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Bold Italics = Thoughts/Memories

~ = The start of a new memory.

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Chapter 8 : I Guess…This Is Goodbye Then?

He wasn't sure which was harder to take; Ino was still in love with Sai or the fact that last night was practically a pity fuck. This merry-go-round of life felt more like a circle jerk and Naruto wanted off. Now.

"Are you even listening to me dummy?" Sasuke asked. Naruto wasn't sure where exactly in the Hyuuga household he was, but he was sure he was no where near Ino, and he was happy for that.

"Yes…No." he waved his hand around carelessly. "What's so important anyhow?"

Sasuke scoffed. "God forbid we talk about something other than Ino…" you could taste the sarcasm." I'm talking about the wedding."

"Oh." Naruto plopped onto the bed. "It's in two days right? You ready for the big day?"

Sasuke sat down by the window. "I've had more stressful days."

"I can account for some of those." He laughed.

"Sai's coming back for tomorrow…you know where I'm going with this…"

"Hmph…" Naruto rolled onto his side, giving Sasuke his back. "I know what you're gonna say…"

"And?"

"Yeah I get it…she's married, and I'm only hurting her. Right?"

Sasuke grinned. "Well now, aren't we Mister mature now?"

Naruto glared at him and gave him the finger. "You know where I'm going with this…"

"Let her make the decision, it'll never work out if Sai and you try and force her to do what you want. Infact she'll freak out, no surprise there." Naruto got up and began to leave the room. "Please, try and listen to what I'm trying to say to you."

"Yeah, yeah…" he said as he made his way out. As Naruto made his way through the maze of a household, he began to remember more and more of his past….

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~~~ She moved form the window to my bed. "So why did you do it?"

"I don't know…seemed like the right thing to do, at the time that is. We had sex a lot and I felt like we were more than just sex friends, I never told you how I felt before because I was afraid, I really enjoyed the sex but more being with you…I didn't want that too end. I figured the way things were going we would fall into a relationship but it didn't turn out like that and I saw you less and less, lowering my chances to tell you. I wanted to tell you while we went dress shopping, but I couldn't bring myself to do it, so the wedding day finally came around and I felt as if I had no other opinions left and I…" I sat down next to her. "Was I wrong? Were the feelings I felt a one sided thing?"

~~~ "I'm going away Ino, I have to find myself and I'm sure the answers I need are somewhere out there. You can hate me after for this but…I want to say goodbye my way" I kissed her…

"I'm going to be Hokage one day…so don't forget about me…"

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Without knocking Naruto walked into Ino's room and found her sitting by herself. She looked so beautiful as she sat on the large windowsill. She turned toward Naruto and grinned…they knew they need to have "that" talk.

"Ino…I…" he started.

"Look Naruto…" she interrupted.

"We can't see each other anymore…" they said in unison. The room went quiet as they stared at each other. Naruto was more shock than sad and at this point he couldn't believe they said it at the same time. Naruto walked over as they embraced each other. He could feel her slightly tremble in his arms…Naruto had to bit his lip, he felt the flood build up…he couldn't do that…not in front of her…not now.

"Guess we can't argue if we both agree…"

"It wouldn't have ever worked out…"

"We're too alike…"

"We gave it a fair shot…I guess."

"If we want to remain friends we have to stop…"

"Can't imagine what we've put our friends through…"

"Can't Imagine what we've put Sai through…we have to talk to him…"

Naruto slowly leaned in and kissed her on the lips. This was goodbye all over again, he knew it, she knew it…

He pulled away and smiled."This is goodbye…again"

She secured his wrist in a death grip. "You're not leaving again… are you?"

He laughed. "Only to go downstairs…I'm not going anywhere this time." He planted s light kiss on her forehead.

She let go off his hand. "I'm trusting you…"

He smiled as he walked out of the room, but the smile went away the second he was out the door, he felt like scum for lying like that. It wasn't exactly the best of choices, and he was one to always choose wrong, so he'd rather be the scumbag than the guy crying. He quietly walked down and around through the house, out the front door, and made a dash for his house. He didn't want to everyone to see the tears in his eyes. Nearly breaking his front door, he walked around and locked all the entrances to his house. Locking the door, he slid down it as he began to bawl…his heart was flooding. It was over…this whole year had been for nothing. Naruto was never one to except a loss, especially when it involved his heart. She was gone…no longer his lover…or the love of his life…the fire had died out…along with the brave front he so desperately kept up…his cries echoed through his empty apartment…Finally when he stopped crying, and the silence was too much he laid down on his couch…

A loud bang on his door had awoken him from his sleep. Not fully awake, Naruto lifted himself and walked over to his door. How long had he been out for? Clearing his throat he opened it up to see Sakura standing in front of him.

"Jeez, I've been knocking on your door for past two minutes. What were you doing?" she asked as she put her hands on her hips.

"I…I was sleeping…sorry, come in." he walked away, heading back to the couch.

"We've been looking for you… all day…were you crying?"

"No."

"You've got red streaks on your cheeks…your eyes are also a little puffy…plus your-"

"Look I said I wasn't, so just drop it!" he yelled. He sat down and put his head in his hands. "I'm sorry for yelling." The room went silent; he knew there was no point in hiding it from her. "I know you know everything…so just say it already."

"Sasuke told me of the talk you two had earlier today…he also mentioned that when he found you…you were standing outside of Ino's room…"

"And?"

Sakura forced herself to go on. "Now you know how she really feels…"

"So what was I too her?" Sakura responded with a shoulder shrug. "No, honestly."

"I don't know."

"Sakura this isn't a game."

"I'm not playing around Naruto, I just don't know! I don't know how many times we've gone over this. Hell I couldn't even keep count of the number of times Ino and you went over it. Do you just instinctively lie to each and just not realize it!?"

He laughed. "From an outside look…I guess so."

She sat down next to him and pulled his limp body into hers. "Come by for dinner tonight…it'll just be us, I promise."

"Yeah, that sounds fine. I want to talk about tomorrow anyhow."

"Alright, I'll see you later. Come around five, Sasuke should be home then." She embraced him and then left.

The sounds of the door shutting made his body flinch. He couldn't be in here anymore, he had to get out…get away from it all, even for a little bit.

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And that's chapter 8, sadly it's almost over. I'm thinking 1 more chapter…I dunno. Thanks for reading.