An unconventional romance
Disclaimer: All the characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Summary: Even though their relationship is nothing but a mess – everything is in complete disorder, they've found each other in the midst of chaos. A tale combines the best of both worlds, comedy and angst, action and romance, fluff and fight.
Chapter 1
She hesitated for a whole ten minutes, frightened by what might be his response. He has never been this unpredictable ever since she had known him, the snobbish orange-wearing kid, who invariably spoke in excited yells, and held a silly crush for her. She unconsciously stifled a tiny laugh at the mental image she just conjured by herself. Even back then, his childish antic had always made her smile. Now, that same kid had grown into a man, a very fine one, her comrade, her best friend, who has been loving her like nobody has. Said young man, the second, most important man in her life, after her father, had been distancing from her. They still talked, but only in the company of others. He always excused himself at every chance they were alone, like he didn't trust to be with her. His behaviour confused her further, as he, around their friends, still showered her with love and attention, and stupidly received her punch for a perverted comment. However, he politely rejected all of her suggestions to be alone with him. Frustrated, she, never one to give up, will find the end of it. And this was her only chance in 2 years to catch him in his normal habitat. Ever since the war had broken out, he had rarely been home with mission after mission. She herself was frequently occupied, as field medic and backup fighter. She hadn't dared to bring up the matter with him during the few mission they had together, in fear that their emotions would get in the way of their mission objective.
Steeling herself one last time, she reach the knuckles toward the door. One knock. Nothing. Two knock. Nothing. Was he avoiding her? Three knocks. A small male groan, which she effortlessly recognized, came from inside "Sa...ku...ra..nnn" Instantly alarmed, Sakura jerked her hand back, preparing to destroyed the apartment's door and come to her friend's rescue. She knew he, being one of the two last Jinchuriki, was the enemy's main target. The idiot must have let his guard down in the peripheral of their village, and let the enemy catch him off guard. While contemplating the most painful way to punch the idiocy out of him later, she pushed some energy to her feet, hoping to shorten the distance by a few seconds.
And there he was, standing in the middle of his bedroom, back facing her, butt-naked, pants' waistband around knees. She almost drooled at the sight of his buttocks, had she not noticed another pair of legs in front him. The person, obviously female, sported a pair of black skin-tight shorts, and pink elbow protectors identical to hers. Said person was kneeling before him, hands busy in quick jerking motion. Staring in disbelief, she noticed some pink strands of hair out the corner of her eyes. And before she realized it, she was screaming, "NARUTO... What the hell?"
Shaken awake from his heavenly pleasure, he frantically searched for his pants, pulled them up, and turned around to face the angry intruder, whose clone was giving him the most amazing feeling to his penis. His hand instinctively scratching the back of his head, he tried to smile his cheeriest, and inadvertently mimicked his clone's action. "Oh hi Sakura-chan", they awkwardly said in unison. Before he could wince at his other self's bad moves, she, even more enraged than before, was right next to him, punched the other Sakura into thin smoke and stared intently at him. He opened up his mouth, trying to make up an excuse, but found a rocketing punch on his face. He quickly realized that he was regaining his arousal from the aggressive look on Sakura's face, and her close proximity. And then there was nothing.
Now sitting next to an unconscious Naruto, Sakura found herself crying as her rage came to calm. Despite the hilarity of the situation, she couldn't help but think about the danger Naruto was putting himself in. His reaction was abnormally slow; he didn't even react when she, an inferior fighter in all aspects, was approaching him. Sure he had been on the receiving end of many of her punches without fail, but he was able to tense his face muscles to protect himself. Just then, even a normal punch of hers knocked him out, in record time! To her horror, she quickly came to the conclusion that even any Genin could easily kill him in that state of mind. And his death would be her fault! He was unknowingly putting himself at mortal risk, because of his lust for her body. And, she, Sakura Haruno, couldn't afford to lose him, her absolutely dearest person, at any cost, the cost that she would be willing to pay for.
Heavy tears was loudly dropping on the floor, as Sakura was tensing herself for a decision, one that would change hers and Naruto's lives for years to come
**End Chapter 1**
A/N: First chapter for an idea I've been having for a while. I'm still considering if I should write a full lemon, or just a short foreplay scene. Just to remind you, they're both virgins, so don't expect them to skilfully bring each other to heaven-shattering orgasm. I'm planning to stay realistic.
Let's hope that I would maintain my inspiration, unlike with the other story and some that I've never finished. Review please, I need more ideas to keep my inspiration.