Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Love's Not So Purrfect.

The streets of Konoha were dead silent, setting the semi-darkened village with eerie ghost town apathy. The sounds of footsteps echoed through the inhibited alleyways as a young man made his way home. Shino Aburame. Spiky onyx hair. Brown eyes. 19 yrs. Old. Strong, but silent heir to the Aburame clan. Hides behind a high collar and a pair of black specs.

Getting the feeling of being watched, he turned his head slightly. Sensing nothing, the bug-clan heir continued on his way. Something in the shadows shifted, Shino catching it out of the corner of his eyes. Just being paranoid, he thought, yeah that's i-Crash!

He spun around quickly, his eyes darting around wildly. Everything was silent until-"Meow." Shino looked down, his eyes resting on a small-cat? He raised an eyebrow, as the feline looked up at him. He picked it up by its neck and brought it to eye level. The Aburame noticed that its leg was wrapped with a bandage. Knowing his conscience would come back to haunt him if he left it there, he wrapped it into his arms and continued home.

"Yuri!" A young woman called out, looking around her apartment. Sakura Haruno. Pink hair. Green eyes. 18 yrs old. Smart and studious apprentice of the 5th Hokage, Tsunade. Has a huge crush on a certain raven haired shinobi. "Yuri!" She called out again. Where did that sister of mine disappear to? She just got here for crying out loud! The pink haired kuniochi sighed.

Shino woke up, feeling oddly warm, a pair of soft, silky, white arms wrapped around his stomach. He opened his eyes to find them covered by pink strands of hair. What the…? He carefully got out of bed , dressed, then stared at the sleeping form on his bed. Pink hair. White shin.

"Sakura?"

The girl's eyes shot open. She quickly stumbled out of bed, wrapping a sheet around her. Shino observed her more carefully as she stared fearfully at him. Her hair was pink with a couple of strands of red, curvy at the ends, but was a little longer than Sakura's. The Aburame also noticed that her eyes were blue and not green…so if this wasn't Sakura…who was she? Shino slowly walked out of the room. He returned and the girl closed her eyes, clutching the sheet tightly under her chin. He walked over to her, his footsteps causing her to flinch.

"Here."

She opened her eyes and blinked. Shino held up a pile of neatly folded clothing in front of her.

"Clothes."