If at any point within the ages of five to fifteen someone had told Yamanaka Ino that she would one day be in the most expensive restaurant in Konoha with Uchiha Sasuke, she would have said, "no fucking shit." Maybe not in those words because her parents had raised a proper lady up until she was like sixteen, and well we don't talk about those days with anyone besides her best of friends Sakura. So, better said the words young Ino would have said would have fallen more under, "and he is going to propose and then we will get married." In other words, she would have been unsurprised and inform anyone who would listen that is was unavoidable.
Ino had planned an evening like this countless times as child, the clothes always depended on the fashion of the moment and tended to be inconsistent except for them looking extravagant. The rest of her dinner with Sasuke was always the finest of wines, or champagnes whichever was more expensive, and the evening was all smiles, soft gazes and flirtatious winking. Don't judge, she was five when this fantasy first came to mind, she really had no idea what an evening out was.
What she had come to realize specifically as their meal was served is that she had no fucking idea what an evening with Sasuke would be like at all. The fantasy she had created in her head was so off the mark, Sasuke was literally sitting in front of her in a plain white t-shirt and jeans and could not look more bored even if he tried.
"You couldn't have dressed up?" She hated how whiny her voice sounded but he was really ruining her childhood fantasy.
"My outfit is worth more than yours." He replied, not a hint of concern of her complaint. Just a fact of life.
"Ugh," she knew where to punch though, "this is why Sakura thinks you lack any awareness."
That caught his attention, she saw him stiffen for moment, but it was short lived. Sasuke resorting to attacking replied, "you are the one that ordered the most expensive things on the menu just because they are the most expensive things on the menu."
"You're the one that invited me out." She reminded him while she reached for her glass of wine.
"I told you I wanted to meet in private without Sakura knowing."
"And I told you," she paused to take a sip of her whine, "my silence does not come cheap." He rolled his eyes at her, "anyway it's not like I can have fancy meals like these often these days. Sai said that getting married meant no longer relying on my parents for money." She sighed, she missed her lavish lifestyle but understood where Sai was coming from.
"That seems like a big ask." This comment by him was truly surprising she did not believe Sasuke was capable of caring about anyone besides Sakura.
"Well, my parents were not exactly happy when I told them Sai knocked me up," Ino recalled that part of the issue was how she announced it with those exact words. "they don't like that he is an artist, they don't think highly of him. They said they would cover everything but in the most insulting way possible."
"Your parents don't seem the type."
"Well when your daughter gets knocked up during her second year of university by a college dropout, you're not going to be ecstatic."
"I will keep that in mind?"
"Regardless, I love my husband, I love my son, I regret nothing." Ino loved her family, even without the riches of her past she found the she was happier than ever. "But, I will eat expensive ass food when I get the opportunity, besides I know this is being paid by your parents not you." His parents adored her, well his mother more than his father. His father found her loud and abrasive, he had told her that to her face unashamedly. Thus, she would eat like the queen she is unashamedly, Fugaku was paying after all.
They ate in a silence that Ino could only describe as just comfortable enough to say it was not awkward, but still uncomfortable enough to make it abundantly clear to Ino that the only thing she ever liked about him was his looks. Ino's thoughts wandered, she had always wanted an evening like this with Sasuke, granted the location was completely against his will. She finished her glass of wine, her thoughts distracting her from her current situation.
She remembered the jealousy she felt when she first invited Sakura to her twelfth birthday, the way Sakura had fit in not just with her friends, but specifically within one of little cliques they made within their friendship group. For example, Kiba, Hinata and Shino were the strangest of the cliques, but it worked.
It was not that she was jealous of Sakura making new friends she was specifically jealous of how she fit in not just with Naruto but with Sasuke too. She poured herself more wine, gods she missed alcohol. For years she had tried to mold herself into that space, thinking that was how Sasuke would finally realize his passionate love for her. However, she never could fit in, but in one evening Sakura stood between Sasuke and Naruto as if she had always been there. In fact, it was mind boggling to the point that it took her awhile to realize when she stopped being jealous of Sakura, and when she started being jealous of Sasuke and Naruto.
Eventually the silence was broken, not by her, but by Sasuke. "I want to propose to Sakura." Seriously, Ino was going to mark this day on her calendar as A Very Shocking Day, which would be celebrated by a lot of drinking, and sex? No, the last thing you want is to have sex on a day called A Very Shocking Day, that was like asking the stork to drop a baby at your doorstep. One surprise pregnancy was good enough for her. "I need your help."
Ino was not sure what sort of face she was making, but every fucking word the left Sasuke's lips felt like a shock to her senses. Sai said he liked her surprised face because she always looked so disgusted, he thought it was the ugliest face one could possibly make for the emotion. Seeing Sasuke shrink a little as he added, "will you please help me?" Was a strong reminder of Sai's words, and made it clear as day that she had an ugly surprised face.
"I-I don't know what to say." Why did it feel like when Sai asked her to marry him? Was it the inconceivable fact that Sasuke said please? That he asked for her? He specifically asked her for help, for her! She could feel her eyes watering, gods she was just so happy, and excited and, "I feel so," what was she feeling? She put her hand to her heart trying to discover these newfound emotions names. "YES!"
Sasuke's eyes were wide with surprise, the other patrons began to clap. "where is the ring?" Why was he looking so confused and annoyed? "show me the ring?" She wanted to see her friend's engagement ring, and he wasn't moving!
"Yamanaka how much did you fucking drink?"
Ino held out four fingers and announced, "three glasses! I was worried that my tolerance had lowered, haven't had any alcohol since I was pregnant with Inojin. So I've only drank a little." Ino waved her hand, "but that is not important how are you proposing? When? How do I help? Where is the fucking ring?" She reached for more wine, but Sasuke stopped her, his hand reached the wine bottle first.
"You've had enough."
"You don't tell me what to do," the audacity of this man. "It is a celebration; you do not get to ruin this for me." Sasuke moved his hand away at her scowl. "You know we need Sakura here! Does she know? Oh my gods we could celebrate together!?" She served herself some wine and drank it in one go while reaching for her purse.
"Yamanaka, this is supposed be a surprise." He reminded her.
"But I can't lie to my best friend?" She was sobbing now.
"What kind of drunk are you!?" Sasuke was panicking, "If you don't tell Sakura I will pay for you and Sai's honeymoon, anywhere you want to go?" He offered, "Sakura said you didn't get to go on a honeymoon, wouldn't that be nice?"
"Really?" He nodded, "ok but I want to see you do it. I want to go to Suna, I want to stay at a nice hotel, first class tickets."
"Anything you want."
"Do it now!" She demanded, "sit over here so I can watch you do it, make it for October. Make it for three weeks."
"Gods your expensive."
A/N: I know this doesn't seem like it but this is the youtuber Sakura likes to prank her boyfriend AU that someone asked for