A/N: I am not exactly sure how long it's been since I have written any form of story or chapter, but recently I felt inspired to continue this one because I did intend to make this one of my best ones but I however failed. Hopefully, now I'll actually try to finish this fic. I am sorry for those that wanted a finished product sooner but, honestly I lost all motivation for writing in general and felt I wasnt good enough. ANNNYYYWAAYY, on with the chapter thats been a year in the making haha. Enjoy :)
Ino had lost count of exactly how many hours, days, weeks it had been since she had last seen Sai. When she had said to herself that she was cutting all contact for his safety, she had meant it. The guilt had made her bed ridden for the first week, and even now she dare leave her house for too long for the fear Sai or even worse Kiba may see her. Her phone had been flooded with texts and missed calls for the inky hunk, but Ino just let them build, not even having the nerve to open any of them for fear she'd cave and call him back. It had been 2 days since the last call and text though, signalling to Ino that Sai had finally given up. This thought made her sad though because she genuinely had started to fall for him, and all thanks to dog breath, her chances at a loving and bright future had been dashed.
Truth was, Kiba was an awful human being. Ino often wondered, as did all her friends as to what she even saw in him in the first place. He was never kind to her, rarely even remembering her birthday without her prompting him the day before. He always like to dig at her confidence making her feel worthless and ugly. A reason that now she thinks is why she even stayed around in the first place. But the biggest gut punch of them all was that after all she endured from him, he had just broken things with her and threw her away for some girl he met in the club all because she gave him 'all her attention all the time'. Karin her name was or something like that; Ino had barely listened to what he had said whilst he was breaking up with her. The sound of her heart breaking drowned out all sound trying to get in.
Her heart ached as she lay in bed; her head a complete jumble and in bits. She really did miss Sai although she had not known him long but she had to admit that he really did lighten up her day and put a smile on her face. She wanted nothing more than for him to be here, holding her and letting her know it's alright. Sighing, she pushes her sad form off of her bed and dragged herself to the bathroom. Stopping at the mirror above the sink, she noticed the obvious dark circles under her eyes and the way her hair resembled a giant nest on her head. The baggy tshirt she had grabbed from the wardrobe wasn't doing her any favours either. Nodding to herself, she decided a freshen up was needed and maybe a little effort would make her feel better too.
Stripping off the large tshirt, Ino quickly turns on the shower and jumps straight in, letting the warm water cascade down her face and body. She washes herself with her favourite things; a little smile worming its way onto her face when she lathers her hair and the scent fills her nose. It doesn't take long before she's feeling a bit more human, and decides that shes clean enough. She turns off the water and grabs a towel for her body and one for her hair, which she uses as she walks towards the bedroom again. She drops the hair towel into her washing basket, and sits at her dressing table. She really needed to do something about the dark circles; it was really bothering her that she had let Kiba get this much under her skin again. 'Stupid bastard' she mutters to herself. Grabbing at some nearby makeup, Ino begins applying her concealer and powder to make her look like she had actually managed to sleep last night (even though she really hadn't unless you counted tossing and turning the whole time). She carried on going until she had her usual full face on, including her clear gloss. She then grabbed her hair dryer and began the massive task of attempting to dry her long locks; something that was far from easy considering her hair reached just below her butt.
Once she had finished, she looked at herself in the mirror and was surprised at how much she finally looked like herself again. Well on the outside at least, maybe not on the inside; she still felt like a mess there. Getting up and gliding over to her wardrobe, she slid open the doors and scanned through all her clothes before her eyes settled on a lovely lilac cotton dress, which was tighter just under her chest and flared out towards the bottoms. It had a lovely lace trim all around the edge, and was strapless. After slipping on her underwear but forgoing a bra so the straps didn't show, she put on the dress, doing a little twirl afterwards. This would be good enough, she thought to herself; not that she planned on going out or seeing anyone. She was just sick to death of feeling lost in her bed and wanted to get herself out of her sad pit and try to feel normal again.
Moving to the kitchen, Ino stopped suddenly when her stomach growled. To be honest with herself, she had barely eaten over the last few weeks as her appetite seemed to disappear so she was surprised at the noise she had heard. Giggling to herself, she began making herself a sandwich and grabbed an apple for afterwards. Eating fairly slowly to ease her back into the whole thing, she couldn't help how her mind wandered to him again. She really did feel bad for Sai, especially as this mess had been her fault. She just wished Kiba had stayed away; she couldn't even work out why he even had come back to interfere with her new possible relationship.
A knock at her door pulled out of her thoughts, her eyes widening at the thought that Kiba maybe had come back to rub salt in the wound some more. She quietly moved over to the door, tiptoeing to look through the little keyhole. She nearly fell on to the floor when she saw that in fact it was Sai, looking as amazing as always. She didn't know if she was ready to speak to him yet but her guilt was being to mount on her mind again so before she knew what she was doing, she had opened the door as their eyes connected. There was a big pause between the two, as their eyes raked over each others body and faces as if they may never meet again so they wanted to burn their memories into their minds. Sai blinked hard twice, before opening his mouth, "Hey." Ino just looked away, embarrassed that he even had to see her in this state; it really wasn't fair that he had been punished for what Kiba was trying to do.
"Hey" Ino replied, her breathing coming out quite shallow. She was nervous as was he; the two weren't really sure how this meeting was about to go. "Did you wanna come in?" She says, moving to the side to allow him to enter. Sai nods as his response and walks through to the living room, awkwardly standing shuffling on his feet. Ino closes the door, before gesturing him to sit on the sofa opposite the one she was sitting down on. He does, instantly fiddling with his hands when he gets comfortable. "So..." Sai begins, nervously not finishing his sentence. Ino hadn't seen him like this before. His face was blushed with a red hue, and his bangs fell forward and covered his sweet eyes as he hid his face.
"Sai..I-I am sorry. Something happened, and I just didn't want to get you involved in it. I didn't want to hurt you. I didn't want anything to happen to you. He..he can be a horrible person.. I.. just couldn't let him to anything to you" Ino couldn't help but cry as she spoke to him, guilt washing over her in waves. Sai looked her seriously with concern in his eyes; his heart squeezed in pain when he saw her begin to cry. He quickly stood from his seat and crossed to her, wrapping his arms around her in a tight embrace. Her sobs soaked his t-shirt but that hardly mattered now, as he ran his fingers through her hair trying to calm her down. Eventually the crying came to a stop and Ino lifted her head to look at him through watery eyes. Her mascara had run down her face, but Sai still swore that she was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. He used his sleeve to clear away the smudged makeup, and Ino giggled when he bopped her nose.
"What happened Ino? You had me so worried. I thought I might have scared you away or that you had realised that maybe you didn't wanna see me anymore. And then I started to get worried that maybe something worse had happened hence why I came round. I couldn't take the radio silence anymore" Sai squeezed her in his arms, all while looking at her very seriously. She looked away but Sai's finger caught her chin and brought her face and eyes back to his. She sighed before looking at him again, "Kiba was here".
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