K for Kindness
Author's Note: This update is really short. Too short for my tastes. I will update either by tomorrow or the next day. I hate not updating in such a long time, but I neither had time nor ideas to work with. I was having terrible writer's block. Again, really sorry.
It had been a full week in Konoha when Sasuke decided to treat Hinata out to lunch again. The white eyed beauty peeked at the last Uchiha from under her lashes. He smirked, knowing that she was looking at him, and quite obviously staring. His black eyes found her white orbs and she blushed at being found out. The rice slipped from her chopsticks and she laughed at herself for being so silly.
"I didn't know you and Shikamaru wanted to get married." The dark haired man said stiffly all of a sudden. He had sat there awkwardly waiting on her answer. Her white eyes widened at the question that was more like a statement.
"Yeah, our parents wanted to experiment in family jutsus. I always knew Shika-kun, and no one really knew we were close except for Ino-san, who, we had assumed, was interested in you or someone else." Hinata's eyes shifted down to the rice she was picking at. "I like him and understand my place enough to accept the marriage. I think we could work and then suddenly, he said we should wait. What did I do?" Sasuke couldn't answer. Frankly, if he were Shikamaru's place, he would marry Hinata in a heartbeat. It was undeniable that she would make a great mother and co-clan leader. Marriages in clans were almost never about love. It was about power, combining, and pulling ahead.
"Look, Hinata," his lack of 'san' or 'chan' unsettled her a bit, "this marriage is political, if anything about economics. If anything, I think you'll end up liking each other and that's what matters in this. You two need to decide what to do in order to work it out. Go talk to him, speak your mind, get his opinion, and do what your heart tells you." The dark haired man knew he sounded sappy and cliche, but he knew it was what the reality was. The shadow-possessor and young heiress needed to work together and learn to live with each other.
The blue haired beauty stared at the man who had just delivered a small speech of his mind to her. She mused that most people haven't seen this side of their Hokage. He was a fearless leader who said few, but meant a lot. Hinata saw only the surface. The white eyed female thought she saw deep down, but even with her Byakugan, she was pretty blind.