Chapter 2. Orbit
didn't post the end of this chapter so be sure to read this!Their feet pounded into the earth until the morning when the morning dawn highlighted the unobtrusive, modest building the outpost was concealed within.
Hearing distantly Tsunade's commanding voice through the haze of rushing blood in her ears as Hinata stumbled in. The bustle and noise crashed into the void surrounding her, but she was too numb and cold to care and the words clogging her swollen throat didn't come, even when they lifted Itachi from her arms and she felt her heart flutter in protest.
Silver eyes fluttered as she collapsed bonelessly into a convenient chair feeling the rough cloth beneath her. The last thing she saw before succumbing to exhaustion was Itachi's limp and broken body being carried away…
Hinata didn't know how long it had been; hours, days, weeks, it was irrelevant. Itachi's face was pale but glowing with borrowed life, atrous locks spread across the standard issue pillow, and open aristocratic eyes that had damned her heart from the outset. His slow hesitant smile was the question and her equally hesitant grin was the answer.
Once again emotions orbited the silent world; they didn't need to speak, words were meaningless to them. And all was right in their world of silent glances, secret smiles, and curled fingers.