R&R

Roomies

Summary: AU. When his girlfriend told him she had new roommates, this is not what he had expected. SasuIno

Disclaimer: Naruto is not ours! Otherwise we'd be making series like these.

Chapter One

From a young age, Ino Yamanaka learned that hard work paid off.

It was hard work that made her queen bee in high school. As cheerleader co-captain, student body vice president, track and volleyball star, three time homecoming and prom queen, and salutatorian of her graduating class, it was needless to say that she lived on coffee and energy drinks to survive each day.

It was also hard work that got her into one of the most prestigious colleges in the country, with practically a full scholarship to boot, and it was hard work that kept her grades up on her journey to become a brain surgeon with a minor in psychology.

It had also been hard work that scored her a date with the man of her dreams, the unattainable Sasuke Uchiha her senior year of high school. It was even harder work that managed to score her a second date, and then a third, and then a fourth… until finally she was able to claim Sasuke Uchiha as hers, to the chagrin of every other female within a 25 mile radius.

It was also hard work that made their long distance relationship work, three years later, while he attended the prestigious university that every Uchiha was expected to graduate from.

So when Ino Yamanaka woke up from her peaceful slumber to the sound of her alarm going off, she was ready to tackle what the day had in store for her.

As she rubbed the sleep from her eyes, she saw that she had a text message from none other than her significant other.

As she opened and read what it said, her eyes brightened considerably, and a huge grin spread across her face.

"Yippeeee!" with butterflies in her stomach, Ino jumped up from her bed and did a few excited twirls around her room, holding the phone to her chest, not caring if the noise she was creating would wake up any of her roommates.

Besides, it wouldn't hurt them to wake up earlier.

Once she calmed down, she looked at her phone once more, making sure that she had read his text message right.

'I'll be visiting for a few days.'

Ino grinned once more, happy to see that she had read it right the first time. But leave it to him to be so vague…

'Good morning cupcake. When should I expect you, and for how long?'

She knew better than to expect a reply from him right away, and instead set to do her usual morning routine. A morning jog, followed by a shower, and then breakfast for her and her roommates. Thankfully it was the weekend, which meant no classes and only her bartending job later that night, which left most of the day open to plan on how to make Sasuke's visit a memorable one.

A mischievous and excited grin spread across her face.

Boy, did she already have some ideas…

Ino hummed and skipped as she cooked breakfast; scrambled eggs, both bacon and sausage, and hash browns. Anyone that saw her cooking would think that she was going to feed a small army, which in her mind, she was.

"Good morning."

Ino smiled as she turned to look at the redhead that greeted her.

"Good morning Gaara-kun, you're up later than usual."

It was true, usually Gaara was the only one that was awake before her, and she found it unusual that he wasn't already sitting at the breakfast table with his usual black cup of coffee in his hands when she came back from her morning jog.

"Long night," he murmured as he walked over to the cabinet next to the stove where Ino was cooking.

Dressed in a simple brown t-shirt and black sport pants, he took out his usual red coffee mug, and poured himself some of the freshly brewed coffee, courtesy of Ino.

"Another project?" the blonde asked as she began to pour the eggs into a container.

"Hn."

Ino frowned at his response, but on looking at him closer, noticed that he was clutching his head and looking none too happy.

"Ahh… hangover huh. Who forced you into drinking this time?" she asked with a grin on her face.

This time, Gaara sighed.

"Who do you think?"

Ino laughed, knowing exactly who had done it. As she turned off the stove, she placed her hands on her hips.

"Well, I know just the way to get back at him, but you might want to cover your ears if you don't want your headache to get worse."

Gaara eyed her curiously as he watched her bend down to retrieve a small metal pan, wishing she would stop wearing those ridiculously short shorts(he was a man after all dammit), only to go into one of the drawers and retrieve a metal spoon. It didn't take him long to realize what she wanted to do, and sighed at the events that were about to unfold…

Ino winked and grinned at him before walking through the hall that took her to the bedrooms of the house, and tried to slip quietly into her destination. As she slipped into the dark room, she made sure that her target was still fast asleep. Hearing the light snoring, she approached the bed quietly, until she was a safe distance from the bed.

Trying not to giggle, Ino held up the pan in front of her, and smirked as she drew back the spoon…

BANG BANG BANG BANG!

The desired result was better than expected when the figure in bed immediately shot up from the bed and rolled right off…

THUD

…into the hardwood floor.

"WHAT THE HELL—!"

Ino couldn't hold in her laughter and doubled over, clutching her stomach as she looked as the blonde man lay sprawled on the floor, his eyes looking ready to kill.

"Oh my god—haha! That was—haha—so much better than—haha—I thought it would be!"

"WHAT THE FUCK INO!" Deidara practically growled as he got up from the floor, glowering at Ino as she continued to laugh in front of him, tears in her eyes.

"You should—haha—see the look on your face right now—haha!"

"Stop laughing, un!" Deidara yanked the pan and spoon out of her hands, only for Ino to fall to the floor, arms still clutching her stomach as she continued her hysterical laughter.

"Do you guys realize what time it is?"

Deidara and Ino looked to the doorway to see a none too happy Shikamaru as he rubbed his neck and glared at them.

"Tell that to this… this… BANSHEE, un!"

At this, Ino's laughter immediately stopped, and the two men could almost feel the temperature of the room drop ten degrees.

"What… did you just call me, Deidara-kun?" Ino asked, her eyes suddenly darkening as she looked at the other blonde.

Deidara's face paled as he looked at the blonde, his anger suddenly forgotten as dread set in.

"I… I said good morning… most wonderful and intelligent supreme overlord of the universe, un!" Deidara sighed as Ino smiled sweetly at him, and the room warmed right back up.

"That's what I thought I heard…." Ino said as she got up and dusted herself off.

"Troublesome…" Shikamaru mumbled under his breath.

"Sorry for the rude awakening Shika, but breakfast is served!" Ino exited the room, followed by the two men as they made their way to the dining room of their humble abode.

Ino smiled when she saw that Gaara had already set the table and laid out the food on the table for everyone to grab.

"Thanks Gaara-kun!" she said and rubbed his red hair affectionately as she passed his chair and sat down at her usual spot in the table.

Gaara said nothing as he continued to sip his coffee, while Deidara reached above the fridge for a white bottle. As soon as Gaara set down his cup of coffee, Deidara dove in and poured some of the liquid into his drink.

"You know what the best cure for a hangover is, more alcohol, un!" Deidara smirked as he dodged a well-aimed punch to his face.

"Fuck off!" Gaara growled and shot the blonde a murderous glare, his headache suddenly ten times worse.

Deidara only laughed and poured himself a drink from a different alcoholic bottle, and mixed it with some orange juice, before sitting across from the angry redhead.

"Suit yourself, un," he said, although he knew that when Gaara started cursing it was time to back off. He didn't have a death wish after all.

Ino sighed as he looked at the two boys with a smile. Just a typical morning in their residence…

She moved to take Gaara's drink from in front of him and set it next to her own plate, before getting up and getting a new cup of coffee for him. She also pulled out some aspirin and set both things next to the seething boy.

"Well, I for one, actually like my coffee with a bit of alcohol. Make sure you eat before taking the aspiring," Gaara visibly calmed down as he shot Ino a grateful look.

In no time the boys had piled multiple servings of food onto their plate, and it wasn't until they were halfway done that Ino noticed something missing.

"Where's our fourth roomie?" she asked.

The boys shrugged and Ino didn't ask further as she felt the phone in her lap vibrate. With an eager smile, Ino saw that it was indeed her boyfriend.

'Sigh. I told you not to call me cupcake anymore. Expect me next Friday until Monday night.'

Ino suddenly remembered that next weekend was a three day weekend, and felt her stomach dance at the prospect of spending a whole four days with her boyfriend, give or take. It wasn't often the two saw each other, besides holidays and breaks that is, when they went back home. So this was a treat indeed!

'You gave up your rights on nicknames when you asked me to be your girlfriend. And a whole four days huh? To what do I owe this pleasant surprise?'

Ino happily texted back before setting her phone back on her lap.

She saw that the boys had finally slowed down their eating, and wondered how on earth they managed to eat so much…

To her surprise and delight, it wasn't long before she received a response from Sasuke.

'You are far too stubborn sometimes. And perhaps I happen to miss you, and want to spend some time with you.'

Ino felt her heart flutter at his response. Sasuke was never very overly touchy-feely, so it was rare moments like these that made her feel as if she was on cloud nine.

'That's part of why you love me. And I'm glad, because I happen to miss you too. A lot.'

Ino smiled as she replied, her day suddenly a thousand times better.

Grabbing her fork and tapping it against her—Gaara's—mug, she was pleased when they all turned their attention to her.

"Although we are missing one of our members, I have an important announcement to make."

The three men looked expectantly at her, not sure what to expect from the eccentric blonde.

"My boyfriend will be visiting next weekend."

Two pairs of eyes widened, while Shikamaru just sighed.

"You're shitting me, un! I finally get to meet the guy?" Deidara smirked as he took a drink from his glass.

"I have to admit, I still find it hard to believe he is okay with letting you room with four guys," Gaara replied as he too sipped his coffee.

At this, Ino grimaced, a sudden realization hitting her.

"Well…."

The three men suddenly froze at her much too innocent tone.

"Ino… do not tell me he doesn't know…" Shikamaru said as he frowned at the girl who was nervously twirling her bangs around her pointer finger.

"Well… you see…" she dragged on.

"Ino…" Shikamaru pressed, his voice suddenly lower in pitch.

"He never asked who my new roommates were!" Ino threw up her hands in the air as she said this.

The three men face palmed.

"Even I know this is something you can't keep from your boyfriend you idiot, un!" Deidara replied.

Ino frowned as she began to play with the food on her plate.

"Well, you guys know I really wanted a place to stay, and you guys were the only ones I felt comfortable staying with! Plus he didn't ask!"

"He probably assumed your roommates would be girls," Gaara replied, and she felt even worse with his stare of disapproval.

"He's gonna kill us… isn't he…" Deidara said as he looked at Shikamaru, the only one of the boys to actually know who Ino's boyfriend was.

Shikamaru sighed.

"Troublesome…"

The Realist: Well, I suddenly got an idea for this! It's just a fun little fic for me, with my all-time favorite couple, just because! I've been itching to write something for them for a while, but there wasn't any plot bunnies around. Until today that is, when this popped into my head. I do love a jealous Sasuke, and I really wanted to play with some characters I hardly use!

That being said, I need help picking the fourth roommate. I really wanted Gaara, Deidara, and Shikamaru to be her roommates, but I need a fourth roommate, and I simply can't decide on who to pick! I thought about Sai, or Neji, but that was a decision that even tossing a coin couldn't solve!

So what do you guys think, who should be the fourth roommate?

And did you like this chapter?

Let me know! :)

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