[ May I ]
There you stand opened heart – opened doors
"What are you doing, Ino?" A voice called as the pink-haired girl approached the busy-looking blonde, who was typing some stuff in her computer seriously.
"I am filling in a job application." She replied
"But I thought you have a job as a florist at one of the flower shops?" The other asked again, keeping her bright green eyes fixed on the wood she was using to make a small immobile car.
"It's not for me." Her friend said as she turned the computer towards the busy girl who was still turning the screw. "It's for you, Sakura." She pointed at the screen.
"Haruno Sakura, twenty fi-" Sakura abruptly stopped reading and looked at Ino. "I can find a job by myself, thank you very much! I don't need your help!" She cried out stubbornly. She stood up and walked away from her seat. Her blonde friend walked towards her.
"Miss Haruno, must I remind you of something? You have been jobless for the past month!" Ino pointed out.
Sakura then placed the wooden car on her glass table before pouring herself a drink.
"Well… it's just that the people out there have no fortune to find such a talent like me! So just wait for a while, and someone will hire me. And they will not regret it. Ever." Sakura said as she gulped down the entire drink in one shot and wiped her mouth with the back of her palm.
"If I remembered a few months ago, there was a girl that said something like that before, just as confident as you. And a few months later, she was jobless, just like you. Doesn't she sound familiar?" Ino stroked an invisible beard on her chin leaning onto the kitchen table before staring suspiciously at Sakura.
"Oh wait, that was you." Ino pointed at the jobless girl.
"But the last job, I just didn't like it! Not that I am judging you or anything, but the last job you helped me get was just sitting on a chair, typing on a keyboard and running through boring files. Calculating some crazy, alien numbers, and hearing the stupid printer printing out sheets and sheets of paper. I couldn't stand such boring life." Sakura argued.
"I want to have a job I like, Ino…" Sakura sighed. She went back to the sofa and sat down, followed by her best friend. "The problem is, you have not finished hearing what job I'm applying you for." Ino smirked. Sakura then looked at Ino and a glimpse of hope seemed to appear in her emerald eyes.
"Last night, I was running through some random website, and I've found out that someone was hiring… A carpenter, something like a furniture designer! And I was hoping to give you a surprise since I knew you would love this job, but oh well…" Ino then put a hand on her mouse and moved it to the red button with a cross.
"And since someone is so ungrateful, and doesn't let me help her get a job, maybe I should just delete this job application…" Ino said dragging her sentence, pretending to sound hurt and upset.
"T-they are hiring wha-what…? Really!" Sakura yelled and quickly rushed to Ino's side fighting for a place with a good view of the laptop's screen.
"Why didn't you say earlier? I was looking for this type of job like mad everywhere! And when I find one and send the application, the job is already taken or some other weird reason!" Sakura said hugging her best friend so hard Ino had to fight for breath.
"Oh My God, I love you Ino!" the pinkette said.
"Alright, alright!" Ino said as they broke their hug.
"You shouldn't thank me yet, if we don't get back a reply, all the chance is gone." Ino moved her mouse to the 'Send' button. The overjoyed Sakura quickly pressed the button and gave a huge heavy sigh, like she was in love.
Even though… She already was.
0o0
"Ding!" A small box appeared at the bottom right hand corner of the laptop's screen.
"Hey, another job application, yeah." A blonde began to open the e-mail he had just received.
"I don't need any help you know…" Another voice spoke, followed by the continuous sound of a wood being shaved professionally.
"Well, I don't want to go down the stairs to pick up calls, and you don't want to be interrupted either. You also have two jobs to do, painting and crafting these woods. So let's hire a worker to do the picking up calls and helping you craft some of the woods when you are loaded with the jobs, un?" He continued, while playing with his clay.
"I'm the one who is loaded with works, not you, and thus it wouldn't affect you if we hired one or not. So if I say I don't need one, it means we really don't need one." The voice stubbornly said again. "Fine, what about the answering of the calls, un?" The blonde suggested as he placed his clay down and began to scroll down the email.
"Haruno Sakura…" He said.
"It's a girl, so skip her." The other said as he walked towards the other room, deciding to change his equipment for work.
"You are really sexist. This is the 5th one already... Well, I don't care. Her name sounds interesting." He said as he looked for further information in the mail.
The redhead walked out of the room and sat on his chair again. "She went overseas and studied about design and technology, maybe we should give this girl a try, and you could find yourself a girlfriend too, Sasori." His friend laughed and played with his clay again.
"Please speak for yourself, Deidara." Sasori said as he started sanding the wood.
"Fine. We could give this girl a try, not like it would hurt or anything. If she's bad, I'll fire her. Immediately." He responded. Deidara then turned, brushing away the yellow bangs that covered his eyes.
"Finally you agreed! Gosh, our burden will be so much lesser, yeah!" Deidara said.
"I thought she would be working for ME only?" Sasori stopped and looked suspiciously at his partner.
"Well, she might also take interest in my art too… And you know, painting is easy, so you don't need much help either…yeah." Deidara smiled innocently.
"If painting is easy, why don't you try and I'll let you take charge of painting all the wood and clay pieces? Then we could avoid hiring anyone. I can even volunteer to pick up the calls." Sasori said.
"Fine, un!" Deidara muttered, "Well, we can interview her tomorrow morning. Don't be late yeah." Deidara said.
"Are you telling yourself? When have I ever been late?" Sasori argued.
"Well, I'm just reminding you, you can't predict the future, can you?" Deidara smiled as he was typing in the suitable date and time for the interview. And with a click, the message was sent.
"Ahhh, I'm going out to buy lunch, what do you want, yeah?" Deidara stood up and stretched; his body was full of cramps and sores as they had stayed overnight to complete their project on time.
"Just buy anything edible." Sasori said in monotone.
Deidara nodded, opened the door and left. Sasori could hear the slow footsteps down the stairs and a stiffed yawn outside the room. After a few incidents like this; staying overtime just to complete a project, Deidara had decided to hire someone to lighten their burden.
Sasori placed the wood on the table and walked towards the computer. He went back to the inbox and viewed the job application sent by the girl that Deidara had decided to interview; along with himself.
"Haruno Sakura…" Sasori muttered. The two words kept repeating in his mind, as though this name was someone he knew. He then sunk into the chair deeper and deeper, like it was going to suck him in. He closed his eyes as his mind started drifting off somewhere.
0o0
"There's an email!" Ino said. Sakura began to rush to her feet after placing her ramen cup on the glass table. "You're in! They have appointed an interview with you for tomorrow!" Ino cried out. She skimmed through the email and told her friend the details. Sakura shrieked and jumped of joy.
"This is going to be my best and last job!" Sakura punched her fist into the air, feeling rather determined suddenly.
"Hey, why don't I pick you up and go to the interview place with you instead?" Ino suggested.
"Since you might wake up late and you don't have a car. Hailing a taxi is too risky. We don't want you to be late" Ino continued.
Sakura nodded and grabbed her friend's hand. "I have to tell this to Sasuke, I know he'll be happy for me!" Sakura said, sitting down on the sofa, staring dreamily out of the window and viewing the magnificent view on the busy street.
"Oh, yeah. For once I have actually forgotten that you have a boyfriend." Ino muttered before continuing.
"He hasn't even asked you out, called you or sms-ed you like a boyfriend should for two days!" Ino yelled.
"He's really busy lately. So that's why I'll tell him tomorrow about my job." Sakura mumbled innocently.
"And, let's forget about this." Sakura said, trying to avoid the subject while she pulled her best friend to her bedroom wardrobe.
"Help me Ino! What should I wear tomorrow?"
To be continued
A rather short chapter, but a brand new start for those two... Please review! Review means love, love means inspiration, inspiration means update! I would gladly appreciate all reviews thrown at me. I don't care! I need them for improvement for my future chapters and stories!
-Pocky