WARNING: Contains spoilers for the manga!!

Relax

It had been a long day, when Nara Shikamaru climbed up a hill to take a rest on his favourite spot. But as he arrived, he noticed that someone else already occupied his favourite place to stay…

"Man, this is troublesome…"

"Shikamaru!" The intruder, who happened to be his female teammate, said as she quickly moved her arm over her face.

The lazy shinobi watched her with suspicion.

"You took my spot"

"I'm sorry! I will leave now!" The blond-haired kunoichi said as she stood up and turned around to walk away. But a hand on her shoulder made her stop.

"What's the matter Ino?"

"With m.me? Nothing! Nothing at all!" Her eyes were red. Just as he thought.

"Ino, you were crying, weren't you?"

She looked at him, her lips trembling and tears filling up her eyes as she threw herself in his arms.

"It's just… every… thing!" She sobbed, "I feel like I'm useless, I miss Asuma..-sensei and Sai.. Sai, he.."

"..Is just a stupid troublesome asshole. He's not worth you time and tears." He finished for her, "So that's why you're so tensed lately?"

"Y..Yeah. I.. I.. wanted to calm down, that's why I was here, watching clouds, because you always seem so careless after watching them! But I can't stop thinking.."

"Ino!" She looked up in surprise and watched the chuunin right into his eyes. She never noticed before, but his eyes were nice. "Now sit down and relax."

"Shikamaru?"

He pointed at the ground. "Over there."

Still wondering what he was up too, she sat down.

"Now close your eyes."

She obeyed and was a little surprised when the lazy chuunin started to massage her shoulders.

"Shikamaru, what..?"

"My mother sometimes did that to me when I was upset. It helped me to relax."

"Yeah…" Ino replied as she tried to forget all her trouble.

He continued massaging her shoulders for a few minutes, when he suddenly stopped. Just when Ino was about to open her eyes, she felt a warm breath on her face and then a pair of soft lips on hers. It was slight and short, but long enough to make her blush, long enough to make her feel special. Was this what she needed?

A few moments later she opened her eyes and saw him peacefully asleep next to her. She smiled. Being at this place really calmed her down and helped her enlighten her sorrow. She would definitely spend more time over here.

A/N: What I can say about this? It's not like I hate this pairing, but I prefer ShikaTema.
But I wanted to write this anyway. I hope you liked this :)