The second chapter of snowflower! Updates will be once a week. Chapters will be short. They will no longer be like 15 – 20 pages long. The longest might be 10 pages. Shortest will be 3. This story will also be short. I'm thinking that the whole thing will only be about 6 or 7 chapters. Most likely just 6. If it's too long then it just drags. Besides, I can't think of anything for the story beyond that. Haha
I won't be answering reviews right now because they mostly were the same. But I did get some saying they hated Mitsuki. Ahaha I really love that name…maybe if I ever have a baby girl I'll call her that.
Thanks for 30 reviews! I'm so happy! I'm glad to have new readers as well. This story pretty much stands on its own so I won't say to read the prequel to understand it. But there will be some scenes referring to SBMS.
Now on with the story!
Disclaimer: I own Naruto. –gets slapped across the face with a rubber chicken-
Readers: LIAR!
Me: -has bruise on left eye- I give up…
Warning: To clear up some confusion, this chapter will be switching from first to third person then back to first.
"She's my fiancée."
Over and over again it rang through my head. It was always there. Always reminding me how stupid I was. Makes me wonder what I actually meant to him after all. Making me promise him and then I come back finding out he has another. It's just too much.
But…maybe it's to be expected. After all it has been seven years. Being gone for that long changes a lot. I can't really blame anyone except myself. Why didn't I come back here when I had the chance? I just had to stay at that stupid business school! Then again…I was rather lucky they accepted me.
Grabbing one of my pillows, I let out a frustrated cry. My eyes felt sore, I had cried a lot yesterday night. Sighing again I got up and walked over to one of the many boxes that littered my apartment floor. I was going to unpack this morning but that stupid memory just kept coming back to me again. What made it worse was that we had gone out to dinner after I had arrived. When I mean we, I mean everyone.
Everything had seemed fine. But it was really weird. I mean, everyone knew what was going on except for Mitsuki. Really, it seemed as if she wasn't bothered by the silence and kept chattering away. It bugged me. But I have no right to be mad at her...even though she did take Sasuke from me...but then she didn't really take Sasuke from me since he was probaby the one that propsed to her. This logic is giving me a headache. Truthfully, I have no grudge or anything against Mitsuki but still...
I fall back onto my bed and close my eyes. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea because that memory was just rushing back again.
(It's odd I know. But eh. Third person flashback)
"So how long have you two been together?" Sakura asked calmly referring to Sasuke and Mitsuki.
When she had asked that, an uncomfortable silence settled between them all. Each hesitantly looked at one another but Mitsuki was the only one who seemed oblivious at it all. She didn't understand why they all had stopped talking once she had popped the question. The one thing that puzzled her the most was how Sasuke was acting. He looked worried, nervous…even scared. What would he be afraid of? Unless there was something going on she didn't know about.
"We've been together for three years." she replied cheerfully.
Sakura's eyes widened but then softened and smiled gently. Three years huh? So they had got together on her fourth year of absence.
"I see…"
Awkward silence surrounded them again but was soon interrupted when Naruto coughed. The cough was on purpose though, they could tell. But it certainly helped the uneasiness that seemed to crush them.
"Ah, Sakura. Where are you planning to stay? Do you have somewhere to live at the moment?" Hinata asked.
"Oh, I already have an apartment ready. I bought it a few months back. Don't worry about."
"That's a relief!"
"But if you didn't have a place to stay, my house is always welcome!" Ino grinned.
"My house? Don't you mean our house?" Shikamaru eyed her.
"Yeah, what he said. Our house." Ino said sheepishly.
"You forget that you're married eh Ino?" Tenten laughed.
"Hey what about you! You locked Neji out of the house because you forgot he was your husband and then nearly beat him to death because you thought he was a burglar." Ino defended herself.
"Yeah well that's because I was married for only –"
"Tenten, that was on your sixth month of married life." Ino said dryly.
"Shut-up."
"Thank god we aren't like that." Naruto muttered under his breath causing Hinata to giggle.
The mood had certainly lifted but a few people still felt awkward. Sasuke shifted a bit in his seat and watched Sakura as she spoke light heartedly to her old friends. She didn't seem affected by the news. Oh how wrong he was. Inside, she was absolutely crumbling apart. That wall she had built up had shattered again.
Again he watched her, but this time studied her. Faintly remembering something, he glanced at her hand and saw a ring on her finger. Frowning, he took some time examining it. Mitsuki saw her fiancée looking at the bubblegum haired woman. Her hazel eyes traced off where he was staring.
"Sakura, are you engaged?" she asked not knowing what the ring really was.
Sakura froze. The ring. Crap. Sasuke looked up and watched her intently.
"No…someone gave it to me a long time ago."
"How come you wear it on your ring finger?"
"Out of habit I suppose." Sakura tried to laugh but it sounded rather forced.
"Can I see it?" Mitsuki asked her.
"Um sure…"
Slowly, she slipped the band off her digit and handed it to the brown haired girl. She watched as Mitsuki traced her fingers over the jewels, admiring the beauty. All Sasuke did was take a glance and then look up at Sakura.
"It's a beautiful ring."
"Thank you."
Stupid memories. I really don't want to remember what had happened. I really want to throw something. But no, I'm mature. I'm twenty-four. Twenty-four year olds do NOT throw tantrums.I picked up my photo album that was conveniently sticking out of a box. What bad idea. The first picture that popped up when I opened the book was when the girl had taken a photo at the amusement park. I had told myself not to cry over it anymore but it seemed useless. Fresh tears began to spill down my face.
Why am I like this? I wish that I had never fallen in love with him. It hurts a lot. It hurts to see him with another. It hurts even more knowing the he made promises and that I was the only one that kept them. The only reason I returned was because of him. Now when I think back at it…it seems stupid…worthless…If I had to make a wish right now. I would wish that I had never met Uchiha Sasuke.
If you're confused on why she's saying these things, let me tell you that she doesn't hate him but rather heart broken and dead on the inside. Crappy, chapter I know. I didn't have much inspiration for this. Writing in first person is not my thing apparently. But one must try right? Sorry if it's extremely short. But with these perspective things, it's hard.
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Rachel
