Thanks For Being Honest

By Bashfulglowfly

Sakura Haruno walked into the restaurant and sat down at the table with the soon-to-be husband of one of her best friends, Suigetsu Hozuki. "It's 6 a.m. I've been asleep for about 5 hours. If I look like crap for your wedding, I'm letting Karin know it's your fault."

Suigetsu gave her a half-smile. "Thanks for coming down." He cleared his throat. "There's something I need to tell you. Last night, Karin confessed something to me…"

When Suigetsu didn't say anything for more than a moment, Sakura raised an eyebrow and gestured for him to continue.

He sighed. "Well, I'm going to tell you straight out. Karin told me that a year ago, she started an affair with Sasuke. They stopped six months ago."

Sakura felt her heart stop.

Eight months prior, her long-time boyfriend, Sasuke Uchiha, took her out to dinner and told her over dessert that he no longer loved her, and she needed to move out of the apartment that they had shared for the last two years.

Sakura had begged and pleaded with him to tell her why. To open up.

But he had refused.

She packed her things and left that night. Her absolute best friend, Ino Yamanaka, had been out of town so she had called her next best friend, Karin Uzumaki who promptly told Sakura she could come over and live with her until Sakura was able to find a new place.

Sakura went to Karin's and cried in her arms for hours.

And now, just a few hours away for Karin getting her Happily Ever After, Sakura is given this information.

She breathed deeply and looked at Suigetsu "So, what are you going to do?"

"I love her."

"So, you are going on with the wedding. Why did she tell you this?"

"She wanted to start our marriage with truth and honesty."

"I see. And why did you feel the need to tell me?"

"You're our friend. And it's old news anyway." Suigetsu smiled. "I knew you'd understand. Thanks for coming down."

Before she could reply, Suigetsu jumped out of his chair and damn near waltzed out of the restaurant.

Sakura stared at the now empty seat. Old news… That fucking bitch. I was crying in her arms over Sasuke, and she was fucking him. She had to have been laughing her ass off.

Then a thought occurred to her. Was Suigetsu telling the truth?

She fished out her phone from her purse and called a number that she had sworn she would never call it again.

A sleepy voice answered.

"Did you break up with me because you were fucking Karin?" She spit out the words like bullets.

"Sakura?" Sasuke's voice was considerably more awake.

"Did you break up with me because you were fucking Karin?"

There was a long pause. "Yes. How did you find out?"

"Suigetsu told me that Karin told him last night."

"They're getting married today, aren't they?"

"Yes."

"And I seem to remember hearing that you're the Maid of Honor."

"Yes."

"So, what are you going to do?"

Sakura took a deep breath. "Well, I have been Karin's wedding planner. If I walk, she won't know when things are supposed to happen at what time, where exactly it's supposed to happen and other things."

"That would ruin their day…"

"Ohhh, Sasuke…are you worried about your fuck buddy's upcoming wedding ceremony?"

"I…pled the Fifth."

"This is Japan, asshole." Sakura clicked off her phone and tossed it in her purse. She drummed her fingers on the table for a moment.

Then she smiled…

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The wedding went off without a hitch.

Karin was beautiful and beaming.

Suigetsu was handsome and beaming.

Everyone in the wedding party was smiling.

The guests were smiling.

Sakura was congratulated for pulling off such a beautiful wedding for her friend.

She took the compliments with a smile of her own.

And after dinner, the toasts began.

Karin gave a lovely little speech about how Suigetsu was her Soul Mate.

Suigetsu rambled about how they first met when he tripped and fell at her feet and fell in love.

Suigetsu's best man, Juugo, gave a two-sentence speech.

Then it was Sakura's turn.

She rose to her feet and turned to face Karin and Suigetsu. "You two are the perfect couple. You deserve each other and I hope that you spend the rest of your lives together."

She grinned "Suigetsu, I especially want to thank you for telling me the truth about Karin fucking my ex-boyfriend. I've been wondering for the past six months as to why he broke up with me and now I know." She saluted the pair with her glass of champagne, tilted the glass to her lips and downed the contents in one gulp.

Sakura ignored the gasps of horror, the choked back laughter, Karin's screaming hysteria, Suigetsu's shouts of "But…but…but…" and picked up her purse and walked out of the rooms.

Out of the corner of her eye, she could see her male Best Friend, Naruto Uzumaki, Karin's cousin, rolling on the floor with laughter. He was still friends with Sasuke, but Sakura could forgive him for that.

As she walked through the hotel lobby, she was joined by a shadow.

"Itachi."

"Sakura." She could see the faint smile on his face. "You could have just walked away before the wedding and left Karin to deal with the chaos."

"Sasuke called you, I see."

"Hmmm."

"I could have. But I'm just not that sort of person."

"You wanted to watch it burn."

"It's rather nice being an arsonist."