[...it's funny how this little girl can have more emotional maturity than half the people in this place. Himself included.]

Yeah. I get you. The world doesn't stop because you're missing someone.

[He misses home a lot sometimes. His parents, and Chouji. Asuma. Especially Asuma. His sensei leaving Luceti hurt almost as much as when he died. Masaomi was the one that made him realize he needed to focus on things here, on his friends who are alive, but there are still times when Shikamaru really wishes he could go to his old sensei for advice.

He can't believe he threw away that lighter.]

If you need to be sad for a little while longer, that's okay too, you know.