A/N: Whoa, I did not expect the wave of love I would get for this story. So here's the next chapter, hopefully I'll churn out the next one sooner that a month T.T (sorry about that btw). Thanks for all the support though. :) It means a lot.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor do I own Katy Perry's- "Fingerprints"
"I'm leaving you my legacy. I gotta make my mark. I gotta run it hard. I want you to remember me. I'm leaving my fingerprints, I'm leaving my fingerprints, I'm leaving my fingerprints on you."
"Mmm my phone." I mumbled as the song started to repeat. "Sasuke, where is my-oh found it." I was half leaning off the bed, rummaging around in my jeans pocket. I pulled out my cellphone and pressed talk. "'Ello?"
I leaned back into the bed, snuggling under the sheet. "Forehead! Where are you? I've been calling you since last night." I turned my head to look at Sasuke laying next to me. He opened one eye to peer at me and then shut it.
"Uh, I was busy last night." I mumbled. I heard Sasuke snort. His arm reached over me and pulled me closer to him.
"Uh huh, well I'm sure you were very busy with all that laundry."
"Laundry?"
"Those iron-on's? You did go to Sai's and ruin every item of clothing he has right?" Ino chattered as Sasuke started kissing my neck.
"Mhmm, I even got that suit he has, the gray one you said made him look metro-sexual."
"Sweet! Hey, buzz me in. I'm downstairs."
"You're what?" I blanched.
"Downstairs, buzz me in." She said slowly.
"I'm not home right now."
"You're not home right-Whatthehellhaveyoubeendoing?"
"Ino, you're very loud." I pushed my bangs out of my face and sighed. "I need to call you back."
"Don't you dare hang-" I hung up and dropped my phone on the floor.
Sasuke's arms tighten around me and he buried his face in my neck. "Sai will be home today."
"Oh dear." I said sarcastically. I should probably go home and change. I'd come back later to break up with him. "I should probably get going then."
Sasuke groaned and tightened his hold on me. I couldn't suppress the giggle that bubbled up. "Sas-uke. I need to go home." I stared at the ceiling and enjoyed the feel of warm skin on warm skin for a moment. "Besides finding me in his bed with his cousin is not a classy way to end a relationship."
"Hn." The small amount of conversation I had had through out the course of the night with Sasuke had made me understand that he used 'Hn' for various means of communication. "I'd love to see the look on his face, though."
"So would I." I said thoughtfully. "You know the worst part about it?"
"Hn?" I scrunched up my nose.
"Wait, did you just use 'Hn' in the form of a question?"
"Hn..."
"Right." I shook my head and continued. "I don't think I've ever slept over before. A year and a half and I never slept over. This is the first time I slept in his bed...and it wasn't even with him."
Sasuke sat up on his elbows and looked at me. "That's pretty sad."
"The more I think about, the more pathetic I realize I am."
"Not pathetic, just trusting." Sasuke gave a small shrug.
I pulled the sheet back and climbed out of bed, for once I wasn't self-conscious about a guy seeing me naked. I picked up my bra and straightened up. "I am so pathetic." I stared at Sasuke as he raised an eyebrow. "I just realized how completely insecure Sai made me feel. I would never be able to stand here naked in front of him. You're a fucking stranger and I didn't even think twice!"
"Well by all means, stand there and bask in your self-confidence." Sasuke smirked.
I faked an angry glare and then laughed. "Right...I really hope you don't think I'm a whore. I never ever have done anything like this. I'm the committed-relationship-type." I put on my shirt and reached for my pants.
"Well, if you ever get sick of that you know where I live."
"I'll keep that in mind." I glanced around the floor. "Where did my underwear go?"
Sasuke gave a cursory glance at the floor. "No clue."
I shrugged and pulled my pants on anyway. "Hope Sai finds them. I really liked that pair." I grabbed my cellphone and slipped it into my pocket. Then sashayed over to the bed. I leaned down over Sasuke and pressed my lips to his. I meant it to be just a quick good bye kiss but Sasuke's arm snaked around my waist and his other hand went to the back of my head holding me down.
Yeah, the kiss lasted a little longer than I had meant it too...
I pulled out of his grip, finally and stared down at him. It was nice to feel pretty for once, sexy even. And well...the other uh...good feelings that come with hooking up.
Sai would never have been so forward. I didn't even know Sasuke but instantly he made me feel wanted. Which was odd, ironic even. I hadn't ever felt so wanted with Sai and I had been dating him.
I leaned over him, struggling to come up with something to say. This fling was nothing more than a fling, a way to get back at Sai and in the process I felt a bit better about myself. "See you around, then." I said, settling for a vague good bye, before I turned and left.
"There you are!" I looked up as I pulled the key out of my apartment door to see Ino standing there glaring at me, her hands on her hips. "Where have you been?"
I stepped in and shut the door behind me. Of course she broke into my apartment, how could I expect anything less from Ino.
"I-" She cut me off immediately, because let's face it; Ino doesn't want to listen to what other people say. She'd rather talk for them and listen to her own voice.
"You had sex with him! Ohmygosh Sakura! What are you pathetic? You were supposed to break up with him, he cheated on you! You don't have break up sex when someone cheats on you!" She started pacing back and forth as she talked.
"I did not have sex with Sai." I interjected, but she cut me off before I could explain further. The pacing was now accompanied by a rapid flailing of her arms.
"Don't even lie to me, Sakura Haruno! Look at you! You're wearing the same thing you wore yesterday, you were out all night." She let out a very exaggerated gasp. "You have a hickey!"
"What?" I shrieked, my hand flying to my neck, where she was pointing to.
"You. Have. A. Hickey. No, no, no. I cannot believe you had sex with him!"
"I didn't have sex with Sai! I had sex with his cousin!"
"Stop lying-Wait what? His cousin?" She paused and waited for me to answer this time.
"His cousin is rooming with him now."
"And you had sex with him?"
"I know I shouldn't have! I couldn't help it. I mean he's really sexy. Way better looking than Sai, way more my type. He showed up while I was ironing the A's on all Sai's clothes and he started hitting on me...It just sort of happened?"
Ino was frozen as she let my words sink in. "Let me get this straight. You ironed red A's on to all of his clothing? And slept with his roommate-slash-cousin in his own bed?"
"Yes..." I grimaced. Okay, it sounded really bad when you say it like that. Maybe I took my revenge a little bit too far. One would have been enough, but two seemed like overkill.
"You have become the hero for every person that's ever been cheated on." She said seriously. "That...I have no words. I'm proud to call you my best friend."
"You don't think it was wrong of me?"
"Hell no! He's cheating on you! Fuck him." She shrugged. "But you should wash the other man off you before you go break up with him." She gestured towards my rumbled clothes.
I wore a pair of dark jeans and a cream colored shirt with lace quarter-length sleeves. I had my brown leather jacket over it, because it was probably my favorite item of clothing. I needed the confidence.
Just a normal outfit, I didn't want to go overboard and show up in a little black dress like Ino insisted. She was full of theatrics, hell she probably would have broken up with him butt-naked if she was me. To let him get an eye full of "what he would be missing".
I just wanted to end it. I had my fill of revenge and theatrics.
Now came the hard part.
I rapped my knuckles on apartment door number 13. How unlucky, maybe I should have seen the omen the first time I had come over. I knew Sai was home, so if he didn't answer it was because he wanted to kill me for ruining his wardrobe.
How did I know he was home? I happened to call his mother, seems he never even went. Of course, I also made sure his car was in his parking space before I came up. It took all my resolve to not key it and slash his tires.
He had lied to me. Lied, lied, lied. So much.
It took a few seconds, but I heard the lock click and I took a gulp of air and straightened. The door opened and there he was my boyfriend, looking positively charming and normal as always.
I smiled. "Hey babe!"
"Hey, I didn't know you were coming over?" He seemed at ease, totally normal Sai. Guess someone hadn't unpacked yet.
I wiped the fake cheerfulness off my face instantly as I pushed past him and stepped in the apartment.
"How was your trip to your parent's. I bet they adored having you, unless of course they didn't see you at all. That must have been upsetting for them." I turned around and blinked at him. "Unless they didn't expect to see you at all."
"What-" He started as he shut the door but I didn't want to hear him. I knew what he would say, "What are you talking about?" He wouldn't want me to know how bad he had been sneaking around behind my back.
"I saw you." His head whipped towards me as he gradually turned away from the door and towards me.
"Saw me?" He asked slowly. He didn't want to give anything away, probably was racking his brain over each place he had gone.
"I saw you with her, the red-headed skank, at the mall Tuesday." My voice was surprisingly cold and level. I almost never got mad at Sai, we never had fights. Another reason I should have paid more attention. God, how stupid was I? So naive. We didn't even care enough about each other to fight. Why had I settled so low?
His eyes widened for a second, I don't think he expected me to know so much, but come on, I knew next to nothing.
"I called you. I watched you answer your phone and talk to me. I was standing twenty-feet away, all you had to do was turn around and I was right there." I could feel the ice in my voice slowly melting.
"Why?" I asked. "Why would you do this to me?" I furrowed my brow and looked down.
"Sakura, I didn't want to hurt you." He said lowly. "I'm sorry but you're so..."
"So what?" I snapped.
"So fragile."
"Are you fucking kidding me?" I shouted. So much for civilized conversation. "I'm fragile? No you're the fragile one. You're the pathetic piece of shit. You didn't want to be with me? Then you should have broken up with me like a man! Don't betray me! Don't cheat on me! Don't become a fucking horrible lying bastard!" I wanted to throw something. I wanted to tackle him to the ground and strangle him. "I thought I deserved the shitty relationship I was in. I was so insecure and passive to everything you did. I just dealt with how impersonal and cold you were. God dammit, I feel so sorry for whoever the slut is because if she gets stuck with you, her life will so miserable. Even more miserable than I was. I trusted you Sai. I can't believe how stupid I was."
He sort of gaped at me, not really knowing what to say. Sai was never good with words, he was able to state facts and information. He couldn't manage emotion and feelings. This was mental overload for him.
"You're a fucking cheater. I hope you like your clothes, because now every girl will know what you are before they get close to you."
I heard a snort from behind me and turned around to see Sasuke leaning in the doorway to the kitchen. I turned back to Sai. "Oh by the way, Sasuke's is way bigger than yours." I marched past him and slammed the door behind me for emphasis.
To bad fragile me couldn't even make it to the elevator before I started crying.
