It's been a while since I've updated and I have my strong reasons to why and it's simply that I lost interest in this story. Not really because of not knowing what to do next, but more of me losing MY entertainment in the scheme. It was supposed to lay out perfectly into a SASUHINA story but even though I had mainly good reviews, I've also had bad and I tried pleasing the bad reviews with what they wanted to see and completely lost sight of what I wanted to happen throughout it and I've come to my decision to fix it how it should be to MY liking.

I would love the feedback on the small changes that I plan to make and hope those who were interested in the story still is because I am not planning to stop this until the very end. Please, those who read all the chapters I've put up reread because there indeed will be intense changes to some very important occasions.

This is a SASUHINA story with a tiny hint of NARUSAKU and big hint of NARUHINA, but as I stated up there, the main ship is SASUHINA. If you do not agree with this pairing, PLEASE EXIT NOW because I've weirdly become obsessed with their shipping and will please my needs goddammit! lol

RATED M - WITH STRONG LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS WITH SOME TRIGGERS

LEMONS LATER IN THE FUTURE (MAYBE) ALONG WITH SEXUAL SITUATIONS

~And please keep in mind that I do not own ANY Naruto (Except for Ren!) Please, enjoy! :)

"Soseki, come on! Grandma and Grandpa are waiting!" Hinata gently called her son, shyly smiling at her ex-lovers' parents as they waited impatiently. Not really her son's grandmother, but mostly his grandfather. Damn, did she need this break or what?

She was a mother, a young and single mother at that. It wasn't every day that your high school sweethearts best friend swept you off your feet, and that is exactly what happened to her.

Sasuke. Sasuke Uchiha made her feel alive back then like she was made for this world and that she was meant to be loved. There wasn't a doubt in her body that he didn't love her, but she knew it wasn't enough love to make him stay.

They dated for two years before he left and she got pregnant a week after. I know right, seventeen and pregnant. But she was happy, especially with his parent's support once her father kicked her out. He hated the Uchiha name and hated them together, so it didn't surprise her much. Though still left a wound.

When their son was born, Mikoto helped choose a name. Soseki. It was so beautiful and reminded Hinata of Sasuke. The first two years of Soseki's life, his grandparents been helping and trying to keep Hinata's hope up for Sasuke, saying he'll return eventually. She didn't know where the hell he went to begin with but knew it was with Itachi.

It wasn't till she saw the news of them being wanted that she truly gave up on him. Did he leave her out of the blue to become a criminal? And they had a son!? He didn't know of course, but still! She feared that one-day Soseki would point to Sasuke's mugshot and yell, "Hey! That's my daddy!" She didn't want that at all, especially since she once loved that said man.

Soseki was now five years old, and Hinata was ready. She couldn't continue waiting for Sasuke to return from whatever he was doing, especially since he was a wanted criminal. She's been ready, but she was now ready to find different love. Soseki was old enough and Sasuke's parents been laying back on the comments about him.

They truly wanted her to be loyal and wait for him, but Sasuke ended things with her the moment he left her that night with Itachi. If only he knew she was carrying his child, maybe he would've stayed..

She looked at her watch and frowned, noticing she was running late for her date. She went to walk towards Soseki's room, but he ended up bumping into her.

"Whoa, sorry mommy." He giggled, looking up at his mother as she smiled and looked down. He looked exactly like Sasuke. His eyes, a bit of his hair, nose, mouth, chin. The only things he had of Hinata was her ears and personality. Maybe a bit of her skin color but despite that, this child was definitely Sasuke's.

"It's okay." She chimed, messing up her sons' hair. She loved him with all her heart, she wouldn't trade any of this for the world. "Grandma and Grandpa have a surprise for you, are you ready?" She asked, giggling herself once her son furiously nodded. He had her personality, maybe with a mixture of Sasuke's. His mother does say he reminds her of her son. Hinata knew she missed her sons very dearly. She couldn't imagine being in her shoes.

"Yes!" He exclaimed, rushing into his grandfather's arms as Fugaku held them out for him. Hinata held her hands together next to her heart as Mikoto fixed Soseki's hair.

"Heavens, he's such an angel." She whispered, smiling wide once her grandson blushed.

"Yes, he is." Fugaku agreed, cuddling his grandson practically to death and caused Hinata to giggle once more.

"Papa, y-you're crushing me!" Soseki gasped for air, dramatically taking in a deep breath once Fugaku loosened his grip. "Much betterrr." He breathed out, smiling towards Hinata once she kissed his cheek.

"Be good and listen to grandma and grandpa, okay?" Hinata requested, smiling widely once her son nodded. She was most likely late for her date, but she didn't care. This was her baby and if the heavens said so, her only man. 'He was quite the handsome one too.' She thought with a giggle.

"Okay, mommy!" He said, kissing her cheek as they all began walking out. Fugaku walked ahead of the ladies, knowing exactly what his wife was about to do so decided to keep Soseki's pure ears away. This was adult talk and he was still a child.

"Please tell me you're looking for a fling and not someone to daddy Soseki?" Mikoto breathed, looking at Hinata and how she was dressed. She wore a sewed lavender sweater and a white skirt reaching the tops of her knees. It wasn't inappropriate, but Sasuke was still out there with hope for her to be loyal. She just knew he was, the Uchiha men loved hard and were always loyal..

Hinata blushed at the question and looked towards her feet. Did it matter? She saw Mikoto and Fugaku as her in-laws, especially since they were in a way. So, she always tried hearing them out, but sometimes they needed to be reminded that she and Sasuke broke up five years ago and that she was still a woman who had needs.

"I-I haven't really thought about that." Hinata shyly mumbled, knowing herself better than anyone. She knew she wasn't the type of girl to sleep around with just anyone, but it has been a while. Maybe if it was.. No, what was she thinking? "I'm just testing my heart out." She assured her mother-in-law, weakly smiling once she nodded in agreement. Just because she was finally trying to move on from Sasuke, didn't mean it didn't hurt her.

Mikoto saw the look on Hinata's face but decided not to speak on it. She was just going to bring up Sasuke and tell her once more not to rush things, but she knew Hinata was tired of hearing that. No matter how kind she was, she had her limits. Mikoto learned that the hard way once..

~Flashback

She walked into the living room with a book and juice. Breathing, "Mission complete". Her in-laws looked at her with amusement as she plopped down on the sofa in front of them.

Her son was two and such a little rascal. She finally laid him down for his nap and wanted to take one herself, but knew she couldn't. She had to be a kind host and take care of her sons' grandparents. It was nice seeing them often too, especially since she cut ties with her father. For him to kick her out.. What choice did she have?

She looked at the TV as Mikoto was watching the news. There was so much crime in Konoha these days, that Hinata feared to walk to work. She needed a car, but her money went towards their apartment and food. Life as a single mother was difficult, but she wouldn't trade it for the world. Sasuke would come back eventually, and they could raise their child together.. He had to come back.

"When Itachi was younger he wasn't as energetic as Sasuke, so I can't say that he should waste that energy away with his older brother." Mikoto chimed, noticing Hinata's stressed face. She hated seeing the poor girl like this, especially since her son knocked her up and left.

When Hinata came looking for Sasuke with the big news, she must admit she was furious. They both were in high school still and not only did he run away with his older brother, but he had a baby on the way! Way to run away from your choices. It was one of the worst things she's ever seen as a mother. Watching Hinata break down in front of her because of her son knocking her up and running away, it was horrible. Not to mention her father kicking her out.. She was such a wreck.

She kept Hinata faithful and hopeful that he'll soon return to her and their son, which Mikoto truly believed was true. The boy never showed his feelings on his sleeves, but Mikoto was his mother. She knew he had deep feelings for Hinata just by looking at him, so knew he didn't just leave her like that for nothing. It was always a reason towards his actions, except for the sudden pregnancy at least.

Hinata weakly giggled, flipping through the book she read to Soseki. He would have a sibling if Sasuke was around.. Everything would be much easier if he was around. "That's true.." She replied, slowly looking up once Mikoto rubbed her shoulder.

"Don't give up on him, he will find his way bac-"

The music to the news cut her off as Fugaku turned it up with a loud shush!

"Breaking news. You think robberies and kidnaps are the top crimes in Konoha? Well, not anymore.

Two men who brutally murdered a doctor named Kabuto Yakushi was identified as Itachi Uchiha and his younger brother Sasuke Uchiha."

"Oh, my god…" Hinata whispered, covering her mouth as Fugaku turned it up more.

"Witnesses reportedly saw them speed off in a black SUV with two unidentified suspects.

At the moment, we still don't know what their motive was, but we will soon get you all updated.

If you see the suspects in these pictures, please be sure to dial…"

"Our sons are killers now, Mikoto. Where did we go wrong?" Fugaku asked, angrily turning the TV off as Hinata held back her tears. He had a son, but wanted to kill doctors!?

"I-I…" She tried to talk but found no words for her husband. He rubbed his temples as he released a long and deep sigh.

"You know they're going to want our statement to this whole thing, right? We're the parents to those idiot children of ours." Fugaku stated, causing his wife to slowly nod. She had no words for this. Hell, her body couldn't even function correctly. That's how shocked she was about this. "I'm going to have to go down to the station and try to clear their name or figure something out.. I don't kno-."

"I can't believe him." Hinata said firmly, clutching her fist together as she looked down at the book. He could've been home reading a book to their baby, but instead wanted to commit murder! How would Soseki see that!?

"H-Hinata, I'm sure there was a reason to thi-"

"A reason to commit murder? He left me to commit murder!? He has a son! We bought a beautiful child into this world, but he wants to take people out!" She shakily yelled as she pointed towards her sons' bedroom. She slowly dropped her hand, holding it for the life of her as she remembered Sasuke's handsome face. "Whatever his reason is, I'm happy he isn't around. My son doesn't need such a thing." She said her son with more venom than she thought she could conduct.

"Hinata, Soseki needs a father in his lif-"

"Not one that kills!" She yelled at her mother-in-law, causing Mikoto's eyes to widen. "Soseki is too precious for such a thing!" She shakily stated, jumping to her feet as she had enough. "I-I'm going to get rest before he wakes up from his nap, so please... excuse yourselves." She excused herself, closing her bedroom door firmly behind her. It wasn't till she heard the front door open and close that she finally allowed herself to break down. She couldn't believe such a thing… Her Sasuke was a.. A criminal!

End of flashback~

She's never seen Hinata so angry before, but she didn't want to think of such things so she jumped into the car with her husband and grandson. "Just be safe, Hinata." She winked, causing the woman to blush. If she was only looking for a fling, of course she'd wish her luck to keep her uterus empty.

Hinata waved them goodbye as they drove off and began doing so herself, driving to the coffee shop her and her supposed date was to meet at. She was late, but it didn't matter as he was running late himself. She knew if she was dating for Soseki to have a "daddy", this was a no-no. He was running late, and that just indicated him being a normal late person. What if one day she wanted him to take Soseki to school, was he going to be late?

She shook her head, what the hell was she thinking? She wasn't looking for a guy to father her son. Soseki knew he had a father and saw younger pictures of him. He didn't need a replacement, he needed the real thing. Hinata frowned at that. Maybe if she just stuck to liking Naruto she wouldn't be in such a horrible predicament. God, she wondered what Sasuke was doing right now and just like that.. Her date showed up.

"Hey, sorry I'm late. I was just caught in traffic." The brunette nervously chuckled, throwing his keys down on the table which made Hinata jump slightly. "Heh, so.. How about a coffee?" He asked, smiling once Hinata hesitantly nodded. 'Yep, definitely won't be Soseki's daddy.' She thought, mentally beating herself up for even thinking of such a thing.

Meanwhile at a hideout up North..

Sasuke counted their weapons as Itachi trimmed his hair. His brother was such a girl sometimes, especially when it came to his precious hair. Karin came up to Sasuke, trailing her fingers up his arm very slowly. Heavens, she was so annoying.

"What do you want?" He asked her, counting the last few throwing knives they had left. He hated this group, but he needed to be with them to help Itachi find that asshole of a scientist. The bastard took his brothers lover and since Itachi was the son of Fugaku Uchiha, the chief of the police station in Konoha. Itachi had his ways to be off-grid for this with permission, of course not from their hometown station though, they were all loyal assholes to their asshole of a father. Sasuke knew how dire the situation was when Itachi told him about it, especially because Hinata was just as special to him as Izumi was to Itachi.

They didn't know if she was alive or not but did know Karin here use to work with the guy. Well, for him. She seemed very crazed and needed help, but Sasuke didn't care. He just wanted to find Izumi and go home back to Hinata. Heavens, did he hope she waited for him. He missed her so much.. It's been five years. Five fucking years and he hasn't let a day go by without thinking of her, she was his first and only love. Nothing was going to change that.

"You." She whispered on his skin, causing him to roll his eyes. He didn't care for her like that, he just wanted her to take them to the kidnapper and Izumi and then leave.

"Not my type." He said flatly, writing down the numbers of their weapons. "Suigetsu, maybe next time don't stab yourself. Keep in mind this is your job." Sasuke sighed, moving past and away from Karin as she pouted.

"Listen boss man, it was Karin's fault. She's the one that decided to go all banshee on me." Suigetsu stated, rolling his eyes as Karin flipped him off. "Oh, drink me." He grumbled, causing Karin to drastically gag. They were all so dramatic, but Sasuke just ignored it.

"Itachi, this is the closest we have ever been. When are we going to get a move on it?" Sasuke asked his older brother, yanking the alcohol for Suigetsu's cut out of his hand for a long swig. 'Twenty-two, and proud.' He thought, watching his brother gather the weapons he needed.

"Karin, are you positive this is his main hideout?" Itachi asked, clocking his gun as Sasuke began doing the same. They have never killed anyone, but he was definitely about to change that. She nodded in confirmation, gathering the rest of the throwing knives with Jugo. Itachi watched that man like a crow.. He was tall and dangerous.

He and Sasuke never killed anyone, but he sure as hell has. A few times at that too. He was gentle with some animals and sometimes Sasuke, but everyone else he had either no emotion towards or the intention to want to kill.

"I believe it is. We should go in a back way though, just in case." She said, rubbing the knives together as she watched Sasuke slide a shirt on. Him shirtless was honestly amazing, if only he kept it that way.

"Let's just go in, gut him, come out. I'm tired of this shit." Sasuke said flatly, opening the door to their miniature hideout. Suigetsu had to stay behind, but he was still useful. He began packing up their suv as everyone headed out.

"Foolish little brother. The whole point in all of this is to find Izumi. Let's find her first before we kill him, she doesn't need to see that." Itachi mumbled, reaching for his gun as Jugo kicked it open. They said be settle, but he was far from that when it came to bloodshed. They've been partners for five years after all, so he should know.

"Tsk, whatever. Let's just do this." Sasuke mumbled, stealthily making his way down the hall. Heavens, he just wanted to go home. Itachi was always the child who was supposed to take over their fathers roll in the police career after he retired, not Sasuke. It was a fucking blessing that Itachi's name was so well-known for being a prodigy for this shit that gave him the right to find Izumi professionally... Kinda at least, they still were rolling around with fucking criminals.

Jugo was a mess, killing anyone that wronged him or threatened weirdly Sasuke. Sasuke just assumed five years of hanging around him did that to a crazy person, so seemed to be used to it as it just meant extra protection.

Suigetsu, they met up with him four years ago after he robbed a blacksmiths store. Yeah, how you might ask? He's fucking good at what he does, especially with the swords he took.

Karin, heavens. They met up with her eight months ago, finally getting leads on the asshole that took Izumi. She left the guy this year, but they weren't sure if Izumi was alive or not because "Lord Orochimaru" is very private. Other than her helping them drastically, she's annoying in Sasuke's book. Always trying to seduce him and touch him, he hated it.

"Dammit!" Karin grumbled, stopping with everyone else as they realized the hideout was abandoned. "If this is abandoned.. then.." She froze, allowing a small smile to creep up on her face.

"What?" Itachi asked, running his fingers surprisingly stressfully through his hair as she waved for them all to follow her. Itachi couldn't believe it was another abandoned hideout. How many hideouts do one man need!?

"In two months, I say we'll make it to him. He only has two main hideouts, and this place has recently been wiped clean. This next one is going to take a bit of planning though." She explained, smiling once Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her.

"Planning like?" He asked, genuinely curious about what she meant.

"We're gonna need a boat." Itachi answered for her, understanding everything clearly. Of course he'd take her to Kiri, their ancestor technically took over the damn state. He wished they could just catch a plane as it'll take hours and not days, but they were "wanted" because of their homicidal acquaintance. That would've only caused a scene and would've blown their cover.

"I know just where we could go to look then." Sasuke said flatly, tucking his hands into his pockets as he and Itachi led everyone towards the place. With this boat, it'll take a month.

He was so close to being done with this that he could feel Hinata's touch, and boy did he miss those touches of hers.

They held hands as the movie finished up. She heard about guys deliberately picking scary movies for the women to hold them for protection, but she didn't think one bit of it was true. When she and Sasuke were together, he'd always let her pick the movie as they had similar taste. This guy though.. Well

"Whoa! That was scary, huh?" The brunette asked, squeezing Hinata's hand out of fright from a jump scare. It wasn't scary, she saw that coming from a mile.

The movie was about this lady that's been cursed by her dead baby as she got an abortion. Her sons now older in the spirit world, so is doing everything in his power to ruin her. Ren, her date, got scared by her hiding under the bed once every light in her room went off and she got pulled.

She was trying to enjoy this date but he kept giving her bad vibes. He had over three visible tattoos and had a bad habit of smoking. This was their second date together and started off bad, unlike the first one when it didn't start at all (He bailed). And to top it all off, he kept saying the word-

"Shit! That was a good movie, huh?" He asked her, walking them out of the screening room and towards the exit. She shyly nodded as he laughed and wrapped his arm around her, pulling her into a one arm hug. "What do you want to do next?" He asked her, lighting another cigarette.

"W-well, I think we should-"

"Hinata?" a beheaded voice called in the distance, stopping the couple in their tracks. She wanted to make it home before Soseki and his grandparents did. It was like the world was teaching her a lesson that she definitely wasn't going to forget. Never agree to a date with a hot bookstore customer.

If he wasn't dressed so put together and dressed in his normal attire, she would've most likely declined. But.. That and he didn't even know about her son, which was a no-no. She didn't want to upset him about it, but how did one put that into a conversation at her age? "Oh yeah by the way, I have a five-year-old son even though I'm twenty-one". Life didn't work like that!

The figure came into view with a pink-haired woman by his side. It was Naruto. She instantly wanted to run, especially since she and Ren weren't doing this ever again. "Hey, Hinata!" The blonde exclaimed, smiling widely at her as Ren extinguished his cigarette. 'At least he has manners..' Hinata thought, faking a smile towards her friends.

It wasn't that she wasn't happy to see them, she just didn't want to explain herself about hanging out with someone like Ren. Not that he was a bad person, he just wasn't her type in a lot of ways than the other. What would her friends do around her date that knows nothing?

"H-hey Naruto, Sakura." She greeted them, blushing as Ren never released her from his hug. She would've asked what they were doing together but she didn't want to be nosy, or here at all if she was being completely honest with herself.

"Who's this? You didn't tell me you had a boyfriend?" Naruto asked, causing Sakura's eyes to widen. Hinata knew what that look was, she knew exactly what was next.

"R-Ren?" She gasped, stepping closer towards Hinata's supposed boyfriend. He released her from his hug and gasped himself. What was going on here? This wasn't what was supposed to happen. Sakura was supposed to hit Naruto or growl at him, not know her date.

"Oh my god, Sakura. It's been a while man." Ren laughed, yanking her into a hug as she did the same. Naruto looked just as confused as Hinata did. "Or should I say, woman?" Ren laughed at his horrible joke with Sakura, causing Hinata's head to hurt worse than on one of Soseki's bad nights. What the hell was going on here? Hinata had no clue and sadly was too shy and confused to ask, unlike Naruto.

"You two know each other?" He asked with a confused smile, looking dumbfounded in the face as the weirdly perfect match nodded. Well, that much was obvious, but how?!

"Yeah man, we totally use to date." Ren said, holding Sakura a bit too close for Hinata's liking. They were on a date and he was practically smothering her friend, a friend he supposedly used to date.

"F-For how long exactly?" Hinata asked Sakura, blushing once Sakura blushed. Obviously for an embarrassingly long time, which Hinata couldn't understand at all. When did all this happen? How did she miss this couple when it was a thing?

"Ever since you gave birth to Soseki, we've been on and off." She explained, causing Ren to gasp. Shit, she didn't tell him about Soseki. She literally wanted to just hide right now but knew that was impossible.

"Shit, am I cheating on you right now?" He asked, causing Hinata to nearly sigh over his stupidity. Why did she ever agree to go on a date with someone this dense? Was it because she needed affection? No, that couldn't have been it.. Or could it have?

"I-I don't know. I mean, I was about to go on a date with him." Sakura pointed towards Naruto, causing him to raise an eyebrow. Sakura's confession made Hinata sad. Naruto finally scored a date with Sakura only for her to bail on him with her date. If that wasn't bad luck, she doesn't know what is.

Hinata knew Sakura wasn't dumb, if anything she was the smartest in their classes. It completely surprised her to watch this whole thing play out. What was it about him that made her friend blush like that? This whole situation then hit her. Sakura used to say all these things to Hinata about Naruto.. Shi-

"Shit dude, that's a bummer. I was on a date with Hinata too, but we were ending it so I was gonna ask you out." Ren explained, causing Sakura to blush and Naruto to growl. Hinata's eyes narrowed at that, she was going to end it but he couldn't just assume things right in front of her!

"That's pathetic man! How could you randomly end your date with Hinata just to steal my date!? You don't deserve neither!" Naruto yelled as Ren relit his cigarette and blew the smoke rudely in his face. "Bastard!-"

"Naruto, maybe next time OK?" Sakura asked, defusing Naruto's anger like a light switch as he frowned and gave her a small nod. He didn't deserve this, all he's ever wanted was her and she still was playing hard to get. "Hinata, is this okay?" She Asked Hinata, knocking her out of her thoughts completely.

Was this okay? She didn't like him, their date sucked, and he definitely wasn't going to be around her son. He says too many cuss words, smoke too many cigarettes, and is highly inappropriate physically and obviously mentally. She needed someone who was mature and loved kids and didn't do too many inappropriate things that made it seem like she had more than one kid.

"Yes, I have to go home a-anyway." Hinata replied with a bow, making her way towards her car almost instantly. She wanted to read this horrible day away, especially when she heard Sakura tell her to tell Soseki hello and her idiotic date asked who that was. Her son, it was her damn son!

"Hey Hinata, wait up!" Naruto called once she began pulling out. She frowned as she saw Sakura and Ren walk back inside the theater. Damn, did this day go completely wrong so damn fast? Once Naruto was standing outside her window he panted, sheepishly scratching the back of his head.

He was still extremely adorable in Hinata's eyes, just his best friend stole her heart and she sadly felt empty without it. Her son filled her with joy of course, but some things can never be replaced when someone you loved knocked you up and then abandoned you for no reason for years with a child that looks exactly like them. She didn't know if she could ever forgive him again, nor trust him.

"Mind if I come with?" Naruto asked, causing her eyes to widen so he quickly explained. "N-not for a date or anything, I just haven't seen Soseki in a while and well.. Sakura and I walked here." He admitted, causing Hinata to slightly laugh.

"Hey, that's rude ya' know? Especially since I stood up for you against that douche." He smiled, genuinely liking that giggle of hers. He still couldn't believe Sasuke left her out of the blue, she was a perfect friend so he just knew she was a perfect girlfriend towards him.

"Get in, I'm sure Soseki would love to see you." She said gently, opening the passenger door for her close friend. Naruto helped here and there when she was pregnant and after she gave birth, but this felt different. It felt more like he wanted to see his family than her son, and it weirdly made her feel happy. He was like family in a way though, especially towards Soseki. He was uncle Naruto..

Their drive towards her place was filled with conversation and laughter about the old days and current days, Hinata loved it! And she was positive Naruto did too. They would never have such deep conversations like this, it wasn't deep like her emotions deep, but decent.

As soon as they walked into her apartment Soseki jumped off the couch and into his arms, of course after hugging Hinata. "Whiskers!" Soseki exclaimed, causing Hinata and Naruto to laugh at his well-known nickname. Mikoto and Fugaku looked somewhat confused at.. Pretty much all of this.

Fugaku couldn't help but give Hinata a disgusted look. Naruto was Sasuke's best friend, and the questions that filled his mind wasn't so PG for his grandsons' ears. It wasn't a secret that Hinata used to like if not loved Naruto, but having a mystery child with his best friend wasn't okay.

Sasuke didn't even know Soseki existed. If Naruto and Hinata decided to get together, he'll never get to find out either. Over the years of them being best friends, Fugaku knew the familiar blond well.

The kid was extremely protective and possessive like Sasuke. He knew it'll be a bloody fight against the two friends over this mini family and he wanted to prevent it the best he could for his grandsons' sake.

"Did you two go on the date together?" He asked, noticing the slight blushes on their cheeks. He took that as a bad sign. They couldn't be together, not with Soseki being so alert to these things. He would know in a heartbeat if things weren't good at home, Fugaku couldn't understand what Hinata was thinking!

Hinata looked at her father-in-law in shock. Why would he ask such things in front of Soseki? In Soseki's eyes, her and his father were still together just he was away on business. Yeah, she didn't like lying to him but his not so good friends at school would bully him about it, so it was the only way.

She couldn't possibly tell him that she was seeing Naruto because she wasn't! And in Soseki's eyes, Naruto was like an uncle! She didn't want him to go to school and telling them his mommy was seeing uncle, that just wasn't okay. Maybe if Sasuke was here- No.. She didn't even want to get into that. He wasn't here and she could handle this alone.

Handle this alone.. It was like a door opened in her mind and body. She did this to herself, but she has been hiding behind his parents for everything. Whenever Soseki was sick or if something came up at work or school.

She was the one that stupidly crawled into bed with her boyfriend without protection, she was the one that was blinded by his silly words of how they'd be together forever. Not his parents.

Hell, it got so bad that she'd call them mother and father as they'd call her the daughter they always wanted. She was the mother, she is a mother. This is her life, her apartment, her son! It was time to act like it. If they wanted to help her, they'd bud out and go bother their son that is the actual father!

But if he didn't want to be apart of her life, fine. She's accepted that and finally pulled up her mommy pants. No more. She could do this alone, she didn't need help. "Mother, Father.. Please. Can we talk in the kitchen?" She asked them, giving them no choice by just her mommy glare.

"Um, I-I guess I'll go show Soseki how to.. Get ready for bed!" Naruto sheepishly said, putting Soseki down and began gently pushing him towards his bedroom. Hinata nodded in acceptance as her and her in-laws made it inside.

"B-But Uncle Naruto, I already know how to change into my PJs?-"

"I'll teach you again!" Naruto chuckled, closing the door behind them. Hinata sighed as she heard that transaction. No matter how much she used to love him and want him, she wasn't that gullible teenager anymore. She was a mother and had to be there for her son, not for her ex-crush. He was amazing with Soseki, but it would only have to be in the uncle range.. Not anything else that involved romance.

"Naruto is Sasuke's best friend-" Fugaku began his lecture, but rudely got cut off by Hinata. She needed to find her backbone and finally did. No more everyday visits, no more peeping into her love life, and definitely no more putting her son against her when it comes to Sasuke! Where is he!? Because she's right here!

"Naruto's my best friend too. Sasuke didn't only leave me, he left Naruto too along with Soseki!" She gently exclaimed, causing her in-law's eyes to widen. "Mother, Father. Sasuke left me, we broke up almost six years ago! I can move on, I can go on dates and see other people." She weakly told them, straightening her back so she could seem strong and put together.

"Sasuke hasn't even had a chance to get to know his son, and you're giving up on him?! After all this time?" Fugaku asked, causing her to tense up over how powerful his voice was. She had to stand her ground though. This wasn't only for her, it was for her son.

"Yes!" She gently yelled, crossing her arms as she realized they weren't her real family. They could never be her real family without their biological son in the picture, to them she was just the mother of their grandson. "My son is almost six years old, and he's never met his father! His last names Uchiha.. But over how much work I've done alone without his father.. I-it should be a Hyuga!-"

"That's disgraceful. He has just as much of Sasuke in him than he does you. He was born to be an Uchiha." Mikoto said sternly, practically breaking Hinata's heart into pieces. "Dating the man you wanted to be with before my son supposedly tricked you into bed isn't going to solve any of your problems, it'll only create new ones."

Fugaku nodded in agreement, folding his arms himself once a tear fell from Hinata's eyes. "Once Sasuke comes back he's gonna want to see his son and be with you. We've raised him right, but are you raising your son right?" He asked, noting the sadness in her eyes as she truly thought about that question.

"Loyalty. That's what the Uchiha name is based on. You going on dates with his best friend isn't going to teach Soseki anything but dishonesty and betrayal." Fugaku said with venom. He wasn't yelling, but his calm voice was like a gun directly pointed towards her heart. "My wife and I accepted you with our sons' actions, and here you are trying to betray him-"

"F-Father, don't you get it? He's betrayed me!" She weakly yelled as she's officially had enough. "My son didn't lead a gullible teenager on for two years talking about marriage and etc. only to get her pregnant and leave her to go murder people with his brother!" She yelled, ignoring their threatening eyes. They've used up their visit and it was now time to go!

"Whomever I choose to spend my single nights with, I'll gladly do it because your guys' son left me this way!" She shakily yelled, pointing towards the front door. "I'm betraying him? Well, he's betrayed me. If you guys want to stop me so badly from moving on, go find him and bug him! I just want my heart healed!" She stated, wiping a tear away once Mikoto frowned.

"You ungrateful little-"

"Nearly six years, Father. Your sons have been absent for nearly six years, but I'm ungrateful? H-he's destroying his life and I'm just trying to keep our son out of the crossfires." She stated once more, shaking her head once Mikoto tried smoothing things over with her.

She was always the levelheaded one during an argument, but this argument wasn't going to be filled with forgiveness. It needed to be filled with change. As soon as Fugaku went to open his mouth once more, Hinata closed it. Enough was enough! "Please, just go." She said, surprising them over how she still had her manners yet an edgy sense to her words.

She walked towards her bedroom and gently closed the door, breaking down once the front door opened and closed. She understood why they were always supporting their son, but was it so blinding to see how wrong he truly was?

He didn't give her any warning whatsoever, he just took her precious virginity and left. That could ruin confidence in oneself, and cause harsh depression which it did to her and way more.. For two weeks, he ignored her calls. It wasn't until his phone was completely off that she finally went to his.

Flashback… Two months in.

She knocked on her boyfriend's house door for the sixth time this week. She was pregnant and all she wanted to do was tell him once she found out with Tenten last night.

She prayed to her mother in the heavens that he was back home, she just knew he was going to be just as thrilled as she was about the big news. They would get through this together. He'd become a cop like he's always dreamed as she'll be the mother she always wanted to be, and they'll get married and live big.

She smiled widely at his mother, Mikoto Uchiha. It wasn't until she noticed the frown on her face that she knew the news. He still wasn't home. "I'm sorry sweetie, but Sasuke and Itachi's still gone." Mikoto announced, patting Hinata's shoulder in reassurance.

Hinata didn't know if she should tell Mikoto the good news or not, but couldn't decide as a car pulled up in their driveway. His father, Fugaku. By the look on his face, Hinata knew whatever was about to come out of his mouth wasn't good news.

"Any reports on them, Dear? Hinata here came to check herself, so it's alright to share whatever you've found out." Mikoto assured him, gesturing for the three of them to enter the house for more privacy.

They sat in the dining room as Mikoto began making tea, listening to Hinata's request for just water. She didn't think too much of it, but she sure as hell should've. Fugaku took a premade snack and sighed, leaning his head back once Hinata and Mikoto looked at him with wary eyes.

"They fled the state with some guys. The cameras that got them isn't so good either, so our sons are the only ones being blamed right now." Hinata frowned at that as Mikoto sunk her head. "We assume that one of the guys with them is a criminal named Jugo that was let out under unauthorized consequences, but we can't make that assumption a fact as we don't have enough evidence." Hinata gasped along with Mikoto, what did this mean?

"Are you saying our sons are with a criminal right now?!" Mikoto asked, trying her best to hold the tears that threatened to fall. Their babies could be dead now! Why was he just sitting here doing nothing!?

Fugaku hesitantly nodded and for the first time, she saw Mikoto Uchiha lose her closure and Fugaku Uchiha worry. "Why the hell are you just sitting on your ass then?! Our sons are- Our sons could be dead!" She fell to her knees, causing her husband to instantly catch and cradle her.

"W-were they kidnapped?" Hinata shakily asked, crying herself but feared if she fell out right now it could injure their baby. Their baby! W-would Sasuke never get the chance to meet their baby? No, of course that won't happen. He wasn't dead and he was coming back to see their baby born, he had to!

"Oh heavens!" Mikoto cried, squeezing her husband's arm as her heart broke. The whole scene just made Hinata cry more, she couldn't figure it out either. Was Sasuke and Itachi about to die? And an unauthorized criminal being let out and then suddenly appearing with them? Something wasn't right!

Fugaku shook his head, letting out a sigh as he began explaining the situation in better detail. "When I said they're getting most of the blame, it's because they were seen getting into an SUV with the alleged killer willingly. It wasn't a kidnapping, and Itachi knows half my cases so would know if that was Jugo."

"So Sasuke planned on leaving me.." Hinata mumbled, instinctively touching her stomach as she realized it. She ran him away. Was it because she felt pain during their first time? Because that was normal.. Or was it because she just wasn't good enough? She wiped her new tears away as she stood up. "I'm sorry, but I-I have to go."

She rushed out of there, catching the nearest taxi home. He intentionally left her and here she was, mysteriously pregnant. She had to tell someone, she had to tell her father! He would be furious, but he'd help her. He had to..

"Father!" She called out, rushing into the house and scared nearly her whole family. Her little sister jumped up with their father as Hinata ran into his arms. "He left me!" She cried out, breathing in her father's strong scent as he cradled her.

"Shh, Shh.. What's wrong Hinata? What's happened?" Hiashi asked, patting his eldest daughters head as she began explaining.

She forgot he didn't know anything that's happened for the past two months with her and Sasuke, but that was only because he'd insist that she didn't mention such a guy in his house. It wasn't until she got to the pregnancy part that really got him ticked off though..

"Wait, repeat that?" Hiashi ordered, feeling his stomach turn immediately as he heard her clearly. She backed away from her father, well.. He pushed her away and she began nervously playing with her hands. He'd understand eventually, she thought to herself as she prepared herself for the worse.

"I haven't seen him in two months and o-our baby is due in seven. Father, I-I'm pregna-" SMACK! She fell, noticing she fell from a slap in the face. She shakily placed her hand on the cheek her beloved father just slapped and raised her free hand up to stop her little sister from doing any action towards their fathers own. This was between them, she truly deserved that for being-

"Irresponsible! You foolish, FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL!" He raged, crossing his arms as he glared down at his daughter. "And what are you going to do? Keep it?" He asked, letting out a strong sigh as she weakly nodded. "Of course, you're foolish! Do you have any idea how much a baby cost? And you just said the deadbeat left you, so you're going to be a single mother!" He yelled, ignoring Hinata's tears.

"F-Father, h-he's going to be coming b-back-" She tried to stand by Sasuke, but her father just knocked her down again.

"I've warned you about guys like him, he's used you for sex and left you. He ISN'T coming back because you didn't wait for marriage! You're now seventeen and pregnant with an absent baby's father and no GED!" He yelled at her, hitting multiple valid points that only hurt her more. "I'm not taking care of any more children, Hinata. Its either get an abortion or get the hell OUT of my house!"

Hinata gasped at that, looking up and deep into her father's eyes even though she could hardly see out of her own. "F-Father, I-I can't get rid of my-" She stopped herself as her father walked away and up the stairs. Hanabi threw herself on her sister as Hinata broke down more, not knowing where to go as she knew what her father was doing.

"I'll support you no matter what, Hina. I'm happy you're pregnant as that just means I'm going to be an auntie. Don't feel do-" Hanabi tried making her big sister feel better, but their father came strutting down the stairs with suitcases and an even angrier look on his face.

"Move Hanabi!" He ordered, pushing all the suitcases towards Hinata as the sisters got up and on their feet.

"Father, where is she going to go?! Big sister can't just live on the street-"

"Your big sister can do a lot of things I've thought she couldn't, she can handle this." Hiashi said sternly, frowning once Hinata heavily breathed while leaning on a suitcase. Her eyes were closed so she couldn't see the pain he was truly battling with. "You won't be able to finish school or get a good paying job and the loser you're with isn't going to come back until its most likely too late."

Hinata knew he was wrong. She was going to be the best working hard mother ever, and Sasuke was going to come back and be the best father ever! "You want to keep a child you're most likely going to be raising alone. Heh, what Hinata? Are you going to raise the child until ten alone and take Sasuke back once he decides he needs more sex?" She shook her head, sobbing in her hands as he sighed.

"Father, y-you're wrong! S-Sasuke will come back. H-He'll experience our child's birth, first words, first walk, first EVERYTHING." She sobbed, her father began smiling once the taxi he called for her earlier finally arrived.

"I've been a parent for seventeen years and alive for longer than you and your sister combined. I know for a fact that you are delusional and extremely over your head. Life isn't some fairytale! Once you realize that, I hope you'll make the right choice."

End of flashback..

She truly didn't want to believe her father back then, but she had to admit he was right. Soseki was going to be six years old in less than two months, and Sasuke didn't even know he existed. She hated how she contemplated if that was a good thing or not, he was the father.

He was a father, but also a killer. She always knew he had anger issues, but she never expected them to lead him down such a horrible road. Her father was right all this time.. If she held onto her precious virginity till they married, he wouldn't be such a killer but a loving father. It was all her fault..

Soseki would need a father eventually. She didn't know what she was going to do, especially about their clan traits. He was an Uchiha while she was a Hyuga, she couldn't teach him Uchiha ways. She wiped a few tears away as she bit her lower lip. Was if a mistake to push away his grandparents?

No.. it couldn't be a mistake. She had to stick to her gut feelings and push forward, not backward! Soseki was growing, not shrinking..

It wasn't until a light knock came echoing off her walls from her bedroom door when she finally pulled herself together or at least tried to. She forgot about her little guest.. Naruto. "C-Come in." She weakly called, giving him a small smile once he walked inside.

"H-Hey.." Naruto sheepishly greeted, scratching the back of his head. "So.. In this apartment there isn't really a lot of privacy for uh.. loud conversations." He hinted, causing her to blush out of embarrassment. Dammit. She bit her lower lip some more, looking down at her lap.

"I-I'm sorry-" She went to apologize, but he quickly shook his head and rushed towards her. She looked up at him in shock once he gripped her hands in his and smiled.

"Don't apologize, Hinata. What they've been doing to you is totally unfair. You should be allowed to date…" Naruto began shyly stating, looking away as a blush took over his cheeks. "Even if that person you want to date is.. Is me.." His words made Hinata practically freeze to death. He heard even that part of the argument?!

"W-What do you mean, Naru-"

"They've been guilting you into staying single and sad for Sasuke because of Soseki when that isn't right at all!" He hissed, trying his best to hide his anger over the situation but Hinata sensed it well. She hated that her situation angered him, but she couldn't just stop her problems with a snap of her fingers. "Sasuke had a choice. Everyone has a choice and he chose to leave you.. to leave us."

"Y-Yeah.." Hinata whispered, blushing once Naruto wiped a tear from her cheeks. She didn't know where this was going, but she did know she liked it.. or at least she thinks she did.

"Hinata.. I-Is it true that you u-use to want to be with me?" Naruto sheepishly asked, looking at the ground while Hinata struggled to find words. It wasn't until about three minutes when he finally began talking again. "If so, I'm sorry. Maybe if I wasn't so blind and accepted your feelings-" He stopped himself once Hinata gently shook her head.

"If you weren't so blind, Soseki wouldn't be here today." She giggled, causing Naruto to blush. "In a way, I'm happy my feelings got ignored. Soseki is the best thing that's ever happened to me." She whispered, allowing a small smile that became an even bigger smile to creep up once Naruto rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb.

"Well.. I-Is it too late for me to acknowledge your feelings?" He asked, looking further away from her as she gasped. Were her ears playing a trick on her? Because it wasn't cool. "T-That's of course if you still have them." He quickly spoke, causing her to gasp even harder as she heard him loud and clear. Yep, her ears were playing a prank on her.

She squeezed his hands, giving him the answer he wished for. She hoped that was all she had to do to confirm her answer, but he was dense so. "N-Naruto, what about Soseki though? W-What if he looks-"

Naruto shook his head, kissing Hinata's forehead as though a confirmation of her response. He wasn't sure about their future, but he wanted to be there for her no matter what in all ways possible. He's been chasing after Sakura for the longest and didn't even notice this diamond in front of him till it was too late.

He never thought of dating his best friends baby momma, but his best friend left them both without any explanation and broken hearts. Naruto knew if it was the other way around he'd be furious, but he also knew if it was the other way around he would've wanted Sasuke to be there for his woman while he was gone and Naruto did exactly that by always helping out with Soseki and Hinata, but well.. He got feelings that he couldn't shake and thankfully didn't have to.

"We can ease Soseki into this slowly and whenever Sasuke returns we can.. Figure it out then?" He asked, blushing once Hinata hugged him. Did this confirm them being together? "So uh.. You're okay with dating me, right?" He asked, feeling in the mood to just rip the band-aid off. She giggled with a nod and gladly accepted his kiss.

What was she even thinking about earlier with keeping him at arms distance? They could work together to get Soseki to see him other than an uncle because biologically, he wasn't. Fugaku and Mikoto didn't have a say either in whom Hinata decided to be with, especially since she wasn't dumb. Her son obviously came first before any guy, she just wished they'd understand that because it included their son.