Upon arriving at her dorm room, she opened the door and walked in a few steps. What she saw on her roommates bed made her grin, and she took out her phone, snapping a photo, it made a shutter sound so one girl looked up.
"Ino!"
Grinning and laughing, she took off out of the room and down the hall. The other girl ran after her.
"You might not want to run with that still on your face!" Ino yelled to the girl as she ran, still laughing.
She didn't stop running until she reached the library, in which she sat down by the walls with the tables. She had seen and captured a picture of Tayuya eating out Kin! She doubled over, holding her stomach as she tried to laugh quietly. When Tayuya had gotten up to run after her, she still had Kin's juices all over her chin and cheeks. She continued to chuckle as quietly as she could, it was great! And she had a picture to taunt them with. She kept chuckling, covering her mouth with her hands, in effort to quiet them but it still wasn't working.
"Something funny?" A soft, voice asked her from one of the tables.
Startled slightly, she looked up. Hinata was sitting there, gazing at her curiously.
"Y...yes, very much so," Ino replied, trying hard to keep a straight face and failing miserably.
Hinata looked at her, the question in her eyes.
"I'd tell you, but..., I'm not that kind of person," Ino replied, willing her face into seriousness, "But..., I mean, if we got to know each other better, I could tell you."
Hinata said nothing more, just gazed at Ino a few seconds longer, before returning to the book that was in front of her. Ino calmed almost immediately after that. Somewhat annoyed that Hinata was ignoring her attempts. She sat a few moments longer, exiting out of the photo album on her cell before standing and going to wander a while longer, as art wasn't for another couple of hours.
She pondered what she would draw for art, as she wandered, The Loss by Hollywood Undead began to play as an idea formed.
She walked to art, arriving about five minutes before class was to start. She set up an easel with a canvas beside the giant mirror. She also acquired a step-stool.
Ino began by drawing the mirror's frame. She studied it before she began, occasionally glancing at it again, and stepping up on the stool to get the height of the mirror. She smoothed her thumb over each line, blurring the edges of the frame. The frame wasn't going to be the focus. It had to seem indistinct. It took her the whole class to finish just the mirror, their teacher, Sasori, walked by inspecting their work thus far. He seemed intrigued by her own work so far, as he studied it a few seconds before moving on.
He was giving them two to three weeks for the project, three if the majority needed more time, two if the majority was nearly finished. She was quite excited with what her work was going to be. It would be a portrait sort of. Outside the mirror would be her, profile, staring into the mirror. The mirror image would show her full body, but instead of her black clothes, she would be wearing white. And for the coloring of the mirror's image, she planned to use a metallic white paint. For the outside image, she would use plain, jet black paint.
It was going to be magnificent. She could hardly wait until the next class to continue. As she was exiting the classroom, she glanced over to Hinata. Her work lay on the table still. So far, it was a gray sketch of what looked to be a cage, or at least, bars of some sort. Ino hoped Hinata would be one of the ones Sasori chose to have share. She would volunteer to share as well, usually, five people from each class shared, some even had their projects displayed around the university.
As she walked down the hall, she felt her phone buzz. She removed it from her pocket, reading the text from Gaara. 'Tonight?'
'Yeah,' she replied, going to the cafeteria for a quick lunch/dinner.
She grabbed a tray of spaghetti with the brown sauce and tiny meatballs, with applesauce on the side. She ate while texting the others, they would all be making their way to the parking lot in the next half hour. Her food finished, she reached for the drink that wasn't there. Sighing, she got up and threw her tray away. She wanted a Monster Assault. Those fuckers were delicious. She would have to get one that night when they went out.
She stopped by her dorm room, opening the door only slightly and tossing her bag near her bed before closing the door back and walking to the parking lot. They were going to take Zaku's truck, with Zaku and Shikamaru in front, and the rest in the bed. Likely they would hit a gas station then just go to the lake.
She was one of the last to arrive, but they climbed in without much comment. They piled out at the gas station, getting various drinks for themselves before returning to the truck.
When they reached the lake, they all got out and laid in the grass, gazing at the sky or the lake. They spoke quietly amongst themselves, just enjoying the cool air. Worry free for a few hours.
"So Tayuya, that was... Pretty great earlier today," Ino said with a smirk, knowing the others would be listening.
"Shut up," she growled, warningly, but not really angry.
"I was just saying...," Ino replied.
"You should have knocked!"
"You should have... Done something to notify me you were busy," Ino retorted.
Tayuya snorted but said nothing more, her arm tightening around Kin.
"You know I won't show anyone what I got," Ino said quietly, just loud enough for her alone to hear.
The red-head was quiet, saying nothing more.
They all laid in near silence for another couple hours before piling back into the truck and returning to the university and their respective dorm rooms.
