False Hope
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto in any way...
Summary: Ino breaks down when she sees Sakura and Sasuke together...Shikamaru/Ino!
Thanks for the reviews everyone ^_^
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Chapter 2
Ino sat up in her bed, her vision blurred until she blinked and rubbed at her eyes. She leaned against the backboard of her bed and pulled her legs up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them, and resting her forehead on her knees. She knew yesterday wasn't one of those stupid bad dreams. She began recapping everything that happened in her head, tears threatening to spill she got up and changed into a red sweater and some loose khaki pants. She tied her hair up into a pony tail with a ribbon and walked downstairs toward the kitchen. When she got there she was surprised to see Shikamaru sitting at the table looking quite flustered.
"Shikamaru?" Ino said raising an eyebrow.
"Eh?" He said and turned towards her as Ino's mother put plates of toast, bacon, eggs, and pancakes in front of Shikamaru who looked more baffled then ever. Ino took a seat next to him, taking a piece of the toast.
"You here for a reason?" She asked and took a bite of the toast.
"I..I was coming to see how you were but your mother insisted I stay for breakfast," He mumbled "She as persistent a woman as well you."
"Just be happy and eat," Ino said, she finished her toast and poured herself a glass of orange juice as she got up and started to walk away. Shikamaru got up to follow her but Ino's mother grabbed him by the back of the collar forcing him to sit.
"You have to eat up, it'll give you strength. Now eat!" She said giving him the Yamanaka glare Shikamaru knew Ino so well for.
"But Ino..." He started but she cut him off.
"Eat, I'll be right back," She said and started off after Ino. Shikamaru heard the shouting in the back round. Ino's mother telling her she needed to eat and that Shikamaru was her company and she couldn't run off. He banged his head on the table wishing he had never come, as Ino started whining about how she wasn't hungry. Ino came back into the room finally and started to eat some of the food. Shikamaru ate some of the food also, knowing he'd be stuck there till he did.
"Well, Ino do you want to go for a walk or something?" Shikamaru asked lazily, poking at a piece of egg.
"I'm watching the store today, Mom's leaving soon and my father is on a mission," She explained and stood up.
"Yeah my dad is too. Is it okay if I stay while you're working?" He mumbled.
"Sure, whatever," Ino said, she needed some company anyway, hoping Sasuke and Sakura didn't show up again. A few hours had passed, Shikamaru was sitting by the cash register, though his head was fallen back and he was most likely asleep. Ino was trimming some roses, talking to him and thinking he was listening. When she finished she placed them in a container and then looked up at Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru! Are you asleep!?" She yelled, planting her hands on her hips. Of course Shikamaru didn't answer as he was in to deep a sleep. Ino glared at him and then noticed a hose by her feet, used to water the potted plants. She picked it up and pulled the trigger, a stream of water came out hitting Shikamaru in the face. He let out a yell as he crashed to the floor.
"-What- was that for!" He cursed, wiping his face off with his arm.
"Well I'm sorry if I bored you so much you fell asleep," She said and began to water some of the nearby plants and filling vases with new water.
"Fine, sorry to stay and try to keep you company," He muttered, shoving his hands in his pockets as he headed for the door. Ino touched one of the petals on the roses in front of her then looked up at Shikamaru who was about to leave the store.
"Hey, Shika!" She shouted over her shoulder. He turned toward her and a mischievous grin came to Ino's face.
"Wha..." he started, but that was all he could get out before Ino squirted him in the face with the hose again. "Why you...." He started again but stopped as he watched Ino begin to laugh, she continued laughing till she dropped to the floor, leaning against a wall for support the hose still in her grip. Shikamaru walked over a sat down across from her.
"It's not funny," He said in his usual lazy voice.
"Yeah, well I needed a laugh," She mumbled and tilted her head back.
"So...What happened yesterday anyway," Shikamaru said trying not to upset her again.
"My dreams shattered, my hopes were crushed, everything I wished for died," She said bleakly, gently squirting a flower beside her watching the stream of water trickle down on to the petals and then drip to the floor. Shikamaru oddly scooted over beside her, rubbing Ino's shoulder.
"Sasuke?" He inquired, remembering her reaction to when he said Sauske's name to her yesterday.
"Just –how- did you ever know," She said miserably.
"God, why do you care about him so much," Shikamaru said and crossed his arms.
"You wouldn't understand, you don't know what it's like being in love and never loved back," She snapped.
"How would you know I don't," He said. Confusion swept over Ino's face.
"But wh.." She said, Shikamaru had leaned over though and brushed a piece of her hair behind her ear, Ino looked up at him. Planning ahead Shikamaru grabbed the hose out of Ino's hand and jumped up, pointing the end of the hose at her.
"You wouldn't dare," Ino said snapping out of her state of shock. He sighed in defeat and dropped the hose.
"See you later Ino," He said waving quick as he left.
"Bye...."
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Hehe I hope everyone liked this chapter please review and more will come!! ^_____^
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto in any way...
Summary: Ino breaks down when she sees Sakura and Sasuke together...Shikamaru/Ino!
Thanks for the reviews everyone ^_^
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Chapter 2
Ino sat up in her bed, her vision blurred until she blinked and rubbed at her eyes. She leaned against the backboard of her bed and pulled her legs up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them, and resting her forehead on her knees. She knew yesterday wasn't one of those stupid bad dreams. She began recapping everything that happened in her head, tears threatening to spill she got up and changed into a red sweater and some loose khaki pants. She tied her hair up into a pony tail with a ribbon and walked downstairs toward the kitchen. When she got there she was surprised to see Shikamaru sitting at the table looking quite flustered.
"Shikamaru?" Ino said raising an eyebrow.
"Eh?" He said and turned towards her as Ino's mother put plates of toast, bacon, eggs, and pancakes in front of Shikamaru who looked more baffled then ever. Ino took a seat next to him, taking a piece of the toast.
"You here for a reason?" She asked and took a bite of the toast.
"I..I was coming to see how you were but your mother insisted I stay for breakfast," He mumbled "She as persistent a woman as well you."
"Just be happy and eat," Ino said, she finished her toast and poured herself a glass of orange juice as she got up and started to walk away. Shikamaru got up to follow her but Ino's mother grabbed him by the back of the collar forcing him to sit.
"You have to eat up, it'll give you strength. Now eat!" She said giving him the Yamanaka glare Shikamaru knew Ino so well for.
"But Ino..." He started but she cut him off.
"Eat, I'll be right back," She said and started off after Ino. Shikamaru heard the shouting in the back round. Ino's mother telling her she needed to eat and that Shikamaru was her company and she couldn't run off. He banged his head on the table wishing he had never come, as Ino started whining about how she wasn't hungry. Ino came back into the room finally and started to eat some of the food. Shikamaru ate some of the food also, knowing he'd be stuck there till he did.
"Well, Ino do you want to go for a walk or something?" Shikamaru asked lazily, poking at a piece of egg.
"I'm watching the store today, Mom's leaving soon and my father is on a mission," She explained and stood up.
"Yeah my dad is too. Is it okay if I stay while you're working?" He mumbled.
"Sure, whatever," Ino said, she needed some company anyway, hoping Sasuke and Sakura didn't show up again. A few hours had passed, Shikamaru was sitting by the cash register, though his head was fallen back and he was most likely asleep. Ino was trimming some roses, talking to him and thinking he was listening. When she finished she placed them in a container and then looked up at Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru! Are you asleep!?" She yelled, planting her hands on her hips. Of course Shikamaru didn't answer as he was in to deep a sleep. Ino glared at him and then noticed a hose by her feet, used to water the potted plants. She picked it up and pulled the trigger, a stream of water came out hitting Shikamaru in the face. He let out a yell as he crashed to the floor.
"-What- was that for!" He cursed, wiping his face off with his arm.
"Well I'm sorry if I bored you so much you fell asleep," She said and began to water some of the nearby plants and filling vases with new water.
"Fine, sorry to stay and try to keep you company," He muttered, shoving his hands in his pockets as he headed for the door. Ino touched one of the petals on the roses in front of her then looked up at Shikamaru who was about to leave the store.
"Hey, Shika!" She shouted over her shoulder. He turned toward her and a mischievous grin came to Ino's face.
"Wha..." he started, but that was all he could get out before Ino squirted him in the face with the hose again. "Why you...." He started again but stopped as he watched Ino begin to laugh, she continued laughing till she dropped to the floor, leaning against a wall for support the hose still in her grip. Shikamaru walked over a sat down across from her.
"It's not funny," He said in his usual lazy voice.
"Yeah, well I needed a laugh," She mumbled and tilted her head back.
"So...What happened yesterday anyway," Shikamaru said trying not to upset her again.
"My dreams shattered, my hopes were crushed, everything I wished for died," She said bleakly, gently squirting a flower beside her watching the stream of water trickle down on to the petals and then drip to the floor. Shikamaru oddly scooted over beside her, rubbing Ino's shoulder.
"Sasuke?" He inquired, remembering her reaction to when he said Sauske's name to her yesterday.
"Just –how- did you ever know," She said miserably.
"God, why do you care about him so much," Shikamaru said and crossed his arms.
"You wouldn't understand, you don't know what it's like being in love and never loved back," She snapped.
"How would you know I don't," He said. Confusion swept over Ino's face.
"But wh.." She said, Shikamaru had leaned over though and brushed a piece of her hair behind her ear, Ino looked up at him. Planning ahead Shikamaru grabbed the hose out of Ino's hand and jumped up, pointing the end of the hose at her.
"You wouldn't dare," Ino said snapping out of her state of shock. He sighed in defeat and dropped the hose.
"See you later Ino," He said waving quick as he left.
"Bye...."
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