Tenten had known their breakup would hurt—a lot—but what she hadn't been prepared for was just how long that pain would last.
She had cried herself to sleep on more than one occasion the week after she broke up with Neji, and instead of easing the pain in her chest, the time apart just made it more apparent. Like she was missing a large portion of her heart now that he was gone.
Not that he was gone gone. She saw him almost every day for training and she ate with him and the rest of Team Gai on a regular basis. But the essence of them was gone. What had made them a couple was gone. And Tenten felt that loss right down to her core, day in and day out.
He had tried to apologize, but Tenten hadn't been ready to hear it. She wanted to be left alone to grieve, to get over the heartbreak of losing him. Since time healed all wounds, Tenten wanted that time to repair her broken heart.
Instead, all it did was fissure her already fractured heart into more pieces. She felt more vulnerable than ever, and Tenten hated feeling vulnerable. She was a strong woman, an independent woman, and yet she wanted nothing more than to have him back in her life. But that would be a bad decision, since she could still remember how unhappy she had become with him. Unless he was willing to make changes, she would not take him back.
That didn't mean she never dreamt about him, though. Holding her, loving her. Reassuring her that he would never leave her. Some mornings she woke up flushed, her dream being amorous in nature, while other mornings she woke up with such an intense longing for him that tears burned the backs of her eyelids.
Tenten didn't regret her decision, but she still felt the loss of him with every fibre of her being, and she wondered if it would ever get easier.
Only a small one today. Tomorrow's is a little longer, then the day after that is the conclusion to this little stroryline.
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