Temari rolled over and felt around for the warm body next to her, but when she didn't feel it, she opened her eyes. She looked around the room, but didn't see Shikamaru anywhere. She then got up and went into the living room area.

"Morning," Shikamaru said when he saw her walk in.

"You're up early," she said as she walked in and got a cup of the coffee that he made.

"Yeah, woke up and couldn't get back to sleep," he replied as he got up from the couch and walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her on the cheek.

Temari smiled and took a sip of the coffee. She sat the cup on the counter and turned so she was facing him and kissed him on the lips. "I'm just surprised that you're actually awake before me. That never happens."

Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "Troublesome woman. It's not my choice." He went over and sat at the table.

Temari chuckled as she grabbed her cup and took another drink. "You eat anything yet?"

"I had some toast at around five this morning, but that just came back up an hour ago," Shikamaru replied.

"You want me to make you something before I have to leave?"

"If you want to."

Temari raised her eyebrow. "You're not hungry?"

"I guess I am, but I figured we could go get something at that restaurant that you like and get something, unless you want to cook something."

"I don't mind," she said as she sat her cup on the table and went over to the fridge and pulled out the eggs. "And now that this fridge is full, it better stay that way mister."

Shikamaru rolled his eyes again. "I know that."

Temari smiled and started making omelets. When she finished them, she put one on each of their plates and sat them on the table.

"So, how long will you be gone?" Shikamaru asked.

"Just depends," Temari answered between bites. "Probably at least a month."

Shikamaru choked on a bite of his omelet. "What?"

"Well, I sort of brought this up suddenly, and I had a few duties that I was responsible for in the village, so they're going to need to find someone to replace me. Plus, the council is going to want to know what is going on, terms of things, probably even discuss what they or the village will get out of this marriage," Temari replied.

"Jeeze, I didn't think it would be that difficult." He was silent for a few minutes. "So, will you be back in time for the ultrasound thing?" he asked quietly.

Temari stopped her hand before it reached her mouth and lowered it. "I'll try to be." Neither looked at each other. "I'll, uh, I'll have Gaara send a letter when I'm on my way that way you can hold off on it until I get here."

"Ok."

They finished their meal, did the dishes, Temari washing while Shikamaru dried and put away, and got dressed to leave.

"Aren't you going to get dressed?" Temari asked when she saw Shikamaru just sitting on their bed not attempting to move.

"I am."

She looked down and saw that he was in a pair of sweatpants and a baggy shirt. "You're really going out in that?"

"And what's wrong with this?" he asked a little annoyed.

"Nothing, I've just never seen you running around the village in anything but your shinobi outfit." She pulled off her nightshirt and started putting on her bra and top.

Shikamaru looked away and his face went a little red, and not because of Temari's half naked form. "I, uh..."

Temari looked over at him as she pulled off the shorts she wore last night and saw his red face. "Are you still embarrassed at looking at me?" she asked with a smile.

"What?" he asked looking up to her. "No, well, not really... My pants were too tight when I put them on, ok?"

She buttoned and zipped her tan capris and just stared at him and smiled. "What, getting to big for your pants now?" She laughed when his face went redder.

"Troublesome woman," he said as he looked away from her.

She went over to the small mirror above the dresser and put her hair in four ponytails then walked over to him. She sat down on the bed and kissed his cheek. "I'm sorry, but your just way to easy to tease."

Shikamaru smiled at her and pulled her in for a kiss. "And you're too troublesome. Why did I fall in love with you again?"

"Who knows," she replied and pushed him down on the bed and attacked his lips.

They continued their battle of the tongues for a few more minutes before they finally got up and left.

When they got to the gate, they said their goodbyes and Temari headed off to Suna. Shikamaru turned and walked back into town.

'I really should get some more sweatpants,' he thought as he walked past a clothing store. Just before he entered the store, a voice called out to him.

"Hey, Shikamaru!"

He turned around and saw Ino rushing toward him, Sakura, Hinata, and Ten Ten following her. "What are you guys doing here?" he asked when they got closer.

"Oh, we were just going to get some breakfast. We asked Kurenai if she wanted to join us, but she said she had plans with one of her other friends. What about you?" Ino asked.

"Well, I was going to buy some..."

"You're already going baby shopping!" Ino interrupted.

"No. You didn't..." he was cut off again when she started pulling him away from the store.

"That store's completely wrong to go baby shopping, Shikamaru," Ino began. "The place you want to go to is Cutie Pies."

Shikamaru continued to let Ino drag him, thinking it was too troublesome to stop her. He looked back and saw the others following as well. "I can't believe you're already thinking about what to get your baby, Shikamaru," Ten Ten said.

"Yeah, Kakashi and I wasn't planning on doing that for a while yet," Sakura agreed.

Shikamaru sighed. "I wasn't. I was going to buy more..." Again he got cut off by Ino's yelling.

"Hey, Lee!" Lee looked over at her. "We're going baby shopping, you want to join?"

Lee walked over to them and saw Shikamaru with them. "Uh, sure."

Shikamaru sighed and gave up, sticking his hands in his pants pockets. 'There's just no convincing this troublesome woman.'

The group walked down the streets until they reached Cutie Pies and walked in. The girls immediately began fawning over the little outfits and shoes. Lee looked at a few of them before he looked over and saw Shikamaru standing with his arms crossed and leaning against the wall. He walked over.

"You are not going to look around?"

"No, it's way to early to be doing this. I came to this part of town to get more sweatpants, but Ino there misunderstood and then wouldn't let me explain and dragged me into this," Shikamaru said a bit annoyed.

"I see." He looked over and saw Hinata holding up a cute purple girls outfit and, to both Shikamaru and Lee, saw Ino overreact to seeing it.

"Hey, let's get out of here," he said to Lee and walked towards the door.

"But won't the girls be angry?" Lee asked following him.

"Nah, they probably won't even realize we're gone until later."

"Ok," Lee replied, then both of them walked back to the store Shikamaru originally was going to.

After Shikamaru found a few pairs of sweatpants, and convinced Lee that he should do the same along with some bigger tops for later, they both headed in the direction of the park.

"So he really said that?" Shikamaru asked.

"Yes. Guy Sensei then beat the crap out of him saying that he never wanted to hear those insults about me again," Lee replied.

"Wow. Some guys in this village are really jerks."

They soon found a bench and sat down to rest on it. They talked for a while longer how Lee couldn't stand not being able to train like he's use to, and how Shikamaru has been enjoying the down time along with several other topics.

"So, has the morning sickness been causing you any trouble?" Shikamaru asked.

"Uh, well, I haven't really had any yet."

"What?" Shikamaru asked looking surprised.

"I thought it strange as well, but I read in the information sheets Lady Tsunade gave me that sometimes it takes longer for, uh, women, to experience it. I guess I just haven't gotten to that point yet."

"Well consider yourself lucky, 'cause it sucks. I managed to keep yesterdays meal down at the wedding celebration, but that night when Temari made a Suna dish, I couldn't even stand the smell of it."

"Was she mad?"

"A little, but she understood. She saved it for her and we just went out to eat instead."

They sat there in silence for a few minutes before Lee's stomach made a loud noise. "Oh, I'm sorry."

Shikamaru laughed. "It's fine. Wanna grab some lunch?"

"Yes." They then headed to a teashop to grab something cheap for lunch. "So, what do you think about all of this?" Lee asked as they walked.

"About what?"

"You know, the whole us being pregnant thing."

Shikamaru looked down. "It's... disturbing," he said finally. "I should be the one supporting Temari with this, not the other way around."

"I agree. How is she taking this?"

"Well, she hasn't really said that much. I think she's still trying to get use to the whole thing still too."

"And what about Asuma."

They reached the teashop and ordered a couple sandwiches and some tea, then Shikamaru finally answered Lee's question.

"Actually, he's really supportive, I think anyway."

"What do you mean you think?" Lee asked confused.

"Well, he stood up for me and Temari at the meeting and then at the lunch yesterday said he would help support the child anyway we wanted."

"So you are going to let him be apart of the child's life?"

"Yeah. It's his kid too, and I'm not going to take away his chance of being a part its life, especially if he never has any other kids himself," he said the last bit quieter.

"Why would he not have any kids himself? He is still single. He could be with any woman he wants and father as many children as he wants," Lee asked very confused.

'Oh, yeah, that's right. Lee doesn't know.' He leaned forward and whispered so that only Lee could hear him. "Actually, Asuma is gay." Lee's eyes went wide. "He doesn't really like being with women." He sat back. "But I guess he could father children and then raise them with whoever he ends up with."

"I did not know that," Lee said looking down, then quickly shot his head up again. "Wait, so does that mean that during that time he..."

"Yeah, Asuma actually enjoyed it, well kind of. He didn't like the fact that he was hurting me by doing it, but he had been wanting to do that with me for a long time," Shikamaru said.

The waitress brought their food and drinks and the two boys thanked her as she walked away. They started eating. "So, are you uncomfortable around him now that you know?" Lee asked around bites.

Shikamaru put his sandwich down and took a drink before he replied. "A little, I guess, but we're trying to work around it. I was actually going to spend some time with him while Temari's away."

"That is good."

They continued talking until they both finished their meal and then said their goodbyes and parted ways.

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Sorry it was a little short, but I had trouble figuring out what to write for this chapter. The next chapter I do know though so look forward to that.

Thanks for reading and please leave a comment below and tell me what you think of this story so far.