Denial
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto, or any of the characters affiliated with it, and this is merely a fan-based piece of work.
"I'm sorry."
She didn't know what she had done. She widened her eyes and slowly lowered her cup full of green tea to her lap, her hands clenching around it painfully, her face turning white. What had she done to deserve this? She had done everything right... She had protected him, kept him safe, stood up for him when others wouldn't. She had nursed his heart until it had become whole.
"...I just can't do this anymore. I'm sorry. I love someone else."
With every single word her loved one spoke, her heart thumped in her chest, until it finally shattered to pieces.
"I love Sakura."
Her violet eyes filled with immediate tears; bitter, stinging as they fell nastily down her cheeks like raindrops sliding down a clear pane of glass, dripping off the windowsill; dripping off her chin. She dropped the glass as it smashed to the ground, and she stumbled backwards, holding a hand to her mouth in shock, choking on words that would never come.
Na...Naruto-kun loves...he l-loves...Sakura-chan...
Gasping for breath, she moved towards the door and fumbled for the doorknob behind her, gripping it tightly in her hand. For once, she wanted to flee. All of the courage he had instilled in her was now dashed. How could he do something to her? How could he say such things? It wasn't real! They weren't...real. There was no way that it could be real. I-It's not real...h-he wouldn't...h-he...there's no way that it's true...i-it's...n-not...true-! She broke down, then, sobbing sadly as her heart wrenched and actually hurt. She could hardly believe what he said. In denial, she opened the door and ran out, but not before telling him one thing, her voice rising in pitch with every word.
"You don't love Sakura-chan! Y-you love me! You've loved m-me all along! Y-you're w-wrong~! None of what you're saying is t-true!" She shook her head from side to side furiously, her mind swimming with disbelief.
"Hinata, I-"
"You don't love Sakura-chan! I-I'm your girlfriend, a-and I don't believe anything you s-say!"
Sometimes denial can heal a broken heart; but other times it can sever what is left of it.