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"Sakura, this is the first student you'll be tutoring. Any problems?"

The pinkette shook her head absent-mindedly, paying attention to the inequality problem in front of her. 

"Alright, the next hour you can tutor him in this room. I'll be leaving now."

Sakura heard the teacher walk out of the room, shutting the door behind him. She felt a presence move in front of the desk she was using, no doubt the student. Sakura personally didn't want to tutor, but it did increase her chance to get into college. 

Let's get this over and done with, she thought. 

Sighing, she shut her math work book. Closing her eyes and leaning back on a chair, she began introducing herself, "Hi, my name is Sakura Haruno, and you are-"

"Sasuke Uchiha."

No way. 

Her eyelids snapped open in an instant, wondering if her mind were playing tricks on her. But no, it was the trouble maker himself and son of one of the wealthiest families. Sasuke Uchiha. 

Emerald met onyx. 

Little did Sakura know that from that moment on, her future changed. 

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Gold.

Everything was black, the  gold began to seep in, changing the colour until everything was a beautiful shade of the golden sun. Her eyelids fluttered open to be met with a concrete white. 

"Ah, Sakura!" a familiar voice greeted. Sakura blinked, and her best friend appeared, grinning. "Feeling better?"

"Mhm," Sakura nodded, still half-asleep. Well, at least she wasn't balling her eyes out after all those memories.

"That's good," Ino hummed. "After all, today is our shoot for Nohara!"

"Oh no," groaned Sakura, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. "Seriously? I was planning to sleep in today. Until, like, two in the afternoon."

"Forehead," Ino tutted, packing essentials into a tiny black backpack. "You're lucky you did get to sleep in a little! It's ten o'clock in the morning. We are supposed to be on the bus now, but you're lucky that it got postponed due to the fact that the bus broke down on its way to Senju yesterday night."

"Oh, thank God," Sakura sighed in relief. "Well, I guess I need to get breakfast."

"Don't worry about it," reassured Ino. She handed Sakura a plate of waffles drizzled with chocolate. "Thank Hina."

"Did you wake her up to make her cook for you?" Sakura's jaw dropped open in disbelief. "How rude-"

"No!" Ino huffed, crossing her arms. "I'm offended that you think that I would do something that low! Hinata was already awake an hour earlier, being the morning person that she is. She made extra waffles, so she gave them to me for both of us."

"Hinata's so nice," gushed Sakura, eating a mouthful of waffle. 

"Hey!" yelped Ino. "What about me? You know, I was the one who dragged you from the rooftop down to here!"

Sakura paused, her fork lifted halfway into her mouth. She instantly regretted not asking Ino about how she ended up into her bed and not thanking her. Oops. "Y-You did?"

"Well, I suppose so," Ino grunted in disdain. "Even if Tenten and Temari helped me. Hina was helping directing us."

"Aw, you guys," Sakura set down her cutlery. "You're the best friends I could ever wish for. How could I ever repay you back?"

"By finishing your breakfast, forehead! We're leaving soon!"

"Don't call me forehead, pig!"

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"We're here!"

Sakura groaned as she and her best friend stretched out from the sitting position they had been in for more then an hour. It was only midday, and Sakura was feeling sucked of energy. She couldn't say the same for Naruto and Ino, however. 

"Woo!" cheered Naruto, waving his arms. "Let's get this shoot started!"

Naruto was one of the male models invited to join in for the Nohara shoot. The whole bus ride he had been rambling on and on about a range of topics. Hinata, modelling, Nohara, Hinata, ideas for dates, Senju, Hinata, Coney Island, food, Hinata, ramen, and Hinata again. 

Even though it was a little annoying, Sakura had to admit that it was cute. The other male invited along was Sai, to Sakura's disappointment and Ino's excitement. Still better than Sasuke, though. 

"You two, settle down!" the voice of their boss boomed out at them. Tsunade rose from her seat, Shizune and Tonton by her side. The small anger evaporated into a look of amusement. "It's like you're all still children."

I wish I was. 

"C'mon, you lot," Tsunade hurried them. She started walking out of the van, a gust of wind blowing into the vehicle. Her assistant and pig followed at her heels, the ravenette clutching onto a beach bag. "Rin and Obito are waiting for us."

"Oh my gosh, Sakura!" Ino gasped in happiness. She linked arms with the Haruno, both holding their bags, and started to leave the van. "I can't believe we get to meet the Rin Nohara! She's such a well known model as well! And Obito Uchiha? He was even more famous then her!"

At the mention of Obito Uchiha, a knot started forming in Sakura's stomach. Calm down, Sakura. Just because you have painful memories of one Uchiha, doesn't mean that they'll all be the same. 

"Wow," said Sakura, not really caring about how famous they were, but agreeing with Ino nonetheless. "I hope the shoot is going to be fun."

"Of course it will be!" Ino giggled as she launched herself off the steps of the van. A handful of sand was blown into the air as she landed. The warm sun shone on them, giving a glow to their skin and leading both Sakura and Ino to take off their jumpers. 

In replacement of her Sweetener merch jumper, Ino was wearing a ribbed, white, cotton, off-the-shoulder t-shirt that was cropped. It was paired with denim shorts held up by a belt and simple gold accessories. Sakura was now wearing a pale blue version of Ino's shirt with a black plaid skirt. A gold layered necklace hugged her throat comfortably. 

Ino gazed happily out to the beach that the van had parked on. Crystal blue waves lead to what seemed like endless deep blue. The foaming waves gently lapped up the near-white sand which felt warm underneath Sakura and Ino's now bare feet. "Coney's beautiful."

Holding onto their sandals as well now, the pair with Sai and Naruto behind them, started making their way to a canopy pop-up tent with the Nohara sign of an elegant but simple scarlet sea-shell. About fifteen people were underneath it and different types of equipment and props.

As the duo came closer, a woman walked out to greet them.  

"Ah, you must be Sakura and Ino," grinned a female with brown, chest-nut eyes and smiliar, short hair that framed her small face. The purple rectangles on each of her cheeks made her recognized by Sakura as Rin Nohara. She was wearing a plain black shirt with sleeves reaching her elbows. It was cropped a little, just reaching the brown button-up flare cord skirt. "I'm Rin Nohara, owner of Nohara. And here's Sai and Naruto."

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Nohara," Ino smiled back politely. Rin waved her arm, dismissing the blonde. 

"Just call me Rin, Ino," Rin offered. "No need for formalities."

"Alright," Ino nodded, cheeks slightly pink from being on a first name basis with the owner of one of her favorite brands. 

"Say, Rin, why is everything so empty?" Naruto quickly questioned her, peering around at the surroundings. Now that Naruto mentioned it, the whole beach and theme park was empty. 

Rin winked at them. "I may have booked out this section of Coney. We all need some privacy, eh? Especially coming from a breakup, your lives are all over the media."

She reached out to squeeze Sakura's shoulder reassuringly. The pinkette instantly warmed up to Rin, a small smile gracing her face. "Thanks. It's not just me who appreciates it."

"Anytime," Rin smiled gently back. She then clasped her hands. "I should explain the schedule then to you guys, right? Tsunade and the others already know what's going on, but you should too. We're going to have lunch since it's midday, and then we'll go straight into the photos. The girls will be styled and while that's happening, the boys will help set up the equipment. Then the girls will be pictured and the boys will be styled. The boys pictured, and the girls will change back to casual. Once the boys have finished, they will change back. Then that's today finished! Oh, I'm so excited to work with all of you!"

"Me too!" Ino's eyes lit up. "Nohara is legendary! I've wanted to model for it for so long!"

"Nohara's glad to have you," Rin said to the blonde. "We should totally collab again in the future!"

"Oh my gosh, yes!"

"Why're you people taking my wife for so long, huh?" a joking voice came from a man around Rin's age. He had black eyes and dark, spiky, short hair. He wore denim jeans and a white button-up shirt. Calling Rin his wife made him immediately known as Obito Uchiha. He approached the five, arm wrapping around Rin affectionately and grinning lopsidedly. Obito reminded Sakura a little of Naruto. "Just kidding. Nice to meet you all. I'm Obito Uchiha."

The circle of friends immediately introducted themselves. 

"Hi! Nice to meet you too! I'm Ino!"

"Hi, I'm Sakura."

"Sai."

"The name is Naruto Uzumaki, also known as the number one knuckle headed model of all time and proud of it! Remember my name!"

"I sure will with an introduction like that," Obito laughed. "But seriously, Rin, we need to go to the restaurant for lunch now."

"Has Kakashi arrived?" Rin asked, referring to the third person of their trio. 

Obito shook his head. "And I'm known as the late one."

"He'll come soon," Rin reassured her husband. "I know you miss your best friend."

"Do not! W-We need him here for business purposes only!" Obito said, feigning ignorance of Kakashi. 

"Sure, sure," Rin laughed. She glanced at the four models. "Well then, let's get going."

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"Here's your food."

The waitress then left, shuffling into the kitchen of the restaurant titled 'Double Zero Pizza'. The nineteen of them had split up across three tables, one for the shooting crew and another for the stylists. The last table was the biggest and overlooked the beach, reserved for Tsunade, Shizune, Tonton, Rin, Obito and the four models. 

The rest of the restaurant was unsurprisingly empty, considering that this part of Coney was empty. Imagine being rich and important enough to own half of Coney for a day. Wow. Remind me, why does only people in the entertainment and fashion industry have this money? 

"Let's eat!" Sakura's thoughts were cut when Naruto cried excitedly, waving a knife in the air. 

"Naruto, put your knife down!" Sakura exclaimed to the male next to her. "I'll be stabbed soon!"

"I wouldn't mind that," Sai murmured as the male models began to eat. An irk mark appeared on Sakura's forehead. 

"What was that?!"

Sai gulped down his pizza, smiling nervously. "Nothing, nothing."

Meanwhile, the others watched this exchange in amusement. Rin and Obito smiled, giving each other a glance. Sakura caught this. Maybe they miss the days like this with Kakashi. 

Before Rin and Obito retired from being a model, they two of them and Kakashi were all hired under Senju around the same time. Being the same age and in the Konoha division, the three of them became best friends. 

Sakura did hear some rumours that their love lifes lead to Rin and Obito's retirement. Apparently Obito liked Rin, but she liked Kakashi. As for who Kakashi liked...well, he turned out gay. As famous models with pressure on them with their love lives, Rin and Obito apparently backed out of that life. But Sakura did hear this from a magazine. And she knew extremely well never to trust gossip magazines. 

Obito and Rin retired because they never wanted to live the supermodel life. Sakura heard that from Tsunade herself. Even if those romance issues did occur, Obito and Rin love each other now and Kakashi's...well, nobody really knows about Sakura's old sensei, but the three were still best friends. 

"Okay, so," Tsunade set down her cutlery as she looked around the table at the four models. "You four have been briefed already, but I'll tell you again to remind you. Actually, maybe this will be better coming from the owner of Nohara herself. What do you say, Rin?"

"I'll gladly inform then," Rin smiled as she also set down her cutlery. "So, Nohara is opening a new dance line of clothing. Leotards, skirts, tutus, basically every dance item you can wear. The theme for this shoot is more whimsical, quaint and free. The dance items are targeting people doing Grade 6 ballet and above, which is based on the romance era. Lots of flowy things.

"Since it's the romance era," Rin continued. "We'll have some romantic shots with Sai and Ino, because you two are actually dating. Since Sakura just got off a...situation and Naruto is dating another model, those two will just help out with the shooting team during the shoot. This will probably affect the schedule, but we'll just wing it. Everyone will have their own type of outfit, but the main colour scheme is pink and blue."

"Each person will get their own stylist, for clothes and hair, and also make-up artist," Rin added on. "Ino, you're with Anko and Moegi. Sakura, Naori and Miru. Naruto, you'll be with Yugito and Suigetsu. Sai, with Suiren and Jugo."

Sakura recognised many names of part time models, including Jugo and Suigetsu who was Sasuke's best friends in high school. And also attended her high school. Even after nearly a decade, they sure wouldn't have forgotten her. 

Sakura made eye contact with her own stylists, Naori and Miru. She had seen Naori's eyes activated into a Sharingan on magazine covers to know that she was an Uchiha. No doubt she knew Sasuke, him being the son of the clan's leader. Why was it that everywhere she went, Sasuke's presence was there?

She could sense him in the two Uchihas and his two old best friends. Maybe she was being too dramatic and delusional after last night's flashbacks. 

"I look forward to working with you," Sakura smiled at her stylists nonetheless. The two grinned back. 

"Likewise."

Just then, a beep rang out from Tsunade's phone, signalling that it was one in the afternoon. The owner of the phone stood up, her blonde hair swishing. "We're already behind schedule. Let's motor out."

"What about Kakashi?" Obito asked while everyone started to move out. As if on cue, the door opened and in came Sakura's old sensei, one hand in his jacket pocket, the other reading Icha Icha Paradise. 

"Yo," greeted Kakashi. "Sorry for the delay, ran into a dolphin."

"No need for excuses, we all know you were with Iruka," Rin rolled her eyes. Sakura's mouth opened at this. "So I suspect you've already had lunch, seeing as you two were on a date, hmm?"

Sakura felt Ino shiver with excitement from this piece of gossip besides her. She internally rolled her eyes at the blonde. Ino hadn't changed at all from her high school days. At least, not that side of her. 

"Hah!" Obito laughed, pointing at Kakashi. "Exposed!"

What could be seen of Kakashi's cheeks turned a faint red. He tried to pull his mask up higher in embarrassment. "A-Actually the date we had wasn't why I came late. After we had se-uh, I-I mean-"

"Too much information!" Tsunade promptly left the restaurant. "We don't need to hear about your love life, Kakashi!"

The shooting crew and stylists followed Tsunade in a trail, majority giggling to themselves. Obito roared with laughter and Naruto joined in, as Sai simply began to question Ino why everyone was laughing. Sakura couldn't help herself and joined in the giggling as well with Rin. Kakashi only blushed bright scarlet.

"R-Right, Ms. Senju."

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terrible chapter, kinda a filler oh well. y'all should be used to fillers now, anyways, seeing as you watch naruto.

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