WOOT WOOT!!!! I'M UP TO CHAPTER 3!!!! I know you are all jealous… just kidding my loyal readers! Anyway I won't delay you much but how I wish you would review!

Disclaimer: You all know this by now, but I don't own Naruto. If I did Kiba and Temari, Neji and Tenten, Sasuke and Sakura, Shikamaru and Ino, and Naruto and Hinata would all be together and Sasuke wouldn't go to that pervert of a sannin.

"I'm so sorry Shino! Let's go get some ice cream!" Roxanne said out of nowhere. She had an imagination and the attention span of an ant, but Shino didn't mind. So far, he was enjoying this bug-liking girl.

"I…uh…sure?" Shino stuttered out. He watched her cautiously until she pulled his arm and ran toward the ice cream shop. She laughed as she ran, dragging the confused shinobi along. It wasn't long until Shino found it hard to resist any movement Roxanne made.

The reached the stand not long after and they both ordered. Roxanne got a blue tropical blue sherbet while Shino stuck with the vanilla, the safe choice. Roxanne looked at him funny, before dropping her head.

"I'm sorry Shino," Roxanne said, continuing to keep her head low. Now, Shino was looking at the girl funny, his face nearly faltered, but her maintained composure. He watched as her eyes lost the perkiness that amazed him.

"What could you possibly have to be sorry for?" Shino asked, watching the girl as she stopped suddenly. She could barely raise her gaze to look at Shino's face. Her eyes were fixated upon the ground.

"Shino, if I told you something, you might not like me anymore," Roxanne said, a tear streaming down her pale face. Shino looked at her with concern.

"Roxanne, you are the first stranger who's gotten this close to me, ever, I'm pretty sure I'll still like you," Shino said, taking her hand. He looked deep into her eyes. He wasn't exactly sure what to tell her, how to make her feel welcomed, but then it hit him.

"Look, you don't have to tell me, I don't mind if you need to keep a secret, but please come with me," Shino asked her. She looked up and wiped the tear from her cheek.

"O-ok," Roxanne said, allowing Shino to lead her. They were walking through a forest before Shino made her close her eyes. She flashed her bright smile as the strange boy led her through a secret pass.

"Open your eyes," Shino said as they came to a stop. She opened her eyes to find a handsome boy in front of her. The boy had dark brown hair and the most beautiful brown eyes. They were big and full of emotion.

"I figured I might as well take them off for you right now. But I had to show you where no one else could see," Shino said.

Roxanne looked on in awe. She touched his face, his barren face where a collar was once placed. Shino cringed slightly and blushed at the touch of a female. He was shocked how brave she was, but that's why he liked her so much.

"It's a good thing you wear those dang glasses and that stupid high collar Shino," Roxanne said smiling. He looked at her in confusion.

"Why?" Shino asked, still confused as ever. She giggled a bit and then looked him straight in the eye before answering.

"Because I wouldn't be the only one to like you so much if you didn't, you haven't noticed you're drop dead handsom?!" Roxanne asked, as she took a step closer toward the seemingly perfect being.

"You're so sure of yourself," Shino said, taking a step forward as well. Roxanne smiled once again. Things were going better than she had planned.

"I have to be, I don't have a real home, so as I travel along through different countries I have to be self-confident and poised," Roxanne said, as she struck a pose. Shino smiled slightly, thinking she looked all too much like Ino.

"Besides, I still haven't found a place that I want to stay in, so if I was self-confident and poised then someone in a village might notice me and then I would have no choice but to stay with my love," Roxanne said as she giggled. Shino looked straight into her eyes.

He turned away after a few minutes and put his head down. Roxanne looked watched as the hopeful teen felt the rejection crawl along him faster than his own bugs.

"Then again, I haven't been here very long Shino, and you're one of the nicest people I've met in a long time." Roxanne said as she walked up from behind him and threw her arms around his shoulders, pulling him into a tight hug.