Ha! Someone hasn't updated in ages. Yep, that's me. I've sort of been inching away from fandom, recently, not gonna lie, so expect minimal updates. 3
Title: Why Are You Here?
Challenge: Indecision.
Pairing: Ino and Shikamaru from rebirth [an rpg.
Note: Part of a challenge where I opened the floor to anything. Most were Naruto-based.
He was lying on his back on his porch, books laid down on his chest and his eyes closed.
It was thoroughly pleasant, definitely--
What was that smell?
One eyes popped open and catch a glimpse of a blonde head over where his (his aunt's, whatever) rocking chair was. Sitting up quickly (too quickly, and for a second everything was white) he spotted Ino rocking back and forth slightly, bottle in one hand and the other brushing her nails with blue nailpolish.
"That shit reeks."
"Your bathroom smells worse."
Grunting, he really couldn't come up with a retort that wasn't a lie.
"What are you doing here?"
She slipped her foot off the seat of the chair and stretched her leg out straight, looking at her toes critically, wriggling them gingerly. Pleased, she curled the leg back and went to work on the other foot. Shikamaru was wondering whether or not she was going to answer at all when she smiled slowly.
"I'm going on a date tonight."
In their teen years her voice would have be proud, she would have straightened her back and nearly beamed. Now she said it matter-of-factly, almost indecisively.
Shikamaru looked down to see what page he was on (345) and memorized it. "Anyone I know?"
"Probably not. He's just a chuunin. It was kinda cute, how we met, though. In line at the grocery. He was nice."
He cracked his neck. "So why are you here?" he repeated.
Her glance was few of questions: do i deserve him does he deserve me can i really stand it if it turns out to be another one night stand is he for real this time... Then she looked back down at her feet, which were finished. Sakura might have painted them better, but she was here, not at Sakura's...
"Go, then." he told her. "Have fun." Standing up, he left the book on the floor.
No way to find out if you don't try.
"Now I'm going to go clean the bathroom."