"I can finally go home. . ."
"Hey, girly, want to come have a drink?"
"No, leave me alone. I remember last night very clearly and - "
"C'mon, come with me. . ."
"No! I don't want to come with you!" Suddenly, someone's hand slapped across her face.
"You are coming with me even if I have to knock you unconscious."
"Leave her alone!"
Ino looked up. Shikamaru had come again to save her. . .
"Shikamaru. . ." The name echoed through her head.
~
Ino suddenly woke up in a cold sweat, and was relieved to find out if was all just a dream. . .but she remembered that night all too clearly. She looked around. Why was she in a hospital room in a. . .she looked at the bed, in a bed? She could hear deep breathing. . .loud and rigid. . whose breath was that?
Oh, it was her's.
Ino couldn't stand this. . .why was she here?
"Ino!" her mom called. Ino spun around.
"Mom? What are you doing here?"
"Ino, I can't believe you went off to drink with those dark men! You could've gotten very hurt if Shikamaru hadn't come!" Shikamaru. Where was he?
"Mom, I didn't have a choice. . ." Her mother's hand raised in the air and Ino closed her eyes for what was about to come. But her mother's hand didn't make contact with her skin.
Shikamaru was holding her mother's hand back.
"Don't slap Ino, she was under a lot of pressure." Shikamaru said calmly. Her mother nodded and put her hand down quickly. A wet towel wiped across Ino's forehead.
"Are you okay, Ino?"
"Do you think I am?" Ino asked hotly. Shikamaru sneered.
"She's back to normal." he told Ino's parents. Shikamaru grinned down at Ino. "I'm glad to know you're ok. But you'll have to stay in bed a little while longer." Ino huffed.
[Why is he here. . .]
"After what happened last night, I didn't think you were going to wake up."
[Last night. . .I remember now. . .]
Ino looked around at her parents and Shikamaru. They looked serious. . .they were talking but Ino couldn't make out their words. Her head plopped down on her pillow as she fell asleep again.
~
A few hours later, Ino woke up and looked around like she did before. Her breathing was getting better now.
"I'm missing a day of training. . .I bet Shikamaru left without me. . ." Ino muttered. She slowly got out of her bed and folded her sheets. She tried walking over to the door, but she couldn't. She was stuck. "What the - "
"You shouldn't try to walk yet, Ino." Ino tried to spin around, but she couldn't. Her hands were unwillingly planted on her hips. Shadow-bind.
"Shikamaru, I want to train. . ."
"You're too weak, Ino."
"I am *not* weak."
"Ino, don't argue. . ."
"I want to train, I want to train, I want to train!" Ino yelled. Shikamaru sighed as his shadow started fading. Ino smiled as she tried to move, but she couldn't. What's wrong? The shadow-bind wasn't on her anymore, how come she couldn't move?
"See? I told you you were weak." Ino squinted angrily at him.
Shikamaru picked her up and put her back in bed. "Do us a favor and try not to sneak out of bed?" he sighed. Ino crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"Do you think I even could?"
"No."
"Then how would I?"
Shikamaru smiled. "If you need help, tell me. I skipped training today." Ino looked up dazed at Shikamaru. What?
[He skipped training for me, does he like me, I can't tell, what's he thinking, I want to know. . .]
Ino just nodded with a loss for words. She rolled over, tucking the sheets up to her shoulder. As she closed her eyes, she felt lips on her head. Shikamaru. . .?
[I'm thinking too much.]
She smiled.
[I'm going to train. Just wait and see.]
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AsnGothic: Writer's block is back. Damn. I wanted to continue on my other stories. . .
"Hey, girly, want to come have a drink?"
"No, leave me alone. I remember last night very clearly and - "
"C'mon, come with me. . ."
"No! I don't want to come with you!" Suddenly, someone's hand slapped across her face.
"You are coming with me even if I have to knock you unconscious."
"Leave her alone!"
Ino looked up. Shikamaru had come again to save her. . .
"Shikamaru. . ." The name echoed through her head.
~
Ino suddenly woke up in a cold sweat, and was relieved to find out if was all just a dream. . .but she remembered that night all too clearly. She looked around. Why was she in a hospital room in a. . .she looked at the bed, in a bed? She could hear deep breathing. . .loud and rigid. . whose breath was that?
Oh, it was her's.
Ino couldn't stand this. . .why was she here?
"Ino!" her mom called. Ino spun around.
"Mom? What are you doing here?"
"Ino, I can't believe you went off to drink with those dark men! You could've gotten very hurt if Shikamaru hadn't come!" Shikamaru. Where was he?
"Mom, I didn't have a choice. . ." Her mother's hand raised in the air and Ino closed her eyes for what was about to come. But her mother's hand didn't make contact with her skin.
Shikamaru was holding her mother's hand back.
"Don't slap Ino, she was under a lot of pressure." Shikamaru said calmly. Her mother nodded and put her hand down quickly. A wet towel wiped across Ino's forehead.
"Are you okay, Ino?"
"Do you think I am?" Ino asked hotly. Shikamaru sneered.
"She's back to normal." he told Ino's parents. Shikamaru grinned down at Ino. "I'm glad to know you're ok. But you'll have to stay in bed a little while longer." Ino huffed.
[Why is he here. . .]
"After what happened last night, I didn't think you were going to wake up."
[Last night. . .I remember now. . .]
Ino looked around at her parents and Shikamaru. They looked serious. . .they were talking but Ino couldn't make out their words. Her head plopped down on her pillow as she fell asleep again.
~
A few hours later, Ino woke up and looked around like she did before. Her breathing was getting better now.
"I'm missing a day of training. . .I bet Shikamaru left without me. . ." Ino muttered. She slowly got out of her bed and folded her sheets. She tried walking over to the door, but she couldn't. She was stuck. "What the - "
"You shouldn't try to walk yet, Ino." Ino tried to spin around, but she couldn't. Her hands were unwillingly planted on her hips. Shadow-bind.
"Shikamaru, I want to train. . ."
"You're too weak, Ino."
"I am *not* weak."
"Ino, don't argue. . ."
"I want to train, I want to train, I want to train!" Ino yelled. Shikamaru sighed as his shadow started fading. Ino smiled as she tried to move, but she couldn't. What's wrong? The shadow-bind wasn't on her anymore, how come she couldn't move?
"See? I told you you were weak." Ino squinted angrily at him.
Shikamaru picked her up and put her back in bed. "Do us a favor and try not to sneak out of bed?" he sighed. Ino crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"Do you think I even could?"
"No."
"Then how would I?"
Shikamaru smiled. "If you need help, tell me. I skipped training today." Ino looked up dazed at Shikamaru. What?
[He skipped training for me, does he like me, I can't tell, what's he thinking, I want to know. . .]
Ino just nodded with a loss for words. She rolled over, tucking the sheets up to her shoulder. As she closed her eyes, she felt lips on her head. Shikamaru. . .?
[I'm thinking too much.]
She smiled.
[I'm going to train. Just wait and see.]
~
AsnGothic: Writer's block is back. Damn. I wanted to continue on my other stories. . .