It was destined for the two to be together. Everyone could tell. But a little push from both parents couldn't exactly hurt now could it. And that's exactly what they did. Sure they might only be three years old, but is too much for the parents to hope for an early love to bloom between the two? They didn't think so. It was decided then a play date was in order!

Of course, everything doesn't always go perfectly as planned. A certain lazy boy could be proof of that by ruining the date by falling asleep during the middle. His mother will certainly scold him for that later. Better yet why not Ino?

No one should ever ignore Ino. Her eyes blaze, how dare he fall asleep when playing with me! Shaking her fist wildly she slowly walks over to him. Walking wasn't exactly her specialty yet.

Finally reaching him she starts to shake him, "Shika-kun!" No response. She decided to call louder, "Shika-kun!" Still nothing.

Is he dead? Ino's eye start to water, "Shika-kun is dead!"

"Troublesome…" Muttered Shikamaru as he woke up to Ino 's crying. He didn't really know what was going on just that some blonde woke him up.

Ino stop crying and looks at Shikamaru's body. She was too scared to start crying again. "Z- Zombie!" She tries to walk away when a hand grabs her. Her hair stands on end as she slowly turns her head to face what she knows as the dead walking corpse of Shikamaru.

Shikamaru really doesn't know what's going on anymore. Why doesn't she think I'm a zombie? Well, the fact that he was drooling, with his eyes half closed really didn't help him.

Realizing he's not going to get to sleep anymore if she doesn't calm down and that his mom will yell at him even more he decided he better help her. "Troublesome…" He rubs the back of his head, and then decides what to do.

Pulling her in towards him, she starts to cry again. He places his other hand around her, and holds her, "Don't cry anymore."

She obeys, and they just stand there: Ino confused but happy, Shikamaru realizing the hug is actually pretty nice, and their parents who no one realize had been watching the whole scene smiling.

Everyone smiled. So maybe the two did need a little push to get going, but maybe it just didn't need too hard.

A/N: Okay that was my first one! I think I'll just update daily with random drabbles of the two. I totally love this pair, and I have no idea why. Well, till tomorrow!