Don't Forget Me
Chapter One
Naruto let out a loud sigh as he kicked his bare feet up on the table. He hadn't even bothered to change out of his pajamas which consisted of an old pair of faded black pants and a dark blue shirt. Why should he even bother to, today was just like any other day. Even though technically it was his birthday. The blonde leaned forward and grabbed his ramen favored chips before resting it on his lap. He grabbed the remote before flipping through a few channels on the television.
He looked back down at his potato chips. "Maybe I should have at least asked Sakura-chan to come over," he thought out loud. At the thought of the beautiful pinkette his face instantly lit up. Something that seemed to happen when his best friend was thought of. His smile dimed slightly reminding him of how alone he really way. It had always been this way, even when his parents had been alive. They were constantly busy due to their line of work.
"Sorry Naruto. The security of our city is important," he could hear his father's words. Naruto shock his head before taking in a large handful of his chips.
"Come on Naruto. That's the past. Keep it there," he growled at himself before standing up. As he walked past the kitchen he placed the bowl of half eaten chips on the counter before making his way to the bathroom.
Naruto stared at himself for a moment before flashing himself a smile. He let out a low groan. "I can't believe I'm practicing my smile," he rolled his eyes at himself before turning the faucet on and letting the cold water run over his hands. He cupped his hands at let the water run over the edge before splashing his face. He turned the faucet off before grabbing a towel to whip the water away.
Naruto walked out of the bathroom, hitting the light as he went. Instead of turning to go watch T.V. he decided maybe he should just sleep the day away. It seemed like a perfectly reasonable thing to do for his twentieth birthday, right? He flopped down on his bed before throwing his arm over his eyes and slowly drifting to sleep.
"Still sleeping at this hour?" Naruto shot up his head collided with whoever was speaking to him. Naruto reached up and gripped his head before falling back on the bed. He opened his eyes to see the person he had hit was none other than his best friend Haruno Sakura. Naruto smiled for a second before the pinkette glared at him.
"Jezz! Naruto! What are you trying to do! Break my nose?" Sakura yelled she moved her hand from her face only for Naruto to stare at her horrified. "What?" she asked, before looking down at her hand where a pool on blood sat. Sakura stared at it for a second before looking up at Naruto. "Naruto!"
Naruto quickly jumped from the bed. "Don't move or you'll get blood on your clothes!" Naruto yelled, which caused Sakura to not to move. There was no way she was going to get blood on her new shirt she that she had gotten just for today. It was only a few moments before Naruto was holding toilet paper to her bleeding nose.
"Jezz Sakura-chan you scared the shit out of me! What are you even doing here?" Naruto asked as he tipped the pinkette's head back.
"Um… I don't know? Maybe to spend the day with my best friend and maybe celebrate his birthday?" She said sarcastically before flicking him in the forehead. "Why didn't you call me idiot?" Sakura asked removing the bloody tissue away from her nose. Naruto looked away from the pinkette placing his hands in his lap.
"I didn't want to disturb you," He mumbled.
"Idiot," she mumbled before whipping her nose making sure all the blood was gone. She tossed it in the trash can that sat by his door. "Why wouldn't I want to spend the day with you?" she grabbed his arm and pulled him up from the bed. "Now! Go get dressed!" She held a finger up to shush hum. "No complaints," she smiled before walking out of the room and shutting the door behind her. Naruto smiled at the closed door. Haruno Sakura was by far the best thing in his life.
The duo walked down the streets of Konoha until they reached the park where they could admire the setting sun and the wonderus colors that made their way across the sky. Naruto looked away from the sky hearing an annoyed growl come from the pinkette who stood next to him. Her eyes were glaring at the screen of her phone. Sakura quickly pocketed the phone.
"Who was that?" Naruto asked.
"Ino, she needs something. Do you mind if we go to my apartment so I can get it to her?" Sakura asked trying to hid her anger. 'The pig ruining my time with Naruto. She knew we weren't supposed to be to the house until eight! It's not even six!'
"Not at all," He grinned as the two made their way across town to where Sakura's apartment was. The two walked in silence as they walked down the street. Naruto side glanced at Sakura before looking down at her hand. It was so close to his. If he just reached out… just a little closer… Naruto quickly moved his hand back to his side as Sakura lifted her hand up to brush her hair out of her face.
She looked at Naruto noticing him watching her. "Are you okay Naruto?" she asked.
"Yeah! Yeah! Everything is fine here Sakura-chan!" Naruto laughed nervously before putting his ahnds behind his head. He continued to laugh until Sakura looked forward. He sighed. That was a close one. By the time they had reached Sakura's apartment complex the sun had completely set. The two stopped for a second noticing that the lights in Sakura's apartment were flickering on and off. Sakura's eyes widened horrified.
"Sakura-chan. You should get your lights checked. It's kind of odd for them to flicker like that," Naruto commented. Sakura watched shocked until the lights turned off and stayed that way. Sakura laughed.
"Yeah you're probably right. They do that ever so often," Sakura said. "Now come on!" Sakura said grabbing the blondes hand and pulling him to the apartment. Naruto's face turned bright red as Sakura dragged him up the stair case and to her apartment that sat on the second floor.
A smile graced Sakura's lips as she pulled her keys out of her pocket. She glanced at Naruto who was staring at the florescent lights. He didn't suspect a thing! She pushed the keys into the hole. Turning it the sound of the door unlocking. She pushed the door opened and walked in with Naruto right behind her. She walked further into the house leaving Naruto at the door.
"Sakura you should really turn the lights on," Naruto mumbled his hand searching the wall for the light switch. Finding it finally he flipped the switch…
"Surprise!"
Naruto nearly jumped out of his skin at the scream. He turned and faced everyone. All of his friends were here. He grinned largely until his eyes landed on the pinkette who had a smile on her face that was as large as his own.
"Gosh Forehead! I sent you a text like an hour ago! What took you so long?" Ino barked at the pinkette. Sakura opened her mouth to comment back to the blonde but found Ino had already moved across the room and was dragging Naruto into the kitchen. Sakura sighed. Well at least she got to spend the day with him.
"Oi! Pig!" Sakura yelled. If Ino was going to be all over Naruto the pinkette would still do her best to distract her.
"Dobe," Sasuke called over the crowed. Naruto walked over to where a large group of the boys were standing at the makeshift bar. "Come take a shot. Now that you are officially of drinking age," Sasuke smirked as he poured shots for the group. Sasuke, Naruto, Sai, Kiba and Shikamaru stood over the table.
"Cheers to dickless!" Sai called out as the boy tapped their glasses to the table before downing the contents. They all slammed their shot glasses on the table.
"I'll have you known Sai I have a dick," Naruto laughed as he wrapped an arm around both Sai and Sasuke's shoulders. Other than Sakura, Sai and Sasuke had been his best friends for as long as he could remember. The four grew up together. Naruto looked up to find Sakura smiling at him from across the room. Naruto smiled back before waving at her slightly.
"It seems like someone has a crush," Sasuke smirked. Naruto's face lit up.
"N-no I don't," Naruto said.
"S-someone h-h-has a s-s-st-ud-udering problem," Sasuke mimicked the blonde only to be punched in the arm. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm and pulled it behind the blondes back.
"Sasuke! Knock it off! If you break something I'm going to kick your ass!" Sakura screamed. Everyone in the apartment laughed as Sasuke let Naruto go. Naruto smiled seeing all of his friends. He jumped up and Sakura's coffee table.
"Hey everyone! I just want to thank you all for doing this for me!" Naruto yelled as he looked around the room. From the buffet table that was set up that was piled with food to the table that had presents on it. "I really appreciate it! You guys are the best friends a guy could ask for!"
Ino walked up to Naruto before pulling him down from the table. "Of course we would," she said sweetly taking his hand in hers. "I would do anything for you, I-I uh I mean we would do anything for you," Naruto's face turned red from the blonde's comment. Sakura silently glared at Ino from across the room.
"Let's get shmamered!" Kiba screamed walking out of the kitchen with a bottle of alcohol in his hand. "That's shit faced and hammered!" The crowed screamed. Sakura rolled her eyes before moving into the kitchen and away from the loud group. She pushed open the glass doors that lead to her back porch. She sighed before leaning against the railing. Her red solo cup in hand.
She looked up when she heard someone walk out onto the porch. She turned around to find Sasuke smirking. She rolled her eyes. "What?" she hated it when he gave her that 'I-know-something-you-don't-know' look.
"Oh nothing," Sasuke said with a shrug he took a few steps out. "Just looked like someone is upset they didn't get to spend the whole day with a certain blonde haired dobe," Sakura's face reddened. Sasuke leaned forward resting his arm on the railing only for it to move slight. Sasuke jumped back causing Sakura to laugh.
"Serves you right Sasuke! Karma," Sakura said sticking her tongue out at the boy. Sasuke put his hand on the railing and shook it.
"You should really get this fixed Sakura, it's dangerous."
Sakura smiled. "You wouldn't be worried would you?" she asked picking on the boy.
"Yeah right, for you?" Sasuke laughed like it was a joke. Sakura rolled her eyes before punching him in the arm. Sasuke wrapped his arm around the girl's neck before scuffing her hair up. Sakura let out a growl as she tried to remove the dark haired boy. Sasuke dragged her back into the living room before moving out of the way before she could get a good punch in. Sakura flattened her hair.
The pinkette jumped slightly when someone touched her arm. She smiled when she realized that it was Naruto. "So how do you like the party?" the pinkette asked.
"It's great Sakura-chan thank you," he smiled.
"Good. It took me forever to plan this thing out with Ino," Sakura laughed as the two watched the blonde haired woman dance on the coffee table. "Now, go enjoy your party!" Sakura said pushing Naruto towards the crowed that was dancing. "You only turn twenty once!" She yelled over the music.
Sakura walked past the buffet table and grabbed a few empty plates and made her way into the kitchen. If she cleaned now then maybe she would be able to spend more time with Naruto when the night was over. She moved to the sink and began to wash the dishes.
"Someone is having a fun night?" Sakura looked up to see Temari. Sakura laughed.
"Yes well someone has to clean," Sakura laughed as a scream erupted from the kitchen.
"And someone has to entertain, like Ino." The two laughed.
"Hey, she's not all bad." Sakura reminded the sandy blonde woman. Temari rolled her eyes.
"I would agree with you if she didn't flirt with Naruto every second she got. Everyone knows you like him," Temari said pulling out a dish rag and drying the dishes for the pinkette.
"I do not like Naruto," Sakura blushed. Temari laughed.
"Sure you don't,"
It wasn't long until the night was coming to an end. Shino had dragged a drunken Kiba home. Choji had left once all the food was gone. It wasn't long before Neji, Tenten and Hinata ad left as well. Soon the house was empty except for Sasuke, Sai, Naruto and Sakura.
"Well, we are going to be going," Sasuke said.
"I hope you had a good birthday dickless," Sai said before leaving the house with Sasuke, but not before the two boys could make a sexual reference about Naruto and Sakura.
Sakura walked out of the kitchen and saw that the party had felt aside from Naruto. She smiled thankful that it was just the two of them left. The two plopped down on the couch looking at each other. The two laughed. "I take it you had a good birthday?" Sakura asked turning to face her friend. Naruto turned and faced her. He placed his hand on hers.
"I had a great birthday, all thanks to you Sakura-chan." The two stared at each other for a moment. Sakura's face turned bright red as Naruto moved closer to her.
"I have to finish cleaning in the kitchen!" Sakura yelled quickly moving from the living room and to the kitchen. She took in a deep breath. Was Naruto just about to kiss her? She smacked her cheeks before grabbing the table cloth that she had used. She walked out onto the porch before throwing it into the washer. She turned around to see Naruto.
She gasped slightly as he walked closer to her. "Naruto?" she asked as he leaned against the railing. She felt her heart beat in her chest so loudly. He was so handsome. Why was she so nervous around him! He was her best friend… could there be something more to it than that?
"You know Sakura-chan…" Sakura looked up at him, his voice breaking through the silence. "You're always on my mind and…"
Sakura's eyes widened as a loud scrapping noise echoed around her and the railing that Naruto was leaning against fell of the ledge. She watched in horror as the blonde fell forward as well. She moved forward trying to grab a hold of him. She let out a grunt as he body landed on the cement pavement of her back porch. Her green eyes searched the area for a moment before she pushed herself up.
"Naruto?" she crawled to the edge of the porch before looking down. She let in a shocked breath before her eyes widened and tears gathered at the edge of her eyes. "NARUTO!"
A/N
Hello everyone!
First and foremost I would like everyone to know that this fic is NOT my idea. The idea solely belongs to JazANIME-ChaseTheLight X9. She's asked me to help her write it and post it. So please leave reviews so she can see how much you like her fic.
Both of us hope you enjoy the fic!