Done for the 150 themes on the Hyugacest communitiy.
Theme 069. Childbearing figure
Hiashi sat sipping warmth tea, shifting uncomfortably in the chair. He watched the back of his daughter as she toddled around in the kitchen. He mentally cringed when she almost slipped but then righted herself. She turned to the table with a plate of cookies.
" Chichiue." She said laying down the plate.
" Arigouto."He replied and gestured for her to take a seat.
He watched her eat one, two, three cookies before sipping his tea. He waited for her to finish her snack before starting the conversation. She consumed half the plate at a regular pace and he slowly took another sip.
" Am I fat?"
He almost dropped his cup, remembering how well that conversation had went with his own wife in similar circumstances long ago. He placed the cup down firmly and cleared his throat.
" He said I was fat." She scowled and took another vicious bite into the pastry.
Explained why he had a certain Jounin sleeping in one of the guest rooms last night.
" I'm pretty sure he didn't say that." He told her.
She grumbled. " He said I was eating a lot. Same thing."
" You're pregnant." He replied. " You are supposed to eat more than normal. It doesn't mean you're fat."
She placed a hand on her round belly and glowed in that way all expecting mothers did at the welcome thought of their child. Then she scowled. " Last week he said Hinata wasn't this big when she was expecting."
" Hanabi..." He said a bit wearily.
He watched in horror as her eyes welled up and tears started dripping down her cheeks.
" He's going to leave me." She sobbed. " I'm fat, and helpless, I can't see my own feet, I can barely get up on my own, and- "
He shifted a box of tissue closer for her to grab and she ripped a few sheets out to cover her face.
" I can't do the jutsus anymore - I can barely walk normal. My back hurts and my ankles are swollen! I got up today and he wasn't even HERE! He's leaving me!" She wailed.
Hiashi watched helplessly as she burst into tears. He didn't know what he was supposed to do now - well he could go and drag the morose man that was sulking back here and let him handle it, but that required him leaving and he was quite sure Hanabi would take that as an offence at the moment. He thought wistfully of the days when Hinata had been expecting, he never had to deal with this from her.
No, he mused as he pushed the box of tissue closer, all people had to worry about then was her homicidal husband coming after you for making his gentle wife upset. Hinata had never cried but Neji could detect the slightest flux of her emotions, and if it was negative...he shuddered in remembrance.
Maybe this was better.
. : Ende : .
The male in mention here is not Neji, for some of you who are confused, as he is already married to Hinata. But any other male character can do. I thought of Konohamaru when I was writing this but I kept it non-specific.
