"Hm, look Itachi they finally noticed us." A very large man spoke his voice was thick and rough.
"Kisame, you know what to do." The slightly smaller man spoke, sharp red eyes stared down towards them. Kisame grinned a toothy grin revealing a mouth full of shark like teeth. He reached to his back and took out a large thick sword that was covered and jumped down next to them, followed by Itachi. He stared at Ino, getting her out of her paralyzed state. 'Run.' and she did. Shikamaru called back for her but Kisame stopped him and everyone else from running after her. He looked at Itachi who left to pursue the blonde.
"Shit, Ino!" Shikamaru took a step and Kisame's giant sword dropped in front of him. Genma jumped over them and head after her. Shikamaru's eyes narrowed as he watched the man chase towards her.
"It's weird to see you under these circumstances." Itachi spoke softly, genitally picking her head up by her chin. Her heart started to race faster looking into his eyes and her face became flushed with a light shade of red.
"I didn't want to meet like this." She told him, looking away from his eyes. "Someone is coming after me." He sighed and moved her face again to look at him. She had gave into him again, of course it wasn't the first time; she had given into Itachi long before now. She was sent on an two day mission with Shikamaru and Choji and had to face the man alone, but neither attacked each other. She knew even if she tried to make a move he was going to kill her right on the spot. They conversed, small questions at first and she became comfortable with him then. They had met the next day at a little dango shop on the outskirts of the small village and talked, she had gotten an attraction to him, as he did with her; and since then they would meet in secret, not often though, once a month or when they were near each other. She had grown to fall in love with him even though he was a s-rank criminal and if anyone had found out she would be dead; but it was a risk she was willing to take. "Itachi." She spoke his name wobbly, nervous with how close their faces had gotten, their lips only a breath apart.
"Ino!" Genma's voice rang throughout the forest, reminding them that they were not the only ones around there.
Itachi sighed, backing away from the blue eyed blonde and then disappearing with a black puff of smoke. He said no last words to her. She fell to her knees from how shaky they were from the kiss that never happened.
"Ino," Genma relieved voice knocked her out of her thoughts and towards him. "Thank goodness you're okay." He squatted next to her, moving her bang away from her face. "I was for sure that he had caught up to you, wait did he?" She nodded her head.
"But he left me alone." Her eyes started to water but not for the reason Genma took it as, as her being scared. He hugged her and sighed, surprising her with his movement. The sun had finally settled down and the place was pitch black. Genma swooped Ino up in his arms and walked blindly back to where everyone was, hoping that the shark guy had left too. Ino blushed at the fact that he was carrying her; she could feel his muscles flex when he picked her up and his chest moving in and out slowly was calming to her. She rested her head on his chest and closed her eyes with a sigh.
"Thanks for helping with these boxes Genma. Normally I would have Choji or make Shikamaru help me; but they're off on a mission." She placed down the last box near the back door exit of her families flower shop, wiping her forehead with the back of her hand.
"Hm, no problem." Genma walked to the back room catching a sight of Ino bending over to look through the boxes. 'Still has a nice ass.' He smirked to himself, getting a death stare from the blonde. He laughed nervously and then turned around. "So you pretty much run this whole place by yourself?"
"I'm the only one who works in here. When my father passed away, my mother stopped coming in here because of memories so she's just in charge of the financial matters." Her eyes softened at the thought of her father, he was a strong and great man; but gave his life on a mission to keep his family safe and the village as well. Genma walked towards her and wrapped his arms around her shoulder, hugging her. "Genma." She let his name slip from her lips with a sigh. It had been almost a month since she saw Itachi on that mission; during this time Genma and her had gotten closer. Hanging out on their days off or when they would get back from missions, but she was scared to get to close to him. Rumors were already starting to spread and not was the last thing both of them wanted. But she knew the truth about them, and nothing has happened, not yet anyways; there is times where Genma would get to affectionate with her or the other way around when they would hug and when Genma would brush by her hand and keep it on top of hers when they would sit next to each other. Like now, the hug had lasted for to long already.
She pulled away from him and smiled before going back to her work. He sat on a chair, sticking a new senbon in his mouth and watched her putting different kinds and colors of flowers in a vase, rearranging them to look perfect. He didn't like the fact that she always worked in the shop, he couldn't buy her flowers and surprise her with them; he sighed remembering to watch what he thought about around her and her mind. The bell to the store rang when the door opened. Ino popped up her head and walked to the front.
"Oh, it's you." She spoke with irritation in her voice.
"Is that really anyway to talk to a costumer like?" Genma scooted closer to the door to hear the conversation. "I have something to of ask you Blondie."
"Anything for you Sasuke." Ino spoke statistically mocking all of Sasuke's fan girls and batting her eyelashes.
"If I don't recall, you used to be just like them."
"Yeah, 'used to' being the key word." She rolled her eyes and placed a hand on her hip. "Anyways, what do you need Uchiha?"
"A date." Genma almost fell out of his chair hear those words come out from Sasuke's mouth.
"A-A what?" Ino asked again, unsure if she had heard him right. He wanted to go on a date her with? No she must have heard him right.
"I want a date with you. Geez, are you hard of hearing?" He crossed his arms on his chest and looked away from her, a small blush formed on his cheeks. Ino was speechless and her face was red as a cherry, she did hear him right, he actually said he wanted to have a date with her. Genma peeked his head into the shop and saw both of them looking away from each other their faces flustered with nervousness and embarrassment.
"That little brat." He mumbled to himself. He had nothing to worry about, Ino hated the guy. There was no way she was going to accept his offer.
"Okay." Genma spat out the senbon in his mouth. Mouthing 'really' the same time Sasuke said it her. "Yeah, why not?"
"Your inner fan-girl has a escaped." Genma's voice entered in her mind, she mentally shook it out of her head and smile towards Sasuke.
"I'll pick you up around eight." Sasuke waved goodby while he was walking out. Ino sighed, she wondered what Itachi would say if he knew she was going on a date with his little brother?
"I can't believe you accepted it." Genma stepped out from the back and leaned against the wall giving the blonde flower girl a questionable look.
"I just don't like to turn people down." He's expression quickly changed, remembering the day he asked her out for lunch and turned him down. He mumbled something quietly under his breath, blue eyes stared back at him. "I didn't turn you down, I told you maybe next time, you never asked again after that. Not like it matters now, you're always stuck around me like a puppy with no home." She giggled and walked passed him to continue working on the vase and flowers.
She watched him cautiously from the corner of her eyes, his mind had became blank and she was unsure of what his next movements were going to be. He moved, getting out of her vision of sight and she felt a body, his body pressed against her back, hands placed softly on her hips. She continued working as if he wasn't around, ignoring his presence; but it was hard with his body on her back and his hands sliding up and down on her sides. He snaked his arms around her waist and quickly pulled her into a hug, she gasped dropping the sheering scissors that were in her hand.
"Genma?" Ino questioned his actions. He took out the senbon from his mouth and placed it on the table, burring his head in the crook of her neck. What was he doing? She froze when he held onto her tighter, feeling his muscles flex on her skin made her face redder than a rose. "Genma, I really need-" He spun her around and his lips crashed into her. Surprised at his sudden actions she accidentally slammed her back into the the flat edged table letting out a moan of pain. His hands grabbed the upper part of her arms, holding her still, quickly taking his chance from the moan that escaped her mouth.
Ino didn't fight back, she didn't kiss him back neither, she was neutral about the whole thing, mostly shocked. She knew Genma had a thing for her, it was obvious enough for Shikamaru to catch on and tell her, but she had already known. She sighed mentally and had finally given in, relaxing herself into his rough but soft kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck, having to tiptoe with the extreme height difference between them when Genma straightened out his back. She felt his arms slide around her waist, pushing her closer into him and smirked; he desperately wanted her, she could feel it in the way he kissed her. She bit down on his lower lip softly and pulled away from him. She looked into his eyes and sighed. 'What have I done?' she thought. She had egged him on to far, she was interested in the jonin don't get her wrong; but she wanted Itachi more and felt terrible for letting Genma get close to her after he said to stay away from him.
"Should I have not done that?" She looked at him, he's innocent expression and soft brown eyes just made her melt. She shook her head and smiled, not wanting to make him feel bad. "Still thinking about going on that date with that Uchiha brat?"
"I told you, I don't like turning people down." He frowned. "Anyways, I need to start getting ready." She untied her apron and hung it on the hook. "And I need to get these," She picked up the vase of flowers and smiled lightly. "To my mom, it's her birthday tomorrow, but I'm gonna be on a mission that's going to last for a few days." she sighed tiredly and followed Genma out the door, locking it behind them. "I'll see you when I get back."
Ino walked, more like stumbled back to her apartment, she surprisingly had a good time with Sasuke. They went out to eat and then they drank a little, a little to much for the blonde. She let out a relieved sigh, finally taking off her shoes, unzipping her dress not completely taking it off. "Ah, it feels so good to be able to breath again." She laughed at her own joke. She looked in her fridge and grabbed a beer, her eyes wondered towards her balcony and raised her eyebrow. "G-Genma?" She held up her dress with her free hand.
Genma stood leaning against the railing, smoking a cigarette. He stared her down, taking in her drunken state and her beautiful figure in her now loose dress. "A little late to be drinking," He told her, pushing himself up. He cupped her chin and took the beer from her hand drinking some before placing it on the outside table.
"What are you doing here?" She snapped, pushing him away from her.
"You're drunk aren't you?" She nodded her head and turned away from him. "I guess that's answer my question on weather you had a good time or not."
"I had a great time." She slurred on accident, covering her mouth with a blush. Genma laughed and followed her inside. "So, you came just to ask how it went?" He nodded his head, sitting down on the sofa. "It was surprisingly fun, he wasn't being a jerk." She stood in front of him showing her back. "Since you're here, can you zip me up?" She moved her blonde hair over her shoulder. He sat forward and an idea came to his mind, she was to drunk to even bother to try to read his mind anyways. He turned her around and pulled her down to his lap, her pale blue eyes watching, she was cautious but didn't show it.
"You have a beautiful face." She blushed madly, looking away from him. He grazed his fingertips over her skin pulling her face down to his, he smelled like spice and cigarettes but it was amazing in Ino's nose. She moved closer to his lips, closing her eyes, letting herself fall into him.