Shelly's Note: As always I own nothing, enjoy and please review
Ignore how out of character any characters may be written, I'm experimenting with characters at the moment...I don't write Neji/Tenten so I'm just trying it out....I thought about Neji/Gaara but I've done that before and I wanted to try something new...
This is getting posted because I have one chapter to write and I'll probably do so today...oh and because I need to raise the rating on this to M or at least I'm going to...it's not super descriptive I actually wrote it all the way that it would be but I cut out part of it so it's really just the beginning part...however it is going to imply sex and the actions leading up to sex so I'm raising the rating to M for chapter 41 since there isn't really a lemon just some foreplay I'm not going to warn people when it comes up...if that makes you uncomfortable let me know since this was originally rated T but as I said there isn't anything really descriptive in it
In addition, still looking for a beta that can get things back in a week or less and is good with spelling and grammar...
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Chapter 38: Breaks Ups and Makes Ups
"Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give you answers that you want me to." ~ unknown
Sasuke POV:
It had to be some place public. I knew she wouldn't make a scene if it were some place public because she had too much dignity for that. At least I hoped that she had too much dignity for that, otherwise she was going to make a fool out of me. I decided to take her to the coffee shop, though I wasn't sure why. Maybe it was in some twisted hope that Naruto would be there and see that I was breaking up with her, or maybe because I knew his friends would be there and would surely tell him. I wasn't sure, I just knew it had to be public and that was where I picked.
That morning I called her to meet me for coffee. Personally, I felt she should have known something was wrong then. We hardly ever meet to do anything, let alone just meet for coffee. She just smiled and tried to tell me about her day.
"Aimi," I said, deciding that was not the time to be gentle.
"What," she asked, seeming shocked by my tone, which made me want to roll my eyes.
"I don't want to know about your day," I bluntly stated.
"Excuse me," her tone went harsher as I let out a sigh.
"I don't care," I simplified.
"Way to charm me," she sarcastically said as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"I need to do something I should have done three years ago," I started.
"Sasuke don't do this," she warned. "Unless you plan on getting down on one knee don't finish that sentence."
"I'm sorry," I said, which was not something I said often, but I knew I had to say it to her. "I'm sorry for leading you on, for playing with your heart, for anything else I may have done, but I can't continue with this relationship."
"Are you breaking up with me?" she glared.
"You have to understand," I began only to have her cut me off.
"It's because of that blonde isn't it?" she asked.
"Aimi," I said, knowing that I couldn't deny it.
"You're gay?" she asked. "Why would you go through with our relationship?" Her voice was angry and her eyes were a mix of sadness and anger as she asked me why. I wished that I had a better reason for her than I did, but I really didn't know, so I gave her the only reason I had.
"My parents set us up, I just wanted to make them happy, and I kept going with it because I saw no reason not to," I looked down. "You are one of the few things left in my life that remind me of my parents."
"I can't believe this," she practically yelled. "That doesn't make it any better. I mean it explains a few things, but it doesn't make it any better."
"Aimi, I said I'm sorry," I frowned.
"Sorry just isn't good enough just answer me one question, did ever cheat on me?" I looked down, refusing to answer the question.
"I think your silence is enough of answer," she said taking her iced coffee she got when we'd first arrived. "Go to hell," she said as she poured the coffee over my head. By that point everyone in the coffee shop was looking at us, but it appeared that she didn't care as she stormed out, obviously hurt. I cursed to myself as I grabbed some napkins off the table cleaning the coffee off my face.
"Mr. Uchiha would you like the bathroom key?" Tenten asked from behind the counter.
"Yeah," I sighed.
She handed it to me with a smile and I said a quick, "Thanks." I knew Naruto was going to hear about this, especially when I saw Kiba and Hinata staring at me as I walked into the bathroom.
Tenten POV:
I laughed a little to myself as Sasuke walked to the bathroom. His hair was weighed down by the coffee, which was soaking through his white shirt, which was probably very expensive. It only made me wonder what she would have done in private if she did that in public. I felt bad for the poor girl, but Naruto was my friend so I had to be on his side.
The bell above the door rang and I hoped that it was Naruto so that I could tell him what just happened. However, I was more excited when I saw it was Neji. "Good morning Neji, what can I get you?" I smiled at him.
"I'm not here for coffee," he said, which confused me.
"This is a coffee shop," I pointed out.
"I know, but I came here to talk to you, not for coffee," he looked a little nervous.
I blushed a little, "Oh, what did you want to talk about?" I hoped he'd finally ask me on a date. People were telling me that he did like me too, but I was staring to doubt them because he never made a move.
"I wanted to know if you were free this Friday," he said.
"Yeah," I said a tad too excitedly. I couldn't help it; I'd been dying for a date with Neji since I met him in high school.
"I wanted to know if maybe you wanted to go on a date with me," he said nervously, he didn't have some of the best people skills and it was actually rather cute. He was so confident in other areas, asking girls out didn't seem to be one of them.
"I'd love to," I said.
"Great, I was thinking we could go out to dinner," he said with a small smile.
"Sounds fun," I responded.
"I'll pick you up at six?" he asked.
"Yeah, maybe we can go to a movie or something too," I smiled.
"Alright, I'll call you," he said as he walked out, seeming much happier and less nervous than when he walked.
Shikamaru POV:
Ino sat there, silent. She had been silent toward me for a while now. I wasn't sure what I had done to make her mad, but I had done something. People were telling me that it was the fact that I was hanging out with Temari, who was just a friend.
"Come on talk to me," I said, unsure why I cared. Usually I liked silence, but for some unknown reason, I couldn't stand her not talking to me. If she didn't talk, it wasn't normal. It wasn't like her not to talk; it meant she was mad, so I didn't like it. Maybe it was that only one person in a relationship could be the quiet one.
"Why won't you talk to me," I sighed, as I got closer to her. We were sitting on my couch, I had finally talked her into coming over so we could talk this through. "We can't talk it through if you won't talk." I don't think I'd ever done so much talking in my life as I'd done in the time she'd been mad at me.
"Temari," she said.
"What?" I looked surprised.
"She's my problem," she explained.
"She's just a friend," I assured her.
"Not for her it's not," she rolled her eyes.
"I can assure you I for me, we're just friends and will remand that way," I said.
"Promise?" she asked.
"I promise," I sighed.
"So if it came down to it and you had to pick between me and Temari, you'd pick me?" she looked at me as she asked.
"Of course, I love you, not her," I sighed.
A smile lit up her face, "I don't think you've ever said that."
"What?" I asked.
"I love you," She said.
"We've been together how long, I must have said it," I said.
"You rarely say anything," she pointed out.
"Do you need me to say it more?" I asked, being completely serious.
"It would be nice," she looked down.
I nodded, "Are we good now?"
She smiled at me, "Just stay away from Temari and other girls that want you and we'll be good forever." She gave me a quick kiss as I rolled my eyes at her statement.
"Whatever you say," I sighed. I really did love her, no other girl could make me talk as she could, it was amazing the things you did for love.
TBC....
End note: I totally didn't think about the Sasuke getting covered with coffee when I was writing them in a coffee shop, until I wrote him thinking that she wouldn't make a scene in public and then I decided that she would...poor Sasuke....then again maybe he should be a better liar
