Legendary Lovers

Part Four:

Another saving grace… Sakura had work and training shoes, nothing more. When she'd gone shopping she'd been going for practicality and had decided the shoes she had –the ones she'd fought in—would be fine. "You're so good to me," Sakura said, with a sniffle.

Ino's eyebrows rose into her hairline and then let out a snort. "You are such a lightweight," she said. "And if you want to get technical, neither of them turned you down, they just either didn't answer, or didn't believe you."

"Still, with the way I'm going, I'll be a virgin forever," Sakura said, giving a nod of acknowledgement as Ino opened the door for her.

The warm breeze ruffled her pink hair and tickled the back of her neck. The sweet aromatic smell of Ino's families flower shop, which was conveniently right next to Ino's house, overpowered the smell of summer, but it didn't dampen the very distinct warning smell of rain.

"Maybe you'll get lucky tonight and get that cherry popped. Sasuke or Naruto might come to their sense. It could happen."

Sakura snorted. "My hymen broke when I was twelve."

Ino chuckled, "Proverbially then." They were quiet as the misting of rain started. The serious look on Ino's face let Sakura know that the rain wasn't the only thing happening.

Sakura side-stepped, bumping her shoulder into Ino's. "What's up?" Sakura asked.

"Are you serious?"

Sakura raised an eyebrow confused at the question as they turned the corner towards Sasuke's. Sakura had always been envious of Ino because she lived a matter of two blocks from Sasuke's family's compound. The main house was in the heart of the area, so that put it a little farther, but still, it had been the fly in Sakura's juice box drink when she was younger. "Serious about what?"

Ino wrapped her arms around her and rubbed her biceps. "Having sex."

She'd been mostly kidding, but the idea had always been there, even when she was twelve and fantasized about Sasuke snuggling with her after the deed was done—and, you know, declaring his undying love for her. For Ino to ask that though, she wondered if the blonde was considering it herself. "I don't know. Have you been thinking about it?"