Chapter 6: HOW SWEEEET

'oh man.. all these people are staring at me.' shikamaru thought.. it was the next day and he went back to the gift shop.. apparently, it was a gift shop where hardly any guy dared to go.. so it was practically an all-women shop.. and shikamaru, who was 12, had to go through this embrassment.. ' i cant concentrate with all these eyes on me.. what should i get her?? flowers?? thats too obvious and i would have to head back.. ahh!!.. perfume?? she has too much..' shikamaru was looking around to find a perfect gift which would get ino to totally forget what happened.. he was trying so hard to find one and also trying to avoid the older ladies looking at him as if he had the most courage in the viallge..

'ahh.. found it!' he thought as he eyed a very attractive hair comb/pin.. it was a small round comb.. which can also be used as a hairpin in china.. which was perfect for her bun.. it also matched her outfit with tiny amethyst rhinostones glued on the comb with a violet flower too.. shikamaru himself didnt know how he got good at these stuff..

he was about to as quickly as possible, check-out and leave.. but something caught his eyes.. it was a chain.. not too thin but not too think.. silver.. and had a single charm dangling.. a cloud.. a cloud with pink crystals plastered on the outline of the cloud.. it didnt catch his eyes because it was pretty but.. because of kione..

'argh.. why do i always do this.. always think of her.. everything around me..' he was frustrated.. real frustrated.. but it was something that reminded him of her.. so he took it off the hook, and went to the register..

at the register, shikamaru was having some doubts about this.. "umm.. excuse me young man." the cash registered said.. but he really didnt pay attention to her.. he didnt even know she was there.. he thought maybe he shouldnt buy it.. it would mak ino feel bad when she found out.. what??!! how would it?? unless he told him why he bought it.. she doesnt even know that it reminded of her.. "hello?? young man?" shikamaru noticed that she was talking to him.. "uhh.. yes?" he asked.. "this necklace is not a single necklace, you have to buy the other one too." she said.. "what? what other necklace?? is it gona cost more??" shikamaru asked.. confused.. "no.. the price is for both necklace.. isnt it why you picked it?" she asked.. now she was the confused one.. while other ladies were forming a long line behind shikamaru.. "what do you mean, isnt that why i picked it??" he asked.. "dont play with me dear, arent you gona get the other necklace too?? its a coupleling.. the other necklace." what?? shikamaru thought.. a coupleling?? isnt that a couple kinda thing.. OH! "you dont know?? well.." she pulled out something that was similar to the cloud necklace but had sapphire crystals.. "its a couple thing.. if its for you and your girlfriend, this is what you keep." she said holding up the blue one.. "and this is for your girl." she held up the other one in her other hand.. "now if you dont mind me purchasing, cus theres a pretty big line behind of you.." she then continued to place the items in a small shopping bag..

shikamaru turned around out of curiousity.. there, he found a LONG line of angry mobs.. no, just kidding.. they looked like it though.. the ladies were pretty impatient.. he turned back, payed and took the bag, and fled..

phew! he thought as he got out of the shop.. 'now.. a coupleling, heh? oh well.. but..' shikamaru thought.. he knew that kione and him werent a couple.. but he just threw aside his thought as he walked happily cus he finally got it over with..


=the next day=

"here.." shikamaru was at her house the next day with her gift, he was upstairs, in her room.. "huh? what's this?" she took the box from his hand, a slowly opened it. "OHHH!!!!" she imdietly threw her arms at shikamaru after she saw what it was.. "HOW SWEEEEET! THANK YOUUU HON!~" after squeezing him, she went over to her mirror and adjusted the comb like pin into her bun.. "its SOooo PRETTY!" she turned back at shikamaru and showed him how she looked.. then went over to him to hug him.. this was the right moment.. the very oppportuned moment to confess her true feelings.. "i love you.." she whispered in his ear.. still hugging.. she smiled widely and expected something to be said.. shikamaru was taken aback by this.. it was sooo fast.. and they were young.. he didnt want to lie to ino by telling her that he loved her too.. when later, they might break up.. but he did really like her.. "uhh.. yeah.." he said, as he hugged her back..

oh.. she thought.. thats what she gets huh? well it was better than she expected.. she expected him to freak out or something.. after she let go she told him that she had to go somewhere and that they'll meet later..

"yeah.. i have to meet chouji and naruto anyways.." he told her.. they said bye and he left the room.. she was disappointed but also happy.. she realized that she forgot to ask him about valentines day, which was coming up soon.. so she ran down the stairs, out of her shop, and saw shikamaru not far away..

"SHIKAMARU-KUN!!" she ran to him when he stopped hearing his name.. he turned around and asked "yeah?" and when ino caught up to him, she began to speak.. "you know, valentine day is coming up and i wondered.." she shyly asked.. it would be the first valentine when she wont be sending cards to sasuke.. "yeah?" shikamaru asked.. whos totally CLUELESS.. "you know.." she blushed of rosy pink.. "umm.. isnt that day.. when ppl do something with their.." ino nodded, seeming that he got it.. "girlfriend." he finished the sentance.. "i dont know about you but i was thinking of something like a picnic?" she said forwardly.. "yeah.. i was thinking the same.." he said, not wanting to sound like he didnt prepare anything.. "the park we went to last time looked good.." he suggested.. "no shikamaru, i was meaning a "private" picnic.. its soo noisy in the public.. ok? well gotta fly." she gave a peck on the cheek and was turning to leave when shikamaru caught her hand.. she turned back to face him.. she didnt know what he was doing.. then, with the other hand, he got something out from his pocket.. he placed that in ino's hands.. ino then took her hands and looked inside to see what it was.. it was a chain.. with a pink cloud and the outlines had crystals.. pink cyrstals.. they were pretty.. "aww shikamaru.." but there werent just one chain, but two.. a blue cloud one.. "shikamaru i think you should keep this one.. she hooked that one around his neck.. "oh yeah.." shikamaru said.. as she adjusted it the right way, she found out that a crystal was missing.. "oh, look at that.. ones missing.." she said to him..

"shikamaru, can you do this for me?" she gave him the necklace.. he had never done this before.. so he just gave it a try.. but her chain was like a choker.. he had to get closer so that he can hook it up better.. as he stepped up closer, she stepped front, towards him too.. he had to have his head over her shoulder so that he saw and hooked it right.. it took a long time since he was shaking real bad..

ino on the other hand, like this.. his face so close to hers.. her lips right by his neck.. she felt good..

after he was done, she had to hurry off to go somewhere.. that somewhere was kione's grave.. again..


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thats the end of that chapter! -from simpsons.. ahhaah..funny show..

so plz review and the next chaps gonna be about her visit to kione, and shikamaru talking about his "problem" with naruto..