******Ino******

She clapped her hands together, "Otou-san, Happy Valentine's day."

In front of her is a chocolate cupcake on a plate and behind it is her father's photo.

Ino smiled, "Wish me luck!" she stood up and picked her bag then went to the shoe rack, "Mom, I'll be going now!"

A woman leaned in the doorframe, "Have a safe trip!"

Ino waved at her then went out.

The woman smiled and looked at her hudband's photo, "Happy Valentine's Day, Dear..."

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Ino met Temari in the front gate of school and chat a little before she went inside the Junior high devision.

She entered her room, which was class II-A.

Sakura and Hinata was already at the window so she went to them.

"Goodmorning, forehead, Hinata!"

Sakura turned to her and grinned, "Morning, Pig."

"M-Morning, Ino-chan."

Ino suddenly wrapped her hands on both their shoulders and grinned, "So, what are you guys planning?"

Sakura gulped, "W-What do you mean?"

Ino gave her a playful grin, "You know," she smirked, "about your Valentine...."

Hinata blushed.

Sakura looked away, "I'm not planning to tell you."

"Stingy~"

The bell rang as they went to their seats.

Ino looked to the door and saw girls crowded in it.

"Sasuke-kun! Please accept my choco!"

"No! Sasuke-kun will accept my choco!"

"Kyaaaaaaaa!<3 Sasuke-kun!!!"

Ino sighed, 'Ahhh, as expected.'

She looked at the last row, where Sasuke sat and he was gazing through the window beside him.

Ino then looked at Sakura, and the pinkette was sulking and muttering words that she can't hear.

She didn't saw Shikamaru walk in, 'Good job, Temari!'

She heard a ruckus on the back seat so she turned around to see Naruto, she still can't quite believe that he was in the top section, the idiot must have studied hard to get here.

"Bastard! Just look at all those girls after you!"

"Hn."

The teacher came in and he manage to get the girls back to their classes.

But that wasn't the one that got Ino's attention, 'He's not here...'

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Sweat was dripping down her forehead as she clutched to the cloth of her bento box and searching the school for him.

'Where is he?' her pace on her walking quickened, 'Is he absent? Is he hurt? Is he sick? ON THIS DAY?!'

She then realize that she was on an empty hallway with empty rooms that were either made as a storage.

She sighed and leaned her back on a door, "It's no use..." she looked down on her bento box.

When she was about to go back to her room upon hearing the bell rang, she heard a pencil or a pen write on something, she turned around and looked through the window of the door and saw someone's back facing her.

'Sai!!!'

She went back to the door and opened it slowly.

Sai didn't notice her yet as he was painting something in a canvas in front of him.

She took little steps as she scanned the canvas, "Flowers?"

Sai turned around and saw her, "Ino? What are you doing here?"

"I should be the one asking you that, what are you doing here anyway?"

He looked back to his painting---It was a vase filled with many kind of flowers.

"And why flowers?"

Sai picked a purple paint and spread the brush in it before allowing it to use, "I just red about a story titled: 'Flowers in one Vase' I don't really get the concept in the story cause it's all romance."

Ino giggled, "So you don't get what they're feeling?"

He nodded as he carved the paint in the upper vase.

She looked at every move he made as her eyes half closed, "That's because you haven't felt the feeling of love."

He looked back at her, "I red it in a book, it says that love is a strong affection for another arising out of kinship and personal ties, like for desires or tenderness felt by a lover."

"Well, yeah but," she smiled, "how do you feel when your mother tuck you in bed and gives you a kiss in the forehead?"

Sai looked back at his painting and doze off, "Mother?"

They went silent for a moment before Ino sighed, "How about when your brother protects you? How would you feel?"

He looked at the window, "I'll feel happy..."

She nodded.

He looked down for moment, "Is that love?"

"A relative love."

He looked back at her, "There are many kinds of love?"

She nodded again, "Depends in a relationship," she smiled with closed eyes, "It's not a boy-girl all the time, you know."

He stared at her, "Boy-girl love?"

Ino rubbed the back of her head with the use of her right hand, nervously, "Ermm, where to start...," she looked back at him and she saw him looking at her eyes.

She slide her hand to the side as their atmoshpere began making bubbles with sparkles.

Her eyes half opened as she made a small smile, "for example," Sai looked up to her as he was also caught on the atmosphere, "what would you feel...... If I said I love you?"

They stared to each other for a moment before Sai made a smile, a true smile, "I'll say I love you too.'"

Ino widened her eyes a little as she was taken back, "W-what?"

He looked back at his painting as Ino saw a complete purple flower in the center of all the flowers, "I don't know why, but when I painted this flower," he looked back at her with a smile, "It reminds me of you."

Ino's heart began pounding like crazy, "T-that---"

"That means I love you, right?"

Ino blushed as she nodded slightly. She then began unwrapping the cloth of the box and gave it to him.

Sai blinked and looked at the box then to her.

She smiled, "Happy Valentine's day."

Sai stared at her for a while, before smiling and took the box from her hands.

He took the cap out as he picked up one cupcake with purple icing and candy sprinkles at the top.

He peeled the plastic and took one bite, then his eyes widened slightly.

When he looked up at her to tell her it was delicious.

Ino suddenly leaned in and kissed his lips.

His eyes looked at her figure for a moment, before closing them and also leaning in.

He may be a begginer at this, but his already a good kisser to Ino, because for all the boys she kissed, this was the most amazing kiss she ever done.

When they pulled away, Ino smiled at him with half closed eyes and said: "This is love."

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