A/N: and now me and ThreeDaysToBurnOneNightToDie (screw it, I'll call him TDTBONTD) present u with the fourth chapter.

Disclaimer: we don't own Naruto.

Pairing: Shikamaru x Ino

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"Shikaaa!!" Ino's voice rang out in the Nara household.

Shikamaru groaned before moving his lazy ass off of the couch and started walking in the direction of his wife's voice.

"What do you want Ino?" he drawled as he leaned on the frame of the kitchen doorway. He watched his blonde haired wife bustle around in the kitchen preparing their dinner.

Ino didn't even spare him a glance when she spoke. "Could you take the garbage out for me please?" Without waiting for an answer, she threw him a large bag, which he caught it before it made contact with his face.

"Mendokusai…" ,but he complied nevertheless; he didn't want to be facing his wife's wrath anytime soon. Lately she had been getting more and more moody and it had escalated to the point where she started throwing large objects at him when she was irritated. The pineapple head scowled and rubbed the back of his head where Ino had just yesterday thrown a scroll at him because he didn't pick it up when she had asked him to.

Shikamaru dropped the bag into the bin that was marked 'GARBAGE' and stuck his hands in his pockets before trudging back into the house. Ino had been making him do more chores recently and it was beginning to irritate him. Instead of going back to the couch like he had initially planned, he found his feet leading him to the kitchen where a pleasantly delicious smell was coming from. Shikamaru walked over to their small table and sat down in a chair, his arm slung carelessly over the backrest. The genius watched his wife's every move and the edges of his lips turned up into a small smile, all past irritation gone. It seemed like an eternity when he sat there, but in reality it had only been a few minutes. It was times like this that Shikamaru remembered why he had married his childhood friend in the first place. Sure she was troublesome and demanding, but he wouldn't give her up for the world. It was all those little things that she did that made him love her so goddamn much. The little things such as her remembering to take his cigarette's out of his chunin vest when he himself forgot, or her making sure that his hairband was in the exact same place every day so he knew where it was, or her waking up everyday 10 minutes earlier than him just to prepare his breakfast and coffee so he wouldn't go on a mission on an empty stomach.

To be honest, he had liked Temari more at first, but after Ino's battered, bleeding body was dragged back from an A-ranked mission a year ago, he had nearly lost his wits. When she had arrived in the hospital, she had no pulse and was pronounced dead for approximately 2 minutes and 27 seconds. Those 2 minutes and 27 seconds were the most agonizing moments in his life. He remembered that he broken down and started crying and had tried to stab himself in the chest, but Chouji had stopped him in the nick of time, yelling in his ear that Tsunade-sama had managed to bring the blonde haired kunouchi back from the brink of death. It was after that incident that he had realized that he loved Ino more than a friend and needed her in his life lest he go insane.

He was snapped out of his stupor when Ino placed a plate of food in front of him. She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before sitting down across from him. They muttered a quick 'itadakimasu' and dug in. Dinner was pretty much uneventful except for Ino telling him about how there have been more casualties on missions and how the hospital was feeling the effects of it. Shikamaru almost laughed at the adorable scowl that had made its way onto her face.

The rest of the evening had gone smoothly without any argument and soon the married couple found themselves in bed in each other's embrace. Shikamaru took this time to ask the question that had been plaguing his mind all day.

"Hey Ino…?"

"Mmm… yea Shika?" she mumbled against his chest.

"How come you're making me do more work around the house?"
"Because you're a lazy ass."

"But you never made me do stuff before," he whined.

"You'll have to do those things eventually."

"No I won't."

Ino didn't pursue the argument anymore but merely smiled up at him. It was an eerie smile and it was starting to creep him out.

"Hey Shika?" Ino smiled sweetly at him.

The genius raised and eyebrow encouraging her to continue.

"I'm pregnant."

Oh shit.

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A/N: awwhh… he doesn't want the author's note again… oh well, he'll get the next one for sure XD this is a bit long I know, but I'm working on making them short.