Just a year

chapter 2 + update

If you asked Naruto, This worked pretty well in his favour. Ino had agreed after little persuasion and all they had to do now was to sign the documents, have a ‘wedding’ and move in for a year. Naruto grinned wide, this could not have been more perfect!

Naruto did feel as though he was missing something . He rubbed his chin in thought, oh well if he couldn't remember it, it probably wasn't important.

Ino was confused as she spent the weekend in her bedroom musing over the hyperactive ninja. Did she perhaps rush into things? First of all why did that idiot even want her of all people to m-marry him? At this thought,the Yamanaka heiress blushed a deep red. Secondly, why only for a year? She filed it away for later when she met him later that week to confirm the documents. She would set everything straight. Nodding her head, she assured herself.
The week flew by in a flash as Naruto sat in the department of family in the hokage building. The ramen lover dressed in his usual orange jumpsuit as he waited impatiently for Ino to arrive.

"Goddamn it Ino! What is taking you so long!"

"Because I was getting ready."

Naruto turned a tick mark forming on his head as he was getting ready to chew the Yamanaka heiress out for tardiness although it would have been ironic. All thought of words fell short at the sight of the lady in front of him.

While Naruto certainly did find Ino attractive, She was never in his top five list. But lo and behold, there she stood, in an oversized hoodie(which he was pretty sure belonged to her late father.) in shorts and even with little to no makeup on, she looked absolutely stunning and Naruto was sure she was topping the list right about now. He would later swear that he saw stars in her eyes for a second.

"Yes?" Ino raised an eyebrow in his direction and Naruto's mouth fell open as his cheeks dusted red.  The Jinchuriki turned away quickly, muttering "nothing" in return. Ino noticed that he was blushing and with a teasing grin sat right beside Naruto, their thighs touching just barely.

Naruto gulped. This was so different from Hinata! With Hinata there was calm but now his heart was racing a mile an hour! At the back of his mind he could hear Kurama snickering. Damn fox. They sat in awkward silence in what must have been forever as they waited for the wedding officiant to arrive. As they waited Ino finally remembered what she had wanted to ask Naruto all this while.

"Say Naruto,"

"Yeah?"

They were inches away from each other. Naruto could feel the hot breath of ino tickling his lips. For a moment time stood still as cerulean blue eyes stared into light blue eyes. The atmosphere seemed to grow thicker as Naruto saw everything in Ino's eyes. He saw all the pain she suffered and all the love she had for everyone she held dear and he was mesmerised. He wanted to stare into them forever.

"Ino." he breathed out, his voice gruffy as without thinking he slowly moved nearer to Ino's face, closing his eyes as he leaned in for a kiss

"Why did you choose to marry me?" and with that Naruto suddenly backed away, pursed his lips and looked to the side.

"Reasons."

"Tell me Naruto. You have never been good at lying about things like this and you know I will find out sooner or later." Naruto turned to look back at Ino, she was serious. Sighing now that the mood was ruined he braced for impact and mumbled,

"So I could become Hokage…"

"Sorry? You're going to have to speak louder."

When he repeated himself louder, he saw Ino's face turn from confused to downright anger as she started to shout at him.