Chapter 3: Lame Excuses
At the Yamanaka house...
Ino puts on her shoes and heads out the door. 'I better check on Shikamaru.' she thought.
She headed straight for the only place she'll ever find him...his favorite hill. As she walked up the hill she could see a glimpse of the black-haired boy.
"Hey." she said.
"What're you doin' here. Aren't you gonna go stare at Sasuke all day?" he asked her sarcastically.
"Oh c'mon! You know everyone thinks he's hot! Even Hinata would blush if Sasuke ever even smiled at her. (of course if Naruto wasn't there) And she's not that kind of person!" Ino exclaimed.
Shikamaru sat up quickly. "WELL MAYBE SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT WHEN A CERTAIN SOMEONE PRACTICALLY DROOLS OVER ANOTHER CERTAIN SOMEONE!!!!!" Shikamaru yelled.
"Ok, cut the crap Shika, what's going on here?" Ino said.
"NOTHING'S GOING ON!! WHY WOULD YOU THINK SOMETHING'S GOING ON!!!" he yelled.
Ino gave him the 'you better tell me or I'll kick your butt' look.
"Ok, maybe, I, sorta kinda, maybe, just a little bit, have a, maybe, crush on you." Shikamaru confessed.
"Really? So do I!! I just always thought that you thought I was a troublesome woman. I didn't want you to reject me, so I kinda kept it to myself." she said.
"Well, you definitely don't have to worry about that." he said.
Shikamaru leaned in towards Ino and kisses her lips gently. Once they part, they both have a funny look on their faces.
"Oh, and by the way Shika, sorry I made you run into a pole on the way to Ichiraku Ramen.
"Yeah that still hurts!" Shikamaru said rubbing his face.
THE END
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Hoped you liked the story!!
INO: Aw!! That was so cute!
SHIKAMARU: yeah, whatever.
ME: Aw, c'mon shika, now that everyone knows that you're going out, you might as well admit it!
SHIKAMARU: Nah, I don't feel like it.
ME: you're hopeless. :- )