Blind Love.
By; Lady Darlings
Author's Note; There was so many ways I could've written this. But I didn't know where I'd go with them! I'm literally confused with how I'm writing this. (Which is why it took me awhile to update). I didn't have the heart to go through the other ideas I wanted to do. I'll just end up breaking my own heart while typing this! So Without breaking my fragile heart, I ended up with this. I hope you enjoy the outcome of a months' full of pondering! Enjoy, read/review all that loveliness.
Thank you all for your kind reviews! I almost gave up on this, but you guys kept me going!
Pairing: Shikamaru Nara & Ino Yamanaka
Blind Love
Chapter 6; Fears
By; Lady Darlings
She blinked. She was imagining things right? She shook her head and clenched her eyes tightly. She didn't want to know and accept, if, that he's… that he's….
Blind?
Shikamaru shook her a bit. "… Ino?"
Flashes of one of her worst fears appeared in front of her eyes.
It was quiet, for once. The two of them were laying down on the grass near the tree just enjoying the light breeze. Ino had her eyes closed, her mind in thought. Shikamaru was, of course, just idly staring at the branches up above him.
"What are you afraid of?"
Shikamaru turned around and looked at his female companion. "What?"
"What are you afraid of?" she repeated, her head also turning towards him, baby blue eyes staring curiously at him. He thought he saw a sense of fear in them but it was gone before he could really process it.
"Troublesome. Why do you want to know ?" he asked, head turning back up to the sky.
"I… I heard one of my mom's friends… lost their eyesight." She said softly.
He flinched. He heard about that. The lady apparently was unfortunately careless and got some liquid over her eyes when she was reaching up at the cupboards.
"Then I was wondering what would happen if I lost my eyesight." She continued.
"Don't be ridiculous."
"Wha?"
He felt her move closer to him and gently tugged his hand towards her. She was slightly shaking. She slipped her hand into his and held it, lightly squeezing it. He squeezed her soft hand back.
"Ino. Don't even think about those troublesome things."
"I… I'm just worried that it'll happen to any of us! I saw her! She can't really do anything for awhile until she gets used to it. What happens if you can't get used to it? What do you do! And and She can't even see any of her family anymore! She can't see them grow up and and…"
"Ino."
She used her other hand to wipe her eyes. He sat up and gently pulled her to him, hugging her while rubbing her back.
"I'm just scared Shika… I don't want anything bad to happen to anyone. Not my mom, not my dad, not you…"
"Nothing's going to happen." He said softly, trying to comfort the frightened girl as best as he can.
She said nothing as she silently wet his shirt with her tears.
He swore he heard her say something along the lines of never seeing her or him again but the thought vanished from his mind when he felt her calm down and fall into sleep.
"No… nooo…" she muttered. "You can't be… that… doesn't make sense!"
"Ino! Look at me." He demanded.
"NO!"
"Troublesome woman."
"Don't call me that!" she spat out at him, finally opening her wild blue eyes and stared directly at his eyes.
His … confused, worried, dark eyes. And not pale ones.
"Shi… ka?" she called out cautiously.
He stared right into her baby blue eyes, concern peeking through his usual lazy exterior. "Yes Ino?"
SLAP.
He staggered back, his hand immediately letting go of her and now clutching his visibly red cheek.
"What the hell Ino?"
Ino furiously wiped the small drops of tears from her eyes that she never knew got there and glared at him. "Don't you What the Hell me! Where have you been! What the hell have you been doing? Don't 'Yes Ino' me! Don't act like everything's perfectly okay with us! You leftme, broke the promise you made to me and now you're telling me what the hell! I should be asking you that Shikamaru! WHAT. THE. HELL."
He flinched under her sharp gaze and voice. "Ino…."
"You promised me Shikamaru!" she said, eyes tearing up again yet blazing with hurt. "You promised." She cried at him, hitting him at his chest. "Why… why?"
He simply watched her, waiting until she calmed down. Then he just wrapped his arms around her and simply said, "I'm sorry Ino. I'm sorry for leaving you like that. I swear I didn't mean to. I… I'm just really sorry Ino."
She wanted to not hear the pure sincerity in his voice.
They stayed like that. Ino sniffing at his chest with Shikamaru's arms around her. She tried not to feel relaxed and safe in his arms. She tried to push away feelings that she had banished years ago. She tried to believe that her heart wasn't beating as crazily as it was now. She tried…
Wait…
She pulled away from him, panic arising in her again. She checked his face, hair, head, eyes to make sure he was okay and no blindness while he stared at her slightly confused.
"Ino…?"
"You're okay right?" she asked worriedly. "Nothing bad happened to you right?"
He chuckled, "No. I'm okay."
Stop Calling Stop Calling.
I don't want to think anymore…
She sniffed while looking for her phone.
Sakura.
"Anything to drink?"
"Just water."
Sakura took a glass and filled it with water and ice and gave it to the new guest in her small little apartment.
"Ino? What do you want?" she asked.
"… got coffee?"
"She'll just take water." Shikamaru covered for Ino, disregarding her coffee question.
Ino glared at Shikamaru. He shrugged. "Coffee's bad for you."
"Don't tell me what to do."
He sighed. Sakura could already sense the tension between them. Although she couldn't figure out what kind of tension it was.
"I'll just get you water Ino." She said, deciding that water for all three of them would be fine.
After she finished pouring them water with ice, she sat down facing Shikamaru, sitting next to Ino. Shikamaru knew trouble when it came to him. Two girls in front of him with calculating eyes was definitely not good.
He started calculating on what could possibly happen in the next few minutes, realizing that they all lead to the same thing. Most of them anyway.
Interrogation.
He mentally groaned, knowing that groaning out loud would probably get him worse off at his current predicament. How Troublesome.
But then he caught the look of Ino's pale face. Worry, sadness, anger, yet relief and some other emotions he couldn't identify in time before she narrowed her aqua eyes at him ready to attack him with questions.
Troublesome, yes. For Ino? He mentally sighed. He'd do it.
Author's note: Okay, I'm slowly making progress! This is to show I'm still alive and slowly making my way through this. My plan for this story is going crazy. It feels so unorganized! I will finish this! Sorry about the errors in this chapter. I just wrote it and couldn't re-read. No time! School started today. Excuse my errors!
Why did Shikamaru leave? What's going to happen next? What happened with Shikamaru the past few years?
Stay tuned for the next chapter! I sort of know how I'm going to go with it. (Like Finally?)
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