Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I would be the happiest girl alive. So truly, I'm the saddest girl on earth.
A/N: Written in briefly 20 minutes.
Permanent
Why Ino? Of all people, it just had to be Ino. Shikamaru's thoughts about her refused to go away. Maybe, he thought, maybe it was only a temporary feeling and it would go away soon.
He frowned and turned to his side as he lazed on the grass. He never thought this much about a certain person before. He tried to ignore it and think about something else. He failed. It wasn't like him to be thinking about girls. To be specific, that meant Ino.
He plucked a random weed to chew on it. He did so, annoyed that the girl he'd think he'd forget after a few years was all he could think about. He'd already constructed a list of things why he hates her in his mind. She's snappy, bossy, conceited, pushy, and troublesome because she's so determined to make Sasuke love her. But his number one reason? She dominated his mind. The farthest part of his mind kept telling him he could make a list of things he liked about her. Every time he heard it, it would just add more fuel to his fire.
So what did all this mean? Is he denying himself? He kept wondering.
Shikamaru spat out the weed he was chewing on and reached for a different one. Without looking, he plucked another. When he brought his fingers to his face, he observed this weed had petals. A flower..? In the middle of all this grass? Shikamaru thought. He examined it. It had vibrant yellow petals, he thought it stood out from all the other flowers, and it was very beautiful. It reminded him of Ino. And no, it wasn't just because she owned a flower shop.
Shikamaru sighed in defeat. Everything reminded him of Ino. The beauty of nature, the blue sky that resembled her eyes, everything. Maybe this feeling about her wasn't temporary at all, because soon wouldn't come for a long, long time. Maybe it was permanent.