forced him to spar with her. Really, they did whatever caught their fancy at the time. She was too spontaneous for any planning and him, too lazy.
2. You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane.
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me.
Temari only admitted to herself that she was scared. Scared of showing all of who she was to Shikamaru. Scared of being too sensitive, too fragile, too soft. She had spent years building up a hard, opaque facade. She was a daughter of Suna, a woman of the desert, as harsh and strong as the lands she was brought up in. She was a warrior. She did not weep, she did not fear.
Shikamaru, on the other hand did. She had seen him uncertain, seen him shake, seen him shed tears. And all those times she had wanted to hold him, to hold him so close and tell him over and over again that it would all be fine. But she couldn't let him see that, she couldn't let him know. So she laughed and pushed him forward, shaming him into being strong. And she hated herself for it.
But still, she couldn't change herself now. He had fallen in love with her as she was, hard and unchanging. He had not come to her for comfort, and she was unsure what he had wanted from her in the first place. It was could have been love, because she certainly did love him, even though she never let herself feel it. It may have been sex, but she prefered not to think of it that way.
She told herself it was love once more and kissed him goodnight, hands reaching up to brush through his hair.
I love you, you know I do.
3.
Fourth time, I said that's it
You've agreed to give me everything
Now I've got to ask you one thing
Keep doing that forever
He was so gentle, all the time. She wondered if he ever felt the urgency she did, the need to press her body against him, the need to touch him. But he just buried his face in the crook of her neck and snuggled against her, movements slow and soft. He kissed her, all down her neck, taking his time, while she felt as if she was about to burst. It was supposed to be the other way around, wasn't it?
But he was so sweet, that she could never blame him for the way his mouth lingered at her collarbone and his hands brushed down her sides, so gentle, as if he was afraid to break her. It was never hot and fevered, but it was something else, and she found something beautiful there.
When they were finished he would kiss her on the cheek, and put his arms around her, pulling her close. He would tell her good night, and she would meet his lips briefly and tell him to sleep well.
It was nothing like her, not hard and hot and wanting, but it was what they had, and it was enough. Love, and a kiss on the cheek.
END
song lyrics:
1-"Do What You Want"-Ok Go
2-"Brain Damage"-Pink Floyd
3-"The First Five Times"-The Stars
Oookay..hm, that's really nothing like what I imagine Shikamaru and Temari's relationship to be like at all. Interesting.
In my mind, it's a hell of a lot hotter than I just wrote it :P
thanks for reading!
-tallah
Something Else
1. So you were born in an electrical storm, took a bite out the sun and saw your future in a machine built
for two. Now your rays make me kind of go crazy, shock and awe and amaze me.
She was as far from the average woman he had envisioned himself with as anyone could be. She came with fire in her eyes, and a snap in her hands. Her face, so bold and beautiful and alive was enough to keep him interested. She was the desert, scorching and stark, unfailingly hot and ultimately, unforgiving. Until she came, bursting into his life at full throttle, he had never known how exciting a woman could be. Like a battle, except that his strategies never seemed to work on her.
He had never really wanted to bother with taking her out to dinner, or going on long walks or anything of the sort. Instead they played shogi(the first time they played he beat her soundly, the second time she brought a pitcher of sake and neither of them know who won), they watched the clouds(although she usually got bored and ended up kissing him, which led to him trying to make out with her and watch clouds and the same time. Which led to him getting beaten up.). They sparred sometimes, or, rather, she forced him to spar with her. Really, they did whatever caught their fancy at the time. She was too spontaneous for any planning and him, too lazy.
2. You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane.
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me.
Temari only admitted to herself that she was scared. Scared of showing all of who she was to Shikamaru. Scared of being too sensitive, too fragile, too soft. She had spent years building up a hard, opaque facade. She was a daughter of Suna, a woman of the desert, as harsh and strong as the lands she was brought up in. She was a warrior. She did not weep, she did not fear.
Shikamaru, on the other hand did. She had seen him uncertain, seen him shake, seen him shed tears. And all those times she had wanted to hold him, to hold him so close and tell him over and over again that it would all be fine. But she couldn't let him see that, she couldn't let him know. So she laughed and pushed him forward, shaming him into being strong. And she hated herself for it.
But still, she couldn't change herself now. He had fallen in love with her as she was, hard and unchanging. He had not come to her for comfort, and she was unsure what he had wanted from her in the first place. It was could have been love, because she certainly did love him, even though she never let herself feel it. It may have been sex, but she prefered not to think of it that way.
She told herself it was love once more and kissed him goodnight, hands reaching up to brush through his hair.
I love you, you know I do.
3.
Fourth time, I said that's it
You've agreed to give me everything
Now I've got to ask you one thing
Keep doing that forever
He was so gentle, all the time. She wondered if he ever felt the urgency she did, the need to press her body against him, the need to touch him. But he just buried his face in the crook of her neck and snuggled against her, movements slow and soft. He kissed her, all down her neck, taking his time, while she felt as if she was about to burst. It was supposed to be the other way around, wasn't it?
But he was so sweet, that she could never blame him for the way his mouth lingered at her collarbone and his hands brushed down her sides, so gentle, as if he was afraid to break her. It was never hot and fevered, but it was something else, and she found something beautiful there.
When they were finished he would kiss her on the cheek, and put his arms around her, pulling her close. He would tell her good night, and she would meet his lips briefly and tell him to sleep well.
It was nothing like her, not hard and hot and wanting, but it was what they had, and it was enough. Love, and a kiss on the cheek.
END
song lyrics:
1-"Do What You Want"-Ok Go
2-"Brain Damage"-Pink Floyd
3-"The First Five Times"-The Stars
Oookay..hm, that's really nothing like what I imagine Shikamaru and Temari's relationship to be like at all. Interesting.
In my mind, it's a hell of a lot hotter than I just wrote it :P
thanks for reading!
-tallah