Disclaimer: Naruto characters belong to Kishimoto Masashi.

Summary: Sakura is a poor factory girl, while Sasuke is the son of Mr Uchiha, a wealthy entrepreneur. Naruto is a delivery boy, while Ino is the consecutive designer of Uchiha Shopping Co. (Yes, this is an Alternate Universe!)

Durian: Thanks to anyone who has reviewed "Loving You From Afar". The chapter we have all waited for: Naru/Saku fluff! Oh, I might put random quotes below here.

Your eyes look into my soul and encapsulates my heart…

[Full Summary]: Sakura is Kono's brother and their parents have deceased in a tragic car accident. Naruto is a delivery boy who met Sakura upon a late delivery. After the loss of his job and rented unit, Sakura accepts Naruto to live with her.

Ino is a designer of Uchiha Shop Co. owned by the gorgeous Sasuke. Ino is also a high school friend of Sakura. These two meet at the sewing factory Sakura's works for. Ino offers Sakura a better job at the shopping centre as a clown. After some quarrel between Naruto and Sakura over a little incident, she kicks him out of her unit.

Luckily Naruto finds a unit across Sakura's unit. He is also fortunate to be employed as a deliverer in Uchiha Shop Co. Meanwhile Sasuke commences to look for a pink hair girl, his childhood friend. It must have been fate as Sasuke finally found Sakura but he became distant from her, as his father lay unconscious on a hospital bed.

Kakashi is Naruto's boss and these two end up living together. Kakashi had been ripped off by his friend Kurenai (a transsexual) so he dwells in Naruto's unit. His life changes as he meets an old lover, Motoko. He realised that she bore him a son, Inari and was invited to a parent + child interaction trip. Naruto and Sakura also go on this trip as Kono's guardians. The following is their trip…

~***Loving You From Afar***~

Chapter Twelve

"NO LOCKS IN THE BATHROOM, A DOUBLE BED? What is this place?" yelled Sakura.

"I see nothing wrong…" trailed Naruto.

Sakura glared at Naruto and declared, "You're sleeping on the floor!"

Naruto took a glance at the shabby hard wooden floor and whined in dislike. He replied, "How about you take the floor?"

"What sort of man are you?" asked Sakura.

"Definitely not a gentleman," laughed Naruto as he splattered himself on the bouncy bed and moaned, "Comfy."

"URGH!" cried Sakura in disgust as she began to unpack her belonging. She placed some clothing in the small draws located next to the bed. Naruto lifted his eyebrow as he spotted a bra on top of Sakura's pile. 'Are you thinking, what I'm thinking, Naruto?' he thought to himself. A devilish smile formed at the edge of his lips.

Sakura had noticed his smile and added, "If you dare look at my underwear, you pervert! I swear you'll be history!"

"Oh come on! I AM a man and will be forever curious of the other sex…" announced Naruto before he stared at the pretty blue ceiling.

"Sakura," said Naruto softly.

"Yes?"

"Are you a lesbian?"

Sakura was offended and went up to pull Naruto's collar, "I'm not a LESBIAN!"

Naruto stared into the pretty green and snorted, "Prove it." He pulled Sakura closer towards his body so that she lay on top of him. He smelt the beautiful perfume on Sakura before he claimed her mouth. He forced his tongue inside her lips without her approval as she struggled to get out of his hold.

"Hmm… stop… hmm… it!" said Sakura trying to get Naruto's mouth off hers.

Naruto twisted his body so that he was on top of her. He continued his harsh kisses on Sakura before she responded so he softened his force. Sakura did not want Naruto on top of her but her body felt aroused being so close to him. He planted small kisses on her creamy neck before his hand began to explore under her shirt.

Sakura waited for the discomfort of being touched unwillingly but it never came. Naruto sat up beside Sakura and said gently, "Sorry." He gazed at Sakura with innocent watery eyes and she wondered what had made him sad. He sniffed some air before brushing a purple strand of Sakura's hair behind her ears.

"I'll sleep on the floor tonight," offered Naruto before he jumped out of the bed.

Sakura was expressionless because she could not comprehend Naruto's feeling, finally she uttered, "What's wrong Naruto?" He gave her a warm smile before leaving out the door.

~*~

Meanwhile, most of the parents and children had changed into their swimwear to enjoy the sun. Some of them were already splashing around in the beautiful sea blue water. A few children were building sand castles while others ran along the sand. Amongst them was Kono and his co-partner Inari grinning triumphantly. Each held a water gun as they squirted it to their victims.

"MUAHAHHA!" cried Kono.

"This is fun!" yelled Inari.

They were making people wet until Meilin came up to them, "Stop squirting at people, MORONS!"

Kono took a glance at Inari before they both smiled mischievously. "GET HER!" ordered Kono as they directed their guns at Meilin. After a few minutes Meilin got all soak and angry but luckily Akane came to help.

"I'm ashamed of you two picking on a girl," declared Akane before he threw a beach volleyball to Kono's face. Though it was a plastic blown up ball it still hurt as it bounced off his face.

"Why you!" yelled Kono before a teacher came to break them off.

"I will not tolerate this type of behaviour. Please hand over the guns and the ball. I will keep this until the end of the trip or when you guys start to behave properly," warned the teacher.

"Ha," smirked Meilin before the teacher gave her a glare.

"Oh well, let's go for a swim Kono," said Inari.

"Good idea," replied Kono as they both left to soak in the nice salty water.

~*~

Naruto sat on a bench under the shade while keeping an eye on the beautiful horizon. Out of nowhere an image of a girl with long black hair danced happily around the beach. "Kin," whispered Naruto before a tear fell down his cheek.

Sakura had been gazing at the pink bikini in front of her for a few minutes. Should she wear it out? Would she be embarrassed at the lack of roundness of her breasts? Would anyone comment on her? She fought off her fear and gulped as she stripped off her clothing to put it on.

"There, it doesn't look too bad," said Sakura out loud.

Suddenly she heard a scream from outside and realised someone was calling her name. "SAKURA! Kono, his his…" screamed the teacher.

Sakura rushed off to the beach to investigate what had happened. She saw many people diving down the water and her heart skipped a beat. 'Where is Kono?' thought Sakura as panic struck her. Her eyes adverted to Inari crying in Motoko's arms.

"I tried to save him! I TRIED! He went down one moment and I couldn't find him. I tried… Kono… Mum…" trailed Inari as he continued sobbing.

'Kono!' thought Sakura as tears streamed down her eyes, is missing among the depths of the blue. She ran out to join the search party and realised Naruto was among the people. Sakura swam out to him and as he caught sight of her. He tried to calm Sakura by saying, "Don't worry, I'll find him!"

Naruto took a deep dive and resurfaced with something in his arms.

"KONO!" yelled Sakura in shock, "Please save him!"

They took Kono back to the beach and searched for a pulse. There was none, he had stopped breathing. Naruto tried pumping his chest and breathing oxygen into his mouth. He continued doing so for over a minute before Kono choked some water and started breathing heavily again. An ambulance had arrived to take Kono away to the nearest hospital. They told Sakura to get dressed before going to the hospital to check up on Kono.

Naruto grabbed his shirt on the beach floor before joining Sakura. She stood in front of the door next to Naruto in his shorts. She could see his nicely tanned body clearly but shook off any sexual implicit desires. Naruto on the other hand, gazed at Sakura's pretty bikini. She noticed he was checking her out but managed to say, "Naruto."

That got his attention as his eyes trailed back up to her green eyes. He motioned himself closer to hear Sakura's soft voice, "Thank you!" He continued advancing closer until he was close enough to hug her protectively. His slanted his face so that he could kiss her lovingly this time. Sakura rejoiced her kiss and responded softly, she did not care if they tasted like salt water. All positive thoughts broke off as Naruto whispered.

"You feel good, hmm," moaned Naruto as he slumped his head on her shoulders, "Can I shower with you?"

Though Naruto was dead tired from diving, he yelped as Sakura slapped him in the face…

Durian: This chapter was great to tease hormones! I don't want to disappoint you but I don't write lemons. Aww… Naru/Saku is such a wonderful paring, flutters.

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