Chouji's p.o.v

Last. I'm always dead last. The girl with blonde hair behind me finally catches up to me and I'm so behind that I'm almost behind the soccer camp. It's so embarrassing. My whole body screams in pain, but I keep going. I'm sweating like crazy, and I can feel my mouth becoming dry.

"Hey Chouji how's it goin'?", she says.

"Oh, you know, just tired and in pain", I say with a nervous smile.

"Oh", she says.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know your name", I say.

"My name is Ino Yamanaka", she says proudly.

"Oh, it's nice to meet you", I say with a smile.

She smiles back at me.

"Hey, are you friends with that Shikamaru guy?", she asks.

"Yeah, we've been friends since we were 5. He's such a great guy", I say happily.

"He's hot", she says with an over sized smile.

Well this is awkward.

"Uhhh", I say in confusion.

"You should introduce me to him", she says.

"Um…okay, I'll see what I can do", I say.

"Thank you so much Chouji", she says with excitement.

Why did I say that? Shikamaru would never be into her. She isn't his type. In fact, I'm not sure if Shikamaru even has a type! It's hard to read Shikamaru sometimes. I can tell when he's tired, upset, or mad, but I can never tell when he really likes a girl. There could be a .1% chance that Shikamaru could fall for Ino…

It takes me a while, but I finally cross the finish line with Ino. We had a great conversation while we were jogging so it took my mind off the fact that I was really tired. I go shower and change. I see Shikamaru walk into the bathroom.

"Hey Shikamaru, what's up?", I say.

"Oh you know, just tired as always", he says in a lazy tone of voice.

"Well I'm sure you're not to tired to meet someone, are you", I say.

"Sure whatever let me meet this chick", he says.

Whoa…he's good.

"How'd you know it was a girl?", I ask sounding surprised.

"I just do", he says with a little smile.

Ino said she'd be at the in door pool with Sakura and Sasuke.

I walk to the pool and see them there. Ino waves at us and we wave back. She walks up to Shikamaru.

"Hi I'm Ino, you must be Shikamaru, right?", she asks.

"Yeah", he says in his same mono tone voice.

"Oh, that's cool", she says.

"I think I've seen you before, didn't you used to have strawberry blonde hair?", he asks.

"Yeah, but now I'm completely blonde, and Sakura used to have light brown hair", she says.

"So why'd you dye your hair?", he asks while raising his eye brow.

"Oh, just for fun", she says.

"Nice", he says.

I walk away as they continue to chat. Aw. They're too cute. I go to Sasuke who is sitting alone reading The Maze Runner.

"How's the book?", I ask.

"It's okay, but it's hard for me to read", he says.

"Why? You're in AP English", I say.

"Yeah, but there is someone on my mind", he says.

"Who?", I ask.

"Sakura", he says softly.

"Well what about her? She's just like every obsessed girl that can't have you", I say.

"Yeah, but for some reason…I want her", he says.

Sasusaku? Maybe, unless Sasuke finds out the real truth about why Sakura changed her name and her hair. REVIEWS PLEASE :D