He was smoking again... He always did it now. Shikamaru wasn't the same since that mission, the mission where Asuma was killed. Everyone knew the appreciation and admiration that Shikamaru had for his sensei Asuma.

Shikamaru was always outside, smoking while looking at the clouds, most likely thinking.

There was a feeling of guilt in him... of not being able to save Asuma... Of not being a good leader.

You saw him in the distance, he didn't notice you but you couldn't feel sadness looking at him like that, completely devastated.