Hello! It's been a while since I have updated a new chapter. In this chapter we will only see Sasusaku and Naruhina.
As always I want to remind that this chapter like every other one contains grammar and spelling mistakes.
Anyways let's start with the chapter.
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Hinata
Today will be a good day. At least this what I convinced to myself, after all I woke up at 5 am, ate my breakfast took a shower before leaving to work. So therefore there is no way that this day could start badly. I shouldn't jinxed it. I thought to myself as I left my apartment.
"Morning." A familiar voice said, which belonged to Naruto. I got started by his greeting and didn't respond immediately.
"Sorry, did I startle you?" He apologised, I turned around towards his direction and lied, "N-Not at all."
"Actually. Yes a little bit. I did not expect you to leave this early." I answered honestly, he chuckled.
"I have an important meeting today, but you don't usually see me this early leaving the apartment." Naruto admitted.
"I see." I giggled, for a moment I forgot that he is actually my boss, because a part of me sees him as my neighbour. However I should start segregate these work and private life. But I probably see him mostly as a neighbour because I have not seen him in his serious side. In addition Naruto is a talkative person, as we entered together the elevator he started a conversation.
To be honest I am relieve that he started to talk, because I am a quiet person, there would have been an awkward silence between the two of us. As I was about to head to the exit, to call a cab, Naruto offered me a ride to work. At first it was a quite peculiar imagination to take a ride with him in his car. After all he is my boss, but he didn't mind it.
Apart of me was afraid that I might be a burden for him. In the end I insisted to take the ride, his car smelt like oranges and during the ride I learnt that he is a fan of twenty one pilot. Naruto has a ramen fetish, he could literally eat noodles every day. Which is insane if you ask me. He admits that he probably eats it every day, but he compensated it with working out so that his body won't turn bloated. It is noticeable that he works by our regularly, his body is fit.
When we arrived in the workplace, I have noticed how people in the building were staring at me. It was awkward and quite intimidating for me. After all it is my first day in this company and who would even want to be the topic of the day?
I just had a ride with the CEO. Of course they would give me peculiar look.
"This is your office." It took a me a few seconds to realise that Naruto was showing me around the building, I did not notice that we have just arrived in my office. There was a lamp, desk with a plant in the middle and empty shelves. The office had a captivating view of New York, skyscrapers and roads.
"I hope you like the lavender plant that I gifted you. This is supposed to be a welcome gift for your first day." Naruto chuckled while touching his neck, I smiled while touching a petal.
"Thank you. I love it." I smiled as I bent down lightly while smelling the lavender.
"Your eyes reminded me of this flowers." He told me which made me blush, fortunately he didn't notice it as my back was facing him. Before I could respond to his comment, I heard a person entering the office.
"Naruto, there you are the meeting with Sabakuno's will start." A voice said, as I turned around I was surprised to see him here.
"Hinata?"
"Shikamaru?" The two of us were surprised to encounter each other.
"You two know each other?" Naruto asked in a surprise tone as he touched his chin. I nodded, but before I could say something Shikamaru answered, "Yes. Now go to your meeting, I'll show Hinata around."
"I expect you to leave a good impression Shikamaru, I don't want her to have a bad experience on her first day." Were Naruto's last word before he headed to his meeting, as he left Shikamaru looked at me and said, "How have you been doing? I heard you graduated from Yale, congratulation."
"Thank you Shikamaru. I am doing well what about you?" I asked him as the two of us were staring at the skyscrapers.
"Well my mother is still troublesome, law school was a drag so I dropped out and now I work as an HR-consultant for Naruto." He explained, I chuckled. Shikamaru is actually an intellectual person, if only he wasn't that lazy I bet he would be a great jurist. I could imagine how his mother dragged him to law school.
"How did you end up working here?" I asked him.
"He is an old friend of mine and he suggested that I should use my brain to work for him. What about you two? Many employees have been talking about a girl taking a ride with Naruto, it surprised me that it is you." Shikamaru told me.
They have been talking. I thought worriedly. I explained him that Naruto happened to be my neighbour. I did not want to go further into the details, I wanted to avoid this conversation so therefore I changed the topic.
"So have you and Ino kept in touch?" I asked him.
"We're actually planning to see each other next week. How is she doing?" He asked.
"Still the same." I giggled, he chuckled lightly.
However this conversation then soon ended as someone knocked at the door. A blonde haired woman has entered the office, she had a dominant appearance. She hissed, "Lazy ass." probably referring Shikamaru as she gave him a stern look. Meanwhile Shikamaru mumbled, "Troublesome".
She seemed surprised to see me.
"Oh. Pardon I didn't want to interrupt you two." The woman said as she leaned against the door frame and crossed her arms. I could tell that she is probably three years older than us, from her appearance and they way she moves. Apparently her name was the Temari, the consultant of the Sabakku company. She searches for Shikamaru, who sighed before they left the office, to remind him of the meeting which started.
As the two left the office, no actually my office. I took a seat at my desk and sighed out of relieve. Will I be able to enter this new adult life? I do not depend on my family. I live in my own apartment. I have a stable job from now.
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SakuraI hate Ino. I can't believe that I am friend with this pig. The fact that I couldn't properly sleep was because of her little rendezvous with that guy she is currently hooking up. Yesterday, he stayed over in our place and due to the sounds (I do not want to go in details) they made, I probably only slept four hours. Some people believe that four hours are enough, but as a med student this is not the proper amount.
The worst part is that I bumped into Sai in the bathroom naked, I did not mind to see him nude since as a med student I am used to the anatomy of the genders. However, he drank all the milk, ate my favourite cereals, used my towel and called me ugly.
My thoughts are filled with anger. I know that I might overact over simple material things, but the point is that because of him and Ino my day started bad.
I accidentally took the pager from my fellow colleague, forgot my keys and drank expired orange juice.
"Haruno. Since you seem distracted, I want you to leave the operation room. Now leave." One of the senior physical said to me. Shit. What was even his question? I thought. From all the overthinking, I completely forgot that I was in the middle of a surgery procedure. To be precise a mastectomy, however it is not severe to miss this procedure. I have assisted a mastectomy procedure when I was Tsunade's intern.
At the same time when I get scolded, a nurse entered the operation room and called me, telling me that a person was looking for me in the waiting room. Could it be possibly Ino? Right now she is supposed to have break, however she knows that I am on duty.
"She can leave." The physical senior said, as I left the room I sighed in annoyance. Unfortunately I was assigned with a different doctor today, because Itachi has a seminar. He is kinder than most of the doctors in this hospital.
When I walked to the waiting room, I expected Ino to be there. But from all the people, the least person that I expected was there, sitting in a chair with a suit in a cool pose that caught everyone's attention. At first I was convinced that he was probably waiting for someone else, but the possibilities are low. Itachi is in a seminar and he was the only person that was familiar for me. Besides he was also the only person in the waiting room.
I slowly approached him, which he noticed. Probably because of my footsteps. As he stood up close, I got startled and forgot that he was tall and hot-.. wait was I about to say hot?
"You must be Sakura. I am Itachi's brother Sasuke, you probably remembered me from yesterday in the elevator." He said. Even his deep voice sounds so attractive, I bet that Sasuke knows that he is handsome. From his face expression and the way he talks, I could tell that he knows it.
"Yeah. Pardon, but may I ask why you were looking for me?" I asked him.
"Didn't Itachi tell you that I was gonna pick you up?" Sasuke asked in a confused tone. Pick me up? It took me a few to seconds to process and to associate this sentence, until I realised that Itachi asked me to organise this gender reveal party for his wife. Was it supposed to be today? I thought. I know remember that he said that his younger brother will accompany me purchasing decorations and necessities for this event, but I can't recall that it was supposed to be today and he did not mention that Sasuke was going to pick me up.
Before Sasuke could say something, I immediately lied, "O-Oh! Y-Yeah! I now recall!" Apparently Itachi set this up, my schedule got shortened thanks to him and I did not even know it.
As we arrived in Sasuke's car, I expected him to be more like Itachi. A gentleman, but he was the complete opposite. He did not even let me change to my regular clothes. So therefore I had to go to the mall with my uniform which smelt a little bit like an operation room. Even Sasuke noticed the smell in the car, I could tell that as he opened the car window.
"Here use this." He handed me a cologne, to be precise a Tommy Hilfiger cologne.
"Hopefully this will prevent to spread the smell in my car" He mumbled, I secretly rolled my eyes as I put some cologne on.
"I wouldn't have smelt like this if you let me change." I hissed.
"Yeah. As if this would have change anything." Sasuke responded.
He is an ignorant superficial asshole.
I handed him the cologne roughly back. "I came from a surgery."
"Didn't you get kick out from the operation?"
"I certainly did not. A nurse called me." I half lied, trying to hide my redness. "Besides that strong smell comes from a mastectomy."
"A what?"
"Oh pardon. I was not aware that you didn't know this term. I was convinced that you must know what a mastectomy is, after all your brother is a doctor." I said in a sarcastically, because Sasuke has been provoking me lately. He rolled his eyes. He must be thinking that I am annoying, but he started it. I tried to be civil with him, since he is Itachi's brother. But I believe I cannot get along with a person like him.
As we arrived in the mall, I was fortunate that the cologne Sasuke gave me actually worked. The two of us headed to various shops, apparently I am the only person who knows the gender. Which is why Sasuke had to wait outside the bakery, as I ordered the cake. After leaving the store, Sasuke and I went to a party store, as we walked through the mall I could tell that this boy was caught the women's attention.
"What do you think of these balloons?" I asked as I pointed at the balloons.
"I don't know." He responded as he looked around. This is probably the fourth time that he replied with, I don't know. Sasuke does not really express his opinion and it not a big helper. Except that he is the chauffeur, I would have asked Ino if she could drive me to the mall. As you can already guess, I do not have a drivers license.
I failed the last practical exam. And since midterms are coming, I decided to focus on college first before my drivers license. I know that it is embarrassing, but I rather fail drivers exam than my midterms.
In the end, we ended purchasing the common decorations for a gender reveal party.
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Sasuke
I'll kick a Itachi's ass after this. I thought. His motive was very clear, he tried to set me up with her.
"Do you think they'll like this?" Sakura asked as she showed him a cow-onesies and a pig onesie "And before you answer I don't know." She imitated my deep voice. I don't even sound like that. "You have to give me your honest opinion. After all you know them well."
"First. I do not sound like that." I told her, but she just giggled. I rolled my eyes and sighed, "And secondly as the uncle I do not approve with this onesie. They are babies not farm animals." I said as I looked around the baby unisex jumpsuits.
"Oh and what exactly do you think will the bab-.. D-Did you say babies? Why do you believe that they will get twins?" She asked me in a shocked tone. Her reaction was priceless. I chuckled.
"You grabbed two clothing items at the same time that associate with animals and you just hesitated and you are a terrible liar." I explained.
"I have never confirmed that." She immediately responded. Itachi has just hired the worst secret keeper for their gender reveal party. My brother might sense if I am lying, but Sakura would be the type of person, who unintentionally reveals the truth.
"Just pay. I want to leave." I sighed as I left the store, hearing her whispering "Whatever. You're anyways not a big helper."
While waiting outside the door, my phone rang, the ID caller shower the name Itachi. Exactly the person I am planing to kill. As I answered the call, I sighed and took a glimpse at Sakura, who was still searching for a baby clothing and at the time Itachi chuckled and asked, "How's the rendezvous?"
A vein popped out of my forehead just as I was about to end the call, Itachi said, "Aw! C'mon Sasuke I was just joking. I just wanted to make sure that you two get along."
"Yeah. We are." I lied. We don't get along. We disagree in certain things and she probably dislikes me because of my actions. But Sakura is talkative, even during the rides this girl keeps continuing talking. I am not rude, I am just honest. Itachi and I are the complete total opposite.
I do not have to get along with people who I do not want to get acquainted with.
"Please don't tell me that you scared my intern away." Itachi sighed.
"No. She is still with me."
"Good to know. Anyways, my next seminar is about to start. I'll call you later." Those were the last words of Itachi before we ended the call. I sighed and took a glimpse back at the store, but there was no sign of her. Did I really scare her? I thought.
"I'm done!" A voice said behind me which startled me. It was her, Sakura. I just nodded and told her that we should head back to the car. Surprisingly the ride was quiet, but it turns out that she was sleeping. She looked peaceful while sleeping, her head was leaning against the window pane.
Shit. Where am I supposed to drop her? I didn't even know her address and she seemed tired, that I didn't want to wake her up. Rather than driving back to the hospital, I drove to a McDonald drive in. She must be hungry after all we've spent most of the time in the mall. Besides I haven't eaten yet.
After ordering, I parked in the nearest parking lot and opened the bag. What the fuck did I even order? I thought to myself, I don't usually eat McDonald. But Naruto does, after I received my drivers license he always wanted to stop by in the drive in and order food there.
"Ah.." A voice yawned, which belonged to Sakura . She finally woke up. Thirty minutes have probably passed.
"Here eat something." I told her and handed the bag with fries and wrap.
"You ordered food? Ehm.. Thank you." She smiled lightly as she grabbed the bag.
"Where do you live?" I asked her as I started to turn the motor on, she didn't immediately respond because her mouth was full with fries.
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Hinata
I'm done. I thought to myself, it was already dark outside and fortunately my shift was done. Before I left my office I locked the door and walked through hallway, I've seen some employees still working. The company has a good environment and is well equipped, Naruto seemed like a nice boss and person to be around. The last time I've seen him today was probably in the morning.
When I pressed the elevator button it immediately opened, revealing Naruto. I was surprised to see him again, I expected him to be in his office or somewhere else.
"I fortunately made it on time." He chuckled.
"P-Pardon?" I was confused by his words.
"Since we live in the same building I wanted to give you ride. I was kind of hoping to bump into you." Naruto explained, I giggled. As we headed to his car, I've noticed people giving me glances, but I just shrugged it off. In the parking lot we've bumped into Shikamaru and Temari, apparently the tow are dating, which probably explains why his girlfriend seemed irritated when she saw us together.
I'm curious if Ino actually knows. But this is not my position to tell her.
"How was the meeting?" I asked him.
"Boring, but relevant." Naruto answered. What an honest answer from a CEO.
"How was your first day?" He asked, I hesitated to answer because I didn't know how to express it. I didn't want to use the wrong expressions since he is an authoritarian person, to be precise my boss.
"You can be brutally honest with me. At work I'm your boss but outside I'm your neighbour and friend." Naruto said. I believe he could be right, I should differentiate private life and work life.
"F-Friends?"
"Ehm.. Yeah. I actually consider you from now on as a friend unless you're against of the idea." He explained with a bit of pain in his tone, which I suppose was meant to be sarcastic.
"N-Not at all. I am just surprised that I get to consider you now as a friend Naruto. In fact I haven't even be able to express how thankful I am that you gave me this opportunity." I responded with a bit of blush. Despite the fact that we haven't known each other for that long, I have to admit that his kindness and consideration makes him attractive.
Does he have a girlfriend? Wait what did I just think?
I didn't realise that I was staring at him while he was driving, he smiled, "I am glad to know that I could help."
His smile is charming. When we arrived in the apartment complex, we parted our ways in the hallway, as Naruto was about to open his door, I suddenly called his name, "Naruto." Why did I just call him? What am I supposed to say? And why am I overthinking too much?
He turned around and looked at him, expecting me to say something, so therefore I had to come up with an answer, "T-Thank-..." I didn't finish my sentence, because he suddenly approach me and was now standing in front of him. This was the first time that I got to see his face that close, he was tall and had captivating ocean blue eyes.
My cheeks were starting to burn, was he about to kiss me? I ate chipotle. My breath probably still stink and I have never had my first kiss. I must hyperventilate right now. I slowly closed my eyes, but then I felt his hand touching my forehead.
This is not a kiss.
"You're red, are you sick?" Naruto asked me. I opened my eyes and turn even more redder as he faced me.
"N-No! I'm just tired. G-Good night, see you tomorrow." I responded, my hand held the doorknob and was trying open the door. But it didn't work. Obviously because I didn't put the keys in. After that awkward incident, I immediately wanted to go to bed. But I had to brush my teeth at first, as I went to the bathroom I noticed that the white polo shirt which belonged to Naruto was still there folded and washed in the wash machine.
Should I give it to him now? Maybe he is already asleep. I thought, but then I heard a voice in the terrace. He is awake!
Instead of knocking at his door, I decided to head to the terrace to give him the polo shirt back. The place where we talked for the first time, he was there and finished a phone call. Naruto looked surprised to see me again.
"Hinata?" He sounded confused.
"H-Hey! I happen to be here and I didn't expect you to be awake." I lied. Why do I stutter? He chuckled at my respond.
"A-Anyways. Ehm.. I wanted to return your polo shirt. I washed it, dried it and ironed it." I said.
"I believe you happened to have the shirt with you." He joked. Yeah. He caught me.
"Thank you. But you didn't have to wash it, I could have sent it to the cleaning." Naruto chuckled and grabbed the shirt as I handed it to him.
"After all it was my fault that your shirt for dirty. A-Anyways.. G-Good night-.."
"Naruto. I've already prepared the bath for us." An unfamiliar feminine voice said from the room. A tall blonde woman appeared, she was beautiful and tall. Dirty Blonde long hair and blue eyes. She looked at me, confused and surprised.
"Shion. This is Hinata, she works for me and is apparently my neighbour too. Hinata this is my girlfriend Shion."
I knew that it was too good to be true, to meet a guy who caught my attention.
Finally! I am happy that I finally got to finish writing this chapter, it took me months to write this because I wasn't satisfied with the output.
The reveal is finally out. Naruto is in a relationship. Sasuke and Sakura have finally met.
And Hinata developed a small crush on her boss...
Anyways. The upcoming chapters will come soon.
