Ehehehe...Hello, world? Sorry for the MIA, really, I truly am! I worked fulltime for two weeks for a seasonal job and was too tired to even eat, and then school started and the-
Yeah, you don't want to hear my lifestory, do you? You just want the chapter?
Alrighty, without further ado, I present chapter 4!
Okay. Maybe everything's not all okay.
I totally did not just hear that correctly. They said "We turned down your spouse," right? RIGHT?
"You…You guys …what?" I choked on my drink, coughing and spluttering everywhere. Definitely not attractive. This has to be a joke. It's gotta be. The one time I leave those two...things together, they pull this on me!
"Sakura…maybe you should just come here…" She called me by my name. Maybe this isn't a joke.
...
Shit.
"Sakura-Chan…We really need you to come here. We're so sorry Sakura-chan…" Oh my goodness. I'm really scared now.
"Sakura, what happened? You're shaking, yeah?" Deidara put a hand on my arm to try to calm me down. I was too distraught to gush about how sweet Deidara is.
"I…I-I'm not sure…Ino and Naruto just called and said that…That…" Oh no. I could feel it. I could feel the tears beginning to pool around my eyes. I definitely did not want to cry in front of Sasuke-kun. Never again.
"Hn. What happened, Sakura?" Sasuke-kun asked me, something flickered across his eyes. Care? Annoyance? Curiousity? It really didn't matter right now.
"They said that my house just…burned down…I…I need to get home…R-Right away…" Oh great. Now I was stuttering in front of Sasuke-kun. At least Deidara didn't seem to mind. He was just focused on a spot on the table, thinking about something.
Sasuke-kun got up to leave. He's leaving at a time like this? What kind of a—
"Are you coming? I thought you said you needed to get home right away." He looked back at me as he opened the door out of the coffee shop.
–great person Sasuke-kun is!
Deidara finally seemed to snap out of his reverie with an "aha!" like he figured something out. No time to worry about him now. I grabbed my laptop and diary and stuffed it into my bag, leaving my frappacino on the table, forgotten.
"I'll be right behind you, yeah?" Wait, what?
"You're leaving when your shift just began?"
"Yeah, it's no problem, yeah. One of my friends need help, I'll be there, yeah. I'll just go change and I'll hop in my car and meet you there, yeah?" He got up and walked behind the counter and out of sight. What a sweet guy.
I followed Sasuke-kun out to the parking lot where his motorcycle was parked. It's this sleek, black, racing motorcycle of some sort. A little while back, I stuck a bright pink Hello Kitty sticker somewhere on it. I wonder if it's still there.
NO TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT NOW.
"...Wow..." Just...wow. I am rendered speechless. This...this is just ineffable.
"I mean. I knew you the two of you together were capable of unspeakable evils but this...Is just. Wow." Because really, I had no other words to say to this.
"OH, SAKURA-CHAN, WE'RE SO SORRY. WE DIDN'T MEAN TO. IT'S JUST...WE.. WE WERE JUST...THE OVEN..AND..AND..." Naruto threw himself at me and clung, sobbing like there was no tomorrow.
Actually, when I'm through with him, there wont be a tomorrow for him.
"Oh, Naruto, get off-" I was cut off by Ino throwing herself at me, clinging onto the other side. Oh joy.
"WE-WE WERE JUST TRYING TO B-B-BAKE YOU A CAKE. IT-IT WAS GOING SO W-WELL. UNTIL...UNTIL..THE ICING. A-AND THE-THE...OH, IT WAS JUST SO HORRIBLE!" She sobbed into the other shoulder of my shirt. It was too hard to think about the current situation at hand, so instead I opted to focus on something much easier.
"Yes, you guys. Ruin the last article of clothing that I have. No, really. I don't mind at all," I said dryly. If my brain were working properly, I'd be freaking out about what to do about all of...This. But it wasn't working at the moment. All I could do was comment on side-things like my now ruined shirt and stare at the being-put-out flames.
"WAAAGHH!" Ino and Naruto jumped off of me as though I were the one on fire and clung onto eachother, sobbing hysterically. Yes, that's right you guys, ruin your own clothes!
I'm not bitter, at all.
Actually, my house is currently burning down, so I think I have the right to be bitter and angry.
"OH FOREHEAD...IT WAS JUST..AND THE.. IT..." She sobbed into Naruto's shoulder. Wow, she really is upse-
Who the hell am I kidding, she helped to burn down my goddamn house. That's right. Be upset, Fatso! Ugh. Enough distractions. I really need to try to focus on the matter at hand...
I took a big breath of air and made sure my voice didn't quiver before speaking. Yeah, I'm strong Sakura!
(No I'm not. I really want to just burst out in tears right now. But not in front of Sasuke-kun. Never again.)
"Guys...I don't think I'm ready to hear what happened just yet. Just...I'll ask for it when I'm ready, alright?" Yesss, not even one quiver! I deserve an accolade or something.
"Forehead, you can borrow all of my clothes, anytime!" She sniffled. Aww, Ino-pig. I knew how much her clothes meant to her, and for her to say that...Well, I just can't stay mad at her. Not that I was ever really mad to begin with. Just...I don't even know right now. I'm not sure I'm ready to face this yet.
"SAKURA-CHAN. YOU CAN COME STAY WITH ME! WE CAN BE ROOM-MATES!" He held my hands in a very Rock Lee-ish way. Honestly, it was very creepy. I smacked him. It really wasn't the best idea to live with Naruto. For one, he eats nothing but ramen, and for two: the creepy neighbor who sometimes checks up on him to make sure he's alive and stuff is a serious pervert.
"Uhm. Naruto, maybe it's not the-"
"No." Everyone (except the firefighters-they were busy trying to salvage what was left of my home. But I'm not thinking about that right now,) whipped their heads around because that was definitely not me that spoke out.
"Sasuke-kun?" Crap. Forgot to take out the suffix again.
"Teme? What do you MEAN no?" Yeah! What does he mean no? Who does he think he is?
"She's staying with me." He's obviously delusional and needs to visit the hospital.
"You're obviously delusional and need to visit the hospital." Oh crap. I said that out-loud, didn't I?
"This is perfect! Sasuke has like a million rooms in his house-mansion-thing of his, so there's more than enough room for you, and there's no creepy pedophile next door!"
"I'm not living with Sasuke-kun." I said dryly. Oh crap. The suffix again.
"Anyone else you stay with, you will just be imposing yourself upon. Anyone else you consider staying with will not have the financial ability to support you and themselves while living the same lifestyle." Wow. I think that's like a speech for him. I'm kind of proud of you, Sasuke-kun!
What. A. Jerk. Now I can't stay with anyone else with a clean conscience. What the hell, Sasuke-kun, seriously. But...I guess it's true...I can't just..
BIG SIGH.
"But.. I can't just.. There's...But..."
"Hn. Here are the keys. Do you really think it's fair to intrude on someone who doesn't have the means to support you?" Naruto...Ino-Pig... Deidara... Help me here! HELP ME.
"But-Sas-but-there..."
"Hn. Sakura. Shut up. Here are the keys. You can come or you can impose on others. Your choice." He walked off with his Sasuke-kun swagger, hopped onto his bike, and left us.
What a horrible day. And it's not even noon yet.
New IM from BeautifulInBlonde !
Conversation with BeautifulInBlonde:
BeautifulInBlonde: FOREHEAAAAAAD
You: WHAT.
BeautifulInBlonde: Are you sure you don't want to stay with me? I'm sure no one will mind. They all love you and stuff!
You: I've told you this before, Fatso. Sasuke-kun was right. I can't just impose myself upon you guys like that. It's just not fair.
BeautifulInBlonde:...I abetted in the burning down of your house.
You: yeah. but still. Sasuke-kun's rich and stuff. He wouldn't mind if I paid rent late.
BeautifulInBlonde: You're shitting me if you think he's going to make you pay rent. Actually, he's going to be shitting himself if he thinks I'm going to let him make you pay rent! And besides, Forehead. You never hand in anything late. Ever. Not once. Not for anything. Ever. Ever ever.
You: OH MY GOD HOW AM I GOING TO TELL MY PARENTS?
BeautifulInBlonde: I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
I'm currently sitting in Starbucks right now (yes, again.)
The firemen were kind enough to help me sort everything out and..whatnot. I'm not quite sure what happened because it's all a blur now. But. They were really nice.
And hot. (hehe.)
But yeah. All my stuff is safe, my house is salvaged, etcetc. But they said I wont be able to live in there again for a while. A long, long while. I guess I will have to stay at Sasuke-kun's...
How will I fricken' tell my parents this? WHEN IS INO GETTING HERE I NEED HER DAMN ASSISTAN-
New IM from BeautifulInBlonde !
Conversation with BeautifulInBlonde:
BeautifulInBlonde: Ehehehe..Where are you?
You: You..You didn't even know?
BeautifulInBlonde: Just shut up and tell me where you are!
You: I'm in Starbucks.
BeautifulInBlonde: OH OH!
You: No.
"FOREHEAAAAD!" Ino-the-Pig screeched as she threw herself through the doors to Starbucks. Seriously, any more of this loud-friends-thing in here and I'm going to be banned from Starbucks. They'll have, like, a picture of me and hang it up at every Starbucks, instructing their baristas to kick me out the moment they see me, for fear of disruption.
That would suck.
Pleasepleaseplease don't kill me or be upset if I don't update again for another long time, I'm not on a hiatus or ditching you guys or anything, I really do love this story-I'm just really busy with school and stuff :x
I LOVE YOU GUYS!
caramel.
