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Chapter 19: Heartaches.
My friends Gaara and Kankuro are currently on a school trip in the land of snow. Unfortunately, their sister Temari, also known as 'The rude girl who wants to steal my best friend's boyfriend,' is here too.
I don't really know much about her. The whole duration that I studied in Suna High, I would always see her busy with her duties as the president of the student council. I never even tried to start a conversation with her. She was scary. No, correction. She is scary. And that's all I have to say.
I was really glad when I saw my two friends. But I couldn't help but feel sorry for Ino at the same time. She had found out that Temari was the girl that had sent those emails to Shikamaru, and it wasn't that hard to see the pained look in her eyes when Temari had greeted Shikamaru.
"So she's Temari." Ino had said bitterly to Shikamaru once Temari was gone. He turned to her with his this-is-too-troublesome look.
"She is just a friend Ino. I told you that before"
"Oh yeah, but I guess you forgot to mention that she's a complete bitch." Ino said, crossing her arms in front of her.
"What is wrong with you Ino?" he questioned with his brows knitted together.
"With me? Excuse me, but aren't you supposed to ask me what's wrong with her! She was the one who started being rude to us, AND she was flirting with you!"
"She wasn't" he said, sighing tiredly.
"Just tell me the truth… Are you cheating on me with her?" Ino's hands were trembling and I was sure it wasn't from the cold. Her face was tilted down.
"Do you really have this little trust in me?" Shikamaru said. Disappointment washed over him and Ino's face immediately shot up to look him in the eye. Suddenly I felt bad for watching this scene.
"S-shikamaru… I…I"
"You know what Ino? It's too troublesome for me to talk to you right now." he said, turning his back on her, and walking away from. Neji gave an apologetic look at Tenten before following his friend.
I looked at my blonde friend and her eyes were glossy from the tears she was obviously trying hard not to shed.
Later that day…
It was already turning late. The sky turned a darker hue of blue in the horizon. I remembered one of our teachers that had accompanied us on this trip telling us to be back before dusk. The girls and I were in the hotel's living room, sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace, trying to warm ourselves up.
Ino was staring absently across the room with a pained look on her face, whereas Shikamaru was having to be what looked like a good conversation with Temari, seeing as they were happily talking, or rather flirting, in said girl's case.
I found it weird that Ino wasn't exerting even the least bit of effort to push Shikamaru away from Temari instead of doing that, she spent all afternoon avoiding running into the two.
I was worried for my bestfriend. The Ino I knew would be putting up a fight and might even be yelling at the blonde girl with four pigtails instead of watching them with a hurtful expression.
"Are you sure you're not going to go over there and scream at the girl for flirting with your boyfriend in such a blunt manner?" Tenten questioned.
"What's the point? I'm just going to ruin Shikamaru's happy moment" She said with a bitter laugh.
"That obviously is the point, Ino!" Tenten said with a hint of despair in her voice.
"This is making you sad, you should talk to him! It's not good for you"
"I know, Hinata, it's just that…" Ino drifted off to sigh before continuing. "I…don't know…"
I hated seeing my friend like this. She had always helped me before. She was there to defend me when Karin had tried to mess with me, and she was the one that had cheered me up after all that had happened between me and Sasuke-kun…I needed to do something for her…
"Alright Ino, stop this!" I almost yelled. She looked at me with stunned orbs and shock was evident in her eyes. After all, I had never spoken to her this way. "What the hell is happening to you?! The Ino we all knew before wouldn't just sit around and allow another girl to steal her boyfriend!" Ino remained speechless as her gaze dropped to her lap. I took this as a sign to continue reprimanding her.
"It's like you're doing her a favor. Allowing her to have Shikamaru to herself, do you really want that? Are you ready to let him go?" I knew I was being harsh on Ino, but I didn't want to see her continue on acting this way. She needed to turn back.
"N-no" her voice was holding back a sob.
"Then why Ino? You told me you love him, so why don't you do something?"
"Because I'm so freaking scared!" she said, abruptly standing up.
"What if he really likes her? What if there is nothing to fight for anymore? Look at him Sakura…" She pointed towards the table where they were talking and laughing without really paying attention to anything else. "I don't remember a time when he acted so… not lazy like, I bet he hasn't said the world 'troublesome' since he started hanging out with her."
I stared at her wide-eyed. She seemed so vulnerable while explaining her thoughts. Tenten and Hinata's reactions were the same as mine. It was strange for the three of us to see the insecure side of Ino.
"I've never felt this way before, I've never felt threatened by any other girl. I thought I was pretty enough for Shikamaru so that he would never replace me for someone else. But right now, when I look at them… I realize that Shikamaru had never laughed that much when he was with me… most of his words were always 'troublesome' instead of long sentences, and most of the time he prefers to sleep."
"C'mon cheer up Ino! Don't act as if you had already lost him, the fight isn't over yet!" Tenten tried to reassure her, but the blonde girl just shook her head.
"Probably the fight never existed, I feel defeated already."
"Ino…" She wiped her tears and put a big fake smile on her face before quickly adding
"I'm sorry girls I'm really tired and I need a long beauty sleep okay? I probably look like a mess right now. I'll see you tomorrow." she said, dashing away from the living room, without sparing a single glance back.
"What can we do to help her?" Hinata asked, but unfortunately…
"I guess there's nothing much we can do"
An hour later I was still sitting on the same place, but this time, I found myself alone, thinking about the day's events. Tenten left with Neji and Hinata left with Naruto, I knew Ino wanted time for herself and I wasn't planning on ruining her plans, so I just stayed here…watching the fire slowly fade away.
"Why are you doing here by yourself?" said a strong voice behind me. Startling me for a second.
"Gaara! Don't do that! You scared the hell out of me!"
"It's not my fault. You were the one daydreaming."
"I was not daydreaming. I was just thinking."
"Which is the same thing as daydreaming." he said in as matter-of-fact tone, and I sent him one of my mini-glares.
We kept quiet for a little while until he decided to break the peaceful silence.
"What were you thinking?"
'Oh I was just thinking what the hell did I do to direct Sasuke's glares towards me today, who by the way is behind me glaring at me with such an intensity that I can feel holes starting to form in my back and I even can feel the couch burning… oh yeah and about that boyfriend-stealer-bitch of a sister you have…' but of course I wouldn't say that out loud.
"Just…things… nothing important" I said giggling nervously. He would have raised an eyebrow (if he had one) at how stupid I probably looked, but hell he couldn't know what I was thinking and much less about the part of her bitc- I mean… dear sister.
"You haven't changed at all" he said, smirking.
While I was looking at his not-so-hot-smirk-as-a-certain-black-haired-guy-that-I-promised-to-myself-that-I-would-not-think-about, I began to remember… that same certain guy… and all those times he wore a similar smirk and I felt happy because I knew that even if he wasn't giving me an entirely smile, he was happy anyway.
"I changed more than you expected… or more than I can even realize." I said, bending my knees so I could embrace my legs and resting my chin upon them, with a sad smile tugging in the corner of my lips.
"What do you mean?"
"Well you need to do something bad to make someone hate you, right? But if you didn't do anything, then that means something about you changed, because now he suddenly seems to despise you." I could tell that he was confused, even if his face remained blank.
"I don't quite understand what you're talking about, but usually hated people usually mean, rude, scary or whatever other synonyms you can think of, and none of those definitions fit with your personality. You are not a bad person Sakura, and I'm sure that whoever you are talking about, he doesn't hates you"
"How do you know that? And wait, why do you think that who we're talking about is a he and not a she?"
"Because you are too nice for your own good…" His statement made me blush a little bit. Usually Gaara wasn't the talkative type, and he never, EVER complimented anything.
"And you said that the person's a he."
"Oh, yeah… right." I said laughing a bit and he smirked again. But after a minute, his smirk quickly vanished and was replaced by a 'deep in thought' expression..
"He must have a good reason to act the way he is to you, but I'm sure he doesn't hate you"
I don't know why but I felt water gathered in my eyes… I refused to cry though. I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. When I felt the tears disappear I opened them again.
"Thank you, Gaara" I told him with a small smile. "Matsuri-chan sure is changing you" he blushed at the mention of his six-month girlfriend.
"Hn. I don't know what you are talking about, I'm the same" Gaara said pouting and crossing his arms in front of him, but the blush was still there on his cheeks. I giggled at his reaction, she sure is changing him.
I turned my head to look above my shoulder, searching for the person who was supposed to be beside the window glaring at me, but I found just an empty place with Neji in the seat next to it.
'I just hope you are right Gaara'
Sasuke's P.O.V.
I was sitting down beside the window across the fireplace where Sakura was currently by herself, staring intently at the fire in front of her with her back facing me.
I wanted to go there and talk to her or simply keep her company. But I was supposed to stay away from her, no… I need to stay away from her, and also in our last meeting I wasn't exactly nice to her, so she probably must be angry at me, hell, she must have begun to hate me already.
I was watching her when that weird emo guy with the weird tattoo on his forehead, the same boy who was talking to her this morning, the one whose name I heard was Gaara, sat beside her and began chatting with her. Who did he think he was to sit without invitation? And what was Sakura doing? Why was she letting him sit there? I decided then that I didn't like this guy… at all.
"You know, even if you throw your deadliest glare at Gaara, you are not going to kill him." I turned to my right and Neji Hyuuga was the one who took the seat next to me.
"Hn. What do you want Hyuuga? I thought you were with your girlfriend" he raised an eyebrow.
"I was indeed, but she was tired and decided to go to sleep"
"Hn" I said not really caring for his excuse. I noticed the way Sakura's cheeks turned a light shade of pink. The only thought in my mind was
'What-the-fuck?'
"You should stop glaring at him, he is not like the rest of the boys who are scared of you." I decided that maybe it was better to divert my glare to Neji… at least for a minute.
"What do you want Neji? I'm not in the mood."
"You are never in the mood."
"Hn"
"Hn"
"Whatever" I said standing up ready to leave.
"You are making a big mistake, Sasuke" I heard Neji say in a tired voice, and I stopped but I didn't turn to look at him. "You are hurting yourself but not just that… Naruto is your friend and he is just trying to help, yet you push him away without reasons… just like you did with Sakura- san…don't you see that you are only hurting her?"
"Don't bother me Neji, I have my reasons" I said walking away.
"Fate can always be changed Sasuke. You just have to actually do something and not stay with your arms crossed waiting for some miracle to happen" I stopped.
"Sometimes we don't control fate, instead we have written the path we must follow… sometimes you can't do anything to change your destiny"
"There is always a way, Sasuke"
"Hn, yeah right" I said with sarcasm dripping down my voice ending our conversation and walking away from the living room.
…
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Sakura's P.O.V.
I glanced at the clock on the nightstand. It was 12:07 a.m., the girls were already sleeping and I was still struggling to keep my eyes closed.
I opened my eyes for a second time to glance at the clock again minutes later. 12:10, just great, I guess I won't get any sleep any time soon, so I decided it'd be better go for a small walk.
I slipped my white slippers on and a warm pink scarf that matched with my pajamas before heading out of my room. The hotel was warm enough, so I didn't worry about grabbing a sweater. I didn't need it.
I stepped inside the dark living room, the fire long gone but the place still felt warm. It was empty by now and I was sure everyone was sleeping comfortably in their rooms.
'Everyone but me' I thought annoyed, blaming my insomnia.
I looked outside the window to see that it was starting to snow, the corners of my mouth formed a wide grin and I took strides to the sliding door at the other side of the room which led to the balcony.
Once I was outside I hurried, leaning on the railing to have a better look at the view. The snow fell down slowly, making me feel relaxed, everything was so peaceful.
"Shouldn't you be sleeping?" I glanced behind me, startled by the presence I didn't notice before.
"Sa-Sasuke…kun?"
He was sitting in a wooden bench in the corner of the balcony, his gaze directed at me while his face remained blank, at least he wasn't glaring at me… for now.
"W-what are you doing here?" I asked. He turned his head down and closed his eyes.
"I should ask you the same thing"
"I couldn't sleep"
I had an inner battle. I did not know whether to go or stay. This was one of those moments where Sasuke didn't seem to be totally annoyed for having me around.
Should I stay and try to speak to him like we used to? Or should I prevent further discussion and retire to my room?
"I…I'm sorry to bother you, I didn't know you were here… I should… I should go back to my room" I turned the opposite way towards the door, grabbing the silver handle to slide the door open but I stopped when he spoke again.
"You don't have to leave, you know?" his voice had a hint of annoyance, his brows were furrowed together, but he kept his closed eyes away from me.
"Are you sure you don't mind?" I asked hesitantly.
"Hn" was that a yes or no?
I took a deep breath before sitting down on the only wooden bench, which was taken by him. Of course I was far away from him in the other end of the bench. I was trying to be less-annoying as possible, but the awkward silence was getting on my nerves and decided that it was best to end it even when I knew that we probably were going to end up in another discussion.
"S-so I assume that you couldn't sleep either" I began.
"Hn"
"Why are you here?"
"It's peaceful"
"Oh…yeah… you are right"
And then the silence came back.
The air was chilly and I noticed my hands were trembling from the cold and I hugged my knees in a failed attempt to keep me warm. I scolded myself for not bringing a sweater.
"Here" I noticed the dark blue jacket he was wearing seconds ago now was hanging from his hand waiting for me to take it.
"Wear it, you wouldn't want to spend the rest of the trip in bed, would you?" Sasuke said in a low voice, still not meeting with my sight.
"A-are you s-sure?" freaking cold making me stutter.
"Just take it Sakura" I did as told before he could get even more annoyed.
"Thanks" I said as I slipped on the warm jacket trough my arms.
"Hn"
Another awkward silence filled the air, but this time it vanished quickly and to my utter surprise Sasuke was the one who start the talk.
"You know?" he began "That Gaara guy doesn't seem too… reliable"
Why is he suddenly speaking about Gaara?
"Gaara is a nice person and he is definitely reliable"
"I don't trust him"
"Well, I do" I answered in a defiant tone. "He is a good friend"
"Tch, yeah right"
"What is your problem?" I asked standing up abruptly, I was starting to get annoyed.
"At least he doesn't stop talking to me one day and suddenly starts to act all pissed with me for no reason!"
He stood up too and for the first time since I got here he looked at me in the eye, and it wasn't a pleasant sight. His voice matched perfectly with the angry expression on his face.
"My problem is you." He spat coldly as he sent me a disgusted look. My eyes widened at his words and I felt a terrible ache in my chest. "You are so naïve, stubborn and annoying"
I felt the tears rushing to my eyes, my hands were trembling and this time it had nothing to do with the cold. Why does my heart hurt this much?
"What happened to you?" I asked in a barely audible voice and my hair covering my eyes.
"When did you start to despise me this much?" I couldn't keep my tears in my eyes anymore, they were escaping now no matter how hard I close my eyes.
"You are an idiot" I yelled trying to put all my anger in that insult.
I threw his jacket to the floor and stomped away from there.
He was an idiot for hurting me this much.
He was an idiot for treating me this way.
But I was the real idiot for falling in love with him.
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I silently cried myself to sleep that night.
Thankfully the next morning I had no puffy eyes due to the fact that I had been crying silently all night. Well my eyes were a bit swollen. When the girls had asked me what was wrong, I just explained that it was the cause of my insomnia the previous night.
After breakfast, we went to ski for a little bit. Neji and Tenten were having their competition to see who could reach the goal first. Kiba, Naruto and Lee were also participating in the race, and they wanted to show their skills to see who was the best. Meanwhile Hinata, Ino and I were watching from afar.
"GO TENTEN GO!" Ino cheered for Tenten who was currently competing against Neji.
"I'm glad to see that you are in a better mood, Ino"
"Thanks Hinata, I've decided, I'm going to trust in Shikamaru,. If he says she is just a friend, then I'll trust him" Ino had a small smile on her face but I could tell she was still insecure.
"T-that's very mature Ino, I'm glad that you see it that way, isn't it great, Sakura-chan?"
I was listening but my eyes were in the distance, where Sasuke was doing crazy moves on his snowboard alone.
"Sakura-chan?"
"Oh? I-I'm sorry, yeah, I'm glad too"
"Are you okay, Sakura-chan?" Hinata asked "you are spacing out since the morning"
"Y-yeah. I'm fine… I'm just tired, I guess"
I didn't want to talk about Sasuke, what he said last night really hurt me and I wanted to stop thinking about that or the gallons of tears would come again.
"You don't look tired, you look sad" Ino said looking elsewhere far from my face.
'You're one to talk' I thought. "I told you before girls, I just couldn't sleep last night"
"Okay fine, don't need to get so pissed about it"
"I'm not pissed Ino-pig"
"Jeez Sakura you are acting just like Sasuke right now" I turned to give her a murderous glare.
"Shut up Ino, don't even mention him right now!" I said diverting my glare to my shoes.
"So that is the reason why." She began but I kept my gaze down, "Something happened last night between you and Sasuke, right?" She said with a tone that said i-knew-it-but-now-I-made-you-feel-bad-and-i-feel-bad-for-making-you-feel-bad.
"What happened last night, Sakura-chan?"
A long sigh escaped my mouth. Ino was good at reading my emotions.
"Let's say he broke the bond we had before" I felt the tears coming, but this time I fought against them. Last night I cried the last tear that was what I promised to myself.
I noticed the confusion in their faces, so I began explaining the events of last night.
"That jerk! How dare he!!??" Ino was enraged, while Hinata remained calmed down.
"Sasuke has been acting really weird lately, but why would he tell you something like that?"
"Because he hates me" Ino's eyes were furrowed.
"I'm going to look for that son of a –" She twirled around but she couldn't finish her sentence, instead we heard a muffled gasp.
In front of Ino, just a few meters away, were Shikamaru and Temari…
Kissing.
"Ino wait!" I yelled after her but she stomped away to their direction before I could stop her. Hinata and I followed her.
Shikamaru separated from Temari when he caught a glimpse of Ino, who had tears running down her face.
"I-ino"
SLAP
She slapped Temari right in the face.
"You bitch! How dare you hit me in the face?" Temari started screaming after the impact.
"How dare I?! How dare you kiss my boyfriend!"
"Well he didn't put resistance" the girl with four pig tales retorted offering a wide smirk to Ino whose eyes were full of hurt. "Guess what beauty queen? He doesn't want just looks but brains too"
Ino was enraged, no… far beyond enraged.
"You are fucking slut!" She yelled and slapped Temari again, said girl was furious with that comeback and she returned the hit square to Ino's face.
"Don't hit me in the face, bitch!"
The fight began to get ugly, Shikamaru grabbed Ino by her waist and Hinata and I tried to hold Temari in place. Gaara, Kankuro, Tenten, Neji, Naruto, Lee and Kiba arrived at the scene.
"You are just jealous of me!"
"Why would I be jealous of a whore-boyfriend-stealer-bitch like you?!"
We struggled to keep Temari in place. She wanted to stand and keep landing punches on Ino.
"Maybe because he prefers to be with me!"
"Temari stop it!" Gaara said in a cold demanding voice. "That's enough!"
"Hmph" She send him a glare but then it was directed at my best friend who had stopped fighting against Shikamaru's hold on her, then she stood up with the help of Kankurou.
"Let's go sis"
Gaara sent me an I-will-keep-an-eye-on-her look and then he followed his two siblings.
"I-Ino…" Shikamaru called for her after he helped her to stand up but her back was facing him. "I…"
"Why?" He was suddenly cut off by her question.
"Why did you do this to me?" her voice was full of hurt and sorrow.
"How could you do this to me?" She turned around to finally face him, with the saddest face I've ever seen in my best friend. The usually happy, cheerful Ino was gone, instead you could see a broken, hurt Ino with a tearful face and red, puffy eyes.
"I never wanted to kiss her!" he said trying to uphold himself. "She was the one who kissed me!"
"You seemed quite happy about the kiss" She shocked back a bitter laugh.
"… I was not"
"T-then why did you n-never say anything? W-why did you stay silent? You should have said s-something to shut her freaking mouth" Ino's sobs filled the air while we were just listening to their fight. "But you chose to stay silent as if agreeing with everything she said"
"I… I'm sorry"
"And here I was thinking that I should trust you…like I could trust you… I wanted to believe in what you said, that you were only friends, but damn you totally fooled me. GOSH INO YOU ARE SO STUPID!" she screamed mad to herself with her tears leaking uncontrollably from her eyes. I felt horrible watching silently how my friend was suffering, but I couldn't do anything for her.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry Ino" Shikamaru holding her tightly in his arms but Ino shove him away.
"Just leave me alone Shikamaru" She murmured before dashing away from the stares.
Shikamaru looked so broken, but right now I didn't care about him at all.
I ran after Ino, and after screaming her name for a long time she abruptly stopped and turned back to me.
"Please Sakura leave me alone"
"I just want to help you Ino, you are my best friend it hurts me to see you like this"
"Well you can't do anything" Her eyes diverted to the floor. "He can be with her, I won't get in their way, I don't care anymore" her tears were still cascading through her face.
"Ino…"
"DAMN SAKURA, JUST LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!"
I was growing mad, what the hell?! I was just trying to help her but now she was directing her anger on me.
"FINE THEN DO AS YOU PLEASE!" I angry yelled and we both walked in opposite directions.
"Sakura where is Ino?" Tenten and Hinata asked me worriedly.
"I don't know and I don't care, just leave her alone as she wishes" I slipped on my ski that were lying on the floor beside Tenten, the frown on my face was visible "now if you'd excuse me" I said skiing past my two friends who I was sure were even more worried than before.
I still had problems skiing, the lessons with Tenten helped me a bit but I still had difficulties to stop and when that moment came I ended with my back on the cold snow. Thankfully the impact was soft.
While lying in the cold snow, I noticed the sky was darkening by the black clouds covering every space in it.
I positioned myself in a sitting pose, and turn to take a look at where I was.
The place was deserted and I was sure I was far away from the hotel, I could see people in the distance.
I noticed the red fence a few meters away from me, but that was another rule the teachers made us follow…
'Stay away from the red fences, we've been told they are not well-soldered and it could be dangerous' Shizune sensei's voice ran through my head. But of course I wasn't that stupid to go over there.
I was alone, and I didn't mean by being myself here, I felt alone, like no having someone to turn to. I felt bad for getting mad at Ino when she wanted to be by herself, I probably shouldn't yell at her like that.
And then there was Sasuke…
I took out from my jacket pocket the navy blue handkerchief he handed me days ago. My eyes were fixated on the cloth resting in my hands with sadness in them.
Dammit. It hurts just the thought of him.
"Oh poor thing, don't you look miserable?" I frowned at the voice, because it was not really as sweet as she tried to make it sound like.
"What the hell do you want Karin?"
"Just came to see how are you after what happened with Sasuke-kun last night" my eyes opened like big soccer balls, I was wondering how the hell she knew but she responded my silent question.
"Surprised? Heh, I guess you should be more careful of where you tell your friends your disgraces, anyone could hear you"
"And you have nothing better to do than to spy on other people's conversation?" I wanted so badly to wipe off her stupid smirk.
"Oh I do have so much better things to do I just happened to pass by and considering you were mentioning Sasuke-kun's name, well I have to look after him"
"Oh yeah I forgot you were his number one stalker"
Probably in another time, in another situation, she would be mad, but her smirk was non-erasable.
"You can say whatever you want, at least he doesn't hates me" there, she hit on the right spot. "That's why I haven't been around lately to tell you to back off, because thankfully, Sasuke-kun realized that you are not worth of his time anymore. Took him long enough, don't you think?"
I opened my mouth but no words came out, instead the goddamn tears were gathering behind my eyes. Her evil smile widened as her face neared my ear "For him to finally realize his true feelings for you… his hate for you"
My eyes fixed on the handkerchief, the water in my eyes started to leak out, my mind was playing the memories we spent together, the first time we met, the dance, Christmas, all the times he helped me, including the time when he gave me this navy blue cloth.
"You are so alone Sakura, not even your best friend wants you around anymore"
A chill ran through my body, and it was not cause of the cold and strong wind blowing.
Suddenly I felt the handkerchief being tossed away from my hands and now Karin was holding it in between her fingers.
"Why are you looking at this?" Karin asked with a hint of self-conceit.
"Give it back!" I snarled trying to get it back.
"Wow you sure make a fuss over a piece of cloth" She responded annoyed.
Then everything happened in a blur. Her fingers let slip the cloth she was holding to be taken away by the strong wind, I stretch out my hand to grab it without avail. I watched how the blue handkerchief landed in the other side of the red fence.
"Ooops, my bad" she said bringing her hand to her mouth before she began to laugh like a hyena.
"WHY DID YOU DO IT?!" I yelled angry between sobs while I was pushing back Karin. She responded nothing she just stood there with her evil grin.
"How could you?" I murmured, but she simply shrugged it off and began to walk away.
The air was getting colder and the snow started to fall from the sky, when my cries started to fade out. My saddened expression turned to one full of determination. I wiped the remnants of my tears with the back of my glove and skied to the direction where the blue cloth went.
When I neared the red fence the first thing I noticed was the steep hill with many trees and rocks all over the place and a thick layer of snow covering everything, the second thing I could envisage was something blue stuck in a tree branch.
I took off my skis to put them t on the fence and then proceeded to carefully step in the other side of the fence. Thankfully the tree with the handkerchief was a short distance from the fence, with cautious steps and grabbing onto some branches I quickly got to my destination.
By now the snow was falling faster in bigger amounts and the wind was blowing harder, It seemed as if a storm was about to come and I needed to go back quickly to the hotel.
I struggle with the branches to climb and retrieved the only thing that reminded me of the Sasuke that I once knew. Hoping to get back the nice part of him… the part of him that still cares for me… the part of him I knew is somewhere still within him.
"C'mon on…j-just a little more" I stretched my arm until I finally caught the object in my hand. I smiled at my achievement and then proceeded to climb down the tree, but before I could even put my foot on the branch I slipped, for the amount of snow in there.
I fell down the tree, scratching my face and hands in the process. I rolled down the hill hitting a few rocks that were hidden beneath the snow along the way until I came to a stop, my whole body aching with several bruises.
I lied there motionless on the cold floor. I couldn't scream and even if I could I was sure no one would be able to hear me, just an inaudible whisper of help let off my mouth as well as some moans of pain.
The only thing I could do was pray that someone would find me soon, because the only strength I had left was being used to hold onto that navy blue handkerchief… as if my life depended on it.
VACATION MODE ON!! :D I'm so happy that now i have two months to relax from school stress
i hope you had enjoyed the chapter, I'm sorry for the looong wait, but i have two reasons why i didn't update sooner. the first reason is 'cause i spent the last 5 weeks extremely busy with homework, projects, expositions, test and a whole bunch of other things that university made me do so i can't have social life.
The second reason was because i felt dissapointed by the amount of reviews of the last chapter, seriously it made me stop procrastinating for a whole month, oh yeah and because i wasn't entirely happy with the chapter and changed it like a million times.
Thanks a lot to my lovely Beta! seriously you made me soo soo SOOO happy with your last PM, i swear i almost shred a few tears, but seriously thanks a lot for your help. I hope whoever reads this chapter thinks the same as you :).
Thanks a lot to the people who review the last chapter, and thanks for letting me know what you thought. it really help me with this chapter. :) And thanks too to all the people who has reviewed or faved this story, I'm still writting this because of you guys. :D
If you want chapter 19 give me at least 15 reviews and i'll immediately update, so if you want to read what happens next then don't forget to review.
I love you y'all guys! ^^
Ms. C 3