Sakura-Chan: OK! Here's the fourth chapter of the new and improved version of 'Haruno Happiness'! I hope you like it!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, DAIRY QUEEN, OR ABERCROMBIE AND FINCH! I wish I did...Those stores are AWESOME!

Haruno Happiness

By Sakura-Chan555

Chapter 4

Abercrombie and Finch

While Tenten and Neji were joking around and Hinata was answering Naruto's questions, Shikamaru was at Abercrombie and Finch, looking a couple of polo shirts, when he saw a girl with platinum blonde hair that was tied in a ponytail. This, my friends, was Ino. She was looking at a pair of faded jeans that had gone on sale. It looked like there was only one pair in her size. She nodded her head and took the jeans, along with some other articles of clothing. She went to pay for them and left the store.

'Oh crap! I gotta catch her before she leaves!' thought Shikamaru. He quickly paid for his polo shirts and ran after Ino, who was text messaging someone on her purple Sidekick that was decorated in different flower decals.

"Hey, you with the Sidekick!" yelled Shikamaru. The blonde haired girl turned around and looked at Shikamaru.

"You know, I have a name. You just need to ask for it." She said.

"Sorry. I'm Shikamaru Nara, by the way." Shikamaru said, a little embarrassed he just got told by a girl. Ino gave him a smile.

"I'm Ino Yamanaka! Nice to meet you Shikamaru!" greeted Ino cheerfully.

"Um, do you need help with your bags?" Shikamaru asked. Ino looked at him for a second and blushed.

"Um, not really, but thank you for offering." She said, a bit flustered.

"Well, I got to go. See ya later, Shikamaru." Ino said, and walked off.

Once Ino left, Shikamaru started following Ino around, like Neji did with Tenten, only he was able to do it without being detected. She had gone to Dairy Queen to buy herself an ice cream cone and when she had gotten her ice cream cone, she didn't realize that she was almost out of cash (A/N: Tough luck!). She sighed and started to look around for some free cash, when it was Shikamaru to the rescue! He paid for her ice cream cone and the peope that were behind Shikamaru and Ino all went into a chorus of 'AWW!', 'How cute!', and 'I wish my boyfriend were like that!' This made Ino's face flush, but all of a sudden, there was an evil smirk plastered across her face.

'So, these people think I'm Shikamaru's girlfriend, eh? Well, I guess I can have some fun.' Ino thought evilly.

"Thank you, Shika-kun!" Ino thanked in her most bubbly, preppy voice that she could muster (A/N: Does that make sense? I hope so...). Shikamaru looked at her with a puzzled expression on his face, but then caught on quickly. Having an IQ over 20 really does help.

"No problem, Ino-Chan. Besides, you looked like you needed some help." Shikamaru said, putting the emphasis on Ino's name. He saw that her face was turning red and smirked. Then, he put his arms around Ino's shoulders, making her face flush even more.

'Crap! He caught on! Thanks for spoiling my fun Shikamaru, NOT!' Ino yelled mentally. They both left Dairy Queen in silence.

After a few minutes of silence, Shikamaru took his arms off of Ino's shoulders and put them in the back of his head. He stared up at the ceiling. Ino saw this and tried to look at what he was staring at. Then, she couldn't take it anymore. She gave up and decided to ask Shikamaru what he was staring at.

"What are you looking at, Shikamaru?" Ino asked, while taking a lick of her ice cream cone. Now it was Shikamaru's turn to blush. Shikamaru sighed and looked at Ino.

"I was just daydreaming, that's all." Shikamaru said. Ino giggled.

"What's so funny?" Shikamaru asked in an annoyed tone.

"It's just that you are such a space cadet!" Ino exclaimed. Shikamaru's face turned even redder.

"I like that about you! You're always thinking of what might happen, or maybe even the impossible! I like that about a guy! I've alway wanted a guy that never dwells on the now and thinks about what might happen in a few seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and maybe even years!" Ino exclaimed. Shikamaru's face turned as red as it could possibly go. But Ino wasn't done. She sighed sadly and looked down at her ice cream cone.

"I always thought that my expectations about a guy were too high. That's when I started daydreaming about this prince charming I would always want," Ino said. Shikamaru wanted to say something, but she beat him to t.

"But you know what? I think I found him this time! For sure!" she finished happily. Shikamaru was curious about this prince charming that Ino's been talking about.

"So who is it?" Shikamaru asked. He couldn't believe he just did that, but what's done is done, right? Ino giggled and took another lick from her ice cream cone.

"I'll give you a hint: He's right here, standing next to me." Ino said. Shikamaru's face went as red as it could go. It was him. Ino noticed this and started to get worried.

"Hey, Shikamaru, your face is red. Are you embarrassed about this, or is this news a bit to overwhelming?" Ino asked. Shikamaru shook his head and it went back to its tan complexion.

"I was just overwhelmed by the news, that's all." Shikamaru said. Ino smiled at him.

"OK! I was just worried about you, that's all." Ino said. Shikamaru felt touched about this. He's never had a girl worry over him, except his mother, who worries about him 24/7, but this was different. This kind of worry was something that he would only get from a girlfriend or something like that. He blushed at the thought of Ino as his girlfriend.

'At least I won't have to deal with Temari anymore.' Shikamaru thought with a smirk.

Sakura-Chan: So, what did you think? Did it have enough ShikaIno kawaiiness? Sorry if it's a bit short. Please review and no flames please! Ja ne!