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Married!

Proposal to a Stranger

"Sakura!" yelled a woman

"Oh no! There she goes again!" She got up and opened the gate.

"Hi Miss Tsunade." She greeted

"It's been 2months already and you haven't paid the rent. "

"I'm sorry, I just got fired from work yesterday. I'm gonna find a new job now and as soon as I get my salary I'll pay the rent." After giving her excuse the electricity in the house suddenly went off.

"Brown out?" the both said. They looked outside only to see that the neighbors still has electricity.

"Oh no! I forgot to pay the electricity bills!"

"What! Do you know that it costs more if you would have to reinstall electricity. You leave me with no choice Sakura but to send you out of my apartment. I tried to understand your situation, but of course I am also in need of money. Pack your things and find another place to stay, I can't let you stay here anymore!"

Sakura's POV

"I'm so broke!" Yes, I'm broke, definitely broke. I'm Sakura Haruno, 20 and once again I'm broke. I just got fired from work yesterday. The manager said my articles are not that interesting, and the readers don't have any positive feedback with it. Honestly, it's because I am having what we call the writers block, so what I did was just write and write for the sake of keeping my job, but no I wasn't able to keep it. Now I'm here in the streets of Konoha with my bags, finding for a place to stay.

I have no other relatives here in Konoha, my parents died in a car accident when I was 15, sadly I'm their only child, and I don't know if we have any other relatives. The money left after they died was just enough for me to finish college. So after graduating, I immediately looked for a job to sustain my needs. Now back to my problem, where the hell will I find a place to stay! Friends? Yes I have some, but I don't wanna be a bother to them, I already asked for a lot of favors especially when I'm starting to be broke. Ino, has her boyfriend Shikamaru with her, and I don't want to get in the way of their lovey dovey moments, awkward. Tenten and Hinata are sharing a place, and it was just good enough for two people, it would be difficult if I would stay with them.

Normal POV

She put her bags down, and leans on the wall. Then her luck (good? Or bad? Hmmm let's see) is just getting started when the rain poured.

She sighed "Kill me now!"

'I'm so broke! I have no job. No place to stay. And here I am in the streets of Konoha starting to get wet.'

She then saw a house, and decided to ask if she could at least stay until the rain has gone.

Knock, knock

Knock, knock

Knock, knock, knock

For the third time, she knocked louder but still there was no answer. The rain is getting stronger, she twisted the door knob, and it was open.

"Hello? Hello? Anybody here? Can I just please stay until the rain stops?" but no one answered her. Because the rain is still strong she had no choice but to stay in the house.

The house is quite big, it's beautiful and cozy. There's not much furniture which made her think that the owner is probably a guy or probably a couple who just got married. She got bored and has already wandered around the house. She noticed that the house needs a little cleaning, so she decided to clean.

"This is the least that I can do for the owner, whoever he or she is."

She already finished cleaning the first floor, so she went upstairs and cleaned the room. There were two rooms.

"This must be the guest room." She guessed since there were no clothes and not much things inside.

The last room she cleaned was obviously the master's bedroom. It was big enough and seems comfortable. She tried to look for pictures to have, but there weren't any. After cleaning she sat on the bed.

"This bed seems so comfy." Then she lies down, and fell asleep.

Sasuke Uchiha, son of Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha, and heir to the Uchiha Corps., just came home from work. It's already dark outside, and still raining.

He went inside the house, feeling very tired, so he didn't bother to open the lights anymore since he knows they way to his room anyway. He takes off his shoes and his belt, unbuttoned his shirt, went to bed and sleep.

Beep beep beep …then Sasuke turned the alarm clock off

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sakura screamed while Sasuke was shocked and they both got up.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" they said in unison. Then Sakura looked around and realized that she's still in the house of someone she doesn't know because of what happened yesterday.

"This is my house. Who are you? What are you doing here?" But Sakura couldn't answer.

"If you won't answer I'll call the police. You're probably a thief."

"I'm not a thief!" Sakura exclaimed

"Then who are you? Why are you in my house, in my bed?"

"I…uh…uhm" then Sasuke was about to call the police.

"I can explain. Don't the police I'm not a criminal." Sasuke just glared at her.

"Yesterday, I was sent out from my apartment because I wasn't able to pay the rent for two months because I just got fired from work. When I was looking for a place to stay the rain started to pour then, I found your house. I knocked but nobody answered, the rain started to get strong, since I found out that the door was open I had no choice but to stay until the rain stopped."

Sasuke didn't respond and still glared at her.

"I-I cleaned the house anyway. I thought that it's the least I could for staying in your house even without your permission. I-I'm really sorry."

Sasuke just continued to glare at her which made her feel scared.

"W-will you stop glaring at me? It kinda s-scares me." Then Sasuke's phone started ringing.

"Hey teme!"

"What do you want dobe?"

"About your problem. If you're gonna do your plan, you better find a wife ASAP."

"I know."

While Sasuke is talking on the phone, and not facing her, Sakura thought this would be an opportunity for her to get out of the house.

'I don't think he will believe me even though what I said was the truth. I better get out now, he might call the police.'

She was able to open the door, and was about to leave when…

"Where do you think you're going?" Sakura froze turned around and faked a smile.

"Uh, w-washroom?" Sasuke pointed the washroom in his room.

'Of course he has a washroom in here. What a lame excuse, now how will I get out of this house?'

"Hey teme! Who's that? Have you found your wife-to-be already?"

"No. She's just a stranger."

"I don't believe you. Don't tell me all this time you've been keeping your girlfriend from us."

"I told she's just a stranger, not my girlfriend."

"Okay, okay. Why are you bringing strangers in your house then?"

"I didn't bring her here. She said she came when I wasn't around looking for a place to stay 'til the rain stops."

"Really? Is she beautiful or sexy or both?"

"Shut up dobe."

"Haha, you know you might wanna consider her for your plan. Your dad has been bugging me, asking me if you changed your mind about the supposedly arranged marriage of yours."

"I know, he's been bugging me too."

"But the way I almost forgot the real reason why I called you is to tell you that your father told me that if you will not introduce your girlfriend to them tomorrow they will proceed with the arranged marriage. Oh wait he told me that yesterday so that means you should introduce them your girlfriend today."

"What? Why didn't you told me yesterday" Sakura was startled when Sasuke suddenly raised his voice. She couldn't find a chance to leave anymore because Sasuke didn't take off his eyes on her since her attempt to escape.

"Well I was about to call you, but I was so tired from work, so when I got home I just sleep."

"I'll call you later." Sasuke sighed. How could he possibly look for a girl who would pretend to be his girlfriend and wife-to-be within the day?

3 days before...

"Sasuke, I think you are aware that by this age you should already be planning for your marriage. You know people will see you as a stable man once you married." Fugaku stated

"And you know your father and I hope that years after that we'll be seeing grandchildren." Mikoto added

"You haven't introduced to us anyone, so we thought you still don't have a girlfriend. We already talked about this a found a girl who you could marry. She is Karin Hazui. You know her right? So it won't be that hard for you to adjust with your married life."

'Karin? Seriously of all the girls he could marry why her?' He hates her so much, because she's stubborn and thinks that the world revolves around her. But that's not the only reason why he doesn't wanna marry her, he knows the hidden motives of her family.

Let's just say the Hazuis are kinda social climbers. He once overheard their conversation…

[Flashback]

"Mommy, Daddy I wanna marry Sasuke Uchiha! He is so handsome, talented and rich! He really is the guy for me!"

"We'll be very happy if that happens. Because not only our daughter will get to marry the man of her dreams but it means that we will also have authority to the Uchiha's wealth!" said Mrs. Hazui

"And once that happens, I'll do anything to make their world upside down and the Uchiha Corps. will become Hazui Corps."

[End of flashback]

"But, this arranged marriage could be canceled if you have someone else my dear son." Mikoto once again added.

Then Sasuke's phone started ringing.

"Teme"

"Yes, yes I'll be right there." Then he hung up the phone.

"I need to go, my secretary just called and we're gonna have an emergency meeting. I'll just come here after work to talk about this." He left and went to his car.

"Hey teme, why did you hung up on me?"

"Sorry about that. Long story. Where are you anyway? I need your help"

"I'm here at Starbucks"

"Ok I'll meet you there."

At Starbucks…

"What? You're getting married?"

"Lower your voice dobe. People are looking at us." Naruto looked around and felt shy when he noticed that everyone was really looking at them or just him.

"But you're not really planning to marry that Karin are you? I mean, she's probably the most hated girl here, you know the attitude."

"Of course not. Since mom told me that the arrangement can be cancelled if I have someone else, all I have to do is find someone to pretend to marry me."

"Well good luck. I hope you can find one."

Back to reality…

He needs to find a girl today or else he'll be marrying Karin and now the only option he seems to have is this girl with a pink hair in front of him.

"What's your name?" he asked

"Sakura. Sakura Haruno."

"I'm Sasuke Uchiha."

There was a moment of silence then...

"Marry me." He commanded, he didn't ask.

"What?" Sakura was shocked, thinking she misheard what he said.

Preview for the next chapter…

The deal

"This is Sakura Haruno, my girlfriend. And she's the one I wanna marry." Sasuke stated to his parents.

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