Sasuke Says It To Hinata's Face - 2 -


Note: Anti The Last / Rant / You have been warned


Naruto went to see Sasuke after their last meeting and have a talk with him. He was in pain to see Hinata feeling depressed about it. And the fact that Sasuke, his one and only best friend, is still suffering, was killing him.

Naruto looked troubled and somewhat ashamed to Sasuke's eyes. Sasuke said before Naruto even start talking to him,

"You don't have to ask me to apologize. I'm already thinking about apologizing."

Naruto blinked,

"What! That wasn't what I had in mind! I… I'm the one who needs to apologize to you…"

Sasuke sighed,

"That's not true. I was drunk and I said pretty harsh things to Hinata. She didn't deserve that. She was a victim as well…"

"...She was... but…"

Naruto shook his head and muttered,

"I didn't want to find out about her feeling like that… I wish things were different..."

Sasuke said without looking at Naruto,

"Would she give me a chance to talk to her and fix this? I want to make this right. I feel bad about it."

"Actually she wanted me to apologized to you on her behalf. She said that she couldn't face you after what she said to you…so... she asked me to do it instead..."

"Tsk… Would you tell her that I really want to talk to her?"

"Sure! But…"

"But, what?"

"Just don't add to it, Sasuke. She's really depressed… She kept crying all night… I didn't know how to calm her down…"

Sasuke shut his eyes, slightly lowered his head and sighed,

"Please ask her to meet me soon... Let me fix this. I don't want this. I didn't want to hurt her feelings."

"I'll do that." he nodded.


Later on, Naruto talked to Hinata about it,

"Sasuke wants to talk to you, Hinata…"

She flinched,

"About what?"

"He wants to apologize to you for what happened…"

"Apologize? Really? I thought that I was the one at fault...!"

"Would you talk to him? It's really up to you. You don't have to do it if you don't want to."

She remained silent for a moment then nodded,

"Yes. I will hear him out."

"Thank you, Hinata. This will make him happy."

"Yeah… I too want to apologize to him personally… I hurt his feelings... I should fix this too, right?"

"That's why I admire you, Hinata."


Sasuke went to Naruto's place to meet Hinata. He refused to meet her anywhere else. He wanted to walk to her place personally and apologize properly. When he reached there, he stood by the door, took a deep breath, and then knocked on the door twice.

Hinata looked at Naruto with parted lips. She sharpened her gaze and nodded. Naruto smiled then opened the door and said,

"Welcome, Sasuke. Please come in."

"Sorry to interrupt." he said.

"No, we were waiting for you."

Sasuke's eyes shifted to Hinata's direction. Hinata was standing there with joined hands. She averted her gaze from Sasuke and mumbled,

"I… I—

Sasuke faced Hinata and said,

"I'm here to ask you to forgive me for what I said to you. It wasn't your fault. You didn't deserve that."

She raised her eyes and stared at Sasuke's eyes in wonder. Sasuke continued,

"I was drunk and I wasn't thinking right. I actually say harsh things when I'm awake. I won't be surprised if someone commits suicide because of something I said when I was drunk. There is zero control in there! Like, burn! Burn! Burn. Even I wouldn't want to piss drunk me!"

Hinata chuckled and immediately covered her mouth with her hands. Sasuke continued,

"I know I say harsh things sometimes. It's because I always speak my mind out without hesitation. I don't really pay attention to what people might think about it. Hell, I say harsh things to this dobe of yours all the time but he's like a rock. No sign of pain, nothing. It's as If he's dead inside or something."

Naruto yelled,

"Hey! Why are you saying mean things about me?"

"This isn't about you, dobe. Stay out of it."

"But you're saying mean things about Me!"

"Well, I can't go all nice and sweet. Something gotta give. You can handle me, so shut up for now."

"Fine! But I will beat the shit out of you for it later."

"We'll see about that. Now shut up and let me concentrate."

"Go ahead, teme. I'll wait my turn."

Hinata smiled,

"You don't have to apologize, Sasuke. I provoked you… I take part of the blame…"

"Nope. That won't do. The thing is, I know you didn't deserve any of this. You were a victim as well. You didn't deserve a pitiful marriage. You were doing fine without all of that! You only had to try, that all. That's the only thing that I could really blame you for. That you didn't try hard enough. The rest isn't your fault at all."

"It's not like I didn't want to try… I was going to fight for my love until the end… it's just…"

"You don't have to tell me. I was there and I know what happened. What's important is that you're with the one you love. This is what you wanted all along, right? to end up with Naruto."

"True..."

"You did nothing wrong. It was forced upon you. You deserve to be happy. This dobe deserves to be happy too. If his happiness is with you, then who am I to object to that?"

"Sasuke-kun… I don't really know if that's what Naruto wanted all along…"

"Nobody knows what the dobe wanted all along, not even the dobe himself! This usuratonkachi is clueless! He doesn't understand shit!"

Naruto jumped,

"Hey! WTF! I'm still here! I'm can hear you!"

"He doesn't even know what his bonds means. He's reeeeally clueless when it come to relationships. All he knows is that he wants to be a Hokage. He'll go on and on about it. But when you ask him about a bond he gives you this broken record that repeats the same words, and never explains them."

"Why are you doing this to me?! What did I ever do to you!?" Naruto said.

"So, if he says that he likes you then expect more. I'm not sure what his relationship with you is like, but I can tell you for sure that he can't put it into words. Which is why one wouldn't even bother ask him about it, right?"

"For god's sake, Sasuke! You're killing me in here!" Naruto said, in the background.

"If you're happy, and he's happy then that's okay. You know that you love him, right?"

Hinata blushed,

"Yes. I love him."

"And you know that he is happy with you, right?"

"He smiles all the time when he's with me…"

"That's it. That's all you need. He's happy with you. This is happiness to him."

Hinata smiled,

"I think you're right."

"Yeah... About the things I said, those were directed at those who insulted you like that. They would only see how bad they hurt you when someone speaks it directly to their faces. I'm not saying that I was right to say what I said to your face, no, I was wrong, but I wasn't really awake. What I saw that day, was the pitiful Hinata that was happy with the horrible ending she was given. That wasn't the real you. Even I could tell that she sounded nothing like you."

"You really don't have to apologize anymore. I forgave you when you said that I didn't deserve this. This means that you actually care… you care about my character and my development. Thank you, and I'm sorry you had to see all of this and remain quiet about it…"

She dropped her eyebrows and added,

"I know you were there for Naruto right from the start… I know his bond with you saved him from being consumed by hatred… I watched Naruto work so hard to save you… I can never take that away from you. I won't accept it. I know how much you mean to Naruto. I actually love the fact that he had someone like you in his life. I'm thankful that you acknowledged him and saved him from the pain of hatred. Naruto talks about it all the time. And when he talks about it, he smiles so beautifully that I start feeling envious of you. I wish I was there for him the way you were there for him. It's so beautiful."

Sasuke lowered his eyes and murmured,

"...Yeah…"

He shifted his pupils to the corner of his eyes. His gaze held a hint of deep pain.

He muttered,

"I… I think I'm done here…" he shook slightly his head and said,

"I should go before it gets late..."

"Yeah… thanks for coming… thanks for doing this. I really appreciate it." Hinata smiled.

"… Yeah…" he murmured.


Naruto walked Sasuke to the door quietly. Sasuke walked out in silence with his eye lowered and his breaths slightly disturbed. Naruto stared at Sasuke's back with deep sadness in his blue eyes.

"That look you have on your face… that sad gaze in you eyes…

I know that look… it's why my chest is hurting now…

I'm sorry… I'm sorry things went this way… I'm sorry you had to lose everything…

I'm sorry your ambition was taken away from you… I'm sorry you're still suffering…

I'm sorry you're all alone again… I wish you the best… Sasuke… this is all I could do now…

I hope the bond we share would help you survive this…

I hope the words we spoke would help you get through this…

I hope you accomplish what you always wished for…

You deserve better, my one and only best friend…"