I woke up the next morning from the sound of Ino yelling at someone? I imagined it was just probably Itachi but since when did she ever yell at him and liked that? I slowly stood up from my bed and walked towards the door, opening it just a crack.

"Oh and you think you're Mr. fucking perfect? Well let me tell you one thing, you're not and you never will be because you're an arrogant asshole that only cares for himself." Ino hissed, the words spatting out like venom. I let out a heavy sigh, she was yelling at Sasuke, those were the only words the blonde would use to describe him. My chest tightened and I could feel my heart strings busting with every second knowing he was just a few feet away from me. It had been a few months since everything happened and I still couldn't sleep at night without crying. "She fucking cared for you and look how you repaid her, I swear if Itachi wasn't holding me back-"

"Ino, that's enough." Itachi's voice overpowered hers and there was silence.

"Thanks for finally shutting her up." Sasuke's voice sent a jolt through my body, I felt dizzy and leaned against the wall, he, he didn't sound the same. His voice was filled with hate and sadness, I wanted to run out there and slap him, give him a piece of my mind and then have Ino throw him out the door but I couldn't even find the strength to move anymore. "Tsk, annoying girl." He spoke again and I couldn't feel the glare Ino was giving him.

"Why are you here?" Ino whispered menacingly.

"I'm here to talk to Sakura." I gasped, he wanted to speak to me? I looked down at my attire, I had been sleeping in a pair on Itachi's old pajamas, I couldn't let Sasuke see me like this!

"Like hell you are!" I stopped getting dressed hearing Ino's frightening yell echo throughout the house. "I told you yesterday to stay away from her. You didn't see the state YOU put her in, and it killed me to see her like that and I don't want to ever see her like that again." I continued dressing while listening closely. "Especially not because of you again, do you understand that? Not leave my house, now." Ino's last words caused me to run out of the room.

I couldn't think when I saw Sasuke standing there, his arms crossed on his chest with that amusing smirk on his lips. So speechless and scared I stood there fighting myself to say anything to him. This whole time I thought I had figured out everything I was going to say to him when we met again but now all those words were lost on my tongue.

"Sakura," Ino spoke, her tone light. I just looked at her, my eyes wide with tears streaming down my cheeks. Her face made me feel even worse about the whole situation, this was what she was trying to keep me from, she knew how I would react to seeing Sasuke so suddenly; that's why she was my best friend, she knew everything about me, how I thought and felt.

"Sakura," Sasuke's voice crashed on me like a weight. I slowly turned to him with my eyes averted to the ground, how could I look him in the eyes? If I didn't I might have broken down. "Can we go somewhere quiet to talk?" His tone didn't change from when he spoke to Ino, it was still harsh and full of hate.

Before I could answer him the door opened, and Itachi's two friends from before walked in, confused with the scene before them. Itachi was still holding Ino back when she broke free and stood besides me, placing a hand on my shoulder. When I saw her face, I had made my decision.

"No," I spoke, still avoiding Sasuke's eyes. "You need to leave." He didn't budge and it took everything I had to speak to him.

"I need to talk to you." He took a step closer and Ino stepped in between us. "Sakura, come on, stop being like this."

"She asked you the leave." I stared in shock at the red head that walked through the door. He had a serious look on his face while Sasuke just laughed.

"This doesn't deal with any of you, now leave us alone." Sasuke pushed Ino away and cupped my chin. I didn't know how to react with everything that was going on, I felt my eyes start to tear up and my heart was beating out of my chest and everything was hazy.

"Get away from her you brat." Ino slapped his hand away. "And get out of my house."

"You're an annoying bitch, as always." Sasuke's words spat out and it probably effect me more than it did to Ino. "I don't understand why my brother even bothers with you anymore." I could see the uneasy expression on Itachi's face, he didn't know how to react to any of this either. I knew he wanted to defend Ino but it was Sasuke we were dealing with Ino and I both know Itachi would pick Sasuke over anything but all of this was something different.

I turned back to Sasuke and I saw Ino's fist punched his face, sending to the ground groaning in pain. I gasped in shock and out of instinct ran to Sasuke's side to check if he was okay, only to be pulled away by Sasori. I turned to him and realized what I had did and relaxed. His hand griping firmly but gently on my arm made me feel a little relaxed. I felt lost as I stared down at Itachi helping Sasuke up from the ground and Ino yelling at him now to. Everything had happened too fast for me and when my eyes met those dark orbs I was so used to looking at everyday, I ran.

I turned away and jerked my arm out of Sasori's grip and ran out the door. I could hear Ino yelling back at me, I didn't know if I wanted them to follow me, I didn't know if I wanted to be alone, for the first time in a long time I felt hopeless and didn't know what to do. I had always stuck at Sasuke's side when we were younger, he was the person I ran too when I needed help but now, now there was nothing.

And Ino had just punched the guy I love because he called her a bitch, I couldn't talk to her either. She would just tell me how stupid I was for still even caring about Sasuke.

I just wanted someone to tell me something I wanted to hear but the truth was, I wanted to hear that he needs me, wanted me, loves me. I wanted to hear all of that, not the opposite.

I kept running until my legs screamed to give up, but I didn't want too. I found myself at an old park and sat down behind a bush. I brought my knees close to my chest and burred my head in them. What was I going to do?

I spent a few hours in silence before I heard quiet footsteps walking towards my direction. I peaked my head over the bush but quickly went back down seeing Sasori walking around.

"I saw you." He stated, his sudden words scaring me. "I saw that pink hair from a mile away." He joked but I didn't hear a laugh come from his mouth. "I saw you almost an hour ago." I peaked again and saw him now sitting down on a bench near me.

"If that's so, why didn't you bother me then?" I could hear the attitude in my own voice.

"You needed time to yourself, but I got bored." My eyes narrowed. "Ino begged me to look for you after Itachi took his brother away." He stood up and walked towards me and leaned over the bush. "That Sasuke guy is pretty crazy huh?" He muttered a sorry after I shot him a look, displeased I stood up and placed a hand on my hip.

"I wish I knew what was going through his head." I sighed. Even after the few hours I had to myself, I still didn't know what to do. I love Sasuke and I knew somewhere deep down he loves me just as much, like when we were younger, what was so different now?

"You know people get tired of the same thing, maybe he just needs his time away?" Sasori's bluntness didn't help. "You should do the same thing." He gave me a smirk and I blushed knowing what he was getting at. "Maybe if he sees you with someone else he'll change his mind?"

"Someone else? Sasuke won't believe it, he knows I'm madly in love with him."

"Not if he sees it a lot." My heart skipped a beat as Sasori walked and stood in front of me. His hand gentle placed on my cheek and the touched my hair. His smiled appeared when I felt the blush on my face deepen. I was mesmerized by his big chocolate colored eyes, I couldn't look away and he didn't break eye contact with me neither. "I'd be glad to help you, but I wouldn't want to see you go back to that guy." When he pulled away it felt like he took my heart with him. "I would want you all to myself, do you realize how beautiful you are?"

"Stop talking like that!" I retorted with the blush still burning on my cheeks. "I'm in love with Sasuke." I told him looking away from his eyes, I felt hurt telling him that. Why did he make me feel like this? I know nothing about him but I feel like I've known him for so long.

"Are you really? Or is your love for him shallow?" He touched my hair again with a soft glare on his face. "Love is a strange thing, it can change in an instant."

"Stop it," I pushed him away with a few tears dripping down my face. "I can't hear this right now." I cried out. I was hurting on the inside because I knew what he said was the truth but I did love Sasuke, I knew that much and even if his loved changed for me it can change back in an instant.

"What happened with you too?" My heart stopped for a split second. "There's something else to this isn't there?" He pulled me into the trees and turned me around.

"W-what are you doing? Hey, stop that!" I protested as he quickly tore up my shirt and then fell to the ground crying. Crying not because of Sasori but because of what I had been hiding from everyone, my back was bruised an ugly purple brown, there was a few cuts here and there but it was nothing to serious, at least not for me. "Stop looking!" I quickly stood up and pushed him away from me.

"When did he do that to you?" I shook my head not wanting to answer his question. "Sakura, answer me." He spat out with an anger filled voice and eyes. I didn't want to answer he didn't need to know the answer. "If you don't tell me, I'll call Ino right now and tell her."

"No! She'll go crazy, please don't tell her!"

"Then tell me Sakura," I flinched when he said my name with such hate.

"I saw him a few weeks ago while without Ino knowing! Please don't tell her, she'll be so disappointed in me." I cried harder and fell onto him, gripping his shirt and staining it with my tears. "I didn't know what to do, I didn't want anyone to know. He didn't mean to, he was drunk and angry at-"

"At you?"

"No, at other things. I'm telling you the truth he didn't mean it. That's probably why he showed up today, to talk about that!"

"I can't believe that Sakura," I looked up at him, my eyes wide in shock and filled with tears.

"You don't know him and you don't know me! I wouldn't like about this." I punched his chest accidentally and he grunted in pain. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that!" I cried out again and pulled myself away from him. "Sasuke has never landed a wrong hand on me before, he's not like that." I whimpered out.

"Then why would he do it now?"

"Because he was drunk out of his mind, that's why." With every word I scream at Sasori the tears just came out harder.

"No," He pulled me by my wrist and hugged me. I was hysterical but when my body touched his and his body heat rubbed off on me and the smell of him, calmed me down. I let out small whimpers and cries, but he never loosened his hold on me, he protected me form everything around us. "I don't like him if he puts you in this much pain."

"You don't know him."

"I don't need to, and I don't need to know you to tell you that I care about you."

My cries soon faded away and I walked with Sasori back to Ino's place. He still wanted me to tell her about the bruises but I just couldn't. Ino is like a very over protective sister to me, if she ever found out about that she would kill Sasuke literally and then never talk to me again because I let this happen. We were silent while we walked and it pleased me, his company was all that mattered to me at this moment.

We stopped outside of Ino's door and he turned to me, his soft expression sent butterflies into my stomach and made my heart flutter.

"I'm going to come back tomorrow," He leaned down and kissed my forehead gently. "Be ready by 2, okay?" I nodded my head with a blush on my cheeks. I watched him walk away until the door was yanked opened and Ino ran out to me, making us both fall to the floor, I let out a loud groan of pain when my back hit the floor.

"Sakura, where did you run off too? I was so fucking worried about, please don't ever run off like that again, I thought I was going to have a heart attack!" She hugged my tighter, sending a pain down my back.

"I'm fine Ino, Sasori found me and we talked for awhile and he walked me back." I reassured her with a smile. I swore to her I won't run away like that, but I felt horrible see her relieved expression and when she said she was glad I was okay but I wasn't, I was hiding something from her that I knew would hurt her as much as it hurt me.