Oh No I'm In Love With The Bartender!

Ch 1

"AAAAAAHHH!" Sakura slammed her empty drink on the table making the ice inside the glass clank together. The force of her slam caused a couple of people look over at her and her friend with concern. "I'm sooooo tired Ino! I don't know what to do anymore. I know I deserved that promotion more than anyone! I've been working my butt off at the hospital these passsed few months. And for what!? For nothing! AMY ENDED UP GETTING THAT PROMOTION AND NOT MEEEEEE WUAAHHH!! (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)"
Sakura cried into her empty cup as she remembered what had happened earlier that day. Since they announced that promotions were coming up soon Sakura put in every amount of effort she could muster into her work. She worked tirelessly through her 12 hour shifts to prove to her higher ups that she was indeed worthy of a promotion. She could still feel her blood boil from the moment they announced who took the promotion.

~ flash back from earlier that day~

Sakura and her other fellow employees gathered around the main meeting area, eager to learn about who had won that so promised promotion. Sakura was basically shaking of excitement. She knew that she had done the absolute most that she could in the last few months there was no one else worthy of receiving that promotion but her, or so she thought.
"Ugh forehead can you calm down it's like 6:00 am how do you have so much energy? It's making me sick." Ino brought up a porcelain hand to cover her mouth. "Shut up pig, can you just be happy that I'm about to get this promotion. I'll tell you what, once I get it I'll treat you to some dinner. How about it?" Sakura clasped her hands together happily and beamed a smile to her sleepy friend.
"Alright alright, but it has to be at a place that has at least three different choices of saladas." She grumbled as she used her hand to cover another yawn. "Ugh Ino-pig you need to stop eating only salads and learn to enjoy food. You're already thin as it is. You know it's not good for you too be under weight." Sakura scolded her blond friend out of concern. Ino however only swatted away her concern with her hand.
"Yeah ok mooom." Ino replied in her sarcastic voice. Sakura furrowed her brows and crossed her arms in front of her. Noticing her stance Ino was quick to roll her eyes and defended her self. "Alright fine, beside we don't even know if you're the one who will actually win the promotion." Ino crossed her own arms at sakura. "What! You know dam well I deserve that promotion more than anyone." Sakura shook of her negative emotions and smiled clenching her fist in front of her with satisfaction. (I know I will win it.) she whispered encouraging words to herself.
As the two girls chatted amongst themselves they suddenly grew quite after their regional manager walked in. He was an old man named Danzo who was always quite serious. If he didn't like you he could make your life a living hell. So Sakura tended to speak very little to him. Unfortunately he was the one who decided who got the promotion so Sakura had to put her pride aside and strike up as much conversation with him as possible.
Though the conversation never left the bounds of work topics. Danzo cleared his throat and walked in front of the staff present. "Hello, as you all know today the winner of the promotion will be announced." He said in a dry voice. Sakura excitedly reached her hands out to grab Ino's arm before shaking her excitedly. (Here we go!) she said to herself as she prepared to stand and shake his hand in acceptance of the promotion that was soon to be hers.
Ino rolled her eyes at the sight of her excited pink friend but none the less waited eagerly for the announcement. She herself had witnessed the enormous amount of effort her since long friend was putting in. Ever since they had made an announcement about a promotion she saw Sakura triple her work load and finish everything on time without a flaw. She hated to agree with her dumb bestfriend but Sakura deserved the promotion with out a doubt.
"Well I'm glad to say that I am pleased with the amount of effort that this person has put into her work in the last few months. She has shown incredible adaptability and resourcefulness in every task she takes on." Sakura began shaking her friend a little faster after hearing him say it was a girl that was getting promoted. "Quit strangling my arm we don't know that it's you yet." Ino whispered at her friend, who completely ignored her.
"So with out further a due I am pleased to present this promotion to-.. Amy Tadashi" Just then Sakura stood up and began to walk down the aisle towards Danzo. "Hey, S-Sakura! What are you doing ?!" Ino quickly whispered yelled after her friend. Sakura came to a confused halt as she saw Amy walking towards Danzo with a smile. (Why is Amy walking to Danzo?) she asked herself. Danzo turned to look at Sakura with a confused gaze. "Miss Haruno, is there something I can help you with?"
Danzo's words hit her like a train. (Wait What? What did he say?) Sakura's mind was filled with questions all she could do was stand there with her hand outstretched, waiting, begging for him to shake her hand. "The promotion was for miss Tadashi." He reiterated his earlier statement. "Huh?" Sakura's emerald eyes locked on to Amy's brown eyes. They practically yelled at her to get out of her spot light.
"W-wh.." Sakura could barely string the letters together to form words. "Sakura! I'm sorry mr Danzo she is still sleepy haha sorry we'll get out of your way now." Sakura heard her friend and felt her when she began to drag her away from the center spot. She could hear the whispers and murmurs from the crowd but nothing registered to her. Right now the only thing she was trying to process was that she had lost the promotion, and to make matters worse, it was to Amy, her worst nightmare.
Sakura felt Ino's grip tighten around her arm. "Sakura?... are you ok?" Ino whispereed to her friend but didn't receive a response.
(Amy....Amy out of all people won it?) sakura repeated her nightmare in her head. "You tried your best... I'm sorry sakura." Her friends words were meant to be kind, but they felt like a bullet to her. "I-it's ok Ino.. it's fine.." Sakura finally said as she tapped her friends hand softly
( no it's not fine..) Sakura yelled in her mind. She felt like she wanted cry and scream, and that's exactly what she did as soon as her lunch break came around. Sakura quickly clocked out ignoring everyone around her and sped walked towards her car. The second her car door closed Sakura let loose her emotions. She screamed and cried holding her steering wheel as she did so. She was so frustrated. She was frustrated that all she had done had gone to waste, frustrated that Amy had won the promotion and frustrated that she had made a fool of herself today.
Needless to say Sakura didn't eat much on her lunch break. She only managed to eat an apple and a couple of nuts her friend Ino had given her. The rest of the day Sakura felt unmotivated to do anything, but she somehow managed to make it through to the end of her shift. Ino waited as Sakura changed from her scrubs and closed her locker. She had collected everything she need and turned to go home but came face to face with the last person she wanted to see today.
A soft gasp escaped her lips as she made eye contact with Amy. Sakura opened her mouth to congratulate her on her promotion but was cut off by Amy. "Hey five head! What's the big idea with you today? walking up to Danzo like you had won the promotion. It was liked seriously embarrassing. Amy looked at her finger nails and then back up at Sakura in disgust. "S-sorry I thoug-..." "you thought you had won the promotion? Hahahahahahaha Ooh haaa Thats hilarious!" Amy clutched her stomach as she laughed at Sakura.
"Hey plastic boobs! Lay off her! We both know Sakura is the person who really deserved that promotion! So why don't you shut your little fake lips before I shut them for you!" Ino growled at the girl standing in front of her pink friend. "Oh shut up you twig! You two idiots still think that climbing the work ladder is really done by hard work? pull your stupid blond head out of your bleached ass. That's not how it's done honey. Hard work and dedication can only get you so far in life, the real way to climbing the ladder is through connections.
See that's where you and me are different. I will do anything to get those connections, unlike you I'm not afraid to get dirty to win and that's exactly why I won today and not you." Amy pointed her painted fingernail at Sakura. All Sakura could do is stare at her in surprise. (Was she really right? Was that what it really took to move up the ladder?) sakura found herself asking those ridiculous questions. Amy brought her hand down on Sakura's shoulder. "Better luck next time pinky."
Sakura could practically hear the grin that she wore as she pushed passed her and walked away. "Pshhhh What a dumb whore." Ino crossed her arms in defiance before looking over at her pink friend. Sakura was white as a ghost, all the color in her face had left her after hearing what Amy had to say. (Is that really what I need to do... but i don't want to do that...) sakura was shaking now and the tears began to spill from her eyes. "S-Sakura... are you ok? Don't worry about what that dumb whore says." Ino said trying to comfort her crying friend.
"B-but what if she's right ! What if that's what's really necessary to move up the work ladder ? I can't do that ! So does that mean I'll be stuck here forever !?" Sakura cried into her hand as Ino slowly rubbed her back. Ino could hear the fear behind Sakura's words. It hurt to see her best friend so heart broken. Ever since they were little Sakura had always dreamed about being a great doctor when she grew up, but now it felt like she had given up.
Ino gave a reluctant sigh before patting Sakura on her back. "Come on let's go for a drink. I'll pay ... you definitely deserve that much." Ino pushed her friend out and towards her little white car. "A drink?" Sakura repeated as she dried her eyes. "Yep I could definitely use one about now. It's been a looooooong day." Ino got into Sakura's little white car and waited for Sakura to hop in with her. (Well I could definitely drink right now... and tomorrow is our day off so I should be fine... right?) sakura talked her self into agreeing with Ino's plan and hopped into the drivers side before starting the car and driving to the nearest bar in town.