Heart Strings

Wow, really?

Ino & Sakura~

Normally I would let certain things go, brushing it off as her being tired from her long hours of work, but I can't do it this time. I watched my cherry-top girlfriend talk to our friends, to everyone else it appears that she's being gracious and her normal jovial self, but since we woke up she's been avoiding me. Every moment I touched her she would flinch and move away to engage in some conversation with someone else, sighing I stood up and went to the bathroom.

"Maybe I'm imagining things." I whispered to myself. Biting my lip I headed for the bathroom, Naruto's house had too many halls luckily for me I practically lived here during the summer and was my hide out spot to get away from my parents. My pocket buzzed and I pulled out my cell phone, looking at the caller, my mother cursing I rejected the call. It wasn't that I was being defiant and ungrateful, it's the total opposite I love and I'm grateful for my parents and all they did, I just need something else, and I found it, in Sakura and as a Designer, but of course my parents don't approve. Finally reaching the bathroom door I yanked it open. Unfortunately it wasn't the bathroom. Before me Sai and Kabuto were intertwined in a sexually explicit way.

"Oh. My. God!" I shouted and marched in flick the lights on to see properly. Sai jumped up and wrapped the sheets around himself.

"Now Ino, I know this look-"

"I don't wanna hear it Sai, you bastard what the hell?!" I was furious Naruto is practically my brother.

"Explain Sai!" I shouted slamming the door. Kabuto turned a nasty shade of green before Sai pulled him close and soothed him, touching him in a tender and gentle way that was so different from how he touched Naruto. Then it clicked.

"Lemme guess, you both love each other and didn't have the balls to tell each other at the time and you both went into a relationship and thought: 'hey I do love that guy, but I don't want to hurt my current boyfriend.' Does that about sums it up?" I asked glaring at them both. Kabuto whimpered and Sai kissed his forehead and nodded.

"You guys are so melodramatic…good god! You will tell Naruto tonight!" I turned and left them and headed for the living room to Sakura to sort my problem out. Walking into the room I saw her on the far side chatting animatedly with Shino, Hinata and Kiba.

"Sakura! Come here!" I shouted grabbing her attention then I scowled to show my displeasure. She slipped on a mask of indifference and walked towards me, finally close enough I dragged her to the kitchen by her wrist, finally there she pulled her hand from my grasp.

"Ow, what do you want Ino?" She glared at me.

"Did I do something? You've been avoiding me all night." I asked searching her face for any reaction. I saw hurt.

"I don't know-" I grabbed her face and kissed her hard. Resisting at first she passively fought me, nibbling on her bottom lip I felt her relax then she slumped.

"You're leaving me…." She sobbed out. I pulled away and looked at her. I was confused. Where was I going, well I always follow my parents to the annual tea ceremony in the country.

"Where am I going? To Suna? Sakura I asked you to come, but you said you couldn't make it." I looked her tear streaked face.

"That's not what I'm talking about!" She pushed me away and walked back into the living room.

"Damn you woman!" I shouted and ran after her. Just then Sai and Kabuto walked in after me glaring I walked over to Sakura.

"Hun, come on we need to talk, please." I pleaded, I hate when she's sad, worse when it's something I did or said without knowing what I'm being punished for. Before she could respond Kiba shouted.