Shikamaru kept running. He ran as far away from Ino as possible.

Shikamaru stopped after, like, an hour, by which time he was in the forest. He decided to sit down and figure out exactly what happened.

"Here are the facts," he said to himself. "I was at a party last night. There was pot, vodka wine, and so on. Guy and Sakura were upstairs for the majority of the night, probably in the guest bedroom. I know that me and Ino went upstairs, and then… I woke up in the master bedroom. Ino and myself were naked." What was going on? Did he… He couldn't have… Unless… How much vodka did he have last night?

This was very hard to deal with. All the evidence points to… But he would never have done that……… Would he?

Shikamaru, for the first time in years, was scared enough to cry.

He cried for hours.

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After a few hours, Ino's headache was gone. Now she could think clearly.

"Here's what I know," she thought aloud. "I threw a party last night. There was pot, vodka wine, and so on. Guy was up in the guest bedroom with Sakura. He said something about a rape. Eeeeew. I went upstairs to go clean up their mess, and Shikamaru came with me. We went to the master bedroom after that, and then… OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!" Ino came to a sudden realization.

She and Shikamaru had sex.

Was it true? 'No,' Ino told herself. 'No way, that could never happen. Shikamaru? He would never.'

Did she? She would have to have been really drunk to not remember anything. Was she that drunk? Ino never took on to intense drinking, but it was a party. She always got carried away at a party.

Ino, for the first time in years, was crying. Not from sadness, but fear.

She cried for hours.