Ok, guys. I know a lot of you hate the whole concept of Ino being a cutter, but please don't worry. There's a reason I made that happen, I didn't just make her cut herself for the heck of it ok? It WILL lead to something. I know it's awful, but please trust me on this one.

Dear Temari,

As per usual, you make me cave. I'll go to this dance of yours on ONE condition. You let me leave when I want, and DO NOT bring up the whole park drama to anyone. The last thing I need is to hear all the rumors going around about what happened. As if there aren't enough troubles as it is.

But I can't help but wonder…how Ino is doing. I'm starting to feel bad for just leaving her there in tears that night. For some reason, as relaxing as it felt to let all my anger out, I could feel a pang in my chest with every step I took away from her. It was as if pieces of my heart were pinging off one by one. I wonder how she felt. She was obviously sad, but why? I mean, she seemed perfectly snug on her walk with Sasuke, and not hesitant to talk trash about me openly. So why the tears? It was like…well, could she have lied, possibly? Nah, Ino is never one to lie. It's just like her to speak her mind to anyone, I should have seen it coming.

So after thinking all that, I decided the dance will probably take my mind off everything. So count me in. Oh yeah, don't expect me to show up in some tux or something. As you said, I hate social gatherings, thus I'm not obligated to respect them.

Decidedly yours,

Shikamaru

PS…Maybe being with you is his cover-up or something. And hey, it's not like the guy's about to come out of the closet to his girlfriend. For all you know, you might be meat on the side…no, I won't torture you with that thought. But you still may want to think about that.

(Spins in circles) Dooooon't be mad at meeeee….

That wasn't supposed to be a song. That was supposed to be me spinning in circles while imploring to my dear readers.