Merry Christmas everyone! Hope everyone has a wonderful day! :) As a christmas present I will update this story and A Bundle of Joy. I will upload that one soon.

I am actually half way done editing it but I ran out of time :P I am going to a family gathering now. So I will finish it up later tonight and upload it, if I can. If not, I'll do it tomorrow morning.

Sorry if this chapter is kind of short but I absolutely had to, in order to end at a suspenseful part :P So please enjoy and don't forget to review! :)

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

He opened his eyes at the disturbance and was about to get up, when she dropped herself right next to him and leaned her back against his chest, settling in as close to him as she could.

She felt him shift to give her more room, before carefully and tentatively draping his arm around her stomach to keep her from sliding off the cushions and onto the floor. Neither of them said anything, which Sakura was grateful for.

She knew that if her mind hadn't been clouded by illness and fatigue, she would have been extremely embarrassed at even the thought of doing what she'd done, but she told herself that that night was a special circumstance.

Again her eyes began to wander the room, but at the same time she heard Naruto's steady heartbeat and felt his slow breath hot on the back of her neck, and this time when she observed the moving shadows she didn't feel the same fear as before.

This time she felt safe, she felt protected, because she wasn't alone and she realized that no matter how scary she thought anything could be, as long as Naruto was with her, she could face it brave and strong.

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Roommates

A week later, they were all packing. Friday was a free day for everyone so they were going with the evening ferry.

Two hours before leaving the apartment, Sai arrived because they decided to go in Naruto's car till the ferry pier and leave the car in a parking lot.

Unfortunately Naruto caught Sakura's sickness. He was starting to feel better but he still wasn't fully feeling better yet. Sakura felt bad for giving Naruto her sickness.

When they got to the ferry, they had two rooms, connected to each other and sharing one bathroom, each room having two separate beds. The guys were staying in one room and the girls in the other one.

The pinkette noticed that Naruto brought a lot of water bottles with him. She wondered what they were for, but eventually just forgot about it and thought about other things.

After a few hours, they were settled in their rooms, everyone was cheerful and Sakura started to feel relaxed. Sai knocked on the door and asked "Anyone wants to go downstairs and have a drink?"

"Sure, I will just check on Naruto first. Sakura, will you come too?"

"Nope, I'll stay and read a book; I don't remember the last time I had the chance to relax like this and I will have a drink or two tomorrow, ok?" the pinkette smiled at Ino and Sai.

"Okay, well I'll see you later okay."

"Bye Sakura."

"Okay bye Ino, bye Sai."

Fifteen minutes later, she was alone and she decided to see if Naruto's ok. She felt guilty for not doing it earlier and thought it was just because of her he was now lying in bed and fighting with nausea. It takes twelve hours for the ferry to reach the island.

Sakura knocked on the door connecting the two rooms, "Naruto?"

"Yeah?" she heard a weak response.

She opened the door and saw the male blonde lying in his bed, hiding his head under his arm and holding a water bottle with the other one.

'That's why he had so much water with him!' Sakura thought after seeing one empty bottle on the floor.

"Did you come because of me and because you said you would not let me go anywhere alone?" Sakura asked standing beside his bed.

"No, I just wanted to have a good time. It's not my first time going there," he answered faintly.

"Then why do you still keep driving me around in Konoha?"

"Just because… Because I like to... And I hate driving in my car alone."

"Then why do I feel like you are telling me lies now?"

Naruto removed his hand from his face, sat up and took a big gulp from the water bottle that he picked up from his bed side.

"Because I'm protecting Ino."

'And you...' he added in his head.

"Oh, I see... Because I said we can't tell her anything," the pinkette said, looking on the floor, she felt a bit hurt that he didn't want to protect her. Subconsciously a pout appeared on her face that the blonde failed to notice.

"Is it really that bad?" Sakura asked looking at Naruto, "I mean, you can't even walk or anything?"

"No, I can walk around. I just choose not to. But I would like to see the stars."

"The stars?"

"Yeah, here out in the sea, the sky is clearer and you can see more stars than in the city," Naruto said and smiled weakly, "You know because the lights make the stars less visible."

"If you need help..."

"No," the blonde interrupted her, "Just go and take jacket or a sweater and meet me outside in the hallway in ten minutes."

"Ok" the pinkette smiled and went back to her and Ino's room.

Ten minutes later Naruto came out of his room, still holding a water bottle but this was a full one this time. They walked on the upper deck and sat on one of the benches.

Looking around Sakura noticed that there were a lot of couples on the top deck, enjoying the stars.

The pinkette blushed thinking, 'I wonder if we look like a couple…' A blush appeared on her face and she shook her head and looked up.

"You were right!" Sakura exclaimed, tilting her head back to see the sky, "Do you know any of the constellations?"

"Some of them" Naruto smiled and felt a lot better. Just because his favourite pinkette was next to him on this starry sky night.

They sat just the two of them and Naruto tried to show her all the constellations he could remember. He had to lean closer to her to be able to show the right stars. Sitting side by side leaning on each other. Heads really close together and from time to time their cheeks brushed and each time it did Sakura's stomach was attacked by butterflies, as was Naruto's.

She didn't fight the feeling. A breeze came by and blew Sakura's pick locks of hair in Naruto's face. The pinkette saw clouds coming and slowly hiding the stars. Naruto could smell Sakura's scent in her hair.

She smelled like strawberries.

Sakura turned to free Naruto's face from her hair. While doing that their eyes met and they froze.

Face to face.

Sakura hoped that the dim light would be enough to hide the massive blush on her cheeks. Naruto cupped the pinkette's cheeks with both hands and said in a whisper, "The scratch on your cheek has healed."

"It healed a long time ago. Maybe the..."

Her words were cut off by a warm feeling on her lips. Sakura's eyes widened and she became stiff with shock. But eventually she melted into the kiss and kissed him back.

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Omgomgomgomg they finally kissed! :) I hope you enjoyed it and don't worry I'll be adding a lemon soon. I am trying to find a part I can put it in. So please don't forget to review and tell me how I could improve to make this story better for all you wonderful readers.