Stand With Me in the Rain

Ever since I was little I always loved the rain. Actually, I loved everything in the sky. The sun, the clouds, the wind. Everything. I was always…. well, jealous I guess. The sky was always so free and relaxed, ever during the worst of storms. It never had a care in the world or any problems to deal with like we humans, especially people like me, have to deal with. Problems like people dumping all these missions for you to complete and always having to fix everyone else's problems. Or dealing with you own personal problems like friends, family…girls. I've always asked myself, "Why can't I I be up in the sky?"

Actually, to tell the truth, I've finally fallen into the trap. Someone has caught my eye and I can't escape. Everyone said it was bound to happen one day, but I always denied it. A person like me just can't fall in love. But…I guess I was wrong. It's weird though, this "love" thing. It's weird how you can go from utterly disliking someone and then the next minute…well, you're being drawn to them as if they were a magnet and you were the metal. I'll never understand it, but hey, I don't even understand myself sometime. And I KNOW I'll never understand girls. One minute they're head over heels for you and the next thing you know they're plotting ways to kill you. They're so weird, but I guess weird isn't always that bad.

The craziest thing about love is how you fall for just about the last person on Earth you'd ever think of. Most of the time you don't even notice it and other times it's screaming right at you…literally. It took a while for me to realize the facts and when I did I wondered why I didn't' see it before. I guess I didn't want to accept the fact that I m Nara Shikamaru, was in love.

So here I am now, standing here in the rain. It's cool, it's calm, and right now it's where I belong. I just wish everyone would just leave me here to myself to where I can be free. I often compare myself to the rain so people might better understand…me. But no one's quite figured it out yet. No one.

Then I head it. Her voice, ringing out in the silent noise of the rain. I couldn't comprehend exactly what the girl was trying to say since I was still lost in my own little world. I felt her hand upon my shoulder and I could see her blonde hair, drenched from the lazy down pour and her eyes…those sad eyes looking at me. My feelings have never shown and I wasn't planning on them ever to…until she turned and began to go her own way. I had to stop her…I couldn't let her go. I reached out, grabbed her hand and looked into her eyes, whispering, "Wait…don't go, Ino. Stand with me…stand with me in the rain."