Vengeance

NiJyuu-Hachi ~ Tomorrow

28- Tomorrow

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Sunday. The sixth of January.

Of course, Monday followed. I wasn't looking forward to going back to Konoha High, to be honest. Even though I had two weeks of thinking about who I wanted to be with, I still haven't been able to decide. The advices were pretty much no help to me at all. You could say that I was screwed if I didn't come up with an answer by tomorrow morning.

When I sat on my computer chair and looked out of my window, I realized that I haven't done any actual thinking on who I should be with. I realized that I've kept myself from thinking about the problem. I purposely distracted myself by hanging out with Ino and Sakura each and every day of our winter break. Maybe this could be considered procrastination... or maybe I was just doing this for my own good.

Eh, who knows?

It was eleven o'clock. Night time. I tried to fall asleep the past hour but got no luck. I actually didn't know why until I decided to sit by the window and stare up at the night sky in hopes of getting me at least a little bit tired. And when I realized it, I was wide awake. 'I still haven't been able to choose!

I knew that I wasn't going to fall asleep anytime soon. I scooted my chair closer to the window and sighed as I rested my right elbow on the windowsill and my right cheek on my palm. I watched as snow continued to fall from the skies to the ground covered in blankets of white. It was indeed a peaceful sight for me to watch, and it was probably the perfect time to reflect back on the past situations that I had to face.

I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

After two weeks of pushing those two boys aside from my thoughts, I had to let them creep into my mind tonight. They needed an answer tomorrow and I didn't want to leave them hanging.

Sasuke Uchiha. The person who was once known as my long-time rival, my partner in a project that Kakashi assigned to us on the first day of school, and my sudden lover after realizing our true feelings for each other. We had trust issues as soon as Karin transferred to Konoha High, and her seductions and lies led us to an end in our relationship. And it wasn't until the night of the dance that he somehow realized that everything she did was for her own selfish reasons. Now he had come to try to win my heart back, almost as if I were a temptation that was too much for him to resist.

Kiba Inuzuka. The person who had a crush on me for quite some time now. He had confessed to me when I was unsure of my feelings for Sasuke. Let's not forget that he had kissed me twice, and both of those kisses had left me with a feeling of shock. I believed I had feelings for him when he helped me get over Sasuke and asked me to the dance, but when Sasuke came and told me that he loved me, I was unsure about my feelings once again.

Rina was right. Kiba never hurt me nor did he intend to (referring back to when their first fight happened and Kiba accidentally punched me). Sasuke, on the other hand, hurt me physically and emotionally. I remembered when he dug his nails into my wrist when he was drunk on sake and I needed to get it bandaged. I remembered when he slapped me for talking back to him when I found out he had asked Karin to be his girlfriend. And the biggest scar of all? I remembered when he chose not to trust me, to believe in Karin's words, and to believe that I was cheating on him with Kiba.

I honestly would have chosen Kiba right on the spot when he apologized that night, but when I looked at him, his eyes were bloodshot red. It was as if he were crying that night. He said his apologies with so much sincerity that saying it was too late for him to get me back didn't cross my mind.

I lifted my head up and slammed my right hand down on the windowsill. I sighed, looking down while biting the corner of my lip. This was way too difficult. I couldn't believe that I was sucked into this. Being in a love triangle was never easy.

After about an hour of nonstop thinking about basically everything, I found myself starting to get drowsy. I yawned as I rested my head on my palm once again. I didn't feel like getting up and walking back to my bed, so I tried to seek comfort into sleeping by the window on a computer chair. As I slowly fell into slumber, it was clear to me who I wanted to be with.

After all, I had to go with the best choice. I had to follow my heart.