Sorry that is was supposed to be up yesterday.
I do not own Naruto.
Hanabi had decided to follow me out of the house, less weirded out and confused than I was, but she knew I'd feed her. Little vulture. She was my vulture though, so I knew I'd get her whatever she asked for. Father would view this compassion for my little sister as weak, but I had never viewed compassion as weak; I viewed it as a strength, the more you cared about other's well-being the more you'd do a better job ensuring their safety.
"Hinata, can I ask your advice?" The small voice that came from my sister surprised me.
"Of course, neechan." I looked at her a bit worried after the small voice that sounded like an old me.
"How do you know you're in love?" I froze in place, my sister... In love?
"Well, I..." How do you know when you're in love? It is such a simple question, but there is no simple answer. How do you describe love?
"Don't you know?" Hanabi asked me after a few minutes of standing in silence.
"I guess... It's complicated, but I'll try. Love is when you feel happy around someone no matter what, they support you, and you support them. You can talk about everything, even the hard stuff, and not feel ashamed or scared. They're smile is all you ever want to see, and you want to cause that smile forever. When you're in their arms you feel safe from everything, and you never have to feel safe from them. They're your whole world, and you couldn't lose them ever because it'd be like losing part of yourself..." I trailed off hoping she couldn't understand all that mumbo-jumbo, but she just skipped ahead.
"Good thing I'm not in love!" Her laugh sounded like I'd imagine an evil version of Bambi's laugh to be.
"Oh..." I kept walking wondering why Hanabi would ask such a question without warning.
"When will your Shino-kun wake up?" Hanabi's next question was even scarier than the first. Hanabi had the same feelings towards Aburames as father, he really did hate them with the rest of the clan, so asking about Shino was huge for her.
"I-I don't know.." The stutter wasn't from not knowing, it was surprise at Hanabi's sudden change of heart.
"Let's go see him! Okay?" Hanabi grabbed my hand, and yanked me in the direction of the hospital. Okay my life was just getting to creepy today.
Hanabi already knew the room where Shino was, causing me to believe this visit was planned since she hadn't activated Byakugan. She dragged me into the room where Shino was sitting up having a conversation with an irritated Kiba. They were both arguing over something heavy I was sure, and neither of them noticed our noisy arrival until Akamaru barked his greeting. They both turned and stared at us for a long while before smiling like fools.
"Princess! We were just talking about you and your koshii's relationship!" Kiba hooted as he held open his arms.
"Kiba..." Shino threatened lowly.
"What is going on here?" Hanabi demanded loudly causing all three of us to turn our attention on here.
"What do you mean, Hanabi-chan?" Shino asked as her glared at the goofy smile on Kiba's face.
"Why were you talking about my sister? I'll kill you." Hanabi warned in a low boreder-line psychotic voice that caused Shino to turn and stare at her curiously.
"Aren't you a little Demon-child!" Kiba grinned as I walked over to hug him since his arms were still out-streatched.
"You will kill me?" Shino's voice had turned to a bit of a mocking tone, and I could see he was amused.
"You wanna go, Roach?" Hanabi glared straight at my boyfriend which was a bit disconcerting, but I stayed in the safety of Kiba's embrace.
"You really think you could take me, Small-fry?" Shino was still very amused, and I knew he'd never touch my sister in a violent way, so I just watched.
"I'm not the one in a hospital bed." Hanabi's logic was hard to argue with.
"Ah, Touche." (A/N, NTAS Reference!) Shino nodded his defeat just in time to see a flying ball of hyperactivity jumping at a soft spot. He caught the little Aburame just in time.
"Shiiiinooo!" Ichiboo cried loudly as if he were coming to warn us about Timmy being in the well.
"Yes, Ichi?" Shino held up the blonde Yamanaka-Aburame boy before he held a hand out to me obviously wanting me with him, and not our darling teammate. KIba was taking this in stride, and it perplexed me actually.
"That's Hinata." Ichiboo pointed at me as I sat on the side of the hospital bed allowing Shino to pull me a bit closer.
"Yes, I know. Anything else?" Shino seemed completely into this conversation, and Hanabi just seemed annoyed. Kiba just crawled out of his bed, and into Shino's wanting the love. Akamaru soon joined us.
"Nope, just thought you'd like to know." Ichiboo struggled out of Shino's hands, and walked over to the big arm chair in the room. The chair looked like it was eating him.
"Boo, you never cease to amaze me..." Shino muttered before turning to us, and Hanabi. "Hime, are you feeling better?" Kiba nuzzled my shoulder as Shino asked, and Hanabi made a barfing noise.
"You three are so gross! Teammates punch eachother, and get over it!" We all turned to my little sister.
"Oneechan, one day you'll understand." I spoke for the first time since entering the room.
"Yeah, okay."
"Teammates do fall in love." As I said this I felt Shino's grip on me tighten.
"They shouldn't." Hanabi growled.
"But it's unavoidable."
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Sorry for the lack of updates! School has been hell... I apologize.