I don't own Naruto
"Sasuke we can't do this anymore."
It took a full minute for the only person in a small bedroom to respond to what the face on the monitor had said. "Wh-what do you mean?" he asked.
"We can't do this anymore," the face on the monitor said as it shook its head. "We can't be us anymore."
"Why not?" The boy in the room's onyx eyes began to tear up slightly in the shelter of his dimly lit room. "Did I do something wrong?"
"No Sasuke," the boy on the monitor answered with a very sincere look in his bright blue eyes. He was actually allowing the tears to fall down his tan cheeks and over the scars that lay in their path. This wasn't any easier for him. "You haven't done anything wrong. You have been the best boyfriend that I could ever have, but I just can't handle this long-distance relationship anymore. These talks that we have through our monitors aren't enough anymore."
"Why not?" Sasuke asked again as his pale hand clenched the mouse tighter.
"I go to bed every night missing you Sasuke," the boy answered. "Every time I talk to you I want to reach out and touch you. It used to be enough just to see you every day, but lately the both of us have been so busy that we only really get to see each other once a week if that. I can't handle it Sasuke. I'm sorry."
"So you're breaking up with me?"
"I'm sorry Sasuke."
The boy looked like he was going to say more, but before he could Sasuke spoke. "Fine," he growled angrily as he slammed the laptop monitor closed; effectively cutting off all contact with the boy.
"Oh Sasuke," Ino skipped happily into the diner that Sasuke was taking her to for their lunch date. "This place is so cute."
"Yea," Sasuke muttered in return. "Whatever. Let's just go find a seat." He led her over to the nearest open booth and the two of them sat across from each other. Sasuke calmly read the menu while Ino chatted on and on about something or other. Sasuke wasn't really paying close enough attention to know what she was talking about. He was paying just enough attention to know when and how to respond.
"Welcome to Jinchuuriki's café," someone said nervously next to them. "My name is-"
"Water," Sasuke said before their waiter could continue his or her introduction. He didn't really have time to be wasting. Actually, if it were up to him he would be back in his office doing any sort of work, but his "girlfriend" was making him take her out. Sasuke sighed. If only he hadn't made that promise to himself that he would date every person who asked him out for a whole week, then he would be able to break up with Ino. As it was now he still had to deal with the woman for a-whole-nother four days before he could break up with her. He blamed Naruto. If Naruto had never broken up with him in the first place than he wouldn't be such an emotionless bastard. He would be loving and spoiling Naruto at this moment instead of wasting his time with yet another fan girl.
"What drinks do you have here that are sugar free?" Ino asked. That's right, Ino was on another one of her healthy kicks. Even before they were dating, Ino had a tendency to go in and out of eating completely "healthy". Not that her diet was any healthier than his, but she always insisted that it would make her lose weight.
"Um…Water?" the waiter asked.
"You don't have anything else?" she hissed at him. Sasuke was beginning to get a headache from her antics. He really wanted to break up with her.
"Everything else has sugar in it," the waiter said apologetically.
"Fine," Ino grumbled. "Just get me a water then."
"Ok," the waiter said before rushing off presumably to the kitchen.
"Can you believe that guy," Ino scoffed as though he had somehow done something to completely offend her. "He is definitely not getting a tip."
Sasuke sighed and rubbed his temples. Now he was going to have to give a tip two times the amount that he usually would give because Ino was probably going to be rude the whole time they were there. Then she was going to get mad at him for going against her will and leaving a tip. A mad "healthy" Ino always gave him a headache.
"Here," a new voice said as two waters were placed rather roughly in front of them. Some of the water even splashed on to Ino's new shirt.
"What the hell is your problem," Ino hissed as she immediately tried to clean up the mess with her napkin.
"I don't like people who are rude to my friend," was the new waiter's answer.
This time Sasuke did look up at the waiter. He was a red headed man who couldn't have been much older than he was. The man also had a tattoo on his forehead that was the kanji symbol for love and he was wearing a thick amount of eyeliner around his eyes. His nametag read Gaara. Sasuke couldn't shake the feeling that he had heard that name before.
"What happened to our other waiter?" Ino asked with an annoyed tilt to her voice.
"Naruto went on break," Gaara said.
"What did you just say?" Sasuke asked. He hadn't heard that name from anyone beside himself in such a long time. He had also never heard anyone except for his ex-boyfriend with that name. Was it possible that Naruto was actually living so close to him now?
"I said he went on his break," growled Gaara.
Sasuke shook his head. That was not what he wanted to know. "Is his name Naruto Uzumaki?"
"What's going on Sasuke?" Ino asked worriedly, but Sasuke just ignored her.
"How do you know Naruto?" asked Gaara.
"Then it is Naruto Uzumaki?" Sasuke asked. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest like it hadn't done since the last time that he had talked to Naruto.
Gaara only nodded his head slowly as an answer. Normally he would have said that the person was wrong because Naruto seemed to have a lot of stalkers and/or people who hated him enough that they wanted to hurt him, but the way Naruto had reacted when Sasuke didn't even look up at him told Gaara that they must have been close at one time. Besides, Sasuke matched Naruto's description of his ex-boyfriend to a T.
"Where is he?" Sasuke asked as he stood suddenly to look around for any signs of Naruto. "I need to talk to him."
"He's at work," Gaara said. "You can't talk to him while he's at work."
"Than when does his shift end?" Sasuke asked.
"5 o'clock," Gaara shrugged.
Sasuke took a quick glance at his clock to see that it was only 1 o'clock. "Thank you," he said before standing up, leaving a 20 on the table, and quickly leaving the café. He had a lot to do in the next four hours if he wanted to get to the diner before Naruto's shift ended.
"What's going on Sasuke-kun?" Ino asked as she chased after him.
Sasuke stopped suddenly and Ino was just barely able to stop before she ran into him. "I'm breaking up with you," he said before he began walking again.
"What?!" screamed Ino. "You can't just break up with me like that."
"I can and I am," Sasuke said.
I just wanted to make sure that you guys understand the format of this story. The first half is what happened in the past and the second half is what's happening now.
Thank you for reading. If you have and questions, comments, or requests, please message me and I will read them all. Flames are accepted and used to improve my stories.
I have the next chapter written, but I didn't want to post everything at once, so I will post it in a week unless I get 5 comments.
