Here is the second Chapter of my story hope you like it =)
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Chapter 2: Ino's Questions
Sakura silently watched Naruto walk away from the bottom window of her building; his hands were placed at the back of his head as he turned the corner and was then out of her sight. She ran up the stairs and went to her flat door where Ino was just outside her flat door waiting, causing Sakura to be uncertain of what to expect.
"Never knew you were into the blonde and clumsy type Sakura, I thought you weren't into the dark and mysterious type or was that just Sasuke?" Ino childishly spoke with a grin that could make the Cheshire cat's look petite, Sakura walked up to her flat door keeping eye contact with the Cheshire Cat challenger at all times.
"What are you on about Ino" Sakura stopped straight in front of her placing her hand on her door handle.
"Not clear enough? Well let me make it clearer for you." Ino Sarcastically spoke "Your hugging him in front of the fountain, you sway your hips when he is behind you, as soon as you leave him the first time outside you run upstairs then next time I look out the window like 2 minutes later and your half undressed outside showing it off in front of him. Oh and not forgetting the pushing him up on a fence having your finger on his lip and then putting on his shoulder while standing so close to him that if you were pushed you would have been kissing him or whatever. Am I correct as usual or am I seeing things wrong?" Sakura stared whilst Ino Just couldn't help but keep that Grin upon her face. Sakura's stare faded turning to a smirk and just looked at Ino.
"Do you regularly like to stare at me or was this a one off occasion Ino. I don't mind as well looking at you and me it wouldn't be hard to believe you were jealous." Sakura flirtingly spoke with a high pitched tune which wiped the grin off Ino's face completely where she then stood abruptly.
"That was uncalled for and as if I would be jealous of you what is there to be jealous of when I look like this? Unless I want a big forehead there aint anything worth looking at." She responded to her which made Sakura's face fall into a dark expression
"What is it about you and making fun of my forehead?"
"What is it with thinking I'm jealous"
"What's it with you spying on me"
"I wasn't spying I went to draw my curtain and you were there pinning him up against the fence so was more entertainment purposes. Anyway after that, what's happening between you and Naruto?" Ino curiously asked.
"Nothing why are you so certain there is?" Sakura denied pulling the handle down to open the door, but it didn't open. Sakura looked and tried again but she found that the door was locked. "Great my door can lock it's self all on its own. Where's my key?" She mumbled to herself patting her shorts
"Looking for this?" Ino loudly said getting Sakura's attention waving a shiny silver key
"Where did you get that?" Sakura tried to take her key off but Ino moved her hand backwards
"Ah Ah Ah Sakura, you get your key when I get to know what's going on with Naruto" Ino's Grin returned once more whilst Sakura could do nothing but glare.
"Ino give me back my key I want to go to bed!" Sakura's voice began to rise
"Well I want to know why you keep flirting with Naruto, but we don't always get what we want do we?" Ino spoke childishly towards Sakura causing her to get more agitated with the beach blonde. Suddenly Sakura thought and her agitation went away in fact she couldn't help but smile.
"Guess I'll have to stay here and talk to you, Hey why did you walk the opposite way to your flat?" Sakura queried
"Hm?" responded Ino giving a confused look
"Outside Ichiraku Ramen Shop today, you said you're off home but you walked the opposite way why was that?" Sakura began to grin
"Oh that...err...I just wanted to walk the long way was all." Ino's grin began to fall causing Sakura to grin more.
"Oh really? Was it just wanting a long walk? Or were you going to go somewhere?"
"I just wanted to have a long walk"
"Fine just wondered as you looked a tad disappointed when Choji said he'd walk you home." Sakura expressed. Ino had become much more irritable since Sakura started questioning her.
"I wasn't disappointed it was very sweet of Choji to offer to walk me home." Ino sharply spoke defending Choji, where she then looked out of the window
"Yeah it was, Choji is sweet, just thought you were heading somewhere or going to see someone?" Ino's head shot to glaring at Sakura within seconds. "Well if I can't go in my own flat might as well keep talking to you eh? Oh I think Temari is in the village visiting Shikamaru again did you know that" At that Ino threw the key at Sakura and walked to the next door and went inside slamming it behind her. Sakura knew talking about Shikamaru and Temari would be a sure way for her to get her key back off Ino, a very harsh way but it was a way.
Sakura put her key in the door and walked in, she took off her shoes turned around and locked her door then finally turned on the lights. Her flat was very small but after moving out of her parent's house it was the most she could afford but most of her female friends lived in this block of flats so she wasn't alone. It only had three rooms the first which was the one that everyone would walk into was her kitchen, dining room and lounge the other two rooms were her bedroom and a bathroom. Nothing special just a nice little home for one, Sakura walked up the little step away from the door and walked into the kitchen that was just round the corner. She went a got a glass of water and went past the dining room table that was situated in the middle of the flat to the lounge area over by the window where she could look out onto the alley where she and Naruto were. She opened curtain that she closed previously before and glanced out the window where a smirk crossed her face.
She turned around where she placed her water on a coaster on her round glass table and sat down on her pale blue love seat sofa which was up against the wall and sat back on it placing her feet up on the other cushion "Guess that was how Ino was spying on me" Sakura spoke looking out the window
"I told you I wasn't spying!" Shouted a familiar voice. Sakura stood up and walked over to the window where she leaned out supporting herself with her two hands as she leaned.
"Ino?" Sakura saw Ino leaning outside her window her arms were crossed to support her whilst she was looking up at the moon. "What you doing?"
"Do you think Shikamaru likes Temari?" Ino quietly asked. Sakura knew that Ino was hurting.
"I had to be that selfish didn't I, I hurt my mate cause I wanted to go inside, what kinda mate does that" Sakura's inner voice angrily muttered causing Sakura to feel overwhelmed with guilt.
"I don't know, Temari only comes here because of some mission that happened that they were both in charge of so they have to fill out the same paper work and stuff. Temari is really active you know and Shikamaru...well he's Shikamaru he could put a sloth to shame with being that lazy. Be a weird couple if they got together." Sakura tried to comfort Ino but she knew Ino thought there was something going on between those two.
"They make a nice couple...I'm...I'm happy for them" Ino quietly muttered
"I guess your right they do kinda-"
"You're supposed to be sticking up for me and say no they don't Ino don't be silly!" Ino shouted over to Sakura
"Sorry wasn't clear on the instructions." Sakura sarcastically said "Look if it's right its right you know? If they get together it doesn't mean they'll stick it out and if they don't then it doesn't mean you won't get your chance."
"Yes it does Shikamaru won't do anything that could hurt Choji, and Choji has a crush on me so even if he was in love with me he wouldn't touch me with a barge pole." Ino's voice began to crack and become more high pitched as she slammed her head down into her arms
"Ino...I don't know what to say...Your right I doubt that Shikamaru would do anything that would hurt Choji" Sakura agreed
"Think it would have been better if you hadn't of talked" Ino muttered with her head still down Sakura just shook her head.
"Listen, if Shikamaru liked you a lot maybe he would go to Choji and ask him if it would be ok, and I doubt Choji would say no, as then he'd be hurting Shikamaru." Sakura tried to explain
"You're talking about a guy who loves food so much he would probably jump of a bridge to grab a packet of crisps without a second thought and a guy who is too lazy to get up and turn off his own alarm clock? You think their gonna think that much in depth? It's like asking Naruto to think about something other than Ramen...or you, pretty much impossible" Ino looked over at Sakura who just had a little pink tint to her cheeks. Ino then went back to looking up at the moon
"Were not talking about Naruto were talking about you and Shikamaru. Wanna come over? We can chat for a while without getting colds?" Sakura asked her.
"No thanks, I think I'm gonna head of to bed in a bit. Thanks for listening to me" Ino replied before she moved to go back inside her flat.
"Ino" Shouted Sakura leaning more out the window, at that Ino put her head around the corner
"Yeah?" Ino responded
"Sorry about bringing this up outside, I shouldn't have" Sakura spoke apologetically
"Don't worry about it, I shouldn't have held your key at ransom for information about Naruto and you...even though I'd still like to know about that" Ino laughed
"Well I would tell you but you said you were going to bed so I don't want to keep you. Night Ino" At that Sakura retreated back into her flat with Ino's voice in the background.
"No I'm awake now come on Sakura tell me! You made me talk about Shikamaru and you mention Temari and him! Sakura? Sakura come on!" Ino shouted from her window whilst Sakura closed hers while laughing and drew her curtains.
At that Sakura picked up her water and drank it in one motion she then took her glass over to the sink in the kitchen and walked over the bedroom where there was another light switch situated so she could use to turn off that rooms light without having to go the other end of the room and battle to not walk into anything in the dark. Sakura turned off the light and walked into her bedroom where she turned on that light and closed the door behind her.
She picked up her clothes that she threw onto the floor when she was getting changed earlier and put them on the back of a chair; she then changed her shorts into her PJ shorts. She unclipped her hair where it fell down into place she then put her clip on her dressing table and stroked her hair downwards. Ever since she cut it when they were in their first Chuuninexams she has gradually grown it longer not near as long as before but just below her shoulder now. She turned around and walked to her double bed that she can only get in either by one side or from the bottom as the other side is pushed up against the wall so she has some more room. She turned her bedside table light on turning off her room light after, she climbed into her bed snuggling in under the covers she glanced over to her bedside table where she then picked up a photo of Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi Sensei and her. It was taken when they first started to train under Kakashi sensei; she placed the photo back down on the bedside table then turned over and faced her window she could see the sky from where she lay.
The stars were twinkling as they scattered across the sky there were so many that night with the full moon in the middle of them all shining over Konoha, Sakura looked up at the sky wondering if anyone else was looking up at it too when eventually she fell asleep. Nearly everyone in Konoha was sleeping peacefully but one person was laid on the roof of his flat looking up at the moon and the stars in the sky. Naruto was laid on his back with his arms crossed above supporting his head, thinking of Sakura, thinking of was she just messing with him or did she actually like him? These thoughts were whizzing around his head so fast that it was the only thing keeping him awake.
"Hey" someone shouted over to him Naruto lifted his head to where the sound came from.
"Hey, you alright?" Naruto shouted back
"Nah you?" They shouted
"Not really too busy thinking to sleep, what's up with you?" Naruto responded placing his head back down.
"All this work it's just a drag" They responded now lying down next to Naruto looking back up towards the stars.
"Well Shikamaru you accepted that mission so you're stuck with the paper work now" Naruto laughed
"What a drag" Shikamaru scoffed back for a while all was silent between the pair until another conversation aroused "How are things between you and Sakura?"
"I dunno she acts like she likes me one minute then she knocks me to the ground the next I don't understand her" Naruto spoke, he sat up and looked at Shikamaru
"I don't get girls either weird species they are." Shikamaru replied
"Why who do you like?" Naruto curiously asked Shikamaru, Shikamaru stood up and walked to the other side of the roof and looked down putting his hands in his pockets and slightly leaning back. "Shikamaru?"
"Hmm" he responded
"Who do you like?" Naruto asked curiously again standing up and walking up to him. Shikamaru turned around and faced him where he opened his mouth and spoke...
You shall have to wait till my next chapter to find out whooooo lol
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