Chapter 5
Shikamaru POV
I like her, I love her, I LOVED her. I was young, she was young. We were young, innocent, and happy. Until that day, she was to move…
FLASHBACK"Shikamaru, one of your friends are moving."
"Who? When?"
"Ino. Tomorrow." Although I was still young, I knew what that meant.
"Am I never going to see her again?" I asked almost in tears.
"Of coarse you will, just not soon."
"Dad," "Yes?""Can I have some money? I want to go buy some more school supplies." I lied. I had to get Ino a gift before she was moving.
"Of coarse." He gave me some money. I was young, so my dad probably didn't trust me with a lot of money. A while later, I ran around town looking for the best gift I could buy her. I ran and ran like I was crazy around the streets for hours. When I was about to give up, I found something worth buying. I was a picture frame. Big enough to put a visible picture in, but small enough to carry around on your neck. That would be perfect. I walked into the store and greeted the owner with a smile.
"I want to buy that necklace." I said pointing.
"Of coarse Shikamaru, who's it for?""Oh, it's for a girl moving away." At that time, I didn't understand being embarrassed, probably no seven-year-olds did.
"Aww, that's nice." I smiled and gave the owner the money. Before I was about to leave, the owner called me back.
"Shikamaru, since you are such a nice kid, I'll give you another identical necklace free," she said grinning.
"Thank you very much." I was surprised she did that, for the necklace wasn't very cheap. Anyhow, now it was totally perfect: one necklace for her and one for me. I came home with a smile on my face. My mom asked me why I was so happy. I turned to her and grinned widely, showing her what I got Ino. She smiled in delight and even helped me put a picture of Ino, Chouji, and I inside the two small frames. When we finished, I felt awkward about only giving her only the necklace for it didn't express my feelings for her as much as I wanted to. Somehow, my mom sensed this and told me to make something for her as well. Wow, moms were wise…troublesome and scary at times, but definitely wise. I thanked her and ran off to my room. I wanted to make her something artistic, perhaps a world for she meant the world to me. No, I wasn't artistic it would look bad. I tried making a poem.
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
I made this poem
Just for you.
Uh…definitely not what I had in mind. Man, teachers at my school said I was smart, so why can't I think of anything to make Ino? Dang, time was running out. She was moving tomorrow and it was already past my bedtime. Sigh, I'll just write her a note to tell her how much she means to me. I quickly scribbled down some words as neatly as I could.
"Shikamaru! Go to sleep!" Yeah, yeah, yeah…I quickly wrapped the two presents and placed it aside.
As I woke up the next morning, all I could think about was Ino. Actually, that might have been all I've been thinking about for a while. Anyhow, I woke up early just for her. Well, that's what I thought.
"What! It's already 10? Why didn't anyone tell me!" I screamed angrily to my parents.
"We tried, you know how you are when you're sleeping. No one can wake you."
"Whatever." I quickly ate breakfast knowing that she would leave in half an hour.
"Oh, that's right, Ino came by and said she was going to be leaving early. She says goodbye."
"WHAT!" I dropped my half-eaten bread and ran out the door with the two presents. I frantically ran out the door screaming my head off.
"INO! INO!""Shikamaru?" said a questioned Ino.
"Huh? I thought you were leaving early."
"Oh, I was, but I just wanted to see you and Chouji before I left. So, did you want something?"
"Umm…here!" I said shoving the two presents in her face.
"Oh…thanks. I'm so sorry I didn't get you anything…""It's alright. Just don't open it until you get to your new house."
"Okay."
"Umm…" "Well, I guess this its goodbye…""Yeah…" Then, almost out of a fairy tale, she hugged me. Yeah, we were only seven, a hug meant a lot.
"We'll meet again, one day."
"Promise?" She asked. Now, I could feel her tears on my shoulder.
"Promise."
END FLASHBACK
Why am I thinking about this? She probably doesn't even remember me. Yesterday when us three 'reunited', she probably didn't even know it was me, well, at least she didn't act like it. I know Chouji recognized the both of us…but she obviously did not. At least we kept the promise of meeting again one day…
Neji POV "Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke. Did you really expect me to all the talking for you?"
"Shut up about that, Neji. That was yesterday."
"…Even Naruto asked HIS date."
"SHUT UP!""Yes Mr.Uchiha. You're wish is my command." I said sarcastically doing a curtsey.
"…"
"Anyway, Shikamaru, who are you asking to the dance?" "Uh…""Oh, ask TenTen, I don't think she's has a date yet." I have no idea what possessed me in saying it but…
"Ha, not a surprise. She's a bit annoying."
"Ha, you're a bit annoying too. And I'm being nice when I'm saying a bit."
"Yeah, shut up Sasuke."
"As you wish," Sasuke said doing a curtsey.
"…" I'm not annoying…am I?
"Instead of arguing, maybe we should leave…just MAYBE…""Right."
"Sure."
"Whatever." With that, the four of us left in our directions heading to our individual groups. Why did I say that…she's not annoying. I haven't even talked to her enough to know anything about her. All she said to me was hi. What's wrong with me these days? I should really stop talking before I say something that I would REALLY regret. As I walked through the hallways and to the gym where my group meets, I had the daily greetings from every girl of whom I passed.
"Hi Neji!" "Oh, love you're shirt where did you get it?" "Neji! Want to go to the dance with me?" "Neji!""Neji!" Oh, fuck this was getting annoying. I walked faster and I was nearing the gym door when I completely lost my patience.
"Hey Neji!""SHUT UP! FUCK OFF. I AM IN A FUCKING BAD MOOD. STOP FUCKING CALLING MY NAME. STOP BOTHERING ME YOU FUCKING ANNOYING DIRTY PIECE OF SHIT! YOU DAMN TOMBOYS!" I yelled. I smirked. That sure shut them up. I looked to see who was behind me. It was…
"OKAY. I'LL FUCK OFF! YOU AREN'T WORTH MY FUCKING TIME!"…TenTen. Fuck, just plain fuck.
"TenTen…" I started saying. She pushed me aside and walked into the gym to where Lee was standing. Damn, now I just said something I regretted. I walked into the gym, slowly, full of regret.
"TenTen…I can explain…""What?" She said obviously annoyed and pissed off.
"TenTen, no talking."
"Sorry," she whispered glaring at me.
"Okay, Lee, TenTen, Neji. We are going to do exercises involving to have each other's trusts. So Neji and TenTen, you will follow what Lee and I do." We both nodded. "Alright. Lee is going to fall back and I'm going to catch him. Like so," Lee fell backwards into Gai who caught him without effort, "You too try."
"I'll fall first," she offered. I nodded. She slowly fell back to where I was standing. Then, for the first time I noticed her appearance. She was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans. Her hair was soft and streaked with random types of brown. She was skinny, very skinny, somewhat like a random supermodel. Actually, she would probably do well as one. She had tanned skin, silky hair, bright eyes, and a perfect face. Her frame was flawless. TenTen was actually flawless.
"You know, you can let go now…""Right." I dropped her. Damn, another bad move.
"You're turn," she said as she got up from the ground. I nodded and slowly fell backwards into place.
"Owww…" I said as I fell onto the ground.
"Whoops, sorry Neji," she said smirking. Damn her. When I said she was flawless, well, I lied. It was just her frame.
Ino POV "Shikamaru, can I ask you something?"
"You're not calling me smart-ass? You know my name? I mean…sure…" he said after seeing me glare at him.
"Do you have a date for the dance? No, I'm not asking you out or anything, I already have the wonderful Sasuke. Anyhow, do you?"
"No…" he answered.
"Excellent. Her name is TenTen."
"What?" asked Shikamaru confused. What? Is he like stupid or something?
"I thought you were smart. Sigh. TenTen is going to be your date."
"What? Since when?""Since 15 seconds ago. It doesn't matter you don't have a date anyway."
"I don't even know her."
"You don't know her YET."
"How does she look like?""She's pretty don't worry about it."
"Not what I meant…" "You know, the girl with brown hair? In Neji's group for class?""Oh her."
"Yeah." I took out my necklace with the picture and attempted to put it around my neck. After a few tries, struggling, I gave up.
"Uh…you need help?" Shikamaru offered. I nodded quickly not wanting to look dumb because I couldn't put on a necklace. He stuck out his hand motioning me to give him the necklace. I hesitated, but gave in a while later.
"Nice picture."
"I know, thanks." He wrapped the necklace around my neck and put it on for me.
"Thanks," I said smiling. Shikamaru wasn't all that bad…"No problem."
hoppe you enjoyed (: next chapter might not update for a while.. im a bit busy. so, we'll see how it goes.. ill try to update as soon as possible