So that’s how it was, Shikamaru thought, finally understanding. There had been a misunderstanding.
Temari seemed to have worked it out, too.
“Hmm, so that’s what it all was….” She said, smiling peacefully.
“No, hold on…Ah!!” Shikamaru inadvertently let out an exclamation.
It was possible that Temari’s misunderstanding had been–
“Hey, oi …You couldn’t have thought that, right.”
When he said that, for some reason, Temari silently took her tessen off her back, holding it in her hand.
“H-hey…what is it?” He asked. “Why’re you suddenly taking that out…? Wh- what’s up with your chakra…?!”
Temari grinned affectionately at him.
Shikamaru was captivated by the sight, and found a smile forming on his face, too.
Smiling at each other like that, they looked like the very picture of an intimate pair of lover