A/N: SNEAK PREVIEW!-more below
The Virtuosic Fool
Chapter 6: Wakey Wakey
She'd been up for a while now, watching him like he was an alien. What was he doing half naked on her couch? Why was Shikamaru in her room? It had all come to her a few minutes after waking, but she still stood a few feet away from him watching him like a madwoman.
Shikamaru was probably already awake anyway. Even though he hated to get up early in the mornings (anytime really) Ino knew that when he was on a mission or asleep with someone else he would wake to the sound of a feather dropping.
Just as she suspected, a few seconds later he grunted out an irritated noise before peeking out from underneath his arm. "Are you officially awake?" he sleepily whispered.
Her hands on her hips she shrugged halfheartedly, "No, I've just been standing here watching you lay there for the last fifteen minutes because it relaxes me. I think I'll go back to sleep now." her words were dry and sarcastic. Shikamaru rolled his eyes.
"You remember why I'm here right?" he said quietly, "We need to have a talk about you and these Sand nin..." he trailed off and Ino nodded stiffly in response.
"What is it you want to know?" She asked lightly, picking at her fingernails. She was obviously uncomfortable.
Shikamaru didn't answer, his eyes only stared into hers with a clarity so ringing, that it made Ino's breath feel heavy in her chest. He rose from the couch and moved to make himself a cup of coffee on the other side of the hotel room. "What exactly is going on?" Shikamaru asked.
A/N: Okay, so I know this unforgivably late. Please don't kill me, I've recently been dealing with the mourning of my father's death and so everything is a bit hectic in my life right now. Not to mention school is starting to get really tough. Anyways, I wanted to give this to you guys to let you know that the chapter will be up in the next few days and ready for everyone to read!
Please review and tell me that I haven't lost all my readers after this superrr long break from FF... Oh and I also have a new oneshot (first ever!) up about Shikamaru and Ino. Why don't you go and check it out?