"What did you think was going to happen?! You'd waltz right in here and get her hopes up? You get upset because someone else was kind enough to give her the father figure she needed? You think you could just impose yourself on the life I and my daughter have created for ourselves? To demand a person you don't even know to come with you on your bullshit journey that took you from us begin with. You have no right to have a say now." If looks could kill, Sasuke would be 20 feet under. "You leave me with a baby and go off for whatever fucking reason. I have been by your side." She paused for a moment then shook her head, "I was by your side when you left me on that bench. I was by your side when you betrayed us. I was by your side when you try to kill Naruto and I. I have been by your side for everything. And yet, where were you?!"

Sasuke cringed with each word she said, he knew it was the truth and he hated it. His knuckles were white from strain, but he knew she needed to say all this. He deserved it.

"Where were you when our daughter was screaming her head off when she got sick? Where were you when she started the academy? When she learned about her Sharingan and awakened it! Wanna know why it awakened?" She hissed, "Because she cried about you when she thought you hated her!" Tears were falling down her face, "She thinks you fucking hate her!" Rubbing at her eyes, she looked away, "It's my fault for following you so blindly and running after you into the darkness. I can't do this anymore. I am tired and I deserve happiness." Sakura removed herself from leaning over the kitchen island. "I love you. Have always loved you. But I can't do this anymore. You can't expect me to wait years upon years and hope that maybe you'll miss us to come home. I can't live like that and it's my fault for jumping into this without considering what you wanted. You wanted to repent for your sins, and I support that, but I also have a daughter to be a role model to, to take care of and needs stability."

Sakura sighed, "I deserve to know what love feels like."

Sasuke stood there with a tick in his jaw. He was grinding his teeth together because every word she spat at his was tired, angry, and filled with detain. Worst of all, they were true. Sasuke watched the woman he loved self implode. How she was crumbling right before him and all he could think was how many times had he made her go through that? How many times was he absent for it?

His heart was squeezing in his chest and he wanted nothing more to runaway. He wanted to repent for his sins, in the process creating his biggest sin of all, leaving behind his family. It was his running away that got them there.

"I can stay home." He offered, his voice low.

Sakura scoffed, "You will become miserable and then make everyone around you miserable, and take it out on us for making you feel suffocated. You would leave and probably never come back. Then I'd know my daughter would really not meet you."

The fact that she was so flippant in her thoughts, he knew she was also right about that. It was fucking annoying how she knew him better than he knew himself at times, and yet he doesn't even remember how she likes her tea, that she sings when she's happy and bakes when she's upset. That she was head of the hospital and was still a good mother. He didn't know a damned thing about the mother of his child and his wife. He had a family he let down.

"Is this what you really want?" He asked, he was surprised it didn't break.

"What I really want is irrelevant, obviously as it always has been."

Even after this whole conversation, he was still thrown off when she aimed her angry words at him.

Leaning down, with his hand, he took the pen and signed off on it. Standing up, his heart broke all over again. Sakura was crying so hard, she was shaking. Sakura bent down and signed her side and it dawned on him that if she really did want this, she would have signed when she got the papers. She was hoping he would give her a good reason not to go. With the final swoop of a pen, the paper was one step closer to being official.

Taking the paper in her hand, she turned away and walked towards the door leading out of the kitchen. "You can sleep on my bed. I'll sleep in Sarada's room." She murmured over her shoulder. As she was about to cross the threshold, she turned back to Sasuke and bit her lip before saying, "Thank you." And walked away.

His eyes were still wide. She had said to him that he had said to her when he disbanded. Sasuke crumbled down in a chair. His heart and chest hurt so fucking much. For the first time in his life, he had no idea what to do. Before he got back, he had heard some rumors about the medic with pink hair - how she got so much attention but stayed humble and faithful for a guy that was never around to appreciate her.

They were right, he didn't show her that he appreciated her. He never even said it to her. He thought the good deeds he'd been doing would help him feel a little relief, but now he felt as though he'd never get repentance. How do you fix a broken home? A broken home you created.

*.*.*.*.*

The next day was a bit awkward, well for the two people who knew what happened. Breakfast was as normal, well for Sakura, Sarada, and Kakashi anyway. Sarada was waving wildly in excitement telling Sasuke about stories of her and his ex sensei. She would tell him about training and missions, and best of all, her bonding time with another man.

Sakura smiled affectionately towards the young woman and he sure as hell did not miss the eye contact Kakashi and Sakura traded, no matter how brief it was.

Anger swelled in his chest. How had he not put the pieces together earlier was beyond him. "Kakashi, let's spar after breakfast."

Kakashi looked at his ex student as he put his fork down. Sarada was smiling so brightly, Kakashi's mouth twitched to smile. Sakura had a frozen look on her face. She didn't know if it would be a good or a bad thing. Whichever she thought didn't matter because Kakashi agreed, giving his infamous crinkle eye smile.

Sakura had a bad feeling about this.

The two kunoichi were sitting on the sidelines as they watched the two men go at it. They were truly going at it. Sakura was sort of worried.

Kakashi knew everything Sasuke was feeling, what he wanted to say, what he wanted to do, but he honestly didn't give a flying fuck what Sasuke wanted or felt, he had twelve fucking years to right his wrongs, and yet it took Sakura leaving for him to realize what he was losing. Kakashi was reigning in his temper, he knew this was just so the Uchiha could let out his anger at the situation they were all in.

At the end, the two collapsed on the ground, throughly tired. "Take care of them. Of her." The Uchiha murmured, earning a nod from the silver haired Jounin, a smile on his face, "I will. Take care of Sarada and remember, even though she acts older, she is still just a child who misses her dad."

Sakura and Sarada checked the two men before bringing them home to clean up and rest.

"I'm here, okay my love. Just come back to me." Sarada smiled a watery smile as her mom slowly let go. "I will, okaa-san." She said softly, trying to keep her voice from breaking.

Kakashi dropped to his knees and brought the girl in for an embrace. The girl reciprocated the action and a few tears slipped down Sakura and Sarada's cheeks. Kakashi and Sasuke shook hands and Sasuke walked up to his soon to be ex-wife, "I'm not good with words." He murmured as he poked her forehead one last time. And she knew all the words he wanted to say. I do love you, and this breaks my heart. I should done so many things differently but at the day, I cannot. But I can do this, I can give you one piece of happiness. Thank you for loving me. Thank you.

*.*.*.* authors note.*.*.*.

So I've been thinking, these one shots are probably going to be mostly Shisui and Sakura because there aren't many stories about them. I'm thinking Kisame and a few others will make a entrance on a few of these chapters, but don't be surprised if it's mostly Shisui/Kakashi/Itachi x Sakura.

Enjoy.

Much love