Title: Shadow
Author: Simply Kelp
Pairing: not focused on any one ship, but there may be background ones.
Rating: pg
Summary: Shikamaru discovers that he has two shadows now: his own, and Konohamaru. Little vignettes about the evolution of their friendship.
Disclaimer: It doesn't say "Masashi Kishimoto" on my underwear, that must mean that I don't own Naruto... merde.
A/N: I wondered how Ino, and Konohamaru would act together.. This was the result. No flowers were harmed in the making of this vignette.
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Meeting
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Konohamaru had arrived at the flower shop, staring at the note in his hand (meet me at my dad's shop today at four; we need to talk. -Ino). "Hi, Konohamaru-kun," Ino called from behind the counter. She was in the middle of arranging a gigantic bouquet. Konohamaru tried not to gag from the overwhelming stench of flowers.
"Does Shikamaru ever talk about Choji?" Ino asked, suddenly sounding very business-like.
"N-no," Konohamaru stammered, staring at Ino. There was no question about it: girls were weird. And kind of scary when they changed so quickly like that.
Ino sighed. "Oh." She pushed a bunch of little white flowers into the bouquet, and stared-- with one eye closed, and her tongue held between her teeth-- at her work.
"Does Choji ever talk about Shikamaru?" Konohamaru asked curiously.
"No." Ino spritzed the bouquet with her spray bottle.
"Oh."
Ino banged her hand on the counter, and looked suddenly very serious. "But I know he misses him."
"How?" Konohamaru asked, eyes widened.
"I'm a girl; we know everything." Konohamaru raised an incredulous eyebrow. "Well, not everything," Ino clarified, "but we do know a lot more about emotions."
"So that's why girls are so weird?"
"Konohamaru-kun!" Ino yelled, hitting him on the head with her spray bottle.
"What?" Konohamaru asked innocently.
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I have to go to work now, but I might write more when I get home (around 10:30-11pm)... Thanks for reading all these! Hope that you have time to review