Telling the parents
When Ino woke up it was nearly 11 o'clock.
She looked beside her if Shikamaru was still asleep, and careful crept out of bed trying not to wake him.
She looked at him with a smile; he was no longer her boyfriend, but her fiancée.
She walked downstairs to make breakfast, but when she came downstairs it was already there.
She ran back upstairs checking if Shikamaru was still sleeping.
When she walked into the bedroom it was empty.
"Good morning my love!" heard Ino behind her.
Shikamaru hugged her from behind and gave her a kiss in her neck.
"You didn't have to make breakfast for me Shikamaru." said Ino. "You used to be a lazy bum but you have changed a lot."
"I'm still lazy but I'll do everything for the one I love most." He said and kissed her again.
"Everything?" Ino asked on a nasty tone.
"Well I have my limits you know." he answered.
Ino wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a passionate kiss.
"Lets eat breakfast now or our tea will get cold." said Shikamaru.
After they had eaten their breakfast they sat down on the couch, discussing about the wedding.
"How about four weeks?" asked Shikamaru.
"Too soon, I think five will be fine." she replied.
"Ok. five weeks." he answered.
The doorbell rang.
"I'll get it." said Ino and walked towards the door.
It was Sakura.
"Hi!" she said happily. "Naruto and I organised a picnic and I was wondering if you and Shikamaru would like to come?" she asked.
"Of course!" Ino replied.
Shikamaru walked towards Ino and Shikamaru and asked why they were so enthusiastic.
"Sakura and Naruto have organised a picnic and they have invited us." said Ino.
"Who are coming?" Shikamaru asked Sakura.
"Well Kiba, Hinata, Neji, Tenten, Lee, Chouji, Shino, Kakashi, Kurenai, Gai and Asuma.
"Perfect opportunity to tell everyone about it" said Shikamaru.
"About what?!" asked Sakura immediately.
"Well," started Shikamaru. "He asked me to marry him!" Ino said happily. "He had decorated the ramen shop with red roses and it was so romantic!" said Ino.
"That's so cute!" yelled Sakura and hugged Ino.
'Poor Naruto, I'm sure Sakura will tell him about how I proposed Ino a dozen times.' thought Shikamaru.
"Well congratulations you two, I have to prepare the picnic." said Sakura. "By the way the picnic starts around two o' clock, see you then."
When they sat on the couch again Ino said, "You know we have to tell my father about it."
Shikamaru had always been scared of Ino's overprotective father and Ino had never told her father anything about her relation with him. So Shikamaru didn't like the thought of telling him about their relation.
"I know, but how on earth are we going to do that without getting me killed?" Shikamaru said sarcastic.
"Shika! He isn't that bad you know, just a little overprotective." replied Ino.
"A little?! When he saw me with my arms around you he kept asking you if I was a pervert etc." shouted Shikamaru.
Ino lay her head on his shoulder, "It doesn't matter to me if he likes you or not, I'm going to marry with you and I don't give a damn about what he thinks. By the way I still have a secret weapon." said Ino.
"Secret weapon?" asked Shikamaru.
Ino smiled and said, "My mom."
Shikamaru smiled, there was only one person on this would who could control Inoshi and that was Ino's mom.
Shikamaru and Ino walked towards Sakura's and Naruto's house.
The weather for the picnic was perfect, the sun was shining and the temperature was nice.
Most people were already there except Kiba.
Ino walked towards Sakura and asked, "Have you told anyone about yet?"
"No, no one." she replied.
"Let's go," said Naruto, "Kiba had arrived."
The group started walking towards the forest.
After 20 minutes of walking they arrived.
Sakura and Naruto were very busy with preparing the picnic and Ino and Shikamaru decided to rest for a minute in the shadow of a big oak.
"When will we tell it?" asked Ino.
"When we're nearly finished with eating." replied Shikamaru.
Sakura walked towards Ino and asked, "Have you told your father yet about it?" she knew what kind of person her father was.
"No I have no idea how I have to tell him." Ino answered.
"Neither have I." said Shikamaru.
"Why do I have such a troublesome father?" sighted Ino.
"Good luck, I have to continue with preparing the picnic." said Sakura and walked back to Naruto.
Shikamaru grabbed Ino's hand and kissed it.
"So do you want kids when you're older?" Shikamaru asked again.
"Yes, two kids seems nice." She answered, "How about you Shika?"
"Yeah I like to have a daughter and a son but I'm also happy with two sons or daughters." he replied.
"We'll see." said Ino. She laid her head on his shoulder and gave him a kiss in is neck.
"The picnic is going to begin, come quick or I'll eat your meal." shouted Naruto.
Shikamaru and Ino stood up and walked towards the huge picnic cloth.
The food was delicious. Sakura had always been a good cook.
Ino started a conversation with Hinata about Kiba and Shikamaru talked with Chouji about playing Go.
When nearly everyone was finished with eating Sakura raised her glass and said, "Two people here want to announce something."
She looked at Ino and Shikamaru and said, "Everyone listen to Ino."
"Ino stood up and said, "Last night Shikamaru proposed and we're going to marry!"
Shikamaru stood up as well and kissed Ino.
He said, "Everyone here feel free to come to our wedding!"
Everyone shouted congratulations and Asuma came walking towards them.
As usual he was smoking a cigarette.
"When I first met you two I'd never imagined that you would get married." he said with a smile.
"Neither did we." they answered with a smile.
When the picnic was finished Ino asked Shikamaru, "Maybe we can visit your parents on the way home?"
"Ok." he replied.
They walked towards the house of Shikamaru's parents which was on the other side of the village.
They knocked on the door and Shikato opened.
"Hello come in." he said.
Ino could here voices in the living room and she hoped that those voices weren't the voices of who she thought they were.
"Do you have visitors?" asked Shikamaru who also heard the voices.
"Yes Ino's parents are also here." Shikato answered.
Shikamaru nearly got a heart.
'Darn!' he thought.
Shikato opened the door to the living room and said that they could take a seat on the couch.
"Hello mom, hello dad." said Ino dry.
Shikamaru also said hello and sat down on the couch beside Ino.
Shikamaru could feel Inoshi looking at him.
Ino saw that her parents were sitting on the couch opposite of Shikamaru and she and Shikamaru's mom sat in a chair next to her mom.
Shikato was probably making tea.
After five minutes he walked out of the kitchen and gave everyone a cup of tea after that he sat down next to Inoshi.
"What a coincidence that you both visit Shikato at the same time." said Inoshi.
Shikamaru didn't know what to say.
"Well actually we're here to announce something." said Ino.
Inoshi looked surprised at his daughter.
"Well we, we," Shikamaru couldn't finish the sentence because Inoshi was looking him right into his eyes.
"We're going to marry." said Ino quickly.
There was a long silence after she had spoken those words.
"Well congratulations." said Ino's and Shikamaru's mom.
"Don't you think Shikamaru is a nice boy for Ino dear?" asked Ino's mom.
Inoshi was still looking Shikamaru in his eyes and didn't reply.
Shikato said quickly, "Well son you have found yourself a nice girl. I hope you two will be happy together!"
Ino smiled and said, "We will." She saved Shikamaru from her fathers frightening stare by hugging him.
"Come on dear say something." said Ino's mom.
Inoshi knew that he had to obey her otherwise she would get angry at him when they were home.
He looked again at Shikamaru. He was a nice guy, and finally he agreed with the thought that his lovely daughter was going to marry with him.
He stood up and said to Ino, "Congratulations dear, Shikamaru is a nice guy."
Shikamaru's heart started beating again and he was happy that he survived this situation.
"Thank you dad!" and she hugged him.
After he had congratulated Ino he walked towards Shikamaru.
"I hope you'll look after her carefully." he said to Shikamaru.
"I will." He replied.
Inoshi smiled, he could see in Shikamaru's eyes that he told the truth.
That evening when Ino and Shikamaru sat on the couch drinking a cup of tea Ino said, "Well that wasn't that hard, was it?"
"Well actually no, I expected worse." He replied.
"Maybe your father and I become good friends," Shikamaru said sarcastic, "You know, we could go together to the pub etc."
"As long as you don't kill each other I'm happy." said Ino.
"It's quite late lets go to bed." said Shikamaru.
"But I'm not tired." replied Ino.
"I didn't say that we're going to sleep." said Shikamaru.
"So what do you want to then?" she asked.
"Well," But when Shikamaru saw the smile on Ino's face he knew that she exactly knew what he meant.
"Bad girl." he said, he picked Ino up from the couch and carried here towards the bedroom in his arms.