Chapter 5: Ino's first kiss
The next morning, the long haired girl raided through her bedroom trying to find her purple hair clip that she wanted to wear that day. Scouting around, she spotted her checked jewellery box where she kept everything that was precious to her. Digging through the box, she then noticed something that was buried at the bottom. It was a photo of her and a boy.
Flashback
Ino was 8 years old. She and her father drove to Konoha for the Spring festival. The whole festival was illuminated with colourful lights, all the girls wore a kimono gowns, and everyone was having a wonderful time. She herself wore a lavender coloured kimono printed with purple bush clovers, and her hair was tied up in a bun.
"Daddy lets go to that place!" Young Ino pointed at one of the ice cream stalls.
"Sure thing sweat heart" Inoichi bent down, patting her daughter by the head.
Ino loved the spring festival. However she never had the chance to go because her dad was always too busy. And this was the first time she got to go to one ever since they moved out of Konoha. Ino made the most of out of that evening. She played heaps of games, went on cool rides, and ate the most delicious food. As they were walking down to check out other stalls, her dad stopped walking.
She looked high up and saw him talking to a lady. The lady wore purple lipstick had some sort of marks on her face, however it was so long ago she couldn't remember what the marks looked like. "Ino darling, this lady was an old friend of mine back in high school." She looked up at the lady as the woman smiled at her. The two grownups started reminiscing then Ino noticed a boy with brown hair holding the ladies hand. "Ino darling, me and my friend here are going to go for some tea. We need to have some time to catch up, so you and her son can go and have fun at the festival. Just make sure you both meet us back over there once the fireworks display finishes" Inoichi pointed at a nearby cafe. He then grabbed the two children's arms and connected their hands. "Make sure you two stick together." The adults said to the kids, giving them some money before leaving.
It was just them two.They didn't even know each other and their parents left them two together. Because they were holding hands, they felt really awkward. Because it was so long ago, Ino couldn't even remember the boy's name. All she could recall was how he would call her names like 'barbie' or 'blondie'.
"Hi..." Ino mumbled nervously at the boy. He boy had short brown hair and tan skin. "Hey barbie, let's go play some games over in those tents" the boy grinned pointed at the stalls behind her. "Yeah okay" the girl blushed. 'Even though I just met the boy, he's kind of cute' Ino thought to herself smiling. The two children spent the whole night visiting game and food tents, until they stumbled upon a photo booth. "Do u want to get a photo taken?" The boy asked, still holding the aqua eyed girls hand. "Okay!" Ino replied. When they got their photos taken, the fireworks were about to start.
"Here let me show you something" the tan skinned boy pulled the girl with him to the top of a nearby hill. "This is where I always go for the fireworks. It's a perfect view" the brown haired boy grinned at her. 'She's so pretty' the boy thought to himself. Then the fireworks started. As they enjoyed the fireworks the boy broke the silence. "Hey, can you close your eyes? I have a surprise for you" the boy winked. "Okay" Ino blushed. She then closed her eyes and then felt a pair of soft lips crash into hers. The kiss lasted a few seconds then he pulled back. Ino couldn't stop blushing, she didn't even realise that the fireworks had finished. "Come on barbie! We have to get back" he pulled her up and held her by the hand again.
When they got back the two adults said their goodbyes. Ino and the boy felt disappointed because they had to say goodbye to each other. Before Ino had to go, the boy leaned in close to her ear and whispered "don't ever forget about me" and he gave her the copy of the photo of them two together. He had the other copy. "I won't I promise!" Ino stated. And that was the last time they saw each other.
Ino smiled at the photo of her and the boy and placed it on her bedside table. That was her first crush and even though she hadn't seen him since, she still had him on her mind. 'I wonder if I will ever see him again' Ino thought. Then the word "blondie" came to her head. 'No that's crazy. That's not Kiba, the boy didn't have any marks on his cheeks.' She then heard someone knocking at the door and quickly grabbed her bag and lunch and left, forgetting all about the hairclip.