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A/n: ok., here's my second chapter, sorry it took me so long., I'm kindah busy with visiting places these days hihi
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Ino was looking at her beautiful reflection at the mirror when she heard 3 loud "lazy" knocks. She immediately knew it was shikamaru and its not because she peeped into her window, but just because there's always a tint of laziness that you can feel on shikamaru's every work. And Ino, being his "only girl" best friend for like the past 20 years, most certainly knew that.
'What the hell's gotten into that man.. I told him to be here at seven' Ino thought irritably.
As she was descending to the stairs, she was starting to feel nervous.
'What the--.. I can't be nervous just because he got here too early and I'm not in my proper clothing and I don't look that nice.. That I just got out in the shower.. My hair is still wet., and that I'm so not prepared at all… ooh…
Talk about a major shit..!!' She thought while slapping her head lightly.
"Oi Ino!" shikamaru called.
Ino just replied a grunt, wiping a drop falling from her head, she opened the door and welcomed her visitor with an arched brow and hands on waist.
"What took you so lo—" shikamaru wasn't able to finish his sentence. He scanned a "for what he thinks as an "unprepared" Ino" from top to bottom.
"This WILL be troublesome… and a little bit... Distracting,." He thought.
" Look., I told you not to be late but that doesn't mean that you should be here 2 hours early!!"
"Can we at least get in first??" shikamaru said.
"WE!!" ' Oh nice he's with company..'
"Kasuma!" shikamaru called and kasuma appeared running from nowhere. They both went inside and sat on the comfy couch that Ino have.
Shikamaru was trying so hard to avoid looking at Ino and trying so hard to look natural at the same time. Ino was just tempting at the moment. Its not that he hasn't seen her like that before. Well, he did, back when they were just mere children. And it's different now. Now that he finally knew what exactly that tingling feeling that he always gets when he sees her is. And also add the fact that his hormones are unstable now.
"Neh onee-chan.. Shika nee-San said that I should stay with you for 4 days.." kasuma said while chunking an apple in his mouth.
"Huh??.." replied Ino.
" Kasuma, why don't you just go get something to eat at the table. " shikamaru told the kid.
"Ok, ill leave you two lovers alone" kasuma chuckled and left the furiously blushing couple.
And there's the awkward silence. Ino looked at shikamaru. She sure enjoys the looks of a blushing shikamaru but not this time because she was completely blushing too. And that was what made it really awkward.
Shikamaru gathered up his courage and looked at Ino.
First at her hair. It's not usual to see Ino with her hair down. Next was her angelic face. Shikamaru smiled mentally at that. Ino's face never failed to make him happy.
'She sure is pretty pissed right now…' he thought
Then he shifted his gaze down at her bathrobe-covered body and that's when he started to blush 20 shades of red. He looked at her small waist currently being emphasized by her hand on a side of it and down to her long slender thighs and legs. He just can't help it., to see Ino in a state like that was really.. Really distracting for him not to mention that it's too tempting. Of course he do have some thoughts about that. But he most certainly don't have plans of it being true.. Well at least not at the moment, yet.
Ino just stood there let out a sigh.
"You know, You can do the staring later because I believe you have some explaining to do.." she said while shifting her gaze from shikamaru to her finger nails.
She was completely aware of the current situation. As much as she wants to please shikamaru., she knows she can't at the moment. At least not yet.
Poor shikamaru blushed even more. But since Ino has caught his guards down already, He decided that he would just let that slip and besides it would be troublesome to argue too.
"Kurenai sensei was out for a mission. She left me a letter. Here" shikamaru reached into his pockets and handed Ino a slightly crumpled letter.
Ino grabbed the letter and read it.
Shikamaru,
Please take care of my kasuma for a while. I was summoned by the hokage-sama for a mission.
I know this is troublesome, but please. I don't know anyone that I can trust more than I trust you. And besides, the kid adores you so, please.
This mission would probably take 4 days. I already prepared all his stuffs. They were all inside the backpack at the top of the dining table.
P.S I really don't know how to thank you.. But thank you
Ja!
--kurenai
"Ok?… so .. Why did you bring him here?" Ino asked shikamaru while giving him back the letter.
"Well.. Yeah.. It's like this.. uhm.. tch.. Ok.."
Ino arched one of her perfect eyebrow and started tapping her feet.
"Ino we both know that I suck at cooking.. and.. I don't know anything about taking care of brats specially a loud mouthed one., so I figured out that hmm… if maybe I can ask you to look after him for me., and I will just visit here from time to time. And ill pay for the expenses.." shikamaru stated as natural as possible.
"ah … so now you're asking me to baby sit.."
"Yes.. Uh., no"
"For four days?"
"Yeah.."
Ino turned round at the kitchen to take a look at kasuma for a while. Kasuma sensing that someone's looking at him stopped eating and turned to look back at Ino and gave her his best smile ever. Ino seeing the cutest thing can't help but giggle.
"Ok then. Ill take care of him.. It's pretty boring around here anyway., so maybe kasuma can keep me company for 4 days." Ino turned around and smiled at shikamaru. Shikamaru ran his fingers through his hair and smiled his usual smile back at her. Ino went to the stairs and started to go upstairs.
"So., if that's all… I think I should go back upstairs and -- wait a second" she froze and looked at shikamaru.
"What the-- you're not prepared, aren't you!! You didn't even take a bath!!" Ino yelled. Shikamaru just rested his cheek on his hand.
"About that. I'm here to ask some couple of questions too… some of the clothes here… you see… I don't know how to work them out.."
"You idiot., sometimes I just cant believe that you're a genius… ok., let's just make this things like this.. You go use my bathroom and then I'll fix you" Ino questioned her words in her head. "Fix" doesn't seem the appropriate word.
"What the—wait!!., I didn't ask for your bathroom ., I asked about the clothes." Shikamaru replied quickly.
"Look., stop whining ok? If you go back to your house now, were going to be late." Ino said while looking at the clock on her side. " And besides, I wanna make sure of how you'll look like tonight.. So just go get your ass up here, get in my bathroom and take a bath."
"tch! Troublesome woman." Shikamaru grunted. "Oi kasuma, you just stay there. Don't open the door. Call me or Ino upstairs if you need something.."
Kasuma ran into the living room and turned on the TV before answering a loud "hai! ".
Shikamaru followed Ino upstairs. Actually., he was not sure of what he was supposed to feel at the moment. He's annoyed to the fact that he was just forced to take a bath in others house or rather in others bathroom cause he personally think that bathrooms are personal, but he was also excited because of the fact that he was forced to take a bath in Ino's bathroom.
PLUS the fact that they're alone now at her bedroom and have just a thin sheath of cotton robe protecting her from being in her birthday suit. He can't help but remember one of the dreams he had had before about Ino and robes. 'Damn this hormones!…' he thought
Shikamaru did not dare entered ino's room more because of the possibility that he Might Not handle things when it gets too troublesome, but rather, he just waited Ino to tell him where her bathroom is.
Ino was pretty much feeling the same tension that shikamaru was feeling. For a second there, she thought that maybe it was not a nice idea to ask him, the man of her wildest dreams, to come and take a shower in her bath room. 'oh! I hate this feeling!!' she whined to herself. But she was pretty convinced herself that she is a strong woman and that she can handle him pretty much, so she decided that everything would be alright. She tried very hard to look as normally as possible and turned to face shikamaru.
"Ok, there's the bathroom. The towel is inside., I'll be waiting for you here, cause as you can see.. I'm pretty much unprepared myself." She said as she sat in front of her vanity mirror and started combing her hair dry.
Shikamaru just grabbed his things and Tch-ed and mumbled some "mendokusai" then went to the bathroom as directed.
And just as when he closed the bathroom door, he and Ino left out a deep sigh.
After 30 min of doing their own things. Ino was finally done with her stuff. She decided to apply less make up because she was just wasn't feeling like it. She just put on some mascara, to emphasize her beautiful blue eyes. Some lip and cheek tint for a natural glow, she decided to just put small amounts since she's pretty sure that they're going to drink, and alcohol makes her really blush. And to finish all, she put on some cherry flavored lip-gloss. She made her hair in a loose bun and put on some really nice big dangling earrings., not too big though. And just as she was going to put her sexy colorful razor-back, black with lavender horizontal stripes on 4 inches above the knee length chic dress,
Shikamaru came out of the bathroom. It could have been simple and all right if he hadn't got out almost naked with just a piece of towel covering his below and still damp and wet, with his hair down.
And now it was ino's turn to get flushed. Ino just stared at him in a slight shock. It was the first time she saw her lean, fit body like that. She was now pretty convinced that he has matured in every possible physical way. He was just.. Too sexy.
"Sorry if I didn't knock.. Anyway., I just went out to get my .. Something I forgot., there!.,. Ok., you can continue whatever you're doing now." Then he shut the door. He was pretty sure he saw her blush. And that made him happy.
Ino stared at the door blankly trying to gain her composure back. Then she undressed and put her chic dress on. After she did that, she checked her self at the mirror for the last time, and when she was satisfied by her looks she turned and knocked at the bathroom door.
"Neh, shika-kun ., I'm done. You can come out now., and ill get you fixed."
"tch" and shikamaru came out of the bathroom in pretty much like before state but a little bit dryer.
Ino giggled at the sight.
"Where are the clothes?"
"Here"
Ino grabbed the paper bag and chunked out the clothes that they bought.
"Do you have your boxers on already??"
"What do you think??" shikamaru said.
" oohh are you teasing me shika-kun??.," she teased and then chuckled. She grabbed the pants and shoved it to shikamaru's chest.
"ok you go back in there and put those on." Shikamaru grabbed the jeans and headed to the bathroom. After a couple of minutes he went out.
Ino grabbed the belt and pulled shikamaru's arm to get him to come closer to her. She bent down a little and She placed the belt carefully at the pants. She loves when her hands brush "accidentally" on his abs because it makes shikamaru tense. She was pretty much aware of her effect on him.
Shikamaru can feel her breath touching his skin. He was trying his very best to stay natural as ever and He was hating his body for not listening to his mind. He just keep on getting tensed whenever her skin brushes with his or whenever he can feel her warm breath intoxicating his skin. It was just too troublesome. He was so not expecting these things to happen. He wasn't just ready for it. But still., some part of his brain loves it.
"ok .. now this one." Ino grabbed the black collared polo shirt and put it on him and buttoned his shirt.
(A/N you know kyo of fruits basket? The one he's wearin? The black one? Pretty much like that one. : )
"y'know, I can really do this." He muttered in his lazy tone. His hands on his waist.
"Well then why did you ask me for help?" Ino replied while still buttoning his shirt.
"I was actually pertaining to… never mind., lets just finish this off." He answered.
"Ok.. All you have to do now is to decide if you want that cute hair of yours down or tied up.." Ino said quite happy.
"Ill just tie it."
"Oh and don't forget this." She handed him his silver necklace and shikamaru fixed it in his neck.
"Alright all done" Ino said while turning to look at the mirror.
"look at the mirror shika., don't you think we look good with each other?? " Ino asked while looking at him through the mirror with a smile on her face.
Shikamaru blushed at that but just answered a nod. Ino went down with shikamaru following her.
They were both smiling when they saw kasuma lying on the couch sleeping soundly. Ino went to turn the TV off while shikamaru cupped and carried kasuma with his arms.
"Poor little thing., wasn't even able to take a shower , and brush his teeth. Come one lets just put him to bed upstairs and well go." Ino took kasuma's stuff and went to bedroom with shikamaru. Shikamaru placed kasuma on the bed and Ino took off his shoes and jacket.
"Maybe that'll do for now., ill just tidy him back tomorrow. Now lets go" Ino said and went downstairs while shikamaru followed her. They checked if everything was shut off and locked the doors and went to the club.
Ok I'm really very sorry if this chapter sucks..
Reviews are welcome.. Please please please
I'm actually already workin on the third chapter but I still hope some of your comments would help me with the third one : thanks.
-- xoxo kayshey