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After meeting my family, Hinata and I started dating, and we had been together for almost 6 months now. It was great, we were happy, and everything seemed to be going fine, well as fine as it could be.

"What did you say?" I could not believe Hinata could say something like that.

"I just...I didn't say she did the right thing, Sasuke," she pleaded. "I just said t-that I understand why she did it." She replied in a small voice, while she avoide my glare.

She knew very well how much Sakura had hurt me, then why would she say that. There is nothing that could justify what she did.

I turned to leave the room, not wanting to look at her, and also not wanting to say something to her in anger that I'll regret later.

"W-wait! Where are y-" I shut the door before she could finish the sentence and walked away from my apartment.

In the past six months we had grown really comfortable around each other. It should have been surprising, but I guess we had traveled together so many times now that it was easy for us to be around one another.

I couldn't admit this aloud, but I never thought I would have something like this again, especially with a girl like Hinata. She was completely different than anyone I had ever met. I thought I had learned my lesson, that I would never fall for someone again, never let someone have the power to hurt me again. But, somehow, Hinata came up in my blindspot, and before I knew it, things were changing. More than anything I could think of, there was one thing I was thankful for, and that was meeting Hinata. But now, I was afraid that even she would end up hurting me in the end, just like Sakura.

It was still a sore subject to talk about my past relationship. Sure, I had spoken to Naruto, but there was still a strain between us that I didn't want. He was the closest friend I had ever had, and I had known his feelings for Sakura. He had even asked me when things got sour between me and Sakura. It wasn't his fault he was swept into Sakura's selfishness. Whatever had happened was between me and Sakura. She was the one that decided to leave me. She was the one who wanted to end things because, in her words I wasn't what she wanted, what she had hoped for. What a way to make a guy feel worse after leaving him.

But that should have been in the past, yet why does the thought of her still irritate me. I should be over her, and way past this shit. But then why?

Looking around, I realized I had walked out on the sidewalk for a while because I was farther than my apartment. Breathing a sigh, I decided to go back since my anger had dissipated a little after walking for more than an hour. It was confusing and frustrating why I still let that woman bother me, but maybe it was the thought that what she said was true. Maybe I wasn't good enough, and maybe Hinata would realize that too.

"Sasuke!" At the sound of my name I turned to see Hinata running towards me. I frowned in confusion at seeing her, but it was amusing watching her run with such a determined look. She kept running without slowing down, and before I could move out of the way, she crashed into me. It was hard keeping my balance, but somehow I managed to not fall while Hinata clung to me.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to make you upset when I said that. I don't exactly know what happened between you two but I know what she did was wrong. She hurt you, and...and it just bothered me that you were still...that she was still able to affect you. B-but I know-" She was just rambling at this point so I shut her up by poking her forehead. She looked scared but her face broke out in a smile when she saw me smirk. It was hard staying mad at her for long. And this hadn't been our first fight either so we knew how to settle our arguments, at least so far.

That night, when we got back to my apartment, I made a decision.

"I'm going to talk to Sakura." I stated while eating dinner.

"W-what!" Hinata almost spat out the water she was drinking.

"You're right. Sakura...I still feel angry towards her, and I don't want to feel anything for her, even if it's negative. I just want..." I couldn't explain it but hopefully Hinata understood.

"You want closure." She smiled.

"Yeah, I guess." I shrugged. "But where am I going to find her? I don't want to have to call Naruto and ask him for his wife. That'll be weird." I thought of where I could find Sakura and talk to her.

"W-well," Hinata laughed nervously, "I might be able to h-help you with that."

"How?" I frowned.

"She actually, um...works in the same hospital as me." She spoke the last part quickly but I was able to catch every word of it.

"What?"

"She's been working there for the past year." Hinata avoided eye contact.

"Wait a minute."

"She even w-works in my department." Her voice continued to shrink.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Hinata looked away but did not answer. She had a blush growing on her cheeks which meant it had to be something embarrassing.

"Hinata," I said slowly, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I don't know." She shrugged.

"Really?" I said sarcastically as she eyed me from the corner of her eyes.

"Fine," she sighed, "I was...I w-was afraid you hadn't...you hadn't gotten over her." She looked away.

"Hinata..." I was surprised to hear her say that.

"Y-you never want to talk about her, and...and she's really pretty."

"Hinata-"

"She's a doctor now."

"That doesn't-"

"And everyone thinks she's amazing."

"Hinata, stop it." She stayed quiet. "Are you...are you jealous of her?" I asked hesitantly, not wanting to offend her.

"No..." She looked away again. I could tell she was lying.

"Look, I don't care how she looks and what she's become, and you shouldn't either. She's in my past...I just have to talk to her to get some things straight."

"Ok." Hinata observed me for a minute before nodding her head and going back to her food, but not before stealing a bite from mine. She always said she wasn't a fan of tomatoes, but she always stole some from my plate during dinner. I smirked at her as she blushed and smiled while eating the cherry tomato.

This was ridiculous. It was stupid. How did I ever come up with this idea.

I was currently sitting in the courtyard outside of the hospital, holding my cup of coffee, thinking of ways to back out of what I was about to do. Hinata had told me when Sakura's shift would end, and I felt like a stalker showing up at her work unannounced like this. But what other option did I have to talk to her. And in all honesty, I did not want Naruto to know that I was planning to meet his wife. This was between me and her, and I did not want the blond idiot trying to interject when he was not a part of it.

As I sat on the bench in the afternoon, I thought back to a time when me and Sakura were still together. Years had passed, and I still try to figure out what had gone wrong. I always tried to figure out what the exact moment was where things began to change, but I could never come up with anything. Everything was the same from my side as it had been from the beginning, which was why Sakura's decision had blindsided me. Was she not happy? Did she feel like that from the beginning? If so then why hadn't she said anything?

I couldn't help but remember how Sakura had ended things between us, but it didn't matter now because things could never go back to the way they were, and I was happy with that. But there was something that was holding me back from moving on, and I could feel it.

"Sasuke, is that you?" I turned my head at the sound of my name. Sakura was walking out of the building and towards me with a bright smile on her face.

Taking a deep breathe, I decided to get this over with.

"Hello, Sakura. Can we talk?"