I Will Return
Chapter 13: Confessions
This is for all who have been in this kind of situation and don't know what to say when your boyfriend or lover is in this situation where they are caught with a certain someone. This unfortunately is the very moment that will define Gaara and Sakura's relationship, so please do not kill me for this.
Gaara's Point of View…
He could barely understand why Matsuri was in his conference room but he knew he had to get her out. Before any of his employees see him with her and get the wrong idea. He quickly stood up and opened the door again.
"Matsuri, please leave. I have an important meeting in an hour. Please leave." He told her, but she just smiled and walked over to the huge mahogany table.
"Why, I thought you would be happy to see me. After what happened the last time we were together." Matsuri said as she down in one of the chairs, letting her legs hang on one another. She wore of a simple silk black dress that cut off at her thighs and the v in her dress stretched on her chest, making it look as if they were about to pop right off of her. Gaara sneered and glared at her.
"Matsuri, I will say this once again. Nothing happened that night. Stop this stupid delusional relationship that we never had. I trained you in the medical field so that you could get enough money to pay for your fathers hospital bills and finances. There was nothing going on between us. That night, at the lake was a mistake." Gaara said as his eyes flared with rage. He didn't need this right now.
"Are you sure? Because from what I remember, you were completely pleased by our date." Matsuri said. She gave him a sly smile. Gaara pinched the bridge of his nose and exhaled silently.
"I will say this once again. It was all in your head. I was never interested in you only to teach you. The only reason why I was at the lake was because my sister was there and she asked me to come pick her up. And the only reason why you thought it was a date was because you were so drunk on sake that you thought I was Bayto, your boyfriend. Nothing happened." Gaara said as he could feel his patience with this woman.
"That's a lie, Gaara. And you know it. You love me!" Matsuri screamed as she rose from her chair. "I saw the look in your eyes when you looked at me when I walked up to you in that favorite dress you loved so much. I felt your hands, your loving touch. You love me!" She screamed as she now had everyone's attention, including a now crying pink haired woman standing just outside the door Gaara had forgotten to close.
Gaara, who was about to yell again, halted when he heard someone run down the hall, crying. He knew that cry. He knew it all too well.
Sakura…. No!
Gaara, forgetting everyone and that he had a meeting in 50 minutes, ran after her. His heart feeling the push of wanting to reach her faster. If he could make it to the elevators before it came, he could reach her and explain everything.
He could still hear her. She was really hurt. He had to explain to her. As he was about to turn the corner to the elevators, something grabbed him and slammed him against the wall.
"What are you-" He was silenced by a pair of red gloss lips. He tried to pull away but he felt hands reached up and grasped his hair and pulled him more. With great force, wrenched himself of this disgusting person and wiped his mouth.
"When I said I didn't care about you, Matsuri. I meant it. That woman is the one I love." Gaara said, seeing that she would need more convincing.
"You want proof?" He asked. He looked around the corner to see Sakura, crying. He frowned but shrugged it as he pulled himself around the corner and kneeled next to Sakura.
"What are you doing here? Why aren't you back there with your bimbo girlfriend?" He heard her say in pain. He felt his heart pound against his chest again.
" Three things: One, I hate her, two she is a bimbo, and three I'm here because I love you." He said and without another word, pulled her close and kissed her.
He could feel her push at first but as he began to lick her bottom lip, she relaxed and wrapped her arms around his neck as she allowed him access to her sweet mouth.
He groaned as he pulled her closer, wanting to just let her know that he still wanted her. That she was still more important to him.
As he pulled away slowly, he could feel Matsuri steam as she stormed off. He hugged Sakura to close to himself. He almost lost her again. He didn't want to lose her again.
"Sakura, I'm so sorry. Please, do not think that I don't love you. Please. Don't think that I don't harbor feelings for you anymore." Gaara whispered into Sakura's ear.
"But, why were you with her? Why was she screaming that you love her?" Sakura asked as she tried to dry her eyes. This was too much for her to handle. Gaara returning, Sasuke's attack on him, Gaara leaving, her chasing after him, and now this? Will things in her life ever be simple? Just to live in a nice house with the love of her life and a few kids running around, happy and just content with their life. Was that too much to ask from life?
She watched as Gaara looked around them. Many of his staff stopped and were still staring at them. Gaara sighed and offered his hand to Sakura. They needed to talk in private. Some place that would grant themselves sanctuary in this horrible building.
"We need to talk. Let's go to my office." Gaara said as Sakura slowly placed her hand in his. She was still reluctant to trust him right now, but she can at least try and hear him out. Until she can decide whether or not she should trust at all after this.
Gaara slowly pulled her to her feet and walked her through many of his employees until they reached his office, closed the door and the truth would come out.
Ino looked to Kiba after watching what just transpired before them. Gaara looked more hurt and pained than guilt ridden. His eyes looked as if they wanted to just jump out. She knew Gaara wouldn't do this to Sakura. Never in his life would he cheat on her. But, still, this bimbo needed to be kicked as far as her heels would let her.
Ino looked to this girl. Her dress was very seductive and her make up looked more like a Las Vegas dancer would wear. Too much eye shadow and blush to not know if they were twenty or forty. Her hair to Ino's surprise was just straight. But, the style, The bangs shaping her forehead perfectly, her length of her hair all together….. Looked so much like Sakura's.
Was she trying to be like Sakura? Or was she trying to peak Gaara's interest? Either way, she was dead.
Ino handed her purse to Kiba. Leaving him confused but then terrified as he watched Ino march up to Matsuri and kick her in the shin.
"HOW DARE YOU! YOU'RE LUCKY TO BE BREATHING!" He heard Ino exclaim as she continually kick Matsuri.
Ino paused as she let her rage simmer for a minute. "You think you can take my best friends man? You go another thing coming!" Ino declared as she raised her foot back once more, ready to begin another assault, but was halted by a pair of strong arms.
"Ino! Stop! Hitting her and beating her to a pulp won't solve anything!" Kiba said, trying to reason with his now fiancé. Ino tried to wiggle out of his grasp.
"I don't care! It'll make me feel better! She tried to take Gaara away from Sakura! She deserves it!" Ino shouted in Kiba's ear. Kiba simply lowered Ino down and turned her in his arms so that she was facing him.
"It doesn't matter. Gaara has no feelings for this girl He was simply trying to help out a family and the girl got the wrong idea. He loves and always will love Sakura. There is no else for him." Kiba said as his words calmed his little flower down.
He sighed as she nodded but then glared at Matsuri. "Get out while you still can, you bitch!" Ino said as Matsuri grabbed her purse and quickly ran, well hobbled to the elevator.
Ino sighed again and then looked to Kiba. "What the heck happened between Matsuri and Gaara?" She asked. Kiba groaned as he pinched the bridge of his nose. Deprived of sleep and now this. He needed a real vacation from this stuff.
He looked back to Ino and sighed. "Come on, to the meeting room. I'll tell you there." Kiba grabbed her hand and guided her back to board room. He knew Gaara was probably begging for his life back. With Sakura, she is his life. He knew that, but this was gonna be one wild ride. So, hopefully Sakura will listen and not burst into flames and try to kill him.
When the door closed, Sakura stared in awe at what was before her. His desk was black, wooden probably, elegant in it's form a lamp sticking out on the left side and a flat screen computer on the right. Two black whicker chairs with cushion bottoms placed before his desk, his elevated higher than the two chairs. A huge picture frame of Gaara himself, Temari, and Kankuro. The walls were surprisingly white. Different from what she imagined his office to be. He always preferred black over a lot of colors. He wasn't Goth or emo, he just liked black more.
"I'm sorry." She heard him say, "I'm still remodeling. This was my fathers old office. I thought it needed some work done. It felt so empty." She simply stood where he left her. She was unsure what to think of him now. Did he have mixed feeling for her and Matsuri? Was Matsuri a one time deal? Was he driven by lust? Or did he simply wanted someone more supple in different areas that would suit him better? Her heart was breaking.
He had not spoken a single word on the situation and already her world was crumbling. She shook her head and stilled her tears. She had to hear him out. He wouldn't have returned to her if he didn't feel something for her. There had to be a reason why this all happened. So, she waited.
"I guess you think I'm an ass hole, huh? Following me, finding my building, finding me with a bimbo who needs therapy badly." He said as he leaned against the front of his desk.
"I just want the truth, Gaara. Are you in love with Matsuri? Or do you still want things to work out between us?" Sakura asked as she walked toward him slowly.
Gaara grasped the edge of his desk. His eyes darkened, his knuckles began to turn whiter than his skin. He looked to her with anger.
"I WILL NEVER LOVE THAT WOMAN!" Gaara yelled, stopping Sakura in her tracks. She jumped at his voice. She was now unsure if to even approach him.
Gaara sighed and pushed off his desk. "I'm sorry for that too. I did not mean to yell at you. It's just, I just… I should have seen this coming. Everything. I bet it was his plan. His bills, his treatment, the way he swayed me to hire her, like she was meat to sell." Gaara said as he sat down on one of his steps to his desk.
Sakura relaxed her nerves and moved herself closer to him. She stopped at least a few meters from him. "Gaara, start from the beginning." Sakura stated. She watched as Gaara began his tale.
"It was when I first inherited the company from my father. Our medical field was falling fast and it needed more trained professionals. I volunteered myself in this. Helping doctors and nurse on multiple floors. Their patients, the staff, operations for our sick and ill. I was constantly at that hospital. I eventually had a room made for me and got maybe five hours a sleep a week." Gaara paused and looked at Sakura as she listened. Her eyes gave inclination of judgement, only understanding at the moment.
Gaara sighed and continued. "One night, we had a patient. He was in his late forties, had no insurance and was in need of a lung transplant. He worked in the seafood department of a supermarket outside of the city. It was a very straining job. Heavy labor and to the point of back breaking injuries. He did not have the money to cover the surgery and he was beginning to slip. He began to beg at my feet, crying, begging that he would pay me back. I told him that there are always solutions to every problem. I sent him back to his room and notified the head nurse to keep him until I could figure out a way for him to pay off the surgery." He paused again and just felt more pain flow from his mouth.
"What happened? Did just let him go?" Sakura asked. Gaara simply shook his head. He ran his hand through his matted hair.
"That's where Matsuri comes in." Gaara said and pulled out one photo from his desk. "She had skill as a PCA, certified and was appraised by many of her supervisors. And she just so happened to be this mans daughter. When I returned to the medical center to speak with him, I was instead greeted by Matsuri. Her father spoke to me about her qualifications, her studies and her need of a new job. He asked me if I would hire Matsuri and as for the payments on his surgery, he would pay with fifty percent of his pay check he got at every end of the week and Matsuri would contribute fifty percent as well. He gave good points on the benefits. I would gain another nurse, train her to be the best nurse she could be and every two weeks, she would make a payment to the bill for her fathers surgery." Gaara said.
Sakura was very confused. "I don't understand. If they were able to pay the bill a little at a time, why would think that he set you up? Trapped into being around Matsuri. Training her. You needed professionals and she was a professional." Sakura asked as Gaara shook his head.
"I thought that at first. But, then her father stopped making the payments. Three months in, they had maybe four thousand left to pay off, her father stopped sending money. I asked Matsuri if her father was ok, but she didn't say anything. She told me that she hasn't heard from her father in a while. She assumed that he was just busy trying to pay off the surgery. And a week later, his information, his contacts, social security, address was just gone. Like he never existed. That's when Matsuri changed. She began to flirt with many at every chance she could." Gaara looked up at the ceiling.
He felt tense and anxious as he tried very hard not to yell at Sakura again. Remembering so much, it was bring back old wounds.
"Every time I would talk to a charge nurse she was waiting for me outside, constantly trying to ask me out on a business date. Discuss medical matters. After her father disappeared, she started paying more from her pay check. She would arrive to work in the same uniform she wore the day before. I didn't notice any kind of psychological damage until a man arrived at the hospital and has yelling at her because she didn't come home last night. Matsuri was off that night so I have no idea what she was doing and frankly I didn't want to know. I called her into my office one day and asked her if she had any difficulties with her old job. She said she never had any complaints or concerns at all about her performance at work and I told to take it easy and sent her home." Gaara let out another sigh and flexed his hands to relieve some of the tension.
He could feel Sakura become anxious, wanting to hear how this bad story would end.
"I got curious and decided to call her old supervisor. I asked her if she had any complaints about personal problems, bring them to work, she stated she saw no such thing, but she flirted a lot with doctors, nurses, and was caught making out with one of the operating assistants. She was let go when the cut backs kicked in and she was looking for a job around her fathers house after that. Her boyfriend, Bayto, began coming up to the hospital every night she worked. They would fight in front of our guests and it made them feel uncomfortable. I felt uncomfortable. Pretty soon, Matsuri was arguing with her co workers, charge nurses, and supervisors. I had her suspended for a few days. Let her clear her head. But, then she still came to the hospital and flirt with me. I explained to her that I was not interested and Temari stepped in and told her to just stop." Gaara rose from the floor and leaned against his desk now.
Sakura remained on the floor, she didn't think she could stand.
"That's when things got ugly." Gaara stated before letting his head drop and hang for a while. He remembered the frustration, the anger he felt. "Temari invited Matsuri to a lake party, celebrating Kankuro's promotion at the company, and Matsuri got drunk. Temari called me to come pick her up cause she had to deal with Kankuro. So, unwillingly, I went to the lake and found her, dangling her feet off the edge of the boat board walk and she was rambling on and on about how I was just the guy for her and why I wouldn't go out with her. Why I wouldn't be with her. Why I wouldn't love her." Gaara looked at Sakura at that point. His eyes were full of clarity and truth.
"I was already in love with someone else. Someone far away from me, but I promised her I would return to her. Matsuri didn't understand. She creamed at me for hours until she passed out and nearly fell into the water. I caught her before she fell, but I should have known. She wrapped her arms around my neck and tried kissing me, franticly." He paused and watched as Sakura lowered her head
She kept her eyes shut and waited for the one thing she dreaded hearing. That Gaara slept with another woman while being promised to her. Someone else embracing him, being kissed repeatedly. Their hormones going wild. Sakura waited, but none of it. Instead she heard him say.
"So I let her go and she landed in the lake." She looked up at him and he was smiling at her. She was in disbelief.
"I treat women with utter respect, but what Matsuri was trying to do was low, even if she was drunk. Anyway, when she swam to the boat ramp, which surprised me, she looked at me and just passed out again. So, I picked her up, carried her to my car, laid her down in the back and took her home. Bayto was mad at first but then just shrugged and told me she does this all the time. After her suspension was over, I called her into my office and explained to her what happened that night. She claimed that I didn't take her home, but had sex with her at the lake and fell off the dock because I tried to take her to quickly." Gaara said.
Sakura was steaming now. She tried to turn this whole situation into a claim of love and passion? Is this girl insane?
"After that discussion, I fired her and told her I'll pay rest of her fathers surgery off. And within a few hours, she was forced out of the hospital, screaming that we were meant to be. After that, I hadn't seen her since today, when she some how made her way in to my company and found me in the board room and tried to seduce me. I have no idea what she has done with herself since then. But, by the looks of her outfit, it looks to me she's being very provocative." Gaara sighed and waited for Sakura's reply. She had to know that there was never anybody else but her. She had to know that.
Sakura thought for a moment. She had known Gaara for years. He has never lied to her, never hid anything from her, and if she asked him anything, he would truthfully and honestly. This girl sounded like a crazy nut basket and needed to be locked up until her skin was rotting. But, if Gaara was telling the truth, then she had nothing to worry about.
"That's everything?" She asked finally. Gaara nodded and offered his hand once again to help her up. She gladly took his hand and as he pulled her up, he pulled her close and gazed into her eyes. She smiled as she returned the same gesture. Gaara sighed internally. Relieved that Sakura believed him even after what happened just moments ago. She pull him into her arms, wrapping them around his neck, hugging him tightly. Gaara returned her embrace, pulling her closer to himself.
His heart felt like jumping out of his chest. Sakura was here. She believed him and she loved him after all. She could've called him a liar and stormed out and he wouldn't stop her if it was her choice. He loved her so much, he would let her go, better herself without him. Live on without him. But, instead, she was loving toward him and believed him. He felt such peace in Sakura's arms.
It felt like an eternity, in each other arms. Gaara breathed easily and Sakura felt her nerves relax more for her anxiety. They pulled away just enough to look into each others eyes and feel happiness. Sakura smiled as she leaned close to him as he did the same. Their lips met finally and Gaara could feel his control almost slip. Having Sakura with him, holding him close, kissing him, he felt so alive. He felt her hands slip around his neck and he moved his hands to her hips, forcing closer to him. She sighed into his mouth as she slowed her hands travel down his chest and to the end of shirt. He pulled away from Sakura then and gave her a look of concern, but she simply smile and moved her hand under his shirt.
God she was screaming inside. She would never get over how built Gaara was. Chiseled chest and his abs, perfect and just amazing against her hands. She watched as Gaara took the opening and went straight for her neck. She felt so high. Feeling Gaara slowly kiss his way down to her collarbone, making her so hot and her legs began wobble a bit by the amount of attention Gaara was giving to Sakura's neck,
She felt her whole world dissolve when she heard a terrifying voice come from behind them.
"Sabaku, I see you are very busy, but I was rushed out an important project. I would like to speak with you." It sounded so cold and just beyond her range a creepiness. She felt goose bumps start to grow all over her body. Her body began to shiver with nervousness. She pulled away from Gaara, but Gaara held her close. His gentle grip became solid now and he seemed to tremble with anger.
She watched as Gaara moved her behind him and made himself a personal shield.
Sakura gasped when she saw a man, pale as snake skin silk, his eyes glowed yellow like a snake as well, his face seemed to be covered in white make up of sorts with some kind of purple eye shadow running from the outside of his eye lid to the corner of his noses bridge. His hair was long and dreadful. He wore a black suit with dark shade of purple for his shirt and a simple black tie. He looked absolutely horrible to Sakura. Was he crazy too? Does he think Halloween is everyday?
"Orochimaru. I thought you would be late as usual." She heard Gaara say. She looked to him and waited for this Orochimaru to answer, but he simply smiled, manically and snickered at Gaara.
"I tend to hurry along when a business partner is planning to blackmail me." Orochimaru stated as he waited for Gaara. "Can we proceed? I would like to begin before the media follows my car I came in." Gaara sneered at Orochimaru. Gaara knew this would hard, but he had to figure out how to get Sakura out of here before Orochimaru tied her into this mess. Like it or not, Gaara was stuck and he could really use Kiba right about now.
Ok, that's it for now! I'll update tomorrow ok. Night!