AN: I wrote this some time ago out of the blue and it's surprisingly angsty for me to have written. I must have been in one of those moods. :p

Disclaimer: Naruto and all of it's characters are owned by Kishimoto. I just borrow them to write insanely hot, lesbian angst. D:


Ino isn't sure why she feels surprised when Sakura informs her of Sasukes' recent engagement proposal; really, it had been coming for weeks. Sakura was the only one too stupid to see it.

But she's honestly surprised at how tightly her chest constricts; eyes widening slightly and a tight smile illuminating her face as she expresses her congratulations in a way that can be described only as condescending, but to Sakura it seems real enough, so she accepts it with a smile of her own on her face (real) and tears in her eyes (also real).

Ino hugs back because she's supposed to; such is the life of playing the best friend, and sometimes enemy. She hugs even tighter when she realizes that that's all she'll ever get to be.