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“Sasuke!” Naruto called his best friends name loudly, taking a bite of an apple after he spoke.
Sasuke’s room door opened, and he walked over to the kitchen table.
Naruto was sitting at the head of the table, red apple in one hand, a newspaper in the other. Naruto turned to look over his shoulder at Sasuke, and he gestured the Uchiha to check out what was in his hand.
Naruto used his hand with the apple in it to point to the tabloid he wanted Sasuke to read, “check it out, they finally put our ad in the paper”
Sasuke pulled the paper out of Naruto’s hand, and he let him, taking another bite of his apple and leaning back on the chair.
‘ROOMMATE WANTED: $250, INCLUDES UTILITIES. IF INTERESTED CALL NARUTO AT 857-5555’
“Hn. You got any calls?” Sasuke asked him as he set the magazine down on the counter. He walked to the fridge and grabbed the gallon of milk.
He didn’t bother looking at the box of cereal he grabbed since he knew there was only one, corn flakes.
He grabbed two bowls out of the dish rack and two spoons, sitting down at the table with Naruto as he handed him a bowl and spoon.
“Just one” Naruto said as he poured himself cereal to the brim, topping it off with milk.
Naruto shoveled a spoonful in his mouth as he talked with a mouthful of cereal, “some girl” his speech was slightly impaired, but Sasuke still understood the words clearly.
“A girl?” Sasuke asked, face as caring as a stone as he ate his corn flakes.
“Yea. Her name’s Hinata. She might be coming by today to check out the place.” Naruto said, finishing the last of his cereal and pouring himself another bowl.
“We better clear out the other room, then” Sasuke said matter of factly, they both dreaded that room. It was piled up with a bunch of boxes that both didn’t want to bother with.
Naruto shrugged, “I gotta work today.”
Sasuke observed Naruto’s work attire, he wasn’t kidding.
His name tag, unevenly clipped on his shirt reflected the kitchen light, and his blue vest was put over a plain white t-shirt.
“What do they have you doing today?” Sasuke asked, taking a bite of corn flakes.
“Cash register. I got the eight-hour shift” Naruto said begrudgingly as he rubbed his face.
“They have you working today, Teme?” Naruto asked curiously, hands behind his head now.
“Yea.” Sasuke said, taking another bite of corn flakes.
“Stocking in the back?” Naruto asked, even though the answer was obvious. The grocery store had Sasuke stocking most of the time.
Sasuke nodded. “We’ll probably get off around the same time.”
Naruto got up from his seat and headed to the bathroom, “cool, then one of us will be here when she comes by to check out the place.”
Sasuke hoped it wouldn’t be him.
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Sasuke looked at his clock out card, 12:00 p.m. to 7:05 p.m.
He was hoping to get the full eight hours, but he had finished all his work for the day.
Sasuke made a point to stop by the cash register to see if Naruto was done also.
“Hey, Sasuke, are you leaving already?” The pink haired siren asked him, Sasuke refrained from saying something sarcastic.
“Yea.” He simply said.
“What’re your plans for tonight?? I get off here in an hour, I was wondering if you wanted to watch a mov-”
“Sorry, not interested.” Sasuke interrupted her before she continued to ramble on any longer, like always.
“I’m free tonight, I can go to the movies with you Sakura-Chan” Naruto pipped into the conversation, a hopeful gleam in his eyes.
Sakura scoffed, pulling a short strand of pink hair behind her ear. “Yea. Right.” She said rudely.
Naruto’s eyes lowered in disappointment, and Sasuke had a look of disgust he was hoping Sakura would see. Sasuke left his response to her comment at that, and looked over to his blond haired friend.
“You off, yet?” Sasuke asked, and Naruto sighed, “nah, someone called in and they want me to stay an extra hour ‘till they find someone to cover his shift. I’ll be home after, though”
Sasuke glared at him, Naruto knowing fully well that Sasuke did not want to be home alone if this woman was coming.
Naruto shrugged, “I’m sorry Teme, there’s nothing I can do. She sounded like a nice girl over the phone, it shouldn’t be too bad. Don’t be too hard on her, at least treat her decent until I get home, ok?” Naruto had sincerity in his voice, trying to ease his friend’s anxiety.
Sasuke rolled his eyes, it didn’t matter if she was the queen of England, he didn’t want anything to do with her. He despised women, no matter their personality traits.
“See you in a bit, Teme” Naruto waved to him slightly, he had to cut the conversation short since he had to deal with a customer.
Sasuke dragged his feet outside to his silver car, hoping in all his power he got stuck in traffic and Naruto would be home before him.
However, even though he took the long way home, he somehow was able to get every green light and not a single traffic lane. Just his luck.
He sighed and locked the doors to his car, he heard a loud rumble coming from the sky. He looked up and saw the rain clouds, a sprinkle was barely covering the surface of the ground and the top of his car. He didn’t bother hurrying to open the door to the first floor of their apartment complex, he didn’t mind a little rain on him. He ascended the flight of stairs to the second floor, and walked about two doors down until he stood in front of door number 47, and found the key to the door to their apartment.
The door creaked as he opened it, and he promptly shut it behind him. Regardless of him having to wait for her, he was relieved to be home from work.
He took off his shoes and placed them neatly by the front door, and he decided to make himself something to eat while he waited.
He grabbed the tea pot and filled it with water, turning on the burner to get some boiling water going. He looked in the cabinet and grabbed a pack of instant ramen, and looked for a dish to put it in. There was one clean bowl, and a fork. The spoons and chopsticks were all dirty, and he was too lazy to wash dishes, so he settled with the fork.
The teapot took a few minutes to boil, and once it did it made a hissing sound with steam coming from the spout. He took it off the burner and poured the hot water over the noodles, letting them soak for a bit as he went to change out of his work clothes.
He rummaged through his clothes and found a pair of black sweatpants and a navy-blue T-shirt, which was good enough for him. He changed and went back to get his ramen.
Sasuke stared out the small kitchen window as he ate his ramen with a fork, it was pitch black outside, the only reason he could tell it was still raining was from the rain drops banging against the window. It was no wonder to him that it was raining in late October, it usually started snowing early November, so the weather was gearing up for that.
He wondered if Naruto was getting off work already. He wondered if he should stay up and wait for this girl, or go to sleep. He pondered if she was even coming at all, considering the rain and how late it was already.
Knock.
Knock.
Knock.