My Ex Want To Marry Again

Part - XXI

9th Nov, 2023
09:17

"You know what happened, don't you?" Sasuke asked Gaara. "Something bad. Something I caused. I need to... I need to know."

Gaara continued to observe Sasuke without speaking. When Sasuke thought maybe the man was just going to ignore him, he finally spoke. "Yes. You need to know. When you threw Naruto out two years ago, he went to stay with his godfather. He basically stopped eating for about two months, and ended up taking an overdose of sleeping pills. He almost died. You almost killed him."

Sasuke felt like he had just been punched in the stomach. He saw a chair over at the end of the aisle, and stumbled to it and sat down, lowering his head into his hands. "I didn't know. I never wanted..." He stopped, not even sure what to say. For so long, all he had wanted was to see Naruto suffer. But now that he knew how much he had, he couldn't bear it. Even if Naruto had cheated, he hadn't wanted this. If Naruto had died... Sasuke's brain simply stopped functioning at the thought. He looked up and saw both Yahiko and Gaara standing before him.

"Where is Naruto?" Sasuke asked, his eyes slightly glazed. "I need to talk to him."

Yahiko looked at him, his expression neutral. "He left shortly after you came in. He doesn't want to talk to you right now. He wasn't expecting you to be here."

Sasuke nodded. He had no idea that this was what the paintings would be. He understood how exposed Naruto must have felt. He had masked it well... better than he ever used to be able to. "I won't go to him tonight, then." As hard as that was for Sasuke to say, he knew it was the least he could do to give his friend time. "But, I want to see him. We need to talk."

"When Naruto is ready to talk to you, I'm sure he knows where to find you. At this point, you have no right to force your way back into his life, even if you regret what you did before; Yahiko's eyes didn't leave his.

Gaara stepped closer, leaning down and speaking in a low voice. "You might look sad now, finding out that you broke Naruto to the extent that you did. But don't think for a moment that I don't know that you fully intended to hurt him at the time," Sasuke turned to see cold green eyes piercing him. "And I am going to tell you something, Sasuke. If you do any more damage to him, anything that sends him back into that spiral, I will take power of attorney from Naruto and do what he should have done from the beginning. I will come after you for everything you've got and I will fucking bury you." With that, the redhead turned and walked out of the room.

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Naruto closed the door to his apartment and leaned his back against it, slowly blowing out his breath as he slid down the door and sat on the floor. Holy fuck. He had not been prepared for this. It had been his absolute worst case scenario to have Sasuke show up at the gallery. Naruto hadn't stuck around to see if Sasuke had looked at the paintings, or what his reaction had been. And he had no desire to ever find out. Whether it was gloating or pity, he didn't want either.

Naruto played the conversation back through his mind. He still couldn't figure out what Sasuke was after. Sasuke didn't vacillate. Once he decided something, it was final. There is no way in hell that Sasuke had somehow changed his mind about Naruto not being good enough for him and now wanted him back. Sasuke wouldn't have ended it they way he did if there had been any doubt in his mind at all. But the lust he had seen in Sasuke's eyes had been real. That was something that even Sasuke had never been able to conceal from him. It was one of the few true levers of power that Naruto had always held over the man. The other had been trust, but that was clearly gone now, on both sides.

So what was this? Was Sasuke truly still not satisfied with the pound of flesh he had already extracted from Naruto's soul? Was it just morbid curiosity to see what Naruto had done without him? Did he think somehow that they could try to become friends again after everything that had happened?

Naruto was exhausted. And he was angry, but mostly at himself. After everything that bastard had done for him, how could he still feel what he had at the mere sight of him? When he had seen Sasuke standing there, looking at him, with that smirk... everything that Naruto had tried to bury had come flooding back. After all that had happened, how could he still want the man who had crushed him? How could he still care about the rumors he had heard about Sasuke's drinking problem? Why couldn't he just let it go? And the worst thing was that he knew he couldn't. He was going to go back to their company. He would still force himself to sell it. This wouldn't be permanent. But he couldn't resist the opportunity to spend just a little more time with Sasuke. And even now, in the calm and privacy of his own home, he knew exactly where this was likely to lead and he knew it was a stupid and self-destructive path.

But when had anything about their relationship been logical? It had always been obsessive and explosive and irresistible. Jiraya had been wrong. He was not ready to be back in Japan. He should have stayed in Spain.

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TBC..

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Cr: NaruLove11
Dt - 09/11/2023 - 09:17
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