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A/N: I have decided to post random one-shots of Ino and Shika cause they're so cute ^.^
Shikamaru was never expecting this, even if he was Konoha's genius. He would've never thought we would say goodbye to his closest friend. Yes she was troublesome but he never got the chance to tell her how much he truly cared about her.
He always wanted her to stop worrying about her hair and remember once when they had training. She always tended to forget about training. They were on a mission when he realized his feelings for her. It was too late because when he turned to tell her around she was gone. His smile quickly faded when he realized they've been ambushed and killed her.
When they killed the opponent she staggered over to her body under Sakura's hands in attempt to revive her. I wondered how much it hurt Sakura since they were friends also, but it was too troublesome to think about it. She looked at Shikamaru and back to Ino's lifeless face and shook her head.
He fell to his knees besides her and took her hand with his own and held it up to his face to kiss it softly.
"If only I could've told you how beautiful you are, if only I could've told you how much I loved when you smacked me each time I called you troublesome, if only I could've told you how much I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you, Ino. If only I could've told you how much I loved you, how much I love you now, and how much I will love you forever." He whispered in a raspy voice.
He looked up to the sky; it didn't suit the occasion, no clouds in the sky, as blue as her eyes when they were full of life. He wanted to forget, now he would remember her when he cloud-watched. He held her hand tighter and let his tears fall freely. At least now she's with Asuma-sensei.
When he got back to Konoha he hated how everyone pitied him for having just lost his best friend. He went straight to his room and sat there looking at a picture of them a long time ago. He hated to admit it, but he loved everything about her.
He loved when she caught him staring longer than he should. He loved it even more when she scolded him for looking at girls longer than he should. She would smack him and say, "Shikamaru, they're not worth your time, look at them! They look like complete whores!"
He'll never forget the first and only time they kissed. It wasn't even for him.
"Shika-kun! Sasuke is looking, this will get him jealous!" Ino said loudly and pulled his collar. Their lips smashed together and he turned bright red. As soon as she pulled away, she turned around to see Sasuke gone and complained.
"You should've made that more believable Shikamaru!" she said, and smacked him.
He chuckled at the thought. "You troublesome woman, I loved you, were you really so stupid to believe so otherwise?"
If only she knew he would stare to get a good look at her beautiful face. If only she knew he would stare at other girls to get her jealous. He only wished he could've savored that kiss and made the most of it. He now wished he could've told her sooner how much he loved her before she was taken away from him.
He now stood above her grave. "Why Ino?" He laid his head on the tombstone and kissed it.
If only he knew…
If only he knew she was late to training because she fixed her hair just for him. If only he knew that she absolutely loved when he stared at her. If only he knew that she scolded him for looking at other girls because she wanted his attention. If only he knew that the kiss was for him and not Sasuke. If only he knew that she loved him the same way he loved her.
"I love you too, you lazy, smartass of a ninja."
Aw! Poor Shika :3 Review!