This one's a little shorter, but most of my chaps will contain 2-2.5K words. This series came to me because i've grown up with Naruto and its characters, so I wanted to write a little tribute to it.
For my ongoing Miyuki x Reader series, fret not, i wont leave it forever, it's just that I haven't had any luck with puttin words together and this idea had been in my mind forever, so please, enjoy this while i try and get my shit together lol.
Leave me some feedback, cause it's always welcomed. I'm using my very own live college experience to write this and I'm a Canadian student so it will have the very stereotypical Canadian aspects to it such as our very real love of Tim Horton's (Better known to us as Timmies)
So please enjoy this story. I've the second chapter written but still have to read it over, it should go up in a week or so. I'm going to try and keep to weekly updates, but do understand I am a student and I have a job so my schedule fluctuates.
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Chapter 1
It was sunny outside. The birds were chirping. Kids were laughing as they chatted. Not all the coffee in the world could make starting at a new school any better. starting at a new school. It was definitely not a happy situation. Thank God, his guardian had chosen to switch schools at the start of a semester instead of in the middle of one like last time. If there was one thing he was happy about, it was the fact that his best friend was starting with him. That, and she was about to solve his coffee problem, of the lack there of.
"Double-double, just the way you like it."
"You're an angel, Sakura."
"Tell me something I don't know." The pinklette huffed before setting her bag down and collapsing into her seat. "The line at Tim Hortons for 7:45 in the morning is insane."
"Thanks for grabbing mine." Naruto stated with a small smile.
"Your turn tomorrow. I swear the employees were zombies. I wanted to jump over the counter and get the coffees going."
"What class is this?" Naruto asked as he lifted the coffee to his lips. "I looked at the room number, but that's about it." The blond admitted with a lazy smile.
"Really?" Sakura sighed as she set her books out. "English."
"I can speak English. What does that get me?" Naruto stated as he set his coffee down.
"Ten, maybe twenty percent towards your participation mark?" Sakura offered as she opened the lid to her own coffee.
"That's not enough to pass." Naruto whined before flopping back onto his desk.
"At least we know you can do basic math." Sakura offered before taking a sip of the hot drink.
Naruto send her a lazy glare to which Sakura rolled her eyes. Morning was no time for class. Whoever thought that the early bird got the worm must have not enjoyed sleeping. Naruto sat back up before bringing his coffee to his lips. "Where would I be without you Timmies?" He murmured as he set the coffee back down on his desk.
"We took English with Kurenai. Heard she's a tough marker." Sakura stated as she opened her note book to the first fresh page.
"You signed me up for a tough marker?! I thought you loved me!" Naruto scoffed.
"I do love you, which is why I signed you up for a class in which I could help you because we're doing the same material." Sakura stated as students began flocking in.
"If I fail the old hag's gonna kill me." Naruto huffed.
"I happen to enjoy watching Tsunade chase you around." Sakura stated offhandedly.
"Sakuraaaaaa." Naruto whined once more before leaning against her arm. "Helpppp meeeee."
Sakura looked up to see gazes from all directions on her. This was not new to her. Naruto was quite attractive in his black converse, black jeans and orange throw over hoodie. To match, the blond wore a comfortable, blue beanie over his hair to match his blue eyes. These gazes would be on her all semester if she didn't do something quick. She would not be victimized by pettiness, she'd gone through enough of it at her last school. The pinklette pulled a sharpie out of her pencil case before scrawling one word in large letters on the first page and holding the notebook up for everyone to read.
Naruto glanced down at her notebook before she held it up, quickly reaching out for it, though not before most of the students had caught a glimpse.
"Oi, Sakura, you can't just announce my sexuality like that." Naruto hissed.
"Why, you planning on jumping back into the closet?" The pinklette stated while raising a brow.
Naruto scoffed before ripping the page from her notebook. "Can't we try and be normal for like, thirty seconds?"
"That's my limit today." Sakura stated as she leant back into her chair. "Love ya, but I'm not going through the same situation as last year." Sakura turned towards Naruto as he quieted down, her emerald green eyes widening. "I'm not blaming you Naruto, the past is the past, I just want to avoid it if I can. Alright?" She said before offering a bright smile.
Sakura and Naruto had been best friends since preschool, as a matter of fact, Tsunade had taken Naruto in based on the fact that she thought he'd get along with Sakura, her adopted daughter. Sakura had lost her parents to an accident when she was three. Although devastating, Tsunade had taken her in and taken care of her ever since. With the addition to Naruto, Sakura could grow up with something akin to a brother and a best friend for life. The two had been blessed with their parents' best qualities, and although not overly flamboyant with them, the two used them to their advantage when needed. Well, of course someone got jealous in high school when Sakura spent way too much time alongside Naruto and none of the other girls could get alone with him. Things had started off slow, a couple mishaps here and there. Some of Sakura's books going missing, her locker being trashed. Eventually, things escalated to the point where she couldn't keep things from Naruto anymore. She was cornered in a girls' washroom after one of Naruto's basketball games. Of course she'd gone to cheer him on, what kind of best friend was she if she left him alone on that front? There were four girls from cheer squad with quite the vendetta against the pinklette. A pair of scissors lead from one thing to the next. Chunks of pink hair littered the bathroom floor before Sakura was able to kick it into gear. She had raked her nails against a couple cheeks, not to mention she'd toppled a girl over with a kick to the stomach. Sakura was no pushover, but the situation itself dawned on her and she'd finally understood that there was no way that she was going through that anymore. Naruto had long since come out of the closet, it wasn't her fault that the girls refused to believe him. She'd fallen as collateral damage. What made matters worse was when she did end up finding Naruto. Her best friend had looked shaken before a million emotions ran through his face. Shock, anger, fear, deeper rage, all of which Sakura was early to hold back. She'd quickly told him that she was ok, but of course her best friend wanted to storm right in to her defence. Even after Sakura had managed to drag him away, the whole situation had Naruto pretty messed up for a long time. Eventually, they both graduated, and Tsunade had decided that the two of them would be starting college at her institute. Being the dean had its perks, but of course, both Sakura and Naruto knew better than to flaunt that around school.
"Common Naruto, it wasn't even your fault. Plus, check out the chique new hairstyle I got out of it. Really, I should be thanking you." Sakura stated as she fingered her shoulder length hair.
"What're we thanking the duffus for?"
Naruto fell forward as Kiba attacked him from behind, wrapping an arm around the blonde's neck.
"Hey, you're in this class as well?" Sakura asked with a small smile.
"Nah, I show up to hang out in a room at 8:30 in the morning for no reason." Kiba said while scoffing. "Course I'm in this class. Thank god you're here, means I'll probably pass no problem." Kiba said with a bright smile.
"That's what I said." Naruto stated, his bright smile coming back.
Kiba threw a thumbs up as he pulled a seat up next to Naruto, throwing his bag over the seat. As he got comfortable the teacher walked in and called order before beginning her introductions. Sakura watched as Naruto listened to Kurenai's introductions. She knew how fresh last year's incident was in his mind, she'd have to be careful with bringing it up on the fly. She sighed gently before turning her attention back towards the front of the room where Kurenai was explaining one of the books the class would be using for the semester.
With English class over, Naruto waved to Sakura as she headed off for her advanced calculus class, something Naruto knew more than better to tackle. Both he and Kiba had an hour break before their next class and had decided to head towards the dorms to start unpacking. They'd both registered to share a room together, but dorm rooms held four so they were anxious to meet their roommates. Kiba fished his key out as they stood before the door before letting them in. It was silent as they stepped in, kicking their shoes off by the door before heading to the kitchen. Naruto grabbed himself a bottle of water from the fridge, something he'd stocked before heading to class that morning to make sure it was cool when he got back.
"Oh, there are schedules tapped to our roomies' door." Kiba called from the living room.
Dorm rooms were set up so that there was a small kitchen that lead to an equally small living area that then branched off into two rooms that housed two inhabitants each. Naruto and Kiba shared a room while they'd left the other for their roommates to share.
"Says we got a… Sasuke Uchiha and a Neji Hyuga as roommates. I can't gather anything from these names." Kiba grumbled as Naruto waltz into the room, water bottle in hand.
"Look at their schedule." Naruto stated as he stopped to read the classes they were taking. "We got a science student and a maths student." Naruto read off before putting his water bottle to his lips.
"Great, we're rooming with nerds. How much you wanna bet they're the type of people that'll be in your face like 'Lights out at nine! I got a test tomorrow!'." Kiba stated dramatically before frowning.
Naruto chuckled before heading back towards their shared room.
"Come get some of your crap unpacked. Dibs on the top bunk." The blonde called with a grin as Kiba whined.
"No fair! I called dibs way before you did."
"Doesn't work unless I'm the one who calls it." Naruto stated flatly as he launched his comforter up onto the bed before pulling out his suitcase.
"That's so unfair." Kiba grumbled unhappily.
"I heard there's a rez party on Friday night." Naruto stated as he piled his clothes into one of the available dressers, ignoring Kiba's words completely.
"Let's head to Annie's and pregame." Kiba stated with a thumbs up.
"Hell yes." Naruto stated with a grin.
