Artheph's Note: ahh...my first story. Yes it's horrible. But we just HAD to post it up to ruin everyone else's lives. Pwahahaah oh yes....it's a songfic, I suppose, on "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5. Crysthur thinks the singer is sexy. Anyway. I kinda jumbled up the song and now it's all ugly. But it suited my purposes. Read away!

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Aburame Shino was lonely. Sure he had his bugs to give him adoring love, but they just weren't enough. He wanted more. He wanted what his mother and father had. He wanted to be in love. His bugs didn't count. He wanted to be in love with a girl. And as he looked around Konoha, he wondered which girl was the girl of his dreams.

Look for the guy with the broken smile
Ask him if he wants to stay awhile
And he will be loved
He will be loved

Shino thought of all the girls he knew. There was Ino, Sakura, and Hinata. Hmm...not many choices, he thought. Well one of them HAD to be the girl of his dreams. So he embarked on a journey. A journey to find love. He was actually very enthusiastic because he was sure he would find that very special girl though you couldn't see it behind those sunglasses and the huge collar that covers up half his face.

And he will be loved

He will be loved

He knocked on Ino's door.

"COMING!" Ino yelled from the inside. She opened the door with gusto and GASPED. "SHINO??!"

He nodded.

"SHINO?!?"

He arched his brow. Ino definitely was not the girl of his dreams. Plus, she was already confused about her feelings between Sasuke and Shikamaru. Shino didn't want a love quadrilateral going on. So, he left. Ino just stood there. It was then when she realized there was a cloud of bugs following Shino. She shivered.

And he will be loved

He will be loved

Shino ambled along to Sakura's house. He knocked on her door.

"SHINO??!" Sakura gasped as she opened the door.

Inwardly, Shino sighed. Is this the reaction he would get from every girl?

"Hey Sakura. Do you want to go on a walk?"

"HELL NO!!" shrieked Inner Sakura. Inner Sakura thought of all the millions of bugs that were probably crawling around in Shino's body. Inner Sakura twitched.

As Sakura looked at Shino, she remembered he probably had millions of bugs crawling around in Shino's body. She twitched, as Inner Sakura twitched. Oh look, a MIND LINK! Well maybe because Sakura and Inner Sakura are of one mind. Anyway. Shino noticed the twitch. Sakura was not the girl of his dreams. He sighed outwardly this time and left. Sakura went on twitching as she saw the cloud of bugs following Shino.

And he will be loved

He will be loved

Shino went to the Hyuuga estate in the prosperous part of Konoha. He knocked on the door.

"Oh, hello Shino," said Hinata.

Finally, Shino thought, a normal response to my random appearances. "Hey Hinata. Do you want to go on a walk?"

Uh oh, thought Hinata. She remembered their last walk. She and Shino had walked through the park in silence. Hinata had tried to start a conversation for once, but Shino had merely grunted in response. Apparently, he was too busy looking for a rare beetle that only went above ground on that particular day. Of course, only Shino knew that. He hadn't bothered to tell Hinata. So Hinata thought she was boring, and she ran away home, crying. Bad move, Shino. Hinata twitched at the memory. She didn't want THAT to happen again. So she said, "I'm sorry Shino. I have ...um...something else to do." She closed the door.

Shino frowned. That was the last girl he knew. So he trudged home slowly, thinking he would never meet the girl of his dreams.

And he will never be loved

He will never be loved.

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