A/N: InoXShikamaru one of my favorite couples.
Title: Special
Couple: ShikaIno
Author: Ohtori Akio
At the end of the day, they just had one thing in common - - and it was the very thing that kept them apart.
Shikamaru used to look at Ino, and see someone beyond his vision. Too good, too perfect, too much of everything he could ever be.
Shikamaru used to look at Ino in class, and see someone beyond his heart. Too pure, too strong, too much of everything he didn't deserve.
But the roses no longer tint the gaze and the past does not die, it grows into a beast of burden - - standing in the room like a bull in a china shop. Shikamaru falls from the pedestal and Ino wallows in the mud.
END