Well it has been a long time since I started on a new project. What a refreshing experience. I guess I'm slacking off by postponing the updates of my other fanfictions, but I guess that can't be helped. Haha!
I hope you guys will enjoy this. :)
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Shōjiki ni Aishimasu
I honestly love you
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N E I G H B O R
Light rays peaked through creamy curtains as a groan escaped the lips belonging to a body entangled by pink sheets. More groans resounded throughout the pink room as muffled curses followed the groans. Entangling herself from the sheets and sitting upright on the side of her bed, Haruno Sakura stretched out her arms, and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
Glancing at the digital clock on her night stand, her eyes shot open; revealing emerald orbs as she cursed. Jumping up to her feet, the young woman dashed towards her bathroom and immediately turned the two knobs under the shower head and stepped under it as tear-shaped droplets pelted her skin like rain.
From outside, the girl failed to notice her phone vibrating beside her digital alarm clock on the nightstand that read 7:45 a.m. The call that she had failed to answer was left unattended as the battery of her phone started blinking, indicating that she only had one bar left. Unfortunately, this was all missed by the girl in the tiled bathroom.
A few minutes later, out came the pink haired girl as she cursed, tripping on one of the rugs outside the bathroom door. More curses here and occasionally there, the rosette haired female had finished buttoning up the last few buttons of her white long sleeved blouse, and zipping up her skirt that ended a few inches above her knees, Haruno Sakura grabbed her purse and cellphone off the nightstand whilst slipping on her red pumps, she dashed out the door with a slam on her way out.
Padding through the hallway of the apartment complex she lived in, Sakura didn't bother looking at her surroundings as she stuffed all her belongings held in her hand in her purse. Stopping right in front of the elevator and pushing the down button, Sakura side-stepped as two men stepped outside the elevator carrying large moving boxes.
'What a great way to start the day.' She thought sarcastically as she glanced down at her wrist watch only for her eyes to widen. It was already 8 a.m. sharp. "Awesome. I'm late." She muttered as she held out her hand, calling a taxi.
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"Argh, where is that forehead girl? She's late!" Yamanaka Ino huffed. Flipping one of her long blond bangs out of her eyes, she leaned back on her lazy chair. Being the main front receptionist of Konohagakure Iryō Byōin otherwise known as Konohagakure Medical Hospital; the most popular medicinal hospital all over Japan. Her job was quite tiring as countless of people walked by the front doors each minute of each hour of each day. The place was always bustling with chatter of people here and there, and to top that stressful experience, her bestfriend since High School, Haruno Sakura's tardiness made her worry even more.
Glancing at the huge hospital wall clock hanging by the side of the receptionist counter, Ino sighed as she rubbed her temples. The aspiring top doctor of the hospital was running late, again. Other than the head of their hospital, Tsunade, who taught Sakura all she needed to know in the medical field personally herself, and who possessed quite a temper when it came to stuff she did not want to hear, Yamanaka Ino was not coping well with this information, either. Hopefully the head was in a good mood today.
A few more taps of her recently done French tips, Ino huffed one last time before turning towards the elderly woman who appeared right in front of her inquiring certain things.
The clock had ticked ten minutes after that, and still no sign of the emerald eyed girl.
"Calm down, Ino. I'm sure she'll be here soon." a soft voice spoke from in front of her. Looking up from her seated state, Hyuuga Hinata stood behind the receptionist counter with a small smile on her face. The soft spoken girl who took on the job of a nurse in the hospital reassured.
"I know, I know, Hinata. But her tardiness is not acceptable, and you know that." Ino said as her azure eyes flickered towards the front doors then back towards the girl in front of her. It was true, though. The young doctor had the habit of waking up late, thus endangering herself in the mornings with all the rushed routines she had to do before proceeding towards the hospital.
And just as that was spoken, the two glass doors slid open as a gush of wind blew in along with the running form accompanied by a blur of pink.
"And there she is,"
The blur of pink stopped right in front of the receptionist as two hands flew up and landed on the front desk. Panting, Sakura stated, "I'm here."
"Well it's about time, forehead girl." Ino had stated, standing up and placing both hands on her hips, the girl's eyes clearly yelled out, 'Explain!'
"It's a long story, but I'll have to save it for you at lunch," grabbing her clipboard off of the desk, Sakura pulled on her doctor's coat that she had slung over her arm on the way towards the hospital a few moments ago, and walked towards the first room listed on the clipped paper.
"Thankfully Tenten wasn't here. She would have scolded that girl." Ino had stated with an amused tone. The elder girl of the four by a year had the tendency to act all motherly on the three younger girls. Despite the fact that the four were close as two magnets, that still didn't mean that any one of them should allow the other to slip in her duties.
"Well, I guess I'm off to check on some other patients. I'll see you at lunch as well, Ino-chan." Hinata had waved goodbye as she walked off.
With the long dark blue haired girl's back turned towards Ino, the shy girl had failed to witness the shocked state of the female blond that had been caused by the new person that walked in the hospital.
Gushes by other girls around, fellow nurses, patients, and female members of different families that were there to visit said patients resounded throughout the first floor of the hospital.
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Shuffling of papers could be heard behind the closed door of Haruno Sakura's office. Glancing towards her cellphone's blinking battery on the top screen of the LCD screen, Sakura rolled her eyes at her own stupidity.
"Seriously, forgetting to charge my own phone over the night? Pathetic." she muttered to herself as she arranged more papers on her messed up desk.
It was already lunch time, and Sakura grabbed her wallet and other necessities she needed on her way out of her office. It was time to meet up with the guys at the lunchroom.
Arriving at said destination, Sakura had spotted the familiar buns of one of her companions who sat across her timid friend with long moonlight colored locks.
"There you are, Sakura!" Tenten ― her friend with her brunette hair tied into two buns exclaimed. Pulling one of the four chairs that came with their usual table spot, Sakura hadn't failed to notice the unoccupied seat right beside her. "Where's Ino?" she questioned with raised eyebrows. The blond girl was never tardy for lunch. That you can be sure of.
Shrugging, Tenten proceeded to pick on her salad as if something was bothering her. But before Sakura could voice out her thoughts, Hinata had spoken, "I heard she was dealing with an important patient or something," the soft-spoken girl had said, taking a sip from her cup filled with milk tea.
"I see." Sakura replied. Recalling what she was supposed to do a few moments ago, the pinkette turned towards their other friend, "Something troubling you, Tenny?" using her friend's pet name to lighten up the atmosphere, Sakura cocked her head to the side visibly making it clear that her friend's distress was affecting her as well.
Sitting up straight and sighing, the brunette's gaze drifted off to a distance as she replied with a sad tone, "Well, it's just about Neji."
The two other girls had shot each other worried glances as the topic switched to their friend's boyfriend. "What about my cousin, Ten-chan?" Hinata had inquired.
"Lately he's been acting…off. He's always out, and it seems like he's been hanging out with the boys quite more now than ever." Hinata's eyes immediately lightened up by the knowledge. "Oh, don't worry about that, Tenten." she reassured with a smile.
"What do you mean by that? He's my boyfriend for goodness sake! Who knows what he could be doing during the duration he's out." Tenten snapped; the stress getting to her as the thin line of her patience broke. She didn't mean it to happen. She never meant to snap at Hinata.
The shy girl recoiled back. Tenten's sudden outburst surprising her. The four had been friends since High School, and even then she brunette before them had never snapped without a valid reason. It was the stress, she knew it.
Smiling, Hinata responded, "Ten-chan, I heard from Naruto that the boys were dealing with something important right now. Apparently a friend of theirs just came back and they're helping him move in. That's all. There's nothing to be worried about Ten-chan. My cousin wouldn't cheat on you, don't worry."
Hazel eyes softened, "Hinata, I didn't mean to―" halting herself as the girl beside her shook her head in understanding, the older girl smiled and proceeded to hug her friend.
"Now that that's over, let's just dig in without the pig and enjoy our lunch, no?" Sakura stated in an amused tone as the tension that had been present moments ago started to diminish into nothing.
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Walking towards the main entrance of the apartment complex building Sakura lived in after stepping out of her taxi, she had let out a sigh in the night air as the fatigue from work today was slowly catching up to her.
Passing through the main lobby and riding the elevator up to the top floor where her apartment was located. Just as she was about to grab her phone in her purse as it began ringing, Sakura's gaze drifted down to the main hall as she noticed the open door of one of her neighbors.
'Must be the new people moving in.' she thought, flipping her cellphone,
"Hai, Moshi moshi?"
"Sakura! I've been trying to find you all day in the hospital! You would never believe who I saw this morning!" Ino's excited voice boomed in from the other side of the line.
"Gosh, Ino! You seriously might end up making me deaf one day with that megaphone voice of yours! And too busy to miss lunch? Seriously?"
"Yes, yes! An interesting person visited the hospital this morning! Apparently said person arrived today from the country that said person moved to years ago."
"Who? Aoyama Thelma?" Sakura replied, noticing a presence behind her as she noticed a figure loom behind her. Getting cautious, the pinkette's heartbeat raced as she was about to turn to identify the mysterious person behind her.
"Even better!"
"Just tell me." Sakura said in a strong voice, turning around to face the figure. Her eyes widening as the battery died after Ino had revealed the person that made her so hyped up.
"Uchiha Sasuke!"
T o B e C o n t i n u e d
Alrighty. Just in case you guys were wondering, the T o B e C o n t i n u e d sign at the end stick together is intentional. I'm trying out new formats for my fics. :D This is more of the prologue of the story, that's why it's short. The following chapters will be much longer than this. :)
I did this in just two days, and I think I'm quite rusty, since I haven't done introductions to multi-chaptered fanfictions in a long time. Hopefully it didn't turn out that bad, but I guess you guys will just have to tell me, onegai? :3
Yusshh. Well I'm off to do other things. I think my inspiration muse came back, since I've been getting tons of ideas lately. Bahh, but anyways, I hope you guys liked it. Please don't just add it on your story alert or in your favorites and what not. I hope you guys will take the time to review as well.
Mm. That's it, I hope you guys enjoyed it. Have a nice weekend! :D