Another month passed and Hinata did anything she could to help Sasuke during her stay in the Uchiha house. She cleaned, cooked, did the laundry, and shopping. All this while taking care of Jiraiya. Sasuke had given her the master bedroom that way she could keep Jiraiya in the room with her considering it's large size. Hinata felt more than grateful to the brash ninja. Even more so when he willingly took care of Jiraiya when she needed to go shopping.
She could remember the other day when she went out and came back to find the ninja draped over the couch with the child splayed over his chest, both fast asleep. Hinata covered them both with a blanket before moving back to the chores.
She was currently in the middle of doing Sasuke's laundry. He had quite a few shirts with blood stains and even though he told her to just throw them out she was determined to get the red stain out of the fabric. She could see Jiraiya clearly sitting on the floor of the living room playing with the stuffed frog Naruto had gotten for him.
After being here for awhile she noticed something odd in her son's behavior, but it was far too adorable to not love. He had begun to mimic Sasuke. When Sasuke's was angry, Jiraiya would scowl. When Sasuke was normal then Jiraiya would hold the straight face for as long as he could before breaking into laughter. Really their didn't seem to be many other expressions for the mysterious ninja. Not like he had been very expressive before his departure, not like that would change much from coming back.
Hinata sighed and set the shirt down in the soap water. She suddenly got the memory of the day it was decided that she would move out. While Sasuke had been in the bedroom speaking to Naruto, Sakura had decided to talk to her as well.
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Hinata sat on the couch her eyes starring down at the child on her lap who had chosen to fall asleep in the dip between her legs.
"I'm sorry Hinata..." Sakura spoke up. She went quiet waiting for answer that Hinata wasn't going to give. Hinata was kind, but there was no way she just going to forgive either of them so soon. She wasn't entirely sure she could.
Sakura decided to continue speaking, trying to explain herself, "We didn't plan this...and I'm the one at the most fault. Marrying Sasuke was like some dream that I was in an auto-pilot for most the entire time since we got engaged...Sasuke is well still distant. Even though we married I don't think he trusts me, he doesn't treat me any different...he doesn't to want to get closer even...we've had sex, but all that he's done has seen to be out of obligation."
Sakura paused. Hinata looked at her from the corner of her eyes and could not discern whether the pink haired woman was sad or angry.
"I started to wonder if he actually loved me, then during one of his missions I got together with Naruto...then I started to wonder if I even loved Sasuke. And even though this all happened I still care about him..." Sakura explained.
"And Naruto still cares about me..."Hinata finished the thought for Sakura. Before they could talk anymore they heard Sasuke coming back and Hinata left with him.
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"I'm back" The front door opened up and Sasuke stepped through. His body drenched in water, strange since it hadn't been raining.
Hinata grabbed a clean dish cloth and went over to the dripping man. "How did you get so wet? You're gonna catch a cold." She ran the cloth over his face soaking up the moisture.
"Stupid brats pushed me in the lake. Remind me never to help Kakashi with those genin again." Sasuke groan rubbing the back of his head.
Hinata giggled some at the comment. She pulled Sasuke to the dinning table having him seat on one of the wooden chairs as she got a towel from the linen closet. She came back a draped the rough material over Sasuke's head. She massaged his head drying his dripping wet hair. He hunched over in the chair not fighting her touches his face shielded by the towel as he looked at the floor.
"OK, now get a change of clothes,...hm maybe you should take a warm bath.." Hinata mused to herself really as she pulled her hands away.
"I'm just gonna dry off more and change. I need a nap." Sasuke pushed back the chair as he stood. "I'll take a bath with Jiraiya tonight." Sasuke sighed and pulled the towel down. At the sound of his name the child who was playing looked to Sasuke and started to cheer with delight.
"Za!" He called out.
Hinata smiled at the sound of Jiraiya's name for Sasuke. She was trying to teach him some more since he was almost 2 years old now. Though he still didn't grasp Sasuke's name and settled on 'Za'.
"Fine kid we'll take a bath now." Sasuke sighed. He strode over and picked up the eager child. She watched the two boys go off into the master bedroom and then to the connecting bath. He only used that bathroom now when he bathed Jiraiya, it had a bigger tub and all Jiraiya bathing supplies were stored in the various cabinets.
Hinata couldn't get rid of her smile as she went back to work on the soaked stains of blood.
Against the odds she had been happy this past month with Sasuke and Jiraiya. She was happy here, but that didn't stop her from looking for a new place to live. She didn't want to be a burden to Sasuke forever.
A.N: STILL ALIVE!
I'm very slow with updates I know...I actually wrote this awhile back and forgot to upload it. Sorry for the delay I'll try getting another one up soon.
