RP, anyone?
Who: Yamanaka Ino & Yuki Haku
What: CAN YOU SAY CLUBBING?
When: Ohhhdear. After the whole thing with Shukaku, before (the soon to come) thing with Itachi, Tayuya and Gaara.
Where: Downtown, yo.
Warnings: Ohm. Sex on the dancefloor? Really. Probably just PG-13 for analogies that make my eyes hurt.
Ino (7:54:45 PM): Ino had just finished one of her many work outs of the weekend when she collapsed excited and eager onto the couch. Who to call? She wanted to go out clubbing or dancing or partying or just having fun. Gaara? No...he had seemed down. Perhaps he needed family time. Kankurou as well. She scrolled right past Sakura's name and eventually came around to one she had missed. Haku. She hit the "send" button without a second thought and waited.
Haku (8:01:07 PM): Haku had only recently gotten a cell phone, curtesy of his work; the obnoxious ringing noise still managed to startle him.
After the events (persay) with both Gaara and Shukaku, the junior had wanted nothing more than to drown himself in sake and pretend he didn't exist. He'd offered to go work overtime, (Haku found that sex was the easiest option for letting out mulitple emotions at the same time; he was more like Itachi than he cared to admit) but had been turned down: "You'll wear yourself out, love. Go home and rest, you look like hell."
Grabbing the small technilogical bother, Haku pressed it to his ear. "..Moshi, moshi."
Ino (8:02:48 PM): "Moshi moshi!" Ino squealed, sitting up as she did so. "Haku-chan what is it you are doing right now? Would you like to go out on the town with me? It's Yamanaka Ino. I do hope you remember me!"
Haku (8:05:41 PM): Haku tore the phone from his ear with a sudden jerk; he could hear Ino screaming into the phone from half a foot away. After what very well could have been a few hours, Haku spoke up. "..I do remember you, Yamanaka-san." His speech was slow and diliberate for the most part, "..Going to town sounds lovely."
Ino (8:06:52 PM): Ino made a rather girlish sound, her breath pushing itself into the phone. "Fabulous! I was thinking of going clubbing, and you seemed the only person appropriate for the situation. I hope that sounds all right with you? What should we wear?" Ino knew as well as Haku that they were both, well, beautiful.
Haku (8:14:07 PM): Haku was not enitrely sure that his "normal" clubbing outfit would be appropriate, he knew that there was something in his closet that would do. "..It doesn't matter to me, Yamanaka-san. Where were you thinking of going?" Haku knew the other clubs very well, and depending on the girl's selection he could find something to wear.
Ino (8:15:02 PM): "I don't know the clubs around here yet," she said, frowning audibly. "I was going to ask if you knew any. And," she added, "please please please call me Ino, Haku-chan. Ino."
Haku (8:17:15 PM): "Alright, Ino-san." Haku thought about the strip downtown; there was where he worked (Haku doubted gay bars interested Ino), the sister club (Which was a geisha dojou, to be precise), and a few others. "You do have ID...?" Of course he did, but there were very few dance clubs that didn't require ID to get in.
Ino (8:18:34 PM): Ino laughed. "Of course I do! And I don't really care where we go. Just somewhere to get away from it all, you know?" Ino had her own problems, having hashed out some topics with her father earlier in the day, and she, too, felt like not existing at the moment. And the best way to not exist is to become someone else in the life of a club.
Haku (8:20:56 PM): Perhaps he and Ino were more alike, but at the moment Haku would rather not think such. He stood up off the floor, padding to his closet. "I do..." He thought for a moment to invite her over to find something to wear, "Why don't you bring something over and we'll find something to wear...?" She was probably the same size as Haku, minus the breasts; but when it came to club-clothing, the tighter was always the better.
Ino (8:22:46 PM): "All rightie!" Ino went to getting directions and kept her same running shorts and sports bra on and she ran over to Haku's place, her phone at her side. By the time she got there she was soaking wet again, sweat dripping off of her nose. She rang the doorbell and waited, some pesky hair hanging over one eye.
Haku (8:29:34 PM): Haku had already thought over for a moment what to wear, but held back on making any decisions (it was rare he could honestly decide anything for himself, even when alone) before Ino arrived.
"..You didn't have to run, you know." He pulls the door open for her to come inside, his apartment painfully cold compared to the hallway. But he can afford to push the air conditioner to it's limits.
One get's paid well, as a prostititute.
Ino (8:30:44 PM): Ino liked the cool air; her breasts showed that very well, of which she was unaware. She looked around. "You have a nice place," she murmured, stepping into the quiet cold. "Very nice...so what do you have for us to share, hmm?" Her phone rang, and she rejected the call without hesitation.
Haku (8:34:14 PM): As it were, Haku took no notice of her chest or what it was doing in response to the air. He'd never once found himself attracted to a female, and had accepted this without hesitation. It was just what he did.
"Thankyou." Haku's apartment was barren, if anything. The walls were painted a nice muted tan and contrasted well with the dark wood that made up his furniture. The junior led Ino to his bedroom (which was, if possible, even colder- not just temperature-wise) and pointed to the closet. "..Everything in there, for the most part."
Ino (8:35:51 PM): ...but Ino was leaving the wardrobe up to the junior to pull out. She stood by his bed and fell on it, curling up like a kitten and sighing. "Mmm. Comfy bed. I want you to pull out what you to wear and model it for me! And then I'll put on whatever you want me to and model that for you. So it's equivalent exchange and everything is fair." Ino grinned and put his pillow under her head with a cute, girlish giggle.
Haku (8:40:32 PM): Briefly, Haku wondered if he had somehow given her permission to do such a thing to his bed, but dimissed the thought; he hadn't used the bed since... well. Since that night with Gaara, as it were.
Not entirely understanding what Ino had said, he nodded. "..Alright."
Ino (8:42:25 PM): Ino smiled, happily rolling onto her stomach and kicking her feet about in the air. "You have some very interesting clothes, Haku-chan. I think we are both the same size. We should share clothes all the time!" Ino saw a particularly pretty blue something or another. "Oh! Put it on, please! You will look so pretty in it!"
Haku (8:45:58 PM): Said blue something or other was just a light chensogasm for the most part, fishnet covering the spots that were open. He'd only worn it a few times, but the fabric was light and the robin's-egg blue looked really pretty with his brown hair.
Haku took the tunic-item off it's hanger and left for a moment to change into it. The idea of putting on all his clothing for no reason seemed odd, but he supposed it was just one of those things female's did.
Ino (8:48:30 PM): Ino clapped, rushed forward, and examined it. "Oooh, I love it, I really do!" It was perfectly wicked and devious in a sort of erotic way that Ino loved. She put two and two together and immediately asked, "Oh! Can I wear it out tonite? Can I, can I, can I? I think my legs could pull it off!"
Haku (8:52:52 PM): "Of course." Absently Haku thought her blonde hair would match nicely, but he didn't feel the need for the comment. He didn't realize that taking his shirt off in front of her might've been a bad idea, (Haku was stripping often enough to have long forgotten what it was to be ashamed of it.) and set the shirt down.
Had he expected company, the scars and bruises on his body would've been covered with foundation, but as it were Haku hadn't had the time to cover them up.
Ino (8:54:09 PM): Ino had just started to strip off her shorts when she caught sight of the scars and bruises all over Haku's chest. She let out a somewhat terrified gasp and held a hand out to touch one of the scars. "Oh my gosh, Haku, what has happened to you?? Who did this to you? This is terrible!"
Haku (8:58:06 PM): People seemed to get worked up over such minor things, Haku noted. They were nothing, really. He smiled at Ino, pulling his pants over his hips to cover other... less pretty scars. "They're nothing, Ino-san. Just things from work." Which was the truth.
Ino (8:59:24 PM): "What the hell do you do for work??" was the first and only response. "I'll beat the shit out of whoever did this to you!" Ino had been tortured as a child, and she was dead set on destroying any sort of bully, whether it was a two year old with a rock or a twenty year old with a knife. Ino knew in her heart of hearts that it was wrong.
Haku (9:00:57 PM): Haku couldn't help but laugh at her response.
"..I work downtown, that's all. Please, don't think so badly of it- if it were truly anything bad it wouldn't have happened." Haku just happened to enjoy it, that was all.
Ino (9:01:31 PM): Ino pouted, putting her hands on her waist. What? Downtown? Ino mused. "You mean you work in the red light area?"
Haku (9:03:17 PM): "Yes, Ino-san." Haku would rather not have said (what was surely obvious) 'I'm a prostitute' seeing as it wasn't technically legal. (For women it was, and for men it was slowly becoming accepted, but in general it was still forbidden.)
Ino (9:06:02 PM): Ino took the news without a hint of surprise. She knew that lots of people resorted to such things when they were down on their luck or in need of money. It was a tactic of survival. After a moment, she put her arms out and gave Haku a great hug.
Haku (9:07:44 PM): The junior blinked, taken off-guard; why was she hugging him..? "..I-Ino-san, I'm fine.." He pulled away gently, pushing her hips away from him. Women were such emotional creatures.
Ino (9:09:40 PM): Ino pulled away as well, looking up into his eyes with her straight, piercing orbs of blue. ((OMG how Mary Sue does that sound?? XD)) "All right. Get dressed in something damn sexy. I don't want to be the hottest thing wherever we're going; I want some competition." And she winked.
Haku (9:13:23 PM): Though he may not've thought of Ino as anymore than a friend, Haku smiled; she was indeed pretty. "Alright, Ino-san." His own chocolate eyes were dull, glossed over with too much of too little and feeling more empty after being so full for so long.
As such, Haku found something he thought would be appropriate. Itachi had said brown and blue worked well, (which he had found out) and thus Haku used them to his advantage. Fishnet was a basic, in his eyes, and covered most parts of his visible flesh. Haku's skin was creamy and pale, but not sallow like Itachi's or seemingly dead like it should be. Like a flower that perhaps flourished in the dark, his skin looked best under a strobe light.
Haku (9:13:42 PM): {Ino is the epitome of Mary-sue. But I love her anyways. <3}
Ino (9:13:49 PM): ((LOL HAHAH))
Ino (9:13:57 PM): ((The Mary Sueness is canon. Sadly.))
Haku (9:14:21 PM): {Ah, but that is where you are wrong; that's not bad at all. In fact it's beautiful.}
Ino (9:16:17 PM): Ino purred like a tiger cub and flipped her hair back, stripping off her bra and shorts and pulling the dress on. Haku was not a threat, and as such she felt comfortable undressing in front of him. It fit especially tightly and well over her breasts, which she loved. She flipped her hair out of it's ponytail and ran her fingers through the long mess of blonde, ending with a nice, straight sort of feel.
Haku (9:22:22 PM): Indeed not a threat, Haku wasn't even facing the same direction, flipping through the shirts and pants in his closet. There was a nice pair of black cargo pants somewhere, if he could only find them. "Ah.." He reached behind a box of old clothing and pulled them loose. It was an nice (easy?) feeling to be doing something so simple as picking out clothing, and Haku embraced it well enough. The junior pulled a soft blue shirt over his slim shoulders and pulled at the odd gatherings of fabric, moving the tears and rips in the seams to their appropriate place.
Ino (9:23:56 PM): Blue and blue, Ino thought as she watched him. They matched perfectly. "Well then, Haku-chan, where is it you are taking your bride for the nite?" she asked, flattening out the area over her groin as it had bunched up and frustrated her. "I said anywhere was fine with me, and I meant it."
Haku (9:32:39 PM): He nodded, mildly amused at her trouble with the clothing. Had he been a creature of vainity (though he certainly could have come off as such, Haku really didn't think much of his looks) he might have commented on the fact what she was wearing happened to be fitted for him, but he was not entirely interested in such things at the moment. Haku had two places in mind, both of which were opposite of each other.
One was more like a lounge while the other was sex-standing-up. "Mm.. there is a nice club down by where I work, there's a good DJ there tonight." He settled on the louder of the two in hopes it would drown his existance out.
Ino (9:35:07 PM): The fact that Ino didn't have the largest of breasts probably attributed to her fitting in his garb. They certainly were packed in tight, which was why she had taken off her sports bra. "It
Ino (9:35:17 PM): 's up to you," she said. "I really don't care where we go."
Haku (9:35:53 PM): {-cackles madly- 'packed in tight' makes me think of hotdogs... or meat. >.> }
Ino (9:36:06 PM): (sardines!)
Haku (9:36:14 PM): {XDDD EXACTLY.}
Haku (9:36:19 PM): {Ino's breasts = sardines }
Ino (9:36:28 PM): (*fishie face*)
Haku (9:39:01 PM): "Mmkay." Haku left for his closet again, pulling out a pair of slippers that matched well with his shirt, slipping them on his feet. As an afterthought he glanced back at Ino. "There are pockets, inside the shirt incase you want to put something in there." He had a feeling the pockets (which were hidden corresondingly by the breast) were originally used for hiding condoms or cash, but he usually used it to keep his ID safe.
Ino (9:42:08 PM): Hmm. Ino did just that, slipping her ID in and grinning. She could get used to going out on the town with Haku--she felt he could be a fun guy if he was just broken out of that shell of his a little more. She extended her arms. "Let's go, let's go, let's go then!"
Haku (9:45:02 PM): As it were, Haku was very comfortable in his shell (kthxbai<3).
"Alright-" He grabbed his own things (a wallet and keys) from the table by his bed and, after making sure the lights were off and windows locked, held the door open for Ino. "After you." He had to lock the door, anyways.
Ino (9:46:07 PM): Ino pranced through, her gorgeous legs indeed pulling off the outfit, and watched as Haku locked the door. He certainly had a nice--if sterile--living space. She admired his build in the dying daylight and smirked to herself with another girlish giggle.
Haku (9:50:39 PM): Perhaps if Ino did indeed find him attractive, she was looking at the wrong gender entirely. Haku's shoulders were slim like his waist and flowed like silk sheets in the wind. His joints didn't pop out at odd angles like a lot of boy's did, but instead were covered nicely by his flesh.
Turning to face the blonde again, Haku brushed his hair back, frowning as the long brown hair escaped it's confines. "Do you want to walk, or take the bus...?"
Ino (9:51:48 PM): "It's up to you," she said, playing coy, playing the girl. She was the girl--the height of a girl--practically pure estrogen. She was looking to him as the boy in this situation, but at the first inclination, she could and would take over the role normally perpetrated by the thing with the penis.
Haku (9:54:10 PM): Penis indeed; Haku was neither female nor male at this point, instead a perfect balance of the best and worst qualities but never the ones that were just alright. Haku was ever so slightly put off by her insistance that he chose everything, but wouldn't argue.
Ever the compliant one, Haku was.
Ino (9:58:09 PM): Ino followed him wherever he would take them, watch him wherever they would go, and wind up wherever he would take her. This was a sign of complete trust, and once Ino's trust was betrayed it was rarely regained. She doubted she'd have to deal with anything like that with Haku.
Haku (10:03:54 PM): If she did, it was highly unlikely that Haku had acted conciously on it. Haku flagged down a taxi, deciding it was too far to walk in uncomfortable shoes. (He usually walked to and from work, but that was another matter.)
Haku opened the door, motioning for Ino to get inside, and turned to the driver, muttering their destination.
Ino (10:05:00 PM): Ino climbed in, winking at the driver as she did so. In the car she pouted, noting she'd left her phone. But that was all right; she knew they'd be coming back anyway. "I'm really excited already," Ino said with a shrug. "I haven't been clubbing in forever."
Haku (10:09:04 PM): He smiled, hands folded in his lap. "It's really nice, where we're going." He'd gone there a few times on the job, as it was a sister club of where he normally worked. The staff was really kind and they had good security, which was something that you needed at a club; things could get ugly quickly.
Ino (10:11:50 PM): Ino smiled. "That's good." After a while, the taxi stopped, and she looked out the window. "Oh wow! It does look really nice!" she said, blinking out the glass.
Haku (10:15:57 PM): After paying the fare, Haku got out, waiting for Ino. They wouldn't question his age, but Ino might get carded. As long as it was made clear she was with Haku, they'd be fine. There was a small line, but Haku didn't worry about them; he knew the man at the door personally.
Ino (10:17:19 PM): Ino grabbed Haku's hand without any sort of romantic intention--more along the lines of just staying together. "Lead the way for me, Haku-chan," she said, sending a smile to the misfortunates waiting in line. One of them was really quite ugly, and she felt like she needed to wash her mouth just by looking at him.
Haku (10:24:12 PM): Haku didn't pass judgment nearly so kindly; he'd ignored them entirely. "Of course, Ino-san." He smiled at the tall, muscly man at the door, who only nodded back to him. Connections, indeed.
The music was pounding, nearly sending waves that could be felt physically throughout the walls. Lights were flickering on and off as some american-pop song wafted through. There was a bar that sat off to a side, though not in a corner, and at the center was a large dance-floor crowded with millions of different colours that bent and moved with the music.
Ino (10:26:31 PM): Ino ate it all up without concern. She made her way through the crowd of people enjoying themselves and began to enjoy herself with them, beckoning to Haku with one arm and a hasty glance. She wanted to be pressed and challenged on the floor, and she wanted some damn sexy to do it.
Haku (10:33:29 PM): The smell of sex and drugs had already hypnotized Haku, and he found that he didn't mind the other bodie's pressed against him, or Ino dragging him along. Haku accepted this as what happened, and embraced it (or as close to such as was possible). He found a comfortable spot amidst the crowd and motioned for Ino to stop; a new song had come on and it called to Haku in a way that made nothing else matter.
Ino (10:35:13 PM): Ino stopped and watched Haku move, amazed by the way a boy could move, and she found herself completely obsessed in that moment with his beauty. He was a gorgeous creation, and here he seemed to be in his natural habitat. Nothing else mattered at the moment--not her father, not her cell phone, just nothing.
Haku (10:43:50 PM): Even if he had tried, Haku was too far gone to have noticed Ino (or anyone else, but he'd done his best no to acknowledge them anyways). Hips moved againt the air, calling for something fobidden to come play; Just tonight, just this once. No one had to know.
Brown hair had already managed to cling to his skin, creating a soft barriar between him and reality (which only seemed to prove more that sex was truly Haku's addiction of choice).
"..Ino-san.." Haku purred, having closed his eyes before, he opened one, a trick he'd learned. "Come dance with me.."
Ino (10:46:19 PM): Ino felt pulled forward like a marionette. How could she have said no to him? She came to him and moved with him naturally, back and forth, side to side, up and down. If it turned into a nasty dance, it turned into a nasty dance, and Ino was perfectly fine with that. She was dancing with a beautiful creature, and there was nothing else on the planet but them and the music and the dance floor. They were hot and damn sexy and hell, everyone was staring and envious, but that didn't matter. It was just them. Just them.
Haku (10:52:08 PM): Haku never once took notice of anything else around him, barely even registering as he moved in time againt Ino. All that was left was white light, and the light was calling to Haku and who was he to refuse such an offer? The air was thick and Haku had difficulty breathing but it didn't matter because nothing else mattered. Haku was free and for once (just this once, even if he came crawling back again and again, it would only ever be 'just this once') he didn't have to need someone else to exist. It was just Haku and it was okay not to be needed. It was okay not to have any attatchement to the world, just this once.
Ino (4:35:45 PM): For Ino, it was all about the now, all about the feelings and sensations of being a creature of the nite, of being something forbidden yet wanted. She found herself grinding up against Haku with the fervor only a horny teenager can have, pressing against him as the lights went around and the music played on and the sensation of many feet stamping came through the dance floor, up her legs, and into her chest like the beating of so many drums.
Haku (4:41:18 PM): Haku moved against the blonde, not registering that he knew her or had been discussing clothing with her only a half hour ago. Being the creature he was (one that embodied desire and lust with such precision that it sometimes scared even himself) Haku didn't feel any sort of attraction to Ino in peticular, it was more of an attraction to anything that came near. Maybe it was just physical- not even arousing but drawing like a moth to the flame (as he was such, in most things he did). It could have been only ten minutes or ten years, but it didn't matter to Haku.
Nothing mattered until, slowly but surely, the music died down into a rythem so low it could only be felt and not heard. Out of breath he was not.
Ino (4:44:15 PM): Ino's, too, was one of physicality and lust. Lust for what Haku was and what he was doing. Lust for anything to make her feel better. Lust for everyone in the room. Lust for a quick fix. She was not out of breath either, being her athletic self, but when the music switched into a wholly different beat, she looked up Haku through long eyelashes and tilted her head. "This is amazing."
Haku (4:50:59 PM): "It is."
Haku lived, flourished, (died) in such an enviroment. The sweat that rolled off a body in such a state was nothing like sweat during a workout; it was beautiful and nothing more than a body's way to become such. Deep brown hair was sticking to his neck, (much to his annoyance) and Haku began to rock his hips in time with the slower song that presented itself. Slow-dancing wasn't his thing, as it went, but he pulled it off well, hands tangled in his hair, hips moving slowly (he was too much a woman at times) in semi-circles.
Ino (4:58:56 PM): He was, indeed, very feminine, and Ino found herself jealous, even competitive with the way he was moving. Without thinking, just with feelings and the sensations of the time, she moved with him and then her hands, too, became tangled in his beautiful hair and she pressed her lips against his ferociously.
Haku (5:13:54 PM): Not a shock to him physically or mentally, Haku fought back (sex was one of the few things Haku was agressive in, but only under certain circumstances), crushing his lips against her's. He dropped his hands to her waist, subconciously suprised at the curves. (Haku had touched females, but there were only a few- the older woman who liked to pet him, and the couple who enjoyed him in threesomes.) The music was feral enough for the movements, and embraced the two on the dancefloor, who were certainly not alone in their explorations.
Ino (7:10:11 PM): A growl came to Ino's throat as he fought back, seeking the challenge, seeking his domination over her. She moved her body under his hands in the ways meant to drive men wild, her tongue pushing itself out and into Haku as her fingers continued to twirl twirl twirl in his hair.
Haku (7:15:27 PM): Someone bumped into Haku; it was a friend from work. The male gave him a wink and disspaeared back into the crowd. There was a spark, (a realization, if you will) in the back of Haku's mind. He was kissing Ino. The immediate urge to be sick came up, and Haku broke away from her, looking shaken. "Y-yamanaka-s-san." It wasn't right. It hadn't felt right at all, despite how hard Haku tried to idulge in the other, images of Shukaku (gaara?) and Zabuza danced in his field of vision, preventing an escape.
Ino (7:17:47 PM): Ino pulled away a little reluctantly, her face confused. "What's wrong?" she asked. Hadn't they been enjoying themselves?
Haku (7:20:11 PM): "I-I'm sorry." Haku bowed, looking flushed. The music had started up again and it would only be a vain attempt at most for Haku to hope to be heard over the noise. In any case he wasn't feeling up to talking (emotions, damn them, always coming up at the worst time) at the moment. He left promptly for the back patio of the bar, knowing there wouldn't be many people. Just.. the cool night air and a pack of cigarettes.
Ino (7:22:36 PM): Ino stood in the middle of the dance floor for only a moment before some horny guy and his girlfriend came bumping and grinding along. "Hey baby," the guy said, grabbing her hips and pulling back onto him. Pulling away with a look of absolute revulsion, Ino broke free of the crowd and followed Haku out onto the patio. "I didn't know you smoked," she said gently.
Haku (7:24:35 PM): Haku didn't look over at Ino, he was busy staring at the moon (or what would be one, had it been completly visible). Silently he tilted the pack towards her, knowing full well she wouldn't accept.
"..I don't." He said after a while.
Ino (7:26:23 PM): Ino took the cigarette and threw it out into the grass, not in a hostile way, but casually. Cigarettes were Not Good. "I didn't mean to upset you," she said. "I thought we were just having a good time."
Haku (7:27:55 PM): "..I'm sorry, Ino-san." He had been, but it seemed that the apathetic cloud had dissapeared. Well, better late than never. (Had he known it would return with a vengence later, he wouldn't have said such a thing.) "I was- it's very fun to dance with you... but."
Ino (7:28:34 PM): "But you like boys?" Ino put simply.
Haku (7:30:16 PM): He blinked. "..True, but no." Haku had slept with women before (all in a day's work, right?) and had no problem with it, even if he didn't like it. "I- things aren't so lovely... now, relationship-wise." Or lack thereof, "..I don't think I can do that..."
Ino (7:32:49 PM): "Do what?" she asked. She didn't understand right now, that Haku might have some sort of relationship with someone else. He didn't seem like the type to BE in a relationship.
Haku (7:35:02 PM): Taking a drag, Haku looked up for a few moments, thinking. "..Touch you, Ino-san. You're really very lovely, but-" hopefully she would understand.
Haku wasn't the type to be in a realtionship at all, which only made the situation harder. Emotions and Sex just didn't go together, from what he'd learned.
Ino (7:36:02 PM): Unless they were in a thing called love. "Is there something wrong with me?" she asked immediately. Was their pudge on her belly? Flab on her thighs?
Haku (7:37:28 PM): Breasts on her? Maybe that was the problem.
Haku doubted it.
He turned to her, smiling. "Not at all- I just happen to think that maybe making out with someone, when I'm in love with someone else is awkward." Haku had mastered the "awkward-smile" as a young child.
Ino (7:38:16 PM): Ino's blonde eyebrows shot up. Love? LOVE? "Who are you in love with???" she asked immediately, her voice one of urgency.
Haku (7:39:33 PM): Wow. Fa-acepalm moment. "No-one, Ino-san." He wasn't entirely ready to admit it, even to himself. (He was privatly shocked that he had said it, even.)
Ino (7:41:04 PM): "You can't do that to me!" she said, hysterical. "You can't tell a girl you love someone and then not divulge who! Come on!"
Haku (7:42:10 PM): Perhaps if he said it now, he wouldn't have to deal with it later. Maybe.
"..Gaara."
Ino (7:43:24 PM): Ino blinked. And then she blinked again. And then she took one of the cigarettes and lit it without a word.
Haku (7:43:35 PM): {OHHH. BUUURN.}
Haku (7:43:37 PM): {XD}
Ino (7:44:15 PM): (Totally!)
Haku (7:44:48 PM): {-laughs-}
Haku (7:46:22 PM): Not having expected much better, Haku took one for himself, having snuffed the other one on the heel of his shoe.
Well, the cat was out of the bag.
Ino (7:46:58 PM): Ino was quiet, trying to figure out how to smoke the thing. She coughed a lot, and after a while eventually said, "I think he's cute."
Haku (7:49:58 PM): "Well.. he doesn't feel the same way, so I suppose you've got a chance." More than he did, anyways.
Ino (7:50:33 PM): "I didn't mean it like that," she said, bumping Haku playfully. "I was just saying, he's cute. You gotta love the red hair."
Haku (7:52:42 PM): Mm, Haku did. It was definatly prettier than his own hair. But it wasn't really what he looked like (certainly Gaara was appealing, but Haku knew very well that he could easily get whoever he wanted, based on looks) as much as it was his personality.
Ino (7:54:39 PM): Ino giggled. "Even if he is as short as all get out." Gaara was definitely not the tallest guy out there, and she was pretty sure he knew that.
Haku (7:55:46 PM): "He's only a freshman.. he'll get taller." Haku wasn't very tall himself, but he was still a good few inches above the redhead.
Ino (7:56:24 PM): Ino pouted. "Is that just a hope or a certainty? Not all boys grow up to be very tall. Some of them stay very short their entire lives."
Haku (7:59:04 PM): "Is it that important, Ino-san...?" Maybe she was picky about heights... or had some soft of aversion to short men.
Ino (7:59:52 PM): "No," she admitted. "I was just trying to discuss the object of your affection with you. Like friends do."
Haku (8:00:57 PM): He nodded, "That's kind of you, but it's fine.. really." He may look like a girl, but Haku didn't enjoy "heart-to-heart" talks at all.
Ino (8:02:30 PM): Ino pouted. She was good at pouting. She didn't understand how she could be a friend to someone who was so...cut off.
Haku (8:04:48 PM): Tired of cigarettes (He'd been trying to stop, which had been working, for the most part) Haku dropped the pack. Ino seemed so.. peppy. It was comforting in it's own strange way. "I'm sorry, Ino-san... if you'd like we can talk about Gaara for as long as you like."
Ino (8:05:39 PM): Ino rolled her eyes. "I'm just tryin gto be a good friend to you," she said, leaning back while still holding the railing, her hair trailing down nearly to the ground as she arched backward. "That's all, Haku-chan. Really."
Haku (8:07:31 PM): Ino's movements didn't seem to match her words, but Haku dismissed it. "You're very kind, thankyou." He smiled softly; the night hadn't gone completly downhill, which was a plus.
Ino (8:09:12 PM): Ino let go of the railing and then lay there, on the ground, her hair in the dirt and filth, and she stared up at the sky.
Haku (8:12:52 PM): Haku followed suit, but didn't lean in dirt (his clothing didn't need to get more worn than it already was), instead sitting with his elbows resting in his knees.
Ino (8:13:25 PM): "Look at the sky," she said. "Look at the stars. They're so pretty. Look at the stars with me Haku-chan. Be my big brother."
Haku (8:15:16 PM): "..Do you have siblings, Ino-san?" He laid back, dismissing his clothing to look at the stars like she requested. It was a pretty night, clear for the most part and cool..
Ino (8:16:33 PM): Ino shook her head. "No," she answered, frowning a little. "None. You?"
Haku (8:17:28 PM): "None that I know of.." Haku almost hoped he didn't; that would mean the would've suffered the same fate as he had.
Ino (8:18:18 PM): Ino laughed. "Oh Haku-chan...you sound despondent at the thought of siblings." Ino would have loved to have someone with which to share her childhood...but not her glory.
Haku (8:20:05 PM): "My parents are dead; I wouldn't want any siblings to have to go through that..." He'd stopped crying about it when he was little, and now Haku mostly didn't care that he'd never had parents or a family. It was just something he had to accept.
Ino (8:20:46 PM): Ino wasn't so cutesy as to cry or pretend to do so at the thought. Rather, she asked, "How did they die?" Her mother was dead. And she, too, had to except that fact growing up and had, in fact, accepted it.
Haku (8:23:19 PM): "I don't know... they said it was a car accident, but.." Well, he hadn't been so young when it had happened; his parents had fought a lot, and Haku remembered seeing his mother get yelled at. It wasn't pretty, whatever had happened.
Ino (8:24:37 PM): Ino shrugged. "You never really feel like you know unless you were there, I guess. Sometimes I think my mother isn't dead because I didn't see it, but that's a silly bit of fantasy."
Haku (8:26:05 PM): "I'm sorry your mother is gone, Ino-san." He had more sympathy for other people, as was his nature.
Ino (8:26:39 PM): Ino shrugged again. "Don't be. There's no reason to be. I didn't really know her, and I have a good Dad. I am sorry for you, Haku-chan, however were you raised?"
Haku (8:27:43 PM): Haku was tempted to say he'd raised himself, (in all honesty he had) "..I grew up in a northern village, it snowed a lot. In their orphanage."
Ino (8:28:05 PM): Ino perked an eyebrow. "It snowed a lot in their orphanage?" she teased.
Haku (8:28:37 PM): Haku laughed, "It did, actually... there were holes in the roof."
Ino (8:28:49 PM): Ino pouted. "Well that blows hard."
Haku (8:29:38 PM): "It wasn't so bad, as long as you got one of the nicer dorms.." Which hadn't, but that wasn't important.
Ino (8:30:18 PM): Ino rolled her eyes. "The grass is always greener in the nicer dorms, I hear," she said with a sigh. "Well. If you ever have money troubles with your...job...you can live with me."
Haku (8:31:11 PM): He smiled lightly, "No- I'm well-enough off." Such jobs paid well, as it were. (Haku made more money than probably some of the teachers.)
Ino (8:32:52 PM): "Oh?" Ino tilted her head. "Your job is very good, is it?" she asked, genuinely curious about his state in such a job.
Haku (8:33:28 PM): "Better than most, I think."
Ino (8:34:07 PM): "Do you have an opening?" she asked. "Like, a tame open?"
Haku (8:34:42 PM): Haku looked over to her, blinking. "..You want to work.. at a gay bar?" That struck him as odd, to say the least.
Ino (8:35:36 PM): "Well, not in the job I think you work in. But surely you have to have a bar tender or a money operator? I could handle that. And I'm not some ugly, fat fag hag--excuse the expression."
Haku (8:37:18 PM): Supressing a wince at the term, Haku wondered if she truly understood. "..They only hire males.. Ino-san." Unless she wanted to work at the sister bar, which he doubted she would be open to. "..However, I think this one-" which was also a sister bar, "-they might be looking for someone."
Ino (8:38:40 PM): "Really?" she asked, tilting her head to the side. "And do you think they would hire me?" Ino knew that in normal bars and gay bars alike looks were a big deal. Did she look too clean, too wholesome, she wondered?
Haku (8:39:45 PM): Well, Ino had quite the ego. "I'm sure they would, but.. I'm not sure- is that really what you want?" You didn't earn the best of reputations, working underage at a bar.
Ino (8:41:30 PM): Ino blinked. "Of course it is. I want to meet more people that I get along with. And I get along with you well. And I've always thought bartending would be extremely cool.
Ino (8:41:33 PM): "
Haku (8:42:55 PM): Having started out as a modest bartender, Haku knew that things could get really ugly really quickly. "It's not that easy.. but if you're up to it, I'm sure you'll do alright." He didn't want anything bad to happen to Ino on his behalf.
Ino (8:44:06 PM): There was another shrug. "I'm certain I could do it," she said, giving him a reassuring look. "Nothing bad is going to happen to me, and I need the money." Her thinking was that nothing especially bad would befall her at a bar meant for men to be with men.
Haku (8:46:04 PM): Well, her thinking seemed to be flawed. Where he worked, they didn't hire females. (There was only one, and she was the co-owner with her brother, family business, persay.) Haku was a little weary; "You shouldn't stoop so low though, Ino-san. You could get a job somewhere not so... shady."
Ino (8:47:29 PM): "But there would be no fun in it," she said. "There would be no sense of challenge or achievement or anything. It would just be 'would you like fries with that?' and 'handbags and purses are on the third aisle.'" Ino's thinking was flawed. But so was Ino.
Haku (8:49:11 PM): Haku smiled, looking at the alley in front of them. "You're very different than you come off ass, Ino-san." He meant that in a good way, but it might've come off as snooty.
Ino (8:51:19 PM): He didn't come off ASS snooty at all. Rather, he came off more gracious. "Well, thank you then. You are not so distant as you were when I first met you."
Haku (8:52:52 PM): Whist Haku's mun was grumbling at her typing skills, Haku nodded; did he come off as distant...? "..You'll steal all my costomers, if you get a job here." Even the gay ones, he thought.
Ino (8:53:52 PM): Ino's mun is a bitch, Ino grinned. "I will not," she said. "I'm not that pretty."
Haku (8:55:30 PM): "You're talkative though; which means more costomers." Haku knew that it was easier to get people to spend hoards of money on drinks if you were talking to them; he relied on looks alone, which always worked, but to be truly sucessful..
Ino (8:56:10 PM): "I can teach you to be talkative too," she said with a warm smile. "Anyone can be talkative, Haku-chan. Anyone at all."
Haku (8:57:51 PM): "Mm, perhaps." Which was a tell-tale sign he was thinking about something. (Being as he was, the junior's mind had most likely found some bizzare connection to Gaara again, and was probably musing/flailing over that.)
Ino (8:58:54 PM): Ino smiled. Anything she could do to help. "Now how about we go back to your house for a drink or something and then you can take me home? Does that sound good to you?" A relaxing end to an interesting nite. It sounded good to her.
Haku (8:59:53 PM): "Wonderful." Haku stood up, extending his hand to the blonde. At least something had gone alright.
(LJ-ify your IMs before pasting!)
What: CAN YOU SAY CLUBBING?
When: Ohhhdear. After the whole thing with Shukaku, before (the soon to come) thing with Itachi, Tayuya and Gaara.
Where: Downtown, yo.
Warnings: Ohm. Sex on the dancefloor? Really. Probably just PG-13 for analogies that make my eyes hurt.
Ino (7:54:45 PM): Ino had just finished one of her many work outs of the weekend when she collapsed excited and eager onto the couch. Who to call? She wanted to go out clubbing or dancing or partying or just having fun. Gaara? No...he had seemed down. Perhaps he needed family time. Kankurou as well. She scrolled right past Sakura's name and eventually came around to one she had missed. Haku. She hit the "send" button without a second thought and waited.
Haku (8:01:07 PM): Haku had only recently gotten a cell phone, curtesy of his work; the obnoxious ringing noise still managed to startle him.
After the events (persay) with both Gaara and Shukaku, the junior had wanted nothing more than to drown himself in sake and pretend he didn't exist. He'd offered to go work overtime, (Haku found that sex was the easiest option for letting out mulitple emotions at the same time; he was more like Itachi than he cared to admit) but had been turned down: "You'll wear yourself out, love. Go home and rest, you look like hell."
Grabbing the small technilogical bother, Haku pressed it to his ear. "..Moshi, moshi."
Ino (8:02:48 PM): "Moshi moshi!" Ino squealed, sitting up as she did so. "Haku-chan what is it you are doing right now? Would you like to go out on the town with me? It's Yamanaka Ino. I do hope you remember me!"
Haku (8:05:41 PM): Haku tore the phone from his ear with a sudden jerk; he could hear Ino screaming into the phone from half a foot away. After what very well could have been a few hours, Haku spoke up. "..I do remember you, Yamanaka-san." His speech was slow and diliberate for the most part, "..Going to town sounds lovely."
Ino (8:06:52 PM): Ino made a rather girlish sound, her breath pushing itself into the phone. "Fabulous! I was thinking of going clubbing, and you seemed the only person appropriate for the situation. I hope that sounds all right with you? What should we wear?" Ino knew as well as Haku that they were both, well, beautiful.
Haku (8:14:07 PM): Haku was not enitrely sure that his "normal" clubbing outfit would be appropriate, he knew that there was something in his closet that would do. "..It doesn't matter to me, Yamanaka-san. Where were you thinking of going?" Haku knew the other clubs very well, and depending on the girl's selection he could find something to wear.
Ino (8:15:02 PM): "I don't know the clubs around here yet," she said, frowning audibly. "I was going to ask if you knew any. And," she added, "please please please call me Ino, Haku-chan. Ino."
Haku (8:17:15 PM): "Alright, Ino-san." Haku thought about the strip downtown; there was where he worked (Haku doubted gay bars interested Ino), the sister club (Which was a geisha dojou, to be precise), and a few others. "You do have ID...?" Of course he did, but there were very few dance clubs that didn't require ID to get in.
Ino (8:18:34 PM): Ino laughed. "Of course I do! And I don't really care where we go. Just somewhere to get away from it all, you know?" Ino had her own problems, having hashed out some topics with her father earlier in the day, and she, too, felt like not existing at the moment. And the best way to not exist is to become someone else in the life of a club.
Haku (8:20:56 PM): Perhaps he and Ino were more alike, but at the moment Haku would rather not think such. He stood up off the floor, padding to his closet. "I do..." He thought for a moment to invite her over to find something to wear, "Why don't you bring something over and we'll find something to wear...?" She was probably the same size as Haku, minus the breasts; but when it came to club-clothing, the tighter was always the better.
Ino (8:22:46 PM): "All rightie!" Ino went to getting directions and kept her same running shorts and sports bra on and she ran over to Haku's place, her phone at her side. By the time she got there she was soaking wet again, sweat dripping off of her nose. She rang the doorbell and waited, some pesky hair hanging over one eye.
Haku (8:29:34 PM): Haku had already thought over for a moment what to wear, but held back on making any decisions (it was rare he could honestly decide anything for himself, even when alone) before Ino arrived.
"..You didn't have to run, you know." He pulls the door open for her to come inside, his apartment painfully cold compared to the hallway. But he can afford to push the air conditioner to it's limits.
One get's paid well, as a prostititute.
Ino (8:30:44 PM): Ino liked the cool air; her breasts showed that very well, of which she was unaware. She looked around. "You have a nice place," she murmured, stepping into the quiet cold. "Very nice...so what do you have for us to share, hmm?" Her phone rang, and she rejected the call without hesitation.
Haku (8:34:14 PM): As it were, Haku took no notice of her chest or what it was doing in response to the air. He'd never once found himself attracted to a female, and had accepted this without hesitation. It was just what he did.
"Thankyou." Haku's apartment was barren, if anything. The walls were painted a nice muted tan and contrasted well with the dark wood that made up his furniture. The junior led Ino to his bedroom (which was, if possible, even colder- not just temperature-wise) and pointed to the closet. "..Everything in there, for the most part."
Ino (8:35:51 PM): ...but Ino was leaving the wardrobe up to the junior to pull out. She stood by his bed and fell on it, curling up like a kitten and sighing. "Mmm. Comfy bed. I want you to pull out what you to wear and model it for me! And then I'll put on whatever you want me to and model that for you. So it's equivalent exchange and everything is fair." Ino grinned and put his pillow under her head with a cute, girlish giggle.
Haku (8:40:32 PM): Briefly, Haku wondered if he had somehow given her permission to do such a thing to his bed, but dimissed the thought; he hadn't used the bed since... well. Since that night with Gaara, as it were.
Not entirely understanding what Ino had said, he nodded. "..Alright."
Ino (8:42:25 PM): Ino smiled, happily rolling onto her stomach and kicking her feet about in the air. "You have some very interesting clothes, Haku-chan. I think we are both the same size. We should share clothes all the time!" Ino saw a particularly pretty blue something or another. "Oh! Put it on, please! You will look so pretty in it!"
Haku (8:45:58 PM): Said blue something or other was just a light chensogasm for the most part, fishnet covering the spots that were open. He'd only worn it a few times, but the fabric was light and the robin's-egg blue looked really pretty with his brown hair.
Haku took the tunic-item off it's hanger and left for a moment to change into it. The idea of putting on all his clothing for no reason seemed odd, but he supposed it was just one of those things female's did.
Ino (8:48:30 PM): Ino clapped, rushed forward, and examined it. "Oooh, I love it, I really do!" It was perfectly wicked and devious in a sort of erotic way that Ino loved. She put two and two together and immediately asked, "Oh! Can I wear it out tonite? Can I, can I, can I? I think my legs could pull it off!"
Haku (8:52:52 PM): "Of course." Absently Haku thought her blonde hair would match nicely, but he didn't feel the need for the comment. He didn't realize that taking his shirt off in front of her might've been a bad idea, (Haku was stripping often enough to have long forgotten what it was to be ashamed of it.) and set the shirt down.
Had he expected company, the scars and bruises on his body would've been covered with foundation, but as it were Haku hadn't had the time to cover them up.
Ino (8:54:09 PM): Ino had just started to strip off her shorts when she caught sight of the scars and bruises all over Haku's chest. She let out a somewhat terrified gasp and held a hand out to touch one of the scars. "Oh my gosh, Haku, what has happened to you?? Who did this to you? This is terrible!"
Haku (8:58:06 PM): People seemed to get worked up over such minor things, Haku noted. They were nothing, really. He smiled at Ino, pulling his pants over his hips to cover other... less pretty scars. "They're nothing, Ino-san. Just things from work." Which was the truth.
Ino (8:59:24 PM): "What the hell do you do for work??" was the first and only response. "I'll beat the shit out of whoever did this to you!" Ino had been tortured as a child, and she was dead set on destroying any sort of bully, whether it was a two year old with a rock or a twenty year old with a knife. Ino knew in her heart of hearts that it was wrong.
Haku (9:00:57 PM): Haku couldn't help but laugh at her response.
"..I work downtown, that's all. Please, don't think so badly of it- if it were truly anything bad it wouldn't have happened." Haku just happened to enjoy it, that was all.
Ino (9:01:31 PM): Ino pouted, putting her hands on her waist. What? Downtown? Ino mused. "You mean you work in the red light area?"
Haku (9:03:17 PM): "Yes, Ino-san." Haku would rather not have said (what was surely obvious) 'I'm a prostitute' seeing as it wasn't technically legal. (For women it was, and for men it was slowly becoming accepted, but in general it was still forbidden.)
Ino (9:06:02 PM): Ino took the news without a hint of surprise. She knew that lots of people resorted to such things when they were down on their luck or in need of money. It was a tactic of survival. After a moment, she put her arms out and gave Haku a great hug.
Haku (9:07:44 PM): The junior blinked, taken off-guard; why was she hugging him..? "..I-Ino-san, I'm fine.." He pulled away gently, pushing her hips away from him. Women were such emotional creatures.
Ino (9:09:40 PM): Ino pulled away as well, looking up into his eyes with her straight, piercing orbs of blue. ((OMG how Mary Sue does that sound?? XD)) "All right. Get dressed in something damn sexy. I don't want to be the hottest thing wherever we're going; I want some competition." And she winked.
Haku (9:13:23 PM): Though he may not've thought of Ino as anymore than a friend, Haku smiled; she was indeed pretty. "Alright, Ino-san." His own chocolate eyes were dull, glossed over with too much of too little and feeling more empty after being so full for so long.
As such, Haku found something he thought would be appropriate. Itachi had said brown and blue worked well, (which he had found out) and thus Haku used them to his advantage. Fishnet was a basic, in his eyes, and covered most parts of his visible flesh. Haku's skin was creamy and pale, but not sallow like Itachi's or seemingly dead like it should be. Like a flower that perhaps flourished in the dark, his skin looked best under a strobe light.
Haku (9:13:42 PM): {Ino is the epitome of Mary-sue. But I love her anyways. <3}
Ino (9:13:49 PM): ((LOL HAHAH))
Ino (9:13:57 PM): ((The Mary Sueness is canon. Sadly.))
Haku (9:14:21 PM): {Ah, but that is where you are wrong; that's not bad at all. In fact it's beautiful.}
Ino (9:16:17 PM): Ino purred like a tiger cub and flipped her hair back, stripping off her bra and shorts and pulling the dress on. Haku was not a threat, and as such she felt comfortable undressing in front of him. It fit especially tightly and well over her breasts, which she loved. She flipped her hair out of it's ponytail and ran her fingers through the long mess of blonde, ending with a nice, straight sort of feel.
Haku (9:22:22 PM): Indeed not a threat, Haku wasn't even facing the same direction, flipping through the shirts and pants in his closet. There was a nice pair of black cargo pants somewhere, if he could only find them. "Ah.." He reached behind a box of old clothing and pulled them loose. It was an nice (easy?) feeling to be doing something so simple as picking out clothing, and Haku embraced it well enough. The junior pulled a soft blue shirt over his slim shoulders and pulled at the odd gatherings of fabric, moving the tears and rips in the seams to their appropriate place.
Ino (9:23:56 PM): Blue and blue, Ino thought as she watched him. They matched perfectly. "Well then, Haku-chan, where is it you are taking your bride for the nite?" she asked, flattening out the area over her groin as it had bunched up and frustrated her. "I said anywhere was fine with me, and I meant it."
Haku (9:32:39 PM): He nodded, mildly amused at her trouble with the clothing. Had he been a creature of vainity (though he certainly could have come off as such, Haku really didn't think much of his looks) he might have commented on the fact what she was wearing happened to be fitted for him, but he was not entirely interested in such things at the moment. Haku had two places in mind, both of which were opposite of each other.
One was more like a lounge while the other was sex-standing-up. "Mm.. there is a nice club down by where I work, there's a good DJ there tonight." He settled on the louder of the two in hopes it would drown his existance out.
Ino (9:35:07 PM): The fact that Ino didn't have the largest of breasts probably attributed to her fitting in his garb. They certainly were packed in tight, which was why she had taken off her sports bra. "It
Ino (9:35:17 PM): 's up to you," she said. "I really don't care where we go."
Haku (9:35:53 PM): {-cackles madly- 'packed in tight' makes me think of hotdogs... or meat. >.> }
Ino (9:36:06 PM): (sardines!)
Haku (9:36:14 PM): {XDDD EXACTLY.}
Haku (9:36:19 PM): {Ino's breasts = sardines }
Ino (9:36:28 PM): (*fishie face*)
Haku (9:39:01 PM): "Mmkay." Haku left for his closet again, pulling out a pair of slippers that matched well with his shirt, slipping them on his feet. As an afterthought he glanced back at Ino. "There are pockets, inside the shirt incase you want to put something in there." He had a feeling the pockets (which were hidden corresondingly by the breast) were originally used for hiding condoms or cash, but he usually used it to keep his ID safe.
Ino (9:42:08 PM): Hmm. Ino did just that, slipping her ID in and grinning. She could get used to going out on the town with Haku--she felt he could be a fun guy if he was just broken out of that shell of his a little more. She extended her arms. "Let's go, let's go, let's go then!"
Haku (9:45:02 PM): As it were, Haku was very comfortable in his shell (kthxbai<3).
"Alright-" He grabbed his own things (a wallet and keys) from the table by his bed and, after making sure the lights were off and windows locked, held the door open for Ino. "After you." He had to lock the door, anyways.
Ino (9:46:07 PM): Ino pranced through, her gorgeous legs indeed pulling off the outfit, and watched as Haku locked the door. He certainly had a nice--if sterile--living space. She admired his build in the dying daylight and smirked to herself with another girlish giggle.
Haku (9:50:39 PM): Perhaps if Ino did indeed find him attractive, she was looking at the wrong gender entirely. Haku's shoulders were slim like his waist and flowed like silk sheets in the wind. His joints didn't pop out at odd angles like a lot of boy's did, but instead were covered nicely by his flesh.
Turning to face the blonde again, Haku brushed his hair back, frowning as the long brown hair escaped it's confines. "Do you want to walk, or take the bus...?"
Ino (9:51:48 PM): "It's up to you," she said, playing coy, playing the girl. She was the girl--the height of a girl--practically pure estrogen. She was looking to him as the boy in this situation, but at the first inclination, she could and would take over the role normally perpetrated by the thing with the penis.
Haku (9:54:10 PM): Penis indeed; Haku was neither female nor male at this point, instead a perfect balance of the best and worst qualities but never the ones that were just alright. Haku was ever so slightly put off by her insistance that he chose everything, but wouldn't argue.
Ever the compliant one, Haku was.
Ino (9:58:09 PM): Ino followed him wherever he would take them, watch him wherever they would go, and wind up wherever he would take her. This was a sign of complete trust, and once Ino's trust was betrayed it was rarely regained. She doubted she'd have to deal with anything like that with Haku.
Haku (10:03:54 PM): If she did, it was highly unlikely that Haku had acted conciously on it. Haku flagged down a taxi, deciding it was too far to walk in uncomfortable shoes. (He usually walked to and from work, but that was another matter.)
Haku opened the door, motioning for Ino to get inside, and turned to the driver, muttering their destination.
Ino (10:05:00 PM): Ino climbed in, winking at the driver as she did so. In the car she pouted, noting she'd left her phone. But that was all right; she knew they'd be coming back anyway. "I'm really excited already," Ino said with a shrug. "I haven't been clubbing in forever."
Haku (10:09:04 PM): He smiled, hands folded in his lap. "It's really nice, where we're going." He'd gone there a few times on the job, as it was a sister club of where he normally worked. The staff was really kind and they had good security, which was something that you needed at a club; things could get ugly quickly.
Ino (10:11:50 PM): Ino smiled. "That's good." After a while, the taxi stopped, and she looked out the window. "Oh wow! It does look really nice!" she said, blinking out the glass.
Haku (10:15:57 PM): After paying the fare, Haku got out, waiting for Ino. They wouldn't question his age, but Ino might get carded. As long as it was made clear she was with Haku, they'd be fine. There was a small line, but Haku didn't worry about them; he knew the man at the door personally.
Ino (10:17:19 PM): Ino grabbed Haku's hand without any sort of romantic intention--more along the lines of just staying together. "Lead the way for me, Haku-chan," she said, sending a smile to the misfortunates waiting in line. One of them was really quite ugly, and she felt like she needed to wash her mouth just by looking at him.
Haku (10:24:12 PM): Haku didn't pass judgment nearly so kindly; he'd ignored them entirely. "Of course, Ino-san." He smiled at the tall, muscly man at the door, who only nodded back to him. Connections, indeed.
The music was pounding, nearly sending waves that could be felt physically throughout the walls. Lights were flickering on and off as some american-pop song wafted through. There was a bar that sat off to a side, though not in a corner, and at the center was a large dance-floor crowded with millions of different colours that bent and moved with the music.
Ino (10:26:31 PM): Ino ate it all up without concern. She made her way through the crowd of people enjoying themselves and began to enjoy herself with them, beckoning to Haku with one arm and a hasty glance. She wanted to be pressed and challenged on the floor, and she wanted some damn sexy to do it.
Haku (10:33:29 PM): The smell of sex and drugs had already hypnotized Haku, and he found that he didn't mind the other bodie's pressed against him, or Ino dragging him along. Haku accepted this as what happened, and embraced it (or as close to such as was possible). He found a comfortable spot amidst the crowd and motioned for Ino to stop; a new song had come on and it called to Haku in a way that made nothing else matter.
Ino (10:35:13 PM): Ino stopped and watched Haku move, amazed by the way a boy could move, and she found herself completely obsessed in that moment with his beauty. He was a gorgeous creation, and here he seemed to be in his natural habitat. Nothing else mattered at the moment--not her father, not her cell phone, just nothing.
Haku (10:43:50 PM): Even if he had tried, Haku was too far gone to have noticed Ino (or anyone else, but he'd done his best no to acknowledge them anyways). Hips moved againt the air, calling for something fobidden to come play; Just tonight, just this once. No one had to know.
Brown hair had already managed to cling to his skin, creating a soft barriar between him and reality (which only seemed to prove more that sex was truly Haku's addiction of choice).
"..Ino-san.." Haku purred, having closed his eyes before, he opened one, a trick he'd learned. "Come dance with me.."
Ino (10:46:19 PM): Ino felt pulled forward like a marionette. How could she have said no to him? She came to him and moved with him naturally, back and forth, side to side, up and down. If it turned into a nasty dance, it turned into a nasty dance, and Ino was perfectly fine with that. She was dancing with a beautiful creature, and there was nothing else on the planet but them and the music and the dance floor. They were hot and damn sexy and hell, everyone was staring and envious, but that didn't matter. It was just them. Just them.
Haku (10:52:08 PM): Haku never once took notice of anything else around him, barely even registering as he moved in time againt Ino. All that was left was white light, and the light was calling to Haku and who was he to refuse such an offer? The air was thick and Haku had difficulty breathing but it didn't matter because nothing else mattered. Haku was free and for once (just this once, even if he came crawling back again and again, it would only ever be 'just this once') he didn't have to need someone else to exist. It was just Haku and it was okay not to be needed. It was okay not to have any attatchement to the world, just this once.
Ino (4:35:45 PM): For Ino, it was all about the now, all about the feelings and sensations of being a creature of the nite, of being something forbidden yet wanted. She found herself grinding up against Haku with the fervor only a horny teenager can have, pressing against him as the lights went around and the music played on and the sensation of many feet stamping came through the dance floor, up her legs, and into her chest like the beating of so many drums.
Haku (4:41:18 PM): Haku moved against the blonde, not registering that he knew her or had been discussing clothing with her only a half hour ago. Being the creature he was (one that embodied desire and lust with such precision that it sometimes scared even himself) Haku didn't feel any sort of attraction to Ino in peticular, it was more of an attraction to anything that came near. Maybe it was just physical- not even arousing but drawing like a moth to the flame (as he was such, in most things he did). It could have been only ten minutes or ten years, but it didn't matter to Haku.
Nothing mattered until, slowly but surely, the music died down into a rythem so low it could only be felt and not heard. Out of breath he was not.
Ino (4:44:15 PM): Ino's, too, was one of physicality and lust. Lust for what Haku was and what he was doing. Lust for anything to make her feel better. Lust for everyone in the room. Lust for a quick fix. She was not out of breath either, being her athletic self, but when the music switched into a wholly different beat, she looked up Haku through long eyelashes and tilted her head. "This is amazing."
Haku (4:50:59 PM): "It is."
Haku lived, flourished, (died) in such an enviroment. The sweat that rolled off a body in such a state was nothing like sweat during a workout; it was beautiful and nothing more than a body's way to become such. Deep brown hair was sticking to his neck, (much to his annoyance) and Haku began to rock his hips in time with the slower song that presented itself. Slow-dancing wasn't his thing, as it went, but he pulled it off well, hands tangled in his hair, hips moving slowly (he was too much a woman at times) in semi-circles.
Ino (4:58:56 PM): He was, indeed, very feminine, and Ino found herself jealous, even competitive with the way he was moving. Without thinking, just with feelings and the sensations of the time, she moved with him and then her hands, too, became tangled in his beautiful hair and she pressed her lips against his ferociously.
Haku (5:13:54 PM): Not a shock to him physically or mentally, Haku fought back (sex was one of the few things Haku was agressive in, but only under certain circumstances), crushing his lips against her's. He dropped his hands to her waist, subconciously suprised at the curves. (Haku had touched females, but there were only a few- the older woman who liked to pet him, and the couple who enjoyed him in threesomes.) The music was feral enough for the movements, and embraced the two on the dancefloor, who were certainly not alone in their explorations.
Ino (7:10:11 PM): A growl came to Ino's throat as he fought back, seeking the challenge, seeking his domination over her. She moved her body under his hands in the ways meant to drive men wild, her tongue pushing itself out and into Haku as her fingers continued to twirl twirl twirl in his hair.
Haku (7:15:27 PM): Someone bumped into Haku; it was a friend from work. The male gave him a wink and disspaeared back into the crowd. There was a spark, (a realization, if you will) in the back of Haku's mind. He was kissing Ino. The immediate urge to be sick came up, and Haku broke away from her, looking shaken. "Y-yamanaka-s-san." It wasn't right. It hadn't felt right at all, despite how hard Haku tried to idulge in the other, images of Shukaku (gaara?) and Zabuza danced in his field of vision, preventing an escape.
Ino (7:17:47 PM): Ino pulled away a little reluctantly, her face confused. "What's wrong?" she asked. Hadn't they been enjoying themselves?
Haku (7:20:11 PM): "I-I'm sorry." Haku bowed, looking flushed. The music had started up again and it would only be a vain attempt at most for Haku to hope to be heard over the noise. In any case he wasn't feeling up to talking (emotions, damn them, always coming up at the worst time) at the moment. He left promptly for the back patio of the bar, knowing there wouldn't be many people. Just.. the cool night air and a pack of cigarettes.
Ino (7:22:36 PM): Ino stood in the middle of the dance floor for only a moment before some horny guy and his girlfriend came bumping and grinding along. "Hey baby," the guy said, grabbing her hips and pulling back onto him. Pulling away with a look of absolute revulsion, Ino broke free of the crowd and followed Haku out onto the patio. "I didn't know you smoked," she said gently.
Haku (7:24:35 PM): Haku didn't look over at Ino, he was busy staring at the moon (or what would be one, had it been completly visible). Silently he tilted the pack towards her, knowing full well she wouldn't accept.
"..I don't." He said after a while.
Ino (7:26:23 PM): Ino took the cigarette and threw it out into the grass, not in a hostile way, but casually. Cigarettes were Not Good. "I didn't mean to upset you," she said. "I thought we were just having a good time."
Haku (7:27:55 PM): "..I'm sorry, Ino-san." He had been, but it seemed that the apathetic cloud had dissapeared. Well, better late than never. (Had he known it would return with a vengence later, he wouldn't have said such a thing.) "I was- it's very fun to dance with you... but."
Ino (7:28:34 PM): "But you like boys?" Ino put simply.
Haku (7:30:16 PM): He blinked. "..True, but no." Haku had slept with women before (all in a day's work, right?) and had no problem with it, even if he didn't like it. "I- things aren't so lovely... now, relationship-wise." Or lack thereof, "..I don't think I can do that..."
Ino (7:32:49 PM): "Do what?" she asked. She didn't understand right now, that Haku might have some sort of relationship with someone else. He didn't seem like the type to BE in a relationship.
Haku (7:35:02 PM): Taking a drag, Haku looked up for a few moments, thinking. "..Touch you, Ino-san. You're really very lovely, but-" hopefully she would understand.
Haku wasn't the type to be in a realtionship at all, which only made the situation harder. Emotions and Sex just didn't go together, from what he'd learned.
Ino (7:36:02 PM): Unless they were in a thing called love. "Is there something wrong with me?" she asked immediately. Was their pudge on her belly? Flab on her thighs?
Haku (7:37:28 PM): Breasts on her? Maybe that was the problem.
Haku doubted it.
He turned to her, smiling. "Not at all- I just happen to think that maybe making out with someone, when I'm in love with someone else is awkward." Haku had mastered the "awkward-smile" as a young child.
Ino (7:38:16 PM): Ino's blonde eyebrows shot up. Love? LOVE? "Who are you in love with???" she asked immediately, her voice one of urgency.
Haku (7:39:33 PM): Wow. Fa-acepalm moment. "No-one, Ino-san." He wasn't entirely ready to admit it, even to himself. (He was privatly shocked that he had said it, even.)
Ino (7:41:04 PM): "You can't do that to me!" she said, hysterical. "You can't tell a girl you love someone and then not divulge who! Come on!"
Haku (7:42:10 PM): Perhaps if he said it now, he wouldn't have to deal with it later. Maybe.
"..Gaara."
Ino (7:43:24 PM): Ino blinked. And then she blinked again. And then she took one of the cigarettes and lit it without a word.
Haku (7:43:35 PM): {OHHH. BUUURN.}
Haku (7:43:37 PM): {XD}
Ino (7:44:15 PM): (Totally!)
Haku (7:44:48 PM): {-laughs-}
Haku (7:46:22 PM): Not having expected much better, Haku took one for himself, having snuffed the other one on the heel of his shoe.
Well, the cat was out of the bag.
Ino (7:46:58 PM): Ino was quiet, trying to figure out how to smoke the thing. She coughed a lot, and after a while eventually said, "I think he's cute."
Haku (7:49:58 PM): "Well.. he doesn't feel the same way, so I suppose you've got a chance." More than he did, anyways.
Ino (7:50:33 PM): "I didn't mean it like that," she said, bumping Haku playfully. "I was just saying, he's cute. You gotta love the red hair."
Haku (7:52:42 PM): Mm, Haku did. It was definatly prettier than his own hair. But it wasn't really what he looked like (certainly Gaara was appealing, but Haku knew very well that he could easily get whoever he wanted, based on looks) as much as it was his personality.
Ino (7:54:39 PM): Ino giggled. "Even if he is as short as all get out." Gaara was definitely not the tallest guy out there, and she was pretty sure he knew that.
Haku (7:55:46 PM): "He's only a freshman.. he'll get taller." Haku wasn't very tall himself, but he was still a good few inches above the redhead.
Ino (7:56:24 PM): Ino pouted. "Is that just a hope or a certainty? Not all boys grow up to be very tall. Some of them stay very short their entire lives."
Haku (7:59:04 PM): "Is it that important, Ino-san...?" Maybe she was picky about heights... or had some soft of aversion to short men.
Ino (7:59:52 PM): "No," she admitted. "I was just trying to discuss the object of your affection with you. Like friends do."
Haku (8:00:57 PM): He nodded, "That's kind of you, but it's fine.. really." He may look like a girl, but Haku didn't enjoy "heart-to-heart" talks at all.
Ino (8:02:30 PM): Ino pouted. She was good at pouting. She didn't understand how she could be a friend to someone who was so...cut off.
Haku (8:04:48 PM): Tired of cigarettes (He'd been trying to stop, which had been working, for the most part) Haku dropped the pack. Ino seemed so.. peppy. It was comforting in it's own strange way. "I'm sorry, Ino-san... if you'd like we can talk about Gaara for as long as you like."
Ino (8:05:39 PM): Ino rolled her eyes. "I'm just tryin gto be a good friend to you," she said, leaning back while still holding the railing, her hair trailing down nearly to the ground as she arched backward. "That's all, Haku-chan. Really."
Haku (8:07:31 PM): Ino's movements didn't seem to match her words, but Haku dismissed it. "You're very kind, thankyou." He smiled softly; the night hadn't gone completly downhill, which was a plus.
Ino (8:09:12 PM): Ino let go of the railing and then lay there, on the ground, her hair in the dirt and filth, and she stared up at the sky.
Haku (8:12:52 PM): Haku followed suit, but didn't lean in dirt (his clothing didn't need to get more worn than it already was), instead sitting with his elbows resting in his knees.
Ino (8:13:25 PM): "Look at the sky," she said. "Look at the stars. They're so pretty. Look at the stars with me Haku-chan. Be my big brother."
Haku (8:15:16 PM): "..Do you have siblings, Ino-san?" He laid back, dismissing his clothing to look at the stars like she requested. It was a pretty night, clear for the most part and cool..
Ino (8:16:33 PM): Ino shook her head. "No," she answered, frowning a little. "None. You?"
Haku (8:17:28 PM): "None that I know of.." Haku almost hoped he didn't; that would mean the would've suffered the same fate as he had.
Ino (8:18:18 PM): Ino laughed. "Oh Haku-chan...you sound despondent at the thought of siblings." Ino would have loved to have someone with which to share her childhood...but not her glory.
Haku (8:20:05 PM): "My parents are dead; I wouldn't want any siblings to have to go through that..." He'd stopped crying about it when he was little, and now Haku mostly didn't care that he'd never had parents or a family. It was just something he had to accept.
Ino (8:20:46 PM): Ino wasn't so cutesy as to cry or pretend to do so at the thought. Rather, she asked, "How did they die?" Her mother was dead. And she, too, had to except that fact growing up and had, in fact, accepted it.
Haku (8:23:19 PM): "I don't know... they said it was a car accident, but.." Well, he hadn't been so young when it had happened; his parents had fought a lot, and Haku remembered seeing his mother get yelled at. It wasn't pretty, whatever had happened.
Ino (8:24:37 PM): Ino shrugged. "You never really feel like you know unless you were there, I guess. Sometimes I think my mother isn't dead because I didn't see it, but that's a silly bit of fantasy."
Haku (8:26:05 PM): "I'm sorry your mother is gone, Ino-san." He had more sympathy for other people, as was his nature.
Ino (8:26:39 PM): Ino shrugged again. "Don't be. There's no reason to be. I didn't really know her, and I have a good Dad. I am sorry for you, Haku-chan, however were you raised?"
Haku (8:27:43 PM): Haku was tempted to say he'd raised himself, (in all honesty he had) "..I grew up in a northern village, it snowed a lot. In their orphanage."
Ino (8:28:05 PM): Ino perked an eyebrow. "It snowed a lot in their orphanage?" she teased.
Haku (8:28:37 PM): Haku laughed, "It did, actually... there were holes in the roof."
Ino (8:28:49 PM): Ino pouted. "Well that blows hard."
Haku (8:29:38 PM): "It wasn't so bad, as long as you got one of the nicer dorms.." Which hadn't, but that wasn't important.
Ino (8:30:18 PM): Ino rolled her eyes. "The grass is always greener in the nicer dorms, I hear," she said with a sigh. "Well. If you ever have money troubles with your...job...you can live with me."
Haku (8:31:11 PM): He smiled lightly, "No- I'm well-enough off." Such jobs paid well, as it were. (Haku made more money than probably some of the teachers.)
Ino (8:32:52 PM): "Oh?" Ino tilted her head. "Your job is very good, is it?" she asked, genuinely curious about his state in such a job.
Haku (8:33:28 PM): "Better than most, I think."
Ino (8:34:07 PM): "Do you have an opening?" she asked. "Like, a tame open?"
Haku (8:34:42 PM): Haku looked over to her, blinking. "..You want to work.. at a gay bar?" That struck him as odd, to say the least.
Ino (8:35:36 PM): "Well, not in the job I think you work in. But surely you have to have a bar tender or a money operator? I could handle that. And I'm not some ugly, fat fag hag--excuse the expression."
Haku (8:37:18 PM): Supressing a wince at the term, Haku wondered if she truly understood. "..They only hire males.. Ino-san." Unless she wanted to work at the sister bar, which he doubted she would be open to. "..However, I think this one-" which was also a sister bar, "-they might be looking for someone."
Ino (8:38:40 PM): "Really?" she asked, tilting her head to the side. "And do you think they would hire me?" Ino knew that in normal bars and gay bars alike looks were a big deal. Did she look too clean, too wholesome, she wondered?
Haku (8:39:45 PM): Well, Ino had quite the ego. "I'm sure they would, but.. I'm not sure- is that really what you want?" You didn't earn the best of reputations, working underage at a bar.
Ino (8:41:30 PM): Ino blinked. "Of course it is. I want to meet more people that I get along with. And I get along with you well. And I've always thought bartending would be extremely cool.
Ino (8:41:33 PM): "
Haku (8:42:55 PM): Having started out as a modest bartender, Haku knew that things could get really ugly really quickly. "It's not that easy.. but if you're up to it, I'm sure you'll do alright." He didn't want anything bad to happen to Ino on his behalf.
Ino (8:44:06 PM): There was another shrug. "I'm certain I could do it," she said, giving him a reassuring look. "Nothing bad is going to happen to me, and I need the money." Her thinking was that nothing especially bad would befall her at a bar meant for men to be with men.
Haku (8:46:04 PM): Well, her thinking seemed to be flawed. Where he worked, they didn't hire females. (There was only one, and she was the co-owner with her brother, family business, persay.) Haku was a little weary; "You shouldn't stoop so low though, Ino-san. You could get a job somewhere not so... shady."
Ino (8:47:29 PM): "But there would be no fun in it," she said. "There would be no sense of challenge or achievement or anything. It would just be 'would you like fries with that?' and 'handbags and purses are on the third aisle.'" Ino's thinking was flawed. But so was Ino.
Haku (8:49:11 PM): Haku smiled, looking at the alley in front of them. "You're very different than you come off ass, Ino-san." He meant that in a good way, but it might've come off as snooty.
Ino (8:51:19 PM): He didn't come off ASS snooty at all. Rather, he came off more gracious. "Well, thank you then. You are not so distant as you were when I first met you."
Haku (8:52:52 PM): Whist Haku's mun was grumbling at her typing skills, Haku nodded; did he come off as distant...? "..You'll steal all my costomers, if you get a job here." Even the gay ones, he thought.
Ino (8:53:52 PM): Ino's mun is a bitch, Ino grinned. "I will not," she said. "I'm not that pretty."
Haku (8:55:30 PM): "You're talkative though; which means more costomers." Haku knew that it was easier to get people to spend hoards of money on drinks if you were talking to them; he relied on looks alone, which always worked, but to be truly sucessful..
Ino (8:56:10 PM): "I can teach you to be talkative too," she said with a warm smile. "Anyone can be talkative, Haku-chan. Anyone at all."
Haku (8:57:51 PM): "Mm, perhaps." Which was a tell-tale sign he was thinking about something. (Being as he was, the junior's mind had most likely found some bizzare connection to Gaara again, and was probably musing/flailing over that.)
Ino (8:58:54 PM): Ino smiled. Anything she could do to help. "Now how about we go back to your house for a drink or something and then you can take me home? Does that sound good to you?" A relaxing end to an interesting nite. It sounded good to her.
Haku (8:59:53 PM): "Wonderful." Haku stood up, extending his hand to the blonde. At least something had gone alright.
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