As Hinata ran from the scene, she had bumped into Ino and Sakura who were bewildered at seeing her crying like that.
"Hinata! Where are you—?" they cried out, but received no response from their dear friend.
But the Hyuga girl ignored them and kept running. She kept running, blind with emotion when she finally burst into her apartment. Her eyes had swollen from the crying she had done as she ran from the park to her home, that she didn't even notice that her friends had followed her and that her sister, Hanabi had shown up for a surprise visit.
Apparently, Hinata still hadn't noticed; she ran to the guest room where Kiba's things were at, got his stuff and hurled them out of her apartment. She stood there out her door, breathing slowly as she tried to calm herself down. Once Hinata felt calm, she went back inside and saw to her horror that Ino, Sakura and Hanabi were watching her actions with shocked and frightened faces. Their jaws could have been on the floor!
"Um," Hinata said quietly, unlike how she had recently spoken with Kiba. "Hello."
"Hinata," Ino started slowly. "Are you okay?"
"What happened with you two?" Sakura added.
"What is going on?" Hanabi demanded. She had just seen her quiet big sister, act like a ferocious beast on the loose and Hanabi wanted some answers.
Without warning, Hinata gave a very unlike her yell that made everyone jump. She marched over to the couch and slumped down on it with her hand resting against her forehead. As her friends neared her, Hinata slowly felt the tears coming back to her as she heard Kiba's hurtful words over and over in her mind.
"You've been lying to me Hinata! I believed you and I put my trust in you! How could you not tell me?"
Not being able to hold it in any longer, the Hyuga girl let everything fall down again, not caring if they thought she was acting weak. Slowly, Hanbi approached her older sister. Although Hanabi was a few years younger than Hinata, she had her moments where she acted like the big sister after Hinata was there for her. And Hinata was grateful for having Hanabi as her sister.
"Hinata," she said gently. "What happened? Is it Kiba?"
Hinata looked at her sister, and then burst out what had happened between her and Kiba. She recalled Kiba's hurtful words towards her, and his cold reaction she had never seen before. She also mentioned that Kiba had heard the horrid story from Izumi when he had met her as he explored the village. Once she was done with her recent encounter, Hinata had unknowingly started crying silently. She buried her face in her arms, a little ashamed of crying. But her friends didn't care; all that mattered was that Hinata cheered up.
"Well," Hanabi started, a little agitated at Kiba, despite they've always been on good terms even when he broke up with Hinata. "He shouldn't have run out like that! That man has no memory and that is dangerous!"
"But I shouldn't have fallen asleep! It's my fault this happened," Hinata said sadly.
"No it's not," Sakura said moving to the couch where Hinata was sitting at. "Your job is very tiring Hinata. And adding somebody to take care of can make anybody feel tired. It was his fault he had run out like that. He knew he shouldn't have."
"I know he didn't ask to lose his memory," Ino added. "But he really needed to not walk out like that. And that Izumi should just back off when she needs to! Hinata, I know he shouldn't have believed her instead of you, but maybe deep inside he knew that that wasn't true! You two just gotta talk it out."
Hinata said nothing. She stayed there looking down at the ground not knowing what to say. After a moment's of silence, Hanabi said something.
"Hinata, you should go and get some sleep. We'll figure out something in the morning, alright? Right guys?"
She turned towards the doctors and they nodded eagerly. Together, they helped Hinata go to bed even though she kept apologizing about this being a burden. Her friends and sisters left her in her room, and Hinata slowly fell asleep afraid what she might dream if Kiba popped in her dreams. The pediatrician finally fell into a well deserved sleep with no dreams, as the last thing she thought about was Kiba's cold expression.
