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Authors note - Our final chapter of Model Behaviour. Can you believe I've actually finished this story? I'm absolutely disappointed in my last chapter so I really hope this one makes up for it. I apologize for the absence...school is taking so much out of me this year. Again, I thank every single one of you that read, reviewed, gave suggestions, helped, and encouraged me to write. Without you guys this story would still be rotting. Also, the amazing talented Shearis (who happens to be my best friend ever and a major inspiration for life in general) drew two more fanarts for this fanfiction! The links are in my profile, so please take a look at them. (Because her artwork kicks ass!) So here we go (drumroll) the final chapter!

Sakura was unsure if Sasuke felt the same way; but from the moment the police had left the two of them alone, time stood still. Though she was completely conscious of every action that took place within the next two weeks, she felt like she was on pause while the rest of the world carried on like nothing had even happened. Few things from that night are vague. She faintly remembers Kakashi wrapping his arms around them while he silently cried. Her parents looking confused and were shocked to hear all that had happened from Rin while Kakashi comforted the children. The police and doctors poking and pulling at the two of them. Giving them new clothes that didn't fit them and checking their blood pressure as they drove quickly to the hospital.

Nothing else from that night could be remembered after she entered the bright hospital hallways.

She only then remembers awaking the next afternoon with an IV in her wrist and a feeding tube in her mouth. Sakura was horrified by the discovery and reached to remove the IV from her body until a cold, pale hand stopped her.

"Don't". Sasuke said in a soft voice. "This will help you get better".

"I must look like a wreck, having this thing in me..." She pointed to the feeding tube. "Is there a mirror nearby?"

Sasuke released her hand and pulled out a small hand-mirror from her purse that she figured had been brought to the hospital after she was admitted by Rin.

"Oh I do look like a wreck!" She poked at the feeding tube. "They're going to make me wear this even after I get out! I bet you anything they will."

"You don't look like a wreck." Sasuke said in his usual soft voice.

"Of course I do! Sasuke you idiot, look at me. I look so ugly. My hair is disgusting, as if it's never been washed, my skin is extremely oily. I'm disgustingly fat, too. I must've gained weight! Oh Sasuke, I haven't been in here long enough for me to gain weight, have I?! I can't gain any weight, I won't be able to fit my clothes anymore, and I---"

Sasuke cut her off. "Sakura, you are beautiful."

She sat on his words in a near awkward silence while small tears ran down his face. "You don't need to lie to me."

"I'm not. You are beautiful. Since I met you, I thought you were."

Sakura turned a pale shade of pink from blushing and sighed. "You're delusional."

"No. That's you." He stood up from his hard chair, brushed some loose strands away from her face and then kissed her forehead. "You made a deal with me Sakura, I want you to go through with this. Before I killed Orochimaru, you seemed happy to recover. What changed it?"

She nodded. "I can't be fat again...I don't want to gain all that weight back."

"Annoying." Sasuke muttered in an irritated tone. "Starving yourself doesn't make you a better person, happier, smarter, not even better looking. You're a model, aren't you? Being underweight and then taking pictures promotes this to others. Do you want to do that?"

"No, but..."

"Recover Sakura. Be happier, smarter, and a better role model."

The trials against Orochimaru seemed to last forever. Even if it was a quickly resolved case, the few trails she attended and having to repeat the events she went through did not make her feel comfortable. The feeding tube that was still in her body at every event, made her feel even more uncomfortable as she would notice the few stares and whispers people of the jury and audience would give her. Every trial she attended threw all the mistakes she made back in her face. Asking her if she knew what had happened was wrong and why in her right mind did she not report them. Sasuke was given the exact same trails, but Orochimaru's lawyer seemed to give him more of the guilt trip while Sakura was pointed out to more of an idiot.

"You're telling me that Miss Haruno wanted to report and you persuaded her to not to?"

Questions like that carried on for weeks.

It enraged Sakura almost more than anything to see that someone would actually attempt to defend a rapist and drug dealer.

Finally, the end trial came. She was frightened beyond belief. Afraid that she and Sasuke would only be seen for their use of drugs and stupidity on not reporting him and that prison would soon await them instead of finding Orochimaru guilty.

Sakura held her breath the entire time the jury came back out to the courtroom. Her lungs and heart ached from lack of energy. Why did they have to take so long? Slowly, the woman replied and in a firm voice said what they thought Orochimaru was.

Guilty.

All the air she held, was released from her body and tears came from her eyes as she jumped into Sasukes arms and laughed while crying with joy.

"Consider yourselves lucky." Said Kakashi as he wrapped his arms around them both into a bone crushing hug. "Very stupid, but lucky."

"What do we do now?" Sakura whispered, still in disbelief that their issues with Orochimaru were finally finished.

"You two can finally live happily ever after?" Kakashi joked, nudging Sasuke in the ribs.

Sakura smiled softly. Happy ever after seemed like a perfect idea at the moment.

Eight months later.

"Are you sure you don't want a larger piece, Sakura?" Rin raised an eyebrow as she finished placing the small piece of chicken onto the plate. "I'm sure you'll want something to eat that actually has taste after all of that horrible hospital food."

Kakashi looked away from Kyoko. "Rin...she just got out of recovery. Feeding her larger bits will still take some time."

Sakura stared down at the meal Rin just finished putting on her plate. She had only been out of the hospital for a few weeks and this dinner was some way for Rin and Kakashi to celebrate. Though she was grateful for the meal Rin had worked hard to cook, she was not in the mood to eat at all.

"Oh Sakura, you look so beautiful now that you have some weight on you. Your pretty green eyes sparkle again." Rin said happily as she set down the pan and took a seat next to her husband. "And Sasuke, you look to be in such a better move now that we've taken care of your issue." Rin sighed happily and picked up some rice with her chopsticks.

Sasuke returned a weak smile to Rin.

"Your social life isn't a mess is it, Sakura?" Kakashi asked.

She pursed her lips together for a moment and thought hard on the question. "Hard to say." She replied. "Almost everybody is supportive and is trying to make sure I eat and feel comfortable where I am. A few boys like to make jokes out of it...that hurts me at times." Sakura took a drink before continuing. "The girls aren't better themselves. They're just as bad as the boys. Watching me with dark eyes and making comments when I want to be alone or a sigh when I'm eating...or even if I do finish my entire meal. When the next 'High School Scandal' arrives, I'll be ecstatic."

"I'm sorry to hear that." Kakashi said softly before returning to his meal.

Sakura picked up her own set of chopsticks. A little hesitant to start eating. Meals still weren't exactly enforced in her house. With parents never being home, her life concluded of a fend for herself these days. It was only on dinners with Sasuke and his family did she actually eat normally. The meal was good. Rin was right, she did enjoy having food with actual flavor when she ate.

"Excuse me, please." Sakura smiled leaving the table after he dinner was done.

"Where are you going?" Sasuke asked, a prying hint to his tone.

Sakura turned pink and faced him. "To use the bathroom."

In the bathroom, Sakura locked the door and spent the first few moments in the bathroom with her shirt lifted up to her small breasts. Her hand rubbed up and down her stomach. It was growing. Large and larger as the weeks passed on. Deep down in her heart she was sure that people were whispering about it since it was so obvious. She sighed and tugged her shirt down to cover her stomach and pulled the hair tie off of her wrist and began to pull her hair back into a sloppy ponytail.

She turned on the water to the sink and bent down in front of the toilet.

Deep breathing took place before she tilted her head backwards and muttered under her breath, "Do it...!" She slowly put her head back down and lowered her body closer to the toilet. She took her pointer finger and stuck it down her throat. Further and further her finger went until she purged every ounce of food out of her body. It took several tries before the food was entirely out, but Sakura was pleased with the new feeling that overcame her stomach.

Once finished she flushed the toilet and rinsed her mouth clean with the mouthwash under the sink. Her eyes were watery and she looked like she had been crying. "That wasn't so hard, was it?" She said to her reflection after she finished drying up her eyes. Sakura brushed her mouth once more just to be safe, and then headed back downstairs to join Sasuke.

This time, she was determined to keep this secret stronger.

Authors note - I can't write endings to save my life, now can't I? I'm really sorry that the ending chapter is a very short one, but I've been so busy this school-year that I could hardly find the time to write fuller details. So I know this is a highly unsatisfying ending and it does give you a bit of a cliffhanger, but I wanted to go away from the "Happily Ever After" finale.

Expect another eating disorder fiction sometime soon! If you have some form of a Naruto-verse eating disorder story you'd like to see, feel free to PM with what you'd like to see next so I can satisfy the readers better.

Thank you for reading