Shikamaru sat in the Yamanaka's kitchen with his eyes shut. He could hear Ino running around, apologizing and handing him towels. He didn't know why she was so agitated. Ino was usually level-headed as girls went, but for some reason she had jumped when he entered the flower shop and splashed water all over both of them from the watering can she had been carrying.
Ino could feel her red face. She had stopped running around, and had pulled a chair and sat in front of Shikamaru. She was a little edgy right then, and Shikamaru had caught her at a bad time. Her mother had just had a talk with her about finding the right boy, and Shikamaru's name