Yay, new two-shot songfic! Sorry for the wait- I haven't been thinking of plots. Or not good ones anyway. I'm writing one that's a little like my life at the moment, so you'll get to see it soon. Multiple chapters! Anyway, on with the fic! Just so you know, I like Ino but someone had to be bitchy in this.
DISCLAIMER -- I do not own Naruto or the song 'I'm So Happy For You' by Saving Jane.
Filling up my empty days with red wine
Wonder what you think of me?
Lying in the grass alone and wasted
Nothing's how it used to be
--
A seemingly dead sixteen year old girl lay in the middle of a large field outside her village of Konohagakura. She had dirty pink hair which spread around her head, a newly aquired fringe covering the whole left half of her face. She had half lidded eyes which the colour had been worn away at through the last year, leaving them a dull green comparing to the vibrant emerald they used to be. She wore a red strappy t-shirt that clung to her skinny stomach. Anyone could tell she hadn't eaten in a while. Her lower body was covered with small black shorts showing off her unnaturally skinny legs, which were a pale colour only a shade or two away from white. It was past two in the morning, but she wasn't focusing on the time as she drank from a nearby bottle of red wine. A dribble slipped down her chin, but she ignored it placing her bottle of cheap wine next to her.
'I'm all alone again.' She though dryly. She was always alone now, which was the opposite as to when she was younger when she was never alone. About a year ago, she had been set up which looked like she had screwed up badly leaving her with no friends, parents or siblings. The only one's who would talk to her now were Tsunade, Shizune and Gaara, although Tsunade only did because she had to. Sakura sighed as she miserably tried to stand up, only to fall right back down again.
'I wonder what he would do if he saw me...?' She lay there for several more hours pondering that thought until she finally fell asleep just before dawn
--
I wanna be the first to call and tell you
Yesterday I heard the news
I hear you oughtta be congratulated
So I guess that's what I'll do
--
The next day she stared down at her phone. Earlier that day, Naruto had walked straight up to her, limbs tense like he expected her to attack him. His hair was just as bright and it hurt Sakura to look at it because when they had been friends she used to run her hair through the soft golden locks so it also hurt mentally as well as her eyes. His face was scowling angrily like he wanted to be somewhere else.
'Probably anywhere else...' Sakura thought sadly. It was horrible the way she was being treated. He used to be her brother and because she she got set up, he now wants her head on a platter. Nearly everyone in Konoha does. She guesses the problem looked and still looks bigger than it was and is. Maybe she was misjudging it, she doesn't know, but her hopes fly when she first saw him approaching. Her hopes were quickly thrown out the window when she had seen his expression.
"Haruno, Neji wanted me to tell you he's getting married. Oh, and you aren't invited so don't come." He said bitterly as her lonely eyes widen at the news and soon she is crying in her empty apartment which she and Neji had once shared.
She cried for an hour or two before staring at the phone for another. That brings us to her still staring at the phone as though it would eat her.
'Should I congratulate him? He would probably put down the phone. I haven't seen him at all this year... He ran off when he found out about "my screw up" and when I arrived at our apartment his stuff was gone and he had left a note saying he wasn't paying the rent for me... But I will congratulate him anyway.' She decided as she typed in his mesmerized number.
RING
RING
RI-
"Hello?" Neji's deep voice was heard and Sakura slid down the wall to the ground shaking. "If you're pranking arou-"
"Congratuations..." She heard him gasp at the other end of the line when he heard her quiet voice.
"...Sakura?"
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I'm so happy for you
I could cry
Yeah, I'm so elated
Cross my heart and hope to die
I don't think about you every night
Before I close my eyes
I'm so happy for you baby,
I could cry.
--
"I'm happy for you Neji. Really happy..." He heard sniffling at the other end.
"Sakura, listen, it isn't like that. I lo-"
"Like what, Neji? You obviously don't l-love me anymore, I w-was just ringing t-to congratulate y-you. L-like I s-should. B-because I'm h-happy for you... S-so h-happy I c-could cry."
"It's an arranged marriage, Don't cry." He said softly. They were silent for a few moments.
"But..." She heard a ruffling at the end of the line but ignored it. "You s-still d-d-don't love m-me a-anymore, right?"
"Of course he doesn't love you anymore, fatty!" Sakura started shaking. 'No... No! She can't be the one... No!' More tears made their way down Sakura's ghostly face, eyes now wide with fear. The bitchy voice on the end was the one in her nightmares, the only person she was truly scared of. The person who framed her and caused her life to crumble into nothing. The person who was her ex-bestfriend- Ino Yamanaka. She hung up before she heard anything else.
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Listen to the sound of my head pounding
Wish that it was make-believe
Praying for the skies to open up and
Wash away your memory
--
It was late at night again and Sakura sat in the field, sober this time. She was a mess, hadn't showered in months, yet she smelt like wildlife, a fresh smell. Her face was wet with falling tears and she had her knees up to her chest. Deep in thought she cried away the pain. But it wasn't working. Inner Sakura just sat in the back of her mind, curled up. 'Neji's engaged to Ino. No...! I cant believe that... Please don't make me believe that... I lost him... She made me lose him...' Sakura's eyes widened with realization. 'She ruined my life so she could have Neji. She ruined my life for a guy. Again... I wish it would rain. It makes me forget... can it this time?'
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I can walk around with a pretty face on
Even when I'm black and blue
What's the point in telling everybody
I'm not over you.
--
The next day, she walked through the village to get a new razor. She maybe depressed, but she hated hairy things apart from animals. And men. Then, there was always the obvious reasons for a razor. She put on a fake smile. They hadn't let her buy one at the other shop because she was sad. She got over it.
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I'm so happy for you
I could cry
Yeah, I'm so elated
Cross my heart and hope to die
I don't think about you every night
Before I close my eyes
I'm so happy for you baby,
I could cry.
Cry about the love we used to have
Cry that I won't ever get you back
Filling up my empty days with red wine
Wonder what you think of me?
--
Sakura was now at home, inspecting her new razor. It was sharp. Tears had yet to fall from her distant eyes. Her hand slipped and the razor cut her finger.
"Shit." She said nonchalantly. Using some of her chakra, she healed the cut in less than a second sloppily because of her mood and returned to her thoughts. 'I'm happy for him... right? But... he's never going to come back to me. He sounded nice earlier... I wish that Ino wasn't a bitch... I wish... I had never fallen in love with him... I wouldn't be like this...' She grabbed and opened a near bottle of red wine as tears fell down her cheeks once again. it was a bottle left over from the other day. It tasted horrible, but at least it relieved her of some of the pain.
--
I'm so happy for you
I could cry
Yeah, I'm so elated
Cross my heart and hope to die
I'm so happy for you
So, so happy for you
I don't think about you every night
Before I close my eyes
I'm so happy for you baby,
I could cry.
--
Sakura once again jabbed Neji's number into her phone as she rung him.
"Hello?" She heard his voice.
"I'm so happy for you." Then, she hung up.
Okay, since it's a two shot, there will be the last chapter when three people review(because I'm being generous. Normally I would have said five.) So review!
The last chapter will up the story, so you want to read it. Otherwise, this is just drabble.
I'd be happy with constructive criticism, which would nicely melt my marshmallows, but flames would burn them to a crisp D:
See you in the next chapter,
LixxyChan xx