Before him,
Temari was glaring at him with an outraged expression on her face.
"I never could have believed that I’d misjudged you all this time!” She shouted with such force, her words turned to wind that slammed against his face.
“I- I’m sorry…”
The apology came without conscious thought.
His father would come home as late as sunrise on some days, and get yelled at in the house’s entryway by his mother. Somehow, Shikamaru had found himself suffering that same scolding from Temari.
She strode past him with swift, large steps, and disappeared over his shoulder.
Those eyes of hers had looked slightly wet…