Shino wondered why his future wife was such an airhead.
Naruto wondered why her future husband was such a nerd.
High School, College, Marriage, and a Kid. All in good time for the highschool sweethearts.
Completed.
Months passed by and finally, it was graduation day. Many pictures were taken and the discussion was centered around the several proposals that took place that day. Shikamaru proposed to Temari the morning before they arrived for graduation. Choji proposed to Ino the night before and Kiba proposed to Hinata before the ceremony. Naruto was excited for her friends, constantly taking pictures of their rings, their partners happily kissing them senseless as they swung around in their caps and gown.
Naruto had finished videoing their tossing of the caps when Ino blindfolded her and began spinning her around. "Come on Ino, my heels are gonna trip me up," She giggled as she followed Ino's lead.
"We have a surprise for you," Hinata called on her right.
"Well Shino has a surprise for you," Temari corrected on her left.
Naruto blushed. "I don't think he needs to work himself up like this."
"Tell that to him when you see him. The guys are probably getting him whipped up to give you the surprise."
"Shino's not a nervous type, he's confident, just quiet in his actions," She was grinning as she said this, her ears pink from thinking about her boyfriend.
Naruto couldn't be wrong at the moment as Shino was crouched down under the Sakura tree, trembling with the ring box in his hand. His stomach felt like an empty pit, he was going to propose, he wasn't getting cold feet about that but it was the fact that he couldn't absorb the fact that he was doing it. He had known his friends were going to propose, they planned it all out, went ring shopping together, and even planned out when they were going to propose so it doesn't overlap. Shino chose to go last because he was just overwhelmed with the thought.
"Here comes your girl, get up and make the move," Kiba pulled him up and Shikamaru gave the black box to SHino.
"Come on now Shino, she's everything you want, now cuff her," Shikamaru gave him a serious look as the Aburame nodded. Choji pushed him forward as the girls brought Naruto to him.
"Shino?" She reached her hands out and Shino hugged her. Naruto squealed a bit as she clung to him. "Are you okay? Your shaking."
"I'm trying to keep calm."
Naruto pouted and reached up to stroke his cheeks. "There's no need to be nervous, you have me right here. I'll listen, just tell me what's going on."
As she spoke Shino remembered why he wanted to marry her. He smiled, hugging his small woman who had her face in his chest. "I know you will, which is why I want you to take off the blindfold."
He stepped back and got to one knee while Naruto reached for her blinds and pulled them off to see Shino on one knee, holding open the ring box. She screamed, tears springing in her eyes. "Yes! Yes!, Yes please!"
The girls were recording as Naruto leaned down to kiss Shino who hadn't even had to open his mouth. Shino was glad, he knew his voice would crack but he still had to say it. "W-Will you marry me Naruto?"
"Didn't you hear me? Yes!" She kissed him deeply as he slowly stood up. She was jumping in place as he placed the plain gold band around her finger. It wasn't diamonds or rubies but the way Naruto cradled it to her chest with a watery smile made Shino determined to get her a proper wedding band when they were ready for planning the wedding. This was the best he could afford.
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"I know it's not much-" He got cut off by Naruto's glare.
"Don't you dare say that! This is my ring, this ring represents you and I love it," Naruto poked his chest. "I don't want to hear anything more about this. I love my ring, I love you."
She went back to hugging him, waving to the cameras that were still recording. Shino smiled and pulled up his mask as the grin splitting his face was only to be shown to his fiance. Naruto was giddy for the entire time during their celebration dinner. Shino could always catch her staring at it with a dreamy expression or catching her looking at him with the same expression. When the girls had gone to the bathroom to freshen up for the next stop for a dessert bar Shino was crowded by his friends giving him congratulations.
"Naruto's really good with you, she calmed you down so easily," Choji was impressed.
Shino chuckled. "She's good like that, she's just so nurturing," He murmured as Shikamaru threw his arm around his shoulder.
"Well I hope Naruto can do that for Temari, I can envision our future fights."
The rest of them laughed at Shikamaru's misery but his expression became sweet when Temari came back out smiling at Naruto's joke.
