LaterSkater1 I just realized per your review I wrote for fandom with like 45k+ fics on this website. This is a fandom with 420k fics. I had to let that sink in. Thanks for encouraging words.
Morespb I checked out that fic read like two chapters and it does leave a frustrating feeling to see your favorites with other people so I get it if that's how people feel about my story. Previous fandom I wrote for didn't have such a wide selection ha ha we had to take what we can get but I love AU or peaceful time fics. No hard feelings at all.
SirLink Toneri cheated on her. Had a paternity suit all within year one of marriage.
The next day
Toneri is renegotiation the contracts with the network. She has very little time. She's written a season three poems. Her characters have gotten married to other people. She couldn't stop her fingers from just going and going yesterday she needs to can this. She's writing episodes and poems. Toneri is going to want results when he gets back. He wants her name on that dotted line. She reread the lines of what she's written. It's her life. Her real life in her words. She couldn't possibly give this to him. She'll have to start over. All the way over to give Toneri something pleasant but not juicy make him prolong her sign on.
She hears the sweet sounds of gibberish. The baby monitor starts playing a melody of Sumire waking moment's. Her heart melts. She stands and looks at her blind window before in suspicion but then scurry to greet her daughter.
...
Sumire sits in her hair chair eating organic cheerios and thinly cut bandanas. Hinata rubs her hand through Sumire's locks then looks at the door in curiosity. Her feet step slowly and hesitant to her window sliding a small finger under one blind her pear eyes taking in that the orange truck was till there in the driveway. Her eyes shook as she dropped her finger and turns away.
"Ma Ma" Sumire calls to her, and she turns walking away slowly back to Sumire.
She sat on her knees in her backyard with gardening sheers and clipped the tomatoes dropping them in a wooden bucket the portable baby monitor clipped to her skirt. How would she explain this to her husband. He didn't like Naruto. He blocked his number. This was something she had no control over much like everything but this was something Toneri had no control over either. He was obsessed with his image he could alter thya
She could hear a slam and loud things being moved around. She stands up and inches to her wooden 10-foot fence with her palms pressed against it looking through the cracks. Naruto was hauling things from a big Truck into his house shirtless in cargo shorts and sneakers. His once full beard has now become a clean cut. Sweat was dripping from damp blonde hair. She felt heat attack her face as she looks down at her feet away from such an image. He's getting bigger. Lifting weights or something.
"Come on Dad you're slacking" she hears and her head shoots up to see Kawaki matching Naruto shirtless holding a lamp taking it into the home. A smile hit her lips as she backed away and went pack to her gardening.
...
She had a blank page in front of her she rough draft the season three she wrote and began with a retcon of season two. Toneri would hate it. She smirked to herself.
...
Her athletic wear consisted of white pantyhose, skirt, and jacket. It's the most insane thing to work out in. She clips the monitor on her shirt, grabs her mace and texts her husband, so he won't call her about her every fucking move.
Hinata: going on my run.
She sends then is directly in front of the home now dwelling a family. She swallows and turns left. She does more laps when Toneri is gone if she run faster and Sumire doesn't wake up. Her eyes kept on the house that was across from hers each time it pass before being blasted visually into the rest of the unlived in homes. Their lights are on but low she thinks as she ran down the right side of the street. She makes it to the end then turns around on her heels. She makes it back down the block, by the only two lived in one's to see Naruto there dressed in T-shirt and basketball shorts her head snaps quickly from him, and she looks down, then ahead only to be met by ongoing footsteps. She grimaces at this because she doesn't know what to do with herself.
"Hey neighbor" he says
"Hi" she peeps as she feels each step hit the ground sends waves of the foot to sidewalk collision to her face.
"You enjoy late night runs ?" He asks easily. Naruto has gotten old but not in age but in maturity.
"Yes" she says small.
There's a pause and all she could hear is their feet on pavement.
"Are you okay ?" It's carefree and concerning the questions falling from his lips but in her head the answer are complex.
"I'm fine" She says quietly and slow.
"What happen to your cheek ?"
Oh, no. She forgot the makeup.
"I fell in the shower"
A belt buckles. Toneri had been so manic he hit her with the wrong side.
"Are having a fainting episodes ?"
"No just I slipped" she says flatly. All she does is lie to him all the time. She's a liar.
"You have to be careful Hinata" He says and that's all.
"I will" she says as they come back to their houses standing in the middle of the street.
"I've been out here too long" she tells him and with a wide turn of her heels and a whip of her hair she took a step back towards her home. A hand grabs her wrist gently before pulling her into a hug. Her arms shake as. one of his hands is behind her head holding her in place and the other firmly over her back. She can see the stars as her nose down is in his shoulder. Her breathing become harder and panicked, and she rose her arms weekly and hug him back. She couldn't remember the last time they hugged. His warmth. She wants to raise her hands to his neck to feel the skin and the hair, but she doesn't.
"Do you need anything ?" He asked, and she nods and pulls away respectfully with her hand balled at her sides gaze averting from his. Yes. She needed something. Her inner plots of escape out of her husband's clutches come to mind.
"Could you get me birth control. It can be the crappy ones. Toneri calls them unhealthy but I just" and she awaits her interview that sure to come.
"Okay" he says.
"Okay" she repeats.
"I'll get it" He says and hers look up into his.
"Thank you" she breathes and turns around but stops. She needed something else.
"Inojin" she says watery.
"Pictures of him" she saws in a swallow.
She hears footsteps come around and a cellphone is being pushed in her face. She watches as a blonde baby boy crawls across the floor into Sakura's hands.
She smiles. A real smile. "He's beautiful" her head arches up.
"How is she ?"
"Happy" he tells her, and she nods as Sumire cries for her bottle.
"Goodnight" she tells him
"Goodnight"
...
The water runs down on her head and face as she breathes from her lips and water mixed with her hair lays in her face. She looked up at her shower head as twinkles of water blur her vision and get caught in her eyelashes.
...
She's dressed in her cotton night gown. Hair wet lights off staring at her blinded window she walks to it slowly and slide an eager finger to push up the blinds. Her pear eyes shakes as she sees Naruto in his window looking seemingly right at her, but she knows he can't see her, but he's looking right at her. He is. She pulls herself away from the window.
...
She lays in her bed for hours her arm awkwardly curled by her head as she takes deep breaths. Sleep is foreign to her. She's heard his truck start up as the exhausts faded. Where has he gone? Was it him driving or Shion. She waited over 30 minutes for its return and then it came back and the engine is killed. It's quiet her chest rise and falls as she licks her lips and her fingers twitch a bit over worked from her fiddling in her guessing game. Her head turn to her window as she hears a ding dong then slight knocks.
...
She goes downstairs and sees Naruto's silhouette behind the glass. Her eyes widen, and she opened her door letting him in amd2 pressing the alarm buttons.
They await for a cry to come but it doesn't.
"Sorry. She can sleep through that ?"
"White noise machine helps" she tells him while studying him. Why was he back here?
"Where is he ?" He asked, and she ca3m hear him try to cover his dislike. He really wanted to know though.
"At his company" she drags in a breath as she watches him bend down by the door and pick up a piece of glass. Fear grew in her belly. Her bursting a rock through the window to get to Sumire. Toneri had it fixed right away.
He turns to before placing it on the console table.
She notices he is carrying a bag plastic bag for the first time and his trying to hand it to her. Her hands open up for it and places it in her palms. Her eyes inched from the bag up at him. Her neck is arched and their noses hover each other Her mind is dizzy he's too close. He looks so inviting, understanding, strong, serious, down to earth and warm blinking eyes as one of his hands hold her hand.
"Sumire has a beautiful name" he says lowly.
She can feel her chest sink and gaze twinkle while looking at him through her dizzy looking glasses for eyes. His jaw tightens and he swallows.
"Sh Shion" she says.
"Told me to go to the store right away to get you the things you needed. " He says and walks back out the door.
Her hands shake at the lost of his warmth and, but she's still relished in the memory. Her eyes travel to the bag to see birth control and plan B pills.
Her eyes watered. Has Naruto come to save her again.
...
She's greeted with flowers upon her husband's return and lipstick on his collar. Her face He leans down to kiss her cheek and lay the flowers on the table. He picks one tulip and hands it to Sumire who bangs it against the table.
Will he ask her about the writing?
Will he apologize?
Will he ask about our new neighbors?
Will he want to have sex with her?
He showered and came to the living room where she played with Sumire on the floor.
"Ma ma ma ma" Sumire repeats the same song over and over.
Her husband looks at the child than her.
He is jealous of our bond. He wants to be the most loved. Man child. She's plotting her escape how had she forgot ? She couldn't do it and the Uzumaki graced her with their warm presence.
"We have neighbors now" he says with a bad taste
"We know them" she tells him.
"We do ? Who are they?"
"Uzumaki Kawaki,Shion and Naruto" she says lowly.
"What !" He barks. Standing up "The vice mayor who wants you".
She shakes in her bones as her eyes can not meet his. " He's running for mayor here-"
"That Uchiha sympathizer will never make it here in the heat of Suna"
"They are one of the founding clans of Konoha"
"I don't need a history lesson of that place" he says looking out the window.
His gaze turns from the window then falls on her.
...
She's hiding in her bathroom. For the first time in her marriage he wanted to try a different position. It was overwhelming. She wiped her tears and looked in the cabinets behind the bleach considering if she should drink it but opts for the small package. She swallows the pill dryly.
"Hinata come watch a movie with me"
She quickly hid the bag and closed the cabinet before running water. He wanted to do something normal.
"Just a minute" she says before returning to the bedroom. The TVs off and he's getting dressed.
"The movie?"
"You took too long. You obviously didn't want to".
"Toneri I did" she says honestly.
"I wanted to watch it"
"Wanted is past tense. I can't wait to read what you wrote Angel".
She swallows while blinking. Uh oh.
"But first grab jars of fruit and veggies make a basket for the Uzumaki's. Get Sumire dressed in her formal clothes. Let's welcome them to the neighborhood" he says.
Oh. He's in image mode. His image is more important than watching a movie with her. Herself and Sumire were an extension of that image. She needs to prolong this.
"I can make a vegan pie for them" a suggestion that he should like.
"No no vegan. Their not intellectual enough to not stuff their faces with that garage. The real thing".
No their just not stupid enough to almost stave themselves.
"I wouldn't be any good at those." The normal pies. "But I found my mother's old recipe for blueberry pie"
"Pick whatever you would like"
She holds back her emotions and turn around. Of course, he wouldn't care about something sentimental to her.
He turns and walk to her touching her cheek softly. "Put a little makeup here"
...
Sumire is playing in her white dress and tights. Hinata braided her hair and wore a white cotton dress. She walked back into her pantry with her hand sliding of the nob. She smiled to Herself grabbing jars of passion fruit jam and pineapples. She returned to her basket of pomegranate and figs she bought the other day. She sprinkled little vegan chocolates in their for Kawaki. She closed the basket top as the oven ding she took it out carefully as her husband's footsteps could be heard coming closer.
"Ma ma ma ma" Sumire says as he picks her up. Ready?"
Hinata nods and slides the pie in the thermal bag before leaving her house.
"You wouldn't make up lies Hinata"
"No" says
"And you wouldn't lie to me ?"
"I wouldn't dream of it" she says with a smirk on her lips.
Knock knock.
Shion opens the door. Hinata looks at her in her jeans and hair hanging freely. Kushina ring front and centered. Hinata eyes inches to her own and then quickly back at Shion with a clearing of Toneri's throat. He wants her be a liaison before he takes over. To ease him in".
"Shion" she smiles. Acknowledgement is good.
"Oh Hi Hinata, Sumire and Toneri"
"Honey the Otsutsuki's are here"
Hinata swallows the lump in her throat to prepare. To be polished after Naruto's drug store run for her. He stands by Shion as she opened the door wider.
"We want to welcome your family to our very much empty neighborhood" she says handing Shion the basket. Shion take its.
"It's refreshing not being the only ones here more" Toneri says with charm.
He's lying.
"Thank you" Shion says
Naruto is gaze is on her husband blankly with a hint of intimidation. "What is that scrumptious. Mouth watering smell" Naruto says as his stern lips turn into a grin.
Hinata eyes lowered as she brushes a loose strand of her bangs behind her ears. "I-"
"Hinata's made pie" Toneri answers for. "Her mother's pie"
"That's so sweet Hinata thank you"
She knows everyone is looking at her she rises her head to look at Shion.
"Why don't you both stay for dinner"
Toneri brings an arm around Hinata's shoulder.
He doesn't want to.
"We have an alternative eating lifestyle. We wouldn't want to cause you to change thw menu for tonight".
"Menu?" Naruto snorts. "This isn't a restaurant"
Hinata hide her smile.
"Alternative ?" Shion asks.
"Yes" Toneri answers. "Hinata grows a lot of our food"
"Really ?" Shion ask.
"Would you like come take a look pick some fruit come take what you like no need for shyness" Toneri says pulling Hinata into his side.
Toneri wants to control it.
"Hinata can whip up a mean Salmon."
...
She stands before the stove. Sumires in her high chair. Kawaki is outside with Shion and Toneri. Shion is fascinated by the lifestyle.
Naruto is at the Table with Sumire behind her. He came in two minutes ago from the backyard.
"You did wonderful back there Hinata"
"Thank you"
"Did I over step buying you extra?'
She shakes her head no. Toneri is watching her from the backyard, and she can see Naruto's reflection in the glare of the window. She could see herself as well.
Turning around to go to the fridge. She opens it.
"I may need something else" she says
"Anything Hina"
Her eyes roll back a bit as her eye twitches. She grabs the lemon juice and closes it then walks back to the stove. The three in her backyard has disappeared and walked back into her kitchen.
She pours the lemon on the fish and the skillet.
Toneri couldn't decide on the head of the table or next to her. Eventually he chooses next to her. The kids are at the head as the Uzumaki's are across from them.
"Hinata this is amazing" Shion complimented then looks at Toneri. "I might have Hinata come help me get started and read the book"
Toneri is a nerd for this stuff he'll agree.
"I suppose She could come help you convert" Toneri says. He likes to get people interested in the way he eats. We eat.
"Well yeah but a beautiful garden in at our brimstone in Konoha would be better"
Toneri's fork scratches the plate. Hinata looks at Shion. She knows something wrong. An out. Her escape. Naruto does too. So he came to save her with his wife. She can not stand to see it. She has ran and ran away to not witness it. She tried to fall in love but for them to come here hand in hand trying to save her arrogantly so. Hinata already spared Naruto once. She didn't know if she could do it again. She stops those thoughts. Their running for mayor that's it but why did he buy her planb contraceptives. Is he telling her not bare any more children from Toneri?
"That's a bit far" Toneri says and brushes his hand through Hinata's hair. She tries to not be repulsed and fidgets against his pets. "The world would stop without my Angel. Sumire's too small for travel" he's says. Oh, no he felt her rejection to his affection. She closes her eyes.
"On second thought. Hinata could go visits some friends help you get started and Sumire and I would have good ole father daughter bond time".
"I couldn't go to Konoha without her". Hinata says. He's threatening her about Sumire again, and she knows it. I have to kill him.
"Oh that's fine" Shion rubs Naruto arms lovingly. "Naruto will help"
"Don't be ridiculous. It'll be the blind leading the blind"..." skype us that can always work... Besides when will you all be going back to Konoha?"
He's insultingly them politely and trying to pry out their motives. He always has to be the smartest in the room.
"Who knows." Naruto challenges. Hinatas foot starts rubbing his leg to calm down. " A month, year, Never" he says and Hinatas foot rub turns slow as her eyes look up at Naruto across from her looking at Toneri.
"With the election and all, who knows mayor today prime minister tomorrow. My friend Gaara has this one in the bag though".
Her chest was tightening as her eyes lowered looking at Naruto's plate. She slowly drops her foot off his leg as he had been cool-headed about it. Threatening Toneri in his own way.
"Uzumaki huh?"
"That's right" Naruto says. "A wonderful name from and after a wonderful woman".
"Your mother named you so Bastard then"
"Toneri" Hinata said lowly. He shot her glare and she looks away from him.
"No. However, a mother's love is ever lasting and it's apparent when a child goes unloved by mothers who are alive. They grow up weak. Ya know" Naruto shot back.
The fear returns as he's saying his tick. His tick she gave his character. A part of her wants to see how that plays out. Shion and Toneri connecting those dots just to see the disaster.
"So you and Hinata Otsutsuki were childhood friends"..." you married an heiress... Must be nice to witness some prestige all things considering" Toneri says.
They truly never liked each other.
"I'm very into the show"
"Thank you. Hinata's finest work." She fades out Toneri responses at a tip of a toe touches her foot.
He definitely knows it's about him. Her eyes are on her salmon as those butterflies crank up like old gears.
She feels his own foot against her ankle carefully running it the back of her leg
She wiggles in her seat as she feels her abdominal liquify.
Slowly and tender until his long legs extend until its behind her knee, and he pulls her chair closer. The wood against the floor causes Toneri to look from Naruto to her.
Her face is red and her breathing is heavy as her leg is quickly detached from Naruto's.
"Angel?" so much for prolong
She gazes at Toneri and muster up all the feeling of those flutters completely rust free causing rapids in her blood stream and flapping strong like a woodpecker's beak.
"I was just going to tell them Season three is in its rough drafts"
Toneri smiled satisfied she gave in.
"This...this causes for celebration. Champagne and cider for the young ones".
"We can't we have to find schools early in the morning" Shion says
...
They sit in the office his eyes are reading what she has so far.
"Hinata what is this. "
"I just think what if season 2 just never happened"
"You are better than this"... "I'm disappointed in you but the effort is still something to celebrate. "
He says and rub her back before reaching up int the drawer pulling it open grabbing a pair of shears and taking out one braid. He grabbed a few strands and clipped away taking some.
She started to panic. Why would he do that ?
...
A month later
Toneri left to his whore or work or something she doesn't fucking know anymore. She waited all day for night fall, so she can run again. She looks at herself in the mirror and blinks at the light mascara on her eyelashes. Her face has healed and Toneri hasn't hit her again. She's trying to prolong it, but he wants her name on that dotted line. He stayed home for a long time which surprised her. He's intimidated by Naruto. A crooked smile comes to her face before she laughs the Irony of everything because he should be.
...
She ran for an hour not caring about the time stamps of her door alarm. Toneri had been vanilla for too long he went out for strawberry. She's the last thing on his mind, and she doesn't care because the first thing on her mind is wanting Naruto to come join her run. Her mind was less fogged with him home. Their lights are off in his house. He's in there with his wife. She's beyond envious because it's right across the street from her. She could run from it before. Hide out but her husband have her station here in the middle of fucking no where and leave it up to Naruto to find her when she's nowhere. Shoving his happiness with her down her throat. She did call to him like little child. Was he running for mayor only or had he come because of her? He had come because he is worried or had he come because she loves him. She didn't know however shes happy he's. Toneri is a little bitch now in the presence of his unknowingly staring male muse. The blueprint to the charachter he wanted her write more about.
Her eyes go to the window he was staring at her from before she knew it she threw a rock at it.
What the hell
She's frozen. She needs to run. Why would she do that. Kawaki could've.
The blinds twist open and Naruto's spotted her. He waves, and she lifts her hand to wave back before going back home.
...
When she's in her room her back is to the door taking deep breaths. She looks at the window. Her lips are parted pointed towards the ceiling feeling an overwhelming rush of arousal she closes her eyes and reach for her braids undoing them causing hair to fall over her face. She walks to the window and twist open the blinds.
No one will hear you Hinata.
She swallows and sees him now sitting at a desk. She takes off her skirt and removes her top. She pulls the string and hold on to the now exposing glass he must of saw the quick motions of the blinds. She could see emotion run to his face as she claws at the window like a big cat in a zoo enclosed or a doll in a box. Naruto stands up and walk closer to the window. His eyes lower to down her body as their shock, darkening, then concern filled and before she knows it he's gone and running to her home.