A/N: I HAD to write a Shino/Ino pairing! I mean, come on! They're cute together! So, anywho. Read and Review! I LOVE reviews!
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A cool breeze teased the cheekbones of Aburame Shino. His sigh was muffled beneath his long coat neck. Relaxing against the trunk of the tree, he situated himself on the large branch once more. Closing his eyes hidden behind his shades he calmed the bugs rushing around inside him. A small buzzing was heard in the distance catching Shino's attention. Sitting up, he quickly glanced to his left and saw that his best bug friend, a small fuzzy bumblebee was flying right at him, buzzing wildly. Lifting his hand, he held it out flat for the bee to land on. Raising an eyebrow at it, he frowned as it ran around in circles on his hand. Standing up on the tree branch, he glanced down at the bee with a questioning look.
The bee quickly turned around and flew off ahead of him, Shino dropped down quietly and followed the insect. Quietly padding through the thick shrubbery all the while being careful not to trip on the roots of the trees that were sticking up out of the ground. He froze when he heard the soft sobs of someone nearby. Frowning, he silently continued after his bee, who had landed on a flower a little ways ahead of him. Making his way to his bee, he noticed the sobs growing louder until he could not longer ignore them. Hopping up into the tree branch above him, he peered out of the leaves to see the shaking back of a girl huddled over a patch of flowers. His eyes travelled up her shaking back to the light blonde hair. His eyes widened as he realized it was Ino crying. Shino frowned as he tried to figure out why she was crying over a patch of flowers. Silently dropping down, he walked out of the cool shade and stood behind her, shading her from the warm sun.
Ino gasped as she saw the shadow of someone standing behind her. Quickly rubbing her eyes she stood up and quickly tried to control her sobbing.
Then it hit Shino, today was the day that Sasuke was pronounced dead a few years back. "Ino." Slowly raising his hand, he placed it on her shaking shoulder making her freeze.
Ino slowly looked over her shoulder and saw Shino's glasses peering down at her. "H-hey Shino..."
"Do you want to talk about anything."
"N-no. I'm fine..." Sniffling, she quickly wiped her face and turned around flashing him a smile. "I'm fine really!" Waving her hand at him she laughed.
Shino frowned as he let his hand fall to his side. "All right. If you need to talk..."
Ino smirked as she placed a hand on her hip, "Don't worry, I'll ask a butterfly to hunt you down and send you to me." Winking at him, she turned around and quickly walked off.
Looking down he spotted the patch of flowers she had been crying over. Lowering herself to his knees he peered into the flowers to see the stems were full of insects. Sighing, he sent out a few of his bugs to tell them to find some other flowers. They quickly crawled off and disappeared into the soil, leaving Ino's patch alone. Shino slowly stood up and walked off.
Ino quickly placed her back against the tree behind her, she had watched Shino the entire time. Smiling, she made a note to thank him for fixing her favorite flowers. Wiping the corner of her eyes, she rushed off with the blink of an eye.
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Shino poked his salad with his fork. He hated eating in public. Folding down his high collar, he stuffed some salad into his mouth. He froze when someone sat next to him. Glancing over to his left, he saw Choji sitting down.
Choji had a pouting expression on his face, "Have you seen Ino as of late?"
Shino slowly took the fork out of his mouth. "Yes."
Choji's eyes flickered as he turned to look at Shino, "How is she? Is she upset?"
Shino nodded.
"That bastard! I can't believe he did that to Ino-chan!" Choji growled as he caught the cooks attention.
"Choji! My favorite customer! What can I get for you? Two of everything?" The cook asked.
"Make it three. I'm thuroughly pissed off right now!" Choji slammed his fist on the counter, making Shino's salad fly a bit into the air.
Shino quickly caught it and stuffed more salad into his mouth. Swallowing another bite, he turned his attention to Choji, who was already stuffing his face. "Who are you calling a bastard?"
"Shikamaru! You know they were going steady! Everyone knows they were going steady! She was so crazy about him, and he broke up with her a few days ago! How could he do that to Ino-chan! She was so happy with him!" Choji yelled between tears and stuffing his face.
Shino frowned as he finished his salad. "So that's why she was crying..."
"She was crying! You saw her today? She's still upset isn't she!" Choji asked Shino, desperate for any answers for how Ino was doing. "She's been ignoring everyone since Shikamaru broke up with her!"
Shino wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin before drinking some water and folding up his collar. "Why don't you go and talk to her."
"I told you! She's ignoring everyone! She won't answer anyone's calls, she won't open the door, she's probably running out of food and water!" Choji exclaimed, shoving his empty plate to one side and recieving another.
"She needs to be checked on then." Shino informed Choji, getting up to leave.
Choji nodded and froze after he swallowed. "Shino! Could you do a favor for me?"
Shino twitched under his coat. "What."
"Could you check up on Ino?"
Turning to stare at him, he frowned, "Why would she answer the door if I knocked on it if she hasn't been answering the door to her own former teammate?" Shino asked.
Choji smirked as he stared up at Shino. "I'm not asking you to knock on the door Shino. I'm asking you to check up on her. You're the one with insects that can crawl into little spaces and see things, right?"
Shino twitched again under his coat. He didn't like the idea of spying on girls.
"So, just peek in on her sometimes, just make sure she's not starving okay? If she dies, I'll blame you!" Choji smiled as he turned his attention back onto his food.
Sighing, Shino walked away from Choji, shaking his head. If anyone caught him sending bugs into Ino's apartment, they'd think he was some pervert. He'd knock on the door first, just to see if she was inside her house.