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Chapter 7:
Ino, Shikamaru and Chōji
~o.O.o~
She had a bone to pick with that Forehead girl! When she finds her-
"Troublesome. Ino, you're scaring the civilians."
Whipping around to her best friend and teammate, Ino scowled. She did not want to deal with his lazy attitude! How could Shikamaru be so damn calm about this?!
"Uh, Ino . . . what are you so mad about anyways?"
Staring at Chōji as if he suddenly sprouted wings, Ino jerked her head back with a scoff. "You really need to ask?"
"Well-"
"Chōji! You were right there with me! Cause unless you suddenly went blind that night, it was pretty damn hard to miss!"
The young Akimichi felt his cheeks burn with a blush. It really was hard to miss. While Chōji had always thought of Sakura being pretty in her own unique way, seeing her the way she had been the last time he saw her actually made robust young man a little envious of his best friend's dad.
"Yeah, but-"
"No! No buts! Chōji he's at least twice her age! Twice!" Ino held up two fingers.
"Ino, Sakura's a consenting adult. She makes her own choices." Shikamaru said, stepped in.
Ino whipped around to face the apathetic man. "You're not even bothered by this?!" She was in disbelief. "He's old enough to be her father!"
"I don't see why I should." Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders. "Dad's happy. There isn't anything to be bothered by that."
Opening her mouth for a remark, a bout of giggling and laughing stopped it at the tip of her tongue. With Team 10's attention drawn to where the happy sound came from, they quickly spotted the reason for the noise. In an enclosed area of trees and grass were the subjects of their topic of conversation.
With his back to a tree, Sakura was straddling Shikaku by kneeling over his sitting form- his hands placed on the middle of her back and her arms draped over his shoulders. There was a good amount of space between their torsos, but they close enough to brush noses.
It was an intimate position; however, what really made Team 10 feel like actual intruders were the expressions the couple was giving each other. Shikaku wearing a lazy, but sincere smirk- his eyes softened but solely focused on the woman in his lap. Sakura was sporting a wide almost dimpled smile, evident that she had been the one laughing earlier.
Shikamaru turned back towards Ino, raising a brow when he saw her imitating a fish out of water before finally frowning.
"Now do you understand why they haven't said anything?"
~o.O.o~
~ sasyd
