"Ino."

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"INO."

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"DAMMIT INO, WAKE UP!"

"Uhhhh… Fuck off, I'm sleeping…"

"Well you're obviously not. Get up, Headmistress Tsunade wants to see us."

"She can fuck off too, I'm sleeping…."

"Dammit Ino, get up!"

"DAMMIT NARUTO, JUST LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE! AND DON'T COME IN MY ROOM AGAIN, CREEP!"

The terseness of her voice frightened him. He had known Ino for far too long, and he knew far too much about her. Her past, her present and her issues. He knew that she and Sakura had once been the best of friends, until they rivalled over the boy who broke both their hearts. Motherfucking Sasuke Uchiha. Those words turned all girls into stammering, stuttering, damp-panty-wearing fools. Though he wouldn't mind getting a pair of Ino's panties… But that could wait. All he had to do was convince her that boys weren't all overly horny, heartbreaking, money-laundering, drug dealing sadists… It would take a lot to convince her of anything, let alone to convince her to love him. Fucking Sasuke, ruining everything, as fucking usual. He wasn't even there, yet he was still wrecking peoples lives, and didn't even give a damn.

The neediness in his voice surprised her. She had known Naruto ever since they started attending the academy together. They were kindred spirits, held together by love of anarchy and hatred of authority. They had no morals, no obligations, no troubles. Until she met motherfucking Sasuke Uchiha. He had ruined her, inside and out. Since then, she had treated all men like the slime they were, even if they weren't. She had shut everyone out, convinced that everyone was out to get her. That everyone was going to hurt her. There was nothing, no-one, in the world, that could convince her otherwise.