i want to know you better than fate does
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Shikamaru opens the door in a pair of low-slung sweatpants and a loose, faded t-shirt and Ino thinks that her life is turning into one big joke. And a rather distasteful one at that, if she’s allowed any input. Shikamaru’s standing there, one arm braced on the doorjamb above his head, leaning against the frame of the house so that she can see a slash of toned, tanned stomach from where his shirt’s riding up, and Ino thinks she might strangle something. Maybe whatever god’s decided to turn her life into their personal sitcom. Maybe Shikamaru.
_____________'Casual' and 'uncomplicated' sounded good to Ino when Shikamaru suggested it. And, if she's honest, her feelings are still relatively uncomplicated - just in a different way then Shikamaru meant, and decidedly opposite of 'casual'.
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- Part 1 of i want to know you better than fate does
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we don't need words to understand each other by fruitxbat
Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)
06 Jan 2026
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He leans against the doorjamb of the bathroom, hands shoved deep into his sweatpants pockets. It doesn’t matter, really, if he wants it, after all. They can’t, not unless one of them gives up their clan name, their status as clan head, and he wouldn’t ask her to compromise on a point he himself won’t.
“Just say it, whatever it is,” Ino says, inspecting the nail of her ring finger. “Your face is all pinched.”
He wets his lips. “What if we did get married?”
__________Or, Shikamaru, Ino, and the tangled mess of marrying your best friend when your families are intertwined and you've both got ex-spouses and teenage sons.
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- Part 2 of i want to know you better than fate does