"One little kiss"
Rating: K-T
Summary: What's one little kiss?
Warnings: shoujoai (nothing graphic), kissing, language

AUTHORS NOTE

Okay, the first ficlet in my collection. This one is kinda short, but I'm very close to finishing the next one and it should be up very soon. Also, this is off topic, I make a habit of suggesting good music videos in my chapters that I post. This chapter I'm going to recommend : "Fixation on Plastics" by The Red Chord. These guys are very heavy metal, but the song is about how we are killing the Earth with landfills and stuff like that. Anyway, I digress, ON WITH THE CHAPTER!!

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Ino had known for a while that she was gay. So when she found herself staring at her friend and roommate Sakura, she wasn't really surprised.

Sakura knew that Ino was gay and was okay with it, but still, she couldn't help but feel that Ino was casting hidden glances at her when she had her back turned from time to time.

"So, who is he?" Ino asked one night before climbing into bed. She and Sakura shared the same room in their small three room apartment(bedroom, bathroom, livingroom). Their beds were pushed up against the same wall, but separated by a small night stand.

"Mmm...who's who?" Sakura asked from her bed, looking up from her book.

"Whoever it is you're crushing after." Ino said plopping down on the edge of Sakuras bed. "Don't deny it either. Every night, you come home awfully chipper, especially after working all day in a bloody emergency room."

"Why do you want to know so bad?" Sakura asked raising an eyebrow.

"Just curious, that's all." Ino said, turning to sit so that she was facing Sakura. "So, is it one of the doctors? A hot new intern? Or a patient, do those amputees turn ya on?"

Seeing that Ino wasn't going to be distracted from her line of questioning, Sakura sighed, marked her place in her book, and set it aside.

"There's no one. I think you're just imagining things."

Ino just shook her head and smiled.

"Nuh-uh. You already asked why I wanted to know so badly in response to me asking who it is. So there must be someone, Ha!" Ino punched the air triumphantly. Sakura fumed silently.

"Okay," Sakura said grudgingly, "There is someone. I just don't want to talk about it."

"Why? Just 'cause I'm gay you don't think I'd find it interesting?" Ino asked. "I would, I care about you, I don't want you to end up with some dude that turns out to be a huge dick." Sakura shook her head.

"No, it's not that. I just that I kinda wanna keep it a secret." Sakura said weakly. Ino sulked for a moment, but her pouty lips were quickly replaced with a grin.

"Okay, I'll make ya a deal." Ino said, scooting closer so that she was sitting next to Sakura. "I'll quit bugging you about this on one condition."

"The condition being...?" Sakura asked, her head tilted to the side, looking a little wary. If it was possible to look happy and evil at the same time, Ino pulled it off.

"I will leave you alone if you pucker up and lay one on me." Ino said deviously.

Sakura gaped. "W-w-what?"

"You heard me babe, I'll stop buggin' ya for a kiss. Simple as that"

"Wha-I-well-why-" Sakura stumbled, trying to form several sentences all at once. Ino smiled and chuckled. She crawled over Sakura so that she was straddling her lap.

"C'mon Sakura. All it takes is a kiss, or to tell me, to shut me up. But don't deny me both. That'd be cruel." Ino pleaded, resting her hands on Sakuras shoulders.

Sakuras lips continued to move, but no sound came out. Ino slowly started to lean forward. Sakura hadn't tried to stop her or protest, so Ino continued on.

Sakura attempted to back up when Inos lips came within an inch of her own, only to back into the wall. Ino noticed this and stopped, but didn't draw back. She reached her hands up and caressed Sakuras cheeks with her thumbs.

"You know you don't have to kiss me, just tell me who." Ino was threading her fingers through Sakuras hair. Sakura didn't respond, but her eyes were riveted on Inos lips, which earned her a small smile from Ino.

Sakura shivered, she didn't know what she wanted, to tell her or to kiss her. Ino noticed the shiver and quietly whispered,

"Relax. It's just one...little...kiss..." Ino was so close now, backing out was no longer an option for either of them. Ino closed the distance between them and met Sakuras lips softly with her own. The knee-jerk reaction of Sakuras body was to push Ino off. But after a few seconds, she decided it wasn't so bad, Inos lips were warm and soft, and Sakura loved how she was sliding her fingers through her hair.

It dawned on Sakura a moment later.

She was kissing Ino back. At first it felt foreign and strange, but she eventually leaned into the kiss, contributing her own part. Hesitantly, Sakura placed her arms around Inos waist. Ino smiled inwardly and scooted closer, blushing slightly as their chests brushed together. Just as quickly as it had started, the kiss had ended.

"You're a good kisser." Sakura said as Ino drew back. Ino gave a small giggle.

"So are you." Ino smiled, patting Sakura on the cheek. "Whoever this guy is, I hope he deserves you. Oh, and I don't mean to weird you out or anything but, if you were gay, I'd have defiantly tried to take that further."

Climbing off of a furiously blushing Sakura, Ino crawled into her own bed, leaving Sakura awake to think.

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True to her word, Ino didn't speak of Sakuras crush again.

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One week later, Ino was napping in her bed. She awoke and rolled over to see Sakura lying next to her. Without further ado, Sakura leaned in and locked lips with Ino again. When asked why, all she said was,

"Your kisses are better than his were."

Ino could do nothing but grin dopily.

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Well, the first fic in the collection is finally complete. The next one to be posted will be "Everything will be alright."

Keep your eyes open later this week for the next fic.

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