"Ino this is my... boyfriend." Sakura said, with some difficulty. She had never actually introduced Gaara to anyone yet; thus far he had been living in her home quite secretly. She supposed that now that Ino knew though, it was only a matter of time before everyone knew she was no longer living alone.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Ino asked, throwing her arms around Gaara. Sakura flinched, imagining terrible things happening, but Gaara remained calm. He even smiled, as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
He was a better actor than Sakura.
"It just slipped my mind." Sakura said lamely.
"I'm Ino." Ino told Gaara, holding out her hand. Sakura thought it was funny, that after she had hugged the man she would want to shake his hand.
"I know." Gaara said. Ino raised an eyebrow at him and he went on, smoothly covering his slip. "Sakura talks about you a lot." He said. "A lot."
Ino grinned at Sakura. "He's cute." She whispered loudly to Sakura. Sakura blushed furiously and pulled Ino in to the living room.
"Well, let's have some of this delicious liquid then shall we?"