"You see what a strange circumstance it is," she said, feeling some fleeting relief. "You know our acquaintance has not been easy." Elizabeth wakes up to find she and Darcy have been married ten years. This story has been published as Side By Side, Apart. The first chapter remains up as a preview.

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Shiho has a crush on Shikamaru, that much is obvious. With a little courage from her friend, Shiho finally feels ready to step up and confess her feelings to Shikamaru- something she's wanted to do for almost half a year. Putting it all on the line, she walks to the village in search of him, but she could have never prepared for what she found inside his wallet. [One-shot]

Shikamaru and Temari having a marital spat: "You are underestimating me, Shikamaru, and I'm not liking it one bit." ShikaTema. Post-manga. Oneshot. #21

That's not your first love, she wants to say. Your first love isn't the time you became conscious of another in a sexual manner. It isn't your first crush. The first time you feel butterflies and heartbeats over someone. Your first love is the first time you feel your heart stop beating.

Summary: Six times they are mistaken for something else and the one time they actually are. ShikaTema. Based on lollipop-mania second Vday prompt hence the title.

"Actually," he says, "that's just how we met again. It's a long story of how we really met." He pauses and then grins in his holier-than-thou way and finishes, "would you like to hear it?"

It's not like the two of them ever really needed to give any kind of confirmation. Everyone knew they were going to get together. It was just a matter of when. ((Seven drabbles by Lollipop-Mania in honor of V-Day.))

A coded message and an actual chance to play Sherlock.

With each step he took forward with that mask on, a chunk of his soul would fall along the way. Someone like him would have never been able to live like that for much longer. He would quit, while he still could. She... She wasn't like him. She could live with the mask. She loved him for not hating her for it. ShikaTema

Tenten's just started at the cheapest boarding school she could find. But will her sanity remain intact when tested with with a cynical male roommate, bickering friends and a power hungry band off assasians? We'll just have to see.

Because the line between love and hate is thinner than a shadow and Shikamaru knows this better than anybody. Shikamaru tells us a little about why he hates, and maybe loves, Temari. ShikaTema oneshot, Shikamaru's POV.

She was Saturday night, and he was Sunday morning. ShikaTema, AU. Oneshot.

It started with a nightmare and deepened with a kiss...

Temari doesn't believe in tact. Luckily for her, neither does Shikamaru. ShikaTem, one-shot.

ShikaTema Oneshot They were flawed, they were broken, and they were crying. But they were in love, dammit. T for nondescript sexual references.

Shikamaru thinks high school is troublesome enough without a foreign exchange student. Temari thinks hell is bad enough without a pineapple haired lazy ass. Funny how things work out. ShikaTema AU

The Nara and his firsts.

“An accident? You call that an accident? Shattering a glass on the floor or missing a target is an accident. Sleeping with your old Genin partner does NOT fall under that category!” Temari retorted icily, struggling against his hold on her.