False Hope
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto in any way...
Summary: Ino breaks down when she sees Sakura and Sasuke together...Shikamaru/Ino!
Lol, I understand some people wanted Shika to squirt her with the hose and a water fight to start. Although that would be cute I felt he'd be more in character if he didn't ^_^. I don't know maybe I should have lol...
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Chapter 3
Ino sighed and blew some hair out of her face. She poked at her now cold ramen with the end of her chopstick as she watched Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, and –her- Sasuke-kun sitting some ways away eating. Sakura and Sasuke unbearably close. She scrunched up her nose at the sight and looked back down at her ramen. Minutes past and Kakashi and Naruto had left, leaving Ino to suffer at the sight before her. She watched Sakura giggle and take his hand as she quickly stole a kiss from an unexpecting Sasuke. Ino paid for the ramen, wrapping her coat closer around her, she left. She walked back to her home alone and then up into her room, plopping down onto her bed and burying her face in her pillow. She looked up at the small alarm clock on her bed stand but it wasn't facing her. She reached a hand up to gently turn it to her then let her arm fall limp, her fingertips grazing her carpeted floor. She had training in five minutes. That was why she was at the ramen stand, to have lunch the go to training.
"What's the point," She said sullenly as she looked out her window that was across from where she was passed out on her bed. 'There isn't a point anymore,' something said from inside her head. She lay there for what seemed like hours, reflecting over all her faults and what she had done wrong to get Sasuke's affection, until the squeaking of floorboards and her door opening disturbed her. She didn't look up at the person she knew was there.
"I'm suppose to be the lazy one not you," the voice said "Your late, let's go."
"Funny," Ino mumbled sarcastically.
"We waited an hour, Chouji finally snuck away to get food and Asuma went to go track him down," Shikamaru explained as he took a step into her room.
"That's nice," Ino said with no expression in her voice.
"Stop sulking," He said flatly as he closed his eyes and leaned against the wall by the doorframe. "I thought you finally got over it."
"Whatever..." Ino said and continued to stare at nothing in particular out the window.
"Can we just leave already, I just want to get training over and done with. This is such a bother," He said with a big sigh, looking up at the ceiling from his slouched position against the wall.
"Just go then," Ino said slightly irritated.
"I go back without you and Asuma will send me right back again. To much work, so just come on," Shikamaru said in his usual bored tone of voice.
"Tell Asuma I don't want to," She said and buried her face back into her pillow. Shikamaru grunted and then walked over to her.
"How troublesome," He mumbled as he picked her up.
"Put me down!" She screeched and started to kick her legs in order to make him let go of her.
"You keep doing that and I'm going to drop you," He said.
"Then put me down!" She yelled and accidentally punched him in the side of the face hard. Shikamaru dropped her and clutched his cheek.
"Ow!" she yelled as she fell onto the floor.
"You think –that- hurt? Arg! I should have just left and gone home instead of following orders," Shikamaru said still bent over clutching his cheek.
"Come on," Ino mumbled and went over and grabbed his free hand. She dragged him into her kitchen and sat him down on a chair and went and filled a cloth with ice.
"Let's just go, I'm fine," He said annoyed as he started to stand back up. Ino pushed him back into the chair and held the ice up to his cheek. Shikamaru sighed and sat slouched in the chair.
"Sorry," She said softly, not making eye contact. He pushed the ice she was holding away from him with the back of his hand and stood up. "Where are..."She started.
"I'm going, no use in training we're late enough as it is," He said and shoved his hands in his pockets as he started to leave. Ino's thoughts went back today when she was at the ramen stand and saw Sakura and Sasuke, and back to when they came into the flower shop. Tears began to fill up in her eyes as she grabbed hold of Shikamaru's sleeve. He turned toward her, raising an eyebrow in confusion.
"Stay? Please?" She asked.
"O..kay," Shikamaru stuttered. Ino walked back to her bedroom and sat on her bed, pulling her legs up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them. Shikamaru hesitantly sat down next to her on the edge of the bed. "You're really not acting like yourself, Ino..." he said.
"I guess," She muttered.
"You guess? Come on! Is this still about Uchiha?" He asked and folded his arms.
"I guess," She said, her voice shaking, as a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Oh geez, Ino! Please don't cry," He begged while rubbing his temples. He watched her body start to shake more as she cried. He breathed in and out deeply thinking of what to say or do. He reached over and rubbed her back, but not before pulling his hand back a few time unsurely. "He doesn't deserve you Ino," Shikamaru said in an almost inaudible voice, while looking in the opposite direction of her so he wouldn't get to embarrassed. Ino leaned on his shoulder, crying harder. He sighed again and then turned to face her. He took her chin in his hand and raised her head so that she was looking directly at him.
"Is he really worth all your tears, all your time, Ino?" He asked seriously. She stared at him and searched for an answer. 'Sasuke's my true love. I know it,' she thought.
"Yes," She said.
"Fine then. Just sit here and cry over him for the rest of your life, I'm sure that'll make him like you," Shikamaru said and crossed his arms over his chest.
"You don't understand how I feel Shikamaru!" Ino countered.
"You told me that before, but you know what, you're wrong," Shikamaru said.
"Oh yeah? When's the last time you've been rejected but someone you really truly liked," Ino said.
"I don't think –you- would understand." Shikamaru replied as he stood up and walked out of the room, leaving Ino alone and confused.
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Hmm...I think this chapter came okay, I don't know though I think the next chapter will be better lol, so please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto in any way...
Summary: Ino breaks down when she sees Sakura and Sasuke together...Shikamaru/Ino!
Lol, I understand some people wanted Shika to squirt her with the hose and a water fight to start. Although that would be cute I felt he'd be more in character if he didn't ^_^. I don't know maybe I should have lol...
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Chapter 3
Ino sighed and blew some hair out of her face. She poked at her now cold ramen with the end of her chopstick as she watched Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, and –her- Sasuke-kun sitting some ways away eating. Sakura and Sasuke unbearably close. She scrunched up her nose at the sight and looked back down at her ramen. Minutes past and Kakashi and Naruto had left, leaving Ino to suffer at the sight before her. She watched Sakura giggle and take his hand as she quickly stole a kiss from an unexpecting Sasuke. Ino paid for the ramen, wrapping her coat closer around her, she left. She walked back to her home alone and then up into her room, plopping down onto her bed and burying her face in her pillow. She looked up at the small alarm clock on her bed stand but it wasn't facing her. She reached a hand up to gently turn it to her then let her arm fall limp, her fingertips grazing her carpeted floor. She had training in five minutes. That was why she was at the ramen stand, to have lunch the go to training.
"What's the point," She said sullenly as she looked out her window that was across from where she was passed out on her bed. 'There isn't a point anymore,' something said from inside her head. She lay there for what seemed like hours, reflecting over all her faults and what she had done wrong to get Sasuke's affection, until the squeaking of floorboards and her door opening disturbed her. She didn't look up at the person she knew was there.
"I'm suppose to be the lazy one not you," the voice said "Your late, let's go."
"Funny," Ino mumbled sarcastically.
"We waited an hour, Chouji finally snuck away to get food and Asuma went to go track him down," Shikamaru explained as he took a step into her room.
"That's nice," Ino said with no expression in her voice.
"Stop sulking," He said flatly as he closed his eyes and leaned against the wall by the doorframe. "I thought you finally got over it."
"Whatever..." Ino said and continued to stare at nothing in particular out the window.
"Can we just leave already, I just want to get training over and done with. This is such a bother," He said with a big sigh, looking up at the ceiling from his slouched position against the wall.
"Just go then," Ino said slightly irritated.
"I go back without you and Asuma will send me right back again. To much work, so just come on," Shikamaru said in his usual bored tone of voice.
"Tell Asuma I don't want to," She said and buried her face back into her pillow. Shikamaru grunted and then walked over to her.
"How troublesome," He mumbled as he picked her up.
"Put me down!" She screeched and started to kick her legs in order to make him let go of her.
"You keep doing that and I'm going to drop you," He said.
"Then put me down!" She yelled and accidentally punched him in the side of the face hard. Shikamaru dropped her and clutched his cheek.
"Ow!" she yelled as she fell onto the floor.
"You think –that- hurt? Arg! I should have just left and gone home instead of following orders," Shikamaru said still bent over clutching his cheek.
"Come on," Ino mumbled and went over and grabbed his free hand. She dragged him into her kitchen and sat him down on a chair and went and filled a cloth with ice.
"Let's just go, I'm fine," He said annoyed as he started to stand back up. Ino pushed him back into the chair and held the ice up to his cheek. Shikamaru sighed and sat slouched in the chair.
"Sorry," She said softly, not making eye contact. He pushed the ice she was holding away from him with the back of his hand and stood up. "Where are..."She started.
"I'm going, no use in training we're late enough as it is," He said and shoved his hands in his pockets as he started to leave. Ino's thoughts went back today when she was at the ramen stand and saw Sakura and Sasuke, and back to when they came into the flower shop. Tears began to fill up in her eyes as she grabbed hold of Shikamaru's sleeve. He turned toward her, raising an eyebrow in confusion.
"Stay? Please?" She asked.
"O..kay," Shikamaru stuttered. Ino walked back to her bedroom and sat on her bed, pulling her legs up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them. Shikamaru hesitantly sat down next to her on the edge of the bed. "You're really not acting like yourself, Ino..." he said.
"I guess," She muttered.
"You guess? Come on! Is this still about Uchiha?" He asked and folded his arms.
"I guess," She said, her voice shaking, as a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Oh geez, Ino! Please don't cry," He begged while rubbing his temples. He watched her body start to shake more as she cried. He breathed in and out deeply thinking of what to say or do. He reached over and rubbed her back, but not before pulling his hand back a few time unsurely. "He doesn't deserve you Ino," Shikamaru said in an almost inaudible voice, while looking in the opposite direction of her so he wouldn't get to embarrassed. Ino leaned on his shoulder, crying harder. He sighed again and then turned to face her. He took her chin in his hand and raised her head so that she was looking directly at him.
"Is he really worth all your tears, all your time, Ino?" He asked seriously. She stared at him and searched for an answer. 'Sasuke's my true love. I know it,' she thought.
"Yes," She said.
"Fine then. Just sit here and cry over him for the rest of your life, I'm sure that'll make him like you," Shikamaru said and crossed his arms over his chest.
"You don't understand how I feel Shikamaru!" Ino countered.
"You told me that before, but you know what, you're wrong," Shikamaru said.
"Oh yeah? When's the last time you've been rejected but someone you really truly liked," Ino said.
"I don't think –you- would understand." Shikamaru replied as he stood up and walked out of the room, leaving Ino alone and confused.
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Hmm...I think this chapter came okay, I don't know though I think the next chapter will be better lol, so please review!
