Forgiveness (SasuSaku AU)

Chapter 10 ~ Sakura's Pain

I did it.

I actually did.

I ended everything that has ever been between me and Sasuke. For good. I'm finally free from all the heartache. That's what I wanted for so long.

But how come I'm still hurting? How come I'm not nearly feeling as free and relieved as I imagined I would?

I always knew it would hurt, but this is completely different. It hurts in a way I can't explain, even though I hated him for so long, hated him for what he did to me and despised him especially for how he made me feel. I was so broken. I was balling my eyes out every night.

Thinking of everything we had and how he shattered all of that. How he just threw it away. I was broken and I didn't care if he tried to find me afterwards, I didn't care about him constantly calling Ino, trying to contact me.

Right, Ino.

She was the one who helped me out of the hole I kept myself in. She was the one that helped me live without him. She was the one that made me smile again. She was, is and always will be my best friend. I remember that day so clearly, the day I told her about what happened.

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Ring.

The blonde went to open the door and was met by Sakura.

"I was sleeping fore-" she was crushed into a hug by her best friend, concern quickly washed over her as she heard her sob.

"What happened, sweetie?" she said, while rubbing her back and slowly leading them into her apartment, due to the cold of the night that was roaming outside.

After a while of hugging, Sakura let go of Ino and sniffled. The blonde woman made tea for the both of them and then they sat down in her living room.

"What happened?"

Sakura breathed in and out, trying to calm down. She wanted to tell Ino, to just let it out. In movies they always said that it helped, but right now she was doubting it, it was so hard to tell her without breaking down before getting even a word out.

She exhailed again and then started "Sasuke... the rumours... were true." her voice cracked, but she pulled herself together. "He cheated on me." And that was as far as she could go at the time, she broke down again, sobbing as Ino hugged her from the side. A few tears left Ino's eyes, since she couldn't bare to see her best friend like this. It hurt her so much to see her like this. But right now she also had something else on her mind. Someone to be exact.

"That bastard." she mumbled under her tears, while hugging Sakura even tighter.

After a while they, once again, let go of each other and Ino was now curious as to what exactly happened. "Sakura I really don't want to push you, so you don't have to answer, but are you really sure he did that, I mean how did you find out?"

Sakura sighed, wiping her tears away. "Well, he came home at about four in the morning, I then asked him where he went, but he... he reacted rather aggressive and cold. I w-wanted answers so I... I asked him if he cheated on me. A-and he... he..." she couldn't bring the words out, not fully believing it herself yet.

"What did he do?" Ino had a slight idea, what he might have done, due to Sakura's trailing voice, but she didn't want to believe it was true. She wanted to hear it from Sakura first.