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[Obscure Favours]
Okuyukashii

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I don't own Naruto. I do own a pack of expensive student bus tickets.

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A shadow slid over the screen of her iTouch and Ino squinted and looked up. Seeing the familiar face, she brightened.

"Hey," she greeted happily.

"Hn."

"You know that doesn't really work for you, right?" the blonde laughed.

Shikamaru sighed. "Troublesome. Did you buy the bus tickets?"

Her (perfectly painted) nails froze over the keys and she thought for a second. "Oops."

She was supposed to have bought the bus tickets because her mom couldn't drive her tomorrow. But everything just became so trou—busy that it slipped her mind. So she had mindlessly walked for almost an hour home, completely forgetting that she didn't buy the damn tickets yet.

Another sigh slipped from Shikamaru's mouth as he watched Ino stare into the distance, thinking about something he didn't particularly care to know about. He dug around in his messenger bag and pulled out something light green.

"Here," he said, not looking at her when he handed her the pack of student bus tickets.

"What..."

"I knew you'd forget to buy them," Shikamaru scoffed.

Ino glared and hit him on the arm, but she took the offered pack. It was unfair that these tiny pieces of card paper cost twenty dollars.

As Shikamaru turned to leave, she smiled.

"Hey...thanks."

He smirked and continued walking again.

"Shikamaru!" The shriek rang throughout the house.

"How many times did I tell you to buy the bus tickets? I remind you, time after time, and you never listen!"

He tuned out of his mom's usual screaming. Like always, her firecracker temper would quiet down quickly. If he was lucky, she would grumble but leave the house late at night to buy him his tickets anyway.

His mother sighed, "Are you ever going to remember to buy tickets?"

He shrugged.

Thank you all for the reviews! (This is a lot more popular than I thought it'd be, for a bunch of dead-end ideas.)

Um...more please? XD