Hey guys I don't believe it! I finally had a free day! No soccer practice, no football practice, no work, and no more homework!

So I got to update early just for all my awesome readers out there, both silent and not!

Sorry that this one is kinda on the short side, but at least I updated quicker than usual :) Enjoy and don't forget to review and tell me what you think about my story!

Summary: Sakura and Ino wanting to live in the city. Ino finds a nice apartment at a low price during her travels. But unfortunately they cannot afford it… So they need a 3rd roommate! Who will this roommate be? Will their lives change forever? Finding love where you least excepted it to be.

Disclaimer: I do not own the anime/manga Naruto or any of the characters used in this story from the anime/mango Naruto.

ooo PREVIOUSLY ON THE LAST CHAPTER ooo

She didn't notice a man was coming towards her, with a vain look at his face.

He called her name but she didn't hear him.

The pinkette started to walk towards a path that was a part of her favorite route and the man still followed her.

Sakura started to jog and the man kept trailing her. He called the pinkette's name again but once again…

No Response.

He thought she was ignoring him on purpose and started to run faster. He grabbed Sakura's arms harshly making her stop and she flinched from the pain.

The pinkette screamed, "DON'T TOUCH ME! I KNOW K…KAR…KARATE!"

She turned to hit the stranger but saw who it was…

Her face became pale.

"S… S…"

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Roommates

"S… S… Sasuke…"

Out of all the people she could have saw in this large city… She ran into the one person she didn't want to see.

Her ex-boyfriend was standing in front of her. In a place where nobody could hear her if she would scream.

Sakura saw him mouthing something while the only thing she could hear was the music coming out of her IPod.

She wanted to run away but instead she stood there and looked at the person broke her heart.

The surprise of seeing him in the place she had never seen anyone when running made her feel paralyzed, like she couldn't even move a muscle.

The pinkette saw him still trying to talk to her. But she just continued to stare at him with her face pale and full with fright. She saw him raising his hand and took off the earphones from Sakura's ears.

"Hi, Sakura. It's nice to see you and your fit body" Sasuke said, sounding self-confident, while eying her body.

"What are you doing here?" she tried to say but only a whisper came out of her mouth.

"What? I don't hear you, what did you say?" he slowly stepped closer to her.

Sakura finally broke from her paralysis and stepped away from him, but he came closer, still holding her arm roughly.

The pinkette tried to shake his grip, but he just squeezed her arm harder.

"Let go of me!" Sakura yelled as loud as she could.

She tried to free herself from his grip again and this time he let her go, but he stepped closer. They were so close that she had to look up to see his face.

"You know, I never wanted to be your boyfriend; I just wanted you in my bed. After every date we had, I walked you home and went to club afterwards to get me girl to sleep with. It was a nice game I played with you. Too bad, I didn't have the chance to fuck you" he smiled and she could see only coldness in his eyes.

'Naruto's eyes are warm, even if he's angry...' Sakura wanted to run away but the fear made her freeze again.

"Well, I don't see anyone here now. Maybe we should play, what do you think?"

Sakura's eyes widened in terror and fear, tears started to roll down her eyes. She stepped back and watched him staying few steps away from her.

The frightened pinkette kept on slowly stepping back. She wanted to flee from the man that was in front of her, looking at her like she's just a mere play toy.

She took one more step back and tripped on a branch, she fell down and now was crawling backwards away from Sasuke, still looking at Sakura with his cold and vicious eyes.

Sakura closed her eyes, "LEAVE ME ALONE!" she screamed and then when opened her eyes she saw him lying on ground and struggling with someone.

Sakura didn't wait, she stood up, and ran in the forest not looking back.

Not knowing where she was heading due to her vision being blurry from the tears that welled up in her beautiful green eyes.

She ran stumbling, head over heels, feeling something scratch her cheeks.

It hurt but the pinkette didn't care…

She kept on running, faster and faster, as fast as her body could take her.

The earphones hitting against her thighs, her IPod was still fixed on her shorts.

Sakura stumbled and fell on the ground. She quickly got up once again ignore the pain of her not scratched up hands and knees, and she continued to run.

She ran, crying and panting, her heart filled with despair, fright and pain.

Someone grabbed her arm and Sakura screamed in fear. Her heart was going at a million miles per hours, it felt like it was going to break out of her ribcage like in one of those Warner Bro's cartoons.

The person who grabbed onto her hand, turned her around and through the blurry tears, she could see something yellow.

Somehow without knowing who he was, she felt safe. The grip this person had on her didn't scare her as much as when Sasuke did wiped her teary eyes and looked closer at the person who was holding on to her arm.

The pinkette saw Naruto's deep blue eyes looking at her.

The blonde stopped screaming and clanged in the blondes shirt, burying her nails in his arms.

Naruto let her hug him, ignoring the pain of Sakura digging her nails into his skin. He just hugged her back.

She let him hug her and she started to cry harder, barely catching her breath. She let the comfort of Naruto's warm hands and pats take over her. They kneeled to the ground.

She felt so safe… So safe in Naruto's arms.

When Sakura fell on her butt and closed her eyes screaming, she didn't see Naruto tackling Sasuke to the ground.

When Sakura got up and ran away, she didn't see Naruto punching Sasuke a few times in the face.

She didn't see Naruto kick Sasuke in the ribs.

She didn't see Naruto running after her in the woods.

She didn't see the expression on Naruto's face, conveying the fear he had, what if he would came too late?

What if the battery of his IPod wouldn't have died and he wouldn't heard someone scream?

What if he didn't got up today for a run and slept till noon again?

Sakura didn't see his face when Naruto saw her crawling, pale and terrified, and a guy he didn't know, with hair like a duck's butt, sneering at her.

The pinkette let Naruto pull her closer, she hugged him back with all her strength, fearing it was just an illusion.

That maybe she's still alone with Sasuke.

Naruto didn't feel the pain from her nails sinking in his skin.

He held her gently, his one hand around her, and the other patting her head.

She was in his arms crying again.

And again because of her ex.

She slowly calmed down. They didn't know for how long they were kneeling down in the woods. The shock of the moment got to her.

"He almost raped me..." she whispered, "he told me everything. He said he was only playing with me. That after our dates he would g… Go… To a club to find a girl to f… Fuck"

Tears were now streaming down the pinkette's face once again.

"Hush, Sakura. Don't cry... It's over now, don't think about again. I'm here for you" Naruto said, his voice breaking.

"It's all my fault" she pushed the blonde away and started to crawl back.

"Sakura, it's not your fault. He was just a creep, looking for another pray."

"No… No... Don't come near me. It's all my fault. I'm a bad person. Only bad people would date people like him"

"Sakura," Naruto saw Sakura's face, her fear and shock was evident on her face, he was desperate to help her, "It's not your fault."

"I'm a bad person. I'm a bad person. Only bad people's ex's would try to rape them..."

"Sakura, calm down. You didn't know the guy. Just take a deep breath and relax for a bit" N

"My ex-boyfriend tried to rape me. I'm a bad person..." the pinkette whispered.

Naruto tried to understand what she wass saying. He recalled her chanting and it hit him.

'That asshole was Sakura's ex!'

The blonde mentally face palmed himself for not understanding what the pinkette was saying earlier.

"I'm going to kill him," Naruto growled as he rose to his feet, anger filling every part of him. He turned around to go after the guy who hurt his Sakura.

"NARUTO, DON'T LEAVE ME!" she cried at him and started to sob uncontrollably.

Naruto tried his hardest to suppress his anger and he picked up the pinkette. She wrapped her hands around his neck and held onto him tightly. Naruto ended carried her all the way home bridal style.

He felt relieved that it was Sunday and there were only some people on their way back home. They were smeared with dirt, dry leaves; Naruto's knuckles and Sakura's knees covered in bruises.

As people were pasting by them they all whispered at how they looked like a good couple which made both the blonde and the pinkette blush.

When Naruto opened the apartment's door he hoped Ino was still sleeping. He didn't want her to see them like this, she would freak out and call the police.

Right now, Sakura just needed a peaceful and quiet place right now. She was sobbing all the way to their apartment.

Naruto was lucky considering that this situation wasn't one where one should feel happy, that Ino was still sleeping.

He saw the clock showed it was just past 9 am. He carried the pinkette to her room put her in the bed.

Sakura let go of him and whispered a quiet, "Thank you."

"You should change and take a shower," Naruto spoke and walked towards the door.

"No, don't leave!" the pinkette quickly got up, ignoring her sore legs, and hugged him from behind.

"Ok, I won't," he turned around and patted her back while hugging her and resting his head on top of hers.

He guided her to the bed and once again, they were lying in Sakura's bed.

She was in his arms, sobbing.

"It's ok Sakura. Sleep, just get some rest, I promise I won't leave you" Naruto kissed her forehead and patted her head as she slowly drifted to sleep.

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Well I hope that you enjoyed this chapter :) I will try to update again as soon as I can.

Btw there was a few reviewers who commented about how I update my stories. I just want to say sorry but I am so busy in real life that I barely have any time to update write fanfics. I have a lot of homework now that I'm in my final year of high school, I got work, soccer practice/games, and football practice/games.

So yeah if you read my my AN in the beginning of this story, I wrote this story like a year ago cause I had nothing better to do, so all I have to do is grammar check it, make tweaks, and see where to end a chapter. So yah that's why I'm updating this story but not my other ones. Sorry for the inconvenience.