Sadly I do not own Naruto.
New lonely apartment, furniture old and new littering random parts of the floor, still needing a new home within the confines of her new abode. Still taped boxes stacked neatly in all corners of what was eventually going to be her living room. A thick layer of dust covered the floors and walls, not even the ceiling was spared from the dust. A girl of seventeen brushed her cherry blossom covered locks out of her drooping green eyes, she d been at this for hours. Grab a box, haul it up three flights of stairs, and repeat. She never wanted to move again, especially if she had to do it alone. But what could she do? She'd just moved from her home town of Konoha, after her parents deaths she saw no point in staying there and having to deal with everyone's pity. That was the last thing she wanted. So she'd packed up her house, sold it, and moved to a new town for a new life.
Finally, after what seemed like hours, every box and piece of furniture was hauled into her new home. Making her way over to her couch, she plopped herself down unceremoniously, resulting in a huge cloud of dust to engulf her. After coughing for what seemed like ages, she sat up and took a good look at her new home. Finally taking in the fact that she was starting her life over in a new town, hell, in just one week she would be starting at a new school as well. Sadly enough, she would be starting her senior year of high school at a new school. That was definitely something she didn't want to think about at the moment. Starting her final year of school with no friends in this town wasn't the most ideal but it was better than starting in the middle of the year. At least she'd be starting the year fresh, right?
After about an hour of pondering her choices and really taking in her new life, she heard a knock at her door. It was strange to say the least. Considering she knew nobody in this town, let alone anyone in her building. After she heard the knock at her door again, she decided it was time to see who was coming to meet the new neighbor.
After dodging a few boxes, she finally made it to her door and quickly peeked through the peephole in her door. She was met with the sight of bright blue eyes and what looked like blond hair. Quickly unlocking the door she opened it slightly and peered out at her guest.
"Yes, may I help you?" , she asked timidly, she wasn't proud to say she'd never been good with new people but she supposed now that it was just her it was about time she got over this irrational fear of hers. Her friends weren't here to do the talking like they normally would in these kinds of situations anymore.
"I just wanted to see who the new neighbor was here, yeah. I'm Deidara, I live two doors down." , said her guest, Deidara, as he jabbed a thumb over his shoulder to the right.
"I'm Sakura, nice to meet you" , Sakura replied quietly. She was staring at her feet, she couldn't even bring herself to look him in the eye. she was silently grateful that only one was showing as his long blond hair was covering his left eye. She couldn't help but feel a little rude. He was only coming to say hello, nothing to be scared about. She internally sighed at her lack of self confidence. Though she was quiet, she'd had so much of it until her parents had died, save for not being good at social interaction with new people. She mentally scolded herself once again about being as shy as she was being at the moment.
"Well, I just figured I should come say hello and meet my new neighbor, yeah?" , Deidara said, seemly undisturbed by her lack of eye contact. Which she was eternally grateful for. She didn't want to have him call her out of it when she'd only just met the guy.
"Thank you for coming and welcoming me to the building, that was thoughtful of you." , she said, smiling slightly, lifting her head a little so he could see her face just a bit more.
"Well I guess I ll see you around then, yeah?" Deidara asked as he turned to head back to what Sakura suspected was his apartment.
"Of course, feel free to stop by and say hi anytime you'd like." , she nodded.
With a wave he was gone, as his hand lowered Sakura couldn't help but notice something on his hand that looked kind of like a mouth from afar. She also noticed that there seemed to be an almost lonely and mysterious aura that followed him. She shook her head, if he wanted some kind of tattoo on his body, that was his choice. And as for the strange aura he gave off, well, she'd just have to wait and see on that one. She didn't like having her life being pried at so she wasn't about to do it to a person she had just met. She wasn't going to judge him about his possible tattoo, especially when she wasn't even sure if what she saw was a tattoo at all. Smiling softly to herself, she closed her door and redid the locks before turning towards the chaos that was currently her living room. With a deep breath she set to work putting away everything she could before night began to far and her eyelids started to become heavy.
After tracking down the boxes that held her shampoo and other bath time necessities, she made her way towards her single bathroom. Though her apartment wasn't the biggest, her bathroom sure was spacious. After shedding her clothing, she stepped under the hot spray of water. She couldn't help the contented sigh that left her lips. After the long day of moving she'd had, she seriously needed a nice hot shower.
Once she had washed away all the sweat and dust from the day, she cut the water off and wrapped a towel around her midsection before making her way to her bedroom. Her bare feet padded across hardwood flooring, oak she guessed by the sandy brown color that seemed top lie beneath the layer of dust she had yet to clean up. Tomorrow, she decided, she needed give this place the cleaning it truly and desperately needed.
Sighing, Sakura pushed the door open to the room that was eventually going to be her bedroom before looking for the box she had clearly labeled "CLOTHES" . After what felt like an eternity of sorting through random boxes that she had thrown within the rooms confines, she dug out a plain black cotton t-shirt and a white pair of basketball shorts that hung low on her hips, at least two sizes too big for her slim figure. She smiled sadly, these had belonged to Sasuke, one of her best friends from her home town. She had stolen them long ago after he had fallen asleep at the house she once shared with her parents. Leaving Sasuke, Naruto, and all of her other friends was the hardest thing she had ever had to do, aside from selling the house her parents had raised her in before their untimely deaths.
Sakura closed her eyes and let out a shaky sigh, she had to be strong. There was nobody here to tell her it was all going to be alright, that she would make it through this. Taking a deep breath, she let out one last sigh opened her eyes. Her eyes shone with determination, tomorrow was a new day and soon she would start this new life of hers right. She had to be strong and live her life. It was what her parents would have wanted for her. She couldn't help but smile as she thought of her parents faces, smiling proudly at her. In the short time since their deaths she really had grown quite a bit. If she was going to make it on her own, she had to grow up, so that's what she did.
As night fell upon her new home, Sakura let out a yawn. It had really been a long day. Grabbing her phone out of her too big shorts pockets, she turned it on and peered down at the device, she couldn't help but frown. Nobody had texted her or called to make sure her move had gone okay. She decided to think on that later, it was already nearing ten at night. She really had lost track of time, letting out another yawn she decided it was time for bed. At least she had had enough sense to make sure to make her bed right away instead of putting it off until later.
After a quick dig through a box for her phone charger, Sakura plugged her phone in and set in on the table that sat next to the bed. She quickly pealed back her black and blue striped comforter before turning off the lights and crawling under her blankets. It really had been a long day, from moving everything into her new apartment, to meeting the neighbor, to thinking about her deceased parents, to missing her friends back home, to wondering if they missed her just as much as she missed them. She'd only been gone a day and it already seemed like she hadn't seen any of her friends in ages.
Sakura's thoughts began to drift as her eyelids began to droop and not long after, the comforting embrace of sleep consumed her.