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[Forward-dated to early Tuesday morning - Unfortunately for you, Luceti, the paperweight Shikamaru usually keeps on his journal seems to have been knocked off during the night. If he knew, he might apologize for the BLARING alarm clock as it goes off at six in the morning.

But he doesn’t, so instead you get complaining.]

Nn… again? Forgot I set the thing… [BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. And a sigh. He could get up and get it. It’s annoying enough that he considers! But… it’s also a whole five feet away. Is that much effort worth it this early in the morning?]

How troublesome. [APPARENTLY NOT. He opts to instead bury his head under his pillow and go back to sleep.

But fear not. Lazy geniuses may not be so genius when they have to wake up early in the morning, but a certain

dangerouswind of his is troublesome no matter what time it is. That ringing will probably last no more than a minute or two before getting cut off loudly. And violently.]

[…MUCH LATER. After a trek in his pj’s through the snow: a secret transmission from the restaurant.]

[Filtered from Temari || 100% Unhackable]

…I need clothes. Preferably something warmer than pajamas. Shoes would be nice. I’d offer something in return, but money’s out for obvious reasons, and it’s not like I have much else to offer. [Long pause. He’s desperate enough.] But by all means – if anyone else can think of something, I’m all ears at this point.

[He’ll offer Chouji’s cooking if he has to. Okay, and maybe he’ll do something himself. ~~He’s going to regret this, isn’t he.~~]

[ooc: ~~First response is obviously reserved |D~~ IT'S ALL GOOD]

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[She just pauses in her cleaning and then shrugs at him.]

Junk pile's on that side. If there's anything you want to salvage, it goes in that corner.

I don't actually have a lot of stuff, so if looks fixable... just try not to throw it out, I guess.

[He'll start by the other side of the bed. He needs to sleep on that, after all, plus he's hoping that some of the things he stored under it were safe there.]

You and I have different versions of fixable.

[But fine. She'll be careful.]

[Sigh of the long-suffering.] Just ask me then?

[She hates that sigh.]

You know, if you want to do this yourself, I'd be happy to leave.

It was just a- [He cuts himself off, focusing on dragging his chuunin vest away from some debris, and brushing it off.] Nevermind. Do what you want.

[You always do.]

[Yeah, well, she doesn't know what she wants, okay? And you're not helping with that lackadaisical, lazy, put-upon sighing attitude of yours.]

If I didn't want to help, I wouldn't have been over here cleaning up plaster in the first place.

[He considers that, then nods. Even so:] Kinda contradictory to what you just said though, isn't it?

[...

... ...]

Do you have to try to be this difficult?

[Just. Facepalm.]

Sorry. Next time I'll trust you won't need me to point out the obvious.

[He digs his fingers into his pockets, looking for a few certain items in particular, such as the silver lighter he pulls out. There's a clink of metal followed by a tiny flame as he makes sure it still works.]

... "point out the obvious." [Don't mind the mocking. Really.

She glances at him.] Don't even think about lighting up in here.

I don't smoke indoors. [Another flick and snap of the lighter, and then he puts it back in its pocket.]

You shouldn't at all. [But it's an old, tired argument and one she never really put her entire self behind.] That thing still works, then, huh?

[It really is. He thinks there's some irony in that.]

Yeah. [He moves aside more plaster.] Looks like the shogi board's in one piece too, besides a couple of pieces that are missing.

They're not lost. They've gotta in here somewhere. [She gives him A Look.] Unless you took them with you when you went out the window this morning.

[Snort.] I didn't have enough time to grab a pair of pants, much less a few shogi tiles.

You had plenty of time. [If you would have just been a little less of an ass about it.]

Not with you looking five steps away from making me look like my bedroom wall, I didn't.

[Shruuuuuug.] You had five steps.

Five steps that would've taken me closer to where you were standing.

[Pants < making it out of there without crushed ribs.]

You're a ninja. You can't take a little heat?

Just because I'm a ninja doesn't mean I'm a masochist. There's no sense in bothering with such a troublesome situation if it's not going to be worth it.

[Nara Shikamaru, you. Are. An. Ass.

She drops the piece of plaster in her hand and just... stares.]

Not worth it.

[Silence. Still, deadly, calm-before-the-storm silence.]

[It takes a second for it to click in his head what exactly he said.]

I didn't mean it like that.

Yeah, you said it like that.

[Believe it or not, Shikamaru, she's actually sounding more sullen than angry.

... There is a good bit of anger in there, though, too. This is Temari, after all.]

You can clean up the rest of this.

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