Killing Time

Urei Sachi

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It was precisely 11 in the morning when Naruto walked in the flower shop and decided to annoy Ino. Or, at least, that was what it seemed like to her. When the other blonde conversed with her, it usually turned into an argument (fairly nonsensical and biased most of the time, but she liked to gain an upper hand in him in everything that wasn't physical) and, if prolonged, a hit-Naruto-with-a-kunai game. That was probably the only thing positive about those fights, she guessed, but she got in trouble last time for murdering her mother's favorite vase.

Ino looked up from the magazine she was reading when she heard the door open.

Right on time.

"What are you doing?"

She fiddled with the white-colored cigarette she held in between her fingers and rolled her eyes. "Smoking break."

"I thought your parents banned you from smoking," muttered Naruto suspiciously, but she couldn't tell whether he was wary about the cigarette or her parents' wrath. Only one way to find out, she thought to herself, smirking with inner glee. She raised the cigarette to her lips and inhaled.

Puff. "That's what you think."

"Hey!" That answered her question. He shrank away and waved a hand in front of his face, disgusted. "Stop that! You know I hate smoke."

"Yeah," said Ino cheerfully, careful to brandish the offending object in his general direction, "I know."

"Why are you such a bitch?" He tossed back, eyebrows twitching and teeth clenching slightly.

Ooh, now he was irritated. The smirk on her lips widened a little, and she reached into her pocket only to find that there weren't any throwing knives in it. Damn. And she thought that she could aim a good one on his ass. Or his head. Whichever had a more profound effect on him satisfied her, not that he couldn't dodge it. He was fast when he wanted to be.

"Why are you such a brat?" She made a mental note to buy an extra set later in the afternoon, just so she could kill more time and not have to put up with irritating customers who couldn't tell the difference between a sunflower and a daisy. Plus, it was fun to hear him scream obscenities. If she got lucky enough, he'd be begging for forgiveness.

His face turned into a bright shade of red. "Teme!"

Ino took a long drag of her cigarette and watched the smoke dissolve into the air before sighing and crushing the cigarette on the countertop.

"Idiot."

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END

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420 words.

I totally love Ino. XD