Chapter 1

It had been almost a year, and everything seemed to be completely fine. However, both Kakashi and Sakura's bad temper had finally brought out the worst in the two people. Finally breaking the last nerve they had. The argument itself had been over something so trivial, normally it would have been sorted by the sliver-haired man launching himself at the girl's lips, preventing her from shouting at him. That did the trick, and more often than not, they always seemed to find themselves in bed. A lot had changed between them; Sakura was comfortable enough to be more intimate with him, and seeing as she had turned 18 a few months previous, nothing really got in the way anymore, despite Kakashi's hesitation at first.

However, it had mainly come down to Sakura moving out of her parents house, and into an apartment closer to her college and only a five minute walk to Kakashi's house. It had seemed that after summer, the Haruno family's hard work and determination paid off, and one way or another they had enough money for both Sakura and her mother to stop working. So, the pinkette took the opportunity to buy a small one bedroom apartment, just outside the centre of the city.

It had started when the girl had moved in, after spending so much time there; Kakashi's clothes and various other belongings just appeared everywhere. So, that's how it began, with a "WHY DO YOU LEAVE YOUR CRAP EVERYWHERE?"

Then a; "I'M SORRY THAT MY CRAP ANNOYS YOU SAKURA, BUT HOW ABOUT INSTEAD OF SHOUTING AT ME MAYBE YOU COULD JUST ASK, OR IS THAT NOT POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU?'

"POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME, WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? AND I DID ASK, BUT YOU'RE TOO BUSY READING YOUR FUCKING PORN TO LISTEN TO ME!"

"OH, SWEARING NOW, HOW INTELLECTUAL, I'M GLAD THAT I'M WITH SOMEONE SO ARTICULATE, THAT THEY HAVE TO USE SWEAR WORDS TO PROVE A POINT!"

"WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE WITH ME THEN, IF I'M SO TERRIBLE!"

"FINE, I COME GET MY CRAP LATER!"

With that, the silver-haired man stormed out of the place, returning only to collect his things. That had been a month ago, and she hadn't spoken or seen him since.

"Oh come on forehead I know you really liked him, but honestly this isn't healthy!"

The pinkette sighed, putting her feet up on the coffee table; she replied reluctantly; "What are you talking about..?"

"You haven't left the house in like a week!"

"Idiot, of course I have. I've got college to go to."

"No, I mean out, out" the blonde girl shouted, throwing her arms above her head.

"Whatever." Sakura sighed.

"GET DRESSED!"

"No."

"FINE, I'LL DRESS YOU MYSELF!"

After 15 minutes of struggling, screaming and outright inappropriate touching. Ino had managed to dress her friend, and drag her into the mall.

"Why are we here?" Sakura droned.

"Because you need to go outside" the blonde replied automatically. "Hey look! It's Hinata!" Taking her friend tightly by the hand, she called over to her friend, and all three were joined together in a matter of moments.

"Hello, h-how are you feeling Sakura-chan?"

"I'm fine, thanks for asking..."

"Oh-Okay, well I'm here if you need anything..."

"Yeah, thanks."

It wasn't a moment later that a small pair of arms wrapped themselves around the pink-haired girl's waist, followed by a little squeal of excitement and a giggle.

"SAKURA!"

It only took the girl a moment to realise who this person was; Asuka. Knowing that whatever this little girl saw of her, she would undoubtedly tell Kakashi, Sakura put on her best smile and turned around to laugh joyfully at the girl's attack.

"Asuka! I haven't seen you in so long, how are you?"

"I'm gooood! I'm in town with my mommy!"

A wave of relief washed over Sakura, she's with her mother, not Kakashi. She had done well so far to avoid him, knowing that it was the only way she was going to get over him.

"How nice, are you having fun?"

The brunette nodded furiously; "But, I need to ask something Sakura!"

"Oh, okay shoot?"

"Why don't you and Kakashi ever see each other? I thought that you were going to have lots of babies and get married and live happily ever after?"

Grimacing, the pinkette bent down so she was at eye level with the little girl; "Well, sometimes people like us, who were really close, sometimes they just drift apart."

"Well why!"

"It just happens, honestly it's no one's fault!" she waved her hands in front of her.

"Will you ever see each other again?"

"Asuka, that isn't up to me, but I don't think so..."

"So I won't ever see you again, and then we can't bake or play dress up, or watch lots of princess movies!"

"Asuka, of course we can do all of that stuff is, you know where I live, and I'm sure if you ask K-Kakashi" the pink-haired girl hesitant to say his name "I'm sure he'd be more than happy to give you my phone number!"

The tears that had begun to swell at the corners of the little girl's eyes, were wiped away, by a now much happier Asuka.

"OKAY!"

"Don't worry, Asuka, we can still be friends..."

"Yeah!" The brunette turned around to see her now very angry mother, scowling over at her; "But I need to go now, bye bye."

Sakura waved as the girl ran away to take her mother's had, who she then through an apologetic expression at. Her mother, smiled and they walked off together, leaving the pinkette to her foul mood once more.

"I was beginning to thing Kakashi was here." Ino interrupted.

"Me too." She sighed.

It had been a long day for the girl when she finally got home; it seemed that Ino had planned to meet with Hinata to have a talk with Sakura about how she was taking it all. Thankfully, it had all gotten through, and now the old girl she was before this was beginning to emerge once more. First of all, the pinkette cleaned her apartment, organising everything, and in the process found several belongings of Kakashi's. She put them in a box, and decided that she would take them to him. Then, she would out to buy some food; just some basic things, milk, eggs, bread. Finally, after a week, the girl had managed to gain a bit of weight. So, she took it upon herself to start cooking her own food and lunch boxes for school, and then to try a bit of exercise every so often.

With that, she left the house, Kakashi's box in hand, ready to take it on the way to the supermarket. As she got closer and closer to where he lived, her heart began racing and however much she wanted to run away, she knew that this was the only way to get over him completely.

Knocking on the door was the first milestone, and god did it feel good to be in control again. She could hear the footsteps approaching the door, but nothing would have prepared her for who answered it. A young woman, who looked to be a few years older than Sakura, starred intensely at her, but the pinkette just couldn't speak. At first she thought she had the wrong house, but after asking she definitely hadn't;

"Oh- uhm well I have some of his things, so I thought I would return them."

The woman took the box with a force and hissed; "You're Sakura, aren't you?"

"Y-yes."

"You ruined him you know!"

"W-what?"

"You heard me! You broke his heart, and you're leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces!"

"I-I didn't, you don't think that I-I'm not also hurt because of this!"

"Oh whatever, you cold-hearted bitch, I'm sure you're just here to hurt him again for good measure!"

"N-no I came here to return his stuff, I wouldn't do something like that!"

"I think you need to leave!" The woman shouted now right in Sakura's face.

"I was going to!" The pinkette half shouted back, before storming away, with her arms folded across her chest. The girl starred down at her feet, there were two things that were now clear; Kakashi has a girlfriend, and secondly she had it out for Sakura.

It wasn't a moment later she walked into something large, but soft. She felt the thing grunt as she stormed head first into it, pulling back instantly she apologized.

"S-sakura?" a deep voice called.

Looking up she saw the exact person that she had neither expected nor wanted to see at this point;

"K-Kakashi!"

"What are doing here?"At this proximity the girl could smell the alcohol on his breath, and on closer inspection it seemed her hadn't shaved in a while.

"I came to return your stuff...a lady took it, uhm I'll be going now bye."

As the girl turned to leave, she felt a hand grab her arm, looking back, she saw the solemn expression that he was wearing;

"W-what are you doing now?"

"Shopping, but your girlfriend is waiting for you, you should probably go and see her..."

"She's not my girlfriend!" The man responded with a shout. "I mean, she thinks that- but I'm not- she's a friend!"

"O-okay but I still think you should go an-"

"Why?" He interrupted.

"W-why? Well she's worried obviously, so I wouldn't keep her waiting!"

The hand on her arm gripped tighter, and the man's eyes seemed to bore of whole into Sakura's skull; "I still- Sakura I still-"

"D-Don't!" the pinkette shouted. Pulling her arm away she turned again to begin walking; "I just- I really don't want to hear it, please."