YAMANAKA INO ❝山中いの❞ (verdure) wrote in last_stretch,
@ 2009-08-16 22:16:00

Current mood:	chipper
Entry tags:	closed log, ino, shikamaru

[ closed | on-going ] the light of our armistice day.
Who: Ino, Shikamaru
When: August 15th, afternoon
Where: Shikamaru's place
What: Ino burns down her apartment. The only solution? Take over Shikamaru's instead.
Rating/Warnings: No? Unfortunately. :(

This was bad.

Ino sat in her car, drumming her fingers against the steering wheel in time to the music, wondering just how the hell she was going to get herself out of this one. Her apartment was, effectively, closed for three months--at least. Who knew with construction companies? She couldn't go to her parents; they were too far away. She couldn't go to any of her friends' places; as she scanned through all the people she knew in her mind, she realized that she couldn't trust any of them.

At least, not as much as she could trust--

Well, that left Shikamaru, then.

With new found purpose, she took off for Shikamaru's apartment building, winding through the familiar route, parking in the five minute zone without a second thought.

Slinging her purse over her shoulder--all the suitcases and boxes in her car would come later--she strode up to the door, pressing the buzzer down. Again. Again. Longer this time. And once more, just to get her point across.

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verdure
2009-08-17 06:50 pm UTC (link)

She almost smacked him for the look he gave her--instead, she bristled, because hitting Shikamaru at this point would probably be a bad way to win him over. After all, it wasn't like she was going to be here for a fay days, a week, a couple weeks. Three. Months. That was a hefty amount of time. And as much as she really didn't want to spend them with Shikamaru, she really had no choice.

"Anyway!" she trilled, a little stiffly, before shrugging and putting her hands on her hips. An aggressive posture, rather than a defensive one. "My landlord kicked me out for a few months while they fix everything up, so I'm staying here for a bit!"

It wasn't a question. There was no room for argument.

With that, she turned on her heel, spinning around to inspect her new home.

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haecceity
2009-08-26 07:48 am UTC (link)

He watched Ino's movements with careful consideration, before half-shutting his eyes, sliding down on the couch in one fluid motion. Yes, this would be a pain in the ass to deal with, but as much as he hated to admit it, Ino was still one of his close friends, much less a childhood friend. His parents took care of her just as if she was their own child, and vice versa. That was something he couldn't just ignore.

She was also his responsibility, being the oldest of the group at least in terms of mentality. That was how things were before, even if he didn't show his concern half the time.

In the end, it was much easier to take care of others under the guise of not caring. Shikamaru figured it out by instinct.

Taking a box of cigarette out of his pocket, he lit one up and took a drag, looking at nothing in particular.

"Four... three... two... one..."

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