Colours – Shikamaru and Ino
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"Come on Shikamaru! I don't want to miss a light show that only happens once very thirty years because your slowpoke ass decided not to move!"
Shikamaru sighed, "Troublesome."
God, why was Ino making him do this?
"Ino, why do we have to go see this thing? It will be around in another thirty years?"
She stopped, turned and glared at him.
"So, why do we have to go to this? I can think of much better ways to be spending my Saturday night."
"We have to do this because; we might not be around to see another one."
With that said, she ran up the hill, yelling for Shikamaru to hurry up his lazy behind or there would be hell to pay.
He jumped into the trees that ran alongside the hokage monument and easily caught up to his girlfriend of two and a half months. While Ino was still in one of the top three spots on his "most troublesome" list, he found that over his many years of knowing her, somehow, despite her annoying nature, he grew to love her.
He slipped an arm around her waist and dragged her back to him.
"Relax! It's still light out and probably will be for another hour. We have plenty of time."
She shut her eyes and let him guide her.
"I just want to get a good seat. "
"We will!" He assured her. She just smiled. He had an IQ of over 200, he would probably know best.
"And Ino, I will do everything in my power to make sure you're around to see the next one."
She laid her head back onto his chest. "Thank you Shikamaru; but we're ninja. We never know when our time is up."
Despite the sad thought, Shikamaru know that what she said was true. And he vowed to make this a night she'll never forget.
"Keep your eyes closed."
He picked her up, one hand under her legs, the other on her back.
He ran to the top of the mountain and looked around at the people already setting up. He walked past them all and jumped up into the tree. Continuing up till they were as high as they could go.
It turned out Ino was right. The light he thought would be around for another couple hours was down to a dim glimmer.
"You can open your eyes Ino."
Slowly, she raised them looking around her.
"This is the perfect spot. Thank you Shikamaru."
"You are welcome Ino."
And together, they watched the last of the sunset, before huddling together as the bright lights flew across the sky.
Next Time: Chapter 5 = Spelunking: Shino and Hinata
Authors Note
Sorry this is so late; but I have been moving, I started school again and honestly, I just don't have time to write.
Reviews are welcome but not demanded.
Dotty :]