Royal Roommate

Once in awhile,
Right in the middle of an ordinary life,
Love gives us a fairy tale.

Five days from the moment, Konoha High would be opened again to the high school students around the Konoha eastern region. Soon, a new chapter of their lives will be written and more hardships will come to make them stronger as they grow more mature in life. But for some, like Haruno Sakura, those hardships are no longer a burden because she had experienced everything from being a spoiled little girl to a hardworking orphan.

Her mother died when she gave birth to Sakura and her father passed away a few years after that. The only family she has left is her brother, Haruno Kenji whom is studying at a college school far from where she is currently at. She lives at a two bedroom apartment and has trouble managing expenses and backing up her tuition fee. Add to that, the rent she has to pay was already due past two months.

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6:13 am

Sakura was awakened by the buzzing noise her alarm clock made, reminding her about the important errand she has to attend early that morning. Her eyes were still heavy, but she decided to fight the urge to fall back and sleep. "Come on, Sakura…Wake UP!"

Convincing herself, she stood up, grabbed her old-cashmere sweater and yawned as she stretched her back and arms.

"Good morning, Sakura!" she muttered to herself, gazing at the only family photo she has on the desk, near the timepiece. After a minute or so, she noticed that her alarm clock wasn't stopping, continuously creating its disturbing noise. She decided to punch it, hoping that it would halt the crap out.

"Why aren't you stopping?" she said, frustrated. A thud was heard at the front door, catching her attention momentarily.

Still drowsy and dreamy, she decided to fix herself a cup of coffee at the kitchen to wake her sleepy nerves up. She walked like a zombie with legs as heavy as metal balls.

Her first stop was at the front door to check what the thud was for. "Maybe it was the morning paper," she thought, dragging her self on her way.

She first wanted to see if the paper boy delivered the newspaper for the morning. Upon opening the door, she found three things resting on her doorway: a newspaper, a rent bill and a mail coming from her far away brother. Sakura immediately picked it up and continued to her kitchen to see what the letter was all about.

She checked the other mails and was raged when she saw the bill for the month, "Another bill…Uh, when will I get a roommate to finally share the payment of this crappy, old apartment?" she sighed, setting the bill aside and fixing her eyes upon her brother's letter while stirring a cup of coffee.

Yearly, her brother helps her with her tuition fee as his final promise to their father who died many years ago—he promised to help her out. Finally seeing a letter from him only meant that the money she needed for her tuition fee has finally arrived.

She smiled, "Big bro's really sweet," consequently sipping the cup of coffee she was holding.

Upon opening the letter, she found nothing inside it. She looked around if the money slipped somewhere on her floor, but no sign of cash was found, not even the green smell of it.

Her heart suddenly raced and sweat started to glow on her forehead. She gulped every question she has on her mind. She started reading the letter, wishing nothing was wrong.

Dear Little Sakura-bear,

I know five weeks from now, school starts and you need to pay for your tuition fee. I am sorry to tell you this, though… but I got bankrupt because of the numerous bills I needed to pay as well. I may be able to give some money but that would be months from now; you know how hard it is to earn and save money. You know that I also need to pay my own debts and I need to save some for my tuition, too, but don't be scared. I will surely find a solution.

P.S

In the mean time, please help yourself for your own bills and wait for the money that I'll be sending to you. Don't worry; we're going to make it. I will never break my promise.

Loving,

Kenji-bear

Aware of their tight situations, Sakura didn't blame her brother for the money—she couldn't. She knew that it would be difficult for them to keep up their living, especially when they are miles away from each other with no parents nor relatives to support them. She realized that it was up to her to make a living and needed to aid herself as well.

Suddenly, tears flooded her eyes. "I knew this is going to happen," but she tried to keep her composure as she sighed her frustrations away and wiped those tears that escaped from her emerald orbs. "I can do this!"

Immediately, she recovered. Grabbing the newspaper and flipping it to the Classified Ads, she scanned the newspaper for open calls. Various bills and tuition fees suddenly crossed her mind. "The rent bill, my school tuition, my brother…What am I going to do?!" she asked herself, grabbing the rent bill on queue.

"3000 yen!" she yelped, crying her dissatisfaction away, "Oh… my God, this crappy, stinking house costs that much now?!" With an agonized expression, she added, "Last month it was only 2000 yen, what happened to the world?!"

Slipping from her grasp was a letter that enclosed with the bill. It came from the land lady, informing her about the sudden increase of house rent.

Ms. Haruno Sakura,

I am sorry to tell you but we have increased the rent bill on your pad. It is because of the coming school opening and we also needed the tuition fee. If you don't know, you are actually 2 months delayed in paying your bills. I apologize about the sudden swell of charge.

Please be punctual in paying.

Land lady,

Kurenai

Tearing up again she whispered, "I didn't know I was two months late in paying the bill…"

Amongst her moment of sentimentalities, was a knock on her door, "Mail!" the delivery guy said.

She tried to calm down and compose herself as she dropped everything in her kitchen and went to receive the mail. She was hoping that the mail carried good news and not another burden. Else, she'll die from a heart attack.

As soon as she got to the door, the delivery guy said, "Electric Bills!" and smiled to her with glee and enthusiasm.

Her hope of salvation got thrown to the trash bin, "Another bill!" the pink haired girl croaked in shock, scaring the delivery guy out of his heels.

The delivery guy said, "Ye-Ye-Yes, Ma'am," handing it with caution, because he was afraid to lose his head from the fiery pink haired lady.

Boiling up inside, Sakura grabbed the bill off the delivery guy's hand and rushed to her kitchen to see how much she owes the electric company.

"WHAT? 1000 YEN!"she shrieked, crumpling the bill she was holding and then throwing it in the kitchen sink.

Yet again, another burden to her already burdened life.

"WHY? WHY? WHY!" she cried, "Why is this happening to me?" she dragged herself onto the floor, talking to God and asking for guidance. "Help me!"

Unexplainably, she remembered something from the newspaper she read: If you want to decrease your rent expense, find yourself a room mate.

"That's what I'm going to do!" she stood up and seemed like all the hope in the world was mustered in her eyes, burning with passion to revive from the pile of debts she has to conquer, quenching her thirst for money, "I'm going to find myself a room mate!"

Immediately she ran to her closet, changed her outfit and returned to her kitchen to write a notice on a piece of paper:

Anyone who needs to find a place to live…How about a two bed apartment? The place is comfy, natural, and feels like home. Share you bed space to another, only for 1500 yen! – Half the Price!

Please feel free to contact Haruno Sakura at this address: 34 Firefly St. Sunset District, East Konoha.

I'll be waiting for you.

Finishing the advertisement for the apartment, she then set foot to paste the ads outside and murmured with keenness, "This'll be perfect!"

She went to the different hotspots in Konoha, where she pasted the ads everywhere. The pink haired lady went to a store near the school named Destiny Bookstore, where she knew everyone goes to. She also placed her ads in front of the school and even though she knew it was illegal—she didn't care, apparently; her tuition is far more important.

Finally, after three hours of pasting and non-stop walking, she stopped at a busy canteen, noticing people gathering up to watch the local news. She moved inside to see what the commotion was all about, asking a guy who's tip-toeing to see what's on the television, "What's happening, mister?"

The man glanced at her, shocked that she had no idea about the current issue, "Haven't you heard?" he asked. "The crowned price is missing!"

Sakura looked over and was shocked to know that the sole heir of the Hokage's thrown was missing, "WHAT THE CROWNED PRINCE IS MISSING?" she shrieked out of astonishment, disbelief and awe.

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6: 57 am

The next morning, she was awakened by a thumping sound from her door. Believing it was the bill she raged, "Another bill, darn it!" and then tried going back to her deep slumber.

At that time, she didn't care much about the bills anymore; all she wanted to know and prayed for was if there were people interested in her advertisements.

Another knock, louder than the first one—but she didn't care, "Leave that bill on the rag!" she shouted, pressing the pillow onto her ears so as to silence the irritating sound of knocking.

The visitor outside must be persistent, continually pounding on her door as loud as he could, "Ma'am, open the door, please. I'm actually interested in your bed space—," adding to his disturbing noise.

Sakura, of course delighted at that person's words, woke up instantly and changed in her casual dress, leaving her pajamas on the closet "Wait a minute!" she shouted, fastening the button on her blouse.

After that, she hurried to open the door and welcome her new bed spacer, "WELCO—,"

But the moment she saw her supposedly 'new bed spacer,' she was tongue-tied—it was the last person she'd ever thought she'd be opening her crappy apartment's door for, "But you're the—,"

Authors Note: AU, hope you like it :P Dislaimer: Naruto's not mine

Crowned Prince: meaning a Prince that is already crowned but not yet a king-- get it? HAHA

I also made a OC Sakura's brother : Haruno Kenji - ei deviant artist, if you like DRAW HIM - come on! XD

Hi, after almost 10 days of nott working on my fanfic. TADA--its finished, wheeee! YEHEY. TITLE: Royal Roommate

Oh I forgot, please message me if you are interested in making an art out of this lil-crappy thing 3 Thanks!

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-"this is another product of my poor imagination" -- white epitome

Oi, white epitome...please do something about the story..you need to beta read this first adn i will repost the betaD version..i think the first chapter sucks pa eh. HAHAHA, oi dapat sunday palang masend mo na sakin yung edited kundi i will kill you. or dapat saturday palang. NAKOO!

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