Shikamaru lay on his back in the field of the Nara Compound. He stared up at the clouds. He lay next to his sibling, staring at the sky.

"Hey."

He said to you. His voice sounded as lazy as ever.

"Rember the early days when we used to do this before graduating the ninja academy?"

Shikamaru really didn't know why these memories crossed his mind. Nostalgia? The familiarity?