A/N More Hinata…sort of a counterpart to the Neji one (Break Away).

10. Breathe Again

I suffocate.

Every day, I am suffocated.

My father suffocates me. My sister suffocates me. My family, my life, they combine and morph into a writing monster that constricts my heart, not letting me move, not letting me do what I want to do, expecting too much of me…

I turn to my friends, they are a comfort. They extend a hand; lead me out of my family's dark world.

I turn to Naruto…

He is my only other solace.

I watch him, see him struggle, fight, win.

Watching him, I breathe again.

He is why I can breathe again.