Chapter:2 a chat with buddies Work seemed to be my saving grace per usual.

With how quiet the house was you could hear a mouse piss on cotton, that was nothing new but at least now i knew she had already left for work so at least I wouldn't have to go through the trouble of ignoring her.

I got my car keys and left to go meet Gaara at Sasuke's art studio. This was one of those times i was grateful to work with a friend, best friend if you will.

I neglected to mention i'm an art dealer by the way, people tend to be shocked whenever the topic of profession comes up in conversation and i tell them that is what i do. Whether its the lack of knowledge of the community itself or its just unexpected that its me involving anything as important and precious as the art itself i don't know or care.
I already had a key to the studio as did Gaara so i just walked in. Both of them there before me and i was already feeling their gazes so with that being said i just plopped down onto the chair in the sitting area off to the corner.

Clearly i must've been zoning out after that though cause my ears slowly tuned in to my best friends calling me trying to break me out of my apparent day dream.

"Naruto whats the matter with you today?" Said Sasuke with slight worry appearing in his eyes but otherwise neutral face.

"You've been day dreaming since you got here" chimed in Gaara whose worry was a little bit more visible.

After some moments of deafening silence and an unexplained tension that I didn't understand too much I finally spoke.

"I told Sakura i wanted a divorce last night" i said with my head hanging slightly realizing this was the first time i had really said it out loud to anyone other than Sakura herself.

The room got quiet again and for some reason the slight build up of anticipation gradually dissipated and i slowly looked up to see my two best friends look at each other then look at me.

Gaara let out a almost relieved sigh and Sasuke just said "finally" to which I didn't know how to interpret either reaction.

I suddenly felt kind of relieved with the fact that we were in Sasuke's art studio right now, Sasuke being an artist shocked people a lot less than my profession does thats for sure i guess he does have that kind of "deep and artsy" type of look, but what was i? a fuckin alien? do I really not represent my profession? Whatever im a fuckin art dealer i doubt its a token look for any of us. Off topic.

At least now i could see and understand why their reactions were so tame without any interruptions or prying eyes. what bugged me the most though was the thought that anyone from the outside looking in could see our relationship doomed to last way before i did.

Sasuke as always noticed my internal dilemma an decided to elaborate since Gaara was a guy of few words to begin with.

"Well for one you and all of us here have known she's been cheating on you for quite some time Naruto" i looked down again.

I wanted to deny but again sensing what i would do Sasuke started again.

"Remember last year when you, Gaara and i all had a free day for the first time in a while an decided to just go to that god forsaken mall 4 blocks down because u said they had "the best ramen to ever hit your tongue?"

I nodded knowing exactly were this was going

"We stood in line for 35 minutes to get seated at that ramen joint you were so excited about only for you to go as pale as paper and say you weren't hungry anymore, why? Because in one of the booths you catch your sad excuse for a wife feeding some douche noodles giggling without a care in the world"

I felt myself getting a thin layer of sweat from being uncomfortable with the things i tried to force myself to forget, not before Gaara could add in though which surprised even Sasuke.

"Remember when after negotiations for one of Sasuke's new art pieces and once I finished paperwork at the office, the office your wife works with me at i wanna add, anyway we agreed we would meet up for drinks at that club called LEAF?" Began the Gaara nonchalantly.

"It was one of those nights that you really enjoyed and for once you looked like you were the one without a care in the word until that idiot woman called after we took a break from dancing to get drinks and she called saying she would be late coming home because of backed up paperwork in the office"

"sad thing was you never even told her you were with me,her boss for goodness sake since i had let her not only leave early but leave once her work was completely finished and filed, she left before me for goodness sake finished Gaara getting a bit angry just reciting everything we already knew

"Crazy thing about it is the idiot never once tried to cover her tracks or even be sneaky because its no way someone could be that damn stupid to get caught so many times and not care if people saw or not" concluded Sasuke.

I took everything in and processed it. Sasuke and Gaara where my very best friends and its not like we've never had this conversation, to be honest it was pitiful how many times we've had this conversation they've told me to cut ties long before this. Why the fuck could i never see it? Did i force myself not too?

All i could do was ask one question.

"Guy's am i really that fucking gullible?"


Authors notes| Well folks heres chapter 2, i can't really say how i want this story to go or what my goal for it is but hopefully you guys are enjoying it just as much as i am writing it hopefully this chapter isn't all over the place. don't be afraid to send suggestions for chapters to my private messages if u have any and be sure to review! HAPPY READING!