Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters they all belong to MASAHI KISHIMOTO and my spelling slash grammar can be way off at times.

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Put a Ring on it

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Every time I thought of you my heart would become excited and race, but today my heart aches of pain when I think of you. There is nothing left to say, I now understand how stupid I was to think… that perhaps one day… but no more because you can fool me once and I can blame you, but if I fall for it a second time I have no one to blame but myself.

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Chapter 12: It's Time

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"That's a very tempting offer." Jiraiya said and placed an arm around the woman, who was currently resting on his chest.

Mabui gave a sigh in understanding "So that's a no…" she let out calmly. Their relationship goes back to quite a while back, Jiraiya had given her the chance and opportunity that she had needed. And somewhere along the road she had fallen for the older man, she wasn't sure why; he was no sight for the eyes when it came to physical appearance, but once you get to know him and listen to him… he is the biggest romantic ever… of course that's part of his job.

The woman now works as a news anchorwoman for the countries news, it had been her ambition and once she had given up and thought it was just a dream. Mabui met Jiraiya while she had been a waitress and as life would have it Jiraiya hit on her… and every other thing in a little skirt with lady like parts. And knowing this she tried to never take his advances to heart seriously, but the skin is weak and her soul had been in a vulnerable state ready for anyone to take advantage of the moment.

He ran his fingers through her back and took a strand of her silver hair feeling the silk touch between his grasp. "It's not that it's a no, it's just that you got me by surprise is all." He told her.

This brought her a bit of hope, "So then you are considering it?" her green eyes looked up and she sat up a bit and brought one of her legs over and straddle him placing her hands on his shoulders.

Jiraiya could never deny that she was amazingly beautiful and with the look she was giving him it was difficult to say no. "Darling if I could I would, but I have a lot of things that I have to take care of." He explained and brought his hands from her back down to her waist creasing down to her hips, feeling the soft warm skin of the woman.

Her eyes looked directly into his, "It's that woman, isn't it." She said more than asked "Because if it is…" Mabui said in a seductive tone bring one of her hands down to his chest and with her cool finger began to circle his pecs, "Maybe I could help you in some way or another?" the beauty with alluring green eyes told him then dipped her head in to take his lips.

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When no one answered her she asked again "What are you talking about Sasuke? What do you mean that my mother bought you?!" Tenten demanded to know and stepped closer to her husband.

Why would he say such things, she got to him and looked into his deep dark chilling eyes that only stomped on her already broken heart. "Sasuke answer me." She said losing her composure, when he didn't she became desperate and took him by the shirt and gripped it for dear life.

"Tenten… What are you doing here?" the woman with velvet red hair asked not sure of how to make this any better. This was definitely not something that neither she nor her husband had been expecting to happen. When she didn't respond Karin stepped closer, just how much could she have heard?

The betrayed wife tightens her grip to the point that she could feel her own nails digging into her palms "Sasuke… how could you?" she asked in a low voice, deep down this is what she had never wanted to find out. The truth hurts, perhaps wanting to know the truth isn't really what you want.

Sasuke didn't have anything to say, those where his true feelings but he never intended to be so blunt and flat out throw all that in her face, at least not with those words. This really wasn't his night and to make things worst he felt bad that he could break Tenten to this point, he has never seen her this way in all the years that he has known her. Perhaps it is time to talk to her also; maybe just maybe they can be civil about this and end this on good terms.

He took her wrist and with a bit of difficulty pried her hands off him and released her left wrist dragging Tenten with him as he headed towards the exit. His wife only showed little resistance to his move.

"Sasuke…" Itachi spoke out and made eye contact with his younger brother wanting to know what he was up to.

"It's time to end this." He told him and continued to the exit of the first Uchiha couple.

The velvet haired woman had no idea what that meant everything was just happening so fast, "No, Sasuke you can't go out in that state." Karin said worried for him, Sasuke is a calm and serious man but when he is angry, he just can't hold it back as she just witnessed. Itachi's wife had been ignored and decided to try and stop him, but was stopped by her own husband, "Itachi…" she whispered.

He stepped beside her "They have to solve this themselves." He sighed out and put his arm around her, "Come lets go back to bed." He told her and Karin unconvinced nodded going along with what her husband said.

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'If you would have followed me… why didn't you?' she kept on wondering now; she sat in her bed looking back at those messages that they would exchange with each other. She wanted so much to delete those messages and his number, but Hinata could just not bring herself to do it. Deep within her she had hope that Sasuke would still come after her, even though she knew that something like that only happens in books movies and predictable shows.

This is reality nothing like that is going to happen, her tears are now dry but the knot in her throat is still present and she wants nothing more than to just disappear. Her heart is broken and… 'Why?! Why did things have to be like this?!' she shouted to herself and wanted to know.

Then again she could just call or better yet send Sasuke a text -that might be easier on her part-… Could she do that? That's a stupid question, of course she can the question should be if she should?

"Hinata?!" Ino shouted into the house and shut the door a bit rougher than needed and saw that the lights were off; the blond leaned her hand against the cold wall and felt the switch to aluminate the room. Her blue eyes saw her bag on the floor and just dropped her own alongside it and walked slowly into Hinata's room.

The door was not closed, but she noticed Hinata holding her phone. The light it reflected allowed her to see her puffy eyes and red nose as she nibbled on her bottom lip, she looked so lost. "Hinata." She asked again and saw Hinata give a little jump. "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to scare you." The blond said and walked in closer to Hinata and wondered how things went, but did not know if it was safe to say anything.

She gave a small smile and put the phone down, and moved over to a side for Ino to sit next to her. Ino didn't decline on the invitation and sat next to her pulling her so Hinata could rest her head on her shoulder and stroke her long violet hair. "Ino how was dinner?" she asked, she had half expected her to be home before she returned.

Ino bit her tongue and quickly thought about her answer, "It was fine… we ran into Jiraiya." She said wanting to get the dinner out of the way. Maybe it was for the best that she had not gone with them, but it may not have been any better to leave her alone with what she can only hope is Hinata's ex.

Her mentioning the older man caught her attention, "Oh?" she said wondering if this was maybe her chance to get away from it all.

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Shino felt the tension as he walked back to his room; he had been surprised to see Tenten leaving her brother in law's house with her husband. He had brought both home and it was clear that even though they had just celebrated their anniversary things between the two were not going good at all...

They stepped into his home office and closed the door; Tenten's heart was racing with so many questions and no answers. She wanted to speak up and ask again, but was afraid of the answer, perhaps she didn't want to know but she has to "Sasuke… Is that really how you feel?" she asked in a quiet tone her chocolate colored eyes cast towards the floor not daring to look at the man that she loves.

The Uchiha looked at her, he had never seen this side of Tenten; she seemed so fragile. Those were his feelings, but in this moment he was feeling compassion for her. "There are a lot of things that you don't know." He told her and saw that she only looked up slightly, but never made visual contact with him. "…But do you even want to know?" he asked wondering if telling her that the last four years of their lives have been a paid act.

She stood on the opposite side of Sasuke with the desk being the dividing ground between them, the brunette swallowed hard and took a deep breath "Is… is she beautiful?" Tenten asked her husband and turned to face him. She saw the surprise in his eyes and face; he had not been expecting that. When he didn't answer her she asked again "Is she beautiful… Hinata was it?" She asked and her eyes glossed with fresh tears and lowered her milk chocolate eyes to the ground.

What do you say in a moment like this, how do you tell the woman who is supposed to be your love something like this. But there was the problem he didn't love Tenten; these past years have bent spent in bitter anger towards her for tying him down to her, and another thing to that is that she didn't even know the whole story. "…Maybe it is time that you know." He breathed out in a low voice and for the second time that night he had to tell his story. He moved towards her and hesitantly he offered her a seat in his chair.

The brunette could feel how he felt, how he didn't feel comfortable touching her; it hurts to know something like that. She kept looking down and still didn't have the will to face him and just decided to listen to what he has to say.

Sasuke leaned against his homes desk "Look it's not that you're not attractive… it's just that." He sighed and wondered if anything would be right anymore. His dark eyes focused on her and lifted her face her eyes slowly made contact with his, "You're beautiful you really are… there is just no chemistry between us." He attempted to explain.

"You've never given me a chance… how could you know that." Tenten responded her eyes gathering up tears again.

His breath was calm and he closed his eyes, how could he make her understand "You're right… but I can't because…" he backed off a bit and went back to leaning against the desk "There are a lot of reasons." He said with a bit of coldness in his breath.

"Why? Why can't you give me one chance?" she blurted out and the tears came rushing down "You've never giving me a chance, but you could give someone else the time of day!" she shouted at him not caring if she woke anyone up, drying her tears.

"Because it's your fault that I'm in this mess, I never wanted to get married!" Sasuke shouted back his anger getting the better of him "No one ever cared about what I wanted, it was all about you and giving the little girl what she wanted!" Sasuke pinched the bridge of his nose and moved from the desk he needed another drink.

She stood up from the seat "But you did, you married me and you had no right to put me through any of this!" Tenten defended herself, "You know what? It could be a very different story if you would have given me a chance." His wife said and began to head towards the door "We were going to be stuck with each other… if you would have tried and we really didn't have any chemistry." She paused for a moment and saw him pouring himself a drink "Then we could have called it quits." She told him.

"Me me me me, everything me!" Sasuke responded, why did everything have to be thrown on his shoulders? "What about you, you right from the beginning you started off with this whole fantasy that we actually had something." He told her.

"Well forgive me, Sasuke." Tenten said turning and walking towards the man "I'm sorry for trying to be a good wife to you! I'm sorry for being happy on a day that was supposed to start the rest of my life!" She shouted at him now within reach of him.

He took another gulp of his drink "See there you go again, did you ever stop to think that I wanted that too!" Sasuke shouted back, raising his voice was not something he normally ever did when he was angry, but right now maybe he was starting to feel some of the effects of the alcohol "Do you think that I didn't want a wife who I could have a family with?!" he confessed to her.

"Really just me! Do you hear yourself!?" Tenten replied her breath was heavy now.

How did it get to this point, Sasuke is not sure perhaps he has had too much to drink but here he is in a heated moment with Tenten. Her arms around his neck with Sasuke holding her up against the wall; his arms roaming her body and their lips connected like never before.

A/N: Things will be taking a direction that I think not many of you will have ever thought, but maybe some have? Anyways this is what my brain is telling me to put down and I can only obey there will be a time leap either in the middle of next chapter or in the one after that just heads up.