Happy Ending

This was done as request for a fic with NejiSaku for a pairing. I was listening to the song on the radio and decided it would work for this fic. Please let me know how I did!


“Look, Neji, it’s not like I don’t love you anymore or whatever. I do. It’s just…if things go on the way they are, I don’t think we can be together for much longer.” Haruno Sakura looked at her boyfriend for 4 years, Hyuuga Neji. They’d met in school, back in the days when Sakura actually attended class. It had been instant attraction. They began dating not long after. It was this way for 4 years, but lately, Neji had been…well…a little distant. He didn’t call when he said he would, he cancelled dates at the last second, and he just never seemed to have time for her anymore. It was in response to this that Sakura had finally decided to confront Neji.

“Sakura, I dunno what you’re whining about. I haven’t been spending any less time with you than I have in the beginning,” Neji stated plainly.


~*Let’s talk this over,
It’s not like we’re dead.
Was it something I did?
Was it something I said?*~


Sakura bit her lip in frustration. Either he was being an incredibly stupid jackass, or he pretended not to understand her. Sakura opted for the latter. “Yes, you fucking well do know what I’m talking about. Stop giving me the dumbass look. We spend as much time with each other as when we started, but how much of that time is ALONE now? We always hang out with your friends now, at the arcade, or the bar, we never have anytime away from them. What’s wrong? And don’t say nothing, because I know it’s something,” Sakura’s voice was strong, harsh even. But inside, she was trembling. What would he say? How would he answer?


~* Don’t leave me hangin’
In a city so dead.
Held up so high
On such a breakable thread. *~


“Sakura…” Neji turned to look at her straight in the eye. “Let’s break up. If that’s how you feel, I’m sure you don’t want to drag this out. I don’t, either.”


~* You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be. *~


|| 4 Years Ago ||
“Class, this is Hyuuga Neji. He just transferred in, and will be in our class from now on. Let’s see..Hyuuga…You can go sit next to Haruno Sakura,” Kakashi-sensei pointed to the spot on the right of Sakura. ‘If you have any questions, feel free to ask her. Sakura, please show Neji around the school and help him get settled.”

Sakura stared at the boy sitting next to her. Long dark hair that reached down to the middle of his back was left untied, shimmering slightly in the light. His eyes were an unusual shade of purple, so light they were almost lilac. Three hoops adorned his left ear; Sakura could see a stud in his tongue as he looked at her and mouthed ‘hey’. She felt her cheeks heat up slightly.

“Hey,” she whispered back.

|| Present Day ||
Sakura stared at the back of Neji, the man who’d captured her heart with that one word. Where they were standing now was where Neji had first asked her out. When Sakura had squealed her consent and tossed her arms around him, he gently put his hand under her chin and tilted her face up for her first kiss. That had been one of the most memorable moments of her life. And now, it was only a memory, never to be reality again.

“I should also tell you something else,” he said, his voice almost lost against the wind. “I’m seeing Ino now.”


~* You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of our memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending. *~


|| 3 Years Ago ||
“Yo, Neji! Over here!” Uzumaki Naruto’s voice echoed through the lunch hall, drawing several curious glances and a couple of glares. Neji grinned. Naruto was always the center of attention, whether he wanted to be or not. His exuberance personality and innocent attitude always made Neji wonder: ‘Why would he be hanging out with us?’ It was no big secret at Konoha High that Naruto’s best friend, Uchiha Sasuke, was a playboy and a dealer. Neji himself was clean, but his attitude and looks often drove him towards the darker side of the school.

“So, man, I hear you’re dating the Haruno girl,” Akimichi Chouji mumbled through a stuffed mouth as Neji sat down. Chouji was famous for his weight and amazing appetite at Konoha High. Unsurprisingly, he was Sasuke’s ‘personal’ bodyguard. His bulk and absolute loyalty made him the perfect candidate to do so.

“You’re dating a girl? Sakura, no less? Man…this sucks. Girls are so troublesome, especially her,” Nara Shikamaru directed his comment at the window, through which he was staring at the clouds. ‘Man…if I could, I’d be out there right now. Don’t havta worry about girls, school, all the shit in life…” Shikamaru was the rumoured genius of Konoha High. His marks, however, sucked. The sole reason for this was because he was too lazy to pick up a pencil and take notes once in a while. Every test that he ever wrote were always in the 90’s. By looking at how much each test was worth, Shikamaru was able to calculate which tests he needed to write to keep from failing. He was partners with Sasuke in the whole scheme of things. If he wanted, he could have been the top dog, but he was simply too lazy.

“Hyuuga, do you have a place for the metting tonight?” Uchiha Sasuke spoke softly, everybody immediately quietening down to listen. Tonight was the big deal going down, a 100 kilo coke shipment was coming in via boat. They needed a dark, secluded harbour, small enough not to be noticed, but big enough to hold 7 cars and a motorcycle. There needed to be multiple getaways available, and far enough away from the city that if it came to shots, the police wouldn’t be called. Shikamaru came up with all the details, and Neji was in charge of finding a place to fit those requirements.

“Yeah, there’s a shallow streaming running up about an hour’s drive from Sand High. The school’s been abandoned, so there isn’t anyone living there. The deal is at 11 tonight, they’ll be there with 6 men and the supply. We have 15 people going, 2 in each car, except for the bike.”

“Our people will meet at Sand High at 9:30 tonight. Your partner will be Naruto. Take the Jag. Everyone else will be revealed when you get there tonight.” Sasuke stood up and walked outside, taking out his cell phone to make some arrangements with regards to who was going tonight.

Sakura was sitting with her friends at another table, staring at Neji whenever she thought he wouldn’t notice. Sure, they were going out now, but she insisted they kept it quiet. She was still a good-girl back in those days; straight A’s, proper uniform, and an occasional absence due to sickness. She knew what the guys were talking so seriously about, and she knew she shouldn’t be dating Neji. But how could she resist? He was the type of guy every girl dreamed about at least once, and had the body every girl lusted after.


~* You’ve got your dumb friends
I know what they say
They tell you I’m difficult
But so are they
But they don’t know me
Do they even know you?
All the things you hide from me
All the shit that you do. *~


|| Present Day ||
Have you ever…slept with her?” Sakura couldn’t stop her voice from cracking as she asked the question. Stupid choice, she knew. If he said no, she wouldn’t believe him. If he said yes, her soul would shatter. And yet, she knew if she didn’t ask, she would be forever plagued by the question.

“…No. I respected you enough to know the boundaries, Sakura. Please, at least give me credit for that much.” Neji turned his emotionless eyes towards her. How could they be so cold, so dead, after all they’ve shared?


~* You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be. *~


|| 3 Years Ago ||
Sakura stood in Neji’s bedroom, taking in her surroundings. The big king-sized be din the middle, the plain cream-coloured walls on all four sides. There was a huge stain-glass door that opened out to a beautiful balcony overlooking the back of the Hyuuga estate and a crystal-blue swimming pool. The Hyuugas were a very rich family.

Neji stepped into the room behind her, gently closing the door. The mansion was deserted; his parents were on a business trip to France. It was just the two of them. He took her hand and led her to the balcony, where the evening breeze swirled around her legs and through her candy-pink tresses. She put her hands on the marble railing, warmed by the sun. Neji put his arms around her waist, his chin resting on her shoulder.

“It’s beautiful, isn’t it,” he whispered softly against her ear.

It was. The setting sun washed the house with colors Sakura had never seen in her life. As she stood there, bathing in the warmth, she watched the walls around her turn from pale yellow to bright, fiery orange, to dark red. Finally, it dimmed to purple and lastly, dark navy blue. By the time Sakura broke out of her trance, she was shocked to see she had been standing on his balcony for almost 4 hours.

“Yeah, it happens to me too,” Neji chuckled into her hair, his arms still around her waist. “Sometimes, you just get lost in the beauty of the world, it’s easy to lose track of time.”

Sakura blushed. It had been too easy to forget the flow of time, to exist in the bubble that consisted of her and Neji alone. The chilly night air wrapped itself around Sakura’s bare arms, and she rubbed them, shivering. Neji smiled and led her back into his bedroom. “Sakura…I want you…” he murmured into the softness of her hair. Sakura stiffened instinctively, before relaxing. This was Neji; he woudn’t hurt her, never on purpose. She leaned into his embrace, twining her arms around his neck and pressing her breasts against him, feeling them flatten against his hard chest.

“I want you too,” she whispered.

Slowly, he brought his hands up to her head and tilted her back for a kiss. With his hands still in her hair, he removed the headband she always wore. When he broke the kiss to look at her, he smiled slightly at the sound of her hair all mussed up. Sakura narrowed her eyes and leaned in to tug his earrings. “Tease,” he breathed.

Her small hands found their way under his shirt, grasping the hem of it and pushing it up, inch by inch, exposing his hard chest to her gaze. She ran her fingernails lightly over his defined six-pack, drawing a slight shiver from him. The pink-fingernails continued their journey upwards, until they found his nipple. Gently, she scratched at them, and they quickly hardened under attention.

Sakura broke the kiss for a breath of air and to remove the rest of his shirt. Neji looked down at her hands on his chest and smirked. He put his hands on her hips, drawing her closer, and reached between her arms to draw down the zipper of the red dress she wore every day. He laid his lips on her collar bone, following the zipper don as it exposed her skin inch by delicate inch. When the dress was unzipped fully, he swirled his tongue around her bellybutton and slid his tongue back up to her throat.

His hands went to her shoulders, gently pulling the straps of the dress off her shoulders so it would fall to the ground around her feet. She stepped tentatively out of it, one of her arms crossed protectively over her chest. Neji could see the red strap of her bra and matching panties. He drew her close to himi, bodies fitting against each other as though they were molded that way. He wrapped his arms around her as she slid her hands around his waist, taking the chance to unbutton his black jeans. The heavy fabric hit the floor with a thud, and Neji stepped back out of them, taking Sakura with him.

Neji unfastened the clasp of her bra, and, breaking the kiss, stepped back to look at her. Flushed, panting, slightly pink, she looked just as he thought she would. Her breasts were full and firm, nipples taunt in desire. Her ribcage tapered to a narrow waste, flaring out to delicate hips. Her legs were long and well-defined, her feet small and narrow. All of her fingernails and toenails were painted a pink just a shade lighter than her hair.

He stepped back until he could sit on the edge of the bed, tugging Sakura to stand between his legs. He leaned ever closer, gently closing his lips on her nipple. She gasped, twining her hands through his hair. He tongued the hard bud, his hands going to her hips to remove her panties. As they fell to the ground, he trailed his fingers up the inside of her thigh to touch her. She gasped, the tugs on his hair telling him how much she loved his ministrations.

Slowly, he slipped his middle finger into here, then his ring finger. Impaled upon his fingers, she could only whimper and gasp. Slowly, he began to slide his fingers in and out of her, his thumb gently massaging her clitoris. Just as she was about to climax, he stopped. He stood up and removed his boxers. Sakura stared at him. ‘Damn, that’s huge.’

Neji sat back on the bed, drawing her closer to him. This time, instead of standing, she tugged at Sakura’s knee went up on the bed beside him, then the other. She was straddling him.

His hands on her hips urged her up, until they were pressed flush against each other. Slowly, with his hands supporting her bottom, she lowered herself onto him. There was a slight resistance, but Sakura bit her lip and sat down firmly. The sudden pain brought tears to her eyes, she didn’t expect it to hurt this much!

The sensations were killing Neji. She was hot, tight, wet, and her whimpering sounds weren’t helping either. Right now though, he knew she was in pain, so he kissed her cheeks, kissing the tears away, until she stopped crying.

The pain wasn’t as bad now, she felt stretched but not painfully so. Curiously, she moved around a little bit. A moan from Neji made her stop; had she done something wrong? Neji buried his face in the junction of her neck and shoulder, hands grasping her hips. “Sakura…move…” he whispered huskily. Sakura moved. He gasped, then took over. His hands grasped her buttocks, lifting her over and over again, hips moving with driving force, until Sakura came. Stars danced in front of her vision, she couldn’t breathe for the intense pleasure. The rippling of her vaginal muscles around Neji made him stiffen, and she could feel his hot essence shoot into her. They stayed that way for a while before Neji pulled out of her and they both lay on the bed, limbs entangled, the night air cooling the sweat drying on their skin.

The last words she heard before she fell asleep were, “I love you, Sakura.”


~*It’s nice knowing you were there,
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It’s nice to know we had it all. *~


|| Present Day ||
“Sakura…I’m sorry it came to this. But we weren’t meant to be. We live in different worlds, you and I. You became who you are today because of me, but I fell in love with you because of who you were back then. People change; it’s not a bad thing. Who you changed into, Sakura, I’m sure someone else will treasure. That someone, however…is not me. Sorry,” Neji’s eyes held a look of sorrow, almost grief, as he spoke these words to her. It was true; he had fell in love with the schoolgirl who had always finished her homework, had great grades, and would bend over backwards for her friends. Now, the Sakura he knew was a girl that gets stared at if she showed up in school, the teachers hated, and a girl hopelessly trapped in the dark grasp of drugs.


~*Thanks for as I fall
And letting me know we were done. *~


Sakura watched as the man she truly loved walked away from her. With each step, she wanted to run to him, to tell him she still loved him. With each inch of distance, she felt her heart wrenching. With each second, she felt like she was dying. Neji was her life, and he was leaving her. Tears clouded her vision, making Neji’s dark hair and white shirt blur together. The farther he walked, the more unclear he became. Finally, as the tears slipped from her eyes, she could glimpse, for a fleeting instant, a clear outline of Neji. The sauntering walk, the partly bowed head. Then her vision blurred again, and she closed her eyes, letting the tears fall.


~*So much for my happy ending.
Oh oh, oh oh.
So much for my happy ending *~


~ Wow that took me way longer than I expected. It was my first one-shot, please let me know how I did through your reviews. It was also my first songfic, so let me know if it was too confusing or hatever. I might go back and edit sometime later, but I thought I’d just get this up here and see what people think.

Thanks!
~dark_Angel