Summary: Sakura's a strong, confident young woman, but when she starts work as a maid for TEN COCKY GUYS! Not only does she have to constantly put up with their sexist jokes and Playboy mags, but when they start trying to get into her pants... what's a girl to do?
Hi everyone, extremely sorry for the late update. I hope you don't hate me too much. :(
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The Trouble With Men Is
Chapter 3
...They Don't Cover Up!
"Holy mother of all that is-" Sakura screamed and fell crashing back into a table.
Behind the door wasn't exactly what she thought it was. She was expecting a big, bad thief carrying a gun, or a machine gun... or perhaps he was a monster, and then he'll-
After what Sakura had just witnessed, she would've taken on the big-bad-machine-gun-carrying-monster-thief any day. As she threw opened the door heroically, she saw two people. A man and a woman to be exact, engaging in a very pleasurable and calorie burning activity; also known as sexual intercourse.
It probably would've been a smart idea to just dash out of the room and pretend nothing had happened.
But of course, being a hormone-driven-stressed-out-sleep-deprived-hungry-scared-vulnerable young woman... She acted the way anyone with her problems would.
She began chucking anything in sight at the two strangers lying completely naked, entangled in a strange aerobic position, on the couch.
"Shame on you!" Sakura yelled between throws. "And shame on that!" she said, pointing to their entangled, naked bodies, "Put on some clothes! Both of you, before I call the cops!"
The boy seemed to ignore her, as he stood up... still naked.
Sakura covered her eyes, "Put it away, put it away!" she wailed.
The boy seemed bemused by her reaction to the situation, as he smiled slowly, and asked, "Why are you calling the cops on me? I live here."
Sakura went silent, and lifted her hand off her eyes. She made sure her eyes would not stray down anywhere near his "ahem". She stared at his face and frowned. "You don't live here," she replied, "I don't remember meeting you today."
Recognition dawned upon the boy's face. "Ah, I see. You're the new maid. I see they've conveniently forgot to mention me." He added with a slight scowl.
That was when Sakura got her first good look at him. He was extremely pale... almost white. His lack of pigment contrasted greatly with his dark hair and dark eyes. There was something funny about his expression though... or rather, lack of expression. He actually kind of looked like Sasuke. And Sakura couldn't help but notice that... he was pretty darn toned. She felt her face redden slightly.
"Why is your face turning red?" he asked her.
"I err- umm..." Sakura muttered, "I... you see..."
"Is it my nakedness? Do you feel awkward seeing my penis?"
Sakura was shocked at how straightforward he was. "Yes? I...do?"
"Fine," he nodded, "I'll cover up." He walked slowly back to the couch, where the girl was lying lazily with a bored and sour expression on her face. He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist. "Better?" he asked.
Sakura gave a meek smile and nodded her head slowly, "Yes, much better."
He walked up to her and gave her a strange smile, "Hello, my name is Sai. And that girl back there is Kin." he said pointing to the voluptuous girl in the back.
"Err- Hello, I'm Sakura. Your new maid."
A shrill giggle was heard from Kin, as she tossed back her long, shiny black hair, "A new maid?" she smirked as she raised an eyebrow and looked Sakura up and down. "You don't seem like the kind to me. What do they ask you to do here?"
"Well... you know. The usual... cooking, cleaning, making beds..." she trailed off.
"Oh..." the Kin said, as she let out another ear-piercing giggle, "That kind of maid. I was beginning to wonder why Jiraiya would hire someone like you where there are millions of better-" she stopped mid-sentence, and gave Sakura a pitying look, "Well, never mind."
Sakura didn't exactly understand what Kin was trying to say, but she had the feeling that it wasn't very nice. "Well, nice to meet you," Sakura said feverishly, edging towards the door, "I'll just be leaving you to do... your thing. Have fun." And before any of them could say another world, she slammed the doors and dashed up the stairs.
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Oh come on... a couple more minutes..."
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Please?"
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Fine!" Sakura slammed the snooze button on her alarm clock and dragged herself out of bed. She was still feeling quite tired from last night's little "adventure". She shed off her clothes and stumbled into the shower. She jumped slightly as the cold water fell on her body.
"Darn," she grumbled to herself, "I must've left the shampoo on my bed." She threw back the shower curtain and screamed.
Leaning casually against the sink- fully clothed this time- was Sai.
"What- What are you doing here?" Sakura gasped, as she tried to cover herself up with the shower curtain, as drops from her hair splattered everywhere, "You... you pervert! You... Get out- GET OUT!"
He did not budge from his spot, and merely gave his usual blank stare, "Well, you saw me naked- didn't you? It's only fair that I get to see you naked."
Sakura then began chucking soap pieces at him (she always seems to be throwing something when she's around him). "Get out... Get out now! It was an accident! I didn't mean to see it!"
"Really? Was it an accident?" Sai began to walk slowly towards her.
"Get away- get AWAY!" Sakura cried, "What would your girlfriend say if she saw you in here?"
Sai stopped midway and stared at her strangely, "Girlfriend? I don't have a girlfriend."
"Yes you do! That girl... Kin."
"She's not my girlfriend." Sai replied curtly.
"What? Then... who is she? I mean you guys look and sounded pretty chummy on the couch last night."
He let out a rare chuckle that didn't seem to quite fit his voice or expression, "There's nothing romantic between me and her. She's just my model."
"Your... model?"
Sai nodded his head, "She's my model for painting. I'm an artist."
Sakura raised an eyebrow; slightly amused despite the strange situation she was in. She let out a laugh, "So when you were nailing her on the coach, that was art?"
"Well, her being my model does allow the both of us certain-"
But their conversation was interrupted by a loud bang as the door swung open.
"Oh for the love of God..." Sakura slapped her slightly oversized forehead as another storm of boys dashed into her bathroom.
Standing in her bathroom was Kiba, Naruto and Lee- all in their pajamas holding an assortment of creative weapons. Kiba held a videogame controller in one hand, and a pair of handcuffs in the other. Lee wore a pair of boxing gloves, and Naruto held a three-foot sandwich.
"What happened? What's going here? Are you hurt, Sakura?" Naruto asked urgently as he looked around in complete bewilderment. "We heard you scream and-"
"Sai! What are you doing here? Sakura? Are you naked?" Lee stared at the two of them.
Sakura rolled her eyes," No Lee, I'm not naked. I always take showers with my clothes on."
"What a wonderful idea Sakura, I'll try it too!" Lee replied dramatically as stars practically leaped out of his eyes.
"You dope," Kiba said slapping Lee on the head, "She was being sarcastically. She's obviously naked. Look, you can kind of see her boobs through the shower curtain."
"Okay that's it! All of you- get out NOW!" Sakura bellowed, "Or there'll be no breakfast today!"
"Fine, fine," Kiba rolled his eyes as he, Naruto and Lee dragged Sai out of the bathroom, "We were only trying to help."
Naruto turned around and winked at her, "Next time you want me in here, you don't have to scream to get my attention."
"Swell..." Sakura muttered under her breath.
Sakura made sure they were long gone before getting out of the shower and going back to get her shampoo. As she showered- she made sure to lock the door to her bedroom, and the bathroom door. She wasn't going to make the same mistake ever again.
"Ugh..." She thought to herself as she tried to blow dry her stringy hair, "What a way to start off my first day at work."
"What would you guys like for breakfast?"
"Peanut butter sandwich!"
"Pie!"
"Pizza!"
"You!"
"Milk!"
"Pie!"
"Britney Spears!"
Sakura raised an eyebrow, "Alright, scrambled eggs and grapefruit it is!"
"NOO!" Chouji whined, "That's not enough for me!"
"Me too!" Naruto echoed, "I need more than fruit and eggs to last!"
Sakura sighed, and closed her eyes, "Listen, I have less than an hour to make you guys all breakfast, get my bags ready, and then get to Konoha University. Just please, just this once, just for today, work with me until I can get used to this!"
"Alright, fine." Kiba said, "But only because you're cute." And he winked at her. Only this time, Sakura smiled.
"Scrambled Eggs and Grapefruit it is!" Lee shouted gleefully.
"But I want second servings!" Chouji grumbled.
Miraculously, after several tantrums from Chouji and Naruto, and between thirty or so dirty dishes, Sakura managed to leave the house for University at exactly fifteen minutes before class.
"Oh no, I'm definitely going to be late now." She muttered as she dashed out the door, and bolted down the street. "Great, it's the first day of College, and I'm already late."
As she reached the intersection, a sleek, black car intercepted her path. The window rolled down to reveal... Sasuke. Sakura felt her cheeks heat up just by looking at him.
"Hey, need a ride?" He asked her, "I'm heading to Konoha University too."
Sakura flushed as she got into the car beside him, "Thanks. You don't know how much this means to me."
"No problem." He replied.
"Do all you guys go to Konoha University?" Sakura asked timidly.
Sasuke nodded his head.
"So you must give the other guys rides all the time."
At this, Sasuke's expression darkened, and Sakura immediately regretted saying it.
"I don't get too well with the others." He said shortly. The sharp edge of his tone was a sign that the conversation was over.
The rest of the ride was in complete silence. Sakura was too scared to say anything in fear of offending Sasuke.
As they reached the University, Sakura thanked him, and rushed out of the car in relief.
"Phew..." She sighed and thought to herself, "That was the most tense and awkward ride I've ever had."
She looked down at her schedule, and moaned, "This is what I get for taking so many courses. Eight o'clock biology, eleven o'clock physics, three o'clock chemistry, and five-thirty calculus. I'm going to be here till seven! That's eleven straight hours!"
Sakura looked around trying to spot a friendly face.
"Hey wait a minute, isn't that…" she stopped midway and saw a boy with long brown hair, and pale eyes standing approximately ten feet in front of her, "It's that obnoxious guy… Neji, was it?"
Before Sakura had a chance to say anything, a girl whizzed passed her and dashed to Neji's side.
"Hey Neji!" She beamed at him; the two buns on her head wobbled slightly, "How was your summer?"
"Fine."
"Well… what class do you have now?" the girl asked, trying to start a conversation with him.
"Biology."
"Ack!" Sakura mentally screamed, "He has first period with me!"
"Would you… like me to help you carry your books?" the girl asked hopefully, "My class is right next door to yours."
"No thank you." And with that, he sped up and walked ahead of her, leaving the poor girl all alone.
Sakura felt extremely bad for her, and animosity toward Neji.
"How dare he!" she thought furiously to herself, "What a pompous ass that idiot is!"
She didn't exactly know what made her do it, but she ran up to the girl, and gave her a bright smile, "Hey, I'm Sakura! Nice to meet you!"
The girl merely gave her a sad smile, "Hi, I'm Ten-Ten. I guess you saw what just happened, didn't you?"
Sakura blushed slightly and looked down, "Er- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hear, but I was just…"
Ten-Ten cut her off, "It's okay, don't worry about it." She gave a sad sigh, "So do you know that guy?"
"That… guy?" Sakura laughed nervously, "I guess you could say we've met once or twice." She didn't feel that telling this stranger here that she actually lived with him… and nine other guys, was a good idea.
"So, is he always like that?" Sakura asked.
"Like what?"
"You know, that I've-got-a-stick-up-my-fanny-and-I'm-not-planning-on-pulling-it-out attitude."
Ten-Ten laughed, "Well, I guess… But I just don't understand. He didn't used to be like that to me." She sighed sadly.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked gently.
"Well, we were lab partners for the whole entire year last term, and we got along fairly well. Honestly, he is one of the smartest guys I've ever met. His rank in high school was number one for all four years." She stopped to take a breath; "He was extremely helpful and would always take time to help me with my homework and studies."
"So what happened?"
Ten-Ten shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know. Ever since the summer time… He's been so moody and upset around me. He doesn't answer my calls, he barely goes to the library anymore… and I just don't know what happened. We used to be so close." Her voice began to wobble slightly as she fought to hold tears back.
Sakura gave Ten-Ten an awkward hug, "I'm sure he has his reasons, and he'll be back to normal soon." She told Ten-Ten gently, "He's probably just going through one of his boy phases."
"I hope so," she wiped her eyes, "Anyways, I better go, I'm going to be late for class." She reached into her bag for a slip of paper and pen, "Thank you so much for talking to me, stranger." She smiled, "I really appreciated it. Here's my phone number and address, if you ever want to hang out or something. I promise, I'm not always this depressing." Ten-Ten grinned at Sakura before she dashed off to class.
Sakura smiled slightly, still in a slight daze. It wasn't until the second bell rang that she realized she had thirty seconds to run across halfway across the school and get to class.
Sakura dashed for Biology Class and made it just before the bell rang. She looked around and found a lot of familiar faces in her class. She saw Naruto waving at her eagerly and pointing to an empty seat beside him, and she mentally groaned and plastered a big smile on her face.
"Hello Naruto," she chuckled nervously as she settled down beside him.
"Settle down, settle down everyone." Their professor called loudly to the class. She was extremely young looking, definitly around her twenties. "You may call me Shizune."
The lady smiled as murmurs began going about the class as to why they were calling their professor by her first name, "I don't think I'm old enough to be referred to as Ms. yet"
She began by taking attendance. Surprisingly, Sasuke and a few other familiar names were in this class.
"I must remind you, this is not an easy course," she said, "This subject requires a lot of time. You will not be able to just cruise by. I guarantee you, if you do not study the materials and follow the instructions, failing is inevitable."
Sakura heard Naruto gulp as he shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
"Are we clear?"
The class nodded nervously.
"Good, now we'll assign lab partners." She smiled, "This always seems to be the most interesting event throughout the term. I will ask the first twenty-five students, so half the class, on the attendance sheet to pick out a piece of paper from this bag. On the slip, I've written the names of the remaining half of the class. The person's name you pick will be your lab partner for the entire year. No exceptions."
Around the rooms, people began to cross their fingers.
"First one up is Akimichi, Chouji"
Chouji wobbled down the classroom, as students around smirked and pointed to his figure. He reached a chubby hand into the bag and pulled out a slip.
"All right, please read the name." Shizune instructed.
Chouji gulped, as the paper began to shake in his hand and he called, "Yamanaka, Ino."
"WHAT!" a cry from the back of the room was heard, as a petit blonde made her way down the classroom, several boys wolf whistled . "Listen Ms. Shizune. I can not work with this guy."
Shizune raised an eyebrow, "And why not?"
"Because... he doesn't do anything. It's not fair. I'm going to have to end up doing all the work and he's just going to sit around and eat. I'm not going to have time for anything other than this class because I'll be doing work for two."
"Well, I'm sure you'll find a way to solve your issues." Shizune replied coldly, "I don't care if you become a social outcast for the rest of your life. You are working with Mr. Akimichi here."
Ino looked utterly defeated as she stomped her way back up to her seat, cursing under her breath, "There is no freaking way in hell I'm going to work with Shamu. I'd rather work with that dumb ass looking guy in the orange suit over there."
Sakura mentally slapped Ino. "Funny, she didn't use to be like this. I can't believe we used to be friends."
After a couple more tears and tantrums, including some extremely creative usage of swear-words and name calling, it was finally...
"Ms. Haruno?" Shizune called, "It's your turn."
Sakura made her way down slowly, running down the list of people she could possibly end up with. "Oh god, I hope I get a decent guy... Oh please let me get someone intelligent... And please don't let me get Naruto. Nothing against him and all but he doesn't seem like the very intelligent kind of person."
She reached into the bag and pulled out a slip of paper.
Her whole body began to shake and she could feel her face becoming red again. She stared down wide-eyed at the name in front of her.
Hyuuga, Neji
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