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CHAPTER 7- “Itachi! what the hell are you doing here?” Sasuke exclaimed as he approached the door. “Now that’s no way to speak to your favourite brother.” Itachi said raising his arms. Sasuke quickly went and filled the gap by hugging Itachi tightly. As if, if he’d let go, Itachi would be gone forever. I think I noticed a few tears in Sasukes eyes, but I couldn’t really make it out due to the darkness. Seems like they were having a little reunion and I didn’t want to impose, so I went to the couch and switched off the TV so I could eavesdrop on their conversation. “It’s been so long, I’ve missed you.” Itachi told Sasuke. “Me too.” Sasuke said softly, but I could still hear him, “Did anyone see you coming here?” “No, it’s safe.” Sasuke invited him and they were coming towards me so they could sit on the sofa. “So Sasuke, won’t you introduce me to this pretty lady?” “Yeah,” Sasuke said glaring Itachi, “Sakura this is my brother Itachi, and Itachi this is my friend

CHAPTER 6- It had been a week since I was almost sexually assaulted, god bless guys like Naruto and my amazing kicking skills. Tonight my friends were going to go for another party, but I decided to stay back and have some time for myself. Just so that I could chill, put on face masks, make cookies and watch a ridiculous movie. It seems forever since I had a ‘self-love day’, I start doing these to cope with my very stressful environment, and it helped. “Bye guys, see ya'll at three in the morning.” I said jokingly as the group was about to leave. I went in to my room and first thing decided to take a long warm shower, and blast music loudly through the speakers. Days like these were so rare that they had never happened before, I was finally alone and could do whatever I wanted to. I got out of the shower in a cute bathrobe, and put my hair up in a towel. I went to the kitchen and decided to prepare the batter for the cookies I wanted to bake. I wasn’t particularly good at baking,

CHAPTER 5- One month had passed since constant assignments and projects begun being assigned. The seven of us, Temari, Naruto, Shikamaru, Sasuke, Hinata, Ino and I had been spending most of the time at our apartment. Naruto and I had gotten pretty close, ignoring all of our past encounters, I realised he is a great guy. We went out to a lot of restaurants and parties throughout this month, all in the name of ‘we need to celebrate our first year’ and I’ve had a blast. I feel safe and loved when I’m hanging out with my friends. It feels so good to be constantly surrounded by positivity, I’ve barely gotten any panic attacks when I’m with them. Furthermore, thoughts about my ex and my toxic ex-friends have also been buried in the past, exactly where they belong, without me thinking about it over and over again. Right now, I’m deciding whether to wear low rise jeans with a pink crop top and a black leather jacket or a tunic dress with leggings for the party we’re going to tonight.

CHAPTER 4- “Ino we’re going to be late for the first day!” I said, knocking furiously at Ino’s door. “Ya I’ll be out in a min-” she screamed but it was muffled through the door. “Fine, I’m going to wait downstairs see ya” Shikamaru and I went down together. Over the two weeks I got to explore the campus and bond with my roommates, the four of us got oddly close. And we also learned each other’s boundaries. Shikamaru isn’t one to open up about himself, and I don’t know how but he manages to sleep 15 hours a day. He’s awfully smart and has an IQ above average making him a perfect law student. He has to attend classes in Block D which is opposite my block, Block C, so we decided to walk together. As we went down the stairs I spotted Sasuke. After the ‘nose breaking incident’ we have gotten fairly close, and I can confidently call him a good friend. He doesn’t talk much and has rules around the house as if he owns the place. A good example would be to never touch his stuff or

CHAPTER 3- It had been a week since I moved in. College was going to start in a few days and I was actually nervous. Pre first day jitters I’m guessing. It was around 4 am and I couldn’t sleep. I decided to go out for a run and clear my mind, something I loved to do every time I needed to organise my thoughts. It’s like selfcare in a way. Anyways, since it was 4 a.m. I figured nobody would see me, so I got out in shorts and a tank top. Usually I liked my body covered, oversized clothes did the trick, they were comfortable and well, oversized. I grabbed my earphones and phone and got out of the house. As soon as I stepped out, the cold wind danced on my body sending shivers down my spine. It was unexpectedly cool but I didn’t mind it much. I began jogging around the block. As soon as my body swayed by itself in the wind my head began rummaging through my thoughts. The first thing that popped up was Sasuke. I’d been ignoring him left, right and centre. It had been so awkward every

CHAPTER 2- “So we’ll be staying in the centre of the campus. It was really hard to get a hold of this flat, honestly people would kill to stay here. You should consider yourself lucky.” Ino told me as she led me into the huge apartment. I was awestruck with the place, it was perfect, I seriously mean it. It had a living room, a kitchen, four bedrooms and individual bathrooms. The place was massive and spacious. I instantly fell in love with the flat. “So what do you think of the place?” she asked me after completing the tour. “It is absolutely fucking amazing, thank you so much.” Although this place was really good, I doubt I could afford it. “However, I don’t think I’ll be able to afford it.” She had a sheepish smile on a face and then she spoke up, “You are going to live here on rent, and I already own this apartment so the fee is pretty basic plus the two other boys who will be living with you will also pay..” “No way. That’s just perfect. Thank you so so much Ino, I

CHAPTER 1- I ran, as fast as I could, thinking about everything. Every single thing I have been through in one year. Perhaps moving to the university in Konoha will change everything for me. I can leave this harsh past behind me, and just focus on my studies and my path ahead. Like I’m doing right now. In the jogger’s park. My feet ache from running about 5 km, I think I had had enough. I normally used this 1 hour to think, regret, blame myself, for everything that went down. But this time something else occupied my mind: I was contemplating whether or not to attend the pre-college New Year’s party, where you get a chance to meet everyone who will attend college there. I don’t particularly enjoy parties anymore but I had to look for a flat in Konoha, so this could give me an opportunity to do both simultaneously. I had decided, I hopped onto a flight the next week, a day after Christmas and went to Konoha. Visiting the fifth biggest university in the world, Konoha university, a