DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto or the lyrics, those belong to Metallica, Rise Against, BFMV and Slipknot, respectively.
A/N: Just as a forewarning, Shikamaru is a bit OOC in the end of this chapter. Bear with me, I swear its for the better. This chapter is also the end of the short, one-chapter Saku/Hina sage, so we can move forward. Enjoy!
HINATA-POV
September 26th, 12:20 pm.
Ugh. What happened last night? I tried to open my eyes, but the light burns them. My head hurts, I feel extremely groggy, and I need somethin' to drink. As I laid in bed, some of last night came back to me. The tournament, eating with Temari, throwing up when I got to Sakura's...Sakura? I opened my eyes again and noticed I was laying in the pink haired girls bed, in just my bra and panties, and the final memory hit me: Me and her had sex...and it was my idea!
I couldn't hold it in anymore and jumped out of bed, rushing to the restroom and hurling into the toilet, as I heard Sakura start to stir. Did she remember? Most importantly, did she like it? I know she said she did, but man, we were both loaded last night. "Hinata, you ok in there?" I heard the pink haired girl in question call out.
Fuck, she knew I was up. I was hoping for a bit more time to gather my thoughts and stuff from last night, but I guess imma have to make do. "Ne yea, I'm ok, just a little sick." Come on, 'Kura-chan, just a few more minutes to myself. Thankfully she granted me a few more minutes before I headed out to the room, only to be greeted by her naked, again, and changing.
She turned around, baring it all, and smiled. "Hey, sleepy head, feel better?" As much as I wanted to run back to the restroom, I forced it down and smiled back at her, nodding sternly. Did she really remember what happened last night? I know I did, especially seeing her bare body again, it made me riled up a bit. God, why now?
I stood by as she continued getting dressed, putting on a simple outfit of jeans, tee shirt and shoes. Nothing special, nothing risqué. "Uh, Sakura-chan, d-do you remember what w-we did last n-night?" I hated to be so straight forward, but it needed to be asked and answered, hopefully sooner than later.
Stopping putting her hair up, she turns to me and softly smiles. "Of course, silly, we got drunk and then went and ate with Temari." Oh, phew, she didn't remember the sex. Why am I relieved? "Oh, and Hinata." I gulped. Shit, maybe I was wrong. "That was some good sex, we should do it again sometime." The way she winked made my heart stop, and I almost fainted.
I tried my hardest to keep consciousness, and eventually prevailed. She did remember and liked it. Maybe even loved it! "S-so, you liked it?" She nodded. I blushed. "I-I thought maybe you wouldn't remember it, we were so drunk last night. I barely did." I sat down on her bed and tried to collect myself some more.
Giggling, she put a hand on my bare shoulder, standing above me. "You forget, 'Nata-chan, I'm used to drinking, I remember things a lot easier." Duh. How could I forget? She practically coached me through the entire night. "And yes, I loved it." She kissed me, again. And I didn't stop her, again. I just melted into her lips.
After she had broke the kiss, I gasped, before standing up and grabbing my clothes. Changing into the same type of simple outfit she did, I sat down on her bed and sighed. "I didn't exactly mean for it to go like that, but I did enjoy it quite a lot. I enjoyed all of it last night." Leaning back she sat down next to me and did the same, as we just laid and gazed into each others eyes.
"Well you don't regret it, do you?" Hmm, I thought about it. Do I? I suppose I don't, and it kinda was my idea. I did kinda bait her into it. Shaking my head 'no' she just smiled. "I think we're good then, 'Nata." There was a scheming in her eyes, I just couldn't put my finger on what she was scheming.
We laid there for a while, just talking about last night, and Temari, and how she seemed a bit fishy when she said she wasn't pregnant. The more I thought about it, the sketchier the situation had seemed. I just hope she does the right thing for Shikamaru and the potential babies sake.
Sure, they weren't exactly ready for a kid at seventeen and eighteen, but there's nothing you can do about it. I know Shikamaru and Temari are against abortion, or at least Shikamaru, so that options out of the equation. I don't think she's pregnant though, no way, and Sakura agreed with me. She lived in Suna and we were in Konoha so I don't think that they could've been that sexually active.
I went to use the restroom, and after I got out, what did I see? It was a replay of last night, only Sakura is the one laying naked on a bed waiting for me to come join her. "Hey 'Nata chan, my parents are gonna be gone all day and once you leave, imma be all alone. What say we have just a little bit of fun, ne?" Gah, is this how it feels to have the tables turned on you? She spread her legs, letting me catch a glimpse of her soaking wet privates.
Touché, 'Kura-chan, touché. Ah how the tables have turned on me today. After looking at the clock to check if we had enough time to have a second go at each other, and confirming my hopes, I simply nodded with a smile on my face and got undressed, diving into bed with a girl for the second time. If only Naruto was here to see this, maybe a threesome doesn't sound too unappealing...
NARUTO-POV
September 26th, 12:45 pm.
GAH! I had the WORST headache EVER! And it didn't seem to be getting any better. Of course the teme was all fine and everything, as he drove over her to 'check on me.'. Yea right, more like make fun of me and torment me for letting myself lose control of myself. I was just celebrating, man, we won the tournament, which I, for one, am thankful I remember clear as day.
If it didn't get any better, I'd be forced to knock Sasuke and his laughing and jokes out. He sounded like nails on a chalkboard right about now. "Now, now, dobe. Did we learn anything from last night?" I swear Sasuke, I swear. He's lucky my entire body is sore from last night. I'm a split second from hopping up and decking him.
"It wouldn't be the first time my little Naru-kun lost control of himself and drank too much, Sasuke-kun." Thanks for siding with me, mom, just thanks. Not only is my best friend tormenting hungover-me, but now my own maternal mother. Could this day get any worse?
I heard my front door open, followed by my mother greeting the next person to torture me. Shikamaru. Now both of my friends and my mom are here to drive me to suicide. "Hey Naruto, feeling any better since your little escapade last night?" C'mon, just go fuck yourself in the corner quietly, please Shikamaru.
Sitting up in my bed and gulping some water down, I let out a slight, throaty growl. "Just because I slammed fourteen beers, six shots and a few mixed drinks in two hours doesn't mean you guys can just come torment me! Give me a fucking break!" Why exactly did I call these two my friends? Not like I had a choice but to call my mom, well, mom, but these two are here by choice.
They both backed up a bit, putting their hands up as if to guard themselves from any potential attack. "Ne, calm down Naruto, just come eat and get rid of that headache, before we inform you of another one." Another headache? What the hell did Shika mean by that? I need to get to the bottom of this.
Dressing into more suitable clothes that weren't pajamas, I headed downstairs and sat down. "Thanks for the aspirin, ma. It's really helping now." After reminding me that a good meal of pancakes and eggs, a late breakfast, would help too, I dug into it, scarfing down my meal like I hadn't ate in a few days. "So," I managed to start in between bites. "What did you mean by 'another headache'?"
I saw Sasuke start digging through his phone, before showing me a Leafbook post from this morning by the schools local little snitch, Kabuto Yakushi. A senior who calls himself a 'reporter' on some of the most 'juiciest' topics around the school area. What I saw made me go black with anger.
"What a party last night! The team of Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuuga prevailed as they became the fall beer pong champions, a first for Miss Hyuuga and Mr. Uzumaki! Maybe there was...a bit of a celebration going on afterwards, hmm...who knows."
Attached to the post was an obviously photo-shopped picture of me and Hinata making out, when in reality that was about the time I passed out and Hinata was, well, I don't know. That's the issue. "Mmm, you guys obviously know this is fake, who does this guy think he is!? This could ruin her image, I couldn't care less about mine, everyone knows who I am!" Ooh when I get my hands on that little punk.
I looked at Shikamaru after seeing him sigh into his hands. "Ne there's quite a few headaches we're all gonna have to deal with now. Some personally, like me and Temari-chan. Today she dodged my good morning text, and I know she's up 'cuz she's a morning person. I don't know what's up but she 'needs to talk to me' later, and we're meeting at the coffee joint down the road."
Me and Sasuke looked towards my mom. "Hey, ma, you're a girl. Any speculations or reasoning you can think of behind this?" I mean, she might know. There's no better person to go to for girl advice besides, well, another girl. She thought about it for a minute, before looking at Shika.
"Well, you two haven't fought recently, have you?" He shook his head. "Hmm. No tension, of any kind?" Another shake of his head. "Well, if she wants to talk, I can only imagine it's about something important to her, even if it may not be a huge deal to you. The only advice I can give is just go listen to what she has to say, especially since she's driving all the way from Suna to here just to be face to face with you."
Shikamaru nodded to my mom. "Thanks, Kushina-san, I agree. I know her and if she wants to talk face to face, I know it's really important to her at least." My mom waved off the formality in his voice, collecting our plates and going to wash them, a signal for us to continue our 'man business' as she calls it.
"Now, the only way I can see to handle this little Kabuto situation is pure intimidation. If there was another way, I would say lets do that, but if I know anything about this Kabuto kid, he's not easily swayed by words and talking." Not a bad idea, teme, I'm down for a bit of physical intimidation on a little punk like Kabuto. We're not bullies at all, but some situations do call for a bit of brute force.
"Ne, but we'll have to catch him at school. The only class we have with him is fifth period science. It'll have to be before or right after that. So we just push him around, threaten him a bit and maybe get a few shots in?" I may be in karate but I still don't like pointless violence. If this doesn't work, I might have to go to plan b. Kick the shit outta him.
"We could catch him right after school, follow him to his car, yano?" Ah, yea, better. No teachers, no classmates, just simply follow him to his car and give him the deal. Thanks for that idea, Shika.
With mine and Sasuke's nods, it was settled. Tomorrow, this would all end, hopefully. We finished up the details, and turned to Sasuke, looking for what his possible headache could be. They did come in pairs of threes. "Me? I mean, Sakura just wanted me to go eat with her. I'm not sure if she still has that crush on me, and I'm not sure how I feel about a relationship right now."
True. For the longest time, Sakura did have a crush on Sasuke. That was two years ago, though, and neither could really act on it. We were freshmen, just getting started on football, just figuring out how to survive freshman year, without dropping out or killing ourselves. Or each other. I can't count the times that we all snapped at each other on two hands, but we persevered, and here we are. Best friends. "Well, just go out and see how it feels. Kinda like dipping your foot in the water."
It was the most solid advice me and Shika could give him, as we talked for another hour or so, before they left, each going to deal with their own headaches as I'm left with my own lingering hangover.
HINATA-POV
September 26th, 3:15 pm.
Ah, home sweet home. I bid farewell to Sakura as I carried my bags of stuff directly to my room, hiding the sensitive stuff before my dad found it. Thankfully Sakura let me shower at her place so I didn't smell like straight sex. It could've been better if she didn't shower with me, but again, I'm not complaining. I had just gotten everything put away and hidden before my dad knocked on my door. "Come in!" I yelled, laying on my bed.
He walked over to me, sitting on my bed next to my prone body. "So, did my princess have a good time?" Ugh, princess. I really felt more like a hooker even though I know it wasn't true. Was sex really that taboo? To my dad, yea.
I looked up at him and smiled. "Yea, me and Sakura had a really good time. We hung out, talked, did a bit of shopping, overall it was a pretty lax time." Would he believe my lies? That was yet to be determined. For my sake, I'm begging god that he does. I'd never be let out if he found out what happened.
"No partying?"
Huh, what? I froze. Did he know? "N-no sir, not at all." I know he didn't believe me, as he slowly chuckled a bit, before standing up. Oh lord, could this get any worse? I was surely grounded for at least a month, maybe more depending on how much he knows. How did parents always know?
"Hinata, come. Follow me." He motioned for me to get up and follow him, and its not like I had a choice. I knew where we were going. To his office, where he usually brought us to handle sensitive topics and issuing out punishments. I guess it's because it's a formal setting, and he is a businessman, so he felt more comfortable handing business in a professional setting.
When we reached his office, he gestured for me to enter as he flicked on the light. "Now, Hinata, is the time for you to find out the truth." Truth? Was he secretly a rodeo clown? Yakuza boss? Something along the lines? He led me to the closet in his office that none of us were allowed to enter. It held 'sensitive files'. After pulling the light string in it, I was greeted by its contents. Four trophies much like the one me and Naruto got for winning the tournament.
Unsure of what to say, I just gazed at them, two read 'Fall Champions' and the other two read 'Spring Break Classic Champions'. "D-dad? You won the tournament too?" Okay, so he's a beer pong champion. Hearing about him partying was a shock enough.
He put a hand on my shoulder and laughed heartily. "Yes, Hina. How do you think I met your mother? Come sit and I'll explain." We went and sat down at his desk, as he launched into the story of how my mom and dad met. "You see, me and Shikamaru's dad, Shikaku, won a tournament each year. We were good, really good. He a physics whiz and me, well, I guess I was just good. It was senior year and we were playing for the Spring Break Classic championship, a few months before graduating and your mom, I guess impressed by our skills, went and was hitting on...Shikaku."
Well, that was anticlimactic. "She was hitting on Shikaku-san?" He nodded, as I couldn't help but laugh a bit. What are the odds? You play and win a tournament and you get swerved for your best friend. Classic, indeed. "So how did she end up with you?"
Reaching into a desk drawer, he pulled out a picture of my mom, drunker than a skunk, barfing on my dads shoes. Ouch. "After that incident, it kinda broke the ice. She was set on Shikaku still, but he was a great wingman and pushed her towards me. He was interested in another woman anyways, Shikamaru's mom. We found that we had a lot in common, we were going to the same college, same major, same interest in music, and by graduation, she gradually fell for me. We spent a lot of time hanging out in college, and after graduating, we got married. Four and a half long years later. The rest is history. Three years later you came along."
So that answered those questions, but one big one still lingered in the air. "H-how did you know what I was doing then?" Did one of my friends snitch? I wouldn't doubt it if Ino caught wind of this and ratted me out.
"Well, there's two answers. One is how I knew you were there. I'm good friends with the kids parents who hosted the party. Two is how I knew you won the tournament." He pulled out his phone, showing me a post on Leafbook sent to him by Shikaku with the message 'Runs in the blood, eh?'. What troubled me was the photo of me and Naruto making out.
I know that didn't happen, for sure. "Er, okay I did not make out with Naruto that night, at all. That has to be some good photo editing." He has no reason to believe me, I'm just hoping that he would. I still don't know how he feels about me partying.
He sighed a bit, before looking me in the eye. "I know it's edited. Shikaku told me what Shikamaru had to say about it, and I know Naruto-san was blackout drunk that night anyways. He said that the three boys are gonna 'handle it'. It's best to just leave it to them, if this Naruto kid likes you at all I have faith he'll take care of it."
Sighing a sigh of relief, there was just one last question. "So, what's my punishment for lying and partying without your permission?" Like he'd ever give me permission to party anyways. There's a snowballs chance in hell of him ever doing that. His answer shocked me, to say the least, but I guess in a sense it made sense.
"What, you think I let you go without knowing that you'd be going to the party? I know Sakura and the boys are as thick as thieves, and chances are that you'd be going with her to the party. Sure, you coulda just hung out and not drank, but you were responsible from what I heard and I'm proud. I knew this was gonna happen eventually, so why not now? You're safe and still innocent. You are, right?"
He gazed at me and I shrunk into my seat. "Y-yes, I'm still innocent, dad. Sakura wouldn't let me sleep with anyone that night even if she was drunk." Well, it was a half lie, but it did the job as he sank into his seat and smiled, a thumbs up pretty much. As long as he didn't know about me and Sakura experimenting we were all good. And thank god for that one.
I saw him visibly relax and stand up. "Now, your sister is over at Konohamaru-sans house for a 'play date'. I hate that term. But I digress, I don't feel like cooking a whole meal so why don't we go get some food at a restaurant, maybe the one that sells those cinnamon buns you like so much."
How was I supposed to say no to that?
SASUKE-POV
September 26th, 4:00 pm.
I pulled into the small cafe's parking lot and found a spot, conveniently next to Sakura's tan little coupe. Locking to doors to my new-ish Challenger, she waved me in from the window, smiling. I suppose someone smiling because of me isn't such a bad thing. "Hey, Sakura-chan, how're you doing?" I greeted her, taking a seat right in front of her.
She took a sip of her coffee before answering. "I'm good, Sasuke-kun, how're you doing?" Good question, how was I doing? I mean, I'm not hungover like Naruto, don't have any girl troubles like Shikamaru and I'm not sure about Hinata, but I'm sure she's doing pretty good.
Motioning for the waitress to bring me a coffee too, I sighed softly. "I'm doing pretty good, better than Naruto and his hangover and Shika with Temari 'needing to talk to him'" I added the air quote marks for extra measure. "Just wondering what the point of this little meeting is." I managed to catch a bit of the song in the background, and it lightened my mood a bit.
Welcome to where time stands still/where no one leaves and no one will.
The second my ears picked up the sound of the guitars in the background, I smiled. "I know, you love this song. Its the song that was playing when we almost..." She trailed off, and just like that, my smile had disappeared.
No locked doors, no windows barred/no things to make my brain seem scarred.
I remember that night. We had met in a café much like this one, and she had a tough night with her parents. I comforted her, and in that moment I actually felt wanted. We almost kissed, almost being the key word. "I remember very well, Sakura-chan. Is that why you brought me here?" Maybe my hunch was right, for once.
Sanitarium! Leave me be! Sanitarium! Just leave me alone...
Those last few words stung me, as my memories played back that night in clear view, the guitar solo coaxing them along. I was an unsure guy at the moment, I wasn't sure if love or a relationship was in my best interest at the time. I told her to 'just leave me alone' and left. Our friendship was never the same but nevertheless recovered. "Sasuke-kun, just listen please..."
Why was I so cold that night? Much like Naruto, my dad left my mom but he decided to leave right before freshman year, three weeks before the incident with Sakura. Understandably I was still a bit shook up by it, but to be a dick to the girl that I cared for and tell her to leave me alone on a night when her own demons wouldn't leave her alone? Even if she didn't know it then, nor anyone else for that matter, I did care for her.
Her piercing eyes broke me from my trance, along with the track changing to another song that fit this scene perfectly well.
It kills me not to know this but I've all but just forgotten/what the color of her eyes were, and her scars or how she got them.
It's not false. I forgot just how her green eyes pierced right through mine and into my soul. Even after that night, she tried her hardest to help me through what I was suffering from, and all she got was a cold shoulder from me, especially when she needed it to cry on. "Okay, Sakura-chan, I'll listen to you." It was the least I could do for her.
She put her hand over my hand and sighed deeply. "I know what happened between us was over two years ago, but I haven't forgotten about how I feel for you, Sasuke-kun. You were going through some shit, as was I, and it seems like it just wasn't the right time. And it was selfish of me to try and make a move on you. I just thought maybe it would help, but I was wrong, it only ended up damaging our friendship even more." I saw a tear ready itself to cascade down her face.
So bad did I want to be the one to brush it from her face. Would that be right in this situation? Fuck it, might as well. "Sakura-chan." I started while brushing the tear from her face with a single finger. "I had no reason to be that cold to you. If anything, I damaged our friendship. I'm just too much of a coward to admit when I fuck up. But here I am, and I'm sorry. I'm sorry I put us in this position, I'm sorry I pushed you, the one who tried the hardest to make me feel better, away from me. I'm sorry I was too blind to see how I felt about you, and I'm sorry I didn't act on it, instead making you feel like this."
Sniffling a bit, she looked directly into my eyes, and we just stared at each other for a good minute, as our hands subconsciously locked together, our fingers intertwining. "Sasuke-kun...thank you. Is it too late for this to be a thing?"
That's a great question, is it too late? Deciding after a few seconds, I answered her. "No, thank you for being there for me Sakura-chan. You only meant best, and I appreciate that more than I ever showed it." Pausing to lean in, it seems like I've found an answer. "And no, its not too late. Its never too late." I took her lips in mine, fuck the people watching, they could kiss my ass.
We only stopped to catch our breath, but that was for just a minute. I wasn't a man of PDA, but in this moment I couldn't care less. I had the girl that I loved in my presence and her lips were on mine, what more could I ask for? She broke it off, which worried me for a second before I saw her grin, which made me grin as well as she puled me into her, as we shared each others embrace, fate would have that something, or someone would have ruin this moment.
*beep beep-click!* "Ha! Got em. Lets go Kiba-kun!"
Okay, for one, Ino just had to butt in in this situation. And two, her and Kiba-mutt were a thing now? "Sasuke-kun, who cares? Let people know that I have the most handsome man as my boyfriend now."
She's right, who gives a fuck? "True, and I have the most beautiful princess as my girlfriend now, even if it was after multiple fuck ups and mistakes."
Giggling a bit, she grabbed my collar and issued a command I couldn't help but follow. "Shut up and kiss me, Sasuke-kun." I obliged. Over and over and over again.
A little while later, we found ourselves at a diner with Naruto, who thankfully felt a lot better. After what just happened, I'd rather not hear him bitch and whine. Plus, if anyone, he needs to find out about this before Ino goes and tells it on the Mountain. "Feeling better, dobe." I knew he did, still gotta ask though.
He smiled and gave us a thumbs up. "A lot better now, especially you and Shika-teme aren't fuckin' with me." To be honest, what did he expect?
"Ne, teme, that's what we're there for, and you know that you'd do the same shit to either of us should the situation find itself flip-reversed." Its true, though. If I was hungover I'd expect him and Shikamaru to be at my house as soon as I got up, armed to the teeth with annoying antics and loud ass remarks. Am I complaining? Nah, it's what makes us friends.
If we were anyone else, we'd be knocking the people out that fuck with hungover-us. "You two baka's play nice ok?" Of course, I couldn't act like a whipped little bitch in front of Naruto, but if I didn't, she'd be on my ass. Was it worth it? Hell no.
"Yes ma'am." If this didn't give it away to the blonde idiot, I don't know what would. I saw him look at me, and then to Sakura, then back to me, once more to Sakura, then again it was dead set on me. He smirked, then smiled, then grinned. "What's so funny, dobe?"
Starting to giggle, he tried to speak, but only ended up busting out in laughter. "Ok, ok." Trying to cool himself down, he caught Sakura's annoyed gaze, and instantly stopped his fit. "One, you said yes ma'am like a little girl. Two, I knew you two would eventually get together." He must have saw me getting ready to speak, 'cuz he interjected quickly. "Don't deny it, I now know why I'm here. You'd never say that to her if you two weren't together."
Again, I went to speak, but the pink haired girl next to me interjected this time. "Well, maybe he's just being a respectful man now." Me and Naruto's gaze met, and his goofy smile made me crack as we both ended up laughing our asses off, along with Sakura. "O-ok, yea no we know that's unlikely. Yea me and Sasuke-kun are a thing now."
After calming his laughing fit, he asked a good question. "Well I'm happy for you two! But why did you have me come here to tell me? I mean thanks, but other than they have my favorite ice cream shakes, why am I here?"
I cleared my throat, trying to sound serious. "Well, Naruto, we wanted to tell you before you found out through any other...dubious means." I saw his questioning look, which was a sign to continue. "Well when me and Sakura-chan were kissing, Ino and the mutt Kiba were spying on us and snapped a picture of us. So it'll be all over Leafbook pretty soon."
He seemed to understand, nodding to me sternly. "Well thanks for that, Sasuke. I gotta admit, it feels better hearing it straight from you than Ino-pig." I had faith that he'd understand. "So wait, her and Kiba are a thing now too?" Hmm, good question. I wouldn't doubt it, the motherfucker would hit anything that had a vagina and two legs.
"Ino-pig and Kiba-mutt are a match made in heaven. He's a man-whore and she's a, well, just a whore in general." Me and Naruto got a good laugh out of Sakura's wording of it, but it was accurate. They both will end up cheating on each other. If it were possible they'd cheat on each other with each other.
Naruto's hand clapped onto my shoulder. "Well, teme, and Sakura-chan, I'm happy for you two. It was only a matter of time before you two got together. I saw this coming from all the way back in freshman year." Was it that obvious that we were gonna end up boyfriend and girlfriend? Did Shikamaru feel the same way? "But hey, who wants to go catch a movie?"
It wasn't a bad idea, we hadn't been to the movies in at least a couple of months. "Why don't you ask Hinata if she wants to catch one with us?" Sakura offered. Good idea, those two need to shackle up eventually. I see they way he looks at her and it's different than the way he looked at Karin or Kin. "I'm sure she'd love to."
*buzz buzz* "She said yea, what time and what movie?" After looking up times and movies, we settled on Grave Mistake. It was a horror flick, so that was sure to get her all over him, and probably Sakura all over me. Win-win. Getting the confirmation from him, we headed out to the theatre. Could we call this a double date? Maybe.
Today was going a lot better than I could've thought. Where I was once dreading my meeting with Sakura, it turned out the best way possible. And hopefully Naruto and Hinata turn out really good. I have a feeling it will, they're perfect for each other, in more ways than I probably know. He's brash and loud and she's calm and timid. Until she's drunk though...but I digress.
I found peace in my current situation. Just me, three of my friends, a movie, popcorn. Company and peace, when I needed it the most, too. But my mind couldn't help but drift off to thoughts of Shikamaru and what he must be handling right now. While we were waiting, Sakura filled me in on the Temari-pregnancy thing, and I agreed with her, there's no way she is. I just think part of her was sad that she wasn't.
If I know the first thing about Shikamaru, he'll handle this situation the best possible way. Which coincidently means not pissing off the blonde girlfriend of his. From what I've heard, she has quite the temper. So does my pink haired mess, but that's my problem. Well, not a problem, till I actually piss her off. In that situation, I think I'll take my deadbeat dads advice for once and run. Run like fuckin' hell.
That's one thing he did get right, I used it on my mom a few times and it saved my ass. Thanks for at least that, you piece of shit.
My eyes floated over to the blonde and dark haired girl in his company and for once, I smiled a genuine smile, happy that me and him found the missing puzzle piece in our love lives.
'Shikamaru, I'm praying for you buddy...'
SHIKAMARU-POV
September 26th, 6:45 pm.
I was early, fifteen minutes earlier than the seven o' clock meeting time she had originally planned, but wasn't surprised when she pulled in a few minutes later, herself being about ten minutes early. Despite the grim seeming situation, I smiled seeing her pretty face again, exiting her car and walking through the door, finding a seat across from me in the booth, in this small coffee café.
She kissed me, but it didn't seem the same. It seemed...dead, emotionless, stale. This, of course, had me worried. "Hey love, how're you feeling?" Sappy, yes, but I'm not stupid. I know how to turn the sweetness and shit when it's most needed. We weren't a couple that was huge on sappy, sugary moments, especially not publicly, but this was a different situation.
My heart kept on sinking when she just sighed, burying her face into her hands. "I'm ok, Shika-kun. But we do need to talk, and this time its not just me being a silly little girl." Ow, okay, calm down with the knife there, Tem-chan. I may have joked about her 'silly girl problems' but I wasn't that serious though.
I grabbed her hand, looking her in the eyes before speaking. "I'm sorry if my jokes about that hurt you, you know that, but I'm here for you, anything you need to talk about Tem-chan." C'mon, work with me please? She has to be pms'ing or summin, she never acts like this.
That's what has me worried the most, I guess. She usually just gets out with it. If she has a problem, she doesn't hold back. I kept thinking back to the past few months, trying to figure out if I did anything wrong. "I know, Shika, but I just don't know how to put this." She had to have seen me visibly gulp, 'cuz her reaffirmation kinda helped a bit. "No, we're not breaking up. Of course, unless you want to..."
"Okay no, I don't want to, especially not if you don't want to." What could she have done? Cheated? I highly doubt that. As adamant as she has been about if I ever cheated she'd castrate me and hang me out to dry in front of the whole school. Not like I was thinking about it anyways, I love her too much to fuck that up for a night of pleasure.
She just laughed a little bit, but it wasn't a happy, joyful laugh, accented by the small tear rolling down her face. "I'm not so sure you'd say the same after tonight." Just when I thought she got as transparent as she could've got, she goes and says stuff like this.
Taking a deep breath, I focus all of my patience. God knows imma need it right now. "Look Temari, whatever this is, I'm sure we can find a way to work around it. Just tell me, love. Tell me so we can start focusing on what to do next." Whatever it was, I'm sure we could work it out. It must be something big because, again, she never acts like this towards me.
I gave her a moment to collect her thoughts, before she started. "Well, there's a reason I only drank two drinks at the party last night..." Oh lord, we're gonna play that game. Ya know, the momentary subtle hint game, where they sit there and half ass tell you the reasons behind the thing they need to talk about. It's my favorite game to play. Ha, not.
"I thought you were just not feeling good that night. Is there another reason?"
Simply nodding her head somberly, she continued. "Just as a forewarning, I completely understand if you don't want to be with me after this." Okay did she actually cheat? This is exactly what it sounds like. She made a mistake and she thinks imma be mad. "I'm not sure how to put this, but..."
"Just say it however you need to say it, Tem-chan. You didn't cheat, did you?" In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have said that. The look of hurt on her face made me feel like a big ole piece of shit. "Okay, sorry, I know you would never, please forgive me." Hopefully that did the trick. I'm not the smartest man alive, but I know she knows I didn't mean it in any type of way.
She shook her head. "It's ok, Shika-kun, and no I didn't just..." I could tell she was gathering all of her strength, 'cuz she was clenching and unclenching her fist, and squeezing her eyes shut then relaxing them again. When her eyes popped open, I saw her tears fall, and her breath hitched.
Then she said the three words that would change my life, forever.
"Shika, I'm...I'm pregnant..."
Pregnant. She's pregnant. How? Okay, I know how it happens, but we were careful, I used protection and she used her birth control. So how? And why me? Most importantly, how did I feel about this? "Tem..." What was I supposed to say when I didn't even know exactly how I felt about this. "I...I just don't know what to say right now..." I'm assuming that she didn't know, either, she was as silent as me.
I had to have been sitting there for a good while, I didn't even notice her leaving I was so meddled in my own thoughts. Once I realized she was long gone, I slammed my fist on the table, dropping some money on it for my coffee and getting in my car, slamming the doors and cranking it up, burning off into the night. It was times like this that I liked Naruto's taste in music.
Pissed off metal is what I needed, and pissed off metal is what I got when I slammed the CD he made for me a year back, given to me with the note 'everyone's gonna have their day where they need it, Shika.' He wasn't wrong, for once. Why was I pissed? Moreover, who was I pissed at? Me, her, my inability to speak before she left me there in that diner wondering what she thought of me?
There's always something different going wrong. The path I walks in the wrong direction!
The slamming drums coerced me to where I was going. I needed to hit something, and something hard. Where was I going? I don't know, but I'll find out when I get there. Did I want to know? Probably not.
Can anybody help me make things better?
Nope, this ones all on me. I cursed and hit my steering wheel as I skidded to a stop at the red light. It would have to do for now, as my head drifted off to thoughts of my friends, finally finding the ones that they cared for as my love slowly but surely made her way back to Suna.
Your tears don't fall, they crash around me./Her conscience calls, the guilty to come home.
Could I have drove all the way to Suna after her? Sure, but I still probably wouldn't have known what to say. Stopping by my house and praising that my parents weren't home, I grabbed a bottle of whiskey from the cabinet and started chugging it before grabbing a pack of cigarettes from my dads freezer. Time to find out if these things really do go well with stress and alcohol.
I definitely felt more badass as I continued making my way to my target, the alcohol only making me an angry, buzzed teenager with a needing for violence. I sent the text to my victim, which was sure to draw him out of where he was.
It's the cunt, with the tongue, who belongs on broken knees.
Thanks again for the soundtrack, blondie. It was really helping me out. I swerved around the corner, just a few minutes away from the meeting spot. A few long minutes, very long minutes to me. Soon enough, soon enough.
We bury what we fear the most, approaching original violence.
Original violence was accurate as I whipped into the parking lot of the abandoned store, parking it and getting out to meet my target. "Ne Shikamaru, this must be really juicy if we're meeting here."
That's all he managed to get out before I punched him in the face as hard as I could feeling his nose crunch under my nose. "Shut the fuck up!" He thought he could get away with it, but tomorrow couldn't wait. He barely got the chance to look at me before I pounced again, punching him again and again as he fell to the ground.
I stomped on his stomach and legs as he coughed up blood. "You think its ok to just fuck with my friends and ruin their lives, huh!?" Mounting him, I pounded on his face until he no longer moved, breaking a few of my knuckles and covering my hands in blood before digging into his pocket and grabbing his phone. Dumbass didn't put a lock on it as I got onto his Leafbook and found the post, deleting the picture from his phone and the post along with the caption before sending a text to the dude who took the picture.
Admittedly I was relieved to see my virtual punching bag open his eyes. Grabbing his collar, I pulled him up to my face. "Look, bitch, fuck with my friends again, and it's gonna be worse than this. Forget I ever texted you, and all is forgiven, got it?" With a quick nod and 'mhmm', I dropped him, putting his phone on his stomach after deleting our texts and getting back into my car, leaving the scene in a hurry to my next victim.
They had it coming, I swear...they had it coming...
So step inside, see the devil in I...
September 27th, 12:45 am.
I made it home just before my parents, thankfully. It had been a few hours since the little rage session, and I took a long walk around the park to clear my mind. Washing the blood off my knuckles when I got home, I changed into some sleepwear. The other guy wasn't as hard to convince, considering he just photo-shops whatever he's paid for. He was apologetic as soon as I got there, but I gave him a few punches for good measure.
Laying in bed, I hear my phone buzz and look over, to see a call I wasn't expecting.
Temari.
It's not like I couldn't answer. I flicked the green logo to the side. "Tem-chan, my love, I'm so sorry I didn't answer you earlier." She didn't get the chance to talk as I heard her tears, which made me angrier, but just at myself. "I love you to death, my hime, and I'm sure no matter what, we can figure this out. This wasn't just your fault, it was mine, and I'll stick this out till the end, okay baby?"
"Thank you, Shika-kun...I love you so much..."
"I love you too, my princess. Get some sleep, love. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, love you."
What would tomorrow hold? I saw the post from Ino about Sasuke and Sakura and while I was hurt to find out like this, I did tell them I would text them when I was in the clear.
I'm happy for them, though. Sleep, please some end this day...
HINATA-POV
September 26th, 11:15 pm.
It wasn't till just now I got home. We went and ate after the movie and hung out in the arcade like losers. We noticed that the post with me and Naruto 'kissing' was suspiciously gone and the post edited, but shrugged it off, figuring that someone must have got to him or he had a change of heart. Oh well, time to get high.
12:00 am.
Me and Naruto had texted a few times, he had to have been high too. Matter of fact, I think he even mentioned it too.
1:00 am.
Our conversations kept flying, as we talked about anything from food to his missing dad.
2:00 am.
Towards the end of the hour, we both started nodding off.
3:15 am.
"Goodnight, Hina-chan, I'll take you on a real date sometime soon. Sleep well, see you in school."
I'll hold you to that, Naruto-kun...
"Goodnight to you too, Naru-kun. I'd love that..."
I had a feeling tomorrow was gonna be a big day...
A/N: BOY, that was a turn I wasn't expecting myself, but I liked it. That's the end to the Saku/Hina saga (for now, you know it'll return eventually, just not full time.), and Shikamaru was way OOC this chapter, but I think it was needed. He'll be back to normal Shika, well, as normal as he can be. Read, review and favorite/follow if you will, Ja Ne!
