Came across Producing Parker while exploring YouTube, and I am hooked just like my leg was when I went on that cat-fishing trip as a kid. Ah, childhood memories.
I do not own Naruto or Producing Parker.
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'Thoughts'
"Talking"
Producing Pair
An alarm sounded on a crisp morning in a Manhattan (BB: I know it's a Canadian cartoon, but they never say what city they're in) apartment. The sound of groaning could be heard from the occupant of the bed sitting next to the alarm, obviously annoyed by the sudden noise.
"I swear, I am going to invent a time machine and kill the guy who invented the alarm." She said, covering her head with a pillow.
"Wouldn't that be kind of ironic?" a male voice asked from the bedroom doorway.
The woman took the pillow off her head and revealed a head of raven dark hair and blue eyes that were currently giving an annoyed look towards the man at the doorway. He was six feet, with blonde hair that spiked in every direction and piercing blue eyes. His outfit consisted of an orange button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up, showing well-toned arms, and black dress pants with matching shoes. The most peculiar trait he had were the three dark lines on each side of his cheeks, giving him a more animalistic look.
"Now come on, Parker. We're going to be late." He stated.
The now named Parker groaned again. She raised herself out of her resting place, revealing herself to be only wearing a tank top and pair of panties.
"Sometimes I wonder if living with you is a blessing or a curse, Naruto." She said to her best friend of 15 years, though she had a smile on her face the entire time.
Naruto just chuckled and left so she could get dressed. When she exited her room, she now wore a white blouse with black slacks and dark purple heels. She went to the kitchen and found Naruto there with two cups of coffee, to which Parker accepted one as if it were a gift from God. Naruto opened the door and they were off to the parking lot. A motorcycle with orange and white paint awaited them outside. Naruto and Parker situated themselves on the bike and were on their way.
They arrived at the Bellamy Broadcasting building and entered the premises. After a short ride up the building's elevator, they found themselves at their office door. While Parker was struggling with the keys, a voice from behind gained Naruto's attention.
"Yo, N! What's up?"
Naruto turned to see a short, dark-skinned man approaching him and Parker. He wore a white, long-sleeved shirt and a tan jacket with leaf patterns all over. His bottom half consisted of moss green, worn out pants and a pair of flip-flops.
"Hey, Simon. Nothing much, just deciding whether or not we need to break into the office through the window." Naruto replied, jabbing a thumb towards Parker.
"Oh, shut up." Parker snapped, annoyed by the blond.
Simon chuckled at this. "You know the door's unlocked, right?"
Parker's eyes widened in shock, then in anger as the two men behind her laughed uncontrollably. She turned around and gave Simon and Naruto a stare that would scare the Devil. She was not in the mood for games first thing in the morning. Both men froze up in fear, not wanting to feel the scorn that is greater than hell's fury.
"Ithinkweshouldgettoworknow!" "Yeahthatsoundslikeagoodidea!" Naruto and Simon said respectively, running into the office. Parker gained a smirk and walked in, ready to start the day.
It was midday, and Naruto was leaning back in his chair, reading a magazine listening to another argument between Simon and Parker about show segment ideas. Naruto wasn't really paying much attention to it, for it was a usual occurrence in their line of work.
"Oh, come on The Dee Show's primary interests are makeovers and Shopping. And you want to-" Parker began.
"Do a piece on maimed lion tamer adapting to post circus life. Like Antonio here," Simon interrupted, gesturing to a man with claw marks all over his body, and using crutches because he didn't have legs. "and he loves shopping and makeovers."
Simon walked up to the legless man with a pair of shoes in hand. He held up the shoes while talking, not noticing the annoyed expression the man gave them.
"Look! Italian Brogues, aren't they awes-" he never got to finish, for Antonio used on of his crushes to knock the shoes out of Simon's hand. Unfortunately, that also caused him to lose balance and fall out of the open window they had in the office.
"Oooooooo, I forgot, he has no feet. Lions can be so cruel." Simon stated before turning to the dark-haired woman. "See Parker? Antonio's story must be told." He finished dramatically, causing Parker to chuckle.
"I still don't think Dee's going to go for it." She replied while shuffling papers.
"She probably would if Naruto suggested it." he grumbled.
It was obvious that Dee had a thing for the blonde, everyone knew that. She would often flirt with him, even go so far as to pinch him in the rear given the chance. Though somehow, Naruto was oblivious to the meaning behind it all. Parker always felt relieved by that fact, but was confused as to why.
"Why is that?" Naruto questioned, looking up from his magazine. Though he was ignored by the both of them.
Simon grunted in frustration. "How can I get promoted to a legitimate news show if all I'm working on is fluff?"
"What! The Dee show is not fluff. We address serious issues facing modern women today." Parker exclaimed.
Apparently one of the serious issues faced were jeans, since that was the day's topic on The Dee Show. Dee, the talk show hostess, was a woman in her forties, wearing a light purple blouse and dark purple dress pants. Her hair color was ginger, and her eyes were green. She was currently conversing with the special guest, a so called "Jeans Expert", while Parker, Simon, and Naruto were in the Producer Box off to the side.
"How the hell can someone be a jeans expert?" Naruto asked.
"I feel like there's a joke in there about her ass being smarter than her brain, but I'm not going to waste time making it." Parker stated, causing him to chuckle.
Everything was going great, until the guest made a comment about Dee being "Posterior Challenged". That was not a good thing. That was a very bad thing. It was a "Cut to commercial" moment, which was basically Defcon 1 for the studio.
"Standby for possible guest ejection." She ordered.
"Possible code red?" Naruto inquired.
"Possible code red." She confirmed.
When Dee began to ask for clarification through clenched teeth, Parker began to repeatedly hit the eject button. Though nothing happened.
"Not working, damn, damn, damn! Naruto, cover me, I'm going in." Parker said while taking off her headset and leaving the office.
"Code Red! I repeat, Code Red!" Naruto said urgently into his headset while taking over Parker's station.
Parker swung on a nearby rope into the set just as Dee was about tear the guest a new one. Parker yanked the guest out of Dee's grip when she swung by them, saving her but destroying the necklace that was being held by Dee. After that, Naruto hit the cut to commercial switch, and they were able to calm Dee down just in time to continue with the rest of the show.
'Dee is pissed' was the thought that went through everyone's mind while the woman in question made herself a martini. They were all in Dee's personal office, going over the results of the recent broadcast.
"Indigo Jones can kiss my ass!" Dee exclaimed.
"If she could find it." Simon mumbled.
"I NEVER WANT HER BOOKED ON THIS SHOW AGAIN!" Dee yelled while stomping, literally causing the nearby furniture to jump up and down. "WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO BRING HER ON ANYWAY!?"
"Um, well-" Parker began.
"It was Naruto!" Simon quickly interjected
"What? I thought it was Par-"
Naruto would've finished if it weren't for both Parker and Simon covering his mouth. Dee didn't seem to here him, though did seem to calm down.
"Oh, well. We all make mistakes." She stated, before gaining a glint in her eye and walking over to them. "Actually, Naruto. Do you think my butt is nice?"
She turned around, having her back facing them and struck a pose. Simon nearly vomited from the sight and Parker growled in frustration. Naruto, however, gained a confused look.
"What do you mean?"
The reactions that Dee gained every time a flirt went over Naruto's head were priceless in Parker's opinion.
"Anyway, according to the overnights, we drew huge numbers." Parker explained, getting everyone back on track.
"Great, now everyone knows about my underdeveloped derrière." Dee exclaimed, walking back to her desk.
"One moment she wants attention, the next she doesn't. Make up your mind." Naruto pouted, sitting next to Parker. Parker giggled at his antics, loving his adorable expression.
'Wait, where did that come from?'
Parker was broken from her thoughts when she heard Dee beginning to speak.
"I don't get it. Is the clothes, my hips? Is it my hair?" She frantically asked.
"Dee trust me," Parker began "Big butts are yesterday's news. Now let's confirm the line up for tomorrow's show. We've got the female owner of the new chain restaurant, Heinies."
Dee began to weep at the obvious reference to the behind.
Parker, trying to cheer up her crying boss said, "We've also got the all-girl band Tina Tush and the Bubble Butts."
Though she only succeeded in making Dee cry harder. Parker tried to hide behind her computer screen after that
Line Break
It was the end of the day, and Parker was getting her things together while Naruto was waiting on the ground floor for her. She was grabbing the various items she needed to complete work while at home when she saw the photo of her and Naruto as kids on her desk. She would never forget the day she met the one person besides Massimo who she could truly call her best friend.
Flashback
A young 9-year-old Parker was sitting of to the side at the public pool, crying into her arms. She felt a tap on her shoulder, and through crying eyes, looked up to see a young boy in a wetsuit with blonde hair and blue eyes looking down at her with concern.
"Are you okay?" the boy asked. He only got a nod in response. "Then why are you crying?"
"Those boys over there called me a whale." She said through sniffles. It was the first time she ever went to a pool in a bikini, so she was very self-conscious about it. The boy looked towards the three kids playing in the pool, along with an actual whale that was in the water. He then placed a comforting arm around the weeping Parker.
"I'm sure they weren't talking about you. Besides, you shouldn't care about what they think." He stated in confidence.
Parker looked up with a questioning gaze, "What do you mean?"
"Well, if you feel comfortable in your own body, then you shouldn't care what other people think!"
That seemed to cheer her up greatly, and when she was drying her eyes she thought of something.
"Hey, what's your name?" She asked, wanting to thank the one who lifted her spirits.
"Naruto Bellamy, and what's yours?"
"Parker Kovac. Thank you, Naruto."
"NARUTO!" An adult voice grabbed their attention, and both looked to see a man with blonde hair like Naruto's standing on the other side of the pool with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.
"I got to go, it was nice meeting you." Naruto said uneasily as he began to make his way towards the man.
"Okay, bye!" Parker said waving at him.
She never noticed how scared Naruto looked when he reached the man.
End Flashback
Afterwards they found out they both went to the same school and were inseparable since. Parker was in the elevator, going down to meet Naruto when the moving room made a stop at one of the floors. When she saw who it was that wanted to board the elevator, her mood went from nostalgic and happy to ticked off. He was a blonde man with blues eyes, and his choice of wear was a light pink, button up shirt with a blue blazer over it. His bottom half wore white dress pants and brown loafers.
"Oh, Parker! Fancy seeing you here." He stated nervously.
"Hey, Blake." She stated in annoyance. Blake walked into the elevator and stood right beside her as they began to descend.
"So, how have things been with you?" he asked, trying to strike up a conversation.
"Great, me and Naruto have been doing fine." Her reply was short and simple, which was usual when talking to Blake or anyone else of that family. They didn't deserve her time. Not after what they did.
"…. How is he?" Blake asked. He hadn't seen his cousin in a long time, and was wondering how Naruto was, especially after the incident all those years ago.
Blake never got an answer, for the door opened and Parker rushed out to the door of the building.
Outside, Naruto was leaning on his bike waiting for Parker. He noticed Parker running towards him, and began preparing for departure. Parker quickly got into her seat on the back of his motorcycle and began strapping on her helmet.
"What's got you in such a hurry?" he asked his best friend.
"Blake."
That was all he needed to hear to start driving.
It was nighttime when they returned to their awaiting apartment. Parker went inside the apartment while Naruto parked his bike. When she entered she smelled delicious food being cooked in the kitchen.
"Kurama, Massimo, we're home!"
"In the kitchen!" a voice shouted.
Parker sniffed the air and her mouth watered. The food smelled heavenly in her opinion.
"Something smells good. Massimo, are you guys making dinner?" she asked, surprised based on who was doing it.
"Yes, we were watching some cooking show and fleabag here wanted to try it himself. I had to help him because I didn't want the apartment to burn down. Again." A different voice said.
"Okay one, it's not some cooking show. Two, I have not had fleas since I was a puppy. Three, I said I was sorry, Kurama." Massimo's voice said.
"You better be, I lost all of my fur in that fire." Kurama said.
Surprisingly the two voices belonged to a dog with white fur and a black studded collar, Massimo, and a fox with orange fur with, surprisingly, nine long and luscious tails, Kurama. Both Kurama and Massimo exited the kitchen with plates in hand err, paw. At this point Naruto finally returned from parking his bike. As he entered, he smelled a delectable aroma in the air.
"What's cooking?" He asked.
"Massimo and Kurama fixed us dinner." She replied, handing him a plate.
Naruto took the offered dish, took a bite, and immediately began scarfing it down.
"Parker, you got to try this." He said in between bites.
Parker took out a fork and took a bite. It wasn't soon after that she was in the same boat as Naruto, trying to eat as much as possible.
"I don't believe it." Kurama stated with wide eyes.
"Ha! You owe me 20 bucks!" Massimo exclaimed, holding out his paw.
Kurama grumbled as he pulled the money from… somewhere and gave it to Massimo.
"Wait, what did you guys bet on?" Parker questioned, stopping her chow down while Naruto kept eating.
"Would you believe that Kurama thought that the two of you wouldn't like dog chow and tortellini." Massimo said, counting his money.
Parker gagged and vomited in her mouth, but Naruto kept eating. When he noticed the disgusted look sent his way, he shrugged.
"What, it's good." He defended before returning to his meal.
Naruto was lying on his bed, reading a book when he heard a tap on his doorframe. He looked up to see Parker, in her sleepwear, standing at his doorway.
"Can I talk with you?" she asked, rubbing her arm.
"Sure," he said, patting the unoccupied side of his bed "Tell Naruto what the problem is."
Parker flopped onto the bed with a sigh, unconsciously laying her head on his chest.
"So, what's the deal?" he asked, wondering what was wrong with his best friend.
"I'm just worried about tomorrow." She whispered, tracing her thumb on his chest.
"Oh right, tomorrow is job evaluations," He remembered "Don't worry about it. You are the best at what you do, and no one else is as smart, sexy, and focused in The Dee Show's entire crew than you."
That seemed to lift her spirits entirely. It always seemed that he knew exactly what to say to make her feel better. They continued to speak until they went to the land of dreams, holding each other.
Whoa, it took a while for me to type this. Now this is going to be the last story I'm uploading. From now on I'm going to only upload Mercy's Reason, Working Again, possibly doing The Intern challenge myself, and this. Please review.