A/N: so this is a challenge thing. I take pairings and make them dysfunctional relationships. The chapter titles will display which characters i'm doing. Idea taken from Runespoor. Suggestions are fine but no promises.
Series will be largely/entirely cannon and in character and as such will feature different genres including romance, angst, occasional light parody (no offense or bashing is intended), humor, gen, tragedy, etc. And of course angst.
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Ino/Shika
They are perfect. Everyone says it. She thought it herself not so long ago. And they were. They've been friends their whole lives and he knows her better than anyone else ever could and loves her in that lazy way of his, the little gestures, touches, and things, and she loves him with enthusiasm and loud words and showers of affection and somehow it works despite everything. At first.
And maybe if it had been just them, just Ino and Shika, it could have worked but it's not. It's not enough and they know it. Because they're ninja first. And because she hates being the nag and always pushing and pushing him into the life he's never wanted (the life he hates). He didn't want to be a nin, had never asked to be but he was to smart not to be. And they need him so she'll keep pushing and pushing until he hates her as much as she hates herself for doing this to him.