notes: inosaku is the air i breathe and the love i feel
notes 2: expect a continuation & a series of drabbles.
notes 3: set during the blank period.
Sakura is and never will be a good liar, not good enough to lie under Hinata, who is always so perceptive and knows the shift in her personality. She can't even get away with it under Ino's nose either, the one who can spot a feigned sentence and a smile from a mile away; Ino is her best friend, her lover, her soulmate.
Ino knows Sakura too damn well, and it drives Sakura up the wall at times.
Her other half is just too good, but she tries her best to keep her composure, wanting to surprise Ino with a luxurious date and the big question of the century.
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"So what were you wanting to tell me?" Ino asks on the couch in the living area of their apartment, currently concentrating on painting her toenails.
Sakura swallows and distracts herself with rounding up the mess of papers she has on their kitchen table and from the corner of her she sees her raising an eyebrow in expectation to something Sakura can't even get out.
She laughs nervously, and shrugs. "It was something about dinner tomorrow night?" Ino nods and gives her a smile, showing all her teeth. "Sounds good, what're we gonna eat?"
Sakura distracts herself again, trying to get these files organized, but it was beginning to feel a bit hot suddenly, and her hands can't seem to grasp the paper she's trying to get.
"Well?" Ino stretches the word, and sits the nail polish on the table and turns fully at her.
"It's just at that really nice restaurant, you know the new one that just opened uptown in Konoha, I wanted it to be a sort of, uh, fancy date." Sakura realizes she's babbling and didn't even answer Ino's simple question, she chews the inside of her cheek to distract from her mess of a response, hoping it didn't give too much away.
Ino stands up and goes to her, giving her messy kiss on the cheek. "Nice, is it like sexy time fancy or just the boring casual?"
Sakura's cheeks flame, and she huffs: "Sexy fancy is good, but don't say it like that!"
Ino laughs, brushing a piece of Sakura's hair behind her ear.
"Alright, don't be such a prude, forehead," Sakura glares. Ino grins, and kisses her full on the lips, but Sakura still has that look in her eye.
"What? I apologized for teasing, give me a break." Sakura juts her chin out and focuses on grabbing the rest of her files to shuck them back in their room, and Ino hugs her.
"I love you," Sakura hums, and smiles anyway, melting in her arms.
"I love you too — pig."
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