FULL SUMMARY

To Ino, Shikamaru was just another rich, laid-back guy from her school. The kind of guy who doesn't care whether he does his best or not. The kind who isn't always friendly. The kind that Ino always hated. She didn't get why there were even any girls who go running after him. To her, Shikamaru was definitely one who never cared about anything or anybody. But when Ino is in need of money, she ends up working as the Nara family's babysitter for Shikamaru's little brother, Seishiro. Spending most of her time around the boy, she gets to know more about the guy she's always hated, and finds out that he's not as bad as what she's been thinking.

CHAPTER 1

"Ah, this sucks," Ino whined as she walked down the empty street towards her house, "I can't do anything with no money."

"Why don't you just save up?" Sakura suggested, "If you didn't shop so much, you could've done so much more with that money."

"Pshh," Ino scoffed, "I don't get allowances anymore, and you know me. I can never save."

"Well, there's always--"

"I am not getting a job," Ino cut her off.

"Okay, well, good luck finding another way to get money."

Ino sighed and opened the door to her house. "Tadaima!" she yelled as they walked in and slipped off their shoes. The girls waved to Ino's parents who were in the kitchen, then headed towards her room. They threw their bags on the bed as Leah turned her computer on while Sakura rummaged through Leah's gossip magazines.

"Maybe I can sell something," Ino said as she passed by an eBay ad.

"Heh, you won't make much with that," said Sakura, flipping through pages.

"You know, you're not helping," Ino said, rolling her eyes, "I really gotta find a way.. Can you at least give me some suggestions?"

"Britney Spears needs to go to church," Sakura stated, completely off-topic.

"Hello?! Back to my problem, please."

"Why me? It's your problem."

"Ugh, you really are no help."

"Job."

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"Mom, how can I get money?" Ino asked at her dinner table. Her mom opened her mouth to reply, but Ino cut her off, "besides getting a job."

"Sorry, but that's all I got," her mom said.

"Why don't you wanna work?" her dad added.

"Dad, school's already torturing me," she explained, "if I get a job, it'll kill me more. Besides, work takes up a lot of my time, which means that I won't have much time for my homework."

Her parents just stared at her oddly.

"Plus, if I'm booked, I won't have a lot of time for myself," she continued, "so there's no point in getting more money."

"Well, you're gonna have to get a job sooner or later."

-.x.-.x.-.x.-.x.-.x.-

It has been a week and Ino is still looking for a way to earn money. Really, she knew that there was no other way; she had to get a job. Monday afternoon, after school, Ino and Sakura headed for Starbucks (xP) and met up with another friend, Tenten.

"Hey," they greeted each other, "what's up."

"Ino has a little problem with money," Sakura said as she sat down. Ino groaned.

"Meaning…?" Tenten asked, lost.

"I need money!" Ino snapped.

"Get a job!" Tenten said.

"That's her problem. She won't," Sakura sighed.

"Well, there's nothing else," Tenten followed.

"Ugh," Ino shrugged, "fine."

"Good," Tenten said, "Cuz I already got a job for you."

Yeah, sorry for the short chap. I got nothing…I might edit it and make it longer but for now, this is all I got becuzz I gotta go. The ending was rushed so…blech…REVIEW! TY:)

NOTE: This is the same story as the one I put up on winglin called tough choices. I did not steal this story. I wrote that one too. This is just another version or whatnot.

pce :D