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Author's Note: I'm trying my best to write a good story so please don't be meanies.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. All rights are reserved to Masashi Kishimoto. If I did own Naruto, I would have given more hints of a ShikaIno pairing and omitted any ShikaTema situations. Bwahaha!
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Chapter 1: How Does It Feel
The steps creaked with each step she took. The creaking seemed louder to her only because that was the only sound that could be heard with the exception of the slight sound her sandals made with the wood; they were trained for stealth after all.
"They really should put an elevator in this building."
She finally reached the top of the stairs. A metal door was in front of her; it was slightly ajar so she silently pushed it open peering her eyes through the opening. He was there, lying on the roof with his hands behind his head. She thought about walking up to him and yelling at him for being so hard to find; she had been searching for him for the last half hour after all. But she changed her mind and decided to observe him for a while.
She'd never really gotten to observe him peacefully watching the clouds. She usually ran up to him and either immediately yelled at him or dragged him up to his feet. She had never really seen that peaceful look in his face as he did his favorite hobby so she thought of seeing it for once that day.
He looked at the sky drowsily and yet so intently. The clouds were nice that day and the sun wasn't too bright. It was the perfect day for cloud watching.
She slightly pushed the door open more to watch him causing the doors hinges to creak.
"Oi, Ino, I know you're there." He spoke out.
There was no more point in her hiding anymore now so she pushed the door open fully and walked up to him a slight smile on her face. She looked down at him her body slightly bent downwards.
"What is it?" he drawled, looking up at her as he lay in the same position.
She clunked him on the head yelling, "I've been looking for you for the past half hour! Do you have any idea how huge this building is!? Chouji and I came to invite you to have dinner with us tonight and we find out that you hadn't returned since your coffee break!"
"OW! All right, all right, sorry. What was that thing about dinner again?" he asked as he rubbed his head hoping a lump wouldn't form from the hit she gave him.
"Like I said, Chouji wanted the three of us to have dinner tonight at Yakiniku Q. It's been a while since we last ate together after all. Also, he wants to tell us something." She said with her hands on her hips.
"Tch, fine. What time?"
"Around 7, is that okay?"
"Yeah, whatever." He said lying back down on the roof and looking back up at the clouds.
Silence
"Hey, Shikamaru." She silently spoke out as she also looked up at the sky.
"Hmm?"
"You're a genius, right?"
"…"
"So…I guess you should know, right?"
"Know what?"
"How does it feel like to be in love?"
"Eh? Why all this all of a sudden?" he looked up at her with a confused look on his face.
"I… I've always wondered… how it feels like."
"Troublesome." He mumbled under his breath.
"You didn't answer my question, Shikamaru!" she glared at him.
He stood up and began walking towards the door.
"Shikamaru!" She yelled at him, stomping her right foot in irritation. "Where do you think you're going!?"
"I've got work to do." He said without looking back at her.
She went after him, yelling at him to answer her question but he didn't. It wasn't because he was busy nor because he found it too troublesome to answer her but it was because that he didn't know the answer to her question. That's right, Nara Shikamaru, a genius with 200+ IQ, didn't know the answer to Yamanaka Ino's "simple and innocent" question simply because he too didn't know how it felt to be in love.
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