I am beyond exhausted and this took me forever to write, it came out like poop (I believe) and I apologize but I hope you enjoy it cause it's been a whileee. Thanks to all who reviewed, favorite, etc.! You know what to do at the end!
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Sakura sat across from Naruto at a small booth in the corner of the dango shop they were in. They already finished their food but neither made any gesture of leaving, both enjoying the company of the other. Sakura had long forgotten about the day's events even though it had only been a couple of hours before. She found it weird how natural things felt around Naruto; she didn't need to change who she was around him.
"So what do you plan on doing once your done with high school?" Naruto asked Sakura curiously, his hands folded on the green table.
"I want to study pre-med, and then go to a medical school, and eventually go on to become a pediatrician. If that doesn't work out, I'll just be an accountant or something." Sakura answered, almost in a way that seemed like she was rambling on.
"An accountant?" Naruto questioned with a chuckle. "How do you go from a pediatrician to an accountant?"
Sakura laughed, feeling slightly embarrassed for some unknown reason. "I don't know, as a kid I always wanted to be an accountant." She admitted aloud.
"Oh, so you're chasing your childhood dreams?"
Sakura nodded in response because it actually was her child her dream, but she was too embarrassed to admit. No one really thought accountants were cool, so that being a dream job for a kid was weird.
"I've never heard of a kid wanting to be an accountant, it's not those one of those typical dream jobs a child would want to have." Naruto said as he leaned foward closer to Sakura. "You look like a ballerina more than an old, boring accountant Sakura-chan."
Sakura just simply shook her head sadly to what Naruto had said. She was trying to find something to say in response but she found herself in a lost for words; she was even unable to keep her mind from wandering to the touchy subject.
Naruto knew he said something wrong the instant the words left his mouth. Sakura's whole demeanor changed when he said the sentence, she went from content to miserable in less than a second. Naruto was unsure of how to comfort her and began to mentally beat himself for making her upset. He carefully thought for several moments of what to say next to the sulking pinkette before opening his mouth once again.
"Sakura-chan..." Naruto said softly, touching her arm gently with his fingertips, "let's start heading home now."
Sakura nodded to his suggestion, and allowed herself to be lead out of the shop and on to the busy streets of Konoha.
It was only around three o'clock in the afternoon when the two began their voyage home. The streets were filled with students rushing out of their school buildings and the daily tourist that the city's attractions lured in. Naruto lead Sakura through the mob of people, and held her hand subconsciously in order to keep her from getting lost from him. Once they passed the busiest spot in town Naruto released his hold on Sakura and they walked side-by-side through the streets at a normal pace.
"Sakura-chan I'm sorry if I said someth-"
"It's not your fault Naruto," Sakura spoke after what seemed like centuries to her blond companion, "I just... see, I used to be a... it bothers me to hear about... It's hard to explain." Sakura sighed in defeat, unable to justify her actions to a person who didn't already know her predicament.
Naruto chuckled at the tongue-tied girl next to him, "It's fine Sakura-chan, I don't need an explanation." He ruffled her hair affectionately and only got a smack on the hand in response. They walked in silence for a couple of seconds before he opened his mouth again. "So where to next?"
Sakura stared ahead while pondering at the question. "Hm. Can we go back to your place? I really don't want to go home right now." Sakura answered as she glanced over to Naruto who was grinning at her deviously. "What?" She questioned, talking about the weird look he was giving her.
"Oh nothing!" Naruto said as he turned away from her. He casually kept on walking with his hands in his pockets and the smirk still on his face. "I don't usually take girls home on the first date Sakura-chan, especially not the ones who are technically still in a relationship but... if you insist Sakura-chan then your wish is my command." Naruto finished with a suggestive wink to the now blushing pinkette.
In natural reaction Sakura punched Naruto's shoulder and sent him stumbling off of the curb of the sidewalk. When he regained his cool composure he only grinned more profusely at her. "It's okay Sakura-chan," he said, "I like it rough."
Sakura lowered her head in order to cover her face which was a whole two shades darker than what is was a minute ago. She could practically feel Naruto smirking at her still, and it only deepened the blush on her cheeks. Naruto found the whole situation rather amusing from his standpoint, seeing Sakura get so flustered over the comments was cute and funny to him.
"Come on Sakura-chan," Naruto said as he wrapped an arm over her shoulder, "let's hurry because we have business to take care of, correct?"
Sakura tried to push Naruto away in response to another comment that was hinting at a certain topic that she wanted no part of, but he held his ground this time and gave her a small squeeze.
"I'm just kidding Sakura-chan," Naruto chuckled, "I would never on the first, maybe the second, but never the first." Naruto looked down at Sakura's face and was glad to see she was now laughing with him. Of course Naruto felt the need to poke some more of her buttons before dropping the subject all together. "...I could make an exception for you Saku-"
"Naruto~" Sakura warned him, she didn't need to actually say what she meant when she said his name like that because he already understood.
"Just kidding Sakura-chan, just kidding!" Naruto said as he held his hands up in the air in defeat.
Sakura smiled at the blond as they continued to walk side-by-side once again.
"The house is right up there." Naruto said as he pointed to the large, modernized house sitting on the corner of the road.
Sakura momentarily forgot that Naruto and Ino lived together, surprised that the house looked familiar to her. Once she reminded her self that they were siblings now she could only think of Ino and how pissed she probably was at her.
"What's all these cars doing here?" Naruto questioned aloud as they walked up the stairs to the front door. Naruto didn't really seem bothered by the plenty of vehicles in the driveway but Sakura was.
Sakura recognized- not only Ino's car but- Kiba's, Shikamaru's, Neji's, and a few other classmates' cars which meant that Ino was flipping out at the absence of her best friend. Sakura knew they were screwed but Naruto already opened the door before she could say anything, which meant that she was required to follow him in.
Naruto walked into the open front hall of the home and Sakura followed closely behind, closing the door behind them. Unfortunately for Sakura, the door slammed a little hard and it got the attention of the group sitting in the very next room. Sakura only hid her body behind Naruto's larger one as footsteps made their way over to they were standing.
"Naruto where the hell have you been all fucking day!?"
Sakura heard Ino's voice, her volume was already at its maximum and that caused her to wince slightly when she first heard her best friend.
"Woah Ino, relax," Naruto said calmly, carefully trying to shield Sakura's body away from everyone that was surrounding him, "it is not that seri-"
"You've got to be fucking kidding me!" Ino snapped at the two in front of her, she could spot a certain person's pink hair from a mile away so it was pointless in hiding. "Really Sakura? You guys cut school together? I am so angry at you."
"Ino, calm down," Sakura said slowly as she showed herself to the crowd, "I can explain-"
"Explain what Sakura?" Ino yelled, starting her rant off with a rhetorical question. Sakura was doomed from the start, everyone knew that, because Ino was ready to flip despite what ever she would say or tried to say.
"What are you going to explain? That you got into a fucking argument with Sasuke during second period and decided to take the rest of the day off? Or how you two left, and I was stuck with your psycho-ass boyfriend and bitchy aunt who- by the way- was fucking pissed because she figured out that two of her students cut. Are you going to explain as to why I had to deal with all rumors that started once news got out that you two left which probably are true from the sight I'm seeing!"
"Ino please-"
"Let me finish." Ino interrupted as she held up a finger towards her best friend, Sakura was going to listen to all the bullshit she put her though. "Can you explain to me as to why I got no phone call, no text, no e-mail, no letter, not even a fucking messenger pigeon from you when I was going insane. I hope you know better to not go home yet cause your aunt just called me a few minutes ago, still pissed about you and dipshit, and your ass is grass. I probably won't see you till two thousand and fucking ninety-eight."
Everyone stared at Ino, who was breathing deeply in order to calm herself down, and Sakura, who was handling the verbal abuse very well for someone with a short temper. Sakura slowly walked over to her best friend and wrapped her arms around her, bringing her into a gentle hug.
"I'm sorry that I worried you and I'm sorry for putting you through all this. I apologize especially for making you deal with my aunt." Sakura whispered to Ino, genuinely apologizing to her for all that she put her through in a short amount of time.
Everyone watched in amazement how gentle the two girls were with one another even though they both have extremely bad tempers and attitudes at times. It was a wonder how they could be so vicious to everyone else but nice to each other.
Ino hugged the pinkette back, giving her a soft squeeze, "It's okay, I'm over it."
Everyone that was watching was even more surprised to hear those words come from Ino when she just finished putting on a huge scene about how mad she was.
"Uh, we have a problem." Kiba said, successfully interrupting the moment the two were having. "Sasuke's on his way over... like now."
Ino looked at Kiba curiously, "How do you know?"
"He just texted me out of no where."
"What did he say?" Sakura asked, now also curious about her boyfriend's motives.
"Exact words?" Kiba questioned Sakura, his voice soft and gentle. The group had a secret meaning behind the phrase "exact words?". When ever someone in their posse says the phrase it means that whatever was said was not a good thing, and Kiba was definitely trying to tell Sakura that it was not a good text that he received from Sasuke.
Sakura didn't care though, this was going to the be the breaking point and she knew it. "Exact words."
Kiba shook his head slightly and glanced down at the iPhone in his hand. He rubbed the back of his neck and read the text out loud. "...'listen shit head. I'll be there in five to get her. I know she's there with that little prick don't try to deny it either. The bitch and I will deal with this on our own without any of you dicks.'...that's what he said..."
Sakura gripped her fist tightly as she felt tears come to her eyes. She was angry and hurt; she wasn't sure of which emotion to act out on first. She didn't understand why she dealt with Sasuke for so long when all he did was treat her like shit all of the time. She felt embarrassed more than anything, she allowed herself to be treated like this in front of all of her friends and it sickened her; nobody should be treated so disrespectfully but she allowed it to happen.
Everyone jumped out of their thoughts at the sound of a fist hitting a wooden door. Naruto managed to punch a hole in the front door and was soon heading down the driveway without saying a word to anyone, obvious that he was pissed off.
"Naruto! Where are you going?" Ino screamed after him, standing next to Sakura who was just staring blankly at his retreating figure.
"To wait for this asshole so I can beat the shit out of him."
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