welcome back! i appreciate all the reviews, know that i read them all! i wish i would've added more hints about shion throughout the story, but everything gets cleared up this chapter!
It's their first anniversary.
Well, the night before their first anniversary.
He's been dating Shion for a year. A year of pure bliss. She was perfect for him…although she yelled a lot, and they had more arguments than a couple should. That was okay, because the makeup sex was fucking amazing.
He met his match in Shion. He loved her. Which is why he plans to propose.
When he enters his apartment, flowers in hand, he's shocked at the clothes scattered on the floor.
He smiles. She's probably surprising him too.
"Shion?"
The scattered clothes lead him to the bedroom, but when he opens the door, the smile on his face drops.
The bouquet in his hand falls to the ground, as he looks at the image in front of him.
His girlfriend, riding a stranger. In his bed. On their anniversary. He watches for a moment, too caught up in disbelief. The sight of her breasts bouncing as she moves up and down, her head thrown back as she moans in pleasure. The sight makes him sick.
"What the fuck?!"
Her head turns, and he looks in her widened eyes.
"Naruto!"
She scatters, trying her best to cover herself up. The man underneath her stands up, using his blanket to cover himself.
"Naruto baby, it's not what it looks like." She opens his drawer, and slips herself in one of his shirts.
As she tries explaining herself out of the situation, he realizes. She thinks he's stupid.
And to a certain extent, she's right. He is stupid. This happens every time he falls in love. He gets stupid enough to ignore his partner's obvious toxicity.
He should have seen the signs. The obvious signs that she was a cold-hearted, manipulative bitch. She insisted that he was the unfaithful one, to cover up her own tracks.
Her guest tries sneaking out, and Naruto uses the opportunity to grab him by the arm and punch him in the face. The man falls down, and Shion runs over to them.
She's yelling at him to stop, trying to pull him off, but Naruto can't stop punching the bastard in the face. How dare she. How dare he. How dare they.
"You're gonna kill him!"
He doesn't know who the hell this guy is, but he can't find it in himself to care. In his mind, he's just as bad as she is. The man underneath him attempts to push him off. It's a poor attempt; he's simply not strong enough. He's powerless.
Naruto likes that.
His hand is bruising, and the man's face is bloodied enough for Naruto to not recognize him.
"Naruto, stop before I use it!"
Shion's yell barely registers. There's nothing she can do. Naruto's going to kill this fucker, and then talk to Shion. Maybe then she'll understand just how sick of a person she is for cheating on him.
He doesn't care about the sting of pain he feels in his arm, as Shion stabs him with his butcher knife. He can only focus on hurting the man underneath him.
He doesn't care, but Shions shrill voice in his ear is getting fucking annoying. He pushes his arm up, causing the knife tears through his skin. He pushes Shion off of him with one arm, his hooded eyes finally looking at her.
It's almost in slow motion. Her arms flail, as she tries to balance herself. Her weight is on her heels, and her head bangs against the wall behind her. Naruto stares, as she slowly slides down the wall, a trail of blood following her head.
The grip Naruto has on the man's neck finally loosens, as he stares at Shion's slumped body.
He waits for her to move with bated breath, but nothing happens. Her head is slumped down, and he can see the back of her head. Her matted blonde locks are tinted dark red with blood.
"Y-you k-k-"
The man can hardly finish, but Naruto doesn't need him to finish.
He killed her.
His mind is frazzled, coming to terms with the fact that his loved one is dead, after she cheated on him. And he's the one that killed her.
He's going to be sick.
"Tell anyone, and you're next."
He slides off the man, who scrambles up to leave.
Naruto can't stop staring at her lifeless body.
"Shion."
He hesitates as he crawls towards her, as careful as he can. He knows how bitchy she can be after he's done something wrong. He shakes her leg, but gets no response.
"Shit."
He uses his left arm to run a hand through his hair, given blood is pouring out of the right. He can finally feel the pain from the stab wounds on his arm.
"Shit shit shit!"
He slaps his head. He's beginning to panic; the more time passes the more he realizes his girlfriend is dead. He doesn't know what to do; whether or not he should mourn.
What the hell is he going to do now?
He decides to call Sasuke. He always knows what to do.
Naruto stares, still in disbelief that Shion is on his doorstep.
Her arms are crossed, and she has a smug expression on her face.
"Can I come in?" She doesn't wait for his response, she instead pushes past him and walks into his apartment.
Naruto realizes he can't let her have the upper hand. Any shock he had about her being alive dissipates, and the feeling is replaced with anger.
"What the fu-"
"Naruto-kun?" Naruto turns his head, to see Hinata standing awkwardly in his bedroom doorway. She's only wearing his shirt, and she attempts to cover herself by pulling down the tee.
He can't even acknowledge how adorable she is because Shion's dry laugh fills the room.
"You've got another one? Really, Naruto?"
With a blush, Naruto walks over to Hinata, ignoring Shion.
"Are you okay?" Hinata looks at him, as he walks past her to pick her clothes up off the floor. "Who is it?"
"No one I want you to worry about. I'm fine." She softly grabs his bandaged arm, and he turns around. It's obvious he's not fine; he's tense, and he can tell that she can see the anger in his eyes.
"Do you want me to stay?"
"No." He says it a little too quickly. "I can handle it. I just need you to leave." He kisses her to soften the blow, and hands her her clothes.
Naruto grabs her hand as they walk out the front door, and he squeezes it as Shion yells out to Hinata.
"Stay away from him girl! He's fucking-"
Naruto kisses her cheek and closes the door, before turning to Shion and glaring at her.
"-crazy!"
"What the fuck do you want?"
She crosses her arms.
"Well, there's a lot of things I want. I want my normal life back, and I want to live in a world where I never met you. But that's never going to happen." She walks towards him. "So, I want to make your life a living hell."
She's standing in front of him, giving him what she probably thinks is an intimidating look. He only blinks in boredom and annoyance.
"You're so sick, Naruto."
"Not as sick as you." He finally responds.
She lets out a chuckle. "I'm the sick one? Really?"
"You cheated on me!"
"Oh, give me a break-"
"In my bed. On our fucking anniversary! You're just as bad as me!"
"You BURIED ME ALIVE!"
He's still coming to terms with that. In his mind, it's almost as if he's talking to a ghost.
"You're fucking crazy, Naruto. You have this-" Her arms flail as she thinks of what to say. "-warped mentality that makes you think you're a good guy. But you're not. You're a sick fucker that has an unhealthy relationship with women."
"No I don't. You don't know me."
"Oh, please. I've done my research on you you fucking psychopath."
His brows furrow. He's a good guy, that doesn't need to be researched. He knows this.
"I found out about the ex you proposed to after two weeks of dating. And the ex you FOLLOWED across the country? What the hell was that even about?"
That ex tried to leave him. He just wanted an explanation. It was innocent. But he doesn't need to explain this to Shion.
"You almost killed your godfather. You almost killed me. And you're probably going to kill this new girl you're seeing."
"I'd never hurt Hinata."
"So that's her name. Noted." Naruto mumbles 'shit'. "What makes you so sure that you won't hurt her?"
"She's different. She's not a crazy bitch like you are."
"Pot, kettle Naruto."
His arms are fists at his sides, and he's resisting the urge to strangle her and get this road block out the way. But that would be proving her right.
Naruto is not a psychopath. He's a misunderstood, good guy.
"Just wait until Hinata finds out about the box."
He freezes.
"Yeah, you think I don't know about that? I told you I've done my research."
"If you tell Hinata anything I'll fucking kill you."
"Looking forward to seeing you try." She gives a fake smile.
He doesn't hit women, but he's not sure if Shion can be called one. Will it count?
"I've enjoyed this talk, Naruto. Can't wait to torture you with my presence."
She makes her way to leave, but he grabs her arm. He refuses to let her leave without gaining the upper hand. Her back is pressed against his front, and his lips move to her ear.
"You remember how you liked to get choked during sex?" His hand roams from her stomach, up to past her breasts, to her neck. Touching her makes him feel sick.
"When I kill you, it's going to be nice and slow. You'll be clawing my hand to get me to stop, but I never will." He squeezes his hand, and the feel of her windpipe moving as she swallows makes him smile.
"You'll probably get wet as I choke you out, hell you're probably getting wet now." Her nails scratch his hand, and she tries to step on his foot. It just causes him to squeeze tighter.
"I should have finished you off on our anniversary. Now I regret it." Her pulse is dying down, and she's struggling to fight against him. He's feeling a lot better about the fact that she's here. It gives him a second chance to make things right. To get rid of her like he should have before.
"I…can't-" She can't breathe. Her foot continues to stomp, and the grip he has tightens. He plans to let go, but he wants to enjoy himself.
"Keep fucking with me and Hinata, and I promise you you're not going to like what happens to you." Her skin is turning a deep shade of red, splotches of blue tinting her cheeks. She's never looked so pretty.
But he finally lets go, and Shion gasps for air.
"Y-you're fucking c-crazy!"
"Fuck you, you fucking bitch. Get the hell out of my apartment."
She doesn't need to be told twice, and she scrambles out of the apartment.
He's pissed.
Pissed is an understatement for how he feels.
Everything is getting ruined, and he feels like he has no control.
Things can't crumble. Not when everything in his life is going perfectly. Not when he finally has Hinata, and all the roadblocks are out of the way.
But then he remembers. Not every roadblock has been dealt with.
"What are you doing here?" Toneri stares at him.
"This is important."
He needs to gain back control. He needs to fix things, before everything is ruined with Hinata.
He cocks the gun in his hand, and Toneri stares with wide eyes.
"W-what are you doing?" His voice is shaky, and Naruto ignores him as he unlocks the box door. Toneri cowers in the corner.
"Your time is up. I don't need you anymore."
"What? Y-yes you do! What will you do when you need information on Hinata?"
"I'll figure it out myself." Naruto puts the gun to Toneri's forehead, and he's about to pull the trigger, when he hears sobs.
"P-please don't k-kill me! I have a family!"
"Who, the baby you had on Hinata with your mistress? You've never even met the child."
"Because you kidnapped me!"
Naruto rolls his eyes.
"Hinata will never forgive you for this. She'll find out, and-"
"She won't find out."
"She will!"
The more that he thinks about it, the more he realizes that she probably will, thanks to Shion. Had he killed that bitch, this wouldn't be a problem.
"Shit!" Naruto puts the gun to his side, as he processes. His mind is trying to come up with scenarios, trying to think of a way that he can get rid of Toneri without Hinata getting upset.
"Okay. You're staying in here until I figure out what to do with you."
Toneri's eyes widen.
"You can't just keep me in here! What the hell?!"
He ignores the silver haired man's pleas, and walks out the box. Toneri bangs on the wall as Naruto locks the door.
He's left lying in the bed they shared, his mind conjuring up thoughts of Hinata and their relationship.
Every relationship has its obstacles to overcome, but he knows this is different.
"I won't let her get in the way of us, Hinata." His fingers rub the pillow she'd slept on the night before, as if she's there next to him.
"I won't."