At home again Yumi jumped down from her mothers arms and ran into her bed room to her dolls. Hinata locked the door behind them and went to the kitchen to put the bags from the market away. While she put away the meats and vegetables the toddler came back out with two dolls and continued to play in the kitchen. When Hinata had to step over her a second time almost tripping she got a little annoyed.
"What are you doing playing in the middle of the kitchen?"
"I don't want you to worry about me mommy."
Hinata smiled and kneeled down.
"We're home now, we're safe at home I don't worry about you here. Go play in the living room while I finish putting things away."
"Will you play with me?"
"Of course I will."
"Then I'll wait for you."
Yumi scooped up her dolls and pranced out of the kitchen into the living room. After only a few minutes however her four year old attention span turned her back to her mother in the kitchen.
"Mommy?"
"Hmm?"
"Why can't we get a kitty?"
"Why this sudden interest with cats Yumi?"
"Suki got one the other day…I want one too."
"Oh I see." Hinata sang then leaning over the counter top to her daughter who stared at her with large puppy blue eyes. She almost wanted to remind her that she wasn't daddy, and that wasn't likely going to work on her as easily it did on her husband, but deciding she was just too cute Hinata only smiled instead.
"So you want a cat because your friend has one?"
Yumi nodded her puppy eyes getting larger.
"Yumi you should never want things others have."
"Why?"
"Because then you loose track of how wonderful you have it."
Yumi looked confused, but seemed to accept this none the less and began jabbering about what they could do tomorrow. Hinata answered while she began to put groceries in the right containers and set up their meal for dinner.
She was used to waking up alone. She had done it almost all her life, but waking up alone in someone else's house just seemed odd. Hinata woke up and absentmindedly searched for a warm body next to her, when she found none her eyes snapped open and she remembered where she was.
She looked over at the clock and almost groaned when she realized how late it was. She had never slept past noon in her life, and here it was almost two in the after noon. Walking to the bathroom she did a mental list of things she had planned for today. She had to go out with Sakura today to get those books; she also had to go to the library to report to her new job. It also wouldn't hurt to clean up a bit, she didn't know when Naruto was due back from his mission but she figured it was better safe then sorry.
Sakura arrived at two on the dot. Hinata had yet to really get dressed but allowed her friend in anyway while she dressed in the bathroom. Sakura informed her of the latest talk amongst the leaves surrounding her and Naruto. Hinata only half listened; she was starting to get really tired of all this gossip.
"And since every one saw Neji leave your house yesterday," Sakura continued looking through some of the papers on the coffee table. "The newest rumor is that he was sent on behalf of your family to try and talk you out of what ever it is your doing."
"And what am I doing?"
"It depends on who you ask, but I've heard your planning to run away with Naruto or your planning to marry him and break away from the clan all together. In fact I even heard that someone heard you and Neji yelling and fighting…what's wrong?"
Hinata stopped listening to her friend when the sudden pain in her stomach hit. It was like a menstrual cramp only much worse then she had ever felt. She felt her knees buckle slightly and she supported herself on the bathroom counter. This was new…new and scary. She had gotten used to the morning sickness, was she supposed to feel this now?
"I…I don't know…" She answered and then the pain got slightly harder before beginning to fade.
"Do you want to call your doctor?"
"No…no it's okay, it's gone now." She straitened up and continued to brush her hair but her mind was still wired with what had just happened.
"Is that normal?" Apparently Sakura was too.
"I don't know."
"Well what did your doctor say?"
"She gave me several books to pick up, I'm sure there's something in there about it. Aren't you a medic? Don't you know something about this stuff?"
"I'm a field medic, I can re-attach a limb but a baby is completely foreign to me." Sakura crossed her arms and Hinata gave a sweet giggle. After a few more minutes in front of the mirror they were heading out, Sakura still jabbering this time about Ino's new boyfriend.
"I thought she was dating that guy from ANBU?" Hinata asked locking the door.
"She was."
"Why did they break up?"
"Ino says he came back from a mission with a hicky that wasn't from her."
"Oh my." Hinata could only imagine the beating that poor man got from their blond friend. Ino was not known to ever have civil break ups.
On the way to the bookstore they did what girls do best. They talked of everyone and everything. Hinata began to realize who much she had really missed Sakura. They had always been close, compared to her other friends Sakura was the one who Hinata trusted completely with out question.
It was this fact alone that made Hinata come up with her decision with her eyes scanning over the bridal magazines. Sakura went to ask where the last book on their list was. She figured it wouldn't be too bad to tell Sakura, she had promised to tell no one but it was Sakura. She was the first to know about her baby, and she was pretty much Naruto's unofficial sister. And Neji of all people already knew, which meant it was likely Ten-Ten knew, and was just keeping quiet about it until someone else mentioned something about it.
So with those factors to consider, telling Sakura would actually be the safest way to go right now. She was pretty sure if the entire village was already starting rumors of them running away together, a wedding wasn't far behind. Also going on that, she was even more sure that Naruto would not appreciate a mob when he got back asking him for details on wedding the town made up that just happened to be true.
"Jeez some of these people aren't helpful at all!" Sakura complained finding Hinata in the magazines. "Here it is, last copy I'm told." She handed Hinata a thick book, when Hinata took it and thanked her friend Sakura noticed what she had been staring at.
"When I was little I would always look at these and show my mother what my dress would be like."
"I don't think I'll need a dress." Hinata mused and Sakura, being the sharp person she was caught on instantly.
"Meaning?"
"Naruto proposed to me before he left." Hinata said picking up a magazine with a pretty girl on the cover in a very unconventional white dress. When Sakura didn't speak for a moment too long Hinata was afraid she put her into shock. But when she looked up and her eyes met green ones Sakura pulled her into a corner and did a quick scan to make sure no one was in ear shot.
"He what?!" She yelled in a whisper.
"He proposed, but Sakura don't say anything we agreed to keep it secret for now."
"Why?"
"Well I mean, with my father and Tsunade and then everyone else we figured a formal announcement wouldn't be very welcomed…"
"No no, I mean why did he propose? Did you talk to him about what we talked about?"
"What we…no, I didn't mention anything. He just asked me…is it wrong?"
"…no, not wrong. I just, I mean…" Sakura seemed to fidgit. "Maybe you should get everyone used to the idea of a baby before you two start picking out furniture together."
"I don't think anyone will ever get used to it." Hinata put a hand on her stomach but looked thoughtfully at her friend. Sakura let a small smile appear on her lips and looked sympathetically back. There was a brief moment of silence before Sakura spoke again, this time her tone much friendlier then before.
"That's true. So when are you two planning to go through with it?"
"We haven't really talked about it."
"Do you want it to be soon? Before you start to, you know…show?"
"I would, but I need to talk to Naruto about that."
"Talk to Naruto about what?"
Both girls whipped around to meet a happy blond girl standing right behind them with a book in hand.
"Ino?" Sakura asked looking confused. "What are you doing in a book store?"
"My mother needed a book on plants; I came to pick it up. So what were you talking about that had Naruto's name in it?"
"Since when do you care about anything to do with him?" Sakura countered crossing her arms.
"Since he knocked up Hinata." Ino said so casually Hinata actually blushed.
"We were discussing possible names." Sakura said with a confident smile.
"Names huh, anything picked out so far?" Ino asked as they walked to the register together.
"Nothing yet, but like Hinata said; that's something she would need to speak with Naruto about."
After Hinata's meeting with the girls, Ino had to run back to her shop while Sakura had to leave and report back to Tsunade. With the rest of the afternoon to herself she chose it as a good time to report to her new job.
The library was big, and very quiet. She had spent many times in here as a student at the academy either hiding from everyone or studying away from her home. Walking back into its large double doors, Hinata figured it wasn't such a bad choice. It was better then the secondary school after all, and doing anything Ninja related would just make her sad.
She walked right to the fronts desk. A young woman with her hair tied back smiled at her and Hinata smiled back.
"Hello, I was told to report here for my new job."
"Hyuuga Hinata?"
"Yes." Hinata said with a small bow.
"Wait right here." The girl said and left her post. She returned a few seconds later with an older looking woman behind her. The young girl returned to her post and the older woman went strait to Hinata.
"Hello dear, I am Mai. Tsunade said you'd be coming. Follow me, I'll show you around." Hinata followed the older woman through the library and listened carefully when she explained procedure of how to restack the books.
It seemed simple enough, books went in alphabetical order according to author, scrolls went in numerical order along with subject. Hinata noticed the people too, they were quiet and withdrawn into their own little study worlds. One or two even fell asleep on their papers, while others had mountains of books on either side of them.
"Its not too hard," Mai was saying now in a lower whisper since they were walking around. "When can you start?"
"Um, as soon as you'd like me too."
"Oh? I thought it would be later, but that's great news. One of my employees is taking some vacation time and I need someone to fill in her spot. Glad you can start, Tsunade told me what happened, if you feel you need days off or time off please don't hesitate to ask. I have three children myself, each pregnancy more difficult then the one before. I'll understand if you can't come in on some days."
"Oh…thank you…" Hinata bowed her head. Then remembering this was going to happening a lot she straitened right back up again and gave Mai a sweet Hinata smile.
"So tomorrow then?"
"Yes, what time would you like me to be here?"
"Well we open at nine so how about eight in the morning so you can be shown around a bit more."
"I'll be here at eight then."
A few more minutes of polite idle chatter and avoiding any questions regarding her present condition, Hinata was back in the busy streets of Konoha. Having done her first to things to do, she was ready to head back home and start cleaning her new apartment.
With in the next week and a few days more Hinata was sitting used to her daily routine. She would work at the library for eight hours a day, five days a week. Then she would come home and make herself dinner. She would sometimes go out for lunch or dinner with the girls if they weren't busy. Mainly it was Sakura since Sasuke was gone on a mission too now.
She got used to it, but that didn't mean she liked it. All this free time was something she had never had before. Her life had consisted of training and missions, reports and more training. It was never in her daily routine to be home around six in the afternoon and have absolutely nothing planned. Not to mention she was alone. With Naruto away and everyone else away or busy with her old life, there was no one she could really talk to. It did however give her time to think. It gave her so much time to think, she had to force herself to stop thinking.
She thought of her baby and her Naruto. She thought of her future family and what possible life she could have. Then when she thought of that he thought of the family she left behind. She thought of Neji and his words to warn her and promise to protect her in someway against harm. She remembered their conversation. She replayed it daily in her head. She thought of how she could ever break the news to Naruto about the possibilities this baby had. They were on thin ice as it was with their relationship.
Hinata was no fool. She knew she loved him and she knew he loved her, but she also knew the amount of stress their current situation had on them. There were many times when she laid awake alone in their bed that she began to doubt Naruto. Not his love for her, but why he did what he did. She knew him well enough to know that as spontaneous and unpredictable Naruto could be there were limits. She didn't know, and began to wonder ever more so, if his sudden questions for them to now live together was completely his idea from the beginning or simply fueled to spite her father. It may have been a degrading thing to assume but she knew her father's pride and she knew Naruto's pride all too well. Going on that, there was a good chance what was happening now was a result of pride against two men.
This is when her thinking got extreme. This was when Hinata had to shake her head and remember that he had proposed to her when she never even mentioned the word marriage even once. He asked her, he spoke to her about it, he made the decision himself and asked her. Then she would backtrack, she would find herself thinking that her previous thinking of her fiancé's extreme pride had been an act of spite was ridiculous and a result of staying up too late and being alone too long with her own thoughts.
Then she would stop thinking, she would lay in bed look up at the cloudy cold sky with her hand on her stomach. Sometimes she would talk to her child, confide in them how much she missed Naruto. How she was worried for him and how she prayed every night he would come home.
When Sunday came around, it was almost a full week since Naruto left on his mission. She was on her usual spot on the couch watching television and eating a small portion meal she made with leftovers from a restaurant she went to during lunch or from the night before. She had just finished her small meal and her tea and was in the kitchen when her knees buckled again. It was the same pain as it had been over a week ago, Hinata dropped her plate on the counter and held tightly onto her stomach.
The pain escalated and she almost cried out. She sat there on the kitchen floor for what felt a few minutes too long before the pain began to subside enough for her to move around. She went strait to her books that she kept by her bed. She had looked in them hours upon hours before and had yet to find anything relating to this pain. She had another two weeks before going back to see Dr. Kyoto, and the book did mention something about normal pregnancy pains but it never elaborated on anything. She didn't know if this was what normal was. The books told her a lot, but some answers she couldn't find. When she looked through the last book from cover to cover still finding nothing on her pains Hinata tossed it aside and put her hands on her still flat stomach.
"What's wrong?" She asked her stomach, almost expecting a tiny voice in her head to answer her. When nothing happened she stood up and made her way to the bathroom, if no answers were going to come soon she might as well call it a night and be ready for tomorrow.
Once out of the shower and into her pajamas which started to consist of a pair of panties and one of Naruto's shirts she made her way to the bed. With one last look at the clock she almost laughed. Not too long ago she could stay up into the very early hours of the morning and then even go a whole day and half on no sleep. Now she seemed to hardly be able to be up after seven pm. Giving into heavy body she crawled into bed wrapping the large warm blankets around her watching the cloudy night sky out her window.
She didn't remember falling asleep but when she woke up her head shot off the pillows. Cloudy with sleep still in her head, she fumbled at her alarm clock. It was almost two in the morning. Annoyed and confused as to what woke her up, she looked around in the dark. Something had woken her up, her ninja senses had gone off…meaning something or someone was close. Instantly her mind went into alert mode all sleep gone from her system.
Someone was in her house. Someone had trespassed; she may be in grave danger. Her mind flew with people she knew, the only ones who came to mind where her relatives. Her conversation with Neji had brought up a lot of bad thoughts, and them taking her in her sleep was one of Hinata's fears. If not them then many a villager had decided to do the unthinkable to her and her child. Her mind went on instant alert; Hinata moved quickly but also subtle enough not show anyone she was moving for the hidden weapons Naruto always kept hidden incase such an emergency.
She reached over and grabbed a kunai from in between the mattresses; she skillfully slipped out of the bed not making a sound. Her ears tuned to the sounds around her, she tried to pin point where she felt the presence. Whoever it was had its chakra suppressed so well she could barely feel it, but it was there. She put her fingers in-between her nose and closed her eyes, she was ready to activate her blood line when something grabbed her arm from behind. Before she could blink Hinata found herself thrown roughly on the bed. She retaliated quickly but before she could react her attacker had her pinned.
"Nice to know you can still protect yourself." Even in the darkened room she saw the brilliant of his blue eyes. She could smell the dirt and sweat on him, she felt his body heat over her and instantly she relaxed.
"N-Naruto?!" She blinked and he smiled coyly at her. He still had her pinned but all she could do was let a wide smile cross her face. "You're back!" She stated the obvious happily.
Slowly his hands let her thing wrists go and he hovered over her. His lips touched her so gently Hinata instantly felt herself puddle under him. His warm lips massaged hers his tongue danced in her mouth tasting her completely. Her hands went around his neck pulling her self closer to him. She felt him weigh down on her. His lips never left hers, she tasted him, inhaled him deeply. He was gone for too long; she had almost forgotten how good it felt just to be near him.
When he did break the kiss he looked into her eyes, the moon light cast a perfect sliver of light just enough for them to see each other. His hands trailed down her face and moved her bangs off her face. He kissed her fore head and then her nose, a small peck on her lips and he moved down to her neck. She felt his hands under her shirt and on her stomach; she couldn't help but blush at the sudden warmth of him on her skin.
When his hand rested on her lower stomach she locked eyes on him. She watched him move lower until his face was above her stomach. He gingerly stroked her stomach and then laid a very light kiss on her skin. She tingled at his touch and couldn't help but stare endearingly at him. He whispered something to their unborn child. She didn't hear a word he mumbled into her stomach but she didn't ask him what he said, he had whispered it to their child not her. Still at her stomach he turned his face to meet her eyes. Her hands went to his hair and she started to stroke her nails through his scalp.
This was her Naruto. This was the man she had fallen in love with, this was the man that emerged in the dark when they were alone. The man that did and said amazing things to surprise her, a man who loved her so powerfully he could make her shiver with a single touch.
"I missed you." She said not breaking contact with his eyes. He grabbed her hand and kissed it, first her palm then each of her fingers tips. She saw something different in his eyes; they weren't bright but held a different passion behind them.
When he moved back up he laced her fingers into his and kissed her full on the mouth again. This time Hinata let out a tiny moan into his mouth he answered by unlacing his fingers and grabbing her around her small waist.
"You're wearing my shirt." He smiled into her lips. Coy white eyes met his own and she kissed him again. Sleep seemed to completely leave her now; her body was reacting to him. She was beginning to want him; no not just want, crave him.
"I missed you." She repeated when he kissed her again.
She arched her back when his coarse finger tips stroked her back and before Hinata knew what happened next her shirt was off and he was admiring her body with his eyes and his rough hands. Her hands went to the bottom of his shirt and with a tug Naruto knew it was time to take it off. She admired his body as much as would admire her own, he let her hands travel up from his tight abs up to his pecks and slink around his shoulders.
He ran his hands over her shoulders, breasts and stomach. Her touch electrified her, she needed more. Heat erupted inside her, her mouth needed to taste every inch of him to satisfy her need. Their sweet kisses turned into hot passion, Naruto's ginger touches on her soft skin became hard and almost painful; he bit down at her skin making her gasp out his name. When his rough palm went to her thigh and snaked up to hook her panties, her foot dragged up his calf, her hips rocked into his. His hands flew over her breasts kneading them and she gasped again, her hands in his hair and down his back.
"I missed you so much." His breathed into her ear nibbling on her neck.
"I…" She couldn't speak.
Her head was clouded with pleasure as his hands touched every inch of her skin. When his hands went between her legs, she arched up kissing him in response. She was far beyond being moist from foreplay; Hinata was ready to be filled completely by him. She wanted him, she needed him right now. While he continued to play with her, her hands fumbled with the button on his pants. Already she could feel his hardness making it that much harder to undo anything. When her small hands reached him finally she heard a low groan escape him, and she knew he wanted her as much if not more then she wanted him.
"Naruto…" Her voice was pleading while he kissed and caressed the sensitive skin on her breasts. "Naruto…please…" She arched her hips into his hand, she needed more; she needed to be completely filled.
There was a brief moment where movement stopped and she watched him struggle to completely throw off his pants and boxers in record time. She sat up when he kneeled over her and she kissed him hard and passionately. When she was lowered back on the bed she instinctively opened her legs to allow him entrance. She arched her body pressing against his own hard chest, her hands clasped hard on his shoulders.
Suddenly Naruto stiffened. He resisted her.
Confused and now getting frustrated Hinata looked up her eyes frowning. Her breath was short; her mind was being clouded from rational thought into desiring only the blissful passion she could only get from him.
"Wha-…what's wrong?" Her voice was a harsh whisper, almost sounding frustrated.
"I don't…want to…"
"What?" Her breathing subsided and now she was getting really frustrated and utterly confused.
"I mean I do, but I don't want to hurt the baby." His blue eyes were so innocent had she been in rational thought Hinata would have smiled and remarked his expression as cute. But he had done too much to her too fast to stray her thoughts from getting the carnal desire she so desperately wanted.
"It's okay." She said and pulled him down again, she arched her hips again rubbing her lips against his very erect penis.
"You sure?" He asked but she could tell he was starting to crave it as much as she was.
"Yeah…" She readied her legs to wrap around his waist. "Yeah I'm sure, its okay."
There was no hesitation, with in a heart beat Hinata arched her back and sucked in breath when he slowly entered inside her. She let out a quiver of a whimper when he pushed all the way in and then pulled almost all the way out. Upon doing it again he let his manly façade fade in a growl in her neck.
She wrapped her legs around his waist, she didn't want him to ever leave her. When he pushed in again she arched her hips up to allow him deeper access. He filled her completely, stretching her and hitting every wonderful spot. He picked up speed, their rhythms matching in perfect sync.
She lost coherent sense of the world around her, of the thin walls in which they lived in. Her breath came out in high pitched moans every time he pushed inside her. She grabbed hard into his shoulders, using her arms and legs to almost lift her off the bed completely to get him deeper inside her.
"Oh…harder…" She whispered and he obeyed. She heard him give a low moan by her neck, she heard his low growl say her name. She heard him curse in that sexy growl of a voice it excited her even more.
She felt him hit inside her with force and she couldn't hold back a loud groan from the back of her throat. Her finger nails scratched his back marking him hard with red marks, and she knew he loved it. He groaned again this time he kissed her hard, their teeth knocking against each other; their lips bruising.
Naruto let go of her head and shoulders and braced himself on either side of her head. His mouth was set in a thin line, his eyes so intense they burned right through her and she melted instantly they met hers. She felt him reposition himself; momentarily stopping their blissful pleasure. She looked up wondering what had caused him to stop and was about to speak but she could only squeak helplessly when he drove directly into her very hard.
"Ah…" She whimpered with each movement inside her, she clentched her thighs when he hit that perfect spot. She grabbed onto him again, she was close, very close and she needed to hold onto something.
"Naruto…" she could hardly speak her head was throbbing so much. The room swirled around her; she was completely drunk on him. She needed more, it wasn't enough, she needed just bit more.
He growled on top of her, he pumped inside her hard. Each time she whimpered and squeaked, begging him to go harder and each time he did. Each time he was a little rougher, each time he bit down a little harder, and each time she cried a little louder.
Then she was just around the corner, she was so close. She could feel it, he couldn't stop now, she needed him so much now. She needed it so bad now.
"Harder…please…" She begged in whispers into his ears. "Almost…ugh…Naruto…god…" He moved faster, the bed rocked and squeaked under them.
"Hinata…" He said her name and she felt herself dive over the edge.
Her body shook in spasm, she cried out as her muscles tensed so much she felt some places cramp. She grabbed the sheets as her back arched so high, the tip of her head was on the sheets. She stopped breathing while her body helped her spasm into bliss. With each passing wave she let out tiny squeaks of a breath, when the waves passed she was left with a low pulse down her legs to her toes.
She blinked and the world started to make sense again. After a momentary black out she was back under her blond super man in the after math of one of the best orgasms she could ever remember having in a very long time. She looked back into shining blue eyes and felt light wonderful kisses on her eyes, nose, lips, cheeks and chin. She felt warm arms wrap around her protectively as he continued to kiss her shoulders and arms. She slinked her own arms around his neck and gave a small whimper when she felt him pull out of her.
He rested in her arms. They lay there like they always did after love, laying so peacefully and complete. As she curled up into his chest when he moved to aside she felt him start to play with her hair. She felt small touches on her shoulders and she laid small kisses on his chest.
"This is nice to come home too." She felt his deep voice rumble under her check in his chest.
"I'm always the first to see you when you get home." She said turning to look at him. He smiled a sly grin at her and for some reason she blushed.
"Yes but this time you were in my bed, that's a nice change. Something I could certainly get used to." He turned on his side wrapping his arms around her small frame. Hinata smiled shyly up at him; she had to agree on that. Being woken up by him was always a nice thing.
"How was your mission?"
"A success."
"I'm glad." There was a pause and she continued. "I'm glad your home Naruto."
She felt soft lips on her head.
"I'm glad I'm home too."
As Hinata's eyes became heavy again she listened to her lovers rhythmic breathing from under hear. She breathed in his scent and basked in his body heat as he kept her held tightly against his own body. She was happy. She was so very happy, they may be engaged but Hinata knew she didn't need marriage to make her this happy. She just needed him. Just knowing he was here and he wasn't going to leave was enough to send Hinata into the most blissful sleep she had had in over a week.
AN: This chapter is dedicated to everyone who has been reading and wondering: "Why is it rated M if there is no sex?" Well YAY for the SMEX!! And may I add; I don't know if I'm the only one that notices but it seems to me that ALL the men of Konoha seem to be sex gods and ALL the women seem to be that awesomely lucky to have an earth shattering orgasm during intercourse. That must be so lucky for them...now I want to go to Konoha...
Well next chapter to be up soon, I'm surprised I finished this one so soon! Again thank you so much for your reviews! They inspire me, I love you all so much!!