FicWad

Word Count: 109
Spoilers: For chapters 328-330
Characters: Kurenai, Shikamaru, hints of Asuma
Pairings: KurenaiShikamaru (KureShika), AsumaKurenia (AsuKure)

Edit on 1/5/07: Fixed a stupid mistake.

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He delivers the news and watches as she crumbles into herself, face in her hands, tears raining down her face.

She's hurt, he knows, he's hurt too. His cigarettes sit in his pocket, along with the lighter. When he bends down the lighter falls out. The sound cuts through her cries and she looks at the metal container, then up at him, and back again.

She leans forward, red eyes glistening but clear, mind fogged but set.

She kisses him.

Once upon a time he would have said that it was 'too troublesome' to stop her. She knows this. He knows this. And he says, "alright," because he needs this too.


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Appearently I now have a love for Team 10. It doesn't beat out my love for Team 7 though.