Hello all! This is my… fourth fic, and by far the hardest one to write. But I had to do it. I haaad to. I got the inspiration from a tumblr post here post/69213926587/once-again-id-like-to-clarify-that-this-au and if you don't click the link it's about Naruto being a pilot in WWII and him going missing, meanwhile his fiancée is pregnant with his child and all this stuff. I saw the pictures, and I had to write it.
But the good news it the ENTIRE thing is already written. All 5 chapters, all 10k words. So I'll defs release them day by day. With that in mind, plase enjoy the first chapter! (also I don't own Naruto)
A woman in a long dark dress and a feathered hat was standing next to the train. A pair of arms were wrapped around her, embracing her. He was Air Force, the symbol being barred on his jacket sleeve. This was a typical scene that happened during war times. Wives would see their husbands off, wishing for them a safe return.
In this case, they weren't married quite yet, but they were to be as soon as the war was over. She came from a rich family, Hinata Hyuuga. Her father was a stock man, investing money into the war, into cars, and into technology.
The man, however, came from the school of Hard Knocks. His life was never an easy one, which is why the soonest he could, he enlisted in the Air Force. He learned how to fly, and he loved it. He felt like he could do anything up in the air.
He met Hinata while recovering from a leg injury that was supposed to keep him out of the war until it was over. He was walking home on crutches, when he got stuck on the bricks and fell backwards onto her. Their eyes met, and a day didn't pass since without them meeting again.
That was seven months ago, and the war was still going on. He received a letter a week ago that he was needed to return to the field, which brings him to the train station today.
"Just... be safe." Hinata breathed out into his chest, hugging tighter than before. He breathed in her hair, moving her hat back to press his nose against her. "I need you to come back safe, okay?" she said, pulling away from his chest, looking into his blue eyes. God his eyes were stunning. Anything he could ever hope to say, he could say with them. He knew that too, but he still would tell her.
"Hey, I'm invincible, remember? I'll come back just fine! Besides," He cupped a hand on her cheek. "I can't leave my fiancée at the altar, now can I?" He said with a soft smile. That smile melts her heart every time he does it. It makes her feel safe, warm and protected. She reached up and grabbed hishand on her face, giving it a squeeze.
"I guess you can't" She said with a pained smile, trying to hide that she didn't want him to leave. But she figured he knew no matter what she did.
"Exactly! So I'll come home, don't you worry! I'm Naruto Uzumaki after all!" he said with confidence. He bent his head down towards her to continue. "And the love of my life is here, in Britain, so I have to come home to her."
His words made her laugh, but it still didn't take her mind off the fact that he was leaving.
"Hey, don't look so sad. It's not like I don't fly planes all the time." He said, putting an arm around her waist, slowly pulling her in closer.
And with that the train conductor yelled for all passengers to get on board. With that, Hinata let out a pained sigh.
"I guess that's you…" she said, choking up a bit, trying to hold back her tears.
"Yeah, I guess so." He said, looking at the train behind him.
"Promise me you'll write, okay?" She asked him, trying to break away from his arm.
"Absolutely!" he replied, giving her a huge grin. She smiled back, still trying to break away so he wouldn't miss the train.
"Hey!" he grabbed her arm. "If you don't think I'm not going to kiss you goodbye, then you aren't the Hinata Hyuuga I fell in love with."
And with that, he pressed his mouth against hers. Hinata's eyes widened at the suddenness of the kiss, but nonetheless she sunk down into it, getting caught up in the moment. He gave her lip a little nibble before letting go.
"I love you Hinata, don't forget that, okay?" He said as he backed away, jumping onto the train as it began to move. Hinata nodded her head and yelled back at him.
"I won't! And I love you too!"
Naruto turned around and started to wave at her, and he had his signature smile on his face.
I'll see you soon!" He yelled as he got farther out.
They both continued waving until they could no longer see each other, and Hinata slowly put her arm down, letting it sink in.
'There he goes…' She thought as the train smoke billowed out from the engine.
"Miss Hyuuga, are you ready to go?" Said the car driver.
"… Yes."
That was six months ago. The last time she had heard from him was his second week gone, in the second letter he sent.
And at that time she didn't know she was pregnant either.
She found out a week after receiving the letter, and immediately wrote him about it. She was so excited to tell him. The Air Force would send him back home to marry her, just for maybe a month, before shipping him back off again. Sure it wasn't the wedding they wanted, but she didn't care, she got to see him, hold him, marry him, and bare his child.
But he never came. She never got a letter back, she didn't receive anything. The months went by without him, but the fact that she was having his kid never went away. Her stomach was round, her feet always hurt, and her back was always in pain. But she didn't care, it was his child.
She kept writing him, even though she never got a response, and every time she did, her letters kept getting shorter.
"Are you okay? What's happening? Are you safe? Are they sending you back? Please write back, we miss you."
"Please write back, where are you? The two of us want to know that you're okay."
"I'm worried about you, write soon, okay?"
"…Please write back…"
The longer she went with no reply, the more she couldn't sum into words to write, and all she had were the two he had written her, and even then the first one was only a letter saying he got there safe. But his second one was more special.
Hinata kept the letter with her at all times. She would pull it out during the day to read its content, scratched handwriting and all.
"Dear Hinata,
I miss you too! I can't wait to get back home and plan the weeding with you. Maybe we can work some stuff out through the letters? Like the cake flavor and stuff! I'm fine with whatever you like (as long as it isn't lemon.)
Anyway, tomorrow they're sending me out to do some scouting of the area ahead of us. I do that stuff all the time, so don't worry about anything! I hope to see you soon and get this stupid war stuff done with. I love you immensely and hope to see you soon!
Yours forever, Naruto. "
That last part always killed her. The heart he drew next to his name always made her tear up, even reading it five months after she got it. The two humps weren't perfect, and the lines didn't exactly meet up, but it just felt so right-so him-to her.
She wiped the edges of her eyes and folded the letter back up, sliding it back in her handbag as she looked out her window, watching as the country side passed in and out of her view. It all looked the same, covered in snow with an occasional leafless tree.
"Why do you keep reading it?"
Hinata turned her head towards her father, Hiashi, who asked the question.
"Easy, I read it in his voice and it's like he's here." She said with a slight smile.
"But he's not." Hiashi said in a cold voice, not even looking her in the face while speaking.
He's at war, father." Hinata stated.
"Or dead." He said monotone. Hinata jerked back at his words. She knew that he never liked Naruto, but to wish him dead was a new low.
"A-what? How could you s-" She was cut off.
"If he was still alive he would have wrote you back. But he hasn't. He hasn't written you back." He said like a stab to her heart. Hinata felt her cheeks heat up, and her words turned harsh.
"I have NO doubt in my mind that he is alive! He's going to come back home when everything is over and we are going to get married and have and family together and be happy, whether or not you are!" Hinata replied, not realizing she stood up in her anger. She was glad that the door of their car suite was closed; otherwise she was sure other passengers would be staring.
"Sure! If he's alive that's great! But guess what? He isn't! And now I'm left with a daughter who's having his kid out of wedlock, and shaming our family name!" Hiashi yelled, also standing to match his daughter.
Hinata was about to respond, but a voice from the cabin echoed "We have now reached platform 112."
Hinata turned to her father and walked closer to him, getting in his face.
"You're wrong." She told him, a grimace in her voice. She turned on her heels and walked out of the cabin, making her way home.
Hey it's done! Thank you to all who read, review, and favorite, I really do appreciate it! You all are the best.
Ellen=out