My Sassy Girl

Chapter 19

Disclaimer: Seriously... i want to own Ino.

We're at Ino's house...

Her and I are sitting on a couch, and her mother and uncle are sitting on a couch opposite of us. They're looking straight at us... And her father sat on the sofa next to ours... the kind that the head of the family sits on.

I was so nervous, my body began to twitch and shiver a little...

I've met her uncle before... in jail... But this is the first time I've met her parents... I've talked with them before briefly on the phone once, but to see them face to face... I could feel my body go rigid..

Even if the circumstances was a joyful event where I was formally visiting her family, they would still wonder if I'm the kind of a guy that's worthy to be with their only precious daughter... so how would they feel when they see a guy who's still glowing from the warmth of a ... police station?

It would've helped if I was dressed up a bit... but I was just in a fistfight with a bunch of gangsters in a muddy street... I was a mess...

The silent couple of minutes passed like two or three hours...

Her mom brought me a cup of juice... I was getting thirsty from my nervousness.. so I drank it in one gulp... her father began to speak...

"You... why don't you clean yourself first? Honey, could you get him a set of clothes?"

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So I unexpectedly got to shower in a stranger's house... in a girl's house, no less...

I went to Ino's room. She had her own small bathroom attached to the bedroom... I guess she's the only one using it... ^_^

I became the first guy to take a shower in her bathroom^^

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Wow! The bathroom scent is great!…. You know, how a girl's room smells much nicer? There's the smell of her cosmetics but... the undefinable scent of a mature woman... ^^;;

That scent was in the bathroom as well...

The bathroom at my house is shared by all four members of our family... the funny thing is, everyone has their own toothbrushes... oh, wait, no, I meant we all have our own soaps... -_-;; Toothbrushes are meant to be for one person... Hmm... Anyway, if someone accidentally uses someone else's soap while they're still sleeping, then our family goes into a "Soap War" mode...

Everyone intensely guards their own soaps...

I once accidentally used my sister Karin's soap, and the next day, I saw her coming out of the bath looking smug and I checked inside the bathroom,… she bathed completely dissolving my soap in the bathwater… -_-

For your information, this isn't some mental problem that we have... it's more like a hobby... -_-;

So our bathroom gets very dirty... Soaps are everywhere... and there are my sister's red hair, my blond hair, my mom's long red hair, and my dad's light blond hair all harmoniously... blocking the sink…

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In any case, I've never seen such a clean and pleasant smelling bathroom in my life... the towels are all dried up nicely on the racks... and there were many bath products that I've never even seen or heard before...

I took my clothes off and turned on the shower... warm water began to come out... all the nervousness in my body dissolved out... there is a bath towel in here for scrubbing ... haha! This must be the one she uses... Yes!

I am using the towel that Ino uses everyday and... I'm seriously crept out at this moment with myself thinking like a pervert...

There's a bath soap here as well... is it a body cleanser? I put the soaps... or shampoo-like lotion on her pleasant-smelling towel and scrubbed away... I felt really clean afterwards...

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I heard Ino from outside...

"I have your change of clothes outside on the bed."

I went out of the showers... There was a neatly folded clothes on the bed… and…

There's an underwear there as well... -_-;;

They must be new, since they didn't take it out of a box... and it must've been her dad's... I wore it in any case... ^^;

The pants... oh boy... this is her jean... There's no way this will fit me... I'm not exactly fat or anything, but how can a thin girl's jean fit a guy like me? I opened the door a little and got my head poking out.

At once, her parents and uncle turned to stare at me... As I completely got their attention... I said...

"Um, the pants is a bit too small for me.."

How embarrassing... what is this, really? In front of her parents, no less... So, she lent me her overalls... I went back into the bathroom while she was getting it, of course...

I wore the overalls... it fit me quite well... but the pants ended way above my ankle... a Michael Jackson style, if you will ^^;;

And then I picked up the shirt... It... has laces on it... -_-;; In the middle there's a very pretty lace... Grrrrr...

This must be her idea of a prank... How can she pull a prank in a situation like this, when I'm dying of nervousness? ... What can I do?

I poked my head outside the room again and called for her... and... I went back into the bathroom... with the bathroom door between us, we talked to each other...

"Hey! Are you kidding me?! Get me a proper shirts for crying out loud!… Laces!..."

"Hahaha! But I picked out the prettiest shirts."

"…. " -_-;;

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She left me another shirt... this one wasn't too bad... though it looked familiar... Oh yeah... this is the t-shirt that she was wearing when I first met her on the subway... how nostalgic...

I put the shirt on and looked at the mirror.

Purple t-shirts, blue overall that only goes to my ankles... I was reminded of a song...

'When Daddy goes to work, Popopo! When Mommy hugs me, Popopo!' [1]

That's right... my clothes would remind everyone of Popopo

I have to face her parents looking like this... tears were fogging my eyes...

I really wanted to go back into the bathroom and just wear my mud-covered clothes, but I decided to go outside instead.

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Just as I stepped out….

She begins to laugh as if she went insane... "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Then…

Her mom begins to laugh... and her dad... and her uncle... I want to cry… T_T

But thanks to this, the atmosphere became a lot lighter... turning disasters into opportunities, That's me I guess... Hehe...

So we all sat down on the couches again. They must have heard what happened from her while I was taking a shower..

Her mom thanked me. Her family thinks that I fought those gangsters 3 to 1 and beat them all up in order to protect Ino.

The truth is... she kinda saved me from them...

Without her kendo skills, I probably would have become minced meat...

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And like all meetings between guys and their girl's parents, they started with small talks then they began to ask me all these questions about myself... I sweated nervously... You guys would know that this was the scariest question: 'What do you want to be when you grow up?'

So Of course, they asked "What are your plans for the future?", but it's the same basic question... I like living an ordinary life... I don't have any outrageous dreams...

I wanted to say "I want to marry into a rich family..." -_-;; but I couldn't say it, they might get offended.

That twenty or so minutes with them I somehow survived, It's time for me to leave now, so... I said good night to her parents, Uncle and went to the front gate with her.

Chotto matte…

"Hey, how can I go all the way home looking like this?"

"What's wrong? You look really cute! Hahahaha!" and she just continued laughing while shoving me off, and after I got a peck on my lip by her, it downed on me that I was already out of gates…. Still in that outfit.

T.T she played me…

It was finally the subway... I was too embarrassed, so I pretended to sleep the minute I sat down... Two or three kids that were there all looked at me like they know me from somewhere… yeah!

While I was trying my best to not to get to irritated by the kids pointing at me and running back to their parents to tell , Ino then called me...

"Hello?"

"Hey, Naruto... Um... about your clothes..."

"My clothes? Oh, right.. My clothes are in your bathroom…"

"Yeah, about that... I'll give it too you later, okay? *snickers*"

"That's fine... but... what's with the snickering?"

"Oh it's nothing... get home safely, okay? *snickers*" Its definitely not nothing, she sounds too amused...

"Okay. Bye."

I hung up the phone and thought for a moment...

"Shit!" Oh no... my underwear... I should've brought it with me in my pockets or something... Damn... I was too distracted by everything else... Today is an unforgettable day...

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"Mommy!" Grrr...I'll get those kids some other day...

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[1] From a very popular kid's show in Korea, similar to Barney or Sesame Street, but meant for a much younger crowd. I think there is video of this cute little girl on YouTube singing it, definitely watch it!