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Chapter 8: moving on..

"Helloo?? What was that? Huh??" Ino demanded. They were not at the restaurant anymore. Instead, Ino brought Shikamaru to an empty alleyway right after their lunch ended. "What was what?" Shikamaru wanted to avoid talking to her about this. He knew what she was going to say. So he looked away, at least from her.. "You know what I'm talking about.. You never behaved like this before. HOLDING my hand for like the entire time? I had to eat with my left for crying out loud!" Ino cried out. She stood against the building wall and had her arms crossed and looked away too. "Well, i wanted to, okay? What's wrong with that?" shikamaru asked, but in reality it wasn¡®t entirely true what he'd said. Ino knew that it wasn't true, she looked at him in the eye and told him, "No shikamaru, it was because you Had to.."

Shikamaru just looked at her, he knew she was right but he didnt know how to make her feel the other way. "Well, did you see how he looked at you? He was thinking as if you didn't even have a boyfriend. How he kept saying ino-chan, ino-chan?" "Well, at least SOMEONE does." Ino stared at him with an angry and sad expression. "Look, i dont even feel like i have a boyfriend, Okay? nowadays, you don't seem or act like one." Her angry and sad expression changed into just a sad expression. "Ino, i--" "its getting dark, let's just sit or something." Then Ino found a bench close by and Shikamaru followed. Since the sun was setting, not a lot of people were out.

As soon as they sat, Shikamaru spoke, "Ino,then what was with the gift? Didnt you like it?" "Yeah, I loved it.. but the necklace, you didn't buy it for me, did you? You didn't buy it only for me, did you?" Shikamaru didn't quite understand. He just stared at her blankly. "You're not even wearing my pair. That's kione's pair, isn't it?" Ino blurted out, she didn't want to say it because she knew that he's just going to deny it. "What? Have you been to the cemetery lately?" He asked before he can say yes or no. "Yes. Why shouldnt I? I knew her too." Ino stated back. "I got that for you. okay?" Shikamaru said. He didn't even know what he was talking about. Of course he bought one for her after he bought kione's. He regretted that he even bought anything. "Why are we even talking about this, about her anyways? So you tell me, who's Tai?" Shikamaru was the one whos asking questions instead of giving answers now. Ino thought, should i give in? Just tell him? but she told herself no. "Why should I have to tell you that? Do I ask about YOUR OTHER "girlfriend"? Do i ask about Kione?" Now it was the other way around. "WHAT?! She's not even here right now. She's dead!" "Exactly!" Ino shouted at him. At first, Shikamaru was shocked that she agreed with him in an argument. But then he was confused. "She's not here. She's dead. but.. you can't forget her.. ever."

After what she had said, there was a silence.. Then, Ino stood up. "Shikamaru.. let's just have a break or something. Not a break-up but like a time-out. Just till Valentine's Day.. I already have my heart set. You have to set your's.." She walked past him but before going any further, she stopped. "I can't wait for you.. I'm sorry. If you don't move on, I will.." And with that, she walked away.. As she was walking, she quietly whispered through her tears, "But I'll always love you." Then she wiped her tears.


"Ino-chan? Where did you go? You rushed out so fast and it's late." a voice Ino recognized was heard in front of her. She looked up to see a worried Tai, but he was glad he found her. "Oh, Tai-kun.. I was just talking to Shikamaru-kun.. Not a pleasant one though.." Ino smiled at him like it was nothing even though it was something. "Well, let me walk you home." He offered. "Umm.. It's okay, really.. I can handle it." She said, as she continued to walk. He caught up with her, "It's getting real dark, you sure? It's not that safe." Ino thought to herself, oh, what the heck, it's for my own good.. And she nodded. They then continued to walk together.


Shikamaru thought, 'I'm going to move on, I am.. but, why tell yourself this? I have to tell Ino.' So he got up and started running towards the direction of her house. 'Ino, PLEASE.. Don't be that far..' he said to himself.. he ran until he stopped. His mind, his body, and his heart dropped dead. He looked away as soon as he saw Ino and Tai together.. 'So, this is what she means by moving on..' He took another road, thinking that he can't give Ino in.. at least not to HIM.. Shikamaru also thought that he didn't have much time.. He took another road even though it was a longer way, he didnt want to go the same road as Ino.. and Tai.


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