Theme 19: Red
Rating: T
Genre: Romance/Fluff
There was something about making Ino's face red that greatly appealed to Shikamaru Nara. He had no clue why, but it just absolutely fascinated him to watch her porcelain face turn a deep pinkish red. Ever since they were young, he loved making her annoyed, just to see her face burn, and to hear her yell. All he truly had to do is be himself to watch her yell and rant.
However, he could have done without the hitting. That part he didn't like, at all.
That's why he was glad he found another way to make his best friend blush. He noticed how bright her face got after certain 'incidents' that happened after one or both of them were under the control of some perverted bandits, and realized that after these 'incidents' her face was much redder, and lasted much longer, then if she had been angry. Soon he started to wonder if he could do something to get these same results, but worried that she would hit ten times as hard as she normally did, as well as being way to lazy to put his plans into action.
But one day, his curiosity won over his small self preservation instinct, and his laziness, forcing him to test his little theory...
As usual, she had come to watch the clouds with him, she had just recently started watching with him. Shikamaru had decided today to show up a bit after Ino, to put his plan to action. He walked up slowly behind the blond woman and his shadow covered her as she sat on his favorite hill.
"Shikamaru, I know you're there." She said without turning toward the young man approaching her. However, this didn't stop him from stepping quickly and kneeling in fornt of her, ignoring the angry, confused, look she gave him, and kissing her as best he could.
He learned that day that she did indeed blush harder, and was delightfully surprised that her small moans were a much better reaction then her yelling and hitting. Also, he found out much later that year that she would still scream, but in a much better way.