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The dress was perfect.
It was a hunter green with a black, tight, empire waist which hugged her narrow abdomen. The skirt is just long enough to swirl when she turns quickly but shorts enough to show off her legs and hips. It has no straps but that only makes her shoulders look amazing. She likes that it isn't too revealing because she is slightly modest and she doesn't like to expose her scars but it flaunts her. In this dress, she feels absolutely beautiful.
Sakura pulls the garment off. She's in the hall of her apartment but Naruto and their roommate aren't home. She hangs the dress over a chair and goes into her bathroom. She hunts down some black earring, dangly one and thinks about grabbing a necklace but doesn't. She brushes some blush on and defines her eyes with some mascara. She puts her hair into a nice twist and looks at herself in the mirror. She's ready for the party.
Sakura skipped into the hall and is instantly assaulted by an awful stench. She hurries into the kitchen, where the smell is the worst and nearly vomits.
The floor is covered in sewage. The pipe underneath the sink is missing and in the mists of the disgusting brown puddle is Naruto with a wrench in his hand.
He looks up at her, covered in feces and hair clumps. "You said you wanted the sink fixed and I…tried to reroute the pipes and I must not have done it right because…the neighbor just flushed his toilet and…"
At that moment, Sakura sees he is sitting on a green cloth.
She is too shocked to say anything. She just points.
"Oh, I needed something to sit on while I worked. I forgot to clean the kitchen. It's my job I know. I'm sorry."
He looks at her finally, "You look really pretty."
Sakura doesn't know what to say. She's not wearing anything but makeup.
"Yeah," Naruto insists, "Just really nice without all the extras."
Not knowing whether he is saying that just to distract her or because it's what he really thinks, she goes into the bathroom and grabs the spare towels. Later, even after she has been elbow deep in waste, even after she has to take three showers to get rid of the smell, even after she has called an emergency plumber and gotten an outrageous quote for the repair, Sakura isn't mad.