She slowly made her way up to the house that she lived in with Sai. They had been living together for a year now because it had been agreed that before the wedding they would live almost as if they were husband and wife already.

"Miss Yamanaka welcome home." A male servant gave a smile.

"Hello, thank you." She acknowledged him.

As she was heading up the stairs a voice called out to her which caused the blonde to stop mid-step.

"Ino you're back."

She carefully turned around almost immediately she planted a bright smile on her face.

"Sai-kun," she then went to hug him. A few moments later he returned her hug. "Hi Sai-kun did you miss me?"

"Yes." He nodded. "I was worried about you especially when you didn't come home last night. I thought that I would have had to probably call the authorities."

She let out a weak sort of laugh.

"That's very funny babe. I didn't mean to worry you. I promise I just really lost track of time."

Her excuse had been that she was spending time with Sakura. She happened to be her best friend. She knew that if needed Sakura would no doubt cover for her. To her surprise Sai gently left a kiss on her cheek.

"Alright I understand but in the future I'd appreciate a phone call at the very least."

She smiled for him. This time it was a genuine smile.

"Aw Sai-kun you sound so worried about me."

He returned her smile with one of his own.

"You are my fiancée why would I not be concerned about you?"

"True. I suppose it would be strange if you didn't show some type of care for my well-being."

Sai slowly captured her lips in a soft kiss. It had been another thing Ino hadn't been expecting. She returned his kiss. Sai reached for her hand then started to lead the way to their bedroom.

"Come," he spoke leaving her little choice but to follow. Sai wasn't a particularly passionate man, except when it came to art. Ino believed his paintings was what he had truly loved. It was the only times she had seen him care about anything. He was indeed gifted that much she knew. Other than that Sai struggled emotionally. Sex with him had never been a passionate affair.

It kind of felt as if Sai was simply doing it because he felt it had been his duty. They were eventually going to get married. She wanted to tell him on several occasions that they really didn't have to, especially since neither of them was really into it. Sex should always be mutual otherwise there isn't really a point to have it. Sai laid her down on the bed while kissing her neck.

"It has been awhile." He commented.

"Yeah." She nodded then placed her hand on to his. "Sai-kun it's okay. We don't need to."

She had several reasons for saying this to him. One of them being Naruto although technically she wouldn't be betraying him since Sai is her fiancé. The young woman had genuine feelings for him. The relationship wasn't a fling. He meant more to her so she indeed felt as if she was betraying him.

"I'm betraying Naruto every day then." She thought to herself.

"Ino," Sai called out to her causing her to look up. "I want to."

She didn't know if she really believed him or not, but one thing she knew for certain was that she didn't want him to get suspicious. After all she had many appearances that she had to keep up. Her being with the dark-haired male was one of them.

"Alright." She nodded then smiled.

He carefully began to remove her clothes. One thing with Sai was that he always took his time with her. He acted as if she was a fragile doll. It was that or he was so emotionally unattached he didn't know how to approach the situation. After the clothing had been removed she lay naked before him.

"You really are beautiful." He placed a hand to her breast which caused a moan. There was very little to almost no foreplay whenever they were intimate. He then began placing some kisses against her flesh.

"Sai…" she wondered. "You don't usually do any of this."

She didn't know what to think right now. She didn't have much time to sit and process things because he had taken a hold of her lips once again. It was a bit stiff at first but she felt Sai begin to loosen up. His hands wandered along her body with his fingertips pressing into her skin.

"Are you ready?" he questioned.

"Yeah," she nodded.

It hadn't been much but he touched her more than he usually did. Sai positioned himself at her entrance then carefully pushed in. Like usual he had begun with gentle motions. The sex with him never did get intense. She doubted if he got any real enjoyment out of it either. He occasionally kissed her while continuing to move. His hands almost shaking as he grabbed her hips.

"Sai-kun…" she called out his name.

It never really lasted too long anyway. After a few more minutes the dark haired-male hunched over with a groan. "Ino…" then just like that he had cum and it was over. He withdrew from her then took her mouth in a kiss once again.

"I'm going to go shower." He told her.

"Sure," she nodded then watched him get up from the bed. She soon sat up with the sheets wrapped around her. A sigh escaped her. Naruto had been the only man in her thoughts right now.

"Oh Naruto." She whispered. "I'm sorry."

"Hey Naruto, buddy look alive." Kiba's voice snapped him out of his daze.

"Huh, what?" he looked up from where he was sitting. The brown-haired male grinned.

"You're in another world man. You were really spacing out there."

"I'm sorry." He apologized. "I kind of had other thoughts in my head."

He hadn't heard from the platinum-blonde in a week now which wasn't terribly unusual since she had been limited on how much time she could actually spend with him. That included phone calls. He couldn't help but think of her. He wondered if she was okay.

"You obviously have a lot on your mind. What's wrong?"

Naruto knew he wouldn't be able to talk about the situation with him. For one he doubted that the brown-haired male would even believe him. After all Ino was the Yamanaka heiress. He was the last person she was expected to be talking to let alone sleeping with.

"Kiba if I would tell anyone it would be you. I'll be fine."

Kiba didn't really believe him though. His friend seemed to be struggling with something deep.

"Okay Naruto buddy just so you know if you do need to talk about anything I'm here."

The blond male nodded. "Thanks."

"It's almost time for lunch. I'll treat."

"Okay sure."

"Just give me a minute I need to do something. I'll be right back."

Naruto gave a nod then took a glance at his phone while Kiba had gone off. There weren't any missed calls or messages from the blue-eyed female. He really hoped that she was okay and that her fiancé wasn't too angry with her.

"Ino I hope you're alright."

"Hi Naruto-kun." A soft voice called out to him.

He looked to see a petite blue-haired female walking over to him.

"Oh," he smiled. "Hi Hinata-chan."

The young woman named Hinata stopped in front of the blond male.

"Hello." She smiled back.

"Are you here to see Kiba?"

She nodded. 'Is he here?"

"Yeah, sure he'll be right back."

"Alright then I'll wait for him here." She placed the basket she was holding down on the desk.

"So how have you been Hinata-chan?"

The blue-haired female smiled warmly. "Oh I've been well. How about you Naruto-kun?"

"Absolutely miserable." He wanted to answer honestly but chose not to cause her to worry. "I'm fine."

Hinata blinked curiously for that tone of voice did not sound very convincing.

"Are you sure?"

"I…"

"Hinata-chan," Kiba shouted joyously then ran over to her. He scooped the petite woman up into his arms.

"Oh… Kiba-kun,"

"Hey." He grinned then took hold of her lips. It caused the pale skinned female to turn scarlet when they broke apart.

"Kiba-kun please put me down."

"Right, oh yeah. I'm sorry." He carefully placed her back down on the ground. "What are you doing here? I'm happy to see you of course."

"I wanted to um…surprise you. I made lunch and I wanted to bring it to you."

Kiba smiled widely. It had been incredibly sweet. He felt like the absolute luckiest guy in the entire world. Naruto couldn't help but smile a little too for it was sweet of her. He also couldn't help but feel a twitch of envy too. He wished to have what Kiba had with Hinata.

"Thanks babe." He kissed her lips. "You're the best. No one cooks like you do." His compliment caused her to blush once again.

"Thank you. I can't stay to have lunch together I'm sorry. I made a lot though so maybe you and Naruto-kun can split it?"

"Yea, thanks a lot Hinata-chan." Naruto spoke.

"Sure."

Soon Kiba was walking Hinata towards the door so that she could leave. Hinata then put her hand to his shoulder.

"Kiba-kun, is there anything wrong with Naruto-kun? He seems a little down." She couldn't help but notice.

Kiba looked to where his friend sat and he agreed with her completely.

"Yeah he looks depressed alright. He won't tell me what's going on though. I think he just needs a girlfriend in his life. He had someone as sweet as you I know he'd cheer up."

"Perhaps we could introduce him to someone. I'd like to see him smiling again."

Kiba nodded. "Yeah I'd like that too."

Naruto just watched as Kiba hugged Hinata goodbye. He wanted that. He ultimately longed to have a relationship like theirs. He doubted if he could ever have that with the platinum-blonde heiress, although he knew he wouldn't mind it.

"We'll never be like that will we?"

Kiba soon came back over to his whisker-marked friend.

"Hey do you want to go out to eat. It's a nice day."

"Sure Kiba that sounds good. Where did Hinata run off to?"

"Oh you know she had to do something for her father. You know what an uptight asshole he is."

"Yeah I know." Naruto remembered. "Well no matter how much of a jerk Hiashi-san is you're lucky to have a girl like her Kiba. She's one of the nicest people in the world."

Kiba agreed. He always felt like the luckiest guy in the world to have such a beautiful, kind woman like Hinata even look his way let alone date him.

"Well Naruto you could have dated her you know. She really liked you a lot back then."

The blue-eyed male remembered only for a long time he basically had no idea and was completely oblivious to it. There were no doubts about how attractive Hinata was he had unfortunately never seen her as more than a friend.

"I know but I don't think it would have worked out."

"Yeah, well lucky for me I guess." Kiba laughed in an amused tone. "Hey but in all seriousness you'll find that girl Naruto. I'm sure of it. I'll help if I can."

"Thanks Kiba. Well I don't know about you but I'm starving. Let's see what Hinata-chan made."

"Great. Now you're talking, let's go."

Ino stared at her cell. She had run through her contact list a dozen times stopping at Naruto's name for most of it. She sighed to herself. She missed hearing his voice. She missed being with him. They hadn't seen each other since the night of the motorcycle incident.

"Ino what's going on with you? You seem so distracted."

She looked to where her best friend Sakura's voice had been coming from. The pink-haired young woman came back into the room and sat down.

"Oh I'm fine Sakura. I just have a lot of things on my mind."

"Yes I can see that. We should do something. I know let's get on my father's jet and fly down to an island." She grinned.

Ino let out a laugh. "You're so impulsive."

"I was mostly kidding. I wouldn't say no to maybe going out to eat. How does Tanaka's sound? It will be my treat."

"Ooh…" Ino swooned then fell back into the armchair that she was sitting in. "Sakura you know me so well. I can never say no to Tanaka's."

Tanaka's was one of the most well-known eateries in town. It was extremely exclusive and very expensive. People often had to wait several months just to get a reservation.

"I know." The green-eyed female agreed. "It's one of you're…let's call them weaknesses."

"Yes, yes it is."

"So is that a yes I assume."

"Sakura we don't have a reservation. You know how crazy the wait can be."

Sakura's eyes flashed with mischief.

"Ino we don't need one. You do remember who we are, don't you. We're Haruno and Yamanaka there's no way we'd get turned down."

Ino just laughed. Sakura would always joke about their wealth and although her tone was always very playful. She was not wrong. The Haruno family had just as much power as the Yamanaka family. Her father of course only associated with other prestigious families. There was nothing except the best for Inoichi Yamanaka. There would be no other exceptions.

'Well when you put it that way you're right."

"Aren't I always? Anyway let's go to Tanaka's we can sit and talk. You can also tell me why I had to cover for you so unexpectedly when Sai asked about you?"

Ino paused then swallowed the lump of nerves in her throat. She wasn't surprised that the green-eyed female brought that up.

"Oh, about that…" she started.

"It's ok. I don't mind doing it you're my best friend. I just can't help but be curious that's all."

"Yeah, um look I'll tell you alright but not right now okay. I think going to Tanaka's sounds like a better option at the moment."

"Alright well then there's only one thing left to decide, my car or yours?"