It was the first day of spring. The season of love, happiness, and drama was about to begin on this very day. It was Ino's favorite day of the year, spring was her favorite season. It was so pretty, the cherry blossom trees would bloom, Ino would be able to breed new flowers, and most of all it was her birthday. The first day of spring was Ino's birthday. Ino thought it was romantic having a birthday surrounded by cherry blossom trees, on the first day it would bloom.

Today was different. Shikamaru had told her to meet him at the park today and Ino had a feeling he was going to ask her out. The very thought made her both happy and nervous. She didn't want to be disappointed, at least not today. Ino frowned at herself. 'Be positive Ino. Don't jinx it. Don't get too happy and don't get too negative. Just be excited and don't expect anything at all.'

Ino jumped out of bed and went through her daily routine. Breakfast, Brushing Teeth, Shower, Getting Dressed, Brushing Hair, and Make Up. After she applied her make up, she looked in the mirror and smiled. This might appear vain to some people, but Ino took pride in how she looked, especially around Shikamaru. She assured herself that she looked awesome and then she walked out of the door...

At the Park~

Finally, Ino arrived at the park, and she found that it was empty. She smiled, Shikamaru and her would have the whole park all to themselves. "Ino!" Ino jumped, she snapped out of her thoughts and turned around. Shikamaru was waving at her. She smiled and waved back. Walking towards her, he gave her a hug.

"Happy Birthday," He whispered in her ear. She giggled and batted her eyelashes. "Thank you. So, is that all you have to tell me? You could have just called." Shikamaru turned bright pink and shook his head.

"It's better to say it in person. Did Chouji call you?" Suddenly, as if on cue, Ino's phone vibrated. She flipped open her phone and read the text message. She smiled as she read what it said. "He just did."

'Yes! I did it first! I should just say troublesome, but I'm too happy to care. Ask her out now....' "Ino, I got you your birthday present. Want to see it?" Ino nodded, making Shikamaru grin a very Naruto-like smile. He was always like that around Ino...

"Okay, it's not much, but... open it," Shikamaru told her. Ino, very carefully, teared the rapping paper. She always opened presents that way and it annoyed everyone. She liked the rapping paper because it had flowers on it. When she finally took off all the rapping paper, she groaned as she saw another box. This one, however, was small and it wasn't rapped. She slowly opened the box, to find an amethyst ring. Her eyes widened, the ring was beautiful.

"W-W-Why d-did you get me this?" Shikamaru's smile turned into a disappointed frown. "I'll return it..." Ino shook her head, she was still stunned. "No, don't get me wrong, I love it. It's just so pretty, it must have cost a lot. You shouldn't have wasted so much money on me-" Shikamaru interrupted her. He was going to do it.

"I-Ino... this is a promise ring." Ino's eyes widened as she heard this. "A-A-Are you serious? Get up Shikamaru, you're freaking me out. We're only fifteen. We haven't even dated yet." Shikamaru didn't listen.

"This is a symbol to show you that I'm in love with you. I will never hurt you, I will never force you to do anything you don't want to do, I will love you until the day I die." Ino didn't answer him.

"Can I take that as a yes?" Ino looked him directly in the eyes. "You can take that as a maybe."

"Will you at least go out with me?"

"Yes."

At Ino's Birthday Party~

Ino was having her birthday outside her back yard. It was 9:00 PM and there was supposed to be a solar eclipse at 9:30. Ino looked around, everyone was with their boyfriend/girlfriend gazing at the stars. Shikamaru walked towards her and sat next to her.

"Are you excited for the eclipse?" His eyes were sad and she smiled at him.

"You've been talking to me this whole time and you still haven't realized I'm wearing your ring?" She held out her hand and Shikamaru kissed it. She giggled and put her head on his shoulder. Unfortunately, Temari had seen the whole thing. As she took a picture of the evidence, the whole world went pitch black. They saw a red circle in the sky and it was beautiful.

Temari's eyes widened, she didn't know what to do. The eclipse had caught her by surprise. Temari was afraid of the dark, she was about to collapse onto the ground, but Kiba Inuzuka caught her.

"What the hell? Did someone trip?" He asked Temari. He accidently touched Temari's breast, and it just so happened that the eclipse ended at that very moment. Everyone gasped as they saw Temari on top of Kiba.

"Looks like Temari and Kiba are doing a little something something," Naruto teased the two. Temari turned bright pink, slapped Kiba, and stomped off. Kiba smiled, he was interested in her. Ino was surprised, Temari and Kiba? She would never have guessed.

"Kiba-kun, I'm glad you found someone," Hinata said this sweetly, making Kiba shake his head. Hinata had been dating Naruto for at least a month now, and Kiba was still heart broken about that. He had liked Hinata for a while now, the worst part was that it was Naruto.

Tenten pat Kiba on the back. "Awww isn't that cute?" Kiba glared at Tenten, causing her to laugh. "Shut up Tenten! You drool over Neji!" Neji raised his eyebrow and Tenten gave Kiba the death glare. He should not have messed with Tenten because she was going to kick his a**. Ino smiled, everyone was having fun. Even Temari had fun of course, since she found someone to love. She had invited Temari to her party to get to know her more and she learned a lot. Ino really respected Temari.

She was wrong though...