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Chapter 25: Best I Ever Had
Naruto watched Sasuke packing up his things, angrily. "Sasuke please can we talk about this, I promise it will never happen again."
"You are the last person I want to see right now," Sasuke said as he packed this things into the bags he'd brought with him the day he'd came.
"But I know we have something special," Naruto said.
"Oh, did you tell Sakura that too?" Sasuke glared.
"I was trying to tell Sakura that I couldn't see her anymore because you mean so much to me, but she just started to kiss me," Naruto said.
"And you just had to participate?" Sasuke hissed.
"Sasuke," Naruto frowned. "I never meant for it to happen, I just couldn't stop."
"Real good excuse," Sasuke said as he turned away from him.
"She knows how to make it so I can't say no," Naruto argued. "I don't know how she does it!"
"Then you shouldn't have went to see her," Sasuke said.
"Sasuke I am so sorry, please, just take me back, or at least don't leave. I won't flirt with anyone else, look at anyone else, do anything but focus on you," he said.
"The time to prove that has come and gone," Sasuke said. "I had just been cheated on so you decided to cheat on me too? Did you really think that was a bright idea? That it would be a good way to earn my trust?"
"I never intended for it to happen," Naruto said.
"Then who is to say that it wouldn't happen again," Sasuke frowned as he zipped up his bag.
"I'm falling in love with you, I can feel it," Naruto said.
"You don't do that to the people you love Naruto," he said, never once making eye contact. It pained Naruto that Sasuke wouldn't look at him. He knew that he messed up, and he wanted to find some way to fix it.
Sasuke just looked at Naruto and said, "Don't follow me this time." Naruto could see the sadness in his eyes, though his anger was hiding it well.
"You have every right to hate me," Naruto said.
"To hate you Naruto, I'd have to feel something for you," he frowned. "Do you know what the opposite of love is? Its indifference, not hate, to hate you I would have to have feelings for you. You've just made yourself like pretty much everyone else, I'm indifferent toward you."
"You don't just loose feelings that quickly," Naruto argued.
"You proved to me that you truly are what your reputation says, and that I couldn't change you, you showed me that maybe everything that you were showing to me was just a lie," he said. "Just like everything else in my life, I don't know what to believe with you anymore."
"Believe me when I say that it was a horrible lapse in judgment and it will never happen again," Naruto said.
"I'm sorry, I wish that I could, but I can't," Sasuke said as he picked up his bags and started toward the door.
"You can't go, please don't go," Naruto said.
"Naruto, give it up, I'm leaving," Sasuke said.
"I've never been one to give up, we would have probably never gotten together if I were," Naruto said.
"I really wish you would," Sasuke frowned.
"You don't mean that," Naruto said as he reached out for Sasuke, who moved before he could touch him.
"Right now, I really do," he said, once again avoiding eye contact. He refused to look him in the eyes because he knew that those eyes were hypnotizing and he didn't want to fall again.
"Just let me go Naruto, if you couldn't say goodbye to an old flame for me, then I obviously am not the one," he said.
"That's what you don't understand, I was trying to say goodbye," he said. "She wouldn't take no for an answer."
"If you are as weak as to have sex with any girl who knows which places on your body to touch, even if you're in a relationship, then I feel sorry for you," he said.
"You don't understand the history that Sakura and I have together," Naruto said.
"That's great for you guys, but I don't want to hear it, because when it's all said and done, the excuse still isn't good enough," Sasuke said and Naruto knew it was true.
Naruto watched Sasuke walk out the door, hating that nothing he said could stop him. Naruto knew that no matter what Sasuke said part of him still loved Naruto, he was just putting up his walls. He didn't want to get hurt again and so he told himself that he felt nothing at all, it was easier that way.
Kiba looked over as Sasuke walked out of the room where he had been packing and Naruto had been trying to convince him to stay. "So you're actually leaving?" Kiba asked. Sasuke merely nodded and Kiba said, "Keep in touch okay? Call me if you need anything, or if you just want to talk."
"Thanks," he said as he walked out of the door and Kiba immediately headed for Naruto.
"He's actually gone," Naruto said as Kiba sat next to him.
"I know," Kiba frowned. "I'm sorry."
"I can't believe I screwed up so badly," Naruto shook his head. "How could I do something to lose him when I just got him?"
"It kind of surprised me you could be so stupid too," Kiba said.
"You're not helping," Naruto frowned.
"Look, if you're serious then you need to find a way to prove it to him and pronto, because the guy has some trust issues and you just made them worse," Kiba said. "However, because of that I think it'll take him some time to move on."
"Move on? You think he'll move on?" Naruto asked.
"I said it'll take him awhile, weren't you listening?" Kiba sighed.
"I have to find a way to win him back," Naruto frowned.
The blond looked at his feet, realizing what a huge mistake he made. He thought about if Sakura was even worth cheating with and the answer was no every time he asked himself. All he wanted was go back in time and make it so that he made the right choices. He wanted to have Sasuke wrapped in his arms and not have to think about how he messed up, but he knew he couldn't do that. He just hoped that maybe one day he would be able to again.
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A few hours later Sasuke arrived in his hometown after buying an expensive last minute plane ticket with what money he did have. He had no clue where to stay, though he knew Suigetsu was out of the question as was Itachi or his parent's house. That left two people: Juugo or Karin. He shuddered at the thought of staying with Karin, the girl was all over him at times, though she was not as bad as some girls were, she could be and so living with her was not his idea of fun. He decided on Juugo, which would be awkward since he'd just broken it off with the lead singer of the band he was in not that long ago. Sasuke make his way to Juugo's house, trying to figure out what to say to him that would make it so the man would let him stay there.
Once Sasuke arrived, he quickly knocked on the door and prayed that Suigetsu wasn't there. Juugo answered, he seemed to be alone and surprised, "Sasuke?"
"Hey Juugo, I have nowhere else to go," Sasuke looked down.
"Come on in," he said as he moved aside. "You know Suigetsu may be mad at you, but I understand."
"Thanks," Sasuke said.
"So what happened?" he asked as he looked at Sasuke, obviously confused.
"I got into a fight with Naruto," Sasuke said, not wanting to explain any further.
"I see, well the guess bedroom is right through there," he said as he pointed down the hall.
"Thanks," Sasuke said as he made his way down the hall.
Juugo smiled, he had missed having Sasuke around, and he had always had a calming effect on him. He couldn't blame Sasuke for leaving; Suigetsu had cheated with Ryuu repeatedly, while he had been told that Sasuke had cheated with Naruto just once, that he'd been told about at least. Either way, it was obvious Suigetsu had feelings for Ryuu and that his and Sasuke's relationship was falling apart. Though, he decided that he wasn't going to tell Suigetsu that Sasuke was staying with him, that would be like a death sentence for him and for the their band.
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Kisame hated the driving part of touring. He loved being on stage and in a different city all the time, just not the time it took to get to each city. He let out a sigh and shifted in boredom. Suddenly his phone started ringing with a number that he didn't recognize.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Hello Kisame," he heard Itachi's voice from the other line and then it hit him that he had never given him his phone number.
"How did you get my number?" he asked, though he wasn't angry to hear his voice.
"I am an Uchiha, I have my ways," he said.
"I thought you were done with me, why are you calling?" Kisame said.
"I was done with you," that monotone voice said. "Then I needed something else."
"Oh and what would that be?" he asked.
"I have certain needs that need to be taken care of ever since that night," he said with no emotion, tough Kisame knew he was just hiding it.
"We have to be on my terms," Kisame said.
"And what terms would that be?" he asked, though figured he already knew the answer.
"I want you, one hundred percent," he said.
"I already said that I have needs," he said.
"I meant I want you to be my boyfriend," Kisame said.
"We hardly know each other and I would rarely see you," Itachi said. "Let's just see how our first agreement goes."
"You mean hook up every now and then," Kisame said.
"Exactly," Itachi said.
"Fine," Kisame said, thinking he could eventually change Itachi's mind as long as he was the one that was to be with him. He wanted to mention how he told him he'd come back, but he thought that wouldn't be the brightest of ideas.
After hung up he couldn't help but smile and say, "I guess hanging out with Kyuubi again wouldn't be so bad."
"That was Itachi you were on the phone with wasn't it?" Shino asked.
He just smirked and Shino pulled out his phone texting Kiba, 'Looks like we get to hang out again.' He couldn't help but smile when he got a text back saying, 'Can't wait.'
TBC...
Song of inspiration: Best I Ever Had by State of Shock