A/N: Hey :D Welcome to my first ever fanfic! When I first started, this was going to be a really serious fanfic, buttt... that kinda... didn't happen... and personally, I like crackfics >>; Chapters are updated whenever I really feel like writing them, MOST likely 3 times a week or so, or even once a day... I might get a pattern going eventually, for now it's just... whenever ;P

While this whole 'fic is based around SasuSaku, I'm a wierdo and don't write romantic-stuffs much, and for some reason there's actually more SakuxEveryoneelse than SasuSaku xD Ooooh welllllll, one day... haven't really had a chance yet :P

If anyone has ideas for random things to write about, even just a WORD, I'll write a chapter off it and credit you! I'm just looking for any ideas right now...

(Wow, I suck at these Author Note things... I'm gonna try not to write many more of these...)

Disclamerrrr: I don't own Naruto or it's characters. Kleenex is (c) the Kleenex people, Kraft dinner is (c) Kraft, and Muffrooms are mine! This disclaimer is for the whole story, so I don't have to post it for every chappy... when in doubt... return to this page...

Prologue: Arrival

Sakura anxiously knocked on the door, every possession she could call her own held in her free hand.

"Helloooo?" she called, knocking harder. Soon she heard footsteps, and Shikamaru opened the door.

"Saaa… what?" he said groggily, sporting an 'I-just-woke-up, what-the-crap-is-going-on' look on his face.

"Shikamaru!" Sakura grinned; she'd missed her old friend. "Umm, I have something I need to ask you…"

Shikamaru ruffled his hair, thinking for a minute. "Ahh… sure. Come on in, I guess." He lead her inside, grumbling "how troublesome" under his breath and trying to comb out his hair with his fingers.

Removing her flip-flops, Sakura padded across the soft, blue carpet and sat on a comfortable looking armchair. At that point, she noticed Neji was sprawled out across the floor, loosely clutching the corner of his sleeping bag. Well, living here was going to be interesting…

Shikamaru sat down across from her on the couch, taking a moment to kick Neji's blanket over his head.

"Ahem… so, what's up?"

"Well, you see… I kind of quit college, and, well…" she played with her hair, wondering exactly how to phrase this. "…I need a place to stay."

Shikamaru scratched his head and took a moment to take this in. There were odd noises coming from the kitchen, but Sakura tried to ignore them.

"What you're saying is, you want to stay with us…?" Shikamaru was pretty surprised at this, but not enough to fully wake him up. 'Sakura wants to live with us? Is she going crazy…? Three guys, living in a tiny apartment… yeah… she's gone crazy.'

"Well, I'll have to ask Sasuke, but… hey, I don't see why not…"

Sakura twitched. Sasuke… SASUKE lived here too! She was going to be living… with… SASUKE?

Her heart skipped a beat. Actually, it didn't really. But it felt weird enough that it could have.

"Sa… yeah… okay… let me know…" she mumbled, still not quite grasping the fact that Sasuke lived here. Where was he, anyways…? While she was lost in thought, Shikamaru stood up and headed towards the kitchen. Which was still making odd noises. Frightened, but curiosity taking over, Sakura followed.

"Sasuke, are you done dinner yet! Anyways, Sakura's here, hurry up."

"Whaaaat?" called Sasuke from the counter, armed with a blender.

"SAKURA. IS. HERE! She wants to ask you something!"

Wait… now I have to talk to Sasuke? What if he says NO! Can't Shika tell him for me? It was too late, though, because Sasuke popped up from behind the kitchen door just then.

"Yo." He looked at Sakura, waiting for her to say something.

"Ahhhh, Sasuke! Heyy! It's been a long time! Ahhh… I mean… I was wondering…"

"My cookies. Are going to burn. Please hurry up." He glared at her in a very creepy way, and Sakura suddenly wondered what's happened since the last time they met.

"Can I live here?" she blurted out, almost blushing from her sheer stupidness.

"Yeah, sure. Just let me get my cookies. You have a pillow?"

"Errr, yeah… yeah! Really? I have all my stuff, it's just…" she pointed to her bag, which she left by the door. "In there."

She couldn't believe that Sasuke actually said YES. And now she was going to eat COOKIES, for DINNER. This would be the start of a great life…