Hey there guys! Looks who is updating chapter 10 at midnight? I was originally going to work on my speech...but I just had to write. I wrote most of this in one sitting just so I could post it up here :) my job is going great as is school, but I hardly have leisure time anymore. Thank you so much for your patience and support though! I appreciate it so much that I can't even express it. Be prepared to get angry over this chapter...and possibly confused. As always, thanks for being amazing :) and enjoy!

The closer and closer she got to her second class, the more she wanted to turn around and run away. Sasuke had warned her yesterday to not even talk to him or believe what he said, yet today they were going to meet and talk of the Uchiha. Would Sasuke know? Or worse, would he be around that Himiko girl?

Last night when Sakura and Ino got to doing the homework, she broke down. Not exactly the pouring tears sort of break down, but the kind when you need to get something off your chest. Ino was her best friend - she wasn't going to carry this burden herself. Her friend would want to know everything anyways so there was no point in hiding it.

During the middle of helping Ino when it went quiet, the blonde spoke up saying that Sakura had been acting odd and quiet today, as if she had a lot on her mind. And just like that, the rosette poured her heart out to her friend, who went against Sasuke, like all her other friends had. Ino said she had seen the rusty haired female around, but that her and Sasuke had been a bit more…personal. She couldn't recall the name, so she texted up Hinata and Tenten. Ino didn't much like Temari much now a days - they were both showing interest in the same guy, Shikamaru. Hinata said she knew who the girl was, a senior, named Himiko. Apparently the big-breasted girl had a reputation for doing more than just flirting.

Finding that out only made Sakura feel that much worse. Who came onto who? Did Himiko like whoring around and decided she wanted the Uchiha? Or did Sasuke know she was indeed a slut and decided to get an easy fuck? All night it had bothered her, knowing the raven had built up some giant wall to keep her out…until now. He was weakening those walls, and after today, she was going to break down that wall and find out the truth. What was this guy really up to? What did he want from Sakura? Or did he already get it?

Her gut twisted in a knot as she began to ascend the stairs, following the steady flow of students. Rounding the corner, she proceeded up the next set, then made it to the landing. This is where she saw Sasuke and Himiko talking yesterday. Her green eyes opened a bit wider, seeing them both standing there again. However, his hand was on her face. Neither of them could see her, but she saw them. His fingers were under her chin, their faces close.

Sakura couldn't even move for that moment she witnessed it. Both of them had an intense expression…was he getting closer?

She couldn't take it anymore. She didn't want to see it happen. She wanted to keep denying it. Whatever emotions they were currently exchanging she didn't want to see it. Sakura turned her eyes away and turned down the hall, blowing right past the pair. No doubt, one of them must have seen her. The Haruno didn't care though - she clutched her books close to her chest, head toward the ground. She could see the tears beginning to drip onto her notebook. The anger she held in her chest was indescribable - like she had been stabbed, and her heart was torn from her flesh. It tightened and threatened to hurt more as the tears kept coming. She did what she could to try to wipe them away and breathe before having a breakdown on the spot.

How…how could I be so stupid? Why didn't I see this…

"W-wait!" There it was. The voice that had seduced her and charmed her right out of her pants. The one he used to reassure her and make her feel like she could trust him. Only a few days after taking her virginity. She heard his voice, and the tears ceased.

…I am nothing.

"Sakura!" Right now, the halls were thinning out. Sakura stood in a wide hall, with the small amount of traffic, still looking into the ground. Was this what it felt like to be used and thrown away? To be replaced? To feel empty? The emotions mixed inside her heart, unsure of what to feel. Right now everything was numb. There wasn't much there.

"Sakura…" His voice was much closer this time, and in a lower, soft tone. It sounded like he was right behind her at her ear. It made a cold chill run up and down her spine, goose bumps forming. Then she felt his warm hand come to rest upon her shoulder.

She felt the contact, and she snapped.

"…Fuck off."

The Haruno jerked her shoulder forward to shake him off, keeping her head bowed. "No, Sakura-" No longer would she hide this pain from him. She didn't want to cower from him right now.

Quickly, Sakura turned around and lifted her head to look right into his dark eyes. For once, he actually look surprised…and upset. Not angry, but almost sad. She shook that idea from her mind though - how could this BOY possibly have any sort of remorse? He was a heartless piece of shit, lying bastard. She just got the proof she needed. Now the angry in her would come out.

"Sasuke, shut the fuck UP!" He stood there, looking right into her eyes. Looking hurt. Why would he be hurt? Was this him trying to twist with her emotions again and get to her level? To get her to calm down, not cause a scene and say she was sorry. No, not this time.

Sasuke was about to open his mouth, again trying to reach out to her. She gripped her books tight in one hand then used the other to slap the outreaching hand away from her. The Uchiha pulled back and scowled, "God will you just calm down and let me explain!"

"No, you can't fucking explain shit!" There were no tears, just anger. She was finally letting it out. Sakura took a step forward toward him, lashing out. "I know what you've been doing to me you…you…"

The tears were threatening to creep back into her eyes. The image of his face blurred slightly, but she didn't care. "…you manipulated me! You LIED! I've been played so badly by you!"

The male remained calm, though defensive. He started to get back into her face. "I told you not to listen to Gaara-"

"Oh, he didn't tell me anything…yet!" Tears freely started to stream down her pale cheeks - she didn't care if Sasuke saw, or if people were stopping to watch this unfold. All she wanted to do was yell at him and prove herself right. "I know about that giant breasted whore you're trying to fuck too!" Sakura stood there after her last lashing, seeing the stoic, yet pissed off look the Uchiha had.

It was almost cynical. "At least she knows what she's doing, unlike you." This was the true face of Sasuke right here. It was cruel, and heartless.

She remained standing there, ignoring the insult the best she could. He was going to rip her apart now, wasn't he? The raven didn't get a reaction from that, and after seeing her keep her mouth shut, here came round two. "Oh, by the way, you were especially terrible at giving head. Every two seconds you had to stop because you gagged so bad!"

From the people standing around, she heard some of them mutter an 'ohhhh' because of how bad he just burned her. There was a sadistic smile on his face, but the same one came onto her face.

"At least I can last longer than five minutes in bed, unlike you." At that insult, she heard the few people around scream this time, "OHHHHH!" Clearly, her insult dug much deeper.

A ghastly look appeared on his face, and he took a step back. His eyes left hers to shift around the people whispering about him. Then his eyes came back to her green ones. "Sakura, you're just a worthless piece of shit to me now. A stupid, fuck-faced cunt." She couldn't believe what she just heard. But he said it. Apparently he didn't care about getting to class, for he turned around and walked away from the direction he had come. He didn't stay nearly long enough to hear one of the spectators mutter, 'that was way uncalled for.' He also missed seeing the tears immediately swelling into her eyes, lip turning into a solid pout.

This was it, wasn't it? No more Sasuke. His last words to her would be that thick insult which crippled her heart. What she thought she felt for him was love. Now it was nothing but regret. No male who had ever cared for her would say something like that. It simply tore her apart.

"Sakura…" Just as she was ready to fall to the ground in tears, gasping for air to supply her aching chest with, a soft voice was right there. "Come on, why don't you let me take you home?" Sakura did the best she could to not start weeping in front of so many people, so she kept her eyes shut and her head down. All she could do was let her friend wrap an arm around her and guide her away from this place. She didn't know how long Temari had been standing there either; rather she had walked into the middle of it, just got there, or been there the whole time. Either way, she had her senior friend there right when she needed it most.

The descent down the stairs was a blur, as was the long walk through a hallway. The bell had rang somewhere between there, so luckily the halls were basically empty. Sakura didn't have to hold in the pent up pain in her chest. Tears continued to roll down her face, followed by the cries and gasps for air, amplifying the sound she emitted. "Shh, it's ok, we're almost there." She didn't want to walk anymore either. If not for Temari, Sakura would have sank to the floor and wept. But her friend kept a firm grip around her slumping body. She swore she could hear the sound of a door being opened up, then a blast of cool air. They were about to leave school grounds, thank god.

And unfortunately, there was also a voice of concern that echoed after the door opened. "My god, what happened to-"

No. Please, not him…

In this males voice, there was nothing but pure concern and sorrow. Nothing like watching the girl you're in love with leave school, having a breakdown and nearly needing to be carried.

"Naruto, now is not the time." Temari left him with that simple message, continuing out the door with Sakura. No doubt, the blonde would go ask his other friends if they knew what happened to make Sakura so upset. Hopefully he would only ask Gaara, not Sasuke. And there was also no doubt that the fact her and the Uchiha fucked would be all over the school by weeks end. Naruto was going to find out sooner or later, and if he found out Sasuke did those things to her…there was no telling what kind of confrontation might arise.

For now, all the Haruno cared about was getting away from that school and getting home, where she could be away from Sasuke.

Sakura was glad she had such good friends that were there when she needed them most. Temari had taken her home and helped her calm down, explaining she walked into the fight towards the end. Just in time. Unfortunately though, the blonde couldn't stay. She was in a three block class and had to get back from some trip they were taking. Temari insisted that she get someone to come over and be with her, but Sakura informed her that Gaara was coming over after classes.

That wasn't good enough for her concerned friend. She had stepped out of the rosette's bedroom and made a call. Sakura couldn't tell who it was, but it must have been someone who understood the situation well enough not to argue with her. When Temari came back it, Sakura questioned who she called. She simply said to not worry and that someone would be over in about fifteen minutes to stay with her for a while.

Sakura did what she could to pass those long fifteen minutes by flipping through the TV channels and trying to not think about her currently bleeding heart. She did her best to not lest those last harsh words dig in deeper. Yet she found his cruel voice whispering into her ear, 'worthless piece of shit' and 'stupid, fuck-faced cunt.'

She sat there on the couch, watching a random cooking show, with tears streaming down her cheeks. Her eyes burned and were red from the massive crying she had already done. The moment her friend left, she began to fall apart again. Sakura could be a very strong girl and defend herself whenever needed. But when someone messed with her heart, she just couldn't handle it. It was her ultimate weakness. Here she thought what Gaara did was bad, which ended up being a misunderstanding, but this Sasuke thing took pain to a whole new level.

This was no mistake, and she saw it for herself. She saw the real Sasuke come out from under his mask. He was cruel, dark, and cold. He never cared for her; he simply played with her and said and did what he needed to. What hurt her most of all was the fact she fell for it. She fell for his front, and he took the most precious thing from her. Her virginity.

Whatever was being made on the cooking show didn't phase her anymore, even if it was a chocolate dessert. All the Haruno could concentrate on was her pain. She clenched her eyes shut and folded her legs up onto the couch, holding them with her arms. She squeezed herself so tightly, trying to hide. Her lip was stuck pouting downwards, stiff from the feeling resonating from her body. Lungs began to seize up, and breathing became so much harder in the next few passing minutes. On her couch Sakura wept, gasping for air as she remained curled up and leaning on the sofa's arm. She couldn't hear the noise of the TV over her distressed cries, letting the tears roll freely down her face. Sakura simply didn't care anymore. This was emptiness. This was her being completely and utterly destroyed.

What else could go wrong? Thoughts began to swim through her head after a moment, wondering if she should even go back to school tomorrow. She would have to face him again, day after day, knowing the pain he had caused her.

Then an even more toxic idea crossed her thoughts. What's the point to even living if this is going to keep happening? Maybe this is why Temari wanted someone to be here as soon as possible. Because she knew Sakura would drift off to a dark place quickly and want to do something irrational. Sakura kept weeping, huddled up on the furniture.

I should just end it now, before things get any worse…

That's when she felt a pressure next to her on the couch, and a pair of hands coming around her shoulders. Was she imagining this? Was someone really here already? They came in from the front door so quietly…had it really been fifteen minutes? Yet again, it felt like she had been alone, crying for hours, buried in her own misery.

She was hoping this wasn't some sick joke of the Uchiha's, trying to hold and comfort her again. He did it the first time when the Gaara thing happened, and had done it a few times subtly after that. Then he tried it an hour or two ago, and had it shoved back in his face. If he was trying to do this when she was down at her worst…to try to change her opinion on him? She wouldn't know what to do.

As the person next to her pulled her up, she opened her teary eyes to look at them. She just had to make sure this wasn't some awful joke. That she wasn't going to be hurt by him anymore. To her relief, it wasn't him. It was Gaara. He left school at a pin drop for her to be here hours earlier than planned.

As she looked at him, teary eyed, she could see the concern in his face. He seemed speechless - who would know what to say when one of your closest guy friends fucked over a close female friend? Obviously he didn't support Sasuke in any form of way possible. But his eyes; they ached. Sakura could see it. He looked like he, too, might start crying. But his pain was within.

All the rosette could think of in that moment was how right he was. How right he was to warn her not to do it and how the Uchiha really was. In no form of any way was this his fault.

Tears welled back up and began to brim over, and she closed them before burring her face into his shoulder. "I'm so sorry…" She managed to whisper this to him before she began weeping again.

Gaara responded by pulling her closer into his arms, letting her cry. "Don't be."

Sakura shook her head, disagreeing strongly with the red head. Of course he wasn't going to say she didn't have to say sorry.

He had forgiven her long before she even said it to him. Gaara knew something like this was going to happen when he found out Sakura had sex with her. He didn't expect the Uchiha to blow up on her and tear her to shreds after she had witnessed him with another girl. It was a double kill, and she was feeling it. He knew how she felt right now - she felt like nothing. All he could do was keep his friend close and help her to the best of his ability.

He ran his hand up and down her back in a soothing manor, feeling the rigidity of her breathing. She sobbed right into his ear as well and he felt it ringing from the noises. None of that mattered though; the only thing that did matter was being for the Haruno when she needed him most. That time was now.

Gaara could keep cool and level headed over most things, but the Uchiha had already yanked his chain enough. He had tried pissing Gaara off in so many ways it had driven a wedge into their friendship. He looked at Sakura in a fond manor - she was beautiful and also thick-headed, but he liked that. There was no chemistry between them though - no spark. He was attracted to her, however, she had grown more into a sister figure over the last few months. And Sasuke's attempts to brag that he could get her to kiss him only made him angrier on the inside.

He hated watching the Uchiha attempt to defile and humiliate Sakura. He tried to warn her. He also knew that she would only see things her way and not listen. She didn't listen to anyone till it was too late. Gaara couldn't be mad at her in the least bit. He didn't think Sasuke would actually have sex with her. If Gaara blamed anymore, besides the Uchiha, it was himself.

He should have done whatever he had to in order to save Sakura from this pain. And now their group of friends were about to erupt because of this. Things were about to become miserable for everyone in their click. He felt guilt for not stopping this sooner, now knowing that nothing would be the same.

Gaara held the rosette a big tighter, resting his face atop her head. He, too, closed his eyes. A pain began to rise in his chest, along with a tingling feeling in his face. "I'm sorry."

Sakura could only snuggle in deeper to the red head upon hearing him say he was sorry, and feeling a set on his tears land on her head.

He walked away from class as the bell rang, fuming with anger. He wasn't angry at Sakura though - he was angry at herself. Sasuke cursed under his breath, turning down the hallway to get away from the destruction he just caused.

Then he heard her start to cry in the distance.

The Uchiha paused to glace over his shoulder and back around the corner. Temari was there, with her arm around Sakura. The rosette has terrible posture and kept crying. Sasuke's heart was beginning to ache at the site, knowing he caused this. He knew he couldn't go back now, not after blowing up on her like that. So he chose to ignore what he was hearing and seeing to continue down the hallway where he had come from.

Unfortunately, there she stood. Himiko hadn't moved, even though she was supposed to be in class. A smug smile came to her face as she approached. "Wow, that was pretty damn harsh. At least you got rid of -"

He paused and looked at her with daggers in his eyes. "Himiko, go find someone else to fuck you. We're done."

The rusty-haired female retorted immediately to his comment at he walked on past her toward the stairs. "The hell we are! You'll come back to me to fuck all your problems away!" The Uchiha said nothing as the girl stormed off down the hall to get to her class. Sasuke, however, had no intentions of finishing his classes.

He descended the flight of stairs, hands in his pockets as he did best to ignore the pain in his chest. "If she would have just let me explain…" He cringed his hands in his pockets, pausing at the landing half way between. He turned around to look up the stairs she had come from. Sakura walked right up them and saw him holding Himiko's face close to his. She must have thought they were going to kiss or something, and he knew that.

Anger welled up inside of him, one of his fists coming from his jean pocket to hit the wall he stood next to. "All I was doing was telling Himiko to leave me the fuck alone!" It had to look bad to anyone but him. The big breasted girl was getting in his face, literally demanding to be fucked and to get rid of Sakura.

Truth be it, his plans were originally to get Sakura into bed, then go do Himiko the next weekend. But something had come up that was unexpected. Something he didn't think he had. Feelings.

Sasuke loved his women and fooling around. Sakura though…she was actually the first one he went all the way with. And for some reason, after doing it with her…he felt connected. He was unsure yesterday rather to go through with Himiko or not. He even sat down last night to think about all the shit he had pulled on everyone. He felt stupid about it. And he felt even shittier about what he did to the Haruno. Today his plan was to turn that all around. He wanted to start off with a clean slate and turn himself around. He was going to apologize to Gaara for provoking him about Sakura, then do the same for her. He wanted to treat her right and tell her the truth - he wanted to be honest and forward with her. Then he wanted to ask her out on a date and take her out for almost making her a one-night stand.

But as he pulled Himiko in his face to never bother him again and leave Sakura be, she just happened to walk into it.

Sasuke found himself still standing at that landing, but slumped and looking into the floor. His arms were at his sides, shoulders loose. And he was alone. The Uchiha cringed, knowing he lost it and went overboard. "I lied about doing Himiko…and I…I called her those awful things…" Sasuke was glad he was alone, or he wouldn't be getting as emotional as he was right now. Nor would he be talking out loud to himself because he was that sick with himself. "I can't believe I let my anger get the best of me!"

At that statement, he quickly stormed down the stairs and around the corner to the nook they all used to hang out in. However, he went out those doors with nothing but his car keys with him. He was in no state to be here at school, nor would he be able to confront Sakura anytime soon. I should just forget what I wanted with her…nobody would believe me because of how things have gone so far.

Sasuke knew he had fucked himself over bad. He had lied to Sakura and hid the other girl from her, with intentions to have her next. After how rotten and selfish he had been so far, nobody would believe if he claimed to actually have feelings for her and care after taking her…innocence. He got into his car, cringing at that thought.

Sakura gave her virginity to me…she didn't throw it at me, she happily did it. And I…

The Uchiha slammed his hands onto his steering wheel before his own head followed, resting on it.

…I didn't think twice about my own! Why am I so fucking STUPID! He remained chastising himself, fighting his frustration and anger. She wouldn't listen to me, and opposed to being patient I blew up on her. Now…

For the first time in a long time, Sasuke felt warmth rush to his face, tears forming in his eyes. "She's never going to forgive me or know the truth."