Here you go: passing chapter. I immensely enjoy myself in writing them interacting with their parents!
"Honey…what's going on?" Inoshi asked while observing the scene before him.
"Dad!" Ino exclaimed separating herself from Shikamaru, but cotinuing to hold his hand.
"Shikamaru, why is Ino crying?" the man asked to the boy in an angered tone.
"Dad!" Ino tried to speak again, but again she was ignored.
"Why is she crying, Shikamaru?" the man repeated towards the younger ninja, who was blushing madly.
"I…please, don't get angry…" the boy said not making much sense.
"Daad!" Ino repeated louder. Upon not receiving an answer for the third time, she went to her father, and hugged him: "It's only joy" she wishpered holding onto him.
Inoshi seemed to relax upon hearing his daughter speak.
"I't's only joy" she repeated separating from him and looking Shikamaru in the eyes.
In exchange, she received a smile.
"Mum made wagashi." Inoshi said looking at his daughter. Ino smiled at him, then she nudged towards Shikamaru waiting for her dad to say something.
"Shikamaru, do you like wagashi?" the man asked then.
"Ehm…yeah, of course…" the boy answered fidgeting a little.
"Right" said Ino cheerfully "then why don't we go to eat them together?" she proceeded to take her father by the arm, and Shikamaru by the other one, walking them to the house.
They reached the entrance of the Yamanaka residence in a little time: Ino smiling all along, Shikamaru intently observing the floor and Inoshi caressing his daughter.
"Mum, we're home!" the girl shouted enthusiastically once she entered the house.
Inoshi caressed her face: "I think you better go wash your face, Princess, before you get to see mum".
"You're right, dad" she answered giving him a kiss before going to the bathroom.
Shikamaru stared at the point she vanished for a while, then he heard someone call his name. Ino's mother was standing in front of him, smiling, with a tray in her hands.
"I'm sorry I came this late" Shikamaru wishpered.
"Oh, no…" she replied with a gesture of her hand "it was already time, darling" she answered, still smiling.
That left Shikamaru speechless.
"Here I am!" Ino exclaimed upon returning. Before sitting down, she placed a kiss on her mother's chhek, then she took a wagashi and ate it in two bites.
"They're wonderful" she said while chewing.
"What is it?" she asked looking at Shikamaru, who had been watching her for a while.
He blushed for the umpteenth time that evening: "Mh? It's nothing" he mumbled "I always said you would look better with a little bit of weight on".
In an istant, he knew that it was not the right thing to say.
"I'm sorry, Shika, could you please repeat what you just said?" Ino asked "I think I heard it wrong…"
"Honey" said Inoshi "I don't think there's anything wrong with having some more roundness: look at your mother…"
"Thanks, dad, but I don't plan on putting on much weight…"
"I put on weight during my pregnancy, Ino…" her mother smiled.
"Shikamaru" Ino said with a serious look in his direction "We make one baby then stop, ok? I'll try to make a boy first, so that you can't whine on the clan coninuity, then...".
Inoshi was looking his daughter with wide eyes: his little princess was taking about babies, and talking babies meant talking...
"Ino, technically it's the man who decides on the sex of the baby" Shikamaru corrected her "because the woman has two X chromosomes, so..." while argumenting, he caught Inoshi's glare. "but…I think it's a little too soon to talk about that, isn't it?"
"It is" Inoshi confirmed "Definetly too soon."
His wife spoke then: "Dear, take another wagashi, and don't choke on it".
"Well, it is not entirely true" Ino continued "because I heard that if during the conceiving..."
Shikamaru felt himself heating up: "Ino, don't you want another wagashi too?" he interrupted her. "They're wonderful, aren't they?" he smiled forcedly, desperatley trying to change the subject.
She nodded, unable to speak.
"It's because you chose well, love" her mother said, and Shikamaru relaxed for the first time since Inoshi's entrance: he didn't know why, but he had the distinct impression that Ino's mother wasn't talking about wagashis.
Thanks to my wonderful reviewers:
HyUcHiHaThank you very much! Thanks for pointing out which part did you like best, it's very important to me!
Daxoyes, it would be high time for Shikamaru to run away, but unfortunately for him, Ino does not agree...
mmm.kai.mmmInoshi, who else? Wouldn't want his princess touched by anyone!
Sorrel-PiedraHere's your chapter! (I received the adorable puppy! Yay!...but I'm waiting for the Shikamaru one...).
Thank you very much, you're the funniest reviewer ever!
Esoteric MemoriesOk, thank you very much...I'll try and correct it!
