Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Except the Plot.
Truth And Rumors
My big sister has always been my role model since I was little. Well, she's not really my sister, more like my cousin to be exact but she's someone who I really adore. Seeing her cry that hard at the time was hard for me. I was 11 year old when it happened, she was 15.
"Neji-chan! Neji-chan! Look!" she smiled down at me, holding out a cat figure key chain towards me.
"Isn't it cute?" she smiled widely at me.
She always did have a soft spot for animals.
I stares at it for a few seconds before muttering, "Baka."
"H-Huh?"
"I'm a boy. Boys are not interested in 'cute things'." I said, almost business-like.
She blinks at me, never letting go of my hand in hers.
"Aww! Neji-chan is SOO cute!" she yelled out, pinching both of my cheek.
"O-Ow! Let go!" I yelled out.
She slowly lets out, still giggling a little with a blush on her cheeks.
She was much shyer when she was little. I could still remember how she would constantly stutter every time she spoke when she was little. As she grew older, her stutter slowly disappears but now she would only stutter when she's nervous.
"Hina?"
Hearing someone called out for her, she quickly answers a "Yes?" turning her head towards the voice behind her.
"Oh! It's you." She smiled with a blush before completely facing her body towards the guy.
Neji stares up at both of them as they talked, Hinata giggling at something that the guy said.
I did not hate the guy at the time, because he was the only person who was able to make her smile like that. Sure, she smile lots of time before but there's something different about the way she would smile when he was around. I only seen him a few times so I can't really remember how he looks like, but what I do remember is their age different is 5 years.
I don't know why I remember that but not his face. Maybe it's because I'm a Math genius or something. At least that's what I heard from all my family members. Not bragging or anything.
I could still remember how she cried that night, begging on her knees in front of her parent. It was a calm night, a usual night for everyone but not for the Hyuga.
It was hard for me to look at her like that, with tears pouring down her face.
"Please…" she hiccupped with her head bowed down, ashamed of herself.
"I-I'm sorry… Please… F-forgive me…" she whispered to her mother.
Her mother turned towards her husband beside her, hoping that he could say something to their daughter.
He didn't.
He stares down at Hinata silently, ignoring the look his wife was giving him.
She whispers apologists over and over again, but never accepting any response from her parent.
It was hard.
For all of them.
For the Hyuga.
For Hinata.
Neji stares at them from the doorway, not moving an inch.
He wanted to go there and comfort her, to hug her and say everything was going to be okey.
But he didn't.
Not when her parent are there not saying anything, or accepting her apologists.
If her parent did not say anything, what made you think that Neji, an 11 year old has the right to say "It's going to be okey."?
"Who's the father?" Hiashi asked, his cold eyes gaze down at Hinata who is sitting up on the bed. Her mother sat beside her.
"I… T-there is no father."
"Tell me who the father of that baby right now." He demanded.
She shut her eyes closed, not wanting the tears from spilling from her eyes but it did anyway.
"A p-person, who doesn't want his own child doesn't deserve to have the honor of c-calling him a father." She says, touching her stomach with a hand, sobbing silently.
Hiashi sighed and rubbed in between his eyebrow.
Her mother quickly stood up and followed him out of the room, leaving Neji and Hinata in the room.
"Hiashi… Don't you think you should—"
"No."
Both of them could hear the conversation that was taking place outside the room.
Neji sat on the floor beside the bed, hugging his knee.
He raised his head and stared at Hinata who had her head bowed down, staring at her stomach.
"Hinata…" he called out, pushing himself from the floor and sat beside her on the bed.
"I thought he—" she whispered softly.
"Hina?"
She turned her head towards him, forcing a smile on her lips.
"Do you think i-it's going to be a boy or a girl?" she asked.
Neji stared at her for a few seconds before letting a smile on his lips, almost as if telling her he was going to be there for her.
"I hope it's a boy."
Hinata giggled and slowly wrapped her arms around him.
"I hope so too. Thank you." She whispered.
Neji could feel something wet on his neck and he knew, she was crying. She was trying to be strong.
He slowly hugged her back, burying his face on her shoulder.
"Neji? A-are you crying?" she hiccupped a little.
He shook his head against her shoulder.
"N-no."
Hinata couldn't help but let out a smile, patting his head.
"It's okey…" she giggled.
"I said I-I'm not crying." He said against her shoulder.
She giggled again.
"Of course you're not."
She smiled, giggled and laughed. But the cheerfulness was gone.
And he took that from her when he left her to take care of herself and their baby.
I hate him. I really do.
A few months before the baby was born, Hinata's mother passed away. I notice that she seemed sick before she passed away. Probably from the cold since it was snowing back then. Her mother had this kind of disease that whenever she was exposes to low temperature surroundings, she would get really weak. Her disease plus the pressure of having her child pregnant at such a young age was unbearable. Even for her.
Hiashi left them after that, sending them money twice every month. His whereabouts are unknown to this day.
The baby was born on July. It was raining on that day, summer rain. So unpredictable.
Neji sat beside her, staring at her before turning his gaze towards the baby in her arms. He had to admit, she looks older now. Not like-a- Grandma kind of way. More like she have those eyes of a mother way. The warm and homey feeling when you stare at a mother's eyes long enough. It was pleasant and heartwarming.
"She looks so much like her father…." Hinata whispered, tracing her fingers gently on the baby's eyebrow down to her cheek.
Neji frowned at that, pushing himself closer beside her on the bed.
I hate him. I really do.
"What are you going to name her?" he asked, hopping to change the subject.
"I… I don't know. I never thought about that." She said before turning her head towards him.
"What do you think?"
"I don't know… The only names in my head right now are boy's names."
Hinata giggled before turning her head towards the baby in her arms.
"Hope."
Neji blinks at the name as she turns her head towards the baby.
"Her name is Hope." She says, smiling down at the baby.
Neji couldn't help but smile at the sight.
It was a warm smile, a motherly smile to be exact.
Something he hasn't seen for a while now.
Neji stood with his hand against a fence that is surrounding the baseball field, staring down at the girl in front of him that had just confessed her feelings and wanted to go on a date.
Hn. High School.
"I'm sorry but I'm not interested in dating anyone right now." He bowed, hoping to get out of there and just train like he normally does. Seriously, he was just there practicing when she called out to him!
"Just give me one chance! One date! Please?" she asks, almost desperately with both her hand clasp together in front of her chest.
He let out heavy sigh, rubbing in between his eyebrow in annoyance.
"Look. I'm really not interested. If you'll excuse me." He bows again before turning to leave.
She glares at his retreating back, tightening her fist beside her.
"He rejected you, huh?" came a voice from behind the tree.
"Shut up, Ino." She huffs, turning to leave from the scene.
"He rejects everyone, Ten Ten. Don't feel bad." The blond says, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Ten Ten pouts and cross her arms in front of her chest.
"All I did was a waste. I put make-up on. I let my hair down. But still nothing works!" Ten Ten complains, wanting to just scream at the spot.
"But I have to admit, you do look pretty with your hair down." Ino smiles, combing Ten Ten's hair a little with her fingers.
"Huh! Pretty my butt! It's freakin' hot with a whether like this!" Ten Ten yells, referring to the hot weather. It hasn't rain for a few weeks now.
She quickly tied her hair in a high ponytail before walking away from Ino.
"Oh come on! You look hot!" Ino yells out, trying to catch up to her.
They look at the baseball team practice for a few second.
"Look at those muscles…." Ino sighs dreamily making Ten Ten rolls her eyes.
"Come on. We're going to be late for class." Ten Ten says, pulling on Ino's arm.
Ten Ten gave a last look at the Baseball team, or more precisely, at Neji before turning to leave. Almost hating herself for confessing her feeling towards him a few minutes back.
"What? No way…" Ten Ten says back, not believing what her friend just said to her.
They are in Math class right now, but the teacher, Gai-Sensei had been called by the principle half an hour ago, he had told them to read page 37-40 but, of course they didn't listen. Once the teacher walks out, the students went wild. The class turns into a Hell Hole.
"It's true! I heard he's in love with his cousin! That's why he never goes out on a date with anyone!" Ino says to her, licking her 3rd lollipop that day. She had grabbed a chair and sat across from Ten Ten, having both her legs in front of her chest.
"And where did you hear this from?"
"A few girls in the bathroom. They say he even lives together with her, in an apartment!"
Ten Ten shook her head at the wild images that pops in her head.
"It's only rumors, right? They're not sure if it's true, right?" she asks, inching her head towards Ino a little.
Ino took her lollipop from her mouth, before looking straight at her.
"It's only rumors. But I also heard she already has a baby."
Neji's Baby?
"W-What?"
"Yup. She was pregnant when she was like 15 or something. People say she's a bitch."
"But that made Neji like… 11 years old. How can she get pregnant?"
Ino laughs a little, shaking her head.
"It's not Neji's."
"Ehh? Then whose the—"
"No one knows." Ino says, raising her shoulder a little.
Ten Ten bit her bottom lip, her heart was pounding from knowing all the secrets.
Neji's Secret.
"So… Neji is 15 right now. Then she must be….. 19, right?"
"Correct." Ino says, plopping the lollipop in her mouth again.
Ten Ten shook her head, "It's only rumors."
Ino smiles at her.
"Rumors huh?"
Inspiration of the story:
So... This is the new story I told you guys about.
Okey. Most of us probably already knew about the recent news about Bieber. Yup. The one where Mariah Yeater claims that her 3-months-old baby is Bieber's. I guess... That's where I got my inspiration from. Reviews if you want. Peace OUT.
- BFOS