WARNING FLUFFYNESS! ShikaIno story, titled 'Not Ever'. Hope you enjoy the first chapter.
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The sky was a gloomy gray color and rain was coming down in buckets, the nineteen-year-old blond looked up at the sky, "How troublesome." She mumbled to herself, 'GREAT! Now I'm acting like Shikamaru! DAMN YOU!' She mentally whacked herself. Of course she hung out with the guy, but now she was saying his line, now that is what I call troublesome.
"Hey Ino, what are you doing out here?" A boy or rather, a man came up to her,
She whipped around to see Shikamaru, his tan muscles and pineapple hair, 'God he looks hot. Wait a second did I just think that?'
OF COURSE YOU DID!
'No! Anyone but you again!'
Yes me, also don't change the subject, you love him don't you?
'NO WAY! He is just a friend, a really great and we have fun watching clouds.'
DON'T PULL THAT CRAP ON ME! I know you like him, I'm your inner Ino. FEAR ME!
'God, you are so troublesome…DAMN IT SHIKAMARU!'
Just say it to him…you know you want to…'No I think I will wait….'
"INO!" Shikamaru yelled, snapping her back to reality from her 'thoughts'.
Ino looked at him, "WHAT!"
"I was trying to talk to you and you didn't answer me back. Troublesome woman…"
"DON'T CALL ME TROUBLESOME SHIKAMARU-KUN!" Realizing what she had just added at the end of his name she blushed a deep shade crimson.
'Did she just call me Shikamaru-kun?' Shikamaru thought, "Ino, are you ok?" Shikamaru said rather worried-like.
Ino blushed the deepest crimson EVER, darker than a cherry and a strawberry if you can believe it. She turned away making sure he couldn't see a blush rise from her cheeks and just smiled, "Shikamaru, I'm fine. Just I have had a long day at the academy and I'm tired."
Suddenly she felt warm arms around her skinny waist, "Shi-ka-ma-ru?"
He put his head on her shoulder and just smirked, "Troublesome day huh?"
Ino just blinked and smirked, "Yes, very troublesome indeed."
After she had said that rain started coming downharder ...like a hurricane was just about to hit you, the wind was unbelievable. Ino turned and wrapped her arms around Shikamaru, the trees-in which the park they were currently at-started swaying back and forth. Lightning flashed through the darkening sky as it was around to be seven-ish. Ino flinched and pushed in his chest,
"I'm scared Shikamaru…" Lightning flashed again closer to where they had been, she squeaked a little but flinched as well.
"Ino, hold on ok?" Shikamaru said protectively, picking up the blond bridal style and running at the speed of light near her house.
"Were here." He said as his pineapple hair was dripping on the soaked ground. Rain was still coming down hard. People were gathering their things from in front of their shops including the Yamanaka flower shop. Ino looked up from the tanned chest and up at the man who was holding her in his arms. She let go as he set her down, she walked up still holding hands with him and unlocked the door.
"Shikamaru, do you want to some inside? Since it's raining and all and I don't want you to get hit by lightning and-"
She was interrupted by his finger on her lips silencing her, "Troublesome…sure I'd rather not walk all the way to my house…"
Ino looked at him, his tanned finger coming off her lips. She snapped, "SHIKAMARU! IS THAT ANY WAY TO TREAT A GIRL BY STICKING YOUR DIRTY FINGER ON HER LIPS? SERIOUSLY! WHAT IF THEY WERE RESENTLY DIRTY AND YOU HAVEN'T WASHED THEM? SHIKMARU YOU CAN BE CARELESS SOMETIMES I MEAN-" She was again silenced not by his tanned finger but by his mouth, to be more specific, his lips. He pressed against her lips silencing her into a trance like state, his dark brown eyes staring into her clear crystal blue ones, and then pulling away,
"That better?"
Ino just stood there, shocked. He opened the door as her keys already unlocked it and walked inside pulling her along with him.
Her house seemed cozy and big. It looked like a mansion from the inside but outside it looked like any other house. He looked around, his brown eyes taking in every part of the room he was in. A simple chandelier hung above a large redwood table, chairs to match. There were white, soft couches facing each other, there were also side end tables, each having a picture on it. The ground was a tan tile flooring,
"Shikamaru, take your shoes off before you step inside, my parents hate having a dirty house. Then I have to clean it." Ino said pointing toward his muddy navy sandals,
"Gomen." Shikamaru said and sat his muddy shoes near the door. He walked on until he found a door and opened it. Inside was the hugest kitchen he has ever seen in his ENTIRE life, which isn't that long.
He found marble counters and redwood cabinets and drawers, filled with probably sterling silverware and other expensive things. He smirked and saw Ino was right beside him,
"So like my home?"
"Troublesome…"
"EXCUSE ME?" Ino said staring at him with a murderous intent in her eyes and face.
Shikamaru was used to this so he shrugged it off and went onto the next room, which was the living room, simple and elegant.
'Just like her.' He thought then shook his head ridding of the thoughts, Ino still following him at his side like a lost puppy dog.
"Ino, why are you following me?" Shikamaru questioned.
"My parents aren't home, they went on a mission a few night ago with Haruno's as well. Sakura sometimes visits here because she has no one to talk to and I'm her BEST friend."
Shikamaru rolled his eyes and went back to where the front door was, there were stairs leading up to a bedroom and some other areas, which he could not seem to think or care about.
"So, want to go to my room or what?"
Shikamaru got out of his thoughts and wonders long enough to talk to Ino for a minute or so, "Hungry."
"Hm?" Ino asked looking at the genius,
"I am hungry,"
"Oh, I can make you something if you like?"
Shikamaru had a look in his eyes like 'NO! NOT THAT AGAIN!' See previously Ino had a bad reputation for cooking things, Haruno usually would bring food otherwise it would be apples or any kind of fruit she had in the house at the time.
"Yeah…" Shikamaru said somewhat smirking, "Need any help?"
"No, I got this one!" Ino said happily grabbing her purple apron, putting her head through the whole, grabbing the strings around her waist, and tying them. Ino then punched her fist in the air,
"CHA! TIME TO MAKE SOME DINNER!"
Shikamaru sighed and walked near the white stairs, 'I wonder what's upstairs in her room…'
He smirked, put his hands in his pockets and going upstairs, Ino paid no attention as she was quickly gathering her things for the dinner for the two of them. Ino grabbed a large bowl, frying pan, skillet, buns, meat, E.V.O.O, tomatoes, peppers and a little bit of parsley, cucumbers, iceberg lettuce and crotons in an already made package.
Shikamaru quietly walked into her room. It was a nice shade of purple, her dresser was redwood to match the rest of the house. Her bed was white and there was sort of a light above her bed. Shikamaru moved his brown eyes to a picture next to her bed, it was broken down the middle. It showed her parents and her when she was little. Shikamaru picked it up and looked at it closer, her mom and dad were not very happy but she sure was. Ino was grinning huge and her parents looked like they didn't even care. The dad he noticed looked nothing like Ino but her mom did. Her mom had blond long locks of hair tied into a messed bun, purple jacket with the Yamanaka flower shop name in the top right corner. Her father had dirty blond hair but it was short and cut different. He had the Yamanaka flower shop name also on the top right of his lavender shirt. Of course Ino was wearing a black jacket with a red shirt underneath, her white pants were dirty as if she were just working.
"Shikamaru I've been calling you for the last 15 minutes, dinner is done. You ok?" She then noticed the old photo in his hands, "Oh that silly picture, you know that was when we understood each other. No fights just yet, no blood, we were not broken until a few weeks ago."
"What happened?" He asked putting the picture back where it was.
"Nothing, just forget about it. I have dinner all ready and a movie is calling for us in the living room you know!" Ino said smiling and pointing down the stairs.
"Hn." Shikamaru walked out of her room and down the stairs, 'Broken? When was this again? A few weeks ago…Troublesome….'
Shikamaru saw that the table was already set and the food was on the table, he smirked and then sat down. She sat down as well, first taking her apron off and then she sat down smiling at her accomplishment of good-looking food.
"ITADAKIMASU!" Ino screamed nearing blowing all the food into Shikamaru's face BUT luckily, it didn't. Ino then quickly grabbed a bowl of ramen and started to eat,
"THIS ISN'T BAD FOR MY FIRST TIME MAKING RAMEN!" Ino said smiling chewing her food.
Shikamaru just cringed and then picked up his chopsticks lying next to his bowl of piping hot ramen. He broke the chopsticks apart and then started on his own ramen, it ACTUALLY tasted real and it had a taste. "Mendosuke."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Ino screamed staring the boy across from her straight in the eye.
"Hn."
"DON'T GO SASUKE ON ME!"
"Hn."
"GAH!" She stormed off away from the table leaving the boy in amusement.
"Troublesome woman." He said putting down his chopsticks and leaving the delicious food to waste to go after the girl he loved…..wait, loved?
He quickly found her in the living room pissed, sitting on the white couch currently hugging her knees. He noticed tears coming from her eyes,
"Ino? I-I didn't mean it I was just…I mean It was really good food and-"
"Shut up."
Shikamaru stopped and looked at her, she was crying and her mascara was running,
"Just shut up and go away."
"But Ino,"
"SHUT UP AND GO AWAY!" She screamed in fury, her face looking at him, tears falling from her face, "JUST GO AWAY!"
Shikamaru looked her confused, 'Why is she acting like this?' Shikamaru left but hid behind the door so she wouldn't notice him, 'I need to know.'
Ino's sobs were beginning to become increasingly heavy, she hugged her knees and broke down.
Shikamaru looked at her from behind the door,
"I wish I never did that, I told a lie, never again NEVER AGAIN!" She screamed.
Ino felt something strong around her , she took embrace and wrapped her arms around this object,
"It's ok Ino…I'm here." Shikamaru said hugging her as she cried into his shoulder.
She noticed it was Shikamaru, stopped hugging him, and backed away wiping her tears, "Shikamaru, what do you want?" she said between her tears and rapid breathing.
"Ino, what exactly happened?" he said closing his eyes and hoping for not a bashing when he heard a thud, "Ino?" He said opening his eyes noticing her on the floor.