Ino squinted her eyes, slowly cracking them open only to slam them shut again when the sunlight shined against them. Trying again, she got better results this time as she was able to open them completely and keep them open. All the sudden she bolted up right. 'Oh. My. KAMI!' she squealed in her head. "Was last night real? Or was it a dream? Please, Pleeeeaaase let it be real!" She whispered franticly to herself. Looking around her room, she tried to find something to show it happened. She found nothing. "Dammit!" She growled out angrily. "Stupid, stupid brain! Making me dream that. Getting my hopes up! Dammmmmit!" She muttered crossly as she made her way to her vanity across the room. Picking up her brush, she ran it through her golden locks, only to freeze. There. On her neck...was a hickey. "I-it wasnt a dream...IT WASNT A DREAM!" She sang out, as she started brushing her hair again, humming happily as she thought about Shikamaru and how he was her boyfriend now. "Eeeee!" She squealed, doing a little happy dance with her feet. She started singing as she was dancing around her room.
"Maybe I need some rehab,
or maybe just need some sleep,
I got a sick obsession,
Im seeing it in my dreams,
im looking down every ally
im making those desperate calls,
im staying up all night hopin,
hitting my head against the wall,
What you got boy,
is hard to find,
i think about,
it all the time,
im all strung out, my heart is fried,
i just cant get you,
off my mind,
because your love, your love, your love is my drug,
your love your love your love
i said your love your love your love is my drug,
your love your love your love
wont listen to any advice,
momma's telling me i should think twice,
but left to my own devices,
i'm addicted its a crises.
my friends think i've gone crazy,
my judgements getten kinda hazy,
my sneeze is gonna be affected,
if I keep it up like a lovesick crackhead.
What you got boy,
is hard to find,
I think about it all the time-"
"Someone is in a good mood this morning." came the deep voice of her father as he stood in the doorway. Ino froze. "Ooooh! Good morning daddy!" Ino chirped as she subtly moved her long hair to cascade over her shoulder and cover where she knew her hickey was. "Did you have a nice sleep then?" He chuckled out. "Hmm, Yep I certainly did!" Inoichi smiled at his daughter. "Well why dont you get dressed, we are going to the Nara's for breakfast. The Akimichi's will be there this time." Ino's heart jumped, and a big smile found its way onto her face. "Okey-dokey daddy! Ill be down in a minute!" Inoichi left te room shaking his head amusedly. That girl was something else.
"Okay, lets see." Ino murmmerd as she dug through her closet for the perfect outfit. "No. No. No...wait, why the hell is this even in here?! Its hiddeous! No. No. AHA!" She cried in triumph as she pulled out a deep purple , mid thigh length skirt, a lavender short sleeved shirt that showed her shoulders and a thin white scarf to go around her neck and finally a pair of lavender slip on shoes that had a very low heel. Walking over to her vanity again, she applied some eyeliner, eyeshadow and lipgloss, then slipped on a few silver bangle braceletts and some medium sized hoop earings. She started pulling her hair into its usual high ponytail, but then thought better of it as she saw her neck again, and decided to leave it down. 'Damn it Shikamaru! You asshole! Leaving this mark on me!' she ranted in her head, 'but I suppose it was worth it!' she laughed outloud and smiled goofily at herself in the mirror. After tucking a few weapons in her clothes, she skipped out the door and down the stairs.
"Good morning mother dearest!" She chirped when she saw her mom sitting on the couch with her father, waiting for her. Maya raised an eyebrow. "Your father wasnt exagerating when he said you were in a good mood this morning." Ino just shrugged and smiled sheepishly.
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They arrived at the Nara household after the usual ten minute walk and knocked lightly on the door once again and stood back. This time Shikaku answered the door. "Ah, hey guys, come on in. Chouza and his family are already here."
They stepped inside and made their way to the living room where every one was sitting. They all started greeting eachother and sitting down when Yoshino came into the room from the kitchen. "Ah! Good morning everyone!" She smiled "Breakfast will be ready in a little bit. How is everybody?" their were different replies, all saying that they were doing fine, when Inoichi spoke up. "Yeah, we are doing great. Especially Ino. She's normally not a morning person, but this morning she was up and getting ready, and even singing and dancing around her room. She said she had a good sleep." Eveyone looked at Ino and she just blushed and smiled. Shikamaru, who was sitting next to her, just smirked, knowing the real reason she was in such a good mood. "Well thats good dear," Miki, who was Chouji's mother laughed out. Yoshino was laughing to as she made her way back to the kitchen with the other women except for Ino following her. Ino turned and looked at Shikamaru, only to glare when she realized he was trying to hold down a laugh. "You think something is funny, huh?" she growled at him. "No, just got a...uh t-tickle in my throat." he stuttered out, not wanting to get beat up. 'Damn, she is my girlfriend now and she still acts like she will kill me within a moments notice...troublesome...' he inwardly grumped, only to get a small smile on his face when Ino inconspicuously set her hand next to his on the couch and laced two of her fingers in his.
After about 10 minutes of talking, everyone was called in for breakfast. "Ooh! Pancakes!" Chouji said happily as he sat down and started piling his plate. Ino sat next to him with Shikamaru on her other side. "Dont you dare forget our talk last night." She whispered to her pleasantly plump friend, with a dangerous smile on her lips. "O-of course not Ino!" He stuttered and retreated his hand from grabbing more pancakes.
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After breakfast, Ino Chouji and Shikamaru went up stairs to the latters room. Chouji sat on the desk chair, and Shikamaru sat on the edge of his bed, as Ino had collapsed on it and taken up most of the room. "Oooo that was a lot of food!" she groaned as she rubbed her stomach. "Why dont you take your own advice and stick with your own food limits?" Shikamaru teased, quickly scooting out of the way of her kick. "Hush up Shika." she pouted out, then paused and gave him a meaningful look and gestured with her eyes to Chouji. Shikamaru sighed.
"Uh hey Chouji...um...me and Ino...Well...she is my girlfriend...as of last night." he muttered with a very light blush on his cheeks. "...wait...WHAT?" Chouji shouted. "Shhhh!" Ino hissed. "You mean you finally got her after all that time of liking her?" Chouji asked, quieter this time. "Hmmm? How long has he liked me?" Ino asked tilting her head as she looked at Shikamaru. "Oh for about-" Chouji was cut off when a pillow smacked him in his face. "Shut it, Chouji." Shikamaru said with narrowed eyes. "Comeon Shika, You can tell me!" Ino said as she sidled up to him, giving him her puppy dog eyes and lightly tugging his sleeve. Shikamaru looked at her then quickly looked away. "..." He muttered. "What, I didnt hear you?" Ino prodded. "Two years." He said while staring at the ceiling. Ino froze. "T-two years? thats a long time...and here I thought you had a thing for thart sand tramp Temari." She mummbled making the two men in the room stare at her with suprised looks on their faces. "Sand tramp?" Chouji said in a 'wtf' kinda way. "Um, me and Temari have always just been friends Ino, thats all we feel for eachother." Shikamaru replied, scratching the back of his neck.
Ino stared at him with a look that made Konoha's resident genius feel incredibly stupid. "What?!" he asked, not liking that look. "Even if you dont have a thing for her, The bitch has a thing for you. Has for quite a while." Ino grumped out. "Okay, Ino what is wrong with you? I thought you and Temari were cool with eachother?" Shikamaru asked. "Hmmf" Ino huffed out. Shikamaru just looked confused. "Oooh I see now!" Chouji exclaimed, a smirk coming ont his face. They both looked at him. Ino, a glare. And Shikamaru, questioning. "You see, Ino see's Temari as another female trying to move in on her territory, which in this case, is you, Shikamaru!" Chouji said with a nod. "...seriously?" Shikamaru sweatdropped. Ino just blushed heavily and looked away with narrowed eyes. "Is that how you feel Ino?" Shikamaru asked calmly. Ino peeked around her shoulder and gave a quick nod, then ducked her head again. Shikamaru promptly burst out laughing, Chouji following after. Afew moments later they were both on the floor clutching their heads from the pain.
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Downstairs, everyone stopped talking when they heard to loud thumps and a few moments later Ino came stomping down the stairs, fuming, with Shikamaru and Chouji trailing after her holding theri heads and apoligising repeatedly. The two guys followed Ino out the back door and their voices faded when the door shut behind them. "Uhhh..." Inoichi said, and everyone looked at eachother curiously. "I dont even want to know." Yoshino said as she closed her eyes and delicatly sipped her tea, Miki and Maya doing the same. Inoichi, Chouza and Shikaku just sat there, staring at the door.
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"Ino, come on! We said we were sorry, we shouldnt have laughed at your feelings!" Shikamaru said as he and Chouji followed Ino out to the porch. All the sudden Ino stopped, then sighed. "Fine...I forgive you two. But if you do it again, dont expect to be able to walk for a while." She growled out, while both boys slowly crossed their legs.
Shikamaru walked over to where the blonde was leaning against a wooden beam that was supporting the roof over the porch. He gently turned her towards him and wrapped his arms around her in a hug. Ino stiffened for a second from suprise, then leaned against his chest and wrapped her arms around him as well. She smiled as she subtly took in his scent. "Ino, you dont have to worry about anything happening with Temari. We are just friends, and while she apparently has some feelings for me, I dont have any feelings of love or attraction to her." he said into her hair. Ino looked up at him and smiled gently. Shikamaru lowered his head down to her height and softly pressed his lips to hers. Ino kissed him back and deepened the kiss. Shikamaru pressed his tongue to the seam of her lips asking for entrance, which she instantly granted. Their tongues brushed against eachother and Ino let out a soft moan. "Uhhh...Yeah, guys...I am still here ya know!" Chouji called out, blushing brightly. The couple pulled apart, and both blushed as well. "Sorry man..." shikamaru mummbled then chuckled lightly at Chouji's face. Ino just giggled as she leaned against the brunette. "This is gonna take some time to get used to..." chouji said laughingly. Ino and Shikamaru just smiled. suddenly Chouji cocked his head towards the door. "Hey if you dont want everyone knowing that you two are together yet, you might want to stop holding on eachother, cause I can hear footsteps coming to the door." The two quickly pulled apart and moved a respectful distance away just as the door opened and Inoichi, Shikaku and Chouza stepped out.
"Hey guys. Uhhh, what was all that about?" Chouza asked, his eyes curious. Their three kids looked at eachother, then Ino said "These two were..uhh..." Ino looked at her two friends for some help. Shikamaru sighed then said nonchalontly, "Chouji told a blonde joke and I laughed and Ino got pissed." The fathers looked at eachother then at Chouji and Ino, who quickly nodded in agreement. Inoichi frowned, he hated blonde jokes. Chouza and Shikaku on the other hand loved them, if only because they annoyed their blonde friend. "So what was the joke?" Shikaku asked. "Huh?" Ino said. Chouza raised an eyebrow "The blonde joke, what was it?" The second generation shika-ino-cho group froze.
Chouji chuckled then said the first one that came to mind, "Well there were three people flying on a plane. The first was eating an apple and said, 'this apple is horrible!' and threw it out the window. The second person was eating a lemon and said 'this lemon is to sour!' and threw it out the window. The third person had a grenade and pulled the pin and threw it out the window for no reason. A bit later they landed and were walking when they came upn a crying boy. 'What is wrong little boy?' they said and the little boy replied 'an apple fell from the sky and hit my puppy on the head and killed it!' They looked at eachother and quickly walked away. They soon came upon a little girl who was crying. 'What is wrong little girl?' they asked and she replied 'a lemon fell from the sky and hit my kitten on the head and killed it!' They once again looked at eachother and walked away. They soon came across a blonde who was laughing. 'what is so funny miss?' they asked and she replied 'I farted and then the building behind me blew up!'" Chouji laughed as he finished his joke. Ino was fuming, and Shikamaru just facepalmed. "Bwahahahaha!" Chouza laughed with his son, while Inoichi fumed with his daughter and Shikaku just stared at them like they were idiots with his son.
A few moments later, they all went back inside, Chouza still chuckling. "We are going back upstairs." Shikamaru said in a monotone, shaking his head still also, as they were already climbing the stairs.
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Once they were upstairs Ino rounded on Chouji. "That was the stupidest, most IDIOTIC, dumbest most infuriating and DISRESPECTFUL and-" shikamaru had placed his hand over her mouth to make her shut up. "It worked didnt it? Or would you rather have had them know the real reason you were pissed?" Ino sighed and Chouji eased out of his wholebody cringe when he saw she was calmed down. "Speaking of pissed..." Ino said as she turned to face Shikamaru who was standing next to Chouji. "What did I do this time" He sighed, as he was used to her fussing and scolding himself and Chouji all the time. "You left this on my neck last night and my dad almost saw it this morning!" Ino said irritatedly and pulled her hair back revealing the bright red hickey on her pale slender neck. Shikamaru and Chouji's eyes widened.
"Wh-what did you two do last night" Chouji asked as if he didnt want the answer and really did at the same time. The couple blushed at the insinuation. "Oh, KAMI! You did IT?" He gasped out in horror, "You have only been dating one day and you went and-" He was cut off by Shikamaru raising his voice. "No, Chouji. We did not do it. We just, uh, kissed and stuff" he mummbled out the last part, while Ino nodded vigorously. "Oh..ooh THANK KAMI!" Chouji groaned as he leaned his back against the wall.
"Some one is being over dramatic." Ino said sarcasticly. Chouji promptly stood up and walked quickly over to his blonde sister figure. "Hmm..." he mummbled. "What?" Ino asked, then got an annoyed look on her face as Chouji poked at her lovebite on her neck. "Wow, Shikamaru, you sure left your mark on her. Did you do this to mark your territory?"
"What the hell is with you and this territory talk?" Shikamaru sighed out. Ino smacked Chouji's hand away when he tried to poke it again. "Stop it you baka!" she growled, and Chouji laughed at her reaction. All the sudden they heard a call. "Ino, Chouji, your parents are leaving!" Yoshino called up the stairs. "Oh, Just when things were getting interesting!" Chouji teased. "Shut up, you idiot!" Ino muttered. The other man in the room just sighed. Ino walked over to Shikamaru. "Bye Shika." She said softly, then closed her eyes and tilted her head up. Shikamaru, smirked and leaned down and brushed his lips to hers. The blonde threaded her fingers into Shikamarus hair and pulled out the hair tie. He pulled back and leaned down and placed a light kiss on her lovebite then scraped his teeth across it. "Ahh!" Ino gasped as she felt her body reacting to Shikamaru's minstrations. "Come ON guys! Seriously I am right here!" Chouji grumbled "This is so weird..." he said as he walked passed them and waited outside the door. "Bye Ino." He pressed his lips to hers then trailed down to the hickey on her neck. "You might wanna cover that up" he said with a satisfied smirk. "Your such a guy!" Ino giggled and brushed her hair over her neck, and then all three of them walked downstairs.
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