Note: This chapter is going to confuse you, well at least the beginning of it. Don't worry, it will make sense later on.

I felt like I had too much Temari and not enough Ino in most of the chapters, so I thought, why don't I have a full chapter of ShikaIno fluff? Enjoy my darlings! I do NOT own Naruto nor his hideous orange jumpsuit.

Ino opened her eyes to find herself lying down on the top of a hill. She slowly got up and dusted the dirt off of her knees. The hill was strangely familiar, but Ino couldn't remember it.

Suddenly, the wind blew hard, the cold air was like a flat blade of ice pressed against her cheeks. She soon found that the season had changed from fall to winter. The air was even colder and she saw two shadows who appeared to be a boy and a girl.

When she got a closer look at the two, she realized that she knew them both. Shikamaru and Temari were sitting on a bench, their bodies pressed together for warmth.

Ino felt a rush of anger, making the season change yet again. It changed from Winter to Spring, the season of love. Temari and Shikamaru, yet again, were on the very same bench, but this time, there was a girl in the background. That girl appeared to be herself.

Ino looked at the girl's expression, her eyes were full of sadness and longing. Why? Why didn't the girl do something about it? Why didn't the girl put a stop to their relationship? Ino didn't know the answer to that question and that frustrated her. The season didn't change like Ino had expected it too.

It just stayed the same, the girl would stare at the two, the girl would cry, but in the end the season didn't change. Ino couldn't take it any more, she ran towards the couple and screamed at them.

And then, the dream ended.

Ino woke up to find herself in the comfort of her own bedroom, but she didn't feel any signs of being relieved. Instead, she was afraid, afraid of what happened in the dream, afraid of the dream coming true.

Afraid that Shikamaru would leave her…

BOOM! The sound of thunder and lightening made Ino hide under her covers. She had always been afraid of storms, they were quick, sudden, and deadly. Ino was never more afraid in her life.

She dialed Shikamaru's number, he was always the one to hold her in his arms, telling her that it was alright. She could barely breathe, what if he didn't pick up?

"Troublesome Ino… you're still afraid of storms?" Ino jumped and turned around. Shikamaru was right behind her, he was soaking wet from being outside. Ino smiled, he must have known as soon as the storm hit, that she needed him.

"S-Sorry Shikamaru," Ino whispered, but he wrapped his arms around her, making her shriek.

"P-P-Put on some dry clothes, you'll catch a cold," Ino said, making Shikamaru roll his eyes. He took out his extra pair of clothes right out of the bag he was carrying, then walked to the bathroom. He was supposed to be mad at Ino, for trying to wake him up at 1:00 in the morning, but he couldn't be mad at her. When he was done, he collapsed onto the bed with Ino and held her in his arms.

"Ino, are you afraid of something other then the storm outside?" Shikamaru whispered into Ino's ear. Ino nodded slowly and a tear rolled down her cheek.

"Temari really likes you Shikamaru. She's so much better then I am, she's prettier, she's nicer, she's everything I'm not. Why would you date me when you could date her-"Shikamaru held Ino even closer then he was before, making her blush a pretty light red.

"Ino, you're so troublesome," He muttered to her, but she got the wrong idea. Tears flooded down her cheeks.

"I-If I'm so troublesome, why don't you just leave?"

"You're so troublesome because you're constantly in my mind Ino. I could never leave you, unless you want me to," Shikamaru told her quietly.

"Shikamaru, I love you.""I love you too Ino. Now go to sleep already."_

The next morning, Ino woke up to find Shikamaru sleeping next to her, she was still in his arms. She giggled, she wasn't surprised that Shikamaru had stayed, he was too lazy to get up anyway.

"Shikamaru, wake up. If my Dad sees us, he'll get the wrong idea and that's just too troublesome!" Ino said playfully, Shikamaru raised his eyebrow at her use of the word troublesome.

It was too late though, her Father had already come into the room to check to see what the noise was. When he opened the door, his mouth fell to the floor. His daughter was sleeping with Shikamaru.

"No Dad, it's not what you think-"

"Alright, I'm out of here, this is troublesome."

And to Ino's disbelief he had the nerve to jump out the goddamn window.

"So you had sex with Shikamaru?" Karin asked Ino while she sipped her iced tea. Ino turned bright red and shook her head, making Sakura raise her eyebrow.

"No way Karin, we're only sixteen! If I get pregnant we're screwed, I'm not going to make the same mistake again!" Ino said stubbornly, making Karin roll her eyes.

"Just because you got banged up before doesn't mean you'll get pregnant again-" Sakura glared at Karin, Ino's pregnancy last year was something that Ino never wanted to talk about again. It had been the worst year of Ino's life, if it wasn't for Shikamaru, Ino would've killed herself.