They stood in the vacant park at dusk, until Ino made a dash at the swings. She sat, looked back at Sai expectantly, and made the demand to be pushed just like she had done earlier when he had approached her for some quality time together.

A simple request from a not so simple girl, high standards seemed to diminish when she and Sai looked around the lot. She did say she wanted him to take her to higher places, this wasn't what he had expected, not what the books implied. Sai suited for fishing his mind out of the proverbial gutter and situated himself behind Ino, perched atop the wooden plank attached to thick ropes, tethered to a metal frame.

Ino's body swayed back towards him as he gripped her shoulders, giving her the momentum she needed. Twenty minutes in, his arms hurt, his hands ached, his spine felt as if it would snap but the euphoric screams of Ino kept him going.

"Higher, damn it!' She screamed. 'Use those scrawny arms and push me HARDER!'

Sai, now broken out into a light sweat from the strenuous force of pushing Ino on the swing, was confused as to how pleasurable she could actually find such an activity.

Push after push brought them to a comfortable rest on the grass, Sai panting with noodle arms splayed out. Carefully, Ino picked up one of the limp appendages and began squeezing gently. When he glanced at her, eyes narrowing, she held up a hand defensively.

'My hands go no further than your arms unless you say so.' Ino quipped, resuming the gentle touch on his arm. 'Thanks for that, it's been... far too long.'

'It was fun?' Sai asked, watching as the chakra flowed from Ino's hands to his arm.

Ino nodded, sliding a hand up his bicep, her fingers digging in harder and she sighed. 'Nostalgic fun.' She replied, smiling with dreamy eyes.

Sai raised an eyebrow. 'Go on.'

'Before the days of Chuunin; Chouji, Shika and I would come down here at around dusk and we'd take turns pushing each other on the swings.' Ino explained, watching as Sai's eyes wandered to the set in front of them a few feet away, the dreamy sheen never leaving Ino's glance. 'Actually, it was more like Chouji pushing Shika and myself. That man had us almost swinging over the whole set.'

Ino began work on Sai's other arm. 'Shika became Jounin and Chouji's become more relaxed these days, so I haven't been down here in a few weeks.'

Sai sat up and grunted at the pain in his shoulders, Ino placing a hand there as Sai nodded. 'We'd make plans for old times' sake, but... things always came up. Small missions for Chouji or myself, big things for Shika.'

She had Sai melting into her hands now and smiled. 'So when you asked if I wanted to do something, this was the first thing I could think of.'

'Oh.' Sai replied, coolly.

'You thought I wanted something else, didn't you?'

Sai chuckled. Ino was a flake from time to time, but she had her heart in the right place. 'A play date in the park was the last thing on my mind.' He admitted, as he looked back at her with heavy lidded eyes.

Ino laughed in return, hitting his shoulder. 'I could do so much worse. I could... paint your nails?' She suggested as she continued to knead his back. 'Do each other's hair, gossip, girls' night out.'

Sai laughed again. 'I have a penis you know.'

'Yeah, we could do that to.' Ino poked him in the side as he puffed out a laugh.

She slid his arms around his torso and rested her forehead against his back. Sai blinked a few times, furrowed his brow and looked back towards the kunoichi who held him, catching only the glimpse of blonde hair.

'Thank you Sai.' She said muffled by his shirt. 'This meant a lot.'