Author's Note
I wrote this in remembrance to a certain relationship that I had with a certain girl. The setting is not the same, because when I was seeing this girl we were in a public high school, not a boarding school. I decided to myself in the place of Naruto, and the girl I was fond of in Sakura's place, so that I could try and reach an audience instead of being distanced by something you probably wouldn't be able to imagine. And don't worry, I won't focus the entire story just around Naruto and Sakura, there will plenty of other ships.
Anyway, this will be multi-chaptered and I promise you'll enjoy if you decide to follow!
So please, leave a review, leave an idea, because I always love and appreciate to read what you guys think!
Chapter One
Orientation
Leaf Village Academy loomed its inviting warmth over a young, blonde haired boy as he stepped out of his dark blue Honda Civic and onto the school's grounds. The air had a cold, crispy chill to it, making the blonde pull up his collar as a defense against the nibbling weather. The parking lot was littered with fallen leaves, so the blonde couldn't help but step on them and crunch them into small pieces, carrying some away with his shoes. It was the first day of moving in day, but seeing as the boy-who was now entering the school through wide double doors—was a junior and had already attended the school for three years now, he was pretty accustomed to the proceedings that followed.
The first thing the school usually did, before classes began, would be to assign every student to a dorm room and two other roommates. The rooms were more than big enough for three people, so there was no worry when it came to that. However, the boy did have tribulations over who he'd be rooming with. Every year he and his roommates would ask if they could dorm again for the following year, and so far their wishes had been granted, but still, the thought of being alone, or having to meet new people discouraged the blonde boy.
He rounded a corner, his destination being the gymnasium, the largest room in all of the school, apart from the cafeteria. There was an orientation that the whole school had to attend. Light came in blotches throughout the hallway, occasionally spraying him in the face with overwhelming rays whenever he passed a window looking out to the courtyard.
"Naruto!" he heard someone calling out to him from one of the side hallways, on route to the gym.
It was Sasuke Uchiha, a mild mannered boy who did especially well with ladies of the school. The blonde boy knew the Uchiha very well, considering they had been best friends for a very long time. Their parents had known each other from work way back when, and because of that, Naruto and Sasuke began a friendship in grade school.
"Hey, how's it going?" Naruto asked gripping his friend's outstretched hand and doing a sort of jig with it.
"Not bad, man, how was your summer?" Sasuke asked, flipping jet black hair out of his eyes, which was futile because the shiny locks only fell back into place.
Naruto had spent his summer working at a local golf club. He was working to make some extra cash to buy a car, which had happened marvelously; only, he broke the bank when buying his beautiful blue stallion. His only job was to fetch the balls after people hit them out of the driving range. It was easy work, but tedious. The only upsides were the money and the fact that he got to ride around in a golf cart all day.
"Eh, it could have gone better," Naruto shrugged, "I did get that car though, so that's pretty cool. How was yours?"
"You got the Civic?" Sasuke blurted, a beaming smile crossing his face from ear to ear, "dude, that's awesome! I have to see it! And you know, nothing extremely fun, apart from traveling the world and what not," his beaming smile now turned into a small smirk.
This was the first summer that the two had actually spent apart from each other. Being best friends, it was hard for Naruto to be away from his friend for so long, because usually, in the summer months, the both of them spent nearly everyday together. This year Sasuke went abroad with his brother for some non-profit organization that Naruto had forgotten the name of. They went to almost all of the countries, Sasuke occasionally sent short emails compiled of his whereabouts and pictures with his brother and the animals of that region. Naruto received a rather funny one of Sasuke and Itachi in Australia, the two Uchihas trying to box a Kangaroo.
"I think we should get going, you know how the old lady gets when we're late," Naruto said smiling, remembering the picture.
"Yeah," Sasuke sighed, flipping his hair again, "I hope this orientation isn't as boring as the other years."
"Thank you all for coming, and I wish for you all to be seated!"
"Like we had a choice," Sasuke scoffed into Naruto's ear making him chuckle lightly.
The gymnasium was filled to the brim with students of all years, sitting in seats set up by the miserable looking janitors. Lady Tsunade overlooked the students with a stern voice and an even stricter brow.
"Is it me, or does the Dean's boobs get bigger ever year?" someone said from behind the blonde and the raven, making them and a few people around them burst into laughter, causing a small scene which the Dean chose to ignore.
It was Kiba Inuzuka, a very rough around the edges kind of kid. He had short brown hair, and for some reason, always seemed to wear a shiny, black leather jacket, no matter the circumstance of weather.
"I heard she gets them done before every term, just so she can impress Professor Jiriya," Shikamaru Nara piped up, a usually quiet boy, but was definitely smarter than he lead on.
The Dean, Lady Tsunade, began talking about school curriculums and regimens that must be followed, the usual jargon that no one really paid attention to. But, it was something Lady Tsunade said at the end of her lecture that caught Naruto's attention, and not for the right reasons.
". . . and a new curfew has been set on you students. You are allowed to leave the school grounds, but only after your classes are completely finished. You must be back before ten o' clock, and in bed by eleven, no later. Any student caught off the grounds after those times, or out of bed after those times will be punished by severity deemed by me, the Dean."
"What?!" Naruto released, a little too loudly.
"Yes, Naruto," Tsunade continued, "that does go for you too, in fact, we enacted this curfew because of you, and your antics from previous years."
The gymnasium laughed nervously at the clueless blonde, while he sat in his seat, completely unaware that Lady Tsunade had continued talking.
"Also, one more thing, before you all leave to your rooms and such," Tsunade said, "I know this will probably embarrass her, but regardless, my granddaughter has decided to join us this year, she is transferring from Konoha High. Come on up sweetie."
A very pretty, pink haired girl glided her way up the podium so that she was equal in height with Lady Tsunade. She looked quite timid, and very embarrassed that the Dean, her own grandmother would make her do this, but nonetheless she stood there. Her eyes, the color of a shiny emerald, shifted around at her peers, as if looking for a weak point to stare at, but none showed. So, she simply stood there, occasionally roughing up her hair to look windswept.
Sasuke couldn't take his eyes of the girl. He was practically drooling as he gawked at her. Naruto laughed as he watched his friend make a fool of himself.
"Tell them your name, honey," the Dean insisted.
"Sakura Haruno," the girl said almost immediately, more out of nervousness than eagerness to tell her name.
Naruto could tell that she didn't want to be there, almost as much as he didn't, but there was definitely something strange about this girl. He couldn't quite put his finger on it yet, but then realizing what he was thinking, he came to the conclusion that he didn't care. He had already forgotten the girl's name.
"That's enough now, you're all free to go," Tsunade said, resting her hand on the pink haired girl's shoulder.
Naruto was the first to stand up, flinging his hands behind his head as he walked behind a quo of giggling girls out to the hallways. Sasuke accompanied him to the east side of the school, where they would find out their dorm rooms, and roommates.
"I hope they put us together again this year," Sasuke said idly, making sure he only stepped on the black tiles of the floor.
"I bet they will, it's just the new kid I'm worried about," Naruto said, reaching out and pushing a door out in front of him.
"You mean that Sakura girl?" Sasuke asked, turning to give Naruto his complete attention.
"No," Naruto said laughing, "I mean our new roommate, are girls all you care about?"
"They're the only things to care about, friend," the raven replied sage-like.
"Oh, I didn't know they were things now . . ."
Sasuke gave no reply; instead he hummed the low tune that was playing in the background of the Dorm Office.
