“…ha?” For a brief moment, Temari’s jaw dropped. “Uhm…? What are you…saying…?”
Shikamaru was bewildered by the look she was giving him, like she was suddenly suspicious of him. It was a strange reaction to his reply. But for now, it was best to verify what they both were thinking.
“No matter how you look at it, I won’t be able to go to the women’s side of the hot springs, right?”
“Obviously!” She sounded a little indignant. “What are you suddenly…”
She was well-aware of the situation, good. As expected of Temari.
In that case, he just had to carefully explain the rest…
“I can’t go into the women’s side. Since I’m a man. So I need you to go to the women’s side. Since you can go in. Like you said, it’s obvious. When you come out of the women’s side, I need you to tell me the state it’s in, just in a few words. That’s all that’s needed. Okay? It’s a really simple thing to do, right?”
“What exactly…are you talking about…?” Temari asked, in an incredibly calm voice.
She wasn’t looking like she was suspicious of him anymore. Now her eyes were just plain confused.
What was this all about? He’d explained it very simply and clearly, but she still didn’t understand. Shikamaru didn’t know how to fix this.
What in the world was Temari not understanding? Just a while ago, she’d agreed that he couldn’t go into the women’s side of the hot springs…
“To begin with,” Temari said. “What, exactly, are we talking about?”
Was that the root? To think that all the things he’d been saying hadn’t reached her at all…
“What do you mean what?” Shikamaru asked. “We’re talking about selecting an inn for a honeymoon for a wedding, aren’t we?”
“Exactly, whose wedding?”
“Naruto and Hinata’s, obviously. Huh? Didn’t I tell you that? That’s odd…”
It seemed like they’d had some sort of a misunderstanding. The whole time, Temari had been thinking of some wedding other than Naruto and Hinata’s. Shikamaru finally realised that fact at this moment.
Temari was of a superior excellence to other people. She would hear the beginning of an explanation, and immediately deduce the rest. He wouldn’t have to say it out loud for her to realise they’d had a misunderstanding as well. She’d catch on just as quickly as he did.