Doremi: Hello, I've been reading a lot of InoxShikamaru fan-fics lately on deviantart and so I decided to make one of my own! Please read

I don't own Naruto

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Chapter 1

It was a beautiful summer day; people of Konoha were busy getting ready for the summer festival coming up in a couple of days. A festival where the streets were lit by lanterns, where contests were held, games being played, and were romance of Konoha was at its peak.

Inside the Yamanka Flower Shop was Ino, who was wishing she was outside shopping for a new yukata. "Ah man, why couldn't Mom stay back and run the shop?" Ino mumbled to herself as she fixed a bouquet of flowers in a vase at the store window.

-FLASHBACK-

"Mom, I'm going out shopping!" Ino shouted to her mother, slipping on her sandals. Just as she was about to leave, her mother came out from the kitchen.

"Oh wait! Ino, please can you do me a favor? Can you please watch the shop? I have an important errand to run, I'll only be an hour or so! Please?" Ino's mother pleaded.

Ino sighed, "alright."

-END FLASHBACK-

'I regret agreeing to this,' Ino thought to herself as she stared out the window. The door opened to the shop, Ino turned to see it was Shikamaru. "Hey Shika, what brings you here?"

Shikamaru let out a big sigh, "my Mom sent me to come get a bouquet of flowers that she ordered, how troublesome."

Ino smiled to Shikamaru's behavior, 'he thinks everything is troublesome' She thought to herself as she went behind the counter and got out a bouquet of wild flowers. "Here ya' go, tell your mother she has a great taste in flowers."

Shikamaru stared at Ino, she had such a friendly smile; he hasn't seen her smile like that since they were kids. Shikamaru took the flowers, and opened the door to leave when he turned around with a light smile, "I haven't seen a smile that friendly in a long time."

Ino's face turned light red, she didn't know what to take of that, "What's that suppose to mean?!" Ino shouted at him, walking up to him and pushed him out, "Thanks, come again!" Ino slammed the door behind her. Ino put her hands on her face 'why am I blushing? I don't like Shika that way! I like Sasuke! It don't mean nothing.' Ino told herself that and went on with her day.

Ino's mother came after that incident, Ino opened the door to leave, looking up at the sky and giving a large stretch, feeling the heat of the sun on her skin. Ino tried to go shopping but she couldn't get Shikamaru's smile out of her head, so she went to the flower fields, but who to see laying down watching the clouds, Shikamaru.

Shikamaru turned his head to see Ino walking up to him, he let out a sigh, remembering Ino's reaction to his comment. Shikamaru looked at Ino as she sat down beside him. "Hey…" he simply said.

"Hi," Ino replied back quickly. Ino didn't know why she sat down beside him but she didn't move anyway, "so you excited for the festival?"

"I'm not going," Shikamaru stated, "All the noise, its all so troublesome."

"What do mean your not going? You have to go! It won't be the same if you don't come!" Ino yelled at him. 'What am I saying?' Ino asked herself in thought.

Shikamaru sat up and looked at Ino, "aren't you going with Sakura?" Shikamaru wondered why she was pesting him to go.

"You think I want to go with billboard brow? And plus, everyone is going in one big group, all the teams together! So you're coming!" Ino decided for him, "but I'm going to try to get Sasuke alone without Sakura getting in my way."

Shikamaru laid back down and didn't say anything to her. 'What so interesting about that bastard anyway? What could she possibly see in that guy? He is so troublesome.' After 5 minutes of listening to Ino talk about Sasuke, Shikamaru got up.

"Where are you going Shika?" Ino asked, looking up at him.

"I'm going for a walk, later, " he said, walking off. Shikamaru kept thinking about Ino, no matter how many times he tried and block her out she would come back. 'I think I falling in love…with Ino. But she loves Sasuke…' Shikamaru started thinking about all the bad points about Ino, then he started to think about the good points, like; she was beautiful, she cared about her friends, and she wants everyone to have a good time together. "What am I going to do?"

Doremi: Hihi so I hope you liked the first chapter, its not as long as my other fan-fics so yeah, I'm pretty happy with it so far, but you're the reader please leave a review.