“Is that —” Naruto starts, completely bewildered at the sudden flood of very familiar voices. That’s definitely Sasuke and Ino and…Sakura? What the hell.
He shares a glance with Hinata, who is as equally as bewildered as him.
…It turns out Sasuke and Ino are fighting. Like, going all out, clawing at each other but without any of the finesse they acquired as ninjas; while Sakura is crouching beside them and hiding her face in her hands and keeps muttering, “Oh my god.” Over and over again.
Naruto isn’t at all sure on what the hell Sasuke and Ino are fighting about and watches as they keep physically pushing at each other and throw insults back and forth with snarls.
“S-should we stop them?” Hinata whispers.
Naruto numbly shakes his head. He does not want to get in between that.
“Well, you have duckbutt hair!” Ino screams, and Sasuke — just stops.
There’s a brief of deeply wounded expression on his face that Naruto has never seen on him before it disappears as quick as it came, and Sasuke says, defensively, “I don’t.”
“Yes, you do. It’s the ugliest and ridiculous thing I’ve seen — how could confidently you go on a date with Sakura with that atrocity on your head!”
Sakura has stopped hiding her face and is watching this exchange with horror on her face, “Ino, don’t! Not the hair! That’s the one thing he’s —”
The warning is too late: the deeply wounded expression has appeared back on Sasuke’s face.
Ino is taken back; it’s clear she didn’t except this insult to actually work. Sakura is instantly at Sasuke’s side and cupping his face. “It’s not true, Sasuke-kun,” She murmurs, “Ino doesn’t know what she is talking about it.”
It seems to be working, whatever Sakura is doing. Naruto internally cheers yougo!! sakura-chan!! but then — Sakura says, “Your duckbutt hair is beautiful,” and Naruto immediately cringes, “The way the hair sticks out is so cute.”
Its even worse because she’s every bit genuine with the way she’s smiling at Sasuke.
“Sakura —”
“I’m not lying to you,” She continues, so genuine it honestly hurts Naruto to watch this, “I mean it. Like, so okay, it might look a duckbutt but — it’s so adorable!”
“Sakura, stop. Please.”
Sasuke looks more deeply pained than before. Sakura doesn’t hear his quiet pleas and marches on. Naruto can’t watch this anymore.
“Let’s go, Hinata.” Naruto whispers, taking her hand. They go, without looking back, with expressions of deep sympathy and silent, sorry sasuke, in their hearts.
Ino isn’t as sympathetic. She’s outright laughing, and falling deeper in love, as Sakura continues her charade and even chides her for laughing at “Poor Sasuke-Kun” whilst she reminds completely oblivious. Though, Sakura doesn’t really call him that, she implies it very loudly.
been getting urges to write some naruhina, don’t know where the hell Sakura, Ino & Sasuke came from.
“O-Oh,” Hinata says, when she turns around to meet him. Her eyes goes slightly wide, and Naruto doesn’t know if that’s a good thing or not. “You cut your hair.”
Naruto feels all of a sudden self-conscious, with those pale eyes focused on him; his neck heats up. “Uh, yeah.” He says, with a chuckle, scratching the back of his head. And going for causal, adds, trying to not look at her and failing, “I thought a change might be nice. Does…it look bad?”
Hinata startles at the question which makes himfeelall weird for asking it. Shit, should he have not? He thought it was an okay question. Like, a I-totally-don’t-have-crush-on-you-ha-ha question. Well, considering, his only experience with love was Sakura-chan, which he was very vocal about, shit —
“No,” Hinata speaks, soft and sudden. Naruto nearly jumps from the unexpectedness of it. “No — No, it doesn’t look bad, it…suits you. It looks nice.” She says the last words as fast as she could, growing so red in the face it’s honestly amazing. Naruto could feel his face heating up, as well. Oh god.
“Thanks,” He manages out, somehow, a smile threatening to spilt his face.
Hinata gives him a small, shy smile back. Naruto has never been so glad that he chose to cut his hair.
In the background, hiding conspicuously behind a bush:
“Oh my god, they should get married already. Or get a room. I feel like dying just from watching them.” Ino groans.
“Hn.” Sasuke agrees, even when he loathes to agree with Ino on anything.
“By the speed they’re going at, it will be years before anything happens. That Naruto! He’s so oblivious. How can he not see that she loves him???” Sakura laments.
“Are you sure you sure you should be complaining about somebody else’s love life, Forehead. I’m dying from being around you two, when are you two going to —”
Sakura screetches and immediately moves to cover Ino’s mouth and stop her from saying anymore. “Oh my god, Ino.”
Ino pushes her hand away. “Seriously, if this Uchiha here won’t —” more struggle as Ino tries to move Sakura’s hand off her again “—I’d be more willing,” a purr against Sakura’s skin that makes her shiver, “to have you myself.”
Sakura’s face heats up; Sasuke immediately recovers from his choking fit, decidedly not liking this new development and tries to move in between them.
idea:ino recruits a very reluctant tenten in her endeavour of seducing sakura (inosaku/inosakuten)
“OH MY GOD, Why the hell is there a kunaion the bed?! I nearly sat on it!” Ino rightfully screetches. “I could have died.” She continues, as she places the kunai far away from her before sitting down.
“Oh sorry,” Tenten says, sheepishly, giving her an apologetic glance.“I was organising things.” Ino is noticing how haphazard Tenten’s room, now — well, more than usual.
“Right. I can see that, now.” Ino says, dryly. “Still, you could have warned me beforehand.”
Tenten adopts a wry expression, muttering something that could have been well I didn’t expect you to suddenly barge into my house you didn’t give me any chance to and Ino pretends she doesn’t hear it, making herself comfortable on the bed, leaning against the wall and trying very hard to not think of a certain pink haired girl, which doesn’t go very well at all.
Day 4: Sakura and Ino. So I love this as a platonic ship soooo much and I think they at least belong together as besties 4 life but I’m ok with a romantic ship too. They deserve each other. #sakuino #inosaku #inoyamanaka #yamanakaino #sakuraharuno #harunosakura #naruto #shiptember #sketchtember #sketchtember2018 #shiptember2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/BnUjS-_lRpd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w5cfkaltzk4r
I was your Secret Santa for the @narutosecretsanta gift exchange! And I gotta say thank you! I just loved having an excuse to write more [Ino x Sakura]!
