Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Valentine's Day! ❯ Naruto's apartement ( Chapter 6 )

Sakura slowly walked in the room and looked from side to side. His room was in an even worse condition then the lobby and the stairs combined! There were holes in the floor, even though Naruto had put plywood boards over them so he wouldn't fall into the lobby. (Me: lol, that would be funny. The sky is falling Narutos!!! ^_^)

His windows had towels over them to keep the wind out. (Me: Remember how I said that all the windows had holes in them?) And he didn't have a bed, just some blankets and an old mattress in the corner.

 

Sakura stopped walking when she felt a raindrop hit her forehead and looked up. There was hole in the ceiling! Naruto came up beside her and followed her gaze.

 

-“Oh great, rain.” he sighed and walked over to what looked like a closet and pulled out 4 buckets and walked back over to Sakura. “Here.” he said and handed her a bucket. “Put this under the hole to catch the water.” He walked to 3 more holes and put the buckets under all of them. “That's the only thing about living on the top floor, there's holes in the roof.” Naruto said and sat down on the floor. Sakura went and sat down beside him.

 

After awhile, she just had to ask him, she couldn't keep it in any longer.

 

-“Naruto,” she started, looking at the floor. “Why do you live in such a.......such a.....”

 

-“Dump?” Naruto said with a smirk.

 

-“Well,.....yeah”

 

-“I get money from Hokage every month because he promised my parents that he would take care of me. I only get enough money to buy some food and to pay the rent to stay here. It may be a dump, but it's all I can afford.” Naruto said sadly. Sakura looked at him sadly.

 

*Poor guy.*

 

-“But I'm happy that you're here, Sakura-chan.” he said and smiled at her. “Sometimes it gets really lonely here.”

 

*He has to stay here, at a dump that has holes all over the place, he's got no family, and for some reason everyone in town hates his guts! But he still manages to smile at me every morning before practice. And I shove it his face and tell him he's an idiot...I'm such a jerk!* Sakura thought to herself sadly.

 

~Tell me about it.~ Inner Sakura agreed.

 

-“Hey Naruto,” Sakura said hesitantly.

 

-“Yeah?” he turned to face her.

 

-“I' m....I'm sorry for all the times I've called you an idiot or said you're stupid, I never really meant it. I had no idea how hard a life you lead.”

 

Sakura was on the verge of tears. She thought that she had a hard life, but when you compare her to Naruto, she had it off real easy. Heck, compared to Naruto, she was in heaven.

 

Naruto was real happy to hear her words of apology. Sakura knew how hard his life was and she wasn't laughing at him like everyone else did.

 

-“Thanks Sakura-chan. That means a lot to me.” Naruto said softly and noticed that she was crying. “Oh Sakura-chan, don't cry!” he said and put a caring hand on her shoulder.

 

-“Oh Naruto! I feel like dirt! I've been so mean to you and you still want to be my friend!” Sakura cried.

 

-“It's okay Sakura-chan. Shhh...Please stop crying.” Naruto said softly.

 

-“Why do you try so hard to be my friend? Even when I called you all those names?” Sakura asked shakily, the sun had done down and it was starting to get cold.

 

-“Because you're very important to me Sakura-chan” Naruto said truthfully. He had seen her shiver so he took off his yellow windbreaker and put it around her shoulders. She blushed.

 

-“Thanks Naruto.....-kun.” she muttered. Naruto eyes widened slightly.

 

-“Kun? Since when?” he asked her, looking at her lovingly.

 

-“Since you've been so nice to me and um....you're very important to me too Naruto-kun...” she said and blushed a zillion shades of red.

 

~She finally admits it!~ Inner Sakura exclaimed happily.

 

Naruto blushed lightly and looked her in the eyes. “You really mean that Sakura-chan?” he asked softly.

 

Sakura nodded. “Un hun.” Naruto smiled

 

-“Does this mean I can give you a hug?” he asked with a chuckle. Sakura smiled.

 

-“Don't push you're luck buck-o” she said and fake punched him in the shoulder. Naruto pouted and gave her the puppy eyes. Sakura smiled and gave him a big hug. Naruto smiled and hugged her back.

 

*I love it when she hugs me.* Naruto thought to himself.

 

After awhile, they parted. Sakura yawned and Naruto did too soon after.

 

-“We should get some sleep.” Sakura said

 

-“Yeah” Naruto agreed. “You can have the mattress Sakura-chan, I'll sleep on the floor.”

 

-“Are you sure?” Sakura asked.

 

-“Yeah, I'm fine with the floor.

 

So Sakura climbed in the `bed' while Naruto emptied all the buckets of water out the window. He found a blanket and lied down on the floor next to Sakura.

 

-“Goodnight Sakura-chan” he said softly

 

-“Goodnight, Naruto-kun”