A/N I obviously do not own Naruto or any of its characters.
This was just an idea that popped up in my head a while ago, I'm not sure whether I'll continue the story or not. I do have some ideas for it. Don't expect me to post much until summertime, I have to write my thesis and I'm already far behind as it is. I'm grabbing onto anything distracting I can find ;), even though I know I shouldn't.
Let me know what you think and whether you want me to continue it.
Time apart – Chapter 1
"… I want a divorce…"
Her quiet statement was only met with silence. He didn't say anything; he didn't even react. His face didn't show any emotion as she had hoped it would. At least then she would be able to know how he was feeling.
How could she be married to a guy that couldn't even muster up a reaction to her wanting to end their relationship?
"…You're hardly ever here, you always have to work. I never get to see you. And then when you're here you hardly ever talk. You don't ever tell me what you're thinking. You don't even show me what you're feeling. I just feel we're drifting apart"
She continued talking hoping to finally get a reaction from her husband of three years. But even after everything she had said to explain her decision he didn't react, she took a shaky breath, deciding to keep quiet now until he decided to speak. It wasn't that she didn't love him anymore. She couldn't imagine sharing her life with anyone else right at that moment, but she also knew that she couldn't keep lying to herself, or to him.
The truth was she had been unfaithful; a while back, after she had received a call from him that he would once again miss their date night, her friend Ino had taken her out for a night in the town.
Ino had forced her in a sexy figure hugging dress that showed off all her best assets, just to show her that it wasn't her lack of charm that had caused her husband to lose his interest in her.
There had been lots of alcohol and lots of swearing on Ino's part: "Who the hell does Uchiha fucking Sasuke think he is!?" followed by: "It's crazy that you need a fucking appointment to date your fucking husband!" And other profanities that Sakura would not dare to repeat out loud.
It was also Ino who had encouraged the very drunk pinkette to dance with that stranger who had bought her drinks.
She didn't need to explain how that night ended, just that she woke up very hung-over, naked in the stranger's bed. After that she made her way out as soon as she could only to get home to an empty house.
That night was two weeks ago, and it had almost given her some hope that she and Sasuke would be alright, since the next evening the two of them had sex again for the first time in months.
It had been passionate almost as it had been after they had just gotten married, but they had only just finished when Sasuke had gotten up and dressed to return to work.
It had been minutes since either of them had spoken; Sasuke had still not reacted to her request of a divorce.
"Aren't you going to say anything?"
Tears were stinging in her eyes, as she stared at the man she loved so much. He had always had difficulty expressing how he felt, but when he proposed to her she had been certain he would at least show his feelings to her.
And he had… for a while…
But something changed and she had no idea what it was. One day they just started drifting apart.
"… I slept with someone else." She finally whispered.
"I cheated on you." She added hoping to stir up some emotional reaction from him.
…
Nothing…
Tears were silently streaming down her face now. She didn't know what to do anymore. What to say to make him finally react. She didn't want things to end, she wanted him to fight for her.
For things to turn back to the way they used to be. Sakura took a deep breath, finally looking away from her husband. Who was still just stood there looking at her, his face void of emotion.
A soft sob escaped her lips: "Damnit, Sasuke, say something! Aren't you going to fight for me?"
Finally his mouth opened and he finally spoke:
"What do you want me to say? You already seem to have made up your mind."
She held her breath for a moment, her tears streaming down her cheeks faster now.
"So you're going to give up just like that?"
"It doesn't seem like you've given me much of a choice. You're already asking for a divorce. And you decided to sleep with someone else. There's not much I can change about that."
He was silent for a while, before he added:
"I'll pack my things, you can keep the house."
As he walked out and made his way upstairs she let herself fall back on the couch, she buried her hands in her hair leaning on her elbows as she cried.
"… Sasuke…" She mumbled, knowing fully well that he wasn't going to hear her.
It wasn't long before she took a deep breath and dried her eyes. She knew she shouldn't cry, this was her decision and it was for the best. She still loved him and if he loved her things would be all right in the end.
But if he didn't… She sighed, fighting the tears once more, for she realized that if he didn't she had no right of keeping him here. She wanted him to be happy as well, she could force him to change his habits make him come home more often, but that wouldn't make him happy and she couldn't be happy knowing he was miserable.
She walked to the kitchen grabbing a glass of wine, after pulling her long hair from her face by putting it in a high sloppy bun. When had her perfect life taken such a wrong turn? Where had it all gone wrong?
After a few sips of wine Sakura walked upstairs to their bedroom.
Upstairs Sasuke was packing up his things, even though he wasn't showing it on the outside, on the inside he was screaming out that this wasn't how it was supposed to go.
He knew they had grown apart; he was there to witness it. And he also knew he was what caused it. It had been little over a year ago when people started pestering them about children. And quite frankly it had him freaking out.
He hadn't been ready for kids he was 25, he had only just finished college, and was starting out in his new job. He wanted to get their life in order before starting a family.
So when Sakura brought up the whole baby thing, after her mother had gone on and on about it, he had freaked out. He had pulled his walls back up; he had sought his distance.
And he got it, a little too much of it, honestly. Sasuke took a deep breath and sighed. He had hurt her by it, the woman he loved…
The only woman he could ever love…
He heard her footsteps outside the room and he heard her stop in the doorway.
"You shouldn't be the one moving out, you wanted this house…" She said.
"I wanted it for us… For our future family" He continued packing his bag.
"No, Sasuke, it wouldn't feel right to me if you had to find a new place. I'm serious. You worked so hard for this. I'll find my own place, it would do me good a new environment and everything…"
He turned to her, he could still see she had been crying, and he was to blame for those tears. He knew she wouldn't have cheated on him had he been there with her more often.
He could see in those beautiful jade eyes of her that she did still love him deeply and he could also see that she meant what she was saying. She didn't want to stay in this house after what happened here.
"Right, of course… You have somewhere to go tonight?"
She smiled half heartedly, walking up to him, she softly stroked through his hair.
"I can stay with Ino until I found a new place."
Tears were actually starting to form in his eyes, blurring his sight. He kissed her forehead softly.
"Please don't go, I can change…" He muttered.
He saw how she bit her bottom lip, she seemed to be pondering whether she could give that a go. But she shook her head.
"We need some time apart, too much has happened."
She started switching his clothes in the bag for her own, and soon she was all packed up and ready to go. He walked her to the door when she was ready helping her load her things in the back of her car
"Right… I guess I'll be going then… D-Don't be a stranger okay… I do still love you." She said as she kissed his cheek softly.
She quickly stepped in the car and drove off, before he could even respond. Watching her drive down the street he muttered:
"I love you too"