Hey people!

I love this couple! So why not write a one shot on them! ShikaIno forever! R&R

I only wish I owned Naruto:'(

Midnight-girl32


I stared in the distance at nothing. I was ignoring the rain that was soaking my blond hair, that was unusually down and ignoring the wind that chilled my skin. I was hurt, I felt alone. Me, Yamanaka Ino, the most popular girl in our class, alone! Why was I feeling this way? Why I was jealous at Temari for being with him? Why did my heart skip a beat when I was around the lazy, deep chocolate brown eyed boy in my ninja group? How could I have fell for him? We are totally different.

"Ino!" my name was called from a distance. I just ignored it like everything else.

But some how, I had fallen for him. I had Fallen for those eyes, and for that hair that was pulled up to look like a pineapple. Fallen for his smarts that made him a genius. A genius, that can't figure out a girls hints.

"Ino! Where are you Ino!" come the voice again, coming closer. The calling was steady, but sometime drowned out by the rain and wind. Like I cared.

Nara Shikamaru was the boy that stole my heart. Was he napping in his warm bed, not thinking about the world around him? Or playing one of his board games? Probably sleeping, knowing that lazy boy.

"Ino!" the voice was in feet of me and was coming closer. I didn't look to see who it was, but the voice was male. That didn't mean much to me though; lots of boys know my name that lives in this small ninja village.

I loved him. That's the closed thing that made sense in my head.

"Ino there you are." The voice was right beside me. I forced my self to look.

"Shikamaru…" I whispered. A tan jacket that covered his whole upper body was soaked. He was panting for breath, like he had been running. And he was slowing walking up to me. His face was full of worry.

"Ino, what are you doing out here? Choji and I have been looking everywhere for you," he informed me kneeling beside me. I didn't reply. I didn't know how to reply. After a few seconds he continued, "Trouble-some. Let's get you out of this rain." He grabbed my arm and pulled me on to my feet, and then he adjusted his arm around me and led me to the nearest tree.

One underneath, as if on queue, the rain was joined with hail. Shikamaru's arm didn't leave me. It was quiet on the out side world as Shikamaru watched the rain. But my head and my heart where racing.

"Shikamaru," I whispered again. Looking up at him, I was going to do it. I was going to tell him I loved him.

"Yeah," he looked at me.

I just stared in his eyes for the longest time until I relied my face was getting closer to his. Suddenly our lips touch. Both of our eyes were wide open, slowly mine slid closed. Carefully he added a little bit of pressure as he wrapped his arms around my waist protectively. I mimicked my wrapping my skinny arms around his neck deepening the kiss. My body heated up as he licked my bottom lip asking for entry. I allowed it. He explored my mouth with his tongue, then adjusted to nibble on my bottom lip. We finally did pull apart when we ran out of breath, not far though.

"I love you, Shikamaru," I said after I caught my breath again looking deep in to his eyes.

He kissed my forehead letting his lips skim it as his whisper, "I love you too, Ino. Even with how trouble-some you are sometimes."

Sometime he had unzipped his jacket and slipped it around my shoulders before pulling me against his chest. I stood there listen to his racing heart beat, stealing a kiss now and then.

I didn't care how awkward it would be tomorrow at training. Or how our friend would react when told. Or what it would be like if we started going out. Or how my over protective father was going to be seeing us together.

What I did care about was how warm he was, and how I was safe in his arms.