AN: Augh, I have a super sore throat! I wish I could stay home from school and read fanfics all day...Anyway, thanks to all my readers and reviewers! I've been so excited to check my email lately, hehe!

This chapter is actually 2 parts...I thought the second part was too short to stand alone as its own chapter so I attached it to this one. Please enjoy!

Not too much later they had finished packing and Ino and her things had been carted off to the Nara house. The building was roughly the same size as her house, with just one very long level instead of the square shape of her own house, but there was more warmth to it; it practically oozed comfort. There were plush couches and chairs at every turn, with intricate paintings on the wall and games scattered on a table in the living room.

As soon as they reached said living room, Shikamaru plopped down on a couch and closed his eyes. Ino wasn't sure if he had dozed off or not, so she just stood there uncomfortably. Yoshino walked into the room a moment later and Ino could almost FEEL the heat of her anger.

"NARA SHIKAMARU, you get up RIGHT THIS SECOND!" She hollered, grabbing a magazine from a rack next to the couch and rolling it up. When Shikamaru only rolled over a little in his spot, she held the magazine out to Ino. "Hit him." she instructed Ino. "I told him he had to show you around, and by god, he had better wake up and do as I say!"

Ino suppressed a laugh and whacked Shikamaru over the head. "Oooowwww!" He groaned, opening one eye and rubbing his head. "Geez, I was awake! I was only resting for a moment!"

Yoshino shook her head and stalked off, telling her son to show Ino around over her shoulder. He shrugged at his mother, and then stood up. "Gawd." He muttered, then turned to Ino. "Sorry. I woke up early this morning."

Ino gave him an indifferent look. "Well, you going to show me around or not?"

He looked long-suffering. "Yeah, yeah." He made a sweeping gesture. "This is the living room, as I assume you've already gathered." She nodded and he led her down the hall. He opened doors as he went. "My parent's room." and "The bathroom." and "A game room." were the simple answers he gave her until they reached the end of the long hallway.

"This one is my room." He said quietly, stepping inside. It was large with a bunch of knickknacks and books strewn everywhere. Ino followed him in. "This...Well, this is where you'll be staying until our parents finalize the deal on the house they're buying us."

Ino crossed her arms. "Here?"

He shrugged, looking uncomfortable. "Yes."

"With you?"

"...Yeah."

Ino shook her head. "No."

He sat in one of his chairs. "Yes?"

"I'm not sleeping with you."

Shikamaru cocked his head. "Which form of that term do you mean?"

Ino turned red. "BOTH!"

He gave her a weird smile. "Sorry, but this is where our parents decided to put you. But don't worry, I won't rape you or anything." he gestured at the bed. "Besides, it's big enough for two."

It was true--his bed was huge--but she stomped her foot like a child. "I don't want to sleep in here with you!"

He stood up and sighed. "Too bad, Ino. My parents will get on our case if you don't, and they're really annoying so you might as well get used to me."

ImI just feel a bit strange around you right now, you know? She tried to shrink and disappear right where she stood but failed. Like, were being shoved together so quickly and its hard on me.

He pushed the covers away on his bed to lie down on one side. Cmere Ino. He said, closing his eyes. She slowly walked over to the bed. Im tired; lets sleep and youll forget about it.

Ino scoffed. Its practically noon though!

He shrugged, rolling over in his bed to look at her. Mom will wake us up when shes made lunch.

Ino was silent for a second before she burst out in giggles. Okay, okay, thats not really what I meant, but whatever. You win. She smiled and carefully laid down on the bed beside him.

She was stiff as he pulled the covers up over them, but after a minute or so, when Shikamarus breathing became regular and she knew he was asleep, Ino slowly relaxed and re-arranged herself on the bed to be most comfortable. She was asleep shortly.

"SHIKA-A-aww, how precious! Shikato! Come here!" A voice slowly broke through Inos drowsiness. "They are so cute! Look at Shikamaru; hes so forward for once!"

"Too cute, Yoshino.What a softy I've got for a son!"

Ino tried to ignore the voices and snuggled closer to the warmth of the bed. "Shuddup." She muttered.

"Yeah, shut it" Another voice piped in. Ino recognized it as...her husband? Ino instantly felt cold as she realized that she was cuddling with her husband in bed. Something that would have been perfectly normal, had their marriage been normal. However, it was certainly not a normal marriage, and she opened her eyes.

Shikamaru was laying on his front with an arm over her as she laid on her side nestled under his chin. The covers had been kicked down to the end of the bed.

Well, at least their clothes were still on. But Ino ignored this and sat up with a look on her face that screamed 'I've been violated! Help!' She twisted around to get off the bed, kicking her legs over the side, only to come face to face with Shikato and Yoshino.

"Aaah!" She screeched loud enough for Shikamaru to jolt up as if burned and turn to check on her, in the process noticing his parents.

"Oh, its you. Is lunch ready?" He asked like it was no big deal. Ino bristled. What, did he have girls in his bed all the time or something and was accustomed to having things like this happen to him? She frowned. Ino would NOT be disgraced by having her man caught with a mistress!

Yoshino chuckled a little. "Yes, sleepyhead. I called you five times!"

She left the room but Shikato lingered long enough to wink suggestively at his son, who wore an annoyed expression. Troublesome he muttered, wiping his mouth of any drooling he might have done while sleeping.

Ino stood up and, without any further adieu, stalked off after his parents.