Dating, Sai Style

Face carved pumpkin ornamenting with flowers all around her shop, Yamanka Ino was simply enjoying this time of year.

The month of terror.

Well not exactly terror for her, she mostly enjoyed carving the pumpkins in kitten like faces and other adorable features. It was her kind of Halloween anyway. To dress up like Disney princesses and go on a date with her prince was the only thing that made her love this October. Sai would definitely plan something for the holidays, no doubt he could show up any time and ask her on a date. After all it was the first year they could celebrate Halloween properly without worrying over Pein, Madara, Kaguya or any other psycho bunker crazy Chakra-user who wanted to take over their world.

She looked at the flower basket in front of her and flashed a smile at her handiwork. The medium sized pumpkin basket carved like a Pokemon* was now adored with different kind of flowers and a bunch of chocolate on the top.

"At last… " Examining other almost twenty basket around her flower shop, she looked outside to see it was getting dark. A cold shiver causing by the chilling October wind, ran through her dress. So she knelt on the ground to turn on the heater beneath the reception desk. Lightning the heater, Ino was lost once again in her dreams. Having a nice dinner at a cozy restaurant, with Sai smiling at her, maybe he proposes too, Ino giggled inwardly. sighing, Could any of these happen to the flower girl?

"Konbanwa*… "

"Huh?"

Ino looked over to see a dusky tall shadow standing in the middle of the shop, looking astonishingly around. Startled by the sight of the handsome man, her forehead hit the desk.

"Oh hey Sai… " Feeling her cheeks getting hot and her heart coming up to her throat. She didn't really expect him right now and for her dreams to come true this early... she couldn't help but to blush deeply. At the time, she bent on the desk, cupping her chin and displaying her cleavage. " What's up?" She winked and tried to act cool.

"Ano…" But Sai wasn't paying any attention at all. Dammit, if you're here to ask me out, at least you have to just look at me! the inner Ino shouted. Apparently Sai had never seen carved pumpkins in his life before because the way he stared at them was starting to make Ino a bit worried.

"Can I help you with something?" Ino tried to keep calm. Honest. But Sai was just getting on her nerves. Gah! split out already you pale bastard! She didn't really mean it but it was too much to handle. Her eyebrow twitched.

"Ino…" At last, she thought when Sai looked at her in the eye. "I was reading a book earlier… " He took out a blue cover tiny book, " It said if someone wants to be close with others, they have to treat them to something, so I thought I come here and ask you… " Ino was on her tiptoes. C'mon c'mon ask me already. "Would you like to join me for dinner?"

Yes! She screamed. But! in her head, like she had just won an Oscar or something.

Outside was the very calm and thoughtful Ino, insteat. Of course she always imagined Sai would come in her shop someday and ask her out but being Sai it never happened. Up until now. It was truly a miracle!

"Uh…" She tapped her chin like she was deeply in thought. She was very careful not to give a straight answer; she didn't want Sai to think she's fantasizing about him almost 80 percent of her days… which she is… but the again… She didn't want him to think she was waiting for this. Yet being Sai again she didn't want him to think she had refused his proposal and leave like nothing had ever happened.

"Cause if you don't… " Ino looked up at Sai too fast she felt her neck snapped. " I'll go and ask Sakura... " She was shocked. "Or Choji, he wouldn't refuse." He smiled, his signature creepy, doll smile. Ino thought. That was when she felt herself on fire. Well literally...

"Um…Ino…"

Thinking that Sai had changed after the last mission in Silence country, Ino didn't expect this at all. She was angry now, very really deeply angry. She started to pant like a wounded dragon, what was he thinking asking that ugly forehead out! " So if I say no you go and ask Sakura out?!" there came the explosion.

"Ino… I think…"

"SHUT UP! I'M TALKING YOU IDIOT EXCUSE OF A ROOT MEMBER!" She cut his off and Sai's sweat dropped. Well he had seen Ino being angry before but being this angry, it was definitely on a different level even worse than Sakura. " Of course I'm coming I just needed a little time to prepare myself… JUST WHAT KIND OF A MAN YOU ARE!"

Sai didn't know what to do. He really didn't mean to upset Ino, he just stated what was in his mind. Was it wrong? Well apparently whenever it came to women whatever choices he made was wrong. "Ino…"

"WHAT?!"

"I think you should take off your dress?"

"WHAT?!" what Sai had just said? Ino felt all her body was getting warm. So that was it all about. She never really considered Sai as a man like that. He had just used her anger to his own advantage and with this he wanted to make it up for her. In that case...

She didn't mind. Not that she didn't mind to take off her dress, she didn't mind him saying that… what? Uh never mind!

"You're on fire."

Well yeah, that explained the warmth… but the smell… what was this smell anyway? And why it smelled like something was being burnt?

Sniffing, she looked down just to realize what truly was happening. The flames of the heater in the corner were literally eating up the tip of her purple skirt. She let out a high-pitched scream and jumped up around the shop like a duck to put out the fire.

Sai was just looking at her, partly shocked, partly amused. But no he hadn't come here to watch Ino burn and on top of that be amused, right? he actually came here for another reason.

"Put it out! Put it out!" She yelled before a bucket of frozen water was poured on her head. She stood there for a few minutes, stunned. Then she looked at Sai sternly, with her eyebrows knitted in each other.

"So…" Sai looked at the very angry, very soaked Ino and then turned his gaze to the crowd laughing all around the Yamanaka shop, " Will you come?"

The romantic proposal Ino always wanted didn't go as she expected, then again, she liked the guy and she couldn't just lose this chance, could she? I plot a revenge plan later. She thought before, putting her hands on her hips. " YES!" She said then took Sai's hand and started to drag him to a nearest possible restaurant.

"I'm happy you agreed anyway, " Sai smiled again, making Ino forget what had happened earlier. what was she thinking, he never looked at Sakura the way he looked at her. He truly was a gentleman. " I really didn't want to go out with Choji though he would have eaten more than I could afford. "

Ino's sweat dropped. Well it was Sai she was dating after all.

Hey guys

How are you? Okay so this chapter was not what I intended to write at all! sure I wanted to write something funny but I wanted it to be something else not this! Not that I'm unhappy about it! I was having so much fun writing a fluffy chappie like this! Gosh I think I'm in love with Sai, The poor guy's still having problem communicating well at least with women... particularly Ino, lol anyway...

I hope you enjoyed

Cheers