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[When Shikamaru heads down to Asuma's apartment Monday morning, he finds it empty of everything but Kurenai's things and a silver lighter standing on the table. It's wrong, but he doesn't give in to the false hope.

Of course it would stay. Even though Shikamaru gave it back to him, the lighter stopped being Asuma's the moment he picked it off his dying body.

Kurenai must've stepped out before it happened. She's a ninja, and not so senseless to have left the door wide open and run off in her grief. And so he waits for her, and tries to find his words.

After he leaves Kurenai, he has to tell Ino. Team 8 he'll find in person too - he has a request for them on top of this. It's been too long since they've heard a stir from their enemies.]

[It's well past midnight before an announcement comes, after he's made this post and spent a few hours going over the discussions there. When people are either busy with the information he gave them, or asleep.

He smokes a cigarette on his way back to his apartment in the night air, putting it out before he steps into the building, his posture falsely relaxed until he steps into his own room.]

Sarutobi Asuma is gone. [There's a pause and- no, he doesn't think it was mentioned.] Also, Haruno Sakura returned to her world a few weeks ago, for anyone who knew her.

Funnily enough, I haven't seen that masked Akatsuki guy in a while either...

[Too many people to filter that too. It's vague enough, but anyone who needs to know should get what he means. It would have been better news if he'd known before.

He'll answer journal comments in the morning.]

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[Oh Shikamaru, you know how your teammate can be sometimes. A pat on his shoulder before she lets you leave.]

See you. [A beat.] Around, tomorrow, what have you. I'm just here. [Yeah, she just reiterated what she said earlier. Isn't she just annoying sometimes?]

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[Well he wouldn't have her any other way.

She's here.]

[That's good.

And, by the way, when he comes back tomorrow, she'll ~~force~~ give this shirt to him. She better see him wear it even once lol.]

[It will be his new pajama shirt. 8'|b]

[Only his pajama shirt??? How dare you Shikamaru kjashdl after all the effort she went through!

If Ino gets wind of this, she'll buy him another shirt until she sees him wear it outside. It's going to be an endless cycle!]

[Everything's free in Luceti! And that it's his pajama shirt just means he wears it more than all his other shirts!]

[Oh.

Oh.

Ooooohhhh.]

[If he tells her this, Ino will stop her ragefit, blush and look to the side. It's flattering to know he'll treasure the shirt like this in his own way.]

[But then she'll thwack him and exclaim something along the lines of-

"Why can't you wear shirts like a normal guy?"

Even if she would also mentally thwack herself for not getting his appreciation earlier.]

[He can never win.]

[Such is Nara Shikamaru's life. :'|b]

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