Itachi awoke the next morning to find Ino snuggled up to his chest. He glanced over at the obnoxiously ticking clock on the nightstand to find it was only 5:47. Well, old habits die hard I guess. He thought about getting up now, and leaving. Running away like he had so many times before, but one look at Ino, and all thoughts of running melted away from his mind.

He had been with women before, but nothing like last night. Last night was passionate, loving, and for the first time, he felt like someone wanted him around. He nestled himself back up to Ino, and let sleep take hold of him again.

Ino woke at 8:30 to find Itachi still sleeping like a baby, cuddled up to her. She gently rose from the bed, careful not to wake him, and headed into the bathroom. She was covered in sweat, and desperately needed a shower. Not that she didn't absolutely love the reason she was covered in sweat, but she still wanted a shower.

She turned on the water as hot as it would go, and stepped in, letting the steam swallow her up. She heard the curtain being pulled back, and Itachi stepping into the shower behind her. He wrapped his arms around her waist, and pulled her closer to him. She melted into his embrace.

"Any hotter, and that water's going to burn you." Itachi said nibbling on her neck from behind. She giggled when his tongue licked her neck.

"Well, I like it hot." She turned so she was facing him, and he pulled her closer to him, catching her lips in his.

Their tongues intertwined, dancing in the others mouth as Itachi backed Ino up to the far wall, away from the steaming water, and gently caressed the inside of her thigh. Itachi's mouth broke away from hers, and set to work on her neck and shoulders. Ino felt up his chest, tracing his many scars with the tips of her fingers.

Things were just about to get ever hotter, but a knock on Ino's hotel door pulled her away.

"I should get it." She said, but Itachi still hadn't pulled away from her neck, which was making it increasingly hard for her to focus on the visitor at her door.

"Just ignore it." Itachi said plainly, his voice muffled against her neck. But another knock on the door told him that her visitor wasn't going to leave anytime soon. He let out a sigh, and pulled away, allowing her to get out of the shower.

"I'll be back in a minute, I promise." Ino pulled on a fluffy white bathrobe, and exited the bathroom. She pulled open the door to find Choji tapping his foot impatiently in the doorway. He saw that she was sopping wet, and wearing nothing but a bathrobe, and a rosy blush reached his cheeks.

"Oh, I'm, uh, sorry Ino. I didn't know that you were in the shower, but you were supposed to meet me downstairs like an hour ago." She could tell that he was really uncomfortable with her just being in a robe, because he seemed to have suddenly found something very interesting to stare at on the ground.

"Oh, um, I'm running a bit late this morning; could you give me another hour and a half?"

"Uh, yea, sure." He replied, still not removing his eyes from the ground. But of course, Itachi chose that exact moment to walk out of the bathroom, sopping wet, with a towel tied loosely around his waist. Ino's heart skipped a beat at seeing Itachi looking really really sexy standing in the doorway to the bathroom.

"It's been more then a minute." Itachi said with a mock pout, clearly not phased by the fact that Choji was still standing in the doorway, looking dumbfounded.

"I, uh, you, then she, how?" Choji stuttered, obviously unable to form complete and coherent sentences.

"I'll, uh, be there in a sec." Ino said as a lock of Itachi's wet hair flopped over one of his eyes, adding to his sexy stature. He shrugged and headed back into the bathroom.

"I'll see you in an hour and half." Ino said with a smile, and shut the door on a speechless Choji.

She climbed back into the shower, and Itachi wrapped his arms around her again. "How long do we have?" He asked innocently.

Ino giggled. "An hour and a half."

A wide smile set across Itachi's face, before he plunged his lips into hers.

Ahhh...how sweet, I know this chapter's kinda short, but I still think it was pretty good...but I'd much rather hear that YOU thought it was good! Please review!