"Yuki," Iruka called, standing right next to the sleeping brunette female.
"Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?" she asked her head shooting up from her desk in surprise.
"You feel asleep again, Yuki," came Iruka's stern voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry Iruka sensei. I won't do it again, I promise," Yuki said in her small voice.
"Well just pay attention," Iruka instructed before going back to his lecture.
"You sure have been doing that a lot lately. Are you feeling alright?" Ino asked looking at the female next to her.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Yuki answered.
She tried to pay attention to Iruka when the bell for lunch rang.
"We will continue this after lunch, you're dismissed," Iruka said.
~TS~
"Man, you sure have been tired lately. What have you been doing?" Ino asked her friend as they walked to their favorite place.
"I've been doing some extra training with my dad, that's all. I guess it puts a little more of a strain on my body than I thought," Yuki explained while yawning.
"I would say so, you use to never fall asleep in class and now you are doing it five or six times a day," Ino stated, concern coating her words.
"Ok, ok already, I get it. I've been doing more than just a little bit of training. I'm the eldest now since my brother disappeared and I have to make my clan proud of me because I'm going to take over until my brother from the mission the clan sent him on. So I've been training with my father and studying up a lot too. I have to pass the test that is coming up, or I will be discrase to my clan," Yuki blabbered out.
"I understand now and if you want I can help you study and train," Ino said putting a hand on her friend's back as they reached their favorite spot.
"Really? You would do that for me?"
"Of course I would, I am your friend am I not"
"Yes and you're the bestest friend in the whole wide world." Yuki grabbed her friend into a bone crushing hug.
"I would like to be able to breathe."
"Sorry," Yuki said pulling her arms away from her friend.
"It's ok. Let's just eat and get back to class."
"Okay."
Ino and Yuki ate in peace until they heard a sigh and the chomping of chips.
'Oh great its Shika and Choji, we must be in their spot that they always sit and watch the clouds at,' Yuki thought.
"Hello Shika-kun, Choji-kun, how are you today?" Yuki asked sweetly.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru responded with his normal response to everything.
"Good," Choji managed to say in between bites.
"Well that's good. Come on Ino, we need to get back to class before Iruka-sensei gets even madder at us," Yuki said managing to get the blonde up from her spot on the bench.
"Hey, Yuki, can I talk to you for a second?" Shikamaru asked before Yuki and Ino made their getaway.
"Sure Shika-kun," Yuki said smiling at Shikamaru.
Ino and Choji gave their friends encouraging looks, knowing exactly was to happen. It was a plot already thought up between the two.
"So what's up?" Yuki asked once the two were away from their friends to hear.
"Yuki, I think its about time I told you my reel feelings towards you," Shikamaru said looking down at his feet in an attempt to hide the pink in his cheeks.
"Tell me already," Yuki demanded.
"Yuki, I'm in love with you, but I'll understand if you don't like me back."
"Shikamaru, I love you too." She pulled the boy into one of her award winning, bone crushing hugs.
"Will you be my girlfriend?"
"Yes."
The two leaned their heads in, closed their eyes and allowed their lips to touch in a mind blowing first kiss that would lead to a long happy relationship between the two.
