Hi again!! Thanks for all the reviews I really appreciated them…Oh, and I decided to change 'Broken' to just a SasuSaku…You guys wanted it to stay like this so Okay!! I'm glad you all like the story so far, and I'll try to update sooner but I'm getting busy with all of my homework, but I'll update as soon as I can. There may be another lemon coming up soon, but don't get your hopes up….I'm still thinking about what will happen to poor, poor Sakura-chan…
Now, On with the Show:
Last time: Stepping out of the shower, she reached for a clean towel which had fallen on the floor. Wrapping it around her body tightly, she wandered around her discombobulated home, surveying the damage done by her drunken boyfriends rage.
The living room was a mess, seeing as that was where Sasuke always decided to do the most damage. She walked over to the wall where a picture of Team 7 used to hang, but was now on the floor, frame broken. There was Sasuke-kun, looking as angry as ever, Naruto, right next to her, upset still at being stuck on a team with Sasuke. Kakashi with his nonchalant attitude, hands on Sasuke's and Naruto's head, and there in the middle, was Sakura. She was so innocent back then: obsessing over Sasuke-kun, hitting Naruto on the head, yelling at Kakashi to hurry up; good times, good times.
"When did it all change? What went wrong?"
'Uhh…Let me see, probably when Sasuke left for Orochimaru?!'
'Oh great, you again. Oh, and by the way, that was a rhetorical question.'
'No it wasn't….you seriously don't know the answer do you?'
'Please just shut up. I have stuff I have to do.'
'What stuff? Oh, you mean clean up after that jerk of a boyfriend Sasuke?'
'It's not his fault! He was drunk and, and…'
'And, and, he has no excuse! Why don't you just go over to his house and slap him, and tell him you won't see him until he sobers up.'
'I can't do that. He needs me…'
'As what, a punching bag?! I don't think so Sakura!'
'I'm all he has left. I couldn't leave him…Could I?'
'Of course you could! After all he left you!'
'Yeah, but he came back…'
'Only after Naruto kicked his ass back to Konoha and now look at him…He abuses you when he gets drunk and even when he's sober it doesn't seem like he cares much about you.'
'THAT'S NOT TRUE!! He loves me, but he has a hard time showing it! Just go away already…Like I told you before, I have to clean up.'
'Fine, fine, I'll leave you. But don't say I never warned you or gave you advice.'
'…'
'Suit yourself then…'
Sakura could feel her Inner self leave her mind and soon as she did she collapsed on the floor. Inner Sakura was right, but, she couldn't just leave Sasuke to fend for himself. He was a broken man who felt whole only when he broke other people, namely, Sakura.
He had been broken ever since she could remember, but he hid it so well…
She had been broken ever since he left, then he came back and that broken feeling came back as well…
Broken…
BRoken…
brOKen…
brokEN…
BROKEN…
The word echoed in her head. He had a broken mind and spirit, whereas she had a broken body and a broken heart. The irony of it all; he was the one who had caused her all of this pain, and yet, she couldn't leave him. Pushing herself off of the carpet, she started to tidy up her apartment. Sweeping and mopping the kitchen floor, vacuuming the carpet, dusting the coffee table and bookshelves, folding the blankets. She had done this so many times before that it had become almost second-nature to her. Doing this ritual calmed her into almost a trance where her problems disappeared and she could live in peace once more. Moving onto the bedroom, she took off the sheets, wet with fluids, both his and hers, shoving it in the washer. She put some new black sheets on, hoping that these wouldn't be stained like the others. Falling gently onto the bed, she grabbed a pillow and started to cry into it, her sobs muffled by the fluffy pillow. Changing into a large shirt and loose pants, she crawled into bed, hoping to grab some sleep before her shift started at the hospital. Sakura fell into a fitful sleep, full of nightmares of Sasuke's hands where they shouldn't be and Sasuke repeatedly saying how weak she was. She hated herself for that and tried to ignore it, but all throughout the night, his voice repeated in her head.
"You're so weak Sakura-chan."
"You deserve how I'm treating you."
"You deserve to die."
"You're too weak to live."
"I don't know why I even bother to pretend to love you."
"You're so weak."
"Weak…"
"Weak…"
"Weak little kunoichi."
Alright that was chapter 2 of 'Broken'. Now you can guess where I got the title of the story…Like always review and if you want to, you can suggest what you want to happen in the story next…I might add your suggestions and give you credit for them…
Farewell till next time my dear readers,
J'ecrite