Disclaimer – This story is based on characters and situations created by Masashi Kishimoto. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made. Thank you.
Ino stared out the window of her family's flower shop, wondering at the lack of customers lately. She watched Naruto run past, clutching his sides and trying not to fall over as he laughed, while also holding onto something blue in his hand. A few seconds later, Sasuke followed, obviously shouting angrily at Naruto, though Ino couldn't hear what they were saying.
She stopped leaning on the counter as the bell above the shop's door tinkled, and looked up.
"Oh, it's just you," she said in disappointed upon the sight of her friend and teammate, Shikamaru.
"Hey, that's not a very nice greeting, no wonder you've scared all your customers away," he replied with a smirk.
"Yeah, yeah…" she said disdainfully, slumping back into the counter.
"Actually, my mother's birthday is coming up, and dad told me to come get flowers," Shikamaru interrupted.
"Oh, really?" Ino asked, her interest picking up again. "Were you looking for an arrangement, a bunch-" Shikamaru held up his hands to stop her.
"Woah, woah, don't get all complicated on me, I just need something she'll like, okay?" he said with a smirk.
Ino shrugged. "Well, the orchid arrangements over there are always quite popular, and they'll last a while," she said, lazily pointing to the afore-mentioned arrangements and she sat down and pulled out a magazine. Shikamaru wandered over to look, hands in his pockets as he studied each one closely.
After about 10 minutes, during which time Ino was quite absorbed in her magazine, he strolled back over holding a blue and purple orchid arrangement, with a butterfly clip attached to it.
She glanced up. "That one's 35," she told him.
Shikamaru counted out the money and put it in front of her. "There."
Ino re-counted it and put it in the till. Smiling pleasantly she turned back to him. "Thanks for choosing Yamanaka Flowers to buy your gift from, have a good day!"
Shikamaru chuckled; it was always hilarious seeing Ino working. "Yeah, sure." He left the shop, carrying the flowers in one hand, and putting his other hand back in his pocket.
Ino promptly picked up the magazine again and found the article she had been reading.
Finally finished with her training, Sakura was walking down the main street, looking for one of her friends. However, she ended up bumping into Ino, who was still reading a magazine.
"Hey, watch where you're going, Ino-pig!" she said angrily, brushing the dirt off herself.
"Maybe I could watch where I'm going if I could see past your forehead, Billboard-brow!" Ino retorted, picking up the magazine from where she'd dropped it. Something on one of the pages caught Sakura's attention, and she grabbed it from Ino.
"Hey-!" Ino started, as Sakura began flipping through the pages, finally coming to the one she'd seen earlier.
"Ino!" she gasped. "I didn't know you were into this sort of thing!" she added, staring at a picture of two shirtless 17-year-old boys kissing.
Ino snatched the magazine back. "Who said you could look through my stuff, hey?" she challenged, turning a deep crimson colour.
The argument was broken up by Naruto running between them, still carrying the same blue object he was before, only now looking much more tired.
"NARUTO!" a voice yelled, and both girls turned to see Sasuke barreling towards them. They stepped aside to let him pass.
"GIVE ME BACK MY DAMN BOXERS!"
Sasuke and Naruto disappeared around a corner, leaving both Sakura and Ino staring after them blankly, a bead of sweat appearing at each of their heads.
"Well that was…" started Sakura.
"…Very odd," Ino added helpfully.
"So, you like yaoi then?" Sakura asked, turning back to Ino, making her blush and look away.
"I never said I…I'm just curious is…wait, how do you know…?" Ino tried to construct a proper sentence.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Tenten made me read some shonen ai manga she was reading, but it wasn't too bad."
"So…have you ever seen…two guys, in real life?" Ino asked, interested.
"Well, there was that one time with Naruto and Sasuke, but other than that, no…" Sakura answered, remembering the time Naruto had accidentally kissed Sasuke.
"Wait, Naruto and Sasuke kissed?" Tenten asked, from behind them.
Ino and Sakura both jumped and turned around.
"What the- don't eavesdrop!" Ino said angrily.
Tenten ignored her. "That sounds pretty hot…" she said, almost to herself.
Sakura and Ino both stared at her.
"…What?" Tenten asked, finally noticing their eyes.
"But…it's Naruto!" Sakura said.
"So? He's pretty cute, he'd be the perfect uke," Tenten answered.
Ino shook her head to clear it of the mental images that were forming, before realizing that, yes, Naruto and Sasuke might look pretty cute together. She shook her head again, wondering what the Hell she was thinking, stopping as she saw Sakura doing the same thing, and Tenten smirking at both of them.
Ugh, he was her Sasuke, how could she even picture him with anybody else? Still, Naruto wouldn't be too bad…at least it wouldn't be Ino-pig…Sakura's thoughts got the better of her, and she was jerked back to reality by Tenten clapping an arm around her shoulders.
"So, let's say we-" here Tenten put an arm over Ino's shoulders as well. "Work out a plan to get those two to kiss…properly, this time," she finished, winking.
Ino stiffened her back. "Why are you so interested?" she asked, grumpily.
Tenten smiled widely. "Well, my own team-mates have started to bored me, I need somebody new to play with."
Sakura blushed as she realized what the previous statement meant, while Ino looked slightly ill as Tenten led the two younger girls into a small restaurant.