Disclaimer: Naruto characters belong to Kishimoto Masashi

Summary: Sakura is a poor factory girl, while Sasuke is the son of Mr Uchiha, a wealthy entrepreneur. Naruto is a delivery boy, while Ino is the consecutive designer of Uchiha Shopping Co. (Yes, this is an Alternate Universe!)

Cast:

Sakura 20

Sasuke 21

Naruto 21

Ino 20

~*** Loving You From Afar ***~

Chapter One

//Flashback//

"Hn, Hn, Hn," cried Sakura crouched in a ball.

"Blossom, why are you crying?" asked Sasuke.

"Hn, Hn, Kiba took my shoe…Hn, Hn," replied Sakura.

"Don't worry, I'll get it back for you!" exclaimed Sasuke.

30 minutes later a bruised face came back with a shoe…

"Blossom, I got your shoe back! I promise I'll protect you and not let anyone hurt you," declared Sasuke.

Sakura stopped crying and looked up into a warm smiling face.

~*~

Sasuke and Sakura ran around a hill chasing butterflies. Sasuke found a flower and called to Sakura.

"Blossom I have something for you," smiled Sasuke happily.

He held out a pretty flower and placed it in Sakura's short pink hair.

"Thank you," said Sakura.

~*~

"Sasu-kun let's plant a tree on this hill," said Sakura.

"Ok," replied Sasuke confused.

"Pat pat, finished. We'll watch it grow and look what I have here!" exclaimed Sakura.

"A bottle?" asked Sasuke.

"We'll write our wishes in the bottle and bury it next to our tree!" declared Sakura.

"Sounds cool!" said Sasuke.

~*~

Sasuke squirmed as his mother carried him toward the car.

"No let me go, I want to stay here," cried Sasuke as he kicked and slashed at his mother.

She freed him because the little kid was hurting her. As soon as he was released he ran to find Sakura. However, he was unaware of Mr Uchiha following behind him.

"Blossom, Blossom where are you," called Sasuke missing his best friend.

"Hn," said Sakura as she rubbed her eyes and looked out of the window.

"Sasu-kun, why…" said Sakura.

Before she could finish she realised Mr Uchiha had picked Sasuke up on his shoulder. She ran out of the house and followed them back to Uchiha residence. She realised Sasuke was forced into the car and then the vehicle began to move…

"Blossom I'll come back for you, I promise," cried Sasuke sticking his head out of the window.

"Sasu-kun!! Sasu-kun!! Don't go," cried Sakura, as tears glistened in her eyes.

//End of Flashback//

'Huh,' thought Sasuke as he stirred from his sleep. Why did he suddenly dream of his childhood. 'Blossom, was that her name?' he thought.

"I'll find you…" whispered Sasuke and he went back to sleep.

**

BEEP BEEP

"Oh fuck! A traffic jam at this hour!" yelled Naruto.

He looked at his watch and realised he was half and hour late already.

"Oh shit," grunted Naruto.

Two hours later…

"Oi Oi, sorry I'm a little…" called Naruto as he stared at the crowd waiting.

"You're late!!" screamed Sakura.

"I apologised already," replied Naruto.

"That is no excuse! You are two hours late, I demand you to pay us!" yelled Sakura.

"Yea, pay up!"

"We lost two hours of work because of you!"

"Who knows what the owner will say when she comes back!"

"Boo!"

"Don't think you dyed your hair blonde and we're scared of you! We out number you 20 to 1!"

"My hair is naturally blonde! Shut the hell up, I have no fuckin money!" roared Naruto.

"I don't care, usually we get $10AU (This fic is set in Australia) per an hour of work. That means you owe us $20 each and a total of $400," calculated Sakura and added, "If you don't pay up, I'll report to your manager!"

"Fuck you bitch," grunted Naruto as he pulled out his wallet.

Sakura grabbed it and pulled out $180 and handed it to everyone. She held out her hands to Naruto.

"Wei, you still owe me $20," announced Sakura.

"That's all I have, happy!" declared Naruto as he yanked his pockets inside out and added, "See, no more money!!"

He hopped into his van and drove off ignoring Sakura. She ran towards the vehicle and called, "Wait up! You owe me $20 remember that!"

When the owner of Everyday Wear Pty Ltd came back from her long lunch. She was frustrated that the workers haven't sewed any clothes. They explained that the delivery boy was late and she quickly contacted his manager. 

 ~*~

After work, Sakura took the public transport home. As she crossed a park, she noticed a man with blonde hair and walked up towards him. He was drinking heavily and at the sight of Sakura he smashed the bottle.

"You, you bitch!" called Naruto.

"Watch your language Mr!" backfired Sakura.

"I lost my job, all thanks to YOU!" cried Naruto.

He stood up and walked towards Sakura…

TBC