A/N: Hiya! ^_^ I'm down to my last week of semestral break. Nuuuu! Now I'm sad. D:
So here we goooooo! Last part of Confessions :D I just might incorporate lyrics in this part. 's get excited for this. :3
If you guys can, check out my other stories as well ^_^ (Shamless self-plug) Also, I'm betting a few of you will have questions by the end of this story. Feel free to ask away and I'll gladly answer ^_^ I don't know how, but I'll find a way. Ahehe.
Small heads up about this chapter: There will be a flashback portion but will not be specified by the use of italics (just in case you guys get confused). The way the flashbacks were written might actually be confusing. I'm gonna try to attempt to write how a person recalls and sees memories in quick succession. Hopefully that works out. :p
Story has not been beta-read. I've only ever proofread all of my stuff by myself. So I'm 100% sure that there are mistakes in there somewhere. I apologize in advance.
Anyways, have fun kiddies! Talk to you at the end of the page! :D
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REMEMBER CONFESSIONS?
Sasuke, I'm pregnant with your child.
He felt as if his lungs were just knocked off their place and dropped onto this stomach. The world began to spin and it was like his feet weren't even touching the ground anymore. Every time he inhaled, he felt like the air wasn't getting in to his lungs (he briefly considered that maybe his lungs actually did fall off). Truth be told, it was like all his sensory organs weren't functioning.
This had to be some joke.
Ino had to be lying! And besides, even if she really were pregnant, how was he to know that that thing really was his! That had to be it right? Ino was either lying or she was screwing around with other men. Those were the only two possibilities! Because Sasuke was always careful when he was with Ino. He made sure that they were having safe sex.
Suddenly, his swift intake of air was caught in his throat. Sasuke had just realized something of great significance. He made sure that he and Ino were having safe sex; but what about Ino?
"Don't worry, babe. I'm on the pill."
... Could it be?
He was shaken out of his musings by, oh get this, his ever beloved blond. From the look on Naruto's face, it could be inferred that the man was fretting over something. The sight of Naruto's cherubic face was enough to shoot Sasuke's stress level to the highest possible intensity. One must understand that Sasuke, by this point, was getting frantic. As a result, Sasuke jerked his body away from his fiancé and began pacing like a mad man.
"Hey, Sasuke. What's going on? You were breathing really fast." The nurse in Naruto was surfacing. The blond attempted to take hold of Sasuke to check signs of any immediate health risks; but even before Naruto could take a step towards the clearly panicking Uchiha, Sasuke had taken a step away.
"Sasuke, you're scaring me. Let me look at you for a sec." Sasuke immediately took notice of Naruto's lip-biting. The habit, the Uchiha, realized would only manifest if Naruto was under complete stress. Shit. This was bad. He had to get out. Now.
"I'm alright. Uh. The o-of-ffice just called." Fuck. Did he just stammer?! "There was an emergency with one of the accounts." Thank God he managed to rectify the small slip of his speech pattern. Hopefully Naruto didn't take too much notice of it.
Naruto's beautiful cerulean eyes softened. It was apparent that he sympathised with his lover. In a few months, they were to be married. It was now his duty to support and comfort Sasuke."Hey, chill. It's you we're talking about here. I'm sure you can fix it." He gestured for his raven-haired lover. "Sasuke, come he—"
"I'll be at the office. Don't wait up for me." Sasuke left Naruto's presence and went out the door in a snap. Naruto stood alone and dumbfounded at the centre of their living room, still quite worried for his husband-to-be.
It was weird.
Sasuke never panicked like that for anything.
In fact, Sasuke never panicked.
In the silence of the household, the rhythmic ticking of the clock served as the man's only companion.
The countdown had begun.
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All the employees warily looked at each other in the dreadful quiet of the floor. Had a pin been dropped in the room, the sound would probably have echoed across the expanse of space. The day had started so perfectly for each and every one of them that none of the workers could ever have foreseen such a quick turn of events. Their boss, all of a sudden, rushed out of the stairwell looking significantly less of his usual godly image. His secretary, a shy girl named Hinata, was just about to run through his schedule when, out of nowhere, the young Uchiha unleashed hell on their floor. Luckily for everyone, after saying his piece, Sasuke went into his office and hadn't come out since.
The contrast between the inside and outside of Sasuke's office would actually have been amusing to any individual of the third party; because the astounding lack of noise-level in the employee's area, Sasuke made up for in his office.
"Hi, bab—"
"What in fuck's name are you getting at, Ino!?" He screamed at the top of his lungs. It was truly beneficial that his office was sound-proof. Sasuke, by all means, looked every bit frazzled. His suit was unflatteringly hanging off his form. His tie was loose. The shirt was horribly tucked out. Even his perfect hair was ruffled up awkwardly.
He heard Ino sigh at the other end of the line. "Calm down, honey."
"Don't flipping tell me to calm down, Ino! Explain! Right now, god damn it!" His whole body was shaking from the fury he was experiencing. It was really a good thing that Ino was nowhere near the Uchiha at that moment. If she had, Sasuke would probably have hurt her.
"What else is there to explain, babe? I took a pregnancy test. It came out positive. There isn't anything more to tell." It was baffling how Ino was taking this very well; as if she wanted this pregnancy to happen.
"How can you be sure it's even mine, Ino?" Sasuke growled out the inquiry. Boy, was he pissed. It pissed him out even more when Ino decided to answer the question with a girly chuckle. "Oh, baby. I've only ever slept with you. I'm yours and yours alone."
"You're lying, Ino." This statement was childish on Sasuke's part. He was very sure that Ino would never sleep with any one else aside from him. He'd only said it out of desperation; on the off-chance that maybe Ino actually was sleeping around.
On the other end of the call, Ino shook her head. She seemed to have forgotten that her handsome lover was not in her presence. "I would never lie to you, Sasuke. And I certainly would never ever even think about cheating on you."
The sudden constriction in his chest was far too great that he had to stagger to his expensive-looking leather office chair. The guilt had finally hit home. The pain of guilt was caused by one word; one word Ino had just said that made the whole situation become so very real to him.
Cheat.
Uchiha Sasuke was a cheat.
He released a shaky breath as he rubbed the heel of his free palm over his eyes. He couldn't even begin to describe how much in deep shit he was. Memories of his transgression came to his mind in vivid images.
He was panting as he sat behind the wheel of his rented vehicle. The man had decided to park the car in an obscure-looking street after the woman by his side began to get a little frisky. At first, the blonde was simply toying with him every time the he stopped at the stoplight but at some point during their ride, Ino had begun to palm his member over his jeans. Next thing he knew she was unzipping his zipper and, not long after, he was getting head while he was driving. Everyone knew that getting a blowjob while driving was just like asking for an accident to happen; so he did the smart thing and parked the car where it was secluded and unsuspicious to the public.
"Fuck, Ino." He moaned as he leaned his head against the headrest. His fingers opted to run through the woman's soft hair. God, was she good at this. Almost as good as ... "Oh God", Sasuke choked out. He wasn't even able to finish his thoughts because Ino had just rolled her tongue in the most amazing way.
Suddenly, his phone began to ring causing him to snap his eyes open and glare at nothing in particular. How dare this person interrupt his sexy time! He chose to ignore the caller and attempted to refocus his attention to the pleasure he was receiving. Fortunately for him, the ringing didn't take too long before it halted the noise it was creating.
Thank God!
Three seconds later, the obnoxious sound of a ringing phone came back to haunt both individuals in the car. Ino simply grunted in displeasure but continued on with her 'task'. Sasuke, on the other hand, began to cuss like there was no tomorrow. He swiftly acquired his phone from one of his pockets, planning to shoot a scathing look at the name blaring on the phone screen. The hate never came because one look at the name of the caller and he was already scrambling to answer.
"Hey, babe." The greeting sounded breathless and too unSasuke-like. He winced over the fact that he sounded wrong (or was that just him?). Sasuke gently pulled at Ino's hair to signal her to stop. Much to Sasuke's dismay, she didn't let up.
"Yo. You busy or something? You didn't answer my first call." Sasuke could almost see the pout that came along with the caller's voice. Only Naruto could be so highly unmasked that you could even 'see' his emotions over the phone.
Sasuke braced himself to keep his voice steady."Yeah, I was caught working on someth—Nghh." Shit!
"S'uke? What happened?"
Fucking Ino wouldn't stop! She was all over him like a god damn lollipop! He didn't need this right now! Sasuke began to push Ino's person away from his; but it proved to be futile. The gesture only fueled Ino's vigour.
"Hng!" Sasuke harshly bit into his fist to forget about the unwanted pleasure he was experiencing.
"Bastard, I'm talking to you! What's going on out there?"
The raven-haired man took in a sharp breath before replying. "Sorry. My shin hit the table corner." He gasped out. This felt so wrong. It felt so wrong to be talking to his fiancé while Ino's mouth was in between his legs.
"Tch. Don't worry me like that, asshole."The relief was evident in Naruto's voice.
Sasuke needed to end this call fast lest he get himself into more trouble. "Hey, I have to get back to work." The young corporate man mentally patted himself on the back. The last sentence miraculously was said without a trace of stammering, breathlessness, and grunting.
"Mkay. Just called to say hi anyways." Naruto chirped. "Get your ass back home soon! Love you!"
Sasuke's mind short-circuited for a millisecond or two. Naruto... just had to say that, didn't he? Had to say he loved Sasuke when Sasuke was getting blown by some other blond bombshell.
"...Love you too, Naruto." And the sound of Naruto saying goodbye followed by the silence officially ended the conversation.
He was typing away on his laptop as he listened to the sound of the shower being used in his hotel suite's bathroom. Last night was amazing as usual. Ino never failed to surprise him with the moves she brought to bed with her.
Sasuke had the blankets covering his lower regions with his laptop placed just above his thighs. He actually needed to get a few more things done before he could slack off; a few reports here and there, nothing to get stressed about. The speed at which Sasuke was typing was incredible. Goes to show how into his work he was. With his task in mind, he failed to hear the shower go off. A few minutes later, the door to the bathroom opened and out came Ino clad with only a towel around her curvaceous figure. She pulled the gadget away from Sasuke and began to rain kisses on his neck.
"Ino, I'm working." Sasuke sighed as he tried to reach for his laptop.
"Was working, hon." Point taken.
Sasuke wasn't that far behind his deadline. He was just a workaholic so he could actually still slack off if he wanted to. The raven-haired man obliged the blond woman's advances. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her down towards the bed. He skillfully peeled off Ino's towel and started to toy with the woman's supple breasts.
"Sasukeee." The name rolled off her tongue like a sin.
A couple of minutes later, the two were already tangled on the mattress. Something on the laptop screen caught Ino's and Sasuke's attention. Sasuke had forgotten to sign out of his video chatting account so here was his betrothed trying to contact him. The Uchiha growled at the disruption before clicking the 'ignore' button. Although as much as he'd like to deny it, that was the day Sasuke snubbed Naruto's call in favour of engaging with other activities. And no matter how many times he wallowed in regret, that day would never be erased from his mind.
It was the very first time he was sent to Vancouver for business. He had managed to successfully close a much sought after account and he had time to waste before he flew back home to Toronto. Despite the account being closed, he was still pretty wound up for some odd reason. He thought that once the Vancouver dealings were over and done with, he would be able to relax.
Nope.
Far from it, really. He was still pretty tensed. Another theory for the stress would be the fact that he and Naruto hadn't been seeing each other as often as he'd like. They were both too busy with their jobs added with the fact that their schedules weren't jiving as of late. It was unfortunate that his needs as a man weren't being met. Sometimes, it felt like he didn't even have a boyfriend. He contemplated on this as he mindlessly walked to the direction of his hotel. So lost was he in his thoughts, that he managed to bump someone on the shoulder.
"Hn. My apologies." He said but did not make eye contact with the person he had just walked into.
"No worries... Sasuke?"The sound of his name being called brought him completely out of his reverie. What greeted him was a sight he hadn't seen in a long time; long blonde hair, long eyelashes that framed gorgeous pale blue irises. If possible, she was even more slender than what he could remember.
"Ino." Her name was said with such certainty. Truthfully, he hadn't thought about her in the longest of times. Seeing her right now brought a wave of teenage memories. Not like he was still in love with her or anything. It just felt uncannily nostalgic.
"Hi, stud! How've you been? I haven't seen or heard from you in forever!" Ahh. Attitude-wise, Ino was exactly the way she was in their high school years: flirty to a fault.
"I'm doing well. The company is doing excellently. You?" He shot her a small smile. There was a reason they were together for quite a while. Ino was drop-dead gorgeous and intelligent to boot. She was definitely Sasuke's type.
"I'm fine." She gazed at him with glassy eyes. Ino was still obviously in love with him. "Hey. God knows I'd love more than anything to stay here and catch up with you but I'm actually late for an important meeting. I'll give you my number and we can get together when you're here on business." Sasuke knew this was dabbling into the dangerous but he went along with it anyways.
"Sure." So Ino had given him his number and he rung her phone so she could have his contact information. From that moment on, Sasuke slowly spiralled into a trap he would never be able to break out of.
"Honey? You still there?" Ino sounded overtly concerned over the phone. Sasuke was finally out of his trance and was back to face the situation at hand. He released a great sigh while he let his body slack against his chair.
"Yeah. I'm here." He didn't sound like himself anymore; he sounded tired and miserable. "How far along are you?"
"About a month and a half." Huh. Funny. The last time he was with Ino was a month and a half ago as well. He bitterly laughed in his mind. Jokes on him, right?
"So what now?"
He couldn't believe she was asking this. There was only one solution. "Get rid of it, Ino." It was cruel, he knew; but he did not want this child. At all.
"... what?" She was flabbergasted; as if she couldn't believe Sasuke could ever suggest such a thing.
"I said get rid of it, Ino. Don't make me say it again." Sasuke said in a harsh tone.
Tears began to fall from her eyes down to her cheeks. How could he? How could he?! "No! Sasuke, I am keeping our child!"
Our child.
Sasuke slammed a fist against his table. In doing so, one of his picture frames fell to the floor; the audible sound of glass breaking resounded in the room. "I don't want it, Ino! That thing will just ruin everything for me! Do you understand that? I'm getting married in two months! I will not let that piece of shit ruin that!"
Ino could not believe she was hearing this. For Sasuke, the biological father of their child, to be referring to their baby so cruelly; it was just too much for her. "Uchiha Sasuke, if you don't care for this family then I'll be forced to tell Naruto everything."
Silence.
Deafening silence.
She had just threatened Sasuke with a most powerful arsenal.
"...Sasuke?"
Sasuke, for a handful of seconds, did not respond. Once Ino's word had sunk in, he said with a voice with pure hate, "You do that and I'll make sure that you and that thing in your belly end up living a nightmare." And he hung up.
Sasuke put down his phone and massaged the bridge of his nose. It would be wise to take Ino's threat seriously. She would be the type of person to push through with that kind of dirty work. That being said, Sasuke was truly in a point of no return. The only choice he had now was to come clean himself. Better Naruto knowing from him than anyone else, right?
He pocketed his phone, stood up, and made his way out of his office; leaving behind a shattered frame with a picture of him and his Naruto from the night they were engaged.
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Despite his want to drive as slow as possible, he had to get home soon lest Ino call his home phone number and actually tell Naruto first before he could. So here he was in front of their home, seconds away from losing the love of his life. Another shaky release of breath.
He had to tell him now.
He exited his car and solemnly made his way to the front door. He slipped in the key and unlocked the entrance. The squeak of the door hinges would have alerted Naruto that he was back. True enough, he heard the soft padding of feet towards his direction. It was so quiet in the house; the sound of the tick-tick-ticking of the clock kept him from breaking down.
"Hm? Thought you'd be home late, S'uke?" Naruto revealed himself from the corridor and leaned against the available wall. The blond curiously quirked a brow at his partner. "Hey, you're really pale. You sick?" He walked towards Sasuke with purpose. Once close enough, he put the back of his hand against the other's forehead. "Babe, you're breaking into cold sweat. How are you feeling?"
Now or never.
Sasuke took hold of the hand that was on his forehead and firmly gripped it with both his hands. He then took the other hand and grasped it as well. Naruto's hands were so soft. He took a moment to appreciate that fact. This might be the only time he would ever feel them again. Sasuke sorrowfully looked at the gleaming ring on Naruto's left index finger.
Now or never.
"I have something to say, love."
"Huh? Wait. I'm still dealing with you right now. Sasuke, you're hands are really cold and you—"
"Naruto, this is really important. This is hard for me to say so it would be really helpful if you just listen to me first." Sasuke was beginning to tear up but he refused to let the tears fall.
"Yeah?"
"Listen, love. Before anything, I just want you to know that I really do love you. I'm insanely in love with you. Don't ever doubt that. Second, I hope you acknowledge the fact that I was man enough to admit to it." The Uchiha continued on staring at the stunning ring he had given his love. He had truly messed this one up.
Naruto kept silent, waiting for the words that needed to be said; words that would most likely end their relationship and whatever plans they had for their future. "I was with Ino every time I was in Vancouver." The blond simply furrowed his brows at the sentence. He wasn't able to piece the implication from there. Oh such innocence! Which meant Sasuke had to keep going with his confession. "Naruto, Ino's pregnant."
The younger man simply tilted his head. "Ino is your ex, right? And she's pregnant?" He happily grinned at Sasuke. "Tell her congratulations then!" Sasuke didn't even have the heart to be irritated at Naruto's stupidity. One of the reasons he was irrationally charmed by Naruto was because of his adorable obliviousness.
"So who the dad? Do we know him?"
Here it goes. After this, it would be painfully clear to Naruto what he'd been doing every time he was away.
Now
Or
Never
"I'm the father."
And in a snap of a finger, Naruto's joyful countenance vanished into thin air; replaced by an expression of pure unadulterated shock. "What are you..? What?" Naruto took a step away from Sasuke.
"I've been sleeping with her, Naruto. I ... I .. I've been cheating on you. She's almost two months pregnant with our child."
There. Plain in broad daylight.
The look on Naruto's face shouted heartbreak in high volumes. The blond began shaking his head as he took another step back. All it took was one blink and the tears began to fall from his blue eyes. It hurt. He felt so ... so inadequate. "Why? What's wrong with me? Was I not good enough?" It was those questions that had Sasuke closing the distance between him and his other better half.
"Don't! Stay away from me, Sasuke." Naruto stepped further away to maintain distance.
Like a good husband, Sasuke followed the command.
"No. Don't ever say that. I was the one who fucked up, love. There's nothing wrong with you." Sasuke explained from a good few steps away. It was evident from the way Naruto was shaking his head that the blond didn't believe a word Sasuke was saying. "Please listen, love." Sasuke pleaded."I fucked up. It was all me."
Naruto pointedly looked at his fiancé before asking, "How long?"
Sasuke, being the genius that he was, knew immediately what Naruto was asking. "I started sleeping with her nine months ago." The blond visibly tensed at the admission. "You were sleeping with her even before you proposed to me?" It was meant to be a rhetorical question but Sasuke answered by nodding his head. Imagine, Naruto was being lied to for the past nine months by his ever-loyal fiancé.
"I'm sorry."
"You've been lying to me all this time..."
"I'm sorry."
"All those times I tried to call you, you were screwing around..."
"I love you. I'm sorry."
"How could you even claim to love me!"
It was true. Who would ever cheat on the person you loved the most. Naruto made a very good point. The hardest part of Sasuke's apology was about to commence. In doing so, it was required of him to swallow his pride.
"I messed up and I'm truly truly sorry about that, Naruto. I just hope you could find it in yourself to forgive me and... " Here it goes: the most thick-faced request Sasuke had ever asked for. "I hope you can give me a second chance."
The clock continued with its ticking, effectively making the air thick with stifling awkwardness. Naruto simply stared with evident disappointment at his partner. The blond man released a sad chuckle before walking past Sasuke. The Uchiha felt his heart jump; because Naruto was walking towards the front door.
Naruto was leaving.
"Babe, hold on a second, please!" Sasuke caught Naruto's wrist which had the latter attempting to shake the grip away. "Let go, Sasuke." The younger man said scathingly. He had every right to be angry after all. Sasuke was a lying, cheating, son-of-a-bit—
"Love, I'm sorry. I really am! Look, I'll forget about her and the kid, okay? Just forgive me and it'll be like nothing happened. I promise I won't ever do it again." Sasuke had just asked for the impossible. Forgive, Naruto could do eventually; but never forget. What Sasuke thought would please Naruto only made the blond more disgusted with him. "You can't just forget about her, Sasuke. She has your kid! You were sleeping with her so you should have been prepared for the consequences! Be a man and take responsibility!" The blue-eyed man turned and continued his journey to the door. He needed to get out of here. This whole situation was just hurting him too much. It hurt because Sasuke had just been saying empty words to him.
Will you marry me, idiot?
I'll take care of you, moron. That's what a good husband should do right? Take care of his wife?
Hey, I love you.
Empty words and promises.
Naruto scowled because, somehow, Sasuke was in the way again. The Uchiha blocked the path that would lead him to the front door. Before Naruto could even reprimand the older gentleman, Sasuke pulled the blond into an embrace.
"God damn it, Sasuke! Let me go!" Naruto pushed him away; but unfortunately, Sasuke was equally as strong as he was.
"I want to fix this! We've got something good going on, Naruto. Don't leave!" That had Naruto stilling his movements. Sasuke, despite his two-timing ways, had a really good point. Their relationship was truly one of a kind. The both of them were just too perfect for each other that it was uncanny. Naruto had always thought that saying Yes to Sasuke would be the best decision in his lifetime.
"Naruto, let me fix this."
Tick – tock – tick – tock
Sasuke felt his heart drop when Naruto merely shook his golden yellow head as a response. "It's too much. I..I.. don't want ... I can't deal with this right now, Sasuke." Naruto pulled away from Sasuke's hold without much resistance from the latter. Something shimmering in his hand caught his attention. The sight of the object only roused more sadness from him. Using his right hand, he gently and ever-so slowly removed the shimmering band on his left index finger. He took hold of one of Sasuke's hands and returned the ring.
Uchiha Sasuke was too much at a complete loss to even say or do anything while Naruto was evidently ending their relationship. The young Uchiha took notice of Naruto's lip-biting. Sasuke had caused this. He had no one else to blame but himself.
"Don't do this, Naruto. Please. I'm begging you." The appeal was spoken so softly that the breath of the plea was carried away by the draft.
"I don't want to have to think about this right now, Sasuke. Let me... Let me just recover from this. If I recover from this... Then maybe we'll talk" Uzumaki Naruto walked past Sasuke without so much as a glance. The sound of the door hinges squeaking heralded the blonds' exit. As the door clicked shut, the clock had sounded the arrival of the new hour.
Ding.
Ding.
Ding.
And Sasuke stood alone in the lonely house with a gorgeous ring in his possession, drowning in his regret.
A/N: Hooray for open-ended endings! I was too torn between Naruto forgiving Sasuke and Naruto leaving Sasuke that I decided to leave the ending to the reader. Ahehe. Just the same, I apologize for not giving everyone the closure. Nyehehe. So this is complete. Now, I can focus on BTW more. :3 Or maybe I can continue that Shakespeare-in-love themed oneshot(?) I've been writing for the past eight months.
Well, whatever I decide, I hope to hear from you all soon!
NOTE (27/10/2013):I'm sorry if I confused any one about the status of this story. This is actually really a COMPLETE story. I simply just left it open-ended. So sorry if I caused a bit of confusion here. TT~TT
Olie over and out! Peace! (Gangsta sign)