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The air between them grows thick, heavy with a silent, simmering tension. Shikamaru doesn't miss the flicker of insecurity in you's eyes—the unspoken ghost of Temari lingering in the room. He watches her with those heavy-lidded, sleepy eyes that nonetheless see everything. Without a word, he closes the gap, his presence shifting from casual to commanding, yet remaining a steady anchor. He holds her gaze, his absolute stillness acting as a silent vow to erase her doubts, before he begins the slow, intimate dance that belongs only to the two of them.