Chapter 6: 2+2=5

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I sat there for what felt like hours. I watched Ino open her mouth and then close it back up again. I watched the sweat form on her forehead. She smacked her lips from how dry her throat was becoming. Her hands fidgeted and played with the end of hair. Her legs shifted back in forth, the immense tension between us was starting to irritate me. She makes it seem so hard to speak when it was so easy for her to tell her friends to "take care of me" and now she doesn't have anything to say? My anger was seething to say the least.

How long had passed I wondered? Seconds? Minutes? Hours? Or even days? I knew it hadn't been that long but that's what it felt like. I stared up into those baby blue eyes and felt nothing. It was weird for me to hear myself say that. If Ino didn't talk soon what little their was left of my heart was going to break. It was going to spread all over the floor and I would never be the same Sakura again.

"Sakura…I-I" She was trying, which was a start. Her words were catching, and running together, I could tell this was hard for her. It almost made me feel bad seeing how hopeless and emotionless she looked. I knew I still loved her, still felt the same about her. Hell, I would probably just end up telling her not to worry about it and forget it ever happened. I was weak, weak for her that is. My heart, my mind, and my body couldn't stand being away from her for to long.

"Yes I…told them to-to…to take care of you" My heart did fracture. My soul fractured, my whole being fractured. It was like someone was sticking a knife into my brain over and over again. I almost felt like leaping off a cliff a clean and healthy end to it all. To this pain of being so far from her. We were at a gap, there was a wall between us that I couldn't move and she was making no effort to move it. Tears flooded my eyes and my vision was blurry. I couldn't make out her face or her features, nothing made sense anymore it was all a big blur.

Ino must have realized how bad I felt, I could feel arms wrap around me. My shoulder quickly became wet with what I can only guess was Ino's tears. "I'm sorry Sakura, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for it to turn out like this. Tenten was saying a whole bunch of shit about you but I couldn't seem to stop her, I couldn't make it seem like I cared about you in front of them. So I told her to take care of it for me I didn't think they would go this far. Please Sakura, please just forgive me!"

She wanted me to forgive her? Her friends beat the living shit out of me because she didn't want them to know about us being friends. Then she has the nerve to ask for my forgiveness? She puts me through so much shit to keep up an appearance?

I shook violently with anger, I wanted to push her off me and stomp on her pretty face. My arms were to weak and I was emotionally drained. I was angry but I was close to feeling nothing. Sighing out loud I let her hug me not bothering to speak, to afraid of what I would say. It was nice though, I found myself getting caught up in the hug, and the sweet scent of Ino's perfume.

She let go and stared into my eyes, they were staring into my very soul. I looked up at her, I had no expression on my face, neither emotion, it was empty. "Sakura I…" I put a finger on her lips to hush her. I really couldn't stand her lies anymore. Maybe she wasn't lying, she was probably telling the truth but either way I couldn't take it anymore. "Don't" Was all I muttered.

Her eyes grew wide and a wave of emotions swept across her face. Fear, anger, sadness, jealousy, and panic. She was panicking because she finally realized all of the things she had done wrong. All of the pain she had caused me. All the things her so called friends have done to me.

She ran before I could say anything more, she didn't look back but I could see the tears flying off of her eyes. Everything about that moment had seemed wrong, everything about this day had seemed wrong, everything about my life had seemed wrong. I was afraid, I was terribly afraid. I was mad at Ino, mad was an understatement I was infuriated. However, what if that was the last thing we ever said to each other?

I began to shake uncontrollably, tears running down my face. I gripped the sheets that were covering me. I felt like dying, Ino had done some nasty things to me but not on purpose. She was just trying to keep everyone happy, and yet I always made her unhappy. I wasn't strong enough to protect her, I couldn't save her from the person she was becoming because I was so weak.

I heard the door open and I could see a figure, I knew in a second who it was. It was my mother. She came right over and gave me a great big hug. "Mom…I-I" I tried to talk between sobs but she just shushed me. "Sakura darling I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you" She held me tight and I cried into her chest. "But Ino…she…she" Could I really tell mom what she had done?

She stroked my hair. "I know it will be alright dear you will work things out, you always do" I really wasn't sure this time if we could. If we could really come back from this and if things would work out. I don't even know if she will return my feelings. I was determined however to have a repeat of last time.


Hello, so really short chapter again I'm sorry guys even shorter than the last one. I'm stuck on what to do next, I have some vague ideas but as you can probably tell it got to me on this chapter so I decided to end it earlier. Anyways if you guys have any ideas or tips on where you would like it to go that would be greatly appreciated. =). I like the beginning of this chapter and I think I like the end I rewrote it three times so hopefully you guys do too. Anyways things for everyone who reads my story. I don't think its gonna be that much long maybe only a couple of more chapters but their are two more sequals I have planned. I'm also planning a naruto sasuke one set in a kind of noir universe I'm still working out the details but it should be pretty interesting if you like that kind of stuff. Anyways I love my fans and more reviews would be appreciated lol only if you want to. Thanks again guys for supporting me and this story so enjoy.