Chapter Eleven
Hinata
Ah. I open my eyes, and instead of a soft pillow underneath me, it's something quite hard yet still comfortable. My face is buried in some soft black fabric, and I'm laying face down on top of…
Sasuke?!
Rolling off of him, I jump up, and hide my face behind my fingers. How'd I fall asleep on Sasuke? Not only is he injured, but he's Sasuke! Uncovering my eyes I glance down at Sasuke, and immediately look away. How does he look so good when he's asleep? When I was younger, Hanabi told me I couldn't let anyone see me when I was asleep because I'd scare them away. I can't prove her wrong and she's probably right about it.
Leaning down I brush his hair out of his face, and smile. He looks so peaceful when he's asleep. I just sit on the carpet leaning against the couch and stare at the wall in front of me. It's quiet and relaxing. I quite like it.
Ding Dong
The doorbell chimes and I practically hit my head on the ceiling while unknowingly pushing chakra to my feet as I jump up. Smoothing my rumpled jacket out as much as possible, I head to the door and see Neji.
"N-nii-san!" I exclaim, wondering why he's here. Why would Neji come to visit? I-if he's here then he probably knows I'm staying with Sasuke. Hopefully he's not mad?
"Lady Hinata?" He asks, "What are you doing here?"
"I-i.." I start, not knowing how to explain it.
"She's been helping me out." I hear Sasuke's unwavering voice behind me and jump.
"S-sasuke's injured." I say, nervously eyeing Neji as he raises an eyebrow. It doesn't look like Sasuke's injured, though if you know him well you can tell he isn't himself. Though who am I to talk, I barely know Sasuke.
"Tch." Sasuke says, rolling his eyes. "Do I need to explain myself to him? I'm living with a monster inside me."
"There are more jinchuriki?" Neji asks, looking more doubtful and confused as the conversation goes on.
"Chakra-" Sasuke starts, "Forget it. If you want to know then just ask Sakura or something."
"Fine with me." Neji says shrugging. "Though I do know that Hiashi will not approve of this. I will not explain it to him for you Hinata. You will need to go and do it yourself."
"Y-yes nii-san." I stutter, talking to Hiashi is definitely not on my list of favorite things to do. Who knows? Maybe he changed in the time I was dead. Would it be asleep? No, I was mentally aware. No wait I wasn't.
"Why did you come?" Sasuke asks, now leaning against the wall. "I'm sure you didn't want to chit chat."
"We need your genjutsu abilities." I blanched at the thought of Sasuke using his jutsu in this state. He could barely open the chakra infusion door! Looking up at Sasuke, I can tell he doesn't want to say he can't do it.
"I j-just told y-you nii-san." I start, "Sasuke's injured, he can't use his chakra."
"Tch." Sasuke says, obviously not pleased, I just admitted he's not the strongest right now. "I can use chakra just fine." He starts the hand sign for a shadow clone, but I grab his right hand and stop him.
"Sasuke is in no state to use his chakra right now, ask Tsunade or Sakura if you do not trust my medical judgement. I'm terribly sorry nii-san, but Sasuke will not be able to go on the mission. If you asked Tsunade before trying to form your own group, she would have informed you that neither Sasuke or I are available." I say, looking Neji straight in the eyes. I squeeze Sasuke's hand and he understands then just pulls his hand out of my grip and slumps against the wall.
"My deepest apologies Lady Hinata." Neji says, slightly bowing his head. When he gets up, I can see that he looks a bit unfazed, he turns around and starts walking off of the Uchiha land.
"G-gomenasai! I-i didn't mean t-to be m-mean." I say, my stutter coming back now, I just blush slightly and put my fingers together. "Nii-san!" I yell.
"Hinata-sama don't worry. Thank you for telling me directly, it's a nice change." Neji says, looking over his shoulder.
"A-ah." I say, hesitating before running over to him and throwing my arms around him, hugging him from behind. "P-please be safe on your mission."
"Hai, I will take that as an order." He says after I step back, Neji turns around and pats my head, then walks off. I stand outside, worrying. Neji must be going on a dangerous mission, that's probably why they needed Sasuke's genjutsu. A light rain begins to fall, and I can feel the raindrops running down my bangs, and dripping the fresh rain onto my cheeks.
"Talk about dramatic." Sasuke says, wrapping an arm around my shoulders, as if to protect me from the rain. We both stand there for a second, underneath the cold rain. "It's beautiful." I hear a soft whisper. Sasuke. He thinks the rain is beautiful?
"The drops symbolize so much, yet they're just water." I whisper unknowingly. My soft whisper interrupts the fall of the beautiful drops and I hate it.
"Hn." He says, "It's quiet. Nice. Simple." As an afterthought he adds, "Unlike my teammates." I let out a soft giggle, and marvel at how his smooth voice sounds so beautiful along with the rain. It doesn't interrupt anything, it blends beautifully. Sasuke squeezes my shoulders, his arm still over them, and then steers us inside. We both step through the empty door and glancing down at us, I realize that we're both all wet. Taking a closer look at my clothes, I realize that my wet, white t-shirt is not only hugging my skin tight, but then it's also-
"You should change." Sasuke says, looking a bit flustered. "Ah. Sorry you don't look bad, but it's just that like your shirt and everything-" He rambles on.
"H-hai." I say, wrapping my arms around myself then glancing over at him, "You t-too." Sasuke looks down at himself, taking in his now-translucent shirt. His eyes narrow and he turns his head away, but not before I get a glimpse of his red cheeks.
"If you take a shower fast enough, I'll make rice balls." I say. Sasuke's eyes widen a bit, then his features set back to his average everyday smirk.
"They better be ready." He says, then runs off to his room leaving a trail of water behind him. Giggling, I walk over to my own room and head into the shower.
Sasuke
Closing my eyes I let the warm water wash over me, letting out a sigh I run through everything that's happened during the past few days. Long warm showers are my time to unwind and recollect everything that's happened.
Before Hinata, I was in line to spend the rest of my life stuck in Konoha. I was to work for the elders, assisting them and their clans with what they needed. Clean or dirty work. Kakashi wasn't happy about it, and Tsunade used her power as the old hokage to try and convince the elders, but they weren't happy about it. They all hated me, probably for good reason. I had spent my required time in the Konoha prison already, but after I was to be released, the elders changed their mind and got upset. No one told me why, I just knew that there were plenty of heated arguments, and Tsunade and Kakashi were on the verge of giving up when a new path opened up. Hinata.
Tsunade and Kakashi convinced the council that I shouldn't assist just the elders and instead help Hinata. Most of the council was shocked to hear the news of Hinata's return. They all felt sorry for Hinata and after a few small threats from Naruto, the council agreed.
Now I'm here, living with Hinata, and knowing I'll either murder everyone I know or die first. Should I be more concerned? I think so. But I guess there's been so many distractions I haven't been too worried. Leaning my head against the tile wall of the shower, I close my eyes and let the warm water drip down my face. Do I really want to die? At first I was fine with it. I've been fine with dying ever since my final fight with Naruto. Well I was never 'scared' of dying, just after that fight I felt peaceful. But now, now I'm not ready to leave. I don't want to leave my friends or the village. Why? I don't know.
Reaching over, I turn the shower off and wrap my towel around myself. After making sure it's secure, I walk out of the bathroom and into my bedroom. Heading towards my closet, I open the door to my collection of black and gray clothing. Sliding my grey pants on, glance at the mirror on my right. There are purple, blue, and black bruises spread all over me. Still looking in the mirror, I slowly extend the pointer finger of my left hand and touch one a purple bruise.
My whole body erupts in pain and after I let out a guttural scream, I fall over on the hard wooden floor. The little chakra I have left is struggling to flow through my body as it's sucked into the evil thing inside me.
"I'm sorry." I say to everyone and then sigh as I close my eyes and let the evil chakra take over.
Please excuse this sorry excuse of an A/N. I'm currently crying because I was reading sad Haikyuu fanfics, and its like two a.m. so I'm not in the best emotional state. Other than that I really recommend reading the saddest Haikyuu fanfics you can find because they just hit different than the other ones. Also I recommend sitting in a dark room and playing said playlists on Spotify, my preference is like the slow rap songs and then sad lofi beats but that's just me. Anyways I have no idea why I just ranted about that but you just finished Chapter 11 of Together? Always...
Wait I just realized that the title of this story makes it seem kinda sad. To be honest I was planning a happy ending of some sort but I don't really know anymore. Someone please tell me if this story makes you feel happy or sad I have no idea.
~Ari out