Pairing: ShinoIno

Rating: T

Summary: Ino sure is a strange, loud person. Shino really doesn't get people like that

Romance

(…)

"OH MY GAWD!!! WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING?! YOU'RE GOING TO RAPE ME AREN'T YOU!?!?!?" Ino screamed flailing around.

"…Actually, I was going to ask you if you could move. You're in my way," Shino responded.

He gave her a strange look as he pushed his way by.

"What was that about?" Kiba asked him, as Shino made his way over to his team. Shino shrugged in reply. He didn't know, he didn't care. The less time he spent around someone loud and annoying like Ino, the better. Though he had to admit, as the dog boy began to babble on about whatever it was he was talking about (Shino didn't know, he had learned to tune him out long ago), Kiba was loud and annoying as well.

At least his voice wasn't annoyingly high pitched. Now if Hinata was the loud one on this team, Shino wasn't sure he'd be able to stand that.

"-And that's when the fleas started biting," Kiba was telling Hinata, waving his arms around. The girl nodded quietly as she listened attentively.

Well, maybe Ino wouldn't be as bad to listen to. At least she didn't talk about fleas. Then again, at least Kiba didn't accuse Shino of attempted rape. The very thought disgusted Shino. The bugs inside his body began to swarm unhappily, not liking the idea either.

But on that token, at least Ino was a female. She released hormones that were pleasing to the males of the human species. So in that affect, she was better then Kiba.

Shino began to wonder why he was even wondering this? The whole thing was stupid anyway. Kiba and Ino were both incredibly annoying, each in their own (very similar) ways. End of story.

"What do you think Shino?" Kiba asked turning to stare at the taller boy.

Shino hadn't been paying attention to anything that had been said, so he went with his regular reply "…Hnn."

"Hnn is right! Who could ever find Ino attractive? She's like her name sake," Kiba scrunched up his nose in disgust. "A pig."

"S-she's not so bad," Hinata mumbled. "At least s-she is able to t-tell her true f-feelings to the b-boy she likes."

Kiba snorted. "So? She likes Sasuke. Everyone loves Sasuke, the dickweed knows it too. It ain't that big of a deal."

"N-not everyone," Hinata whispered, blushing and fidgeting.

"What? Didn't here that," Kiba said, purposely tormenting the girl.

"If we go by the logic that everyone loves him….That would mean both sexes. It implies you also love him," Shino stated, feeling a slight tinge of amusement at the mortification on Kiba's face.

"No! Ewww nasty! No way! Nu-uh," Kiba stuck out his tongue in disgust. "Forget I even said anything!"

Hinata gave Shino an appreciative smile. Shino gave a slight nod of the head in return.

"You both suck…I want another team," Kiba growled storming off to the training field.

(…)

After a long days training, Shino wanted nothing more than to go home and relax. Perhaps even meditate to clear his mind of the chaos of life.

A pleasant thought, though not one that would be obtained on that particular night.

"I said LET ME GO!!" a high pitched, whiny voice shrieked. Shino had heard that voice earlier. Ah, that was right, Ino.

Shino debated helping her out, but she was a shinobi, right? She should be able to handle herself. In fact she might find it insulting for Shino to step in and not allow her to handle her own problems.

"You jerks! Get off!" she yelled again. Nevermind his previous thoughts.

"Co'm on now. Whas a predy lettle kunoichi like yerself doin' out herr by herself?" a heavily intoxicated man slurred. He gripped the girl by her wrist. His two friends smiled lecherously down at Ino.

"I'll hurt you!" Ino warned them, jerking her hands away. "Shee now, I don thin' sho," one of the friends said. "We's shinobi too. You ain't go'in no- HIGYAAAHH!!" The man went flying into the first. The force caused both men to go flying into the wall of a nearby house. The third took off before his friends even made contact with the surface.

"Are you okay?" a deep voice asked. Ino glanced up, trying to get a good look at her savior through the dust that had been stirred. "Thank you. That might have ended much worse if you hadn't come along," she squinted as the dust began to settle. "S-shino?"

The bug lover stood there calmly. "Yes," he agreed, wondering why it was such a surprise.

Ino shifted her weight from her right foot to her left. "You helped me even after I screamed at you in public this morning?" she asked. "Well, it certainly makes sense why you were so finicky earlier," Shino replied blankly.

"Still," Ino muttered. She clapped her hands together in front of her mouth and stood there with a contemplative look for a moment. Her eyes lit up. "If there is ever anything you need help with, feel free to ask me. I'd be glad to help. And Shino…" she paused here and slowly walked towards him. Linking her left arm around the back of his head she used her right hand to pull down his jacket away from his face. Taking a deep breath she placed a chaste kiss on his lips. "Thank you again."

Smiling a waving goodbye, she took off down the street.

Shino put his hand up to his mouth. He felt his blood rush towards his face. How strange, was he…blushing?