Summary: Sakura finds out her entire life has been a lie; she not who she thought she was. Now she must cope with the new set of cards she's delt. Why does everyone think she wants to be their friend?

Pairing: SakuMulti

"Have you decided what college you're going to yet?" Sakura looked at the girl from the corner of her eye. Karin had been pestering her for days about what college she was going to attend, while Sakura had been doing her best to avoid the question, not having any plans. Yet, the day had finally come, and it was the last day of their high school lives.

"I haven't really decided." Sakura replied nonchalantly.

"Why? You're so fucking smart, you could get into any college you want!" Karen couldn't help the way her voice boomed into the empty street. Talking about Sakura's education always hyping her up. "You haven't even been looking, have you?"

Sakura looked at her best friend for a few minutes before replying, "That's a big accusation."

"Have you?" Karin cocked an eyebrow at the pink haired girl, challenging her.

"Not really." Sakura humorlessly laughed as she titled her head back, letting the sun wash over her.

"Why?"

Sakura sighed, "Karin..."

Karin grabbed Sakura by the shoulder forcing the girl to a complete stop. "You want to be a doctor, Sakura. You can't be a doctor, or even a nurse, without some kind of education."

"Someone has to watch my mom. I'm not just going to leave her." Sakura defended as she yanked her arm away.

"Stop using her as an excuse!" The red headed girl snarled, "Your mom will be fine. I'll watch over her, I'm going to online college."

"I can go to online college."

"No. You can't." Karin's face softened and Sakura knew her best friend was about to lay some serious stuff on her. "Online college is the best I can hope to achieve, Sakura. You're smart and you could go to any school you want. You can't keep using your mom as an excuse, she wants you to go to college too. Become the best doctor ever, and once you do that you can definitely support your mother."

Sakura sighed and looked away from her best friend, "Its too late. I haven't even applied for a single college."

Karin sighed and shook her head. Distress was loud and clear in her voice, "I knew it. You really are gonna become a bum."

Sakura chuckled as she bumped against her best friend. "What? You aren't gonna love and support me?"

Karin looked her over and snorted, a fake disgusted look contorting her features. "Fuck no. I can barely support myself, you're on your own. Good luck, loser."

Karin angled herself away from Sakura, "Bye." Sakura laughed watching as her friend crossed the street to head to her own home. Sakura had always hated this part of thr day, knowing exactly what Karin was going home to. An alcoholic mother an abusive dad; Sakura remembered begging Karin to report the man, but she had refused, saying he never touched her.

"Adios amiga." Karin called back with wave over her back.

-

"I'm home!" Sakura called out as she entered her home. She didn't bother waiting for an answer as she made her way to the kitchen. She was starving; she'd eaten at lunch, but lately it felt like she couldn't eat enough, nothing was filling her up.

"Sakura?"

"We need to go grocery shopping soon, we're running low on food." Sakura ignored the tone in her mothers voice, knowing that her mother felt bad about something. She was probably going to try and talk to her about college too.

"Sakura," she turned around as her mom took a deep breath, "we need to talk."

"About what?" She faked ignorance, as she chugged the jug of milk. All Mebuki had ever wanted was to see her daughter succeed in life and Sakura knew that, she did, and taking care of her mother would always be one of her biggest achievements.

"Your father-"

She turned away from Mebuki with a snort clear irritation written across her face. "I refuse to talk about that man."

Her comment was ignored, "He's has important friends, Sakura. We picked a good college for you to attend." Sakura opened her mouth to tell Mebuki to forget it, that she wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

"There's somethings we haven't told you, Sakura. Things you need to know." The pink haired girl couldn't say anything, the serious expression on her mother stopping any protest she might have had. "Tomorrow we're going to meet your father."