Promotion
(Hinata's point of view)
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I am suddenly awakened by my alarm clock. I tiredly reach my hand out and quiet the loud object. I groan into my pillow, I don't wanna get out of bed, but I have stupid responsibilities. I finally open my eyes and look at the time it's 6:04 A.M. I have to get up and make breakfast for Naruto, I sit up and rub my tired eyes.
I slowly get up and stretch, I begin to make my bed. When I'm done I sit down at my vanity and begin to brush my bed hair. Soon enough my hair is shiny and knots free as it goes down my back stopping at my waist. I take a piece of my hair and look at the color, it's exactly identical to my mothers, I smile.
I change into the clothes I picked out for work the day before. It's a simple white button down blouse and a black skirt that goes 1 inch past my knees. I put on my black flats and look at myself in the mirror concluding I look decent and walk out to the kitchen.
I put on my apron and put my hair up in a bun. I take out all the ingredients I need for breakfast and begin to make a miniature buffet.
Naruto has been grumpy lately probably from all the stress from work. I hope this makes him feel better, I smile and continue to cook. It takes me about an hour to finish making breakfast. I set the table and put down all the food.
Right at that moment, Naruto walks in. I smile, "Good morning Naruto, are you hungry? I made some breakfast," I say. Well, not some. Who am I kidding I made enough for a miniature army. "No thanks I'll just get food on the way there," he says not looking up from fixing his suit.
I look down feeling sad. Does he not like my cooking? Maybe I'm a bad cook. That's probably it why else would he go out of his way to waste money and stop somewhere to eat breakfast, especially when I made so much food.
"Oh okay," I say still looking down. He finally stops messing with his suit and looks up at me for the first time today. "Well, I should probably get going," he says grabbing his keys and wallet. "Oh yeah, I'm sorry, I'm sure you'll be late now because of me holding you up," I say.
He begins to walk towards the door but stops and turns back around. "Oh, and Hinata one more thing," he says. A tiny bit of me gets happy, maybe he will wish me good luck at work today? Since he never has. "Yeah Naruto," I say smiling.
"Are you going to be late from work today?" he asks in an emotionless tone. The little candle of hope was blown out. Of course, he was gonna ask that. Why would he wish me luck? He hasn't done it once in 3 months.
"Oh... Ah yeah, I will probably be late today," I whisper. Still a little disappointed he didn't wish me good luck.
"Alright then I'll be heading out now," he says. Then he turns around and walks out the door.
I sigh, looks like all that cooking was for nothing. I lost my appetite, I begin to wrap up all the food and clean up. Well, maybe he just forgot. A hopeful part of starts to think. I look at the clock it's 7:30. I better get going or else I'll be late to work. I get my purse and walk out of the house. I lock the door and put my keys in my purse.
It's pretty outside nice and sunny. It's spring time so all the flowers are blooming. I decide to walk to work since it isn't very far. I get there just on time. I walk in and walk towards my desk. As soon as I sit down my best friend Ino walks up to my desk.
"Hi, Hinata," she says smiling at me and hands me coffee. "Hi, Ino," I say smiling at her. She leans against my desk, takes a sip from her coffee "So hows the married life?" she asks.
I get a little sad, I try to hide it and take a sip from my coffee "great" I say. But of course Ino knows I'm lying, it doesn't help that I'm an open book. "That bad," she says giving me a sympathetic look.
I give up on hiding my feelings it's no use anyway "don't even remind me" I say thinking about the incident from this morning. "You should divorce him," Ino says to me. I'm a little stunned at first. Divorce Naruto? I quickly shoot down the idea.
"Ino we just got married 3 months ago," I say not looking at her. "Exactly Hinata you two have only been married 3 months, he treats you like a stranger that shouldn't be happening, you two should be all lovey Dovey your newlyweds," she says to me with a concerned face.
"Well, maybe that only counts for some couples," I say in a hopeful voice. She looks at me for a couple of seconds, "I hope your right Hinata" she whispers. Yeah, I hope I'm right too. "Hinata Hyuga" I look up and see Shizune calling me.
I stand up "Yes Shizune," I say then smile at her. "Lady Tsunade wants to see you in her office," she says to me then walks away.
I look back at Ino, she's just as surprised as I am. "What did you do?" Ino asks me. "I don't know, " I say then start walking toward Tsunade's office.
I stand in front of Tsunade's office, I take a deep breath since I'm nervous. What could Tsunade want? I hope I'm not getting fired father would be disappointed in me.
I knock on the door. I hear her say 'come in', I open the door. I see Tsunade sitting at her desk "you wanted to see me" I say then smile at her. "Yes Hinata this is regarding your job," she says.
A small lump starts to form in my throat. "What about my job?" I ask. "Congratulations, you are getting a promotion. As of today, you are now the assistant for my son and the future president of this company. Sasuke you can come in now," she says.
I turn around and the door opens revealing a man with dark hair and black eyes. He has on a dark suit also, everything about him is dark, as he walks towards me you can feel his confidence spilling out if him without any effort.
He looks at me, I feel a chill go down my back, he's handsome. He holds out his hand to me "Hello, my name is Sasuke Uchiha" he says introducing himself, his voice is deep. I take his hand, it's cold and big compared to my small and warm one. "Hello, my name is Hinata Hyuga," I say smiling at him. "Nice to meet you," he says as we shake hands. Neither one of us looking away from each other.
