Author's Note.
Hi guys. I have to say I am so so so sorry for how long it has taken me to update this story. If I have to be honest, I have lost a bit of confidence in myself but I am the type of person who does not give up, so no matter what I will finish this story. Also I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who left a review or a mail, thank you so much for taking the time to do that. Now I know you have all waited long enough for this chapter so really hope you all enjoy!
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The last few days had been a roller coaster of emotions for Hinata. It was a snowy Wednesday afternoon and Hinata found herself staring at her lunch in the hospital staff room willing herself to eat. She couldn't seem to control the butterflies that were fluttering around inside of her. Not only was she feeling rather embarrassed at the fact that she still had to wear the ridiculously provocative nurse's uniform but she also found herself racked with nerves. Today was the day that Itachi was telling his friend's of his relationship with her. She tried to tell herself that there was no reason for her to worry, but at the same time, she knew there was. What if his friend's didn't agree with Itachi and ran off to tell his father? She just sat and continued to tell herself over and over that everything would be okay.
She found herself thinking back to Sunday night after Itachi and Kisame had left. Temari had sat her down and told her everything about not only running into Sasuke, but Naruto as well. Once Temari has finished Hinata didn't feel angry or hurt, she felt thankful. After hearing about Naruto, Hinata knew it would only be a matter of time before she would have to tell Itachi about her previous relationship.
After she had finished her shift at the hospital on Monday night she had returned home knowing that Itachi would be there. She was nervous about telling him but after Itachi had opened up to her about his previous relationship she knew that she owed him to be as honest as he had been. After she told her story she thought that maybe Itachi wouldn't want to be with her, how wrong she was. He had pulled her into his strong arms and told her that she would never be treated like that again, deep down, she knew that Itachi would never treat her that badly, the man was one in a million.
"Oh Hinata. Sorry to bother you but you have a visitor."
Hinata broke out of her thoughts and looked up to see one of the new student nurses that she had been training since the start of the week.
"It's no problem Ruki, I wasn't feeling that hungry anyway. Did the person say who they were?"
"Um yes, he said he was your father. I didn't want to leave him down at reception, he looks really scary. Lady Tsunade told him to wait in her office for you."
"Oh he looks scary but he is anything but" giggled Hinata. "Thank you Ruki, when I have spoken to my father I will show you around the other wards of the hospital okay?"
Ruki nodded and Hinata made her way out of the staff room and towards Tsunade's office.
"Hello Father" Hinata greeted as she walked inside and shut the door.
"Ah Hinata. I am sorry that I had to bother you at wo- WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING?"
Oh this couldn't possibly be happening. Wasn't it enough that she was worried sick about Itachi's friend's reaction to him dating her but now her father had to see her in this?
"Oh, there was a mix up with the new nurse's uniforms. The proper dresses won't be getting delivered until next week" explained Hinata.
"For the love of god Hinata, you will cause more heart attacks than you treat."
Hinata decided it would be best to change the subject quickly before her face decided to light up.
"Anyway father is there a reason you came to the hospital? Are you okay?"
"Oh yes Hinata I am well. The reason I have come today is because, well, I need your help with a very sensitive situation."
"Oh father I don't know anything about the business, maybe if you called Neji he could help?"
"No it doesn't have anything to do with the company, it's your sister" sighed Hiashi.
"Oh" stated Hinata trying her hardest not to laugh.
"Hinata I do not know what is wrong with her. She claims that I think that she is fat, and I assure you I think no such thing. She hasn't talked to me in nearly a week, I do not know what to do anymore. Would it be possible for her to stay with you tonight? Maybe you could talk to her and find out what is bothering her?"
"Of course father. Just tell her to come over any time after 6pm as that is what time I finish."
Hinata walked her father to the exit of the hospital and gave him a kiss on the cheek. As soon as Hiashi was out of sight Hinata burst into a fit of giggles, she couldn't wait to hear Hanabi's side of this situation, she really had taught her sister rather well. She let her brain wander to Itachi as she returned inside to find Ruki to show her around, she felt disappointed that she wouldn't get to see him until tomorrow night but found herself looking forward to his phone call that he promised to her after she finished her shift.
X.X.X.X
Itachi sat in his sitting room looking calm and collected, but that was going south rather quickly. He could feel himself becoming more and more aggravated with each passing minute, his patience and emotions were really being tested today. His team was late, Kisame had decided to help himself to the food and beer stocked in the kitchen and Sasuke had decided to be a pain in the ass by calling Itachi every hour on the hour fishing for more information about Saturday night. Everything was making Itachi angry, but the main reason why his anger was on such a high, was remembering what Hinata had told him.
(FLASHBACK)
Itachi sat calmly holding Hinata close to his chest as she finished telling him of what he had already suspected. His girlfriend, the women he loves with his whole heart, was the woman who had been dating his brother's best friend.
"I'm sorry" he whispered.
"Why are you saying sorry?"
"It is not the first time I have had to apologize on my brother's behalf. He hurt you because he seem's to believe that whatever my father hates, we have to hate too. You were happy with Naruto and Sasuke decided to ruin that."
"At the beginning I was happy. After the first year I knew that the relationship was over, even if your brother had stepped in or not."
Itachi pulled back slightly from her hold. He looked down at her with a slightly confused expression as he heard her let out a deep sigh. He waited until her eye's locked with his, asking her with a look alone to explain what she meant.
"It started with him never returning my calls or texts, he claimed that he was really busy with work so I didn't really think much on it. Then he started to refuse to hang out with my friend's or even talk to them, in the first year when we got together he met every single one of them and got on so well with them so I was really confused as to why he didn't want to be near them. I asked him but he claimed that because work was taking up so much of his time that when he did have free time he wanted to spend it all with me. But I knew that he wasn't telling the truth, because the only time he would ever come over to spend time with me was on a Saturday and before he used to come over every night. But even when he only came over one day a week he would only stay for maybe an hour then he was gone."
"This continued for a few months, at first I thought that I had done something wrong. I was so upset and I was always crying to Temari every night. She really was out for his blood and she would constantly tell me that it wasn't my fault and that Naruto was an idiot and that I should do the right thing for myself and end the relationship. It hurt to hear that but I knew she was right, so I summed up all the courage I had and intended to break it off with him when he came over, but when he came into the house he looked so upset. He started to tell me of him thinking that he wasn't good enough for anything or anyone, he even thought that all of his friend's were talking about him behind his back. I would listen to him and give him words of encouragement then he would leave. Every week I would prepare myself to break it off, and every week he would come to me with a different problem and be more upset than the last. Just seeing him in that way made me feel like the most terrible person in the world, I mean, what kind of person would I be breaking up with a guy who already looked depressed? I just couldn't bring myself to cause him more pain, even though I was hurting too."
"I knew it was completely over when he started talking about this girl he used to go to high school with. Sakura I think. He would talk about how beautiful she is, or how strong and confident she is. You would think that would hurt me but it didn't because I knew that I didn't want to be with him anymore. He would tell me that Sakura only has eye's for your brother, but that she would use Naruto sometimes to try and get Sasuke's attention, and according to Naruto, he claimed that he would let her. Out of the blue he mentioned that he would never cheat on me but I just knew that it was lies, still I never broke up with him. The day he came over and told me it was over I was so relieved. I have a suspicion that he cheated, but if I am honest, I no longer care. To him, I stopped being his girlfriend and instead became his therapist. You must think of me really pathetic huh?"
Itachi pulled her close to him and tightened his hold. He hid it well but on the inside he was absolutely livid. He honestly wanted to go find the blonde idiot and drown him in a bowl of his precious Ramen but suppressed the urge.
"You are not pathetic Love" he whispered. "He is a complete idiot who took you for granted. Thank you for opening up to me and telling me that, I really just wish that I had seen you first then you wouldn't have had to go through all that un needed pain."
"I don't regret it though. I would do it over and over again if it meant the end result would be me meeting you" claimed Hinata as she looked deep into Itachi's eyes.
"I am never letting you go Hinata Hyuga. You are stuck with me forever Love" smirked Itachi.
"Sounds perfect" smiled Hinata before pressing her lips to his.
(FLASHBACK END)
Itachi was brought out of his thoughts as he watched Kisame sit down on his couch with a sandwich in his hand that was packed with meat and mayonnaise. He swore to whatever god was listening that if one bit landed on his floor he was beating the shit out of Kisame, best friend or not, he was not in the mood today.
"Do you happen to buy food when you are at your place Kisame?" Asked Itachi sarcastically.
"Of course I buy food Itachi, why ask?"
"Okay so if you have food at your place, could you maybe explain why you are eating me out of house and home?"
"Aw come on dude, you know food tastes a hell of a lot better when it's someone else's" smirked Kisame.
Before Itachi could reply both his and Kisame's attention had turned towards the front door that had flew open to reveal their team. Kisame grinned and greeted them loudly while Itachi growled at the fact that they didn't seem bothered that they were over an hour late. He watched as Deidara and Sasori took a seat on the couch on either side of Kisame, Pein sat in the other recliner with Konan taking a seat on his lap while Hidan wandered into the kitchen.
"Sorry for being so late Itachi" smiled Konan. "You can blame Hidan for that."
"What the fuck is that supposed to fucking mean?" Asked Hidan walking back through to the sitting room with an opened bottle of beer.
"It means that if you hadn't decided to get completely trashed last night we would have been here on time. Do you know how long it took for all of us to wake your ass up today?"
"Nobody fucking asked you to wake me, and for the damn record I could have woken myself up. I still don't fucking know why you came along Konan, you ain't in our team."
"Because when Itachi called he sounded troubled, and I care about my friends. Unlike you you overgrown jackass."
Itachi rubbed his temples feeling a migraine coming on as he listened to Konan and Hidan continue to spit insults and each other. Kisame and Deidara couldn't stop laughing while Sasori stared at his phone, clearly not interested in what was going on around him. Pein, noticing Itachi's frustration called for everyone to shut up so that they could hear what it was Itachi wanted to say.
"Thank you" said Itachi giving Pein a slight nod.
"No problem. So, what is so serious that you had to gather all of us here? Is it work?"
"No, nothing to do with that."
"Thank god un. Started thinking big man Uchiha wanted us back to work early yeah" said Deidara.
"As I said it has nothing to do with work. The reason I have asked for you all here today is because, well, I need all your help."
The silence was deafening, every pair of eyes, bar Kisame's were staring at Itachi like he had just grown a second head. Before Itachi could even think about explaining himself further, the silence was broken by Hidan's bark of laughter.
"Oh come on. Tell the next joke Itachi" laughed Hidan.
"Excuse me?" Asked Itachi feeling his eye twitch in annoyance.
"Hidan shut up" started Pein. "Itachi, what is going on?"
"I have gotten myself into a situation that I have no intention of coming out of. My family can not know, I plan to tell them eventually but not any time soon. My reason for your help, involves Sasuke. I cannot have him finding out before I tell the family myself."
"Oh my goodness Itachi, am I right in thinking that your dating someone?" Asked Konan with a very large excited grin playing on her face.
The group stared at Konan as though she had just uttered the most ridiculous sentence in the world, but when they didn't hear Itachi deny it, their jaws hit the floor.
"So, uh, how long have you and this girl been together?" Asked Pein being the first to recover from the shock.
"I will be honest, I haven't been with her long. A week come Saturday" replied Itachi.
"Oh come on seriously?" Laughed Hidan. "You haven't even been with the bitch a fucking week and already you are acting like a love sick teen? She must be a fucking demon in the sack to make you act like this."
"In a less crude way than Hidan put it, isn't that a bit fast? Don't get me wrong Itachi it is great that you have finally found someone that you care about but, it does seem as though you are moving really fast" said Pein.
"Oh come off it. The first night you met Konan you turned up at my house in the middle of the night drunk off your ass. You danced around my sitting room singing 'My Girl' for two hours straight then decided to tell me of your plan to marry her and have six kids with her. One of those kids you were going to call after me."
"Awwww" swooned Konan as the other's fell into fits of laughter.
"Itachi, that was supposed to stay between you and I" blushed Pein.
"Well don't assume that my relationship with Hinata is too fast when you were clearly just as bad" replied Itachi with a smirk.
"I don't understand" spoke up Sasori finally taking his eyes away from his phone. "Why exactly are you needing our help to keep your relationship secret? What's the big deal?"
"The reason I need your help is because it is not just any woman I am dating. Her name is Hinata Hyuga, she's Hiashi Hyuga's eldest daughter."
If Itachi had been less composed he would have burst out laughing at his team's reaction's. Pein let out a 'well shit' while slapping a hand over his eyes. Konan let out what he could only describe as a squeak and started to clap her hands excitedly. Hidan started to choke on a mouthful of beer that he had tried to swallow before Itachi had revealed Hinata's name, Sasori looked as though he had just been slapped while Deidara leaped from that couch like it had just bitten him on the ass.
"Christ Itachi, are you insane un?"
"What's insane about it? This is the best fucking thing I have heard in a long fucking time. Never thought you would have it in you Itachi. Fucking the daughter of your old man's enemy. I have so much more fucking respect for you now."
"Can you stop being so vulgar?" Screeched Konan. "That's Itachi's girlfriend you are talking about, show some respect. On another note, I am so happy for you Itachi, I can not wait to meet her. Oh oh oh maybe we can do a double date thing? Oh god I am so excited."
"How can you guys be so calm yeah? Itachi, you are dating Hiashi Hyuga's daughter, he's gonna kill you un then come after us because we knew about it. Or throw us all in jail for crimes we didn't commit yeah. I don't want to go to prison yeah, I'm too pretty. I don't want to be someone's bitch, I don't-"
"Deidara, sit down and shut up" growled Pein. "I swear you are more hysterical than a woman. Itachi, I think you have a lot to explain, and from the beginning if you don't mind."
Normally Itachi would feel very uncomfortable talking about his personal life to his team, but knew that he would have to if he ever expected their help. After he had finished explaining everything, Konan spoke up.
"I stand by what I say Itachi, I can't wait to meet her. I can tell that you really are smitten with her."
"Are you sure about this?" Asked Pein. "You understand that this could cause some serious problems between yourself and both families when you both decide to reveal this."
"Look, I understand you all are shocked and have some concerns, but I did not enter this relationship blindly. I know exactly what I am getting myself into and I don't give a shit what Hiashi or my father has to say on the matter, I love Hinata and I am not giving her up. To answer your question Pein, yes I am sure, I have never been more sure of anything in my entire life."
"Then there is no more need for you to convince us" said Sasori with a slight grin. "We have your back Itachi, just tell us what you need."
Everyone nodded to Sasori's words and Itachi let out a relieved breath. He really was lucky to have friend's like them. They were crazy, but were always there if you ever needed anything. Itachi decided to fill them in on the situation with Sasuke. He went into great detail about Sasuke's behavior after finding out that Itachi had been making out with a 'random girl' at the bar Saturday night. He also decided to include the rude way Sasuke had spoke to Kisame and his date trying to get information.
"Kisame? Dating? Who the hell are you dating?" Asked Hidan.
"Her name is Temari Sabaku. She's Hinata's best friend."
"Hold the fuck on" Shouted Hidan. "You can't mean THE fucking Temari Sabaku? Older sister of Gaara Sabaku? The mixed martial arts champion of the fucking world?"
"Um yeah. Kankaro is her brother too" smiled Kisame nervously.
"I swear the pair of you's are going to give me gray hairs" stated Pein. "Okay, we need to start coming up with a plan to try and throw Sasuke off. Itachi, when were you planning to break the news of your relationship to your family?"
To be fair, Itachi hadn't really given it much thought. Of course he knew he would have to inform his family eventually, but he had been focusing more on trying to keep Sasuke in the dark.
"Maybe once the law firm is up and running" answered Itachi.
"That's what? Six months away yeah? We still have to hand in our resignations to big man Uchiha un, he ain't gonna be happy when we do."
"Deidara you are a genius" stated Pein.
"I know that un. Wait, I am?"
"Itachi. I have an idea."
X.X.X.X
When Hinata entered her home she felt the stress of the day vanish. She loved her job and had worked very hard to get where she was, but today had been hectic. If she wasn't running around after student nurses showing them the right way to do certain things, she was assisting Tsunade in the maternity ward, which gave Hinata a very serious case of broodiness. Seven babies she had helped deliver today, all she wanted to do now was run a hot bubble bath and have an early night. As she kicked off her shoes she had a strange feeling that she had forgotten something. She looked inside her bag and found her phone and purse so clearly she hadn't forgotten them. She was already inside the house so clearly she had not forgotten her keys, what the hell was it?
Shrugging her shoulders she walked into the kitchen and opened the back door. At that point Cerberus ran from his beanbag bed and leaped into the snow, Hinata laughed as she watched him try to lick a snowflake off his nose. Earlier that day she had received a text from Temari telling her that she was staying at Kisame's for the night, Hinata was glad to have the house to herself, just too bad that Itachi wouldn't be here. Every time she and Itachi had tried to move things to the bedroom they were always being interrupted. The sound of the door bell broke her out of her frustrated thoughts, once she opened the door her face broke out into a big smile and her cheeks started to lighten.
"Hello Love."
Before she could stop herself she jumped into Itachi's awaiting arms while wrapping her own arms around his neck and her legs around his waist.
"Well, someone is eager" teased Itachi as he shut the door and walked inside the sitting room.
He took off his coat with a bit of difficulty seeing as Hinata was still wrapped around him. He didn't mind because as soon as he sat down, she was now straddling him.
"I am just so happy to see you" smiled Hinata as she pulled herself up to rest her forehead against his. "I thought you weren't able to come over until tomorrow night?"
"I know but I missed you. And I was thinking that because I go back to work on Saturday it would be better to spend as much time with you as possible. I believe I have made the right decision considering Kisame already told me that Temari is staying with him tonight."
Hinata smiled when she felt his hands start to caress her thighs slowly, she could even see the cheeky glimmer in his eyes. All she could think was, finally. She started to giggle when Itachi pushed her down so her back was on the couch with him on top of her nuzzling her neck.
"You look tired Love" whispered Itachi.
"I'm fine, just a busy day at work. Although, I have this really strong feeling that I am forgetting something, I swear it's important too."
"Maybe if you clear mind it will come to you. I can help you with that, I have, as you know, been known to be a great distraction" teased Itachi as he brushed his lips over her neck and collar bone.
"Ever the smooth talker" moaned Hinata as she started to slowly unbutton his shirt.
Itachi watched her delicate finger's work to remove his shirt, he felt himself shiver in anticipation. From the minute he laid eyes on her he wanted her and if it was possible, he now wanted her even more. Once his shirt was fully opened he leaned up to remove it, keeping his eyes on Hinata the whole time. For Hinata though, she could not for the life of her tear her eyes away from his torso. The man was just perfection on legs, and he was all her's.
"How did it go with your team today?" She asked while slowly stroking her fingers over his six pack.
"You really want to talk about that now?"
"No" she giggled. "I'm just teasing you."
"Don't tease me just kiss me Love. You are on my mind every minute of every day, I need you" groaned Itachi bringing his lips closer to her own.
"If you don't kiss him sis I will."
Itachi and Hinata jumped apart and turned to see a smirking Hanabi leaning against the wall with her arms folded over her chest. Itachi let out a frustrated groan at the fact that they had been interrupted, again. Hinata gasped and mentally slapped herself for forgetting that her sister would be staying with her tonight. She looked at her sister who was still smirking, enjoying her sister's flustered state.
"Well well sis, I thought I would be taking the crown for most rebellious. It's quite clear you deserve the throne."
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I know, I am sorry I have left it on a cliffhanger. So sorry guys :P
Anyway, I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, please let me know what you think and if you have any questions please feel free to ask.
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