Playing For Keeps
Author Note: Sooo, during the middle or end of a story I completely forget the WHOLE reason why I started in the first place! I was going back giggling at my pervious "reject" chapters and came across one called 'Love and War' which is 'Playing For Keeps' ugly sister that I revised it into this story. Anyway, that chapter was way less serious than what I'm doing now. BUT Sasuke was a freaking jerk and Hinata was "stereotypical" but Daisuke was still super cute (Like Always!)
Anyway, the moral of the story is I've lost focus and haven't been sticking to MY plot line (which sucks because it was awesome) so in honor of my Fallen Pride here's Chapter 21!
Chapter 21 – Can't Be "Just" Friends
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"Mommy," Hinata looked up at Daisuke with a weary smile. "Are you coming to my way?"
She blinked at him a few times. "Your way?"
He pressed his lips. "My Pa-plaaa-play!" Throwing his arms in the air.
Her opal eyes widened. "Since when is there a play?"
"I told you and daddy!" He pointed at her.
"You did not!" She crossed her arms. "I would have remembered!"
He pouted and crawled from his seat. Stomping through the living room he grabbed his backpack and started slapping paper on the table. She frowned at the mess but didn't say anything. He finally found a yellow sheet of paper and gave it to her.
She took the paper from him.
Introducing KONOHA DAYCARE FOR TOTS Annual Play
Saturday 3p-4:30pm
Tots should report to the center by 2:45 for costume changes and prepping. The play is about the importance on Hygiene. Any questions please contact me, Temari Sabaku or Kankuro Sabaku at the center's main number.
We hope to see you there!
She looked down at Daisuke's pouting face. "You didn't show this to me!"
His eyes widened again before pointing to the refrigerator. Sure enough, there was a yellow paper saying the same thing with sticker arrows pointing at it. She pressed a hand to her mouth. She had been so wrapped up in Sasuke's nonsense she completely… ignored Daisuke.
She clenched her fist. "I'm so sorry, baby. I guess it just slipped my mind." His big onyx eyes sadden. He brought the back of his hand to his eyes and nodded. "Dai…"
"You always slipped…" Daisuke sighed shaking his mop of hair. "Nana woulda remembered." He got down and walked into his room.
"Daisuke!" She yelled.
"Noooo!" He closed the door.
She rubbed her temples and slumped on the island. She couldn't blame anyone for that. It pained her heart to see him so… disappointed in her. "I'm sorry…" She whispered. "I have to get my life together." She grabbed her phone.
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"Daisuke-kun," Mikoto knocked at his door. "It's Nana…come on, open the door." Hinata stood by the doorframe biting her nail nervously. He cried himself to sleep last night. When she went inside to talk to him… he just curled up pretending to sleep. There was soft padding before the door opened.
"Hey Nana!" He smiled until he saw Hinata. "Nana, ONLY you tan come in!"
She smiled. "Can Mama come in?"
He pouted. "Nooo… hurry!" He pulled the older woman in and closed the door.
Hinata took a deep breath and went into her room. She searched through her bag and pulled out an empty pill bottle. Her eyes widen. She grabbed her phone. "Hello?"
"S-Sasuke…" She whispered going into the bathroom.
"What's up?"
She leaned against the sink. "Daisuke is so mad at me!"
"Why?"
"I forgot that he had a play today."
"What? He had a play? No, he didn't."
"It was taped to the fridge, Sasuke!"
There was a pause. "Are you freaking out? Hinata… He'll forgive you – remember it's normal."
"B-But…" She bit her trembling lip. "You didn't see the way he looked at me."
"He is four, okay? You sound like you're having an anxiety attack."
She sat on the floor clutching her thumping heart. "S-Sasuke, we've b-been ignoring our s-son! I've been so busy w-worrying a-about everything else. I r-ran out of m-medicine and… e-e-everything is piling up. Oh my goodness, I'm a bad mother-"
"You're not. Calm down."
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Naruto frowned at Sasuke's worried face. "Is something wrong?"
He looked over. "Hinata is having an anxiety attack." He grabbed his keys while cradling the phone between his shoulder and ear.
"Tell her to take her-"
Sasuke sighed. "She ran out. I'll – I'll see you later." He turned back to the phone. "Look Daisuke loves you, Hinata. Nothing is piling up and you shouldn't worry about things you can't control."
"I k-know but I-"
He got in the car. "Know what? You aren't going to help anything while you're like this. Just breathe okay?" He heard her quick pants. "Hinata… take deep breaths." He warned. He took the back roads trying to beat traffic. He sighed seeing the house coming into view. "Hinata, are you okay?"
"I dunno… ano… S-Sasuke…" She whispered sounding a bit calmer than before.
He opened the car door and went through the house not bother to acknowledge his mother's worried look. "Yeah?"
"You're a g-great guy… under all that ick."
He smirked pressing his head against the bathroom door. "You're amazing Hinata." He heard her start to sob and opened the door. She had the phone beside her and head resting on her bent knees. He wordlessly sat beside her. "Hey…"
She looked over at him. "H-Hey…"
He rested his head on her shoulder. "You're okay, okay?" He placed a hand on her knee. "Nobody important hates you."
She let her head rest against the cabinets. "I'm s-scared…" This wasn't just about Daisuke or a forgotten play, she was already a shaking building and Daisuke just so happened to slam the door too hard.
He grabbed her trembling hand. "Yeah, well me too…" He sighed. "I thought – I don't know." She gave a dry laugh before squeezing his hand. "You have to learn how to calm down."
She nodded as fresh tears fell. "I… I c-can't help it." There was a knock at the door. Daisuke was standing there holding his Kyuubi. She quickly tried drying her eyes… last thing he needed to see was his mommy in tears. His lips quivered as he walked towards her.
"Kyuu-chan can help, ne?" He offered her the stuffed fox.
She smiled. "Come here…" He ran into her arms. He wrapped his little arms around her. He gripped the fabric of her shirt. Sasuke sighed and rubbed his back. "You're g-going to be late, Dai."
He pulled back and grabbed her face. "Stop crying mama, otay?" Rubbing his little nose against her red one.
She nodded. "Otay…"
He grinned at Sasuke. "I fixed mama!" Sasuke chuckled and ruffled his hair. He pouted and stood up. "Saved the day! Dundundundundun Batman!" He pulled out his mask and made a Superman pose.
Hinata covered her face from laughing at his little dance that looked like a combination of Naruto's and Ino's signature dance moves. Sasuke scooped him up. "Our little hero, eh?" He patted his head. "Let's get you ready, alright?" He nodded and pointed at Hinata as Sasuke took him away.
Mikoto peeped in and helped her up. "I'm going to need for you to either smoke weed or get more pills," Hinata eyes widened. "You can't have a heart attack and kill over!" She poked her in the arm. "And Heavens knows you can't leave Sasuke alone with Daisuke for too long."
"Mikoto!" She giggled.
She shook her head. "Want to know how I got through twenty-four years with two hot-shot sons and a man like Fugaku?"
Hinata smiled. "How?"
She pulled the girl closer. "I like to call it the WWS," She grinned. "A lot of Weed, Wine and Sex." Hinata coughed hard. Mikoto laughed. "That's the key to youth, girl." She flipped her hair. "You didn't think I stayed with Fugaku for his clever jokes."
Hinata blushed trying to get away from the woman. "That's enough for today."
"It's something about Uchiha Men, honey!" She called after her.
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Daisuke came on stage along with several other kids as teeth. He stepped up. "I'm a Tay-Nine Toof!" He danced around as the crowd Awhed at him. He started his dance.
"Woo! Daisuke!" Naruto shouted. "All in the arms, yeah jus-"
Ino hit him in the arm. "Would you sit down?" She hissed as he sat down. She popped up and started dancing with him. "Pop it Dai!"
Hinata pinched the two blonds. Sasuke chuckled catching it all on camera. Daisuke giggled happily and got back in line. Deidara leaned over. "He was better than all the other teeth."
"Hey, buddy shut up before I knock yours out!" An angry father growled.
Deidara flipped his hair. "Bitch," Hidan growled. "Just fucking try." He turned back giving Sasori and Deidara a high five. Itachi frowned scolding them. Hanabi laughed at them.
All the "Teeth" ran away from Kankuro who was dressed as a toothbrush. "That's really creepy," Sasuke muttered. Hinata giggled. Neji and Tenten nodded. "Like a pedophile chasing kids."
Daisuke stop having all the "Teeth" pretending to bump into him. "No, guys we gotta get clean!"
"You're right!" The other "Teeth" chimed.
A little girl ran out dressed as Floss. "Ton forget meee!" He grinned.
"Or me!" A tube of Toothpaste ran out.
Hiashi stood. "Look at that, the boy is a born leader!"
Mikoto pulled him down. "You are so embarrassing!" She stood up. "Smile bright, Daisuke!" She grinned flashing pictures.
"Mom, you're gonna get us kicked out!" Sasuke groaned.
Soon the play was over and the "Teeth" all came to the front and showed off their missing teeth. The audience clapped and Awhed. The group got warned about a thousand times. Daisuke got changed and ran down into Sasuke's arm. "You did so good!" Hinata laughed.
He laughed. "Temari-sensei says so too!" He looked around. "Mommy, that's the girl!" They turned to see the navy haired girl that was the Floss. She looked over at all the watchful eyes and smiled at Daisuke. He grumbled and scrambled out of Sasuke's hold.
She ran over. "Dai-kun!" She hugged him tightly.
He blushed. "Asunaaaa…"
Hinata smiled down at the girl. "Hello, Asuna-chan?"
She looked up at her and back at Daisuke. "She is prettiful, Dai-kun!" She put her hands on her hips. "Dai-kun mommy HELLO!" She giggled and extended her hand. "Dai-kun daddy HELLO!" Sasuke winced at her energy as she extended the other hand. They shook it lightly. "My name is Asuna Ho-ko-ta-GA…," She grabbed Daisuke's hand with a huge grin. "Soon to be Uchiha…"
Ehh…
Naruto laughed. "Dude, you're already married?"
Daisuke blushed and snatched away. "I'm not your tusband!"
She giggled and kissed his cheek. "Bye Dai-kun!" She skipped away. Hinata was in a state of shock. Her baby boy already… had his first fan girl and didn't even know it. Sasuke grinned wickedly thinking the same thing. She sighed. He was growing in the same footsteps.
"I thought you liked her!" Sasuke grinned.
He pouted. "I do," He put a finger to his lips. "Shh…"
She groaned. The same damn footsteps.
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Mikoto and Hiashi sat in the kitchen as the teenagers and… Itachi's friends crowded the living room. "Soo…" Hiashi muttered sipping his tea.
She looked over. "What Hiashi?"
He chuckled. "How's life, Koto?"
She rolled her eyes. "It's great and yours?"
He sighed. "Could be better…" She scoffed and added more sugar to her tea. "Don't you think its sweet enough?"
She shrugged with a frown. "I dunno, how much sugar would it take to go into a diabetic coma?"
"You have diabetes?" A frown presented itself.
"No, but I'll get it so I could go into a coma."
He tilted his head. "And why?"
"To get you to stop talking to me."
He intertwined his hands and rested his chin on his knuckles. "Why so hostile, Koto?"
She raised a finger. "One, stop calling me that! Two, mind your business."
"After Fugaku said that you were in the hospital," He sipped his tea. "I worried."
She added more sugar to the already dark beverage. "How could someone as sweet as Hinata come from someone like you?"
He smirked. "I wonder sometimes too, Koto. I just have to ask one question?" He watched her dark eyes glance up as she grimaced at the sweet drink. The older man got up from his seat and stood beside her causing the woman to freeze. "Does Fugaku-"
She clenched her fist. "Does he what?" She glared at him.
"Does he do you like I used to?"
Her eyes widened as he smirked and walked into the living room. She let out a breath that she didn't realize she was holding. She grumbled and poured out the death tea into the sink and took a small whisk out of her purse. "Tch, no." She drank all the contents.
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After all their guests left Hinata sat on the couch with Daisuke fast asleep in her lap. She ran her hand through his hair as he clutched onto her pants. Sasuke came into the living room with a backpack. "I guess I should go then, eh?"
She looked up. "I… I guess."
He nodded and bent to kiss Daisuke's head. He glanced up at happy opaque eyes. He put one hand on the couch beside her head and to support his body. With the other hand he touched the side of her face before leaning in barely brushing her lips. She tipped her head up deepening the kiss careful not to wake up Daisuke. He felt both of her hands in his hair gently pulling him closer.
He pulled away resting his forehead on hers. She dropped her hands slowly. "…stay" He barely heard it but nodded. She pushed his face so she could breathe. "I… I'm gonna put him to-"
"I'll do it," He rubbed his neck. "Just…" He clenched his fist. "I…" She smiled seeing him stumbled over his words. He grunted and picked up Daisuke who stayed asleep.
She glanced back and walked into their room. She chewed on her nails feeling knots forming in her stomach. She sat on the end of the bed trying to focus. Seriously, tomorrow she was going to the doctor. There was a knock on the door. Sasuke was leaning against the doorframe. "I…" He looked up. "I can't be blamed for what happens when I walk in here."
Her face brightened. "I won't…" She covered her face for a moment. "I won't blame you."
He nodded and closed the door with his foot. She watched him walk over calmly before grabbing her shoulders and kissing her harder than he ever had before. She gripped fistfuls of his hair making him groan and push her down. He hovered over her lips before pausing. "Is this weird?" He sighed. "Is this wrong?"
She looked up at him. "We're… best friends" She trailed off and covered her eyes. "This is just like before…"
He nodded. "I'm not fifteen anymore."
She took a shallow breath. "I k-know…" She blushed feeling his very alert member press against her leg.
"It's weird…" He rested his head in the crook of her neck. "I'm sorry," He moved his head until she grabbed his face. "Hin-" She moved her lips against his slowly. He gripped the sheets beside her head. He pulled away slowly. "Okay…"
"Okay?" She whispered.
He sat up and pulled off his shirt. She saw him shirtless plenty of times. Hell, he walked around the house shirtless most of the time. She wanted to look away but damn… something about this time. Her hands grazed over his hardened abs and moved over his chest to his shoulders.
All that working out paid off.
She bit her bottom lip as he unbuttoned her pants. She leaned up enough to take off her shirt. He stared down at her. "Shit…" He muttered. He ran a hand through his hair. "Are you sure about this? Like… positive."
She brought him back to her lips again, briefly tensing up as his hands ran from her stomach to… He never remembered her boobs being so big. "Sasuke…" She whispered. His lower abdominal area clenched at the sound of her saying his name.
He moved off the bed. She propped up on her elbows to look at him. He pulled off her jeans and proceeded to take his off. She tucked her legs under her body as he crawled on the bed. He was only left in his boxer. She moved to get under the sheets.
He chuckled. "Are you scared?" He meant he was about to tell that blush fade. She nodded slowly. "You're such a kid." They both froze at the word.
He put up his hand and nodded, padding to the bathroom. She looked at the door before squealing into her pillow. She took a few deep breaths before pulling her out of the ponytail and mentally thanked Ino for talking her into the idea of cutting it a bit shorter. Her heart stopped when the door opened.
He was thoughtful of her heart when he decided to keep on his boxers on the way back. His dark glaze was locked on her. He crawled on the bed. "We aren't high," He stated the obvious. "I am really sober an-" She pulled him to her cutting him completely off. He moved over until he was straddling her again.
She gasped lightly as he pulled off her underwear while keeping their lips connected. He moved to the shell over her ear. "You're going to have to be quiet..." He muttered. When did his voice get so deep? She nodded quickly. He chuckled sadistically. "Close your eyes."
She blinked a few times before doing as told. His lips went towards her jawline to neck, paying close attention to the thumping vein. She brought her hands up to suppress a moan. His hands drifted off south. A rational side of her, or commonly known as her brain wanted to catch the adventuring hand but the irrational beast, namely her body didn't give a fuck where they touched as long as it was on her.
His lips traveled down her navel. She wanted to cuss, really, if she opened her mouth that all that was going to come up. A long string of moaned out curse words. She felt his hands grip her thigh. "Sh-" She covered her mouth again.
He was so evil, really…
She knew that because he was chuckling like a freaking villain. She let out a drawn out sigh as he removed himself from her girl area until he moved them to his shoulder. She gripped a handful of his hair. "P-please…" She whispered. Hell but that made him more excited. She felt him finally send kisses back up until he reached her ear.
"Better?" He muttered. She nodded quickly. Maybe this was a bad idea… "Are you okay?" He looked down on her. She nodded. "Speak to me."
She swallowed the knot in her throat. "Y-Yes…" She didn't miss the glint of satisfaction that was plastered on his face. That's when she realized this wasn't about just crazed hormones. He was trying to prove a point. It was as if he was GOING to make up for the first time.
That rational brain of hers was sounding off sirens in her head. It wasn't about his pleasure, no… This was about what she said four years ago when she mocked him.
"That was weird." She watched the ceiling fan move slowly.
He nodded numbly. "Not doing that again..."
She frowned, glancing at him. "Was that your first time too?"
"Are you ready?" He wrapped her legs around his waist. She couldn't even complete her nod before he thrust himself in her. He quickly covered her mouth as a scream threatened to come out. They sat there for moment giving her a chance to calm down.
He sighed in relief. "You okay?" In which world was that okay? She nodded. Another flash of happiness showed on his smug face.
Bastard.
"Are you going to be quiet? No more screaming, okay?" He grinned.
She wanted to frown, or move but he had her hips pressed. She nodded again then he grabbed her hands putting them above her head. With a smirk he started moving his hips slightly, still the feeling of screaming as ever present. He watched her face closely enjoy every move it made.
Her mouth threated to open but he kissed them closed, moving a bit more. "Hi…nata…" He whispered in her ear. "Even after a kid…" He clenched his teeth. "You…" He moved his hands in her, letting them intertwine. She felt him deepen everything. His grip, his kiss – "Why are you crying?" He paused.
She looked at him. "W-What?"
He let go of one her hands to wipe a tear away. "You're crying. Am I…"
"Shut up," She hissed. He tilted his head to the side. "You're talking too much." Seeing his eyes darkened to almost crimson told her that she probably shouldn't have said it. He nodded with an evil smile. "Sa-" He put all the force he could into her. Her nails went to his back trying to swallow another scream.
Without warning he rolled them over. She subconsciously covered her chest. "I…" She trailed off as he put a finger to his lips. She moved her hair over her shoulder and pretended to zip her lips.
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The Sun was a cruel, cruel thing… Hinata found that out the hard way. She grumbled curling under the sheets before pulling them over her head. She mentally sighed into the warm body behind her. Freezing, every memory came blasting from the back her skull. She turned over seeing a sleeping Uchiha. She clutched the fabric of her… or his shirt tightly. "Shit…" She whispered.
Sitting up, and feeling one part fantastic and a second part sore she ran a nervous hand through her hair. "Shit…" She moved to get up and looked back at him. "Oh shit…"
She blamed Daisuke. Yup, she blamed him to the sun and back. If he didn't get mad at her about a play, then she wouldn't have had an anxiety attack and been vulnerable then… she wouldn't have invited everyone to support him and they wouldn't have come home. Sasuke wouldn't have the chance to kiss her and… and they wouldn't have…
"Good morning."
The voice made her jump out of her skin. She turned to see dark eyes. "H-Hey…"
He groaned and laid back on the bed. "Tired… so tired."
She ran a hand through her tangled hair. "Want breakfast?"
He nodded and pointed to the curtain. "Could you close that please?" She nodded going the cover the evil sun rays. "Now, come here…" He didn't bother looking up to see that she padded over slowly. He ran a lazy hand through her hair before leaning up to kiss her. She shyly kissed him back letting her hand rest on his chest… for support!
She pulled away. "What do you want to eat?"
He opened one eye with a grin. "Well…"
She blushed. "Stop!"
He chuckled and sat up, sporting dark bruises on his neck. She blinked at them before touching her own neck. "Yeah, they're there." He rubbed his eyes and looked at the clock. "It's still pretty early…"
She pried her eyes off of him. "That's great, I'll go take a shower and start on breakfast." He grabbed her wrist before pulling himself up. She smiled pulling him into the bathroom.
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"Well, someone is glowing!" Ino sat at their island.
Hinata looked up. "I'm not glowing!"
Daisuke chewed on some celery. "Mama's glowing?" He dipped the green vegetable in ranch. "Like a lightbulb?"
Ino giggled. "Just like that," She poked her friend. "Someone just had to screw her in." She pulled at the thick scarf Hinata had on. Then that's when blue eyes glowed. "Well, well…"
Hinata smacked her hand away. "S-Stop it!"
The blonde giggled. "No need to hide," She shrugged. "You're oozing happiness."
Hinata rolled her eyes. "Am not…" She couldn't fight the grin.
Ino tapped her chin. "Daisuke, my lovely nephew!" He looked up. "Was mommy home all night?" He nodded happily. "And who else?"
He finished his celery. "Uh…" He was about to lick his fingers until Hinata handed him a napkin. Jokes on her because he was asleep the wh- "Daddy tucked me in!"
Ino froze before glaring back at the blushing mother. "Thank you, could you wait in your room?" He sighed and hopped down. Ino tipped over back sure he closed the door before pinching Hinata hard.
"Oww!" She snatched away.
"Did that hurt?" Ino pouted. "I bet your vag does too!"
"Ino!" She scolded.
"We're you going to tell me?"
"You never give me a chance to." They both took a long pause. Hinata rolled her eyes. "Ino, guess what?"
The blonde smiled. "Yes?"
"I… Me… He – Sasuke and I…" She covered her face before grabbing her friend's shoulder. "Amazing…" She sighed seemingly melting to the floor.
Ino squeaked. "Do you mean like Amazing-Amazing," She put her arms in the air and spun around. "Or Amazing-AMAZING!"
She nodded. "The second one…"
Ino crossed her arms. "Well shit…"
"That's what I said." She touched her cheeks. "It's been three days…" She muttered as Ino gasped. "Every chance we get…" She nodded. "I never knew…"
Ino fanned herself. "Hot! Hot!"
Hinata hugged herself. "I mean before school, after school, before we pick up Daisuke… ehh," She counted on her hand. "The freaking closet."
"See, you've denying yourself that for… like forever." Ino grinned. "Are you two together now?"
She shrugged. "I dunno…"
"Oh come the fu-" The doorbell rang. Ino scoffed. "That's probably him now! I'm going to ask!" Hinata stood and ran over trying to stop her. Ino shook her head, "You can't stop me!" And swung open the door but froze.
Hinata laughed and looked up into emerald eyes. "Umm…Hey."
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Author Note: What? WORD! Yes honey! *snaps* Sasuke done *snaps* Laid. It. Down. *snaps*I know how much you all missed Sakura! Muhaha… *rolls into dark cave*
*rolls out* We're out on Fall Break until Tuesday so you know what that means? Updates coming at you at Hellah speeds! And I want to get this out of the way! There may be four chapters after this so say your farewells to Daisuke… *leans forward* He is gonna CRY!