Where is the Love?

This is a Naruto FanFic, and you shall just have to read to find out what it's about! It's kind of something that I just popped out of my brain. Hope you enjoy it!

Pairings:
Naru/Hina
Sasu/Saku
Saku/Naru
Naru/Hina
Who ends up with who? ;]
And whoever else I decide to add in =]

Recap:

She told him that the same went for him, and then she left, walking over to the shoe store. She found the perfect pair of sneakers, enjoying the way that her feet felt in them. She purchased them, got some food to head home, and headed out to her car. She hadn't thought about Sasuke at all until now. I wonder what Naruto would say if he knew that Sasuke and I finally got together, but things didn't work out. I wonder what Sasuke would say if he knew that Naruto was home from school for a little break. She pushed these thoughts into the back of her head and headed over to the grocery store so she could go home and go to work. Tonight should be a very long night at work...

She was right. Work that night was very long, indeed, and so was the next ten days. She programmed websites for big companies and her specific job was to ensure that EVERYTHING worked right. She got to read over all of the work that everyone else was doing and make sure that all of the tags were ended, all of the script was written correctly. One mistake could ruin the whole entire page. This is an extremely exciting job. She thought dryly, finally collapsing on her couch. All she had done was go to work, come home, take off her shoes, and fall asleep. Sometimes she slept in the same clothes, and there were others where she didn't even make it to her bed.

She wanted to stretch out on the couch and not move for a long time. She picked up her book, one that she had had to put down and neglect due to crazy long hours at work, and stretched out, intending to read until she fell asleep. A few pages into it, there was a knocking on her door. Oh God. She remembered how the last time someone had knocked on her door had ended. In bed with a broken heart. She opened the door, and was a little disappointed. It wasn't Sasuke, like she had hoped. It was Naruto. "Hey! What are you doing here?"

"Well, I had heard that you were working a crazy amount this week, and I wanted to stop in and see how you were doing and how your week went." He kept babbling on and on until she cut him off.

"You wanna come in for a bit?" She thought about her book, and that it would have to wait a little while longer until she could start reading it. I'm so sorry. You know that deep down, I'd rather be holding you and flipping through your glorious pages...

"Sure! That'd be great! Thanks!" He practically bounced into her apartment. What is he doing here? She remembered that she had just gotten fresh groceries last week, that she hadn't really had time to cook. Well, one good thing about Naruto is that he's sure to be ok with ramen. She chuckled at the thought of Naruto stuffing his face with it. She remembered in high school how Naruto would drag Sasuke and Sakura out to eat ramen at least once a week. Sasuke... She forced herself to stop thinking about it.

"What's up?" Naruto asked, giving her a questioning look.

"Oh, nothing. Just thinking."

"About?"

"Stupid stuff." She laughed. "I have some ramen if you're interested."

"RAMEN?" Naruto exclaime. "Hell yeah!" He rushed over to the table and sat down, waiting. He looked like a child waiting for Christmas to come!

Sakura laughed as she went to the cupboards to get all of the necessities to make both of them some ramen. They talked, catching up on everything that had happened over the past two years. Then he asked the dreaded question. "What's Sasuke been up to lately?"

She stopped what she was doing, just for a second, then resumed eating. What would he say if I told him me? She smiled at the thought. "Well, he's been...busy I guess you could say. You know how the family business consumed a lot of his time in high school. He's practically become his dad's right hand man. Itachi went off to one of their other branches to manage it so Sasuke stayed here."

"He really does work too much. I should stop over and see him! After all, next week is Christmas. We should all get together and have a party! With the whole entire gang! You, me, Sasuke, Ino, Choji, TenTen, Neji, Gaara, Temari, Shikamaru, and Hinata." He paused, remembering the girl who had had a HUGE crush on him. "How...is...Hinata?"

"Oh, she's pretty good. Her and Gaara are kinda dating? It's really hard to tell. I know that he likes her and has asked her out but she still has yet to say yes."

Naruto nodded, not sure what to say to that. "Oh. I see."

"Naruto, did you ever like her?"

Naruto looked up at her. "Sakura, you know that I liked you in high school, didn't you?"

She felt her cheeks flame. "Um...no, no I didn't..." She had been WAY too caught up in whether or not Sasuke liked her, so knowing that Naruto had liked her made her feel guilty. I hope that I wasn't a jerk about things...

"Yeah, I did. I felt bad cuz Hinata and I did kiss, and I kinda liked her, but I was more infatuated with you." He paused. "But it's not infatuation now. It's genuine, and more real." He paused, wondering how to say this. "Sakura...I was wondering..."

Suddenly the telephone started ringing. "Now who could that be?" She was genuinely puzzled because NO ONE ever called her. "Hello?" Pause. "Oh hey Temari! What's up? Not much just callin to see what you're doing. Oh, nothing much, Naruto just came over and we were eating ramen together. Oh that's nice! Just like old times, eh? Yeah, it was just like old times. Hey, we were thinking about maybe having a Christmas party this weekend for EVERYONE. Everyone? That would be AWESOME! We haven't gotten the gang together in a year! Would you like me to take care of invitations? I mean, it would be nice if we could have it at a bigger place than mine. We can have it here. Shika won't mind. Would you be alright with helping me decorate and clean? We both know he is lazy as fuck. Yeah, I can definitely do that! Would you like me to come over and help Friday and Saturday and we can have the party Saturday night? Yeah that sounds like a plan! See ya then! Alrighty sounds good to me!" They said their goodbyes, and Sakura relayed everything to Naruto.

"AWESOME!" He exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, Naruto, what were you saying before Temari called?"

"Oh, it's ok. I just realized that I should be going, anyways, I have a job interview at the ramen shop." He answered, picking up his bowl.

"No, please, it's ok. Just leave it there. I'll clean it up later." she assured him. She got up and walked him to the door. "Well, thank you for stopping by. Good luck with your interview!" She hugged him as she wished him luck.

"Thanks! I'll definitely letcha know how it goes!" He smiled at her, then walked towards the elevators. "See ya!" he said as he waved enthusiastically.

She waved back with a smile on her face. Oh please don't tell me that you still like me. I don't wanna hurt you...

Naruto thought to himself as he walked to his car. I refuse to let Sasuke get her. If they aren't together and the rumors that I heard are true, she deserves to be with someone who wants to treasure her and take care of her, not someone who is just gonna use her whenever is convenient for him. I really hope that I can show her that I genuinely care about her, and this isn't some kind of game that I'm playing. He unlocked his car, anxiously awaiting the time when he can tell her that he liked her. Really, really, REALLY liked her. Who knows, maybe I'll do it at the Christmas party? He had a small nagging feeling regarding Hinata, but he pushed it aside. Now that Sakura is FINALLY out from under Sasuke's charm, I refuse to let this opportunity get away from me. I really care about her, and I really want to put a genuine smile back on her face...

TO BE CONTINUED

I hope that you liked it, I shall be updating soon!

~NightBeast