Variety Pack 1/6 (NC-17, ShinoSaku)

[AngelOfDeath]

SHORT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

I can?t take it anymore!

Even if I know I can?t force people to do things they don?t want to, the best way to inspire others, I think is by example. So, in a quest to open up the offerings that affnet has to offer, I am endeavoring to write not one or two but *six* different lemon pairings with Sakura as the only consistent character.

My sincere hope is that someone will come away from this with an idea, a single grainy glimmer of an idea about writing a lemon/lime of their own featuring one of these pairings.

Note that I am not dissing on any of the fics in existence. People write what they want. But maybe they can want something new and different if I just put it out there. There?s nothing wrong with adding on to a repertoire of couples, right? Not everything needs to be about the same pairs going through the same traumas. I?m not saying you should suddenly dislike other couplings, just maybe think about some other possibilities in addition.

And with that. . . on to the first lemon: ShinoSaku

(Remember, these are all separate stories. Different timelines from one another. Please try to keep an open mind. ::sigh:: I love Shino, that?s why he?s first! ^___^)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or its characters.


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Covering up the eyes was a good tactic to disturb your opponents, Sakura thought. Too bad it also disturbed your friends. She almost felt bad when Hinata nearly dropped a hot cup of tea in Shino?s lap, but she was nervous in general. It wasn?t often that Hinata hosted any kind of event and she wasn?t used to all the attention. More likely it was Naruto?s presence that was unsettling her, and everyone knew the truth of it, but the boy himself had been impossibly dense about it all from day one. Sakura had tried to take action by bringing along Hinata with her whenever she was visiting Naruto, but the shy girl had never been comfortable enough to talk to Naruto at all. The only real key to getting Naruto to liking you, so far as Sakura could see, was acknowledging him and getting his attention. Hinata loved him enough for a whole clan of people, but she was one of the most forgettable individuals in the room at any gathering.

Sakura didn?t think these things to be mean, since Hinata knew this well and sometimes softly commented on it. She admired Sakura because Sakura was someone who blossomed rather than shrunk when attention was given to her. Being the heir to such a large and powerful family had forced introverted little Hinata into a tight shell of personal fear, but Sakura knew that she would have thrived with so much attention if she had been the Hyuuga heir.

Being a good friend, Sakura was perfectly willing to try to help along Hinata?s ambition to get Naruto to notice her. She tried to hold parties, but Hinata would just go hide in corners, the bathroom, the back yard. . . anywhere which she could be decently sure that it would be hard to see more than two or three people at once. Sakura decided to change tactics.

Instead of big parties she began to invite people who Hinata was familiar and comfortable with, her team, and Naruto as well in an attempt to give her gentle friend a chance to shine. Kiba, who would have blown away any chance of subtlety if he had known, was not let in on the secret reason that the two former genin teams were meeting so regularly but he was happy enough to be around people. However, from the beginning, Shino seemed to understand what the interplay between the various parties here meant. Sakura had not known that the Aburame clan member was so shrewd until he had approached her one evening when everyone else was leaving. He lingered in the doorway, tall and silent, threatening to Sakura who remembered all too clearly the bugs that lay just under his skin.

?You need help.? He had said simply. Sakura remembered bristling.

?Excuse me??

?Uzumaki is not someone who will understand what you are doing. It will take years. And I think Hinata deserves better.? Shino?s voice was flat, so Sakura didn?t know how to take the comment.

?Naruto is a fine person, and both he and Hinata deserve every happiness.? Her arms crossed defensively. She wished the unpleasant boy with his concealing coat and glass covered eyes would just leave her alone to her plans. They weren?t bad plans. . . were they? Dammit, she didn?t like doubting herself!

Shino shifted on his feet. ?You misunderstand me. I want to help.?

This eased Sakura?s feelings a little, but not by much. His words had not disturbed her nearly as much as his very presence. ?Then what do you suggest we do??

The silence that followed was abrupt, jarring, and Sakura tried not to grind her teeth as she waited. She wished she could tell which way he was looking but the glasses were too good at what they did. Maybe if she saw his eyes she would just be all the more disturbed by him. What if they were like a bug?s? Her body shivered, repulsed.

?I have a plan.? He said. ?Bring Hinata next Friday evening to dinner at the ramen place, the one Naruto likes so much. Can you do that?? The mystery was intriguing to Sakura. She could give him the benefit of the doubt in this case, with a nod she sealed the deal (anything to avoid a handshake), and Shino was gone. It was a relief to be out of his unfaltering gaze.

Funny how so much could change in a few months. What had collectively taken Sakura and Hinata years to think about and try to plan for, Shino managed in just three months. His tactic each time was essentially the same, but Sakura had to admire how effective it was. She had recognized it immediately that first night when they had all gotten ramen, and Sakura wished she had seen it first instead of making an absolute idiot of herself.

Shino and Naruto had been eating ramen, the former barely touching it and the latter scarfing it down as fast as possible, when Sakura and Hinata arrived and ?bumped into? them. Naruto was excited to see the girls and naturally asked them to join him and Shino, but as soon as they had comfortably settled in Shino ?accidentally? spilled his ramen onto Sakura.

He apologized tersely, but seeing as it had just been sitting there it wasn?t hot, just an inconvenience. When Sakura stood up and stormed off to the bathroom, Shino followed her, ostensibly to apologize. However, before she could launch into an irritated tirade, Shino pointed out that Naruto and Hinata were talking. Just the two of them were sharing a brief but impersonal moment of commentary about the accident, but at least it was conversation. Sakura hadn?t ever really thought to fix it so that the two of them were alone much because Hinata would just seize up, but maybe this one on one time was what they needed. If they started out slow, then she could grow comfortable with everyday topics and move on sometime to something deeper. Hinata was a good listener, and Naruto could talk anyone into distraction.

Noting the way Shino?s hand had lingered on her arm, Sakura pulled away. She was irritated now at him for seeing the obvious solution, but she was also grateful to have a partner in this little project who she could trust.

?So I guess the four of us will be spending a lot of time together then?? Her wry comment, not made to express any real pleasure at the prospect, still generated a positive reaction from Shino. Over his coat she could even see a corner of his mouth quirked into a smile. For the first time she wondered: what had Shino been doing at all those get togethers she had had to try to get Naruto and Hinata together? Had he just been watching? She didn?t remember him interacting with very many people, that was certain.

For a flash of a moment Sakura saw that Shino, like Hinata, was a solitary person. It was not as obvious and it seemed to be far more voluntary, but it was still probably lonesome. Most people were just like Sakura and put at a loss to feel at ease in his presence due to his bloodline quality. The Aburame clan were always well respected, but had they ever been well liked? She felt bad for a moment, at her prejudice, even if she still took a step back from him and fled to the bathroom to finish cleaning up.

But her prediction had been correct, and she certainly saw more of Naruto, Hinata, and Shino. All the ways they could bump into one another always surprised her. Either Sakura or Shino would invite one of the other two possible lovebirds out to do something and then tell the other conspirator well in advance. Once they were all together, Sakura would either distract Shino with something or he would just wander off and Sakura would chase after. It took a couple months of this before Naruto began to catch on to what was going on.

Of course, when the question came from him, Sakura was absolutely floored by it.

?Are you and Shino, you know, goin? out?? Naruto scratched the back of his head in slight embarrassment at having to ask such a question, and Sakura tried not to choke on the water she had been drinking. They were running together, just for fun, and this was not a planned Hinata-Naruto day. In this short break, Naruto seemed to be oddly thoughtful but now that he had spit it out she was at a loss for words.

Naruto kept going as Sakura coughed up water. ?I mean, every time we run into him you run off to go be alone. I mean, it?s cool and stuff because Shino?s a great guy, but I had hoped you?d tell me on your own. . .?

?No no no, you have it all wrong Naruto!? Sakura put a hand on his shoulder. Now that she had started it that way, what should she tell him? Maybe a little lie wouldn?t hurt. Things seemed to be going well between him and Hinata, it would be a shame to blow it all by telling him she had been tricking him all this time. Even if it was well intentioned, this could cause the cheery boy to sour to Hinata just on principle. Might as well dig herself in deep on this one. ?He doesn?t know I like him.? She hoped her acting was good. ?Hinata has been helping me out, setting things up so I can be along with him.?

Inside, she rejoiced at being so clever. Naruto immediately volunteered to help too. He wanted his dear friend, who had become like a sister to him, to be happy. If Shino was the boy that could make her happy, then he would cooperate with anything Sakura and Hinata had in mind. And the next few weeks had Naruto and Hinata scheming and talking to one another all in the quest for Sakura?s happiness. It was a great twist.

For some reason she wasn?t entirely sure of, she chose not to tell Shino what was going on. It wouldn?t be appropriate, and she didn?t know how well he could pretend reactions so to have it all be a surprise was a better way. Strangely, once she got the picture in her mind of how good a boyfriend Shino would be, the picture was hard to dislodge.

Obviously, she was repulsed by him physically. . . right?

She wasn?t so sure anymore. They spent so much time together that she could sit next to him, bump into him, or even put her hand onto him to get his attention and there was no shiver of disgust like at the beginning of this little act. He had always been solicitous to her, never demanding she go places and often treating when they would meet at a place that sold food. They talked, though Sakura held up more than her end of the vocalizations, and in his few responses he seemed to consider her opinions and respect them. If only she had any idea of what he looked like. . .

But that would make her shallow, wouldn?t it? She had chased after a pretty face before, and weren?t his good actions so much of a better recommendation. The next time she saw him, she remembered how she had listed off his good points in her head and she had blushed. Shino had asked her, when she kept being distracted and turning red, if she was coming down with something. Sakura chose to follow his example and stay quiet about the matter. What had started out as a clever lie had taken on shades of the truth, and she wasn?t entirely sure she liked this development.

That brought them to the night of the dinner. Hinata was dressed very prettily and Naruto had even complimented her, in his own brash way just blurting out that she was cute. Sakura wasn?t dancing around inside of her head for joy at this major victory, but was rather focused on Shino who looked as cool and collected as he always did. His very maturity was starting to get on her nerves. They had been acting a lot like a couple, after all, particularly after Naruto had been let in on the fake secret. How could she be so affected and he feel nothing?

?S-sorry, Shino.? Hinata said quietly as she righted the tea pot before she got any more on the table. He just nodded his reassurance at her.

Naruto made a joke and Hinata laughed, her language more fluid now in response. She was just nervous because she had never hosted a party before. She had actually gotten used to Naruto already and they were fast friends. Hinata was more in love than ever and Naruto sometimes seemed like he might be smitten, but he himself was probably not aware that that was what he was feeling. Emotions were not something Naruto had been smart about, having buried many of his under a layer of determination not to be weak. Hinata would get through soon enough and Sakura knew he would love her fiercely back. She sighed, wistfully, since she wished she too had such prospects ahead of her.

?Is there something wrong?? Shino surprised her out of her internal world and back to the table where they were sitting, Naruto and Hinata talking still. Dinner was over, and Sakura just wanted to leave before she started to resent anybody in the room for any reason.

?No, I think I just have a little headache. I?m going home. Thank you for everything Hinata.? The hostess disengaged from Naruto and saw Sakura out with a hug and a heartfelt thank you. There was no way that Sakura would allow herself to resent Hinata for getting what she had wanted for so long. As for Sakura. . . she didn?t know what she wanted.

She was halfway home when she sensed someone coming up fast behind her. To her surprise, it was Shino, who told her that Naruto had practically pushed him out the door once Sakura was gone. He had only stayed long enough to be polite to Hinata.

?He?s been very pushy lately. I think he wanted some time to tell Hinata something. This may be the end of our plot.? The delivery was as kind and toneless as usual. Sakura wished he sounded just a little bit sad. ?I?ll walk you home. It?s on the way.?

They turned corners and passed streets as Sakura thought. Even Naruto, now, would get hooked up. She, a perfectly attractive and interesting kunoichi of nineteen, was still single and pining stupidly after yet another boy who had the emotional responsiveness of a brick. Why couldn?t she fall for the Naruto-type? Someone gregarious and easily approached? It was a curse, it seemed. Spitefully, she let some of her frustration and anger surface.

?Even if he tells her tonight, who knows if it will go anywhere. Naruto doesn?t know anything about women, and Hinata isn?t aggressive enough to make a move.?

Shino hummed to show he had heard her but said nothing. Sakura felt egged on by his non response.

?Not that sex is everything, but I think in general most boys could do with a little bit of instruction.? She was getting careless since she was upset. ?Why, you Shino, could have any girl you wanted. I could tell you how. They?d fall at your feet.?

This got more interest from the young Aburame. ?Any girl I wanted??

?Sure.? She felt confident but suddenly vulnerable. Was there someone he wanted? Why hadn?t she noticed it before?

?Then tell me.?

They were almost to her door. At once she wanted to balk and run off to the safety of her room to brood and eat some chocolate and then sleep. This night was already turning into a disaster from her point of view.

?Could you tell me now? It?s still early, and I don?t know when I?ll see you again.?

The reference to how their adventure as matchmakers was over filled Sakura again with the dread that she had gotten involved in something that was just going to hurt her all over again. It didn?t get any easier, having feelings for men who might not return them, and she wished she hadn?t gotten herself in the position where she had to show Shino how to attract other women to him. She liked him like this, his own self. He didn?t need to change. With a sigh she opened the door and invited him in to her small but serviceable house.

?Just have a seat, I?ve got chocolate in the cupboard if you?d like some.?

?Yes, please.? He made no noise as he moved into the living room area.

Sakura returned with the sweets and set them on the table. They chewed on this for a bit while Sakura schooled her thoughts. When she finally spoke, it was soft and kept entirely neutral even though his presence next to her on the couch was causing her heart to beat rather rapidly.

?First of all, the jacket. If you just wore something a little tighter then women could make out your form better. The coat is pretty big, you must admit, and it doesn?t really scream anything except that you seem to think every day is winter.?

?I can regulate my own body heat.?

?That isn?t the point. It?s an image issue, and tighter clothes are better to most girls.?

He nodded. ?I?ll keep that in mind. What do you think about tight clothes??

?I don?t care either way. Now, the second issue is the way you conceal your face.? She smiled in memory. ?Kakashi was always sought after because of his exotic eye, and his mask was very mysterious, but no one knows why you cover your eyes so completely or why you hide your face. It is more intimidating than mysterious so far as sex appeal goes.?

?Ah.?

?But don?t worry, I think the whole glasses thing isn?t a drawback. Though I do wish I could see your face maybe just once or twice. . .?

As she spoke he unzipped and unbuttoned his jacket all the way down exposing the mesh shirt that all ninjas layered under their clothes as well as a slightly smirking mouth with slightly thin lips. ?You asked. . .? He shrugged in answer while Sakura stared at him in shock. ?Anything else??

Sakura tried not to stare at his body, uniformly toned like all ninjas, and extremely sexy to her but ever so much out of her reach. She wanted to tell him that it was inappropriate for him to do that, but she had said she wanted to see his face, and it was a very nice one. It wouldn?t do to complain.

?Your hair,? she finally managed to go on. ?It sticks straight up. Maybe if you didn?t force it up with the headband then it wouldn?t look so brush-like. . . oh no don?t do that. I?m not saying you have to do this for me, I think your hair is just fine. This is all just theoretical advice. . .? She groaned as he went ahead and took off the headband anyway, and shrugged off his jacket as well. Why was he undressing in front of her? This was torture.

His hair, once he rustled it about with his hands a bit, still stood out from his head but without the headband pressuring it all together the spiky strands dipped down and lined his face creating rather adorable chaos around his head. Sakura wanted to dive her hands into it and squashed the urge violently as she reminded herself that he was asking her the best way to get other girls to notice him. Well, if he looked like this around other girls she just might jump him, kill them, or take back everything she said and try to convince him to hide away in corners for the rest of his life. . . with her. . . dark corners, so one could see it when she. . .

Bad Sakura! No letting the inner thoughts bleed into outer actions! No!

?And then?? If she didn?t know better, she?d think that Shino was laughing at her, but the slight smile didn?t say anything when she couldn?t see his eyes. It was better this way, she wouldn?t feel hurt this way. Her pain wasn?t very funny to her.

Sakura stood up from the couch and left the room, coming back shortly after with a wet hand towel. ?You always have dirt on your face,? She said softly and then placed a hand on his shoulder as she cleaned off the darkened marks on his face and then his hands. ?I guess it?s because of the insects.? The only reason she mentioned them was to remind herself that she didn?t want this, him, and that there were reasons to resist. It just wouldn?t work in the long run.

There she sat on the couch, one of his hands still on hers as she ran the wet cloth over it to get the last of the dirt. She tried not to feel bad for herself, to feel undesirable and rejected, but it was hard.

?Anything else?? His voice was low, the smile gone.

Sakura tried not to let her voice catch on the emotion in her throat. ?Just remember, be assertive and take initiative. Girls like it when you make the first move, and it doesn?t hurt to be bold. Confidence is very?? Her words were forgotten as Shino pulled her face towards his and kissed her. It was very straightforward. No sloppiness, no hesitation, just a pleasant and somewhat chaste kiss on her lips.

They broke apart and Sakura spent a moment in stunned and giddy joy.

Which quickly moved to anger.

?What the hell was that? Look, if you?re just playing around with me then you can??

?I?m not playing.? Shino said quickly.

Sakura tossed the wet towel across the room in a fit of temper and then crossed her arms over her chest. ?Then tell me what that was.?

?Well,? Shino thought for a moment and Sakura silently waited for his usual thoughtful words to this urgent question. ?You said that you could show me how I could get any girl I wanted.?

The implications of this took a moment to sink in because although Sakura was intelligent, there were some ways in which she was very dumb. Her eyes went wide. ?Oh.? A slow, seductive smile spread over her face. ?Ohhh.?

?Now, if you don?t mind, I will get back to that last piece of advice.? He reached for her again and Sakura leaned into him willingly. Their lips met and once she seemed to relax into him he opened up his mouth and encouraged her to do the same by probing at kiss bruised lips with his tongue.

They pulled away, chests heaving as if they had been running hard, and Shino began to move down her neck with his mouth even as Sakura ran her hands over his body. The mesh snagged on her nails and she made a frustrated chirp as she pulled back one hand. Shino responded by stripping this layer off, revealing glorious skin for Sakura to touch. She was so pleased by him that she pushed him back onto the couch and straddled him just so she could have an eagle?s eye view of his half-naked body. Her fingers caressed and tweaked as Shino lay there passively, allowing her to take any liberty she wished while still watching her from behind those glasses.

When he could take it no longer he began to pull up Sakura?s shirt and she obliged him readily when she realized through a hazy mind what he was trying to do. Her shirt and mesh undershirt were on the floor next to his in a flash and then skin met skin as she folded down onto him to reach his mouth again.

?Sakura,? Shino groaned as she continued to explore his chest but this time with her mouth instead of her hands. ?Are you sure you want this? I can?t take much more.?

As usual she took his meaning the wrong way because of his abbreviated speech patterns. She withdrew, blush spreading over her body, and reached down next to them for her shirt. ?It?s ok. I went too fast for you. I?m sorry. . .?

?No,? he stopped her questing arm and brought it back up. ?I?m saying I can?t hold back much more. But if I let go, then I want to know how far you want to take this.?

?Hmmm.? She had been waiting for an opportunity like this. Her hormones were screaming at her to do something. In the end she ended up acting on one of those inner voices she usually quashed. Reaching down between them, she cupped him through his pants and felt for herself how full and hard he was. ?I know what can happen.? She gave him a light squeeze through the fabric and Shino gave another one of those delicious moans.

?Is that permission?? Shino said through clenched teeth.

?Yes.? She said and then yelped as Shino jerked up with more strength than she had ever credited him with and practically ran to her bedroom. There was no time for her to ask how he knew where to go, though she had had parties at her house which he had attended so maybe he had seen it then. Unceremoniously, she was dumped upon the bed and was quickly covered up by a lot of focused, lustful, muscular male.

Inside of her head everything seemed to be spinning. Everything was overloading from far too much sensation, and all from a man who she had dismissed as being all cold disinterest. What a surprise Shino was, and what a surprise he continued to be as his tongue circled around her nipple with such precise care. His movements were calculated, slow, as if he wanted to take all the time in the world to savor her and make her writhe beneath him.

When his hands instead covered where his mouth had been, Sakura got her bearings and reached out to run her nails over his skin lightly. He shivered and caught her hand in his own. Riveted, she watched him force her hand over his body. Shino pressed her fingers into his muscles hard and at first her hand dragged slowly over his skin until she reached his belly where a slick of sweat slid her small hand and his together to the top of his trousers. There he let go, and she looked up from where her hand rested to his face where his lips parted just enough to allow his shallow pants.

She had told him to be assertive, hadn?t she? Slightly unsure, but too caught up in her own heated moment Sakura turned her attention back to where her hands were fumbling with the ties of his trousers. Once she had undone them she reached inside to draw him out to her view. She couldn?t help but stare as her hand slid up and down that column of flesh, memorizing its feel and glorying in the power she held over him with every stroke. Shino stopped her again, and forced her to move as he tore off the rest of her clothes as quickly as possible.

Rather than just leap into the act as she had half expected him to do, again he slowed and became deliberate with his touches. He would stop her wandering hands and force them back to her sides every time she attempted to return to his wonderfully erect member just at the corner of her vision. Instead, with a strange sense of voyeurism she watched him move his hands over her legs, curving over the calf and tracing the outside of the thigh before dipping behind the knees and then scraping past the inner thigh. It felt like he was burning a path over her, and when he just brushed her outer lips she hissed out a curse for the wanton way her legs parted.

There was that hesitation again. If he had just been doing what he felt up until now, it had been brilliant, but if was as truly inexperienced as she suspected then he might need some guidance. Her thought was followed by a smirk. It was her guidance that had started this whole experience. Now it was her time to take his hand and show him the motions that would please her the most. He looked to her face and to her slight vocalizations of pleasure to tell him what he continued to do right once her hand left his own. Before long she knew that he was going to make her climax and as much as she wanted and needed that feeling, she wanted to be as selfless as he had been in this shared exploration of their bodies.

It didn?t take much urging to get him to position himself properly between her legs and as they pushed together she clenched at the pain from the stretching before she forced herself to take a deep breath and relax. Shino waited for the cue from her to start moving, and once her hips wiggled a bit and they separated and came together again she wondered at how slick she must be for the motion to work so fluidly. For two athletic bodies like theirs this activity began to take on the aspect of an endurance trial as the first tried to surpass the other in control. In an unexpected twist, Shino brought a hand in between them and touched her where she had instructed him to previously and it drew her over the edge, moaning his name and shuddering beneath him while he continued a steady pace. Sakura twitched a little as he moved inside of her for a few more strokes before finding his own release, and she had the pleasure of watching him bite his lip and shudder in ecstasy before he collapsed onto her.

Shino rolled off of her, disconnecting them, and both he and Sakura stared at the ceiling as if it held any new insights as to why and how this had happened to them. They were still only half on the bed and they stationed themselves in the middle of the small mattress. Sakura tried not to blush when his arm was thrown over her chest as they both spread out their bodies to cool off and dry the sweat they were covered in.

?You didn?t take off your glasses.? Sakura said. Coherent thoughts that were reasoned and intelligent were still a little beyond her after that energetic workout.

Shino smiled as he sat up and leaned over her to give her a kiss. ?No I didn?t.?

?Will I ever get to see your eyes??

?Maybe.?

Sakura didn?t really feel like talking, but too much was colliding around in her brain for her to not think about it.

?Was this a fluke?? Now she sat up, scooting back to the headboard as she gathered her wits. ?Because this meant something to me. And I just need to know it means something to you too. . . please.? She was a strong girl, but her world had flipped in the course of a little over an hour.

In typical Shino fashion, he was silent for a long time before he spoke. Sakura respected the way he planned everything from him words to his life, the long pauses for thought punctuated by sometimes almost frantic activity, but it was truly maddening to have to wait. Even if this same process caused her anticipatory agony and bliss in turns when he was touching her, this had far more potential to hurt her. He sighed a little before he spoke.

?You were always so interesting to watch,? That wasn?t a good way to begin, from her point of view, but she hoped it would get better. ?Your face contorts sometimes when you think no one is watching you. Whole conversations in body language would happen and in the blink of an eye you could be among other people just having a good time and looking like there wasn?t another thought in your head.? As usual his wording was imperfect. ?Hinata provided me a convenient excuse, but don?t get me wrong Sakura, I have been waiting for the right moment for a very long time.?

There was confusion in her voice now, though her alarm had been assuaged by his words thus far. ?Then what made things different tonight? I have been trying to treat you like I always did. . . mainly because I didn?t want you to suspect anything.?

?You did a very good job too. I thought my chances were just as hopeless as they?d always been. . . until Naruto came and threatened to hurt me if I made you cry. It didn?t take long to get him to tell me all about your infatuation.?

Sakura screwed up her face into a grimacing smile. ?That Naruto, ever so helpful and subtle. . . but the whole thing was a ruse in the beginning. How could that have changed anything??

?I told you. . . body language. If I hadn?t been looking for it, I would have missed it. You found little ways to touch me, to move closer. . . well. . . that and. . .? Shino faltered and stopped talking.

?What??

He coughed. ?Pheromones. You?re positively drenched in them. I know how it works, I just bided my time until. . .?

?You seduced me!? Sakura exclaimed with some consternation. ?You seduced me while I was telling you how to seduce women! You jerk!? She hit him with the pillow behind her back and then screamed when Shino rolled over onto her and held down her arms. Then he began to do lovely things to her neck with his lips and teeth and soon Sakura was purring again. ?That?s not fair.?

Shino just laughed to himself and laid his glasses on the small table by the lamp. With undivided interest, Sakura watched his face, but he didn?t open his eyes as he lay down and reached out for her.

?I thought you didn?t take them off.? She said in a monotone.

?I don?t.? Shino said, arms still held out. ?Only when I sleep.?

In her heart, Sakura was insanely pleased that he wanted to sleep over after all this. ?If we?re going to sleep I think I?ll get a quick shower first.? Shino simply grabbed her and pulled her down to him, ignoring her struggles and protests.

?You don?t need a shower.?

?Yes I do, I?m covered in sweat and I probably smell??

?Fine, you smell fine. Besides, in a few hours it won?t matter if you shower or not.?

Sakura fidgeted as she tried to get comfortable sharing the bed with Shino, legs tangled and bodies pressed hotly to one another. ?Why won?t it. . .oh. . . mmmm? The tickling caress he gave her inner thigh told her exactly why the shower would be a waste of water. ?Well then, we?ll just take one later won?t we??

?We??

Now it was Sakura?s turn to laugh in sinister glee.

[wicked]

I am most interested in reading the next five chapters where Sakura gets to be the star of the Sex Show!

Through fanfiction, I have begun to like Shino so much more. I found him slightly interesting with just the anime but now the dude rocks hardcore. I like the way you've written him, in this and <i>Questionable Motives</i>. He really is a cool mofo.

And how can you not love the way he was teasing Sakura during her little "How To Get Any Girl" advice spiel?

Sakura: Maybe if you showed some skin.
Shino: You mean like this?
Sakura: *drool* Oh hell yeah.

Actually I think just Shino asking Sakura what she thought about tight clothes was such a huge indication. But poor Sakura, for all her brains, she really is dumb with some things. But I love her regardless.

Can't wait to read the next five chapters of Sakura's Sex Show. ^__^ Excellent work AoD!

~Wicked

[csmlee]

Mesh shirt! Shino wears a mesh shirt!!!!!!! It's so unfair that he hides that sexy body of his underneath his huge jacket. *fans herself*

And Shino is absolutely wicked! He seduced Sakura!!! Bwahahaha! Go Shino!!!

Yah, so who's up next?

[bookworm]

I have nothing against Sakura getting it on with others (as long as it doesn't disrupt my fave pairing). This was a HOT and interesting one. If, however, you do pair Sakura w/ my fave male character, I won't read it. DO NOT think this is against you or something, I just can't handle that pairing as well. (AoD, I'm in a blah mood right now, so forgive this somber post by me.) If there is an Uchiha pairing (either one, but preferably...), I would look forward to it. Mind you, you don't have to, but I definitely want to see Sakura paired up w/...the...weasel.

Ah, can't wait to see if it will be Kiba...or Neji...or Chouji...or Lee...or...