Growing Girl page nine

She turned her head and looked up. The sun was set by now and the beig full moon was now suspended in the sky. Shikamaru gazed at Ino. He looked at her platinum blonde hair shaded from the moon, making it look paler than usual. He looked at her bangs gently floating in front of her face by the light latenight breeze. He gazed at the pale moonlit skin on her face which looked flawless. Then she turned her head and her big pale blue eyes met Shikamaru's dark narrow ones.<br />
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"Shikamaru?" she asked softly.