A/N: Thanks so much for all those reviews, again I wasn't expecting so many but thanks. Here is the next chapter. I hope you enjoy this fic as much as I am enjoying writing it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Naruto quickly made it to his cubicle and sat down at his desk.

"I'm home free." He thought to himself.

"Uzumaki!" He heard his name.

"Oh shit, no." He breathed.

He looked up to see his blonde-haired boss Tsunade staring down at him. She did not look happy to see in the slightest.

"Oh hey Tsunade-san." He gave her a smile.

The older woman didn't look pleased. She folded her arms and continued to give him a harsh look.

"And where the hell have you been? You're late again." She reminded him.

"Uh, forgive me." He nodded. "I was held up downstairs for awhile. "I wont be late again." Naruto promised.

"Right." The boss shook her head. "You'd better not be Uzumaki, now get to work."

"Yes Ma'am."

He waited until she walked away before a sigh of relief escaped him. He really did not like dealing with his boss. The only time she was pleasant was when she was either drunk or gambling. Naturally those behaviors occurred after work-hours, although he was pretty sure he had seen her drunk during work. If she had been intoxicated that time he wasn't really surprised. It was no big secret that the woman enjoyed her sake.

"The last thing I need is that woman on my ass."

He decided he should just get to work so she would not have a reason to come back and yell some more. Naruto found himself stealing glances at the time on his computer screen every so often. It was barely 9:30 in the morning, he still had so much time to be at work.

"Damn, it's going to be a long day."

He was thankful that he had lunch to look forward to. It was probably going to be the biggest highlight of his day. He couldn't imagine anything else to look forward to other than eating lunch.

"Yo." He heard a voice.

Naruto looked away from his computer screen to see Shikamaru standing there.

"What!" His eyes looked like they were going to fall out of their sockets. How in the hell did the lazy bastard make it to work before he did?

"Now I know this is a nightmare, either that or I'm in the freaking twilight zone. Shikamaru how the hell did you get here before me?"

The dark-haired male just smirked.

"I was up hours before the alarm went off."

"Yeah right." Naruto scoffed. "You're never up."

"Yeah, well first time for everything I guess. Hey, I saw your girlfriend a little while ago. Are you okay? You didn't pass out or anything did you?" Shikamaru teased his best friend.

The spiky-haired blond was more than used to getting teased about his feelings for the blue-eyed female. It was no secret that he had liked her, everyone knew this to be true.

"Shut up, I do not pass out."

"I was just kidding Naruto, relax. I'll see you later okay I need to give these papers to Tsunade-san."

"Okay, later." Naruto waved his friend off.

It wasn't very long before Naruto was beginning to fantasize about Ino Yamanaka. It was all Shikamaru's fault for bringing her up in the first place. The only thing he could think of now was being with the beautiful blonde right this very moment.

"She touched my forehead." He thought happily.

He could still remember how good she smelled too. The scent of her lingering in his thoughts. He now envisioned making out with her right here on top of his desk. He thought of her pressed firmly up against him with his arms wrapped around her waist as they deepened their kiss. He thought about hands to hands, lips to lips, pulses quickening, and heartbeat's pounding. He just wanted her so much.

"Alright." He whispered. :Come on Naruto you've got to put those thoughts out of your head."

Fantasizing about her when he was supposed to be working would not be helping him in anyway. He needed to be focused on the task at hand.

"Fuck if I'm going to get through this I'm going to need some coffee." He decided.

Naruto rose from his chair and headed down to the lounge area to get himself a cup of steaming coffee. He waved to several of his co-workers along the way.

"Hey Naruto how's it going?" Someone asked him.

"It's going okay." He nodded.

As the blond came over to the lounge area he paused as he saw the blue-eyed female standing there making herself a cup of tea.

"Oh shit."

He wasn't sure if he could handle himself in front of her right now. Naruto was sure he would end up doing something stupid and making a fool of himself. That possibility seemed to be more than likely.

"Okay all I have to do is back away slowly before she sees me."

It was easier said than done of course, just as the blue-eyed male was starting to walk away Ino turned around.

"Naruto?" She called out to him.

"Damn." He thought and flinched.

He swallowed and slowly turned around to look at her.

"Oh, uh, hey Ino." he managed to say in a clear voice.

"Hey." She gave him a smile. "I guess you needed some coffee huh? I know I can't go without my raspberry tea."

"Yeah." he nodded. "Tsunade-san will drive a person to drink."

She laughed at his joke, then turned around to grab a new cup.

"So how do you like it?"

"Huh, How do I like what?" He seemed confused. His mind now starting to wander on to other slightly more perverted things.

"Yes silly how do you like your coffee? I'll make it for you since I'm already standing here."

He felt his heart skip a beat, sure she was just offering to make him a cup of coffee. It wasn't really that big of a deal. It wasn't as if she was saying that she wanted to go to bed with him. But this was coming from the woman of his dreams, either way he was happy.

"Oh, um I'll take it black with three sugars."

"Okay."

The young woman poured him a cup of coffee and added the three sugars like he wanted.

"Here it is." She handed him the cup of steaming hot coffee with their hands touching for a few moments.

"Thank you." Naruto said.

"Sure," She nodded. "Well I should be going, can't get any work done if I'm not at my desk. I'll see you around okay."

"Yeah, um bye Ino."

"Bye."

He watched as she walked away again. Her heavenly scent leaving with her.

"She is so beautiful." He thought and stared down at the cup of coffee.

"Geez, you really like her" He heard a female voice.

"Huh?" He turned around fast, nearly spilling some of his coffee while doing so. It was only a friend of his, a sandy-blonde haired woman named Temari.

"Temari what the fuck? You shouldn't sneak up like that."

Temari smirked. She had always enjoyed messing with the younger blond-haired male. She had always seen him as a younger brother so it was hard to resist picking on him.

"Oh I'm sorry did I cut in on your time of staring at Ino as she walks away. I know that it is your favorite thing to do during the day."

"Whatever." Naruto spoke. "Don't you have better things to do like follow Shikamaru around?"

Temari frowned and pulled out a pen from the inside of her pocket.

"Watch it Naruto do not make me use this." She threatened and held the pen up to his neck. Naruto just looked annoyed at the display.

"Oh great, death by ink-poisoning it's just what I need."

"I'm only kidding. I wouldn't use a pen to off you Naruto."

"What the hell are you in the mob or something? Anyway I should get back to desk, you never know if Tsunade-san is lurking in the shadows." He was being partly serious about that theory. "I'll probably catch you and Shikamaru for lunch later, bye."

Naruto didn't get very far before Temari called out to him.

"Hey Naruto, all joking aside I think you should tell her how you feel."

"I don't know if I could. I can barely say more than a few words to her sometimes."

"Well pining away for her in secret like this isn't going to get you anywhere. I think you should go for it. I mean what do you really have to lose?"

"Oh, I don't know how about a lot? What am I supposed to say, Hey Ino I've only been in love with you for as long as I could remember. I dream about you constantly. You have no idea the many things I want to do to you."

Temari's eyes widened and her eyebrows began twitching slightly. Several co-workers began to look around.

"If I tell her the truth it might freak her out and she'll probably never even bother to look at me, let alone speak to me."

"Well hell yeah you're going to scare her off if you tell her something like that. When I told you to tell her how you feel I didn't mean for you to go off the deep end like that. I'm sure you can find a way to tell her without freaking her out."

The blond male shook his head in defeat.

"No I would probably mess up and say something I shouldn't. If she knew some of the things I think about...." He paused. "Well...."

"Hey who knows maybe she' s into some of the kinky, naughty things you think about. I don't know, but I do know you're going to go crazy if you don't do something about your feelings. You are my friend you know I do worry about you." She gave a slight smile.

Naruto nodded. He knew that Temari cared about his best interests. They had been good friends for awhile so naturally they cared about one another.

"Thanks Temari I know you're just looking out for me."

"Yes." She nodded. "I do care about what's best for you."

"Yeah I know, I want those same things for you too. I'm sure Shikamaru will get his lazy ass together one day."

"Well let's not hold our breaths on that one." Temari let out a laugh. "Get to work okay I'll see you later."

"Yes ma'am." He spoke with a smile and headed back to his own desk.

A part of him was thinking more on what Temari had said to him. She had made a valid point, if he continued to do nothing about his feelings for her he was bound to go crazy. Naruto sat down in his chair, a heavy sigh escaping him.

"What am I going to do?"

He took a sip of the coffee she had made for him. It wasn't bad in anyway, of course even if it had been bad he would have probably still drank it anyway, simply because she had made it for him. His mind began to fantasize about her again. He imagined kissing those pretty pink lips as his hands traveled up and down her body. He imagined all the moans she would be making because of all the things he wanted to do with her. Her voice like music to his ears. He almost could hear her voice growing stronger and stronger. Soon footsteps were heard as someone was making their way to his desk. Of course the young man was so wrapped up in his thoughts he hadn't heard them.

"Naruto?"

There was no response from the blue-eyed male.

"Naruto?" The voice called again.

"What?" He wondered. "That voice?"

It took him a few minutes to realize what was happening. He looked to the see the platinum blonde female standing there.

"Ino?" He whispered.

"Yeah." She nodded. "Naruto are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine. What's up?"

"Well I'm glad that you're okay because Naruto..." She started. "I really need you right now."

A/N: Lol so she really needs him lol. Stay here for more.