I don't understand, why do I stress a man,
When there's so many bigger things at hand?
We could of never had it all, we had to hit a wall
So this is inevitable withdrawal,
Even if I stop wanting you, a perspective pushes through
I'll be some next man's other woman soon
I shouldn't play myself again,
I should just be my own best friend
Not fuck myself in the head with stupid men
- Amy Winehouse
When Sakura returned from that one mission, she was… different.
Naruto was the one who had found her; pale, exhausted and distressed; but whole.
She was silent for the journey back, and seemed to shy away from the inspection they offered – or any kind of closeness in general. At first, they left it, thinking maybe she was still shaken.
But the symptoms lasted.
***
And then one day, Naruto heard about her leaving the club with a random man, and then walking out of his house in the morning.
And then, he heard it again, this time, with another man.
And another.
And another.
And so it went on.
***
"Cheap and easy." the men in town said of her.
***
Until Naruto grabbed her in the collar and growled at her,
He asked her of what had she become.
Why was she doing this?
He looked painfully at her blood red lips and artificial skin.
She looked passed him.
***
She told him she had seen him that time.
What time? That time our mission went wrong.
Him
***
He raped me, she said.
Except it wasn't really rape.
And I need to, I need to forget;
Get him off me,
His onyx hair;
His empty eyes;
That half smile he's always had, since we were still "Team 7".
***
That's why, Naruto.
And he let her go.
Thought it was about time I took a break from NejiTen. This was inspired by a combination of the following:
1. The plot is a based on that of "One Wish" By Dionysos.
2. The song mentioned above; Tears Dry On Their Own – Amy Winehouse