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Some Strings Attached

Chapter One

Naruto shoved his way through the packed melee of sweaty, drunk people dancing in the middle of the bar he was meeting Sakura in.

Her new roommate, Ino, had moved in today and they'd hit it off pretty quickly and they'd decided to go for a drink to celebrate.

He could understand Sakura's enthusiasm, Ino was a psychiatrist and by all means a leg up on her last roommate. That guy had been a real tool and had barely done more than ramp up their shared utility bills and stiffed Sakura on a month's rent when he'd moved out without any warning.

In contrast Ino had sent Sakura the deposit a week before moving in and even paid her first couple months' rent upfront. Taking a lot of stress off Sakura before she'd even moved in.

He was just shoving past a particularly burly dude, who did not appreciate his beer being jostled, when he saw the familiar flash of pink hair that was Sakura Haruno.

She was leant on the bar, dressed for a night out in a flattering green dress that hugged at her curves and flowed in a way that dragged the eyes down. Sakura was definitely in a good mood then, she only ever wore that dress when it was serious celebration time. She was even wearing makeup, lipstick and everything.

Stood next to her, also leant against the bar, was a stunningly beautiful blonde woman in a deep purple dress that damn near demanded your attention. And the way it clung to her was just … wow. That had to be Ino. Sakura had said she was really pretty.

Which was the understatement of the century to be honest. He could barely take his eyes off her. Certain parts of her especially. Fucking hell.

Thankfully he was shaken from his staring by Sakura, who turned to look out across the bar, frowning slightly before she spotted him. Her face split into a giant smile and she waved at him eagerly.

'Naruto! Over here!' She practically bounced as she gestured him over.

Naruto smiled and cut his way through more of the crowd, trying not to wince as he bumped against a woman's arm that was so damp with sweat from her energetic dancing he was left with a wet sleeve.

Sakura already had a drink waiting for him when he got to the bar and more or less shoved it into his hand.

'Here you go,' she said and shook her head fondly as he downed half of it in one long gulp. Something that earned him a long, indiscernible look from Sakura's new roommate. 'Better?'

He grinned. 'Much, thank you Sakura,' he said. He turned to the other woman and held out his hand. 'Hiya, you must be Ino?'

The blonde eyed him and then his hand for a long moment, her eyes definitely lingering on him and then she smiled, it was a long, languid and warm thing and honestly it felt kinda nice to be on the receiving end of it.

'That's me, and you have got to be Naruto,' she said in a friendly tone, but there was definitely something behind the tone that … well it piqued Naruto's interest. It sounded like approval. 'Sakura has told me so much about you.'

He cast a look at his best friend, who seemed to be suddenly very busy drinking from her cocktail and grinning to herself.

'Uh huh,' Naruto said as he took the offered stool on the other side of Sakura, pulling it around to sit between the two women. 'Which story from school did she tell you about?'

Ino's eyes sparkled with more approval and Naruto knew he'd guessed right. He just hoped the stories hadn't got to the really embarrassing ones yet. His and Sakura's time at school had led to more than a couple escapades that had definitely given both their parents grey hair early.

He sipped on his beer, silently thanking God for the relief in the stuffy bar. He did his best not to focus on how Ino's lips wrapped around her straw though. Look she was hot and he hadn't got laid in a while. A little leeway okay?

'I didn't tell her the bad ones!' Sakura piped up, defensiveness turning her voice just a little loud, the group of girls huddled around the bar next to her glancing over instinctively at the noise.

'Oh so there's more?' Ino asked, grinning mischievously at the blushing pinkette. 'Goodie.'

He groaned into his hand and laughed ruefully. 'What's the worst one she's told you so far?'

Because a little bit of alcohol did always bring out all the funny stories from Sakura. She was such a lightweight it was a miracle all of Konoha didn't know about what they'd got up to as kids.

'How about the one where you apparently had your clothes stolen from the changing rooms while you were in the showers …' Ino started, her eyes most assuredly running down the length of him, he was sure of it. 'So you decided the best decision at your disposal was to streak?'

'Sakura!' Naruto gasped before laughing. 'Why the hell did you tell her that?!'

'It's funny!' Sakura cried as she hugged around Naruto's arm and tried and failed to hide her own laughter. 'Who the fuck realises some asses have stolen their clothes and instead of grabbing someone's attention and quietly finding replacements … streaks through the school building?'

The three of them laughed and Naruto shrugged under Ino's continued scrutiny. 'Got their asses in more trouble when Mr Umino found out. Besides, I looked good.'

'I bet,' Ino chuckled into her glass quietly.

Sakura was still laughing though and didn't seem to catch it. She clinked her glass with Naruto's and the three of them fell into idle conversation, more drinks being ordered and slipping down until Sakura was starting to wobble slightly in her chair when they'd come back from dancing.

It was nice, and just the kind of thing he'd needed to blow off steam after a long shift. He was having such a good time that they only just noticed when Sakura's phone went off.

'What the –' Sakura started as she lifted it to her eye line. 'Son of a bitch.'

She tapped out a quick reply, but she was already pulling her stuff together and clearly preparing to leave.

'What's wrong?' Naruto asked.

'Work needs me to cover an early shift tomorrow, one of the doctors has a family emergency and no one else is free,' Sakura said loudly, her drink being left far to the side as she frowned down at her phone. 'Shit, guys, I'm sorry but I've gotta go home. They need me in pretty early and it's already …' she glanced at her phone again and grimaced. 'Yeah, I gotta go.'

Naruto pulled a sympathetic face. 'Ah that sucks, we can always come out again when you definitely don't have work?'

Ino nodded and went to grab her purse and coat before Sakura waved her hands at them hurriedly. 'Don't be silly, you guys stay. No reason your night has to end just because I can't say no to my boss. Have you got your keys to get in still Ino?'

The blonde held up her bag and shook it so it jingled lightly. 'Yup, are you sure you're okay to get home alone though Sakura? You've had quite a lot to drink.'

If Naruto hadn't already liked Ino immediately, the look of concern on her face for Sakura would have sealed it. Hot and caring? Where had this woman been his entire life?

'Yeah, I'll be fine, I'll just grab a cab and I'll text you guys when I get home. Stay, drink, bond. I'll see you both later.' Sakura gave them both quick hugs and drained the last of her drink. 'Don't do anything I wouldn't do!'

Naruto laughed and waved as Sakura disappeared into the throng of people before he could even ask what that left for them to actually do then.

He turned to see Ino smiling after the pinkette and sipping from her drink. 'Does she always drop what she's doing if someone needs her help?'

He nodded. 'All the time, it's gotten her trouble over the years. But there's no point arguing with her, I've tried. If she can help, she will help. Even if it's just me not being able to make a choice on what shirt to buy,' he joked while gesturing at himself offhandedly.

Ino hummed in approval. But her piercing blue eyes had moved from where Sakura had disappeared to and were fixed squarely on him now. There was something cat-like to her expression, running all over him and if the small smile that came after her eyes trailed back to his … Ino had liked what she found.

He'd actually caught her doing that a few times since he'd shown up. He hadn't wanted to assume but what with her constantly doing it … not to mention when the three of them were dancing the blonde had gotten close enough he could now take a solid guess at what kind of shampoo she used … well even he wasn't that dense.

He hoped.

'Tell me something?' Ino asked slowly, letting the words drip off her tongue. She leant in close to him on the table, her fingers dancing up the side of his cold glass and playing with the droplets of condensation.

If she kept looking at him like that, he'd probably tell her anything.

'Sure?'

'When Sakura said we should bond … what comes to mind?' Ino asked, a sly smirk accompanying her fingers stroking over his. 'Just so we're on the same page.'

Well … that was a very pointed question. And he had a very pointed answer but he wasn't sure if Ino was being serious. He really, really didn't want to be a creeper and scare her off if she was just joking.

Had she caught on to him checking her out too? It had been kinda hard to ignore how good her ass looked in that dress and if he hadn't known better he would've sworn that she was deliberately shoving her breasts in his face with the way she'd been leaning on the bar.

'Um …' He said articulately. He was blaming the alcohol for how hot his face was feeling by the way. 'I mean …'

Ino's smirk got somehow even more sinful and she leant on her free hand expectantly. 'Go on Naruto, sate a girl's curiosity. However should we spend our time now we're alone?'

Her hand trailed over his on the glass and dropped under the bar far more subtly than he could have managed, finding his leg and rubbing up and down his thigh. Her grin turning damn Cheshire as he throbbed so hard it went down his leg. 'Because I have some suggestions.'

Could still be joking, she could just be playing the most daring game of chicken ever and he really, really needed to be sure she was being serious before doing anything.

He allowed himself to glance at the steadily growing cleavage as Ino leant in closer and closer to him. Fuck please let her be serious.

'Like?' he asked as Ino's hand went further and further up his thigh.

'You're a detective right?' Ino asked, her fingers stroking along the bulge he was making in his jeans. 'Detect.'

Holy shit. Okay, he wasn't just imagining it. Good, excellent. Amazing even.

Question was though, did he be blunt about it or play along with Ino's coy game?

She put her finger to her lip and nibbled it gently, whether to put particular things in his mind or to stop from laughing he didn't know and he honestly didn't care, it was fucking hot either way

Screw it, he could do coy.

'Hmm, I think I need more evidence to draw from,' Naruto said, resisting the urge to groan as Ino's fingers traced along the bulge to his shaft. 'I'm pretty sure there's a secondary location we could investigate.'

Yes the cop jargon hadn't come out on purpose. Yes he was new at getting hit on and gotten awkward, but given the flare of excitement that went through Ino's eyes when she realised he was playing along … he didn't really care.

'Oh?' she damn near purred. 'Where is this "secondary location" Detective Uzumaki?'

'Get your coat,' Naruto said with more confidence than he felt, it being buoyed as Ino bit her lip and grinned at him. 'I'll show you.'

'So your place is the "secondary location" huh?' Ino gave him a smirk as she glided down the small hallway, her coat falling from her shoulders and folded over her arm as she moved.

It also granted him a glorious view of her ass as she sashayed down his hallway. Which she had to be doing on purpose. So he let himself have a good long stare with absolutely no guilt.

She turned to catch him staring and the smirk only grew. She curled her finger at him and lowered herself onto his sofa, watching him expectantly.

He joined her, trying to be as casual as possible. 'Just thought it might be the best place to find more evidence.'

'Uh huh,' Ino said, raising an amused eyebrow at him while he sat down close to her. 'Well where shall we start looking?'

He was struggling to keep up the coy stuff, she'd been like this the entire cab ride over.

His fingers stroked along her jaw until he cupped her cheek gently. 'How about here?'

The kiss was testing, uncertain until she sighed and opened her mouth readily, deepening it eagerly.

Slender fingers found the back of his neck, their heads tilting to accommodate their kisses, the time their lips spent apart lessening each time.

'Good suggestion?' Naruto asked mid-kiss, his hands delving to Ino's waist and lower back.

'Mhmm,' Ino muttered back, her own hands going to work on the buttons of his collar. 'Lots of evidence here.'

'Good, let's keep investigating,' Naruto said teasingly, cupping her ass to the sound of a pleased hum.

'Yes,' Ino agreed hurriedly, the breath between each kiss getting shorter and shorter until their lips were barely apart long enough to draw one. 'Let's.'

The beautiful blonde threw a leg over him, her quick hands having undone enough buttons she could pull the shirt up over his head like it was a t-shirt. She let her eyes run over his exposed torso and he didn't need to be a mind reader to know what she was thinking.

Her hips ground against him, her arms wrapping around his neck, swallowing his groan with her tongue. She rubbed against him just right and it made his head spin.

'Fuck Naruto,' Ino said, a brief breath, her grinding against him intensifying, her whole glorious body pressed into him as she sighed approvingly. 'Touch me.'

Doing as he was told, Naruto grabbed her ass and squeezed so hard her hips jutted forward on him, earning a happy gasp and renewed grinding. She was too close for him to get a hand between them so he took to pulling her even closer by her ass until the blonde was panting in his ear.

Ino giggled into his neck when he tried to get his fingers under her dress. But he couldn't get between them. Instead he found the zip that let the dress fall slightly from her shoulders and traced down her bare back, unhooking her bra as he went.

Ino leant back, her hands unravelling from his neck and hair and with a sultry smile she slowly pulled the form fitting dress up. Revealing pale, supple stomach, his fingers instinctively running down over it, marvelling at the softness.

But Ino kept his gaze locked on her rising arms as the dress came up and off, her bra going with the dress too so that her gorgeous breasts dropped tantalisingly, the dress thrown who the fuck cared where.

Ino leant back on him, still grinding, her breasts shoved forward and he longed to kiss and play with them. But Ino's hips left him powerless with the pleasure she gave him. He couldn't even lift his arms so he just stared as her breasts bounced.

'Do you have one?' she asked simply, her fingers undoing his jeans and pushing them down him as far as she could.

'In my bedroom,' he hissed as she released him from his boxers and started to pump him teasingly.

'That's too far,' Ino pouted playfully, tickling his shaft evilly. 'Get one out of my purse.'

Naruto didn't need to be told twice and without really looking, fished what felt like a condom out of Ino's discarded bag.

She didn't even look away from him as she ripped the packet open and immediately eased the rubber over his aching head.

It was always weird to feel a condom being put on you but Naruto didn't have long to contemplate it as Ino was already lifting herself up, pulling her wet panties aside and filling herself with his cock.

'Fuck you're big,' Ino groaned loudly, biting her lip before rocking onto him slowly, sparks going off in Naruto's eyes as ecstasy robbed him of his tongue now too.

The blonde crashed against him in another fierce kiss and started to bounce on his dick, grunting and moaning his name so loudly it was all Naruto could hear, it was even louder than his own thoughts.

The feel of her breasts rubbing against his bare chest, the grazing of her hard nipples, only added to the euphoria throbbing through his entire body and, with each fresh groan and bounce of her ass, Naruto knew the end was coming way, way too soon.

But he couldn't fight it, whether it be that it had been way too long since he'd last got laid or that Ino was just that good, he could already feel the pressure flying up his shaft the further she pushed him down into the sofa.

But he could hurry her up too.

He pushed his hand between them, Ino's body moving willingly as if sensing his plan, and his fingers slipped into her panties and he found her clit, immediately attacking the bundle of nerves with hungry rubs and hard pinches.

'Oh fuck! Naruto!' Ino gasped as she started to flutter around him, blissfully, enticingly, her fingers going up into his hair and grabbing and pulling with each rub and pinch of her clit. 'Gonna!'

He grunted wordlessly, agreement hopefully clear with each tremble of pre-release shaking them both to their core until Ino screamed.

'Naruto!'

She collapsed against him panting, his head falling so far back he was worried it'd fall off over the side.

The world slowly came back to him and Naruto let his forehead fall on top of Ino's bowed head.

'That …'

'Was amazing,' Ino finished with a shaky giggle. 'Woo, I thought you'd be good but that good? Damn.'

'Not so bad yourself,' Naruto said with a little kiss to the top of her head.

They laughed together until Ino forced herself up to look at him. 'Though I don't think our investigation is over just yet,' she said salaciously, pushing her hair out of her face and grinning at him. 'I think there's more evidence to be found around here … what do you say?'

He laughed and they shared a quick kiss. 'Got to be loads yeah, lead on.'

'Could take all night to find them all.'

'Hopefully.'

Ino giggled and they fell into another kiss.