You worked part time at the grilling place that Choji loved to eat at. As you took over the meat to the table you locked eyes with a very attractive dark eyed male. You smiled and he let a smirk play with his lips. You noticed a blonde girl sitting next to him as you sat the food down. The blonde being Ino, as she introduced herself looking between the two of you .

"_Your name_" You said politely smiling at her.

"You should eat with us" She said with a mischievous smile. And then the older man of the whole group had the same smile and insisted you sat with them. You looked around and notice you were a little slow and knew your boss wouldn't mind since you would probably get a bigger tip for sitting with them. Ino got up and pushed the older man, Asuma, and Choji over so you could sit beside the handsome tired looking man.

"Name's Shikamaru Nara" he said with a casual wave of his hand as that special smirk formed his lips.

"Nice to meet you." You said with a big smile.

You sat listening to all of them talking up Shikamaru and you knew what they were doing and you couldn't hide the smile on your face as they talked about him. You volunteered to cook the food for them so it looked like you were working and they let you. You enjoyed cooking and was actually pretty good at it.

"This is the most delicious food I've tasted" Choji said stuffing his face with the latest batch of food.

You tasted one of the pork chops and shrugged, "This is nothing. You should try my cooking from home" You said with a smile.

Shikamaru looked at you with that smile, "So you inviting us over for dinner?"

Your heart stopped, you had no idea how to really answer it but you were going to be polite and smart, you knew the four of them could eat "Sure I'll make the food if you buy."

Shikamaru's smile grew despite his response of "Well that's a drag."

You and the rest of his team laughed at him. Team 10 came in several times after that but you were on a mission. A couple of days later after your mission they came in again and asked what food you would like to make. You did end up making food for them. You had lemon pepper tailapia, shrimp scami and breaded calamari. They all agreed that it was the best dinner they ever had. Ino helped you clean the dishes and put them away.

She leaned against the counter and smiled, "You should totally ask Shikamaru out."

You felt you cheeks get warm as you put your head down letting your _color_ hair hide your face from Ino. "I don't think that would be a good idea."

"Of course it would he really likes you."

"Really?" You turned your face to look at her with hopeful eyes so face you might have gotten whip lash.

Ino's face was one of pure amusement as a hand reached around you to put their cup in the sink. You looked to the owner's face and saw it was Shikamaru. Ino left the room to join the conversation in the other room.

"Ya know it is a real drag but I have to agree with Ino." Shikamaru said standing with one hip against the counter.

"So…" You paused wondering if you should continue but decided to take a chance, "Would you like to be my boyfriend?" You finished with a shrug looking down at the dishes.

"Sure" He said as his finger went under your chin pulling you closer to him until your lips met for your first kiss.